Ann Seeber

I'll be here, even if I do treat each lesson as a Scraplift! ?

I love song challenges. My fantasy vacation to the Florida Keys to one of Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville Resorts (he has some all over the world). His iconic "Margaritaville" song always makes me stop and sing along. I got a lot from NicePng, the layout is the template from Lab 13-06. The background is from my stash of beach kits.

11 hours ago, Suzy said:

Ann, that is so nice of you. Yes, that would be ideal, I think I can just sign up for myself, can't I? These are free?

I uploaded it to Facebook. Yes, the site Pngtree has free art.

16 hours ago, Suzy said:

Here is what I'm working on - the July Blogtrain kit.   I'm not sure what I need to add, or what I need to take away, but there is too much text. I'm not big on ribbons and bows, or buttons, and I can't really think of something small yet 3-D. I think Marisa has resin flowers over there I can add. It's one of those, "But why would I add a rose when we are talking about tomatoes?"  I think I need to just suck it up and add the darn rose!

Here goes the test run, sneak peek. I think you'll recognize Cassel's phrase strips, her datestamp 10 (altered) ,and I would say subway text, but I did it manually. In the background, I used shadow placer and open as a copy and open as a layer. I need to BUY the large paper preview set in the store. https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=72.  I used the one they have there at Pixelscrappers, but it is super hard to use, being that it is just a template and is not automated. :))))

 

I need one favor from you all -- the slice of tomato was made by me using that spark AI. Generally speaking, I personally think AI is creepy, ad if you don't believe me, put a pic of your dog in there are see what it comes up with. YIKES!

Edited to add: So I need to know for sure this tomato is not creepy before I put it in a kit for real.  Let me know, OK? ESPECIALLY if you think it is bad.

 

Suzy, if you'd be interested, I found this .png on Pngtree and it includes the fruit, greenery and flowers. It's really large, about 3600 wide, so I made a reduction to show you here. If you want the large version, I'll put in up in our Scrapbooking with PaintShop Pro Facebook files. I had to make a .jpg to post here but the original is a .png with transparency.

9 hours ago, Suzy said:

Here is what I'm working on - the July Blogtrain kit.   I'm not sure what I need to add, or what I need to take away, but there is too much text. I'm not big on ribbons and bows, or buttons, and I can't really think of something small yet 3-D. I think Marisa has resin flowers over there I can add. It's one of those, "But why would I add a rose when we are talking about tomatoes?"  I think I need to just suck it up and add the darn rose!

Here goes the test run, sneak peek. I think you'll recognize Cassel's phrase strips, her datestamp 10 (altered) ,and I would say subway text, but I did it manually. In the background, I used shadow placer and open as a copy and open as a layer. I need to BUY the large paper preview set in the store. https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=72.  I used the one they have there at Pixelscrappers, but it is super hard to use, being that it is just a template and is not automated. :))))

 

I need one favor from you all -- the slice of tomato was made by me using that spark AI. Generally speaking, I personally think AI is creepy, ad if you don't believe me, put a pic of your dog in there are see what it comes up with. YIKES!

Edited to add: So I need to know for sure this tomato is not creepy before I put it in a kit for real.  Let me know, OK? ESPECIALLY if you think it is bad.

 

Hmmm, interesting. The tomato slice looks realistic and juicy. The moth, however, seems creepy whereas the tomato worm is appropriate. Love your subway poster! Can't make out that wavy line of text across the top. I agree with Susan about a packet of seeds and/or pruning shears. You certainly do make interesting kits! Very different from the usual. I feel that way about  your bicycle kit, also. Good job!

M = Muscles - some dads have big muscles!

K = Kind - my Dad was kind

10 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Hi, I'm back from my journey to visit my daughter & co and have been reading all the comments in the different sections of the Campus for over an hour now, you all have been busy! I had a massive jetlag and although I attended the masterclass this Sunday I definitively have to rewatch it, nothing registered with me. 

I have had a great time and am starting to make a photobook as I did before. I'm going to make a scrapbook page as introduction to the different topics of the book. After each intro page comes the "normal" pages with all my photos and stories. I don't do all the pages as a scrapbook page, that would take me months to do and family and friends over here are waiting to see my book with all the photos!

I'll show the different intro pages as I finish them in this section of the Campus; they are still in random order because for some I need to do an internet search. This time they are rectangles because my book will be a rectangle and this way they cover a whole page, which I regret not doing last year.

Welcome back, Corrie ... I missed you! So looking forward to seeing the results of your vacation. San Francisco is awesome - love that city. I've been there several times enroute upstate to Mendocino to see my daughter, Debbie, and family. Their place is about 3.5 hours north on the Pacific Highway.

Yes, that was the sun at Noon. I walked out of the house and saw a red light glowing on the first car in line and I'm wondering where's the red light coming from but when I got out from under the porch and looked up, I saw that weird sun. Looks like we're on Mars with strange moons floating around! ? There goes my sci-fi imagination again! ? And, yes, I was at the supermarket and a lot of people were wearing masks, though I don't think indoors is necessary with the smoke. I came home and got out my N95 and felt lucky to have them! Used them to lug in the groceries, anyway. ?

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

Yeah, I guess you are close enough to the biggest wildfire in Nova Scotia. It is said to be the biggest in the history of the province, and the last I heard, it is still out of control.

HERE is the map of the Nova Scotia wildfires.

As for New Brunswick, HERE is the map (I live around Bathurst, on the north part)

I'd love to visit up there one day. Maybe Susan and I could meet with you. What a treat!! I just got home and in my travels I snapped a shot of our sun at Noon. Scary!

16 minutes ago, Cassel said:

Where are you located?

The biggest fire is in southern Nova Scotia, which would be about 6-hour drive from here (although less than that if in a straight line). Luckily, we had 2 days of heavy rain to help, although the big fire is still deemed out of control. There are also over 100 fires in the province of Quebec that might contribute to the smoke/haze too.

At this time, there are no wildfires near me. We'll see how it goes this summer as the predictions and the models indicate that it will be the worst year for wildfire throughout Canada. Crossing fingers.

I'm in New York State, about 500 miles from Nova Scotia. The smoke has been filtering down through Maine, then Vermont and now here. It's said the air pollution in NY City is the worst it's ever been. The sun was effectively grayed out yesterday but better today. Running my air purifier constantly as I have COPD/Asthma. This photo from Kathleen Eastwood from my Hudson Valley in Pictures group illustrates how it looks here at sunrise lately.

Carole, we are starting to see the smoke from the Eastern Canada wildfires. Are they near you? ?

I recently redecorated my betta's aquarium and now I'm ready for a gnome! ?

58 minutes ago, Cassel said:

@Ann Seeber One little trick you might want to use is to hold the Shift key when you draw a preset so it keeps the original proportions. In the last images, it looks like it is a little stretched vertically, compared to the original.

Thanks, Carole. Actually, Magic's dad is overly tall (6 feet/5 inches) and I wanted to show that effect.

1 hour ago, Susan Ewart said:

Is that you up in the 1941 box?  Beautiful layout and tribute to your father.  i like the photos done that way and the background with the curled paper edge.  

Thanks, Susan, yes that is me top right (bald baby ?) the year I was born. 

I'm rather pleased with how this turned out considering I had no template. I created the mask and ran the raster-to-mask script. The background photo has an overlay layer effect. The font is Britannic Bold. Here's MAGIC!

Trying out the Shape Cutter. Here are a couple of small images. The second one is of Magic as an infant with a cutout of Dad and current Magic. I think I like the silhouettes the best.

I did a two matching pages to celebrate Magic's 3rd birthday. They had a fun pinata party. They sent 10 photos so it worked with Carole's new Hanging Photos 2 template. I totally used a birthday mini-kit from Melissa Lerin. I'll try to post a preview with the two layouts.

28 minutes ago, Sue Thomas said:

I agree that the example you have posted is a lovely Alpha and only an alpha(bet).  I may be completely wrong, and way off the mark, but  to me a monogram is a letter or number, typically someone's initials usually combined or interwoven in a decorative design, to be used in a logo or something along those lines  like in a title.   The font frames  that I have are stored in borders, frames and dividers folder. Which is where I will put the above pngs. I was merely pointing out that those lovely heart png  frames above,  is not  a font, or a monogram, but comes under what I would class as borders, frames or if split, can be used as a  divider.   

Sue, I think the term Monogram is deceptive as I have several sets in my Alpha/Digits folder that the designer designated as Monograms. I guess it may be a cultural thing. Whatever country/language is involved. I agree that my mind sees them as fancy, with flourishes, but not everyone uses the same naming procedure.

8 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

I have several projects on the go, this being one of them.  Although these are advertised as a monogram, it's not a font.  They are very large png files.  The width is  to wide for my liking, had they  have been a font (Vector), editing to my liking would have  been ever so much easier, whilst retaining  the sharpness of  them. Anyway, I chose one and used it in a label I created. (Overlay blend mode).  I also opted to use a  slightly different approach to framing the 2 photos.  The butterfly  strip was created using 3 butterfly png files.  

I've seen those "monograms" and I'd actually call them Alphas. I used some back with our alphabet series. They appear in my files under Polka Dot Chicks Designs and have a Gingerbread Christmas kit and one other. Here's one of the letters used. It has a subtle polka dot design.
BY TAMMY AND SHELBY

35 minutes ago, Suzy said:

Ok, That is hilarious. ?   I have never seen that before, even as a requester.  The file is sent - but it's really big. Let me know if it's too much for your email provider and I'll split it up.  I'm unclear if you get an email with the file in it or an email with a link. (which would be a link right smack back to the original that you presumably could not download. Really, this has been the hardest part of the whole darn thing!  well, this and selecting the colors, LOL!)

Got it! Came right into my Dropbox Capture folder which I think was created because I downloaded their new app - Dropbox Capture. It basically does screenshots but it seems to also record videos. ? Your kit is so cute! I love the bicycles...

On 5/31/2023 at 9:43 PM, Suzy said:

Thank you so much. I think I must have forgotten to put the folders in the mail folder.  It isn't intuitive.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/938obtx011pzkpliijw2m/h?dl=0&rlkey=r97c19okadh1sjmekc3osi2t7

Suzy: Dropbox gave me the option to request the file from you. Just go to this link.

8 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Ann has hinted I should add one for some time, so I'm seeing how long it takes for her to notice. 

Yay! There you are!! Nice to "see" you, Susan! ?

Leftover Scraplift from May - Six of my grandchildren (the ones who have significant others). The only one missing is Tyler-John who is unattached at this time. The title font is Baby Olivia, the background is color fill treated to weave texture, the curved paper is treated to a pattern using the sculpture texture, the flowers behind the photos are a ribbon called Butterfly Garden-clipart 15. Brad, on the top left, is new to my digital layouts. He and Alycia, top right, are twins.

Six of my grandchildren (the ones who have significant others). The only one missing is Tyler-John who is unattached at this time. The title font is Baby Olivia, the background is color fill treated to weave texture, the curved paper is treated to a pattern using the sculpture texture, the flowers behind the photos are a ribbon called Butterfly Garden-clipart 15. Brad, on the top left, is new to my digital layouts. He and Alycia, top right, are twins.