Jeni Simpson

Of course, Carole, I wasn't thinking. I automatically save .pspimage files to 7+, so I need to stay awake when creating in 2023. Great tip. I saved all my shadow presets in x8. It seems I will just have to copy them into 2023 when using that version. I've been chasing my tail today. We have been putting up gib in the lounge and haven't had much time to play. I'll be away on days 5 and 6 and will try to get them all done when I get home.

Ann, I love the fog page, the blues are colours I particularly love, and the poem is superb, the photos are so soft and misty looking. It is lovely to see the work Jackie is doing with these beautiful creatures. What a great job your granddaughter has.

Day 3 I like to use two fonts at the most in any project I do, haha, there goes Day 2 I began with Billboard in bold for Chocolate, then Angora for the word Hot. Well, Angora wasn't going to work for the journalling, so I went back to Billboard, no bold for the text there. Thanks, Carole, for that hint about the text, and later versions. I didn't know that. Mind you, I'm new to 2023, using x8 or x9 for years, yet it is relevant to both those versions. I have always ensured my images work with PSP7, and the jpegs can still be saved for that version. For this page, I have used an image I took years ago of a beautiful rose, Hot Chocolate. It was only when I was looking for info on this rose, I found out it was a Kiwi who created Hot Chocolate. This particular rose bush had a family of baby birds living in a nest cradled in the fork where the branches come out from the trunk. In this composition, I have used staples from Sharon Dewi Stolp available from Digital Scrapbook. She had a lovely green paper with white daisies on it, so I used the green from her paper for the backing of the photograph, not her paper itself, which is very pretty. The beige and coral colours are in the photograph. The nest down below the flowers. Interestingly enough, others around me, at the time, did not see these birds in their nest.

Thank you, Carole, I had another play with that Steampunk title and I somehow find it looks more of a rusted metallic after adding bevels and a texture as well as a gradient. I used a drop shadow that seemed to make the word stand out more.

Love it, Corrie. Years ago, when working for a newspaper, we received our opposition's newspaper to check out. This was great because the Cryptic Crossword was done by so many o us in the various departments. We telephoned around about clues and answers, etc. It really is quite an addiction.

Great work on both these layouts and their titles, Cristina. I am so jealous of you going to that exhibition; it must have been mind-blowing.

Susan, the entire town is beautiful, with limestone buildings. There is an older part, which is beautifully decked out in a mix of vintage and steampunk. We go there whenever we travel to Christchurch. A little way out, north of Oamaru, is a castle and gardens with a restaurant, and shops galore, owned by the same family.

Yes, I have a few steampunk files, it fascinates me. I have some friends who dress that way, not me, though.

Ann, wow, a jumping spider! I've seen them fall, but never jump! Eeew, that's pretty scary! The turkey is great. I'm so glad you showed him this year. I hope witness protection is looking after him well. Both images are fabulous!

Those fonts work so well together, Gwen, and that owl, such a wise choice for Watching You! I love what you created with the background, too.

I love this collection of fonts. Looking forward to the final page, Anita.

Day 2 This was an interesting exercise, I must say. I enjoyed creating a word from many fonts, it really did make me think. I had to cut and paste the 'unk' from the 'steamp' to bring the letters closer together. It was such fun choosing the letters to use. We have a steampunk museum in Oamaru, a town about 3.5 hours away. I love the museum and the displays around this town. The old town is full of steampunk memorabilia. I used papers from Raindrops and Rainbows, recolouring them to suit. I also used a rust texture to bring the black paper into a more steampunk rust colour. The other paper is a mix of Janet's black and orange papers.

This is such a beautiful clear and clean page, Susan. The image you have used is lovely and the daisies look wonderful as a fill in that font.

Day 1 I played around with this one, when creating the page, I used the same settings for the papers and the photograph, yet they look different, not sure why! I wanted the idea of waves crashing into the shore with rocks flowing in with the water. I used Cafe Rojo for the word BEACH and 1 Archer DNA for the remainder of the text. This lovely photograph of a friend's son and his family at the beach. It was Ruby's first trip to the beach.

Hoi Jannette, ik hoop dat je met Google Translate begrijpt wat ik bedoel. Het spijt me om te horen over je man, ik bid dat hij zal verbeteren. Ik kijk ernaar uit om te zien wat je kunt doen in deze workshop. Tijd doorbrengen met je man en bezoekers is een prioriteit, ik weet zeker dat Carole deze workshop nog een keer zal doen, als je hem niet kunt voltooien. Hi Jannette, using Google Translate, I hope you get the gist of what I am saying. I'm sorry to hear about your husband, I pray he will improve. I am looking forward to seeing what you can do in this workshop. Spending time with your husband and visitors is a priority, I am sure Carole will do this workshop again sometime, if you're unable to complete.