Susan Ewart

It's hard to know when to start seeds here. I am new to plants and starting seeds. I'm told not to plant anything until after the 3rd week of May! Last year I planted some flower seeds straight into pots and into the garden area (which was very small, this year it's twice the size). I don't know what I'm doing so i was delighted when plants actually grew and I had some flowers to photograph. This year I might get brave and try food type plants too. I do grow herbs (rosemary, thyme, parsley) in pots that I overwinter in the garage under lights and have done that for years, but flowers were a first for me.

Sharla, what a pretty bird. And wow, you have cherry blossoms, how lucky. We are still under a foot of snow and currently snowing -20 (celcius). We had been lulled into a false spring with weeks of warm +10 days with no snow on the ground. I get fooled every year thinking spring is finally here and wham! A snow storm.

BEAUTIFUL! what a great shot Corrie!

That's the secret Corrie, getting the right photo and editing for the script. Not editing to make the photo beautiful as the photo it is, but know when to get the dark areas lighter and the lighter areas darker, especially as you pointed out, too light around the edges then it just disappears. I never thought of making cards for men, your card is perfect for that. I did find I had to lighten the darks, somewhere to slightly darker than a mid-value and to darken the areas that are too light. And a properly edited or even the edit that was for the script under it and lowering the opacity. or even putting the orig.photo on the layer above and trying the blend modes and using the the opacity with that. Also using masks to have just one bit of color showing through. So many possibilities.

Corrie, that windmill is perfect. This script is quite addicting. I cant wait to do some more photography specifically for this script.

Instead of a sequel, make the PSP how to a companion book to the scrapbooking book. Or put the more advanced scrapbooking/psp how-to in the second book. Kind of like when you do the bootcamp, the next logical step is the Basic Scrapbooking course.

Oh, thank you Carole. Absolutely that's what I did, started on the very edge as i was trying to get an equivalent to 600x900 size (1.5 x factor I guess is the math on that). Once I use the Vector is there a way to resize/edit the shape we do make INSIDE the red box? I would love you to show us in the next Q&A if possible. I think I kind of fumbled my way through it. Once through I did get the frames, but other times I didn't and understanding the need to account for the frame size makes total sense to me now. Thank you for letting me know. This is a super script, just watching the complexities of it running I was wow'd. Oh and once I went outside the red box and well, I got the pop up for that too. Playing with it is a good way to get comfortable using it in the ways I want to.

And it turns out I must've read the READ ME file because i did the right thing. Still not sure why it didn't make the frames. I was tired and it was late...that's probably why.

Bonnie, your stories are so touching. It's beautiful to see how rich in love your life is now.

I want to join the Photo Circle Template script action too. Here is a 8 week P52 challenge recap. took a few times through the script to get the right size for the P52 size ( i chose the custom shape choice as I wanted a rectangle. then I added a frame around each one adding a shadow and reverse shadow as well. I did have to erase a little bit of the spill over shadow on the last one and I managed to remember how to do that. The fonts I used are Linna and Lophinky (i might have spelled that wrong - both from Creative Fabrica).

Ack! where does the pot of gold go? hahahahaa. Finding the pot IS my retirement plan.

YIKES! that leprechaun was disturbing. hahaha, hilarious.

What would the pot at the end of your pickleball rainbow contain?

This is really creative Bonnie.

They look fabulous. so much we can do with that script. Those are perfect flowers for it too.

that's so awesome Rene. I should be doing that. It's another way to enjoy pretty/sentimental things but not become a hoarder at the same time. And since my photo subject tastes have changed over the years and I'm doing more table-top photography I seem to want (read: NEED! ☺️) more "props" as I learn and develop a style. Wonder how long that takes. I wish I was the person who could go to a thrift store buy a few things to photograph then donate them back within a week or two. Maybe I'm that way in another universe.

yes, and i was just photographing the ones for sale (additional shots) and realized I should have photographed the saucers from a straight down (flat-lay) position as they'd make cool digital elements. Just not enough time in the day to get all the things done that I want.

I wish I could keep them but I have no more cupboard space, in any cupboard. I have kept about 20 of them. It took an entire day of going through them to choose which ones would go. They are little pieces of art that i can afford.

Week 8 I should be doing my Solid papers but for some reason our email program just stopped working so hubby has been trying to get it up and running. So I'm doing a little bit in between his "fixing" time. Good thing for my old laptop with a nice working email. I used King Edward font (from CF). I wanted a shadow so it would show on the card. I sure flip-flopped on what settings to use where it would show up but not look weird because I find shadows can make black text look blurry or like accidental double text. I didn't shadow the 2024 as I knew it would look weird, but I wanted a black text and a darker layout as well. Gradient is from PSP that I've used before, it's a favorite of mine. I'm trying to get rid of most of the t-cups and will be the same for the t-pots and here I was in the thrift store yesterday with yet another t-cup and t-pot in my hands! I just noticed this layout looks better if you click on and see it with the black around it.

I hear you. I used to live on the Westcoast (BC) and love the grey rainy days. I've lived in Alberta for 10 yrs now (land of the expansive sunny skies) and if we have 2-3 overcast days in a row I'm pretty whiny about having no sun.

Sorry to hear life is difficult for you right now. I hope you find a quick resolution and are able to resume your creative time. take care.

Ann, your daughter is so talented. I love her style. And the back story is so interesting. Is the sled still around?

Beautiful photo. I love the rain on them.

I like it. It really helps to see where you are going. It's nice when I'm sitting a little further away from my screen.

Very nice paper and those colors go well together.