Ann Seeber

11 minutes ago, Anne Lamp said:

Day 5  I skipped making a project for some of the the days and did this one .  The alpha is cass-Licorice1-Alphabet ex.(with the color changed on some letters) The spinach is from Google then cropped. The spoon is from C F.   ps I still don't care for cooked spinach, but I no longer put sugar on it.

That's an amusing story for me, Anne, because I didn't like it either so my Dad sprinkled the spinach with vinegar and grated parmesan cheese... YUM! 😊

15 minutes ago, Gerry Landreth said:

Day 6

The first time I heard the word "homophone" in English class, something clicked. Gerry vs. Gary. Guerilla vs. gorilla. They sound the same but mean very different things.

It was a new word that I knew would be important. (See how I did that?) 

Planet of the Apes, indeed! 😲

STORY TIME-LESSON 5 - FOOD - I recreated this from 2 years ago but made many changes. 

STORY TIME-LESSON 4 - SPORT. The background is a photo of the Hackensack Meadowlands where Jack and I hunted. The Alpha is from Sheila Reid. The text is Bell MT. Checking to see if it will be readable in this size. 

42 minutes ago, Minka Glasier said:

Like yesterday, I have a jammed packed day today ... so did today's early.  I can't begin to even tell you how great a place the Lion Country Safari was.  The animals get to roam free (except for the lions of course.)  There's a reason they call him the KING.  LOL  They had rhino's, giraffes, monkeys (on an island) and so so so much more.  If you didn't feel like you took it all in - you can just turn in again and drive through a second time.  Beware though, it takes a couple of hours to drive through the first time!  After you are done there is another entire park to enter, walk through, and maybe get something to eat. That's where you will find the birds, amusements and  more.   Being a birder that was a must see for me.  I have to tell you the Lorikeets are so much fun, I didn't ever want to leave.  You can pay a nominal fee and get some food for them ... and once they see that food cup in your hand - they are all over you.  Such Fun!

So glad you got to enjoy one of these safaris. We did one last year and didn't roll up our windows! The rhinos were not allowed out to roam free. I also had a lorakeet experience at a different park. Very colorful little birds! 

15 hours ago, Cassel said:

Can you try again? I had the wrong name on the updated file!

Got it! Thanks. See the results in the Lesson 3-Mischief I just posted! 😁

15 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I can't remember much else as ringing the bell at someone's house and running away before they could open the door.

Corrie- that reminded me of a situation I had here at my condo. Some little girls from next door came over and rang my doorbell and ran away. I looked at my porch security camera and saw them run so I walked out on my patio and there they were. The littlest one bragged that she had rung my bell and I said, I know, I took your picture when you did it with my porch camera. They shrieked and ran home! 😆

I did Lesson 3 - Mischief, using the QP this time as I thought it was very pretty. I used cass-Gradient dimension-Alphas for the title with a pattern I made from the sunflowers to colorize the letters. My text wrapping worked perfectly, no problems, knock wood! The font is Bell MT. 

19 minutes ago, Cassel said:

It was brought to my attention that the quick-page for day 3 was only 600x600 instead of the full-size of 3600x3600. I have fixed it and if you wanted Day 3 quick-page, you can re-download it.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

@Cassel I just re-downloaded the zip but the QP is still 600x600... 😁

15 minutes ago, Anne Lamp said:

Here is my day one project.  I thought I had signed up but must not have so I did so late.   I used Alphas I have collected for the letters.

Anne, why do the alphas on the left spell out PAMP?

Story Time #2 - The Bird, a Thanksgiving tale. I will post the text here as I doubt it will be large enough in a 600 format. The title is an alpha from Sheila Reid, the fonts are Bremen Bold for the pheasant and Bell MT for the text. I used the template but added my own extras to it. I had a lot in a Thanksgiving kit that I had stashed. I used wood pattern for the background and the round frame. The photo corners were in the kit. 

Here's the text: 

Our traditional Thanksgiving dinner was always wild pheasant. My husband, Jack, brought home the bird and Debbie and Laurey were tasked with plucking it and I would stuff it with sausage dressing and roast it with bacon layered on top because wild game is not as juicy as a commercial bird.

The only drawback to having a wild shot bird was dealing with the tiny bits of lead birdshot that was embedded in the meat. We eventually solved that problem by going to a local game farm and purchasing a wild pheasant, freshly killed. I always preferred the taste of pheasant compared to a traditional turkey.

10 hours ago, Minka Glasier said:

Carole was right about these things bringing back memories.  In looking at pictures to use, I decided to revisit a trip my husband and I took before his passing.  Kind of sad in a way, but also bringing smiles for the fun time we had.  I had trouble with the two papers title and going to revisit that again to get it logged into this noggin ... but I just ran out of time for today.  Will play with it again tomorrow to see if I have better luck.  OBVIOUSLY, I need to watch that video again (and maybe take a couple of notes!)  

My parents drove us from New Jersey up the East Coast to many of the New England states when we vacationed. I remember Bar Harbor as we took a "cruise" out into the ocean there and the water got a bit rough. I was standing, holding on to a pole and laughing all the way... my parents, not so much. They got seasick!

On 7/22/2024 at 5:21 PM, Ann Seeber said:

Born in an ice storm, I couldn't resist the vibe. The background photo is from Pixabay. The font is Droid Serif, the alphas are from Sheila Reid, the snow glitters are from my mega Iceland kits and the baby is from the kit Baby Dear. 

@Cassel I think you missed my first layout here when you made your comments. 

Born in an ice storm, I couldn't resist the vibe. The background photo is from Pixabay. The font is Droid Serif, the alphas are from Sheila Reid, the snow glitters are from my mega Iceland kits and the baby is from the kit Baby Dear. 

I created this layout the first time I participated in Story Time. I will now go and try the bonus layout and see how that goes. 

7 hours ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

I gave up and used Carole's script.

Don't feel bad, Bonnie, I did the exact same thing! I did try with the Warp Brush and you'd shudder like I did, to see the results! 😁

10 hours ago, Donna Sillia said:

I sometimes use AI, mostly when I can't make something myself or do not have a adequate picture. However, I had to try Copilot after the discussion here taking my inspiration from Ann. I have a favorite book series by Dorothy Dunnet featuring Francis of Lymond, who is a 16th century courtier, "a musician, a poet, a mathematician and one of the best fighting men of his age. He’s an adventurer, gracious, handsome, very light blonde and lethal." After entering this description, I am posting the picture that was made.😂

Oh, my goodness, he is GORGEOUS! (But not my type, actually, as I go for a darker mien... 😉 )

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

This guy is gorgeous!

Yeah, I know! He pulls all my "bad boy" hormones out for a refresher! It's one of the reasons I love the book series.

1 hour ago, Susan Ewart said:

Me too, I'm old, so "old" fashioned is the way to go.   I don't want to rely on AI as I would feel like describing art would not really be my own work or vision.  Like when I was a young child and used to ask my mom to draw horses for me.  That's more like an art director hiring an artist, the art director may own the work, but the artist still retains the copyright (how does an AI retain a copyright anyway 😁).  Still, there is a place for AI to streamline workflow, without creating the work for us.  This is just what I think for me and how I want to move forward creatively.  I'm totally loving what others create with AI's and love to see what they doing with it.  

I was in one of my book/author groups on Facebook and one member had asked AI to create a portrait for the main character using descriptions from the books. Their attempt was fair so I decided to try. It was rather interesting as I had all the books in my Kindle collection so I could copy/paste descriptions directly from the author. The portrait AI created for me was quite popular in the group so I might even try it again some time. If anyone is familiar with the character Lucas Davenport from John Sandford's "Prey" series, here's the Bing Copilot DalE-3 version. (the scar is too prominent but otherwise the wolverine smile and sparkling eyes are right on)

2 hours ago, Dan Greenwood said:

Hi, classmates!

Hi Dan! Good to see you; it's been awhile! 😊

Here's my "School Daze" featuring the Washington Elementary School that was located directly across the street from my childhood home, which is also pictured on the lower right. Here is a photo of the school in the cass-schoolframe2. I used an old kit called SNU-BuckleMyShoe for most of the embellishments. The photo of downtown Rutherford, top left, has some cass-freebie photo corners. The fonts used are Copperplate Gothic Light and Bell MT. I used the curved photo script on the Classmates photo. Can you ID me in it? 

Still in a "finding your roots" state of mind, I love this Currier & Ives print of bygone sidewheeler steamboats on the Hudson River.

15 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

Head over to the facebook page

Hi Sue, I couldn't find any of your Mourning Dove photos on Facebook. Can you direct me?

On 7/18/2024 at 1:23 AM, Michele said:

I was thinking about my H.S. yearbook when I remembered a former classmate had sent me a copy of our sixth grade graduation pic. I used a whole bunch of elements from DS/PS. The font is Sketchzone.

Now you have to guess which one is me!

 

Second row, second from the left in red. 🤞 (is there a prize?? 😉)

1 hour ago, Donna Sillia said:

I watched "Hillbilly Elegy" on Netflix. We are fortunate to have JD as a Senator in Ohio. He is extremely knowledgeable and articulate. His story is inspiring.

@Donna Sillia In the same vein, you might try Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, which is also about Appalachia. It is quite inspiring and won the Pulitzer last year.