sharon thompson

Hi Mary. I suppose having access is better than owing it..... you get to read everything without all the maintenance issues!!!! Sharon

The idea for this page came from a librarian friend who came over for tea today and wanted a small poster for an upcoming reading week display. I couldn't find a good copyrite free picture of the Beast's library so we trolled the internet looking at photos of historic libraries before we settled on the Klementinum library in Prague. Then I had to find a png mask that could be elongated to accomodate the photo. I chose a png mask without a lot of grey edging as the library photo was very detailed and I didn't want to loose much of it. The lottery and money images were from free clipart sites. The font is MV Boli. The background papers is from Freepik. Doing the masking is getting easier but matching orientation & sizing can take time. And I keep forgetting about that pick tool when moving things around.

I was working on some Scottish themed tags for friends so though I would continue the same theme here. I found that I have to rename all the template layers before I even start and then renamed them again as I add things.... best way to not get too confused. I snagged the haggis images from internet food sites. The paper is from Aleksander Gusev over at Creative Fabrica. The font is intensa fuente. Sharon

So great to now know how to make templates into masks. I usually do not do scrapbook pages as I am more of a tagger for myself, friends, & family. Anyway, I moved the photos around once I figured out what text to use and how much space I would need for it (aging eyes require larger fonts now). The font is Cotton Candies. I also recoloured the photo frames to subdue them. I don't post any people photos on the internet so I used a stock photo from a graphics site to which I have a paid subscription. The background paper is by Anitess at Deviant Art. Since the mask effect erased a bit of the tree drawing on the left side of the paper, I did a cut & paste of the original paper on top of the merged image to correct that. Wonderful lesson. Am eagerly anticipating the next one. Sharon