Jeni Simpson

Thank you, Susan. Because I am in the Southern Hemisphere, so far away from most others, I enjoy showcasing our beautiful region, both Australia where I lived for a while, and still enjoy travelling to, and New Zealand where I live. The water dragon in those photos is about the size of a small cat. My housemates and I used to take a salad and a loaf of bread across to the Manly Dam in Sydney, Australia for our breakfast on weekends, and I remember seeing a small iguana sitting on a log close by. Jeni

An old run-down building in St Bathans, Central Otago, New Zealand. The owner of Ohinetahi, an historic homestead on Lyttelton Harbour at Governors Bay, Christchurch, New Zealand hosted a garden party yearly on behalf of Save the Children. I loved to attend partly because of the scenery, and partly because of the gardens. An Australian Water Dragon, posing while enjoying the sun at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia Jeni

Thank you, Carole, I find once I am on a roll, I try to complete everything concerning that project. I also decided to enjoy all three, rather than do just one or two projects. I'm no longer doing scrapbooking, although did enjoy making various bits and pieces to make kits, etc years ago, it was for learning purposes, finding out what PaintShop Pro can do, more than anything. I have always loved to create.

This first Quick Page uses a photograph of a statue of a crocodile. This photo was taken at Gethsemene Gardens in Christchurch. Sadly, these garden are no longer. My next Quick Page shows a cruise ship docked in Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour, Australia. For the non-scrap page, I chose a photograph taken of my parents on the occasion of their engagement, probably in 1946. Jeni

My first Quick Page has an image of the TSS Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu, coming in to drop off passengers at Walter Peak Station, across the lake from Queenstown, New Zealand. . My second Quick Page shows my friend, Joan, and me at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia. My Facebook Quick Page has a photograph of a tiny lighthouse in Coopers Creek, Otatara, Invercargill, New Zealand. I found a tube of some flip flops, called jandals here, in New Zealand. Jeni

Thank you for this course, Carole, I have enjoyed it very much. I've been using PSP for many years, although started with Photoshop back in my work days, and I have still learned things I probably should have known, and didn't. The drop shadows have always been hit or miss with me, and now I have the explanations, it helps to know what to do there. I also found a few great tips and have typed them all up in Word for future use, and I find it is better to remember that way, especially that ctrl l for copying to a new layer, I've always gone the long way to get that result. I'd love to do the BootCamp again, and I will keep looking at any others you have created. Jeni

Day 11 Project 5 Travelling along the lakeside highway from Queenstown, we chanced upon this scene. Sheep were being moved from one area of the farm to another. This happens often in country areas. Jeni

Ann, thank you. The Bees flight path came from Marisa Lerin at Digital Scrapbook. I searched their pages for anything bee-related, and a few different flight paths are available. Jeni

Project 4 Day 9 Well, that is something new I learned today, making that pinking shears effect, thank you, Carole. A few years ago, I was at an afternoon tea at Ohinetahi in Governors Bay, near Christchurch. I arrived home with several pictures of honey bees I'd seen hovering around the flower beds. I decided to use them in this layout. Supplies used were from Jessica Dunn, Rachel Martin, Marisa Lerin, and Violet Irisovna. Jeni

Thank you, Carole, the photos are all the same size, and the waterfall I thought needed to be portrait, not landscape. The second one, the photos are all going the same way, so they probably work better. I rarely do long skinny pix, mostly I try for landscape, except when the subject demands a tall skinny pic, as per the waterfall. Jeni

Hopefully, this image is okay for this project. I used a snowflake brush I had in PSP, and covered my background with that, instead of adding any elements to my image. Where I live, I am lucky, because I have such beauty on my doorstep. Thanks Jeni

Bootcamp, Day 7 Project 3 I chose 3 images, sized them as per instructions, and altered the alignment to fit them on the page better. I will try and create one where the images are all sitting the same way. Papers and elements by Janet Kemp. Font is Gill Sans. Jeni

Thanks, Bonnie. Unfortunately, we don't have hummingbirds in New Zealand. It would have been a nest of thrushes, I think. Jeni

I posted the challenge in the bootcamp, not realising they are two different entities. Here, now, posted in the correct place, I hope. Jeni

Another image is complete for Day 5, I hope. I was at a park a few years ago and was smelling this beautiful rose, Hot Chocolate. As I moved away, I glanced down, and there, where the branches joined, was a nest of about 4 tiny birds. The gardens were full of people, all stopping to smell the roses, just as I had, and no one noticed the treasures in the nest. Jeni

I apologise, I didn't realise the challenge wasn't part of BootCamp. Receiving the two in the same email confused me. This is all new to me. I have fixed the shadow that was missing on one of my images for Day 5. Jeni

Great work, @bina greene I agree with what you say on the culinary pages, and keep most of those ingredients in my pantry. I love pomegranate molasses and add that to stews and casseroles. Pizza is never the same without anchovies and I tend to add olives and capers as well. I love the background on your souvenirs page. and your layouts all work well.

Day 5 I'm learning some great tips and tricks, thank you, Carole. This image is another of my photographs, taken on a garden tour in 2018. Thank you Jeni

Day 2 I managed to get this shot of a nosy cow after my camera. I hope, this time, the shadows are better. Jeni

I have had another play with this tutorial. I have used a paper, and heart from VioletIrisovna, at Digital Scrapbooking. I created the ribbon using the Penta Dot and Cross filter. The photograph is one I took in 2020 when in Sydney. Jeni

Thanks so much, Bina

With the scrap page, I used some pieces from Jessica Dunn's Curio Pantry. I started with the word Roses much smaller and decided to enlarge that word to balance the page. Jeni

Hi, I have played around a bit with my place setting and sandwich. Jeni