Ann Seeber

1 hour ago, Daniel Hess said:

It looks alot like the original movie poster.  I'm betting it actually IS.

No, not really. The originals are really elaborate...

I'm working on Week 31 - this is a screenshot of a video produced by the Huguenot Street Historical Society and when I saw it, I was delighted to see my own name, Terwilliger. It seems my ancestor was a blacksmith in the New Paltz, NY, area. The photo quality was fair but I ran it through PSPs Effects/Photo Effects/Time Machine and chose the Platinum developing process which also added the frilly border which also shows up on some old photos I have here. PSP explained the Platinum process gave superior prints but because it was exorbitantly expensive was not used very often.

This says it all. The story font is Century Schoolbook. All the art is from Google image search. 

3 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

WEEK 30 = SUN AUG 4 for me. I'm just catching up here! Still delving into the ancestry of my father's family in Ulster County. The original 1698 Bevier house on Huguenot Street in New Paltz became a general store and the Bevier's purchased farmland in nearby Marbletown. This home was quite an upgrade from the New Paltz original. This 1740 Bevier house is now a museum.

Here's the original Bevier House on Huguenot Street in the center photo in this June layout.

WEEK 30 = SUN AUG 4 for me. I'm just catching up here! Still delving into the ancestry of my father's family in Ulster County. The original 1698 Bevier house on Huguenot Street in New Paltz became a general store and the Bevier's purchased farmland in nearby Marbletown. This home was quite an upgrade from the New Paltz original. This 1740 Bevier house is now a museum.

1 hour ago, Mary Solaas said:

Lab 13 Mod 2. Double arrow - I made papers and ribbons; Cutout shape - I made several but did not save them as "shapes" or "brushes", just png's (several of them all with different corners cut out) - used a copy to make the label. The rest of the papers and elements are from my desert kit including the title. The picture was taken by Joe and Laurie on that western  trip they took in 2023. I used that mask I made some time ago playing with several frames in different opacities.

Mary, your layouts are very beautiful! Your persistence with the Labs is really paying off.

I don't follow any specific sport except the major horseraces like the Kentucky Derby. My tv connection for streaming went out last week and I ended up watching the Olympics on cable for lack of a better choice. I was lucky enough to catch Simone Biles with her routines and that was very satisfying. I didn't have to be an enthusiast of the Olympics to appreciate her talent. I also get annoyed on weekends when sports seem to dominate the cable channels and I'm appreciative of my streaming device where I can watch anything, old or new, on my own terms. 

18 minutes ago, Cassel said:

Maybe a Scraplift tutorial of the month could be an additional feature in the membership?

Oh, this sounds like a good idea. I do like scraplifts!

Me, too. Nice it is something brand new! 😊

P = push a boundary

Grandson Tyler had an adventure in July with a singles vacation in Bali, Indonesia. The flight was very long but luxurious hosted by Qatar Airlines. He was delighted to be hooked up with 4 single women for the tours. This is just a template from my stash. The Bali logo is from a search which produced this on a t-shirt, and I added the date. Enjoy! 

Finishing up July, here's my Week 29, showcasing my grandson Tyler's recent vacation trip to Bali, Indonesia. He's pictured here at the Tegenungan Waterfall.

Here is my monthly Wildcat Calendar for August. I also posted it on Scrapbooking with Paintshop Pro | Facebook in 8.5" x 11" size for printing.

2 hours ago, Michele said:

The vultures would definitely give me the willies!

I usually say they're so ugly, they're cute! 😉

I think the most surprising to me is the flocks of Canada geese and the flocks of black vultures that hang about on the roof here in the city of Middletown. I do see white-tailed deer, skunks, groundhogs, chipmunks, many songbirds and woodpeckers, and our community cats. 

12 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here's my final entry in the Story Time Workshop. Rescuing cats is my favorite charity. I used a kit from the Pixelscrapper Blog Train called Cat's Rule by Magnolia. 

I think the main text is readable but not the Dumped/Stray in the sidebar. Here it is in text form: 

D/SA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal rescue founded in 2017 in Middletown, New York. 
The organization aims to:
~reduce the population of stray animals using trap-neuter-release
~provide medical, physical and emotional support to abandoned and stray animals
~make all attempts to safely re-home non-feral animals, and provide a safe haven for feral cats
~promote responsible pet ownership and provide humane education within the community
We are an all volunteer organization maintaining a small shelter and feral cat retirement village. Our volunteers and foster families work tirelessly to ensure that shelter and food are provided for all local and homeless animals.

Here's my final entry in the Story Time Workshop. Rescuing cats is my favorite charity. I used a kit from the Pixelscrapper Blog Train called Cat's Rule by Magnolia. 

49 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

there is a weird line.  Does anyone else have that?

Actually, yes, it is there on the QP for me also. I think I might try covering it with the clone tool, only because I tend to fiddle with stuff like that!

38 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

you crack me up!  Being the "good" Canadian that I am, I failed French in the most spectacular way.

My mother was quite disappointed when I signed up for Spanish in high school. She had done French and wanted someone else in the family to appreciate it. Unfortunately, she never confided her wishes in me, so I just chose Spanish, like my girlfriends. Also, unfortunately, I hated it and kept skipping class which did not put me on the teacher's pet list. I had to repeat Spanish One and then I did Two and when I started college, picked it up again, to no avail. I learned more when we visited Mexico than I ever did in classes. 

1 hour ago, Michele said:

Day 4
I found the pics on Google and changed them to B&W to give them a nostalgic look. I added some texture to the pink papers just to add a little interest. The title font is Travel Soulmates and the story font is Lavanderia.

 

 

 

Oh, my! That does bring back a ton of memories from my childhood in Rutherford. Even girls played with the pink hi-bouncers!

9 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

"English is weird!"

about that, I do think "coup" is French... j/s

9 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

Day 5

Fonts are Adorable Mother and Adinda Sayang.  I used Jessica Dunn's Wildwood Thicket bundle for everything except the boots that I found on Vecteezy http://<a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-png/hiking-shoes">Hiking Shoes PNGs by Vecteezy</a>

the Alpha is by Marisa Lerin and just says it's called Alpha 59 cork.  I filled in the middle with a leather texture.  Again, used 2022 for the wrapped text for a more smooth workflow.  This is one of my favorite templates so far.  

 

Ah, Suz, that looks like my favorite template, too, especially how you dress it up! I think there's a chance for you to go back and test the "way-back" of text wrapping as there's a spelling error on the 3rd line. It's more of a homophone, actually! You really "flew the coop" (like chicken coop) rather than "coup" which is more political and an overthrow of a government and is actually pronounced "coo." 😉❤️

3 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

STORY TIME - LESSON 6 - FEAR. My fear of the water has a bit of story behind it. I dug up this really old photo of me and a friend from 1946 when our families went to the beach at Far Rockaway. We were from Rutherford, NJ, but our friends were from Flushing, Queens, so Far Rockaway beach it was! I'm on the right, age 5 and Linda was 4. The title font at the bottom is Horror Story and I decided to add a little stroke in black. I was surprised the font added scatters instead of strokes on the letters. The journaling text is Bell MT and I used the new By the Sea font to add the line of seabirds under the photo. Cass photo corners. I had a hard time trying to scan this old black & white photo and ended up using my iPhone and taking a picture of it. That worked out much better! I used a kit from Marisa Lerin called Under the Sea-mini with the lesson six template. I think I will post the text separately for readability in the comments.

When I was young I was afraid to swim in either the ocean, lake or pool. My mother told me she blamed my dad who literally threw me in the ocean when I was about 2 years old, claiming that was how to teach a child to swim. This photo shows me with a friend when I was five, enjoying the mild surf at Far Rockaway, on the Long Island, NY, shore. When I was about seven,  my mother sent me to the nearby Passaic, NJ,  YWCA and I took swimming classes. I got to really enjoy swimming, advancing to diving and water ballet before I was done with my lessons.

STORY TIME - LESSON 6 - FEAR. My fear of the water has a bit of story behind it. I dug up this really old photo of me and a friend from 1946 when our families went to the beach at Far Rockaway. We were from Rutherford, NJ, but our friends were from Flushing, Queens, so Far Rockaway beach it was! I'm on the right, age 5 and Linda was 4. The title font at the bottom is Horror Story and I decided to add a little stroke in black. I was surprised the font added scatters instead of strokes on the letters. The journaling text is Bell MT and I used the new By the Sea font to add the line of seabirds under the photo. Cass photo corners. I had a hard time trying to scan this old black & white photo and ended up using my iPhone and taking a picture of it. That worked out much better! I used a kit from Marisa Lerin called Under the Sea-mini with the lesson six template. I think I will post the text separately for readability in the comments.

5 minutes ago, Daniel Hess said:

LOL.  I'm not sure even sugar would remedy the awful taste of spinach.  Another food that absolutely gives me a gag reflex is Liver.  I'm a protein loving guy but have NEVER been able to stomach the taste (or smell) of liver.  Maybe some sugar on that LOL?  Food like that went in pieces under the lip of the plate piece by piece when nobody was looking.  Then scrape it all into a napkin also when nobody else was looking and kept in my lap until could excuse myself and deliver plate to sink and napkin to the circular file.  Of course with 4 siblings, I got tattled on and busted a couple of times.

You just needed a dog under the table. They usually like liver... j/s