Ann Seeber

I don 't know, Corrie. The photo was on the Hudson Valley Gallery

WEEK 48 FOR DEC 8 - FROSTY 2

Having started in NJ and moved to NY I've experienced many heavy snowfalls. One memorable one was a few years ago around Halloween. We were attending a birthday party, and it snowed while we were inside. At that time of year (October) the leaves were still on the trees, so the weight of the snow ended up breaking branches and pulling down wires. Out-of- season snowstorms can be harder to handle.

Wow, Dee, that's spectacular! Great job!!

A = Advent. The month-long lead up to Christmas with surprises every day on a special calendar.

Here is Week 47 - Dated Dec. 1 - That Frosty Time of Year. The font is Showcard Gothic with a stroke.

Here a rather unique celebration we have mornings in December. This layout is from 2021.

Happy December from the Nashville Zoo. It's Sumatran Tiger Time! The new, red logo (upper left) is for Critically Endangered species. Nashville is very active with a breeding program. My granddaughter, Jackie Thorpe, is a zookeeper there.

Me, too!! 😻

I have revamped my Project #7 - here's Finn, again!

We followed the Christian holidays of Easter which fell in March or April and I'm still not sure how it is calculated. As for Christmas, our family always kept the tree up until January 6th as that was my mom's birthday which coincided with Three Kings Day, but my husband and I also encountered the Mexican celebration of Three Kings Day when we started to vacation in Acapulco. Invariably, we would arrive just before the big day and encounter this huge celebration with lots of children running around our tourist hotel. 🎄

You'll make it as long as you don't run out of gorgeous teacups.

Cristina, I had the same problem. It took me forever to work something out. Looking forward to your creation. Safe trip!

Speaking of cemeteries, I have to share this...

Just a beautiful cat languishing in a shelter, waiting for his "fambly" to find him. Meet FINN...

Almost forgot to post my Week 46 - I finished it last week but got caught up in the Text Workshop and am still struggling with #7. Here's Deb's Mendo Zendo, her Airbnb/Gallery/art studio in CA. Deb says this building is a "sort-of-greenhouse." 😁

2023 is notorious for those little tricks. I just shrug, work around it and go on...

Since I'm always in 2023 that is a distinct possibility! For some reason, my version is less "glitchy" than others have reported.

I have had good results from the "Haze Removal" tool on the Adjust menu, also.

@Jacques - yes, that is what I did. My rope was originally gold and too intense for my Army football layout.

Here is my Lesson 6 featuring the only local college football, the Army Black Knights at West Point Military Academy. I've never been there but I hear it is beautiful, and the football team is doing very well this season (surprise! lol) and is moving up in ranks so it might earn a bowl game yet. The traditional Army/Navy game has yet to be played, and that always generates a lot of excitement. The title font is Stencil. The top photo is of the campus; the right is the marching band and the bottom is Mitchie Stadium.

Hoping this works, Cindy Go to this page for lesson 1

Oops, I forgot. On my First Snow I just duplicated and rasterized the word, adding shadow to that. They were character shapes that I tilted randomly.

There is a beautiful song called "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton. Released in 1971, the song tells the story of how Parton's mother made her a coat out of rags, inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. It's a touching song about love, acceptance, and the value of handmade gifts. I made this layout in 2020.

I looked back in March of 2023 to see what I created for this lesson and was pleasantly surprised to find one of my favorite layouts. We saw him in person at the Hackensack (NJ) Meadowlands racetrack years ago. It was a command performance and, of course, he won. At first, I was annoyed that they had gelded such a magnificent horse but then I learned the reason; he was totally unmanageable when young and the stable hands and jockeys were in mortal danger from him. Even gelded, he was the top money maker of all time. Here is John Henry! I will create something new for this year.