Ann Seeber

Not a fan of this QP but I fiddled with the decor and the opacity to create a display of some black and white photos from my family's past. The title font is My Butterfly massaged a bit with the Sculpture Effect. 

3 hours ago, Cassel said:

 Isn't that great to see those cute creatures so close to home!?

What creatures are you seeing, Cassel? The only animal I have showcased this time is one bird, the white-crowned sparrow. Are you sure you are talking about one of my layouts?

Still showcasing "The Gunks." The area is where my Terwilliger ancestors on my father's side settled when they arrived in the New World from Amsterdam in the 1600s. His birthplace was named Granite. This QP had room for a bit of journaling. 

14 minutes ago, Mary Solaas said:

and Ann Seeber

Thanks for the compliment, Mary, but I'm not really much of a photographer. I only have an iPhone XS and with upgrades the photos are now more easily edited. I found if I touch the main object in a photo the software indicates it will do an extraction for me! I think this is wonderful! 😁

Continuing my Shawungunk saga, I managed to slip in a shot of Mohonk Mountain House, a well-known resort in New Paltz. You may recall when I documented my parents' old Model A Ford having to take us up the driveway to the resort backwards because the gas tank was gravity-feed! 

Finished the first from Lesson Four: This time a wide panorama + more Gunks. The 3 small photos are from one shot. I included a little writeup from Wikipedia.

I decided to use that layout, too, Julie, for more of The Gunks. 

I went back and tackled the layout from Lesson 2. I decided to create a template of sorts in order to change the background color which is now a gradient created with the cass-gradient creator script using the colors of the sparrow. The title font is Vivaldi treated to the Sculpture Effect using the Geometric pattern with white. I have these little guys hopping all over the ground under my feeders. Their striped heads are quite noticeable. He even dominates this busy QP.

3 minutes ago, Julie Magerka said:

The Gunks! That's a funny name. Great layout.

Julie, thank you! I just adjusted the photo so you can see more of the landscape. Check it out!

A photo from Dan Mish featuring our beautiful Shawungunk Ridge, locally referred to as The Gunks. Lake Minnewaska is a well-known resort. The fonts are Dingo Nursery on the left and Eras Demi on the right.

Meanwhile, I finished one for Lesson Three. This is actually one photo that I chopped into 3 sections, reduced the opacity of the background and added a frame using inner bevel.

I did this yesterday and then got distracted this morning with the new QPs and forgot to post Lesson Two. Here it is...

I live in a condo development on the outskirts of a city, and we moved in during the month of October. The one saving grace that showed up in the Spring, was many flowering trees, which surprised and delighted me! Sadly, most have died off after 5 years here but this one, located right in front of my postage-stamp sized patio is a rather late bloomer but stands out with deep magenta blooms amid the pinks and whites. Luckily, it seems to have avoided the infestation that killed off the other cherries. The birds love it, also.

Ah, well, my next one is ready, also. I couldn't resist the blossoms in my front yard. My iPhone XS photo. There's a freeze predicted for Thursday. But, then again, our safe planting date is always the end of May so freezes are not unexpected. 😞 

Being silly with my daughters, (l-r) Debbie and Laurey. Laurey is famous for wearing flip-flops all year-round.

Continuing Lesson One, here's great grandson Logan. My daughter Laurey is his grandmother; her daughter Ilana, married to Maverick, is his mom. I added a starry banner from Marisa Lerin and the font is Stencil. I played with the colors a lot using the Change to Target brush which preserves textures.  

Here's my first part of Lesson One: a new photo from my California family. Great-grandson Raja is now 8 mos! Deb is my oldest daughter, Aaron is her beau, Anna and Will are her children, TJ is married to Anna and Lucy is married to Will. Raja and Magic are Will & Lucy's children. The lettering on the banners is cass-alpha-graduated-dimension. The font used is Children Funny.

Re-posting from earlier: Happy Birthday, Carole!

10 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Wow! Ann!  I cant even begin to know how you did this.  But i want the script that makes the beads.  These are gorgeous.  The background is really cool too.

Thanks, Suz! The background paper is again from the SI-Stargazer kit that I also used for my eclipse layout. The "wreath" was a freebie from Cassel and the Earth Day Birthday design is from Beth Scannel. I used this design twice as April 22 is also my grandson, Will's birthday, too!

Oh, I guess this means it's time to start with the birthday wishes. Happy Birthday, Carole! 

I couldn't resist doing a showcase for this woman's fabulous art. And here's a Gift Link to the article, no subscription needed.

Wow, very nice, Sue. I do see Cooper's Hawks here by the condo and see the occasional pile of feathers, probably a mourning dove's remains. Everyone has to eat. I've been enjoying a series on the Public Broadcasting Station [PBS] coincidentally called "A Fistful of Daggers" which is all about raptors. Fascinating! I looked the show up on Google Images and put this on my desktop for now. 

Just sharing a chuckle posted by my Warwick library on Facebook.

I've had quite a few pets: cats, dogs, tropical fish, guinea pigs, a de-scented skunk, ponies and horses. The most spectacular were the Irish Wolfhounds that we had starting around 1980 and for about 20 years, encompassing one female and after she passed away we acquired a pair, siblings, whom we named Mick and the female was already named "Annie." She was older and we got her to keep the male under control. As a 7-month-old pup, he was a handful. He was roughly the size of an Irish Setter and still had growing to do! I apologize for the photo, the only one I have of them. It was originally black and white, and I attempted to colorize it. The layout is from a Corel freebie template for Father's Day 2023. The background paper is from Melo Vrijhof, the font is Classic Barbershop and the celtic decor is from pngegg. 

18 minutes ago, Michele said:

Having the pic on the top right on top of the punched part of the paper is a very interesting twist on the usual. 

Also, is the Photo Block technique from a script or tutorial?