Ann Seeber

Hi, my name is Ann, too! Just finished the Bootcamp and learning a lot from Carole. Hoping there is a new class of some sort starting soon.  Here is a crazy little page I did using an Arisha Quick page in my spare time! ;) Welcome to the Campus!

Finished the final project. I pretty much copied Cassel's demo, even down to the starring cat! I appreciated the use of the selection rectangle to corral the text. Good job, PSP! Here's my girl... Introducing Eve Seeber--ta da!

 

 

Frances Couzens: How charming! My cats do the same thing!! Nice layout; interesting effect on the frame. I plan on doing mine today and you are inspiring me! Thanks.

I was poking around with some Quick Pages hoping to try out the new script I got from Cassel. I found a photo to display that made an amusing observation but didn't really know how to proceed with the script. I had two images open - the Quick Page and my photo. I layered them together and applied the script but just got several black masks.. which I don't understand at all! I finally put the photo and quick page together my old-fashioned way but I'd really like to know how the script is supposed to work.

 

Here's a screenshot of my desktop when trying the script and here's also the Quick Page and also my  final design.

 

Oops, sorry, forgot to resize the Quick Page base.

Finally finished the latest project! I sort of let the Fruitloop kit lead the way and I found the photos from our Rotary Luau from 2018 and the colors worked well. My husband just passed away in Dec 2019 and Rotary was his love (aside from our movie theater!) I think I came in 3rd. ;) So this page turned into a homage to our Rotary days.

 

Cassel: I put the script in the proper folder but forget what I do with it in PSP? :) I was so busy finishing my Luau project that I didn't have time to experiment. Where do I look for it in my PSP2020?

As Cassel predicted, I went back and tweaked my earlier Osprey vs Oriole layout. I used a lot of glitter! And I added another Osprey in the lower left peeking out of his nest as his Mom tries to fend off the annoyed Oriole. Bird Drama!

Thanks, Fay ... and, yes, she is! :)

I tried another baby Sonia layout using Quick Page #1 which has no way to change the embellishments. (I looked into some Free kits on the internet but only one came with embellishments I could edit, the rest were just like the Quick Page). I will show you the photo I started out with (her Mom finally gave me more to work with!) and the finished page. I did a bit of color editing because her blanket had coral figures and I made them lavender. I had searched the web for clipart for the movie theme and it said it was on a transparent background but of course, they weren't, because they were  .jpg's. So I had to "erase" the checkerboard. :|

 

EDIT: I decided to put up the base Quick Page so you can see the difference compared to what I came up with.

Here's my next design using 3 photos shot by a photographer friend of mine, Ed Frampton. The photos are signed. Some of his shots are amazing and witty, too! I really like the CTL-Y shortcut! (Thanks for the correction, Cassel) Saved me a lot of time with drop shadows. And, yes, all the fish are picture tubes, a first for me! Oh, and I used a glitter file as fill for the bird silhouettes. I changed to the Classic Palette and it is much better!

Cassel: Yes, thank you

Cassel: Not able to download from the Facebook link for the Sweaters & Hot Cocoa kit. Here's what I get...

 

Ann

Cassel: Part II -Well, I opened that .png file in PSP and it had the transparency!

 

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Cassel: You said "You mention saving in .psd format to keep the transparency. Did you know that the .png format would also do that? That is the typical format used for single-layer elements with some transparency."

 

Well, I tried that, first just saving as a .png and when that didn't save my transparent background, I used the Export function as a .png where you can tell it what color should be transparent and that didn't work either! :( I must be doing something wrong or there's something wrong with the file.. I'll upload it so you can see.

 

BTW: I downloaded the Shortcut files but they only go through 2019 whereas I have 2020. Is there anything new in 2020?

So here's my next page. I finally got a good photo of my newest great-granddaughter. She just came home from neonatal intensive care. Born June 26, she was a preemie and only weighed 4lbs 8oz. She had a feeding tube, which made it hard to hold her :( But, now she's gained her weight back and is finally home! As you can see, her Mom is fond of elephants and mandalas ;)

 

I followed the style of my first page pretty much but added more embellishments this time. I also added a vignette frame to the photo. Took me a long time to figure out to use the background eraser and save things as a .psd to preserve the transparent backgrounds.

 

Can you tell me where to find the printable list of keyboard shortcuts? That would be useful. Thanks!

 

Here is baby Sonia Anne..

Day 3 - Scrapbook page for baby Magic. Had a time chasing down papers and elements that suited me. I don't like my pages too cluttered. I used your demo page as an example, Cassel. I think this came out nice.

Hey Ben, you did what I thought of when it was too late..turned the cup around!

 

Ann

Here's my Lesson 1 & 2. Thank you for helping me get my windows separate!

 

Here's my lunch.. I couldn't leave it plain old white bread and I flood filled the table with a pattern.

 

Interesting lesson, once I got into it.

Hello all,

 

Looking forward to this Bootcamp. I just FINALLY finished (mostly) the Travel Tale Challenge. I'm getting geared up for more PSP projects. I have a favorite photographer whose name is Ed Frampton from Poughkeepsie, NY, which is not too far from me. I see his work all the time on social media and, after speaking to him, I've saved a collection of his work. The photos are mostly birds local to us here in the Hudson Valley of NY. I'll leave an example here for you to see but have yet to work out what to do with them to showcase them.  The photo is of a Great Blue Heron and I think it's quite amusing! He looks so FOCUSED! lol

 

UPDATE: Giving further thought to events here; I'm now the proud great-grandma of 2 baby girls, one born June 4 in California and the other June 26 here. I have nice photos of little "Magic" who is now over a month old but little "Sonia" was born early and has been in neonatal and has just started to eat on her own; now she has to gain enough weight to be able to go home.

 

Magic weighed 8 lbs at birth but Sonia was only 4lbs 8oz and has subsequently lost more :(

 

I have some quite nice photos of Magic but photos are hard for Sonia when she's in an incubator. For her, I'll wait until she's home (hopefully this week!)

 

So I may also do a page of Baby Magic. Here she is back in June. Someone there is good with their camera!

 

 

I almost completed all the challenges, except for the Leave a Mark tutorial didn't work for me. I don't have room for anything else, anyway! LOL

 

Here's the final page, cut in two.

Here is my main page, broken into two halves.

 

The left side shows Las Brisas Resort from the air and you can see each cottage (casita) has a pool. It was quite a climb to the top where the big restaurant was located. We were glad we had our Pink Jeep!

 

The right side shows us at the restaurant in our Mexican clothing (we borrowed the hats) and it also shows the parasailing over Acapulco Bay that we enjoyed watching. The little gift shop shows off Las Brisas pink and white colors which were so refreshing in the hot climate.

 

 

Oh, so sorry to hear that, Cindy! :( Sending good vibes your way and virtual (((hugs))).

Hello whoever may still be around :)

 

Had some fun creating the stamps. We were in Acapulco, Mexico, staying at the Las Brisas Resort which is up on a very steep hill overlooking Acapulco Bay. In order to get around, guests rent PINK JEEPS! This was part of the fun. I decided to feature the pink jeep as my stamp project but didn't have a photo of an actual one from the resort so I had to create one. I found a photo of a pink jeep and had a photo of the hilly Las Brisas mountainside, and added the distinctive hot pink logo I used for the leather tag and then I combined them to make my stamp. See for yourself on my little stamp layout. :) Oh, and last minute I decided the tag was for the Jeep key, so there it is!

I've finally finished Day 4, the leather tag. I'm going to upload my tag for the Las Brisas Resort and also a copy of their logo so you can see what I was trying to accomplish. They rarely stick to just one color in Mexico!

Hi everyone. Mine is still a work in progress. It's a double page but this is just the right-hand side. I did the map and the title. Struggling with all those layers! I am planning on adding the date and multiple small photos soon and then I'll be done!

Well, I did create a map. It is Mexico and I have to figure out how to get a background on it

 

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