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Very interesting effect, Mary. I look like a painting.

Beautifully done, Julie. 💟 I get the weekly newsletter of a Lilypad designer. After the kids left home, she started creating layouts with her photos, sometimes documenting the good and also the not-so-good times. She went through a harsh period for some time (she didn't elaborate on the reason), and this was a way to express the feelings she had back then.

Julie, this happens to me a lot; I post something here and see the mistakes I haven't seen while working for hours/days with the layout. 🙂 I just love fall colors, and the photo is beautiful. It's a perfect place to sit on a bench, relax, and enjoy the view.

kasany, I very much like the effect achieved with the CSH file.

Ann, the calendar is lovely, and the photo you chose for the cover did justice to it.

MoniqueN, again, you have created a beautiful calendar!

Congrats, Bonnie! 🏆🥉

Sue, considering everything related to it, what a precious document your friend has.

Hopefully, this will be soon, Michele. I miss seeing your work here. 🙂

I also love it! I was looking on the internet for Aliens Clipart, and when I saw it, I had to grab it. Here is where I got it from. 🙂

This time, it's a Halloween layout. I always have fun working with this theme, going through my Halloween folder, and choosing something to use. Credits: Background papers from Palvinka (Happy Haunting) & DiHiller (PS2020 Best Witches) plus Blend Mode. Tree Overlay from Granny Enchanted (selected from the papers plus Blend Mode). When I started here, this site was my first source of freebies. Cliparts from Corel, Freepik, and openclipart.org Cassel: Journaling Bits Script & the Effect on the Friendly Alien Clipart (Pop-up Masterclass) Font: Halloween Girls

Corrie, the whole calendar is lovely, and I am sure the recipients will greatly appreciate it. The result you achieved with the blend mode is beautiful!

Ann, another great calendar layout. I love the idea and the photo you added behind the dates!

Sue, it must be amazing to see this! I enjoy seeing the few (not even close to this scale) that get together here before migrating south.

Thank you, Susan! 🧡

And the Cover. As always, it was fun to participate in this Workshop. 🙂

November & December. More Corel clipart Autumn /NewYear freebies. For December, I used Cassel's Alpha Beads script again. I chose the square format, translucent instead of opaque beads, and slightly uneven beads. There are four versions of the Alpha Bead script.

Here are my September & October layouts. I thought the August photo I used was way too colorful for September (it would fit more the months of July/August), so I played with Effects>Photo Effects>Film and Filters. Again, I added Corel clipart freebies, which I have had for a long time.

I cannot agree more, Sharla. The great thing about doing workshops together is seeing the different styles, uses of colors, and approaches to the same instructions. There are ideas I could apply to my work now or in the future. We could do this workshop anytime as Diamond members, but it wouldn't be as fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have the same issue with photos not working with all types of masks. Most Pixabay photos were 1920x1280, so I first had to enlarge them until they fit the mask height. I duplicated the photos, blurred the bottom 100%, and scaled down the top photos to fit inside the frame. Not all were done this way, but most of them... It depended on the time I had or wanted to dedicate to the layout.

Ann, I love the layout, the background paper, and the pumpkin clipart on the 31st!

I love the layout, Julian.

Quoting Corrie: "I just take one of your posts to tell you that your photos are great and very creative. " Susan, I love not only your calendar but your photos; they are really great!

Wow, Mary, great ideas for doing things differently! This is one workshop I like to play around with, although I keep in mind that the recipient is my mother-in-law and what she likes.

Ann, there was probably a glitch after I edited the post; it showed twice, and I deleted one. I posted on Friday and wasn't back here until today. 😞

Carole, I could not be here this weekend, so I noticed this only today after seeing Susan's comment. I guess it happened because I had edited the comment, and suddenly, there were two equal comments. So, I deleted one, which probably had caused the glitch. The images are not from the same author or theme (pasja1000 & Couleur); I downloaded them a long ago.