Donna Sillia

I decided to make a back page for my magazine. I used a graphic downloaded from Adobe Express and made it a brush. After I made several layers, I used a blend mode. The stamp is from my Travel workshop.

Day 7 - I cheated and used the cass photocircle script for the first page for my circles. The 2nd page I made the masks for the photos.

What a cutie! Are those glitter shoes? I love glitter and have glitter shoes in black, gold and silver.

Day 6 - David sent me this photo in 2019 just before Covid. The monk photo is from 2024. I love this saying which a friend found and shared with me. There was some shifting when I resized the template using the cass script resize template, but it was not difficult to correct.

Day 5 - I used the 3600 template first, then used the cass script template resizer to convert it into letter size. When I resized it, the pictures were moved, but I decided that I liked it better that way. The background was ai generated for my calendar. The photos are from David. The font is Royal Thailand(there are several forms of the font in the file) from CF.

What a wonderful idea!

The font is called Royal Thailand and is from CF. I downloaded it for my calendar, and it mimics the little circles in the written Thai language.

Day 4 - David and Rachel visited the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, and the first thing I noticed was that the elephants had no tusks. It was the first time I realized that that the African and Asian elephants were different. David told me a really sad sorry about how the elephants are treated in Thailand, a small portion of which I included in my story. I have decided to change all my template to letter size so that I could get the magazine uploaded into Canva for printing. The first page elephants are from Adobe Express. The background is my own. The photos are from David.

I feel like I am getting a world tour from my computer chair!❤️❤️❤️

Day 3 - The background is from my papers workshop. I made the mask when I was playing with making masks. I thought that the Hibiscus flower was appropriate for Thailand. The font is atara grunge Regular from CF. I originally applied a style to the font in PSE and opened it in PSP. Then I added vibrancy to make it stand out more. I seem to have this sickness about not putting square or rectangular photos in my templates.

Day 2 - Rachel and David travelled to Thailand to play in a rugby tournament. The background is from my calendar 2025 workshop, the photo is from David and the mask I used was a grunge mask that I made. The title font is Royal Thailand from CF and the text font is Typefont from CF.

Thank you, Ann. We went to a Thai restaurant for my birthday, and they were showing many of the same scenes that David sent to me. I'll have to look at that series.

Thank you, Susan. I had a lot of fun playing with this script. I did a stupid thing and forgot to save the card as a psp image. Luckily, the original circle was saved, but I have to do the card over.

Thank you, Christina. My grandson spent 6 weeks in Thailand this summer, and the photos that he sent are filled with such vibrant colors, especially red and gold.

Since you need a lot of pictures, I decided to use my Thailand pictures. Some of them will be repeats of my 2025 calendar.

I am making a birthday card for my grandson, Matthew, and decided to play with Carole's new script "Radial Script." The photo is Matthew and his fiancee, Lane.

Wonderful. I prefer the scripts in PSP, and if you can duplicate some PS scripts that would be wonderful.

Carole recently mentioned actions for PSE. I used one yesterday along with styles for the heart. I found it difficult and had to follow a video that was fortunately linked to the instructions. Carole, I downloaded the action from CF; it is called "Digital Art." One thing that I didn't like was that the graphic couldn't be detached from the background. Also, it is not editable in PSE.

K - Kleinfeld Bridal (Say Yes to the Dress)

I am working on seamless patterns using tips from our last Masterclass. I made the hearts using preset shapes, then manipulated them into various sizes and angles and applied various blend modes with a pink gradient background.

S = Special Song

I also have CS5 but I used the disk to add it when I upgraded my computer. I used it mostly for styles, text effects and 3D. Now I also have PSE 2025, and I continue to use it for styles that I already had and for styles that I have downloaded from CF. I'll have to look into actions; I have a few but haven't really used them a lot. The cost of PS CC is too expensive for me, too, as I don't use it that much. I found a PSE forum that has actions to download, but haven't had time to try any yet.

Susan, I bought PSE 2025 and love styles. I found a ton of them on Creative Fabrica. They also have "text effects," but those can only be used in PS. I've been experimenting with some of the features of PSE. I agree that all the layouts are beautiful, but I wanted to stick with a program that I was already familiar. I've also been busy looking for a new Internet service since Spectrum was once again raising their prices. I've been going crazy setting up my ATT and Directv with my husband's "help." At least some things got dusted!.😄

Photos are from my daughter when she and her were husband were hiking in the mountains surrounding Las Vegas. The background is one of my desert photos; the border is a photo of some stones that I took and recolored to match the background. The film strips are from Adobe Express, and the font is Asteru from CF. I used the cass script dimension 2 on the font. The stone in back of the saying is also a photo of a stone when I was walking in the desert.

B is for Berries There were some beautiful berry bushes outside our condo in the Outer Banks. I took a few photos to use for decorations. The background is a grunge with some lines and a graphic from Adobe Express. All the background layers are a combination of blends and opacity reductions. One frame is a mask from my PSP masks, the other is just a selection. The scatter is from a brush. The font is Adoleon from CF and edited with the cass dimension script 2.