Susan Ewart

B = Bob  or Bobbie, the name of my father. Although when my mom was shocked at something he did or said, she called him Robert (Bobbie is the actual birth name, no one called him that)

19 minutes ago, kasany said:

My recent work with my fractal and free Carole's frame. I like use it because this frame changes nothing in my fractal. It's only a good, fine frame which my fractal needs.

 

I like your fractals too and would also like to know what they are.  This frame is perfect for this.

15 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

A friend from my betta fish group posted some photos of her 9-month old cutie and I snagged one to try with Carole's frame freebie, using Sue Thomas' work as a guide.  Here's Aspyn.

 

So cute!

3 hours ago, Donna Sillia said:

Phil and I decided to make some day trips, one of which was hilarious because he told me he knew where he was going. After going about 15 minutes in the wrong direction, I finally turned on GPS. I have made a vow to always use GPS, especially when he says he knows the way. In fairness to him, he did a good job navigating Windsor Ontario with no GPS.

I love this layout.  this is me.  i have a horrible sense of direction.  I laughed at the "Oops Wrong Way". 

10 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here on the East Coast of the USA it was intensely smoky early last week, the worst being Wednesday. Thankfully, it is now cleared up. Here were my shots of the sun Wednesay at Dawn and at Noon. (Never was able to shoot the sun without an eclipse before!) I felt like I was transported to the film Dune!

My hubby said the moon this morning was a red sliver (he leaves around 3-3:30am), wished I'd looked out the window, I was up at 5am.  Ann, yes, this reminds me of Dune as well.  

7 minutes ago, libera said:

A lot of fabulous creations and photos again!  I can't get enough...

@Corrie, great that you arrived back home, well preserved!

I read french and german daily news about canadian wildland fire and intense smoke level in some U.S. cities.
I hope that those of you who live there are all safe??!!

 

 

Doing well where I live in Alberta (close to Edmonton), hazy and smokey out but not super smokey smelling. We can have the windows open for "fresh" air. Hoping for some rain.  Still lots of communities getting evacuated (some for the second or third time).  

Thank you for showing them.  It really helps to see them in action.   And wow!  the photo's are stunning, so crisp and detailed.

This is beautiful Julie.  It goes so well with the first one.  I really like that wood frame and the background layer is just like I wish I could do.  

1 hour ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

This is my next intro page and it is about the weekend trip we took to Arizona because my son in law wanted to go to the Overland Expo! He went there for one and a half days and had the time of his life. My oldest granddaughter went with her dad for the first 1/2 day while the rest of us (my daughter, youngest granddaughter and I) visited the Museum of North Arizona that has an amazing art collection of the Hopi's, Navaho's, Apaches and other tribes. En route from the airport in Phoenix to Flagstaff we also visited Montezuma Castle, a big pueblo build inside a cave. The second day, son in law again to the Expo and the rest to the Grand Canyon, which is hardly to describe, spectacular!!!! The third day on our way back to Phoenix we visited Sedona and the Red Rocks, which were also very, very beautiful. Near Phoenix the highway is through the desert, another new experience for me. It were 3 days packed with so many new adventures and of course many photos to remember it all.

This page took me a lot of time to do with all the tiny details. The font is Perfectly Vintage and photos are mine except the flyer of the Expo which I found on Google.  

Beautiful layout.  That background is outstanding.  I cant imagine the scope of the grand canyon.  This picture goes on forever it looks like.  I like how you did the pictures.  They look like cards one would collect at the attractions gift shop.  It will quite a ride, armchair riding along on your vacation.  Only, it wont be as whirlwind and packed for me!  ?

12 minutes ago, kasany said:

MyLittleFractalGarden. Fractal flowers created with Fractal Explorer. Carole's template, free garden's fence, a background of the picture created by me.

 

These are so cool.  My favorites are the bottom left and bottom right and the centre row second from the top.  

1 hour ago, Suzy said:

Here is what I'm working on - the July Blogtrain kit.   I'm not sure what I need to add, or what I need to take away, but there is too much text. I'm not big on ribbons and bows, or buttons, and I can't really think of something small yet 3-D. I think Marisa has resin flowers over there I can add. It's one of those, "But why would I add a rose when we are talking about tomatoes?"  I think I need to just suck it up and add the darn rose!

Here goes the test run, sneak peek. I think you'll recognize Cassel's phrase strips, her datestamp 10 (altered) ,and I would say subway text, but I did it manually. In the background, I used shadow placer and open as a copy and open as a layer. I need to BUY the large paper preview set in the store. https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=72.  I used the one they have there at Pixelscrappers, but it is super hard to use, being that it is just a template and is not automated. :))))

 

I need one favor from you all -- the slice of tomato was made by me using that spark AI. Generally speaking, I personally think AI is creepy, ad if you don't believe me, put a pic of your dog in there are see what it comes up with. YIKES!

Edited to add: So I need to know for sure this tomato is not creepy before I put it in a kit for real.  Let me know, OK? ESPECIALLY if you think it is bad.

 

I like the tomato.  Love the moth too.  how about some pruning shears (since you have the quote "pruning is for suckers"), and maybe some seed packets for various tomatos, garden gloves, garden tools, plant pot with the tomato cage, or separate pot and cage, tomato planted in a plant pot and ymmy...a can of tomato soup.  make it your own tomato soup.  speaking of soup, I need to go eat.  

L =  LOVE  - when I think of my dad, I feel love 

31 minutes ago, Julie Magerka said:

OK, it's a deal! It will be crowded in the car with three dogs and you and me! ?

Strap me to the roof!

34 minutes ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Hi, I'm back from my journey to visit my daughter & co and have been reading all the comments in the different sections of the Campus for over an hour now, you all have been busy! I had a massive jetlag and although I attended the masterclass this Sunday I definitively have to rewatch it, nothing registered with me. 

I have had a great time and am starting to make a photobook as I did before. I'm going to make a scrapbook page as introduction to the different topics of the book. After each intro page comes the "normal" pages with all my photos and stories. I don't do all the pages as a scrapbook page, that would take me months to do and family and friends over here are waiting to see my book with all the photos!

I'll show the different intro pages as I finish them in this section of the Campus; they are still in random order because for some I need to do an internet search. This time they are rectangles because my book will be a rectangle and this way they cover a whole page, which I regret not doing last year.

Looking forward to your layouts in the coming months.  Good the hear your jet-lagged brain is back to normal.  I really like that blue graphic overlayed on the photo.  

H = Handsome, of course, as all fathers are.

4 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

Yes, that was the sun at Noon. I walked out of the house and saw a red light glowing on the first car in line and I'm wondering where's the red light coming from but when I got out from under the porch and looked up, I saw that weird sun. Looks like we're on Mars with strange moons floating around! ? There goes my sci-fi imagination again! ? And, yes, I was at the supermarket and a lot of people were wearing masks, though I don't think indoors is necessary with the smoke. I came home and got out my N95 and felt lucky to have them! Used them to lug in the groceries, anyway. ?

I know, right?  Sci-fi imagination, I get that.  

1 hour ago, Julie Magerka said:

I saw some other Father's Day layouts and now can't seem to find which area they're posted in. So posting my tribute to dear old dad here.

I have pictures of Rudy as I knew him (when older), but I have such a soft spot for this photo of him (from his passport) when he looks so young and vulnerable. He was beset with many trials when he was young (in Europe), but he became a gentle and kind man despite the challenges. My dad....?

I used several backgrounds of paint splashes and splatters b/c I love using them. The background paper is from Digital Scrapbooking (M. Lerin, yesteryear) and lots of recoloring and blending. None of the materials used are mine, except the bevelled frame. I like ripped and torn pieces and asymmetrical designs.

 

I love this layout Julie.  The colors and blended/faded layers are so perfect with this photo.  It's really well designed.  I love old photos.

1 hour ago, Julie Magerka said:

A drive along the St. Lawrence River to the east coast is such an amazing trip. The road winds along beside the river and the scenery all the way is spectacular! And you can see whales sometimes too.

You can be my guide Julie.  And I can meet your animal menagerie.  

46 minutes ago, Rene Marker said:

All the way over here in Ohio, we are having air quality in the moderate to unhealthy range per AirNow.gov. Can't see smoke but when I was out earlier, there was a different smell to the air. It was in the unhealthy range at that time but has now dropped down to the moderate range. I had trouble breathing just the couple of minutes I was out.

I've decided to keep windows and doors closed today.

We had to do that too.  It's amazing how much comes in the window and just how strong the smell is.  It affects you so quickly.  

1 hour ago, Ann Seeber said:

I'd love to visit up there one day. Maybe Susan and I could meet with you. What a treat!! I just got home and in my travels I snapped a shot of our sun at Noon. Scary!

Ann that would be at top of my bucket list.  I've met so many interesting wonderful people and would love to meet in person.  Sounds like Julie is close by so we all decend on Carole....she might run when she see's us coming. ?

Was your sun really red.  We had that too, a couple weeks ago.  It feels very apocalyptic doesnt it. One day when I go home from work there were no birds singing or even flying around and it was so eerie.  Stay safe and keep that air filter going.  My eyes and throat took a beating.  I have some of my gym equipment in our small garage (we have two) and I felt really crappy after my workout, then I found out we werent supposed to be doing strenuous activities outside.  

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

If you come over, let me know and I'll guide you!

I will for sure!  a trip of the lifetime it would be.  

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

Yeah, I guess you are close enough to the biggest wildfire in Nova Scotia. It is said to be the biggest in the history of the province, and the last I heard, it is still out of control.

HERE is the map of the Nova Scotia wildfires.

As for New Brunswick, HERE is the map (I live around Bathurst, on the north part)

Wow I looked up where you live and it's beautiful.  Shameful I couldn't picture where NB was in my head.  What a great location, I bet there is a lot of historical buildings there.  Looks like I'll put that on the bucket list of places to visit and photograph (when we retire).

11 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

From the Alpha Book we did last year.

Bonnie that's beautifully done.  Is that a bus in the lower right picture.  I love tht one.  

On 6/1/2023 at 9:05 AM, Ann Seeber said:

This is not new but a favorite of mine about my father. I update it yearly. He worked for 40 years as Chief Dispatcher for the Erie Railroad (Now Amtrak).

Is that you up in the 1941 box?  Beautiful layout and tribute to your father.  i like the photos done that way and the background with the curled paper edge.  

I'm adding this layout here because it's June and I'm late for the May Scraplift Challenge.  

The background paper is made with effects>texture effects>texture>bricks. I scuffed it up with an overlay I made from the image  in the middle.

The middle dandelion fluff, is one of my photo's, which i did negative image and some other unspeakable things to. Only unspeakable because I cant remember, guessing I desaturated and lowered opacity and other stuff.

I used barbed wire instead of stitching, it seemed to fit better.   Photo's are mine. I spray water on the seed heads and brought them in the studio to photograph.  The concept needs more experimentation (perhaps with gycerine instead).

Fonts: Black Range (pluviophile) & Alisabela Brushley (quote) both from Creative Fabrica.

I tried putting water spots on the layout but couldnt make it look random enough so just left it off for now.

Carole: should this go in the miscellanous area of the gallery or in the Scraplift part, even though I'm late with it.