Ann Seeber

Featuring my zookeeper granddaughter, Jackie, and her snow leopards at the Nashville (TN) Zoo. I'm also posting the project from Lesson 4 in March of 2023 featuring Fog.

41 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

Thanks, Corrie. It is already black so I will change it for something bolder.

I made the journaling bold. Here it is: Brandy, my new teen tortoiseshell rescue kitten is getting comfortable indoors, helping Mom with the laundry.

14 minutes ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Ann I like your new kitty but the wrapped text is a little bit hard to read in the color you choose on the busy background.

Thanks, Corrie. It is already black so I will change it for something bolder.

Here is my Lesson 3 featuring my bratty teen kitten, Brandy. 🤪 I used materials from Marisa Lerin's kit, Teenage Life. I added the cat toy and created the mat for the title. The title font is Dingo Nursery colored with metallic gradients.

9 minutes ago, Daniel Hess said:

Project #2.

🤣Love the look on the cat's face!

2 hours ago, Anne Lamp said:

Day 3   Photos are mine. Preset shape used for box is one Cassel shared with us called Gems.  The text for the title is cooperplate gothic light.

Anne, you need the letter "k" in Blackbird, instead of the 'L."

2 hours ago, Cristina said:

Thank you, Fiona!

Do you mean the glow around the title?

If so, it's the Outer Glow from the Layer Properties (Layer Styles on the Layer Palette). The default size is 43, and the opacity is 80.

Here is a screenshot with the settings I used. 

 

 

That is not what I meant.  I need the way to blur someone's face who does not want it on the internet.

1 hour ago, fiona cook said:

Can you tell me how you make the fuzzing out for the discreet portrait photos please?

Yes, I could stand some instruction on that, also. 

My clothes dryer had an issue and the repairman came promptly. My unit is a tall double apartment-size washer/dryer in a closet-like space. He tore the walls off the entire unit and made a big mess. He did put it back together but when I went to use it, the stainless circular air grill inside the back of the dryer fell off and thumped around with the motion. I checked it and it seems there were NO screws to hold it in place and none to be found nearby. I wasn't reassured when the same guy came to fix it, but it does now work ok. 

Here is my Day 2 and I've included the one I did in March 2023, which I still love. The turkey photo is by Chuck Calio and the fonts used in the title are Babilonia and Baby Olivia.

I had been playing with Carole's Word-Grid, so I went ahead and used the Lesson One technique on the letters for Hanukkah. The font is Babilonia and the decor is from the internet. I'm not very handy with Picture Tubes and was wishing I could have a confetti in the blue, gold and white of the holiday. The large menorah is the top layer set to Multiply and at 45% opacity.

51 minutes ago, Julie Magerka said:

My canvas was 3600x1900 b/c the photo was horizontal. I am using aA's supplies a lot  b/c I can't help myself! I got more of her art with a recent sale she had.

Gosh, I have to get to that package. It's intimidating because there are so many zips!

12 hours ago, Julie Magerka said:

I did another layout for cemeteries. This one is an early settler burial ground for those early folks who lived along the Thames River in the area of Chatham, Ontario. In 1959, many of the markers had been vandalized or had fallen into the river. So an effort was made to retrieve and rehabilitate them and place them in a row. That's how they stand today. Ontario history of settlement is not that early, 18th or 19th century. Not like Europe or elsewhere.

This cemetery is named for an early family who donated land for burials, as was the custom back then.

 

 

Very attractive, Julie. May I ask what size canvas you started with; the proportions here are unusual, but excellent for a horizontal photo. Are you still using aA's supplies? I have yet to tackle unzipping her huge bundle! LOL 

12 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I have changed the font to Arial

Yes, much better for me, thank you Corrie. Good old Arial to the rescue! 

12 minutes ago, Jannette Nieuwboer said:

He suffers from Louis Body dementia

I'm so sorry to read this, Jannette. At my age, I'm aware that dementia is one of the big fears of aging. Please be kind to yourself as caregiving is very taxing. My husband suffered mini- strokes that gave him some of the same symptoms. I am convinced that nursing homes are best equipped to care for these patients. That is where my Frank ended his days back in 2018. Even with him having 24-hour professional care it was still very stressful for me. Take care.

4 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

This is what it looks like before the texture and before the Vector layer was hidden.  

These are so nice, Suz. I just posted mine for this week but I'm in the November thread now. You might want to move over... 😉

10 hours ago, Julie Magerka said:

names have become associated with unpopular behaviours

well, it's Gov. Andrew, the son, not Gov. Mario, who has a taint. Mario was quite popular and retired with his reputation intact. Andrew's problem is that he was raised in an expressive Mediterranean culture that is normally "handsy" with everyone, male or female. Then he ran afoul of the first Trump administration and how Covid was handled.  He seems to be rehabilitating his reputation now but, you're right, there is a taint to the Cuomo name but not to the governor the bridge is now named for. Andrew proved to be accessible for our business in the early days of tough rules to avoid exposure but we were able to convince him that there was little chance of exposure sitting in your own car, watching a movie at our drive-in theater. Meanwhile, all other public venues had to close. We were able to get open by May of that year. Normally we open at Easter.

1 hour ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

A couple of weeks ago I came along this plant and with the sun on the silvery seedpods the seeds were shining through. I used all the elements in the DIY image but I rearranged them to my liking. Three of the rectangles have a part of the same photo and the fourth has the text about this Honesty or Judaspenning in Dutch. As it is about silver. I colored the leaves in silver with some noise.  For a decoration on the 4th rectangle I used cass-Decostitches3 which I was very lucky to win but hadn't used yet due to working on my calendars. The font for the text is Franklin Gothic Book and the background is again made by using some of Anna Aspness goodies. There are some seeds scattered on the background and those are by Sheila Reid.

Beautiful showcase for the money plant, as we call it. My only wish is a different font for the text. This seems unclear (maybe it's my eyes! 👀)

WEEK 45 - fallen leaves left for pollinators and other insects to over-winter

1 hour ago, Rene Marker said:

It also is a way to just document my daily life even though it is boring! But it also kind of forces me to not wallow in the depression but to get out and do things if weather is OK and to think outside the box about the photos I take each day. It has been interesting to look back and see how different each December has been since 2017. I've included screen shots of news headlines some years as well, especially in 2020. 

I first learned about it at The Lily Pad. Their designers design kits around a theme every year and they have a sub-forum with different challenges and tips on completing the project. Some people only do 25 days ending with Christmas. Some people do 6x8 layouts, some do full 12x12 layouts, others do Project Life type of layouts. Some people do something like the Project 52 some of you are completing here this year, with just 1 photo to reference each day.

It is well-known that journaling your thoughts is a path to healing from the trauma of grief. We grieve for many losses, not just death. 🤗

1 hour ago, Julie Magerka said:

So they replaced the wonderful name of Tappan Zee with Cuomo? Why? The name was both Native American and Dutch.

Pretty spectacular photo!

Our New York State governor at the time the bridge was updated was Andrew Cuomo and his father, Mario, was a 3-time governor and well-known in politics. The bridge was re-named for Mario, but there's a lot of push-back as many liked the old name and disliked Mario. Photo is a drone photo of the Mario Cuomo Bridge over the Hudson River between Nyack and Tarrytown July 26, 2019, Peter Carl and John Meore/The Journal News.
 

10 hours ago, Julie Magerka said:

I have other things to do but they are things I don't really want to do, so....I'm playing with PSP! Major procrastinator here.

At the Windsor (Ontario) and Detroit (Michigan) border which is the Detroit River, there has been both a bridge and a tunnel for nearly 100 years. The Ambassador Bridge until quite recently was owned by an private citizen who made lots of money over the decades with his toll booths, gas pumps, and duty-free shops. That bridge was completed in 1929 and took two years to build.

In 2015, the new bridge plans began. They decided to call it the Gordie Howe (for a famous hockey player from Detroit). Its progress has been well documented online and it has been amazing to watch as they brought the two spans (Canada side and US) together in the middle. But it has taken so long that I began to worry I might never live to see it or use it! (It's about 1/2 hr or so from where I live.)

The bottom right photo taken in Windsor by a photographer (Mark Hewer) shows the view of the bridge from a main artery road in that city, posted on FB. There are fabulous views of both bridges now when you visit Windsor, especially at the riverfront.

I used a Cass Template (from Lab 12-11) b/c the photo spots were so nicely framed and ready. The background has several layers of papers all blended. The pix come from online.

 

Even I've heard of Gordie Howe, and I don't follow hockey. What an amazing sight to see the construction. I love those bridges with the angled cables. Our newest has that, too, at the Tappan Zee (now Cuomo) over the Hudson.

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Week 46

I used Effects> photo effects> Time Machine>Early color.  The frame doesn't have transparency on the outside of the scalloped edged, I wonder why.  I had to do some selecting to delete them.  I'll be asking that question in the next Q&A, how I can use that effect but have transparency past the outer edge of the frame.  Wish it also put the frame on another layer, I was able to select and do it, but I'm sure I did everything the long hard way.  Still I like the effect.  I used an art deco background with a another color above and used a blend mode.  Picked an Art Deco font. 

 

Beautiful! I love Art Deco ever since as a small child I stayed at my uncle's farm and that is how my wealthy aunt decorated the house. I was in awe!

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

I was in such a hurry I ripped the darned sticker.

😄 Gosh, Suz, that vessel is gorgeous! (What is it? 😉)

9 hours ago, Rene Marker said:

"Document Your December"

What a good idea; reminds me of an Advent Calendar. I'll have to see what will work for me.