Ann Seeber

I used the template from Lab 13-01 which has a split title. I had to remove one photo group and my split title is actually hyphenated. Not exactly the same. Oh, well. The outside frame is a PSP frame labeled transparent. The blue patterned paper is from Rachel Martin and the woodgrain is Marisa Lerin, Winter Day. Mostly I just added texture to the other papers. The font is Bernard MT and the yellow arrow is from Marisa Lerin in a kit called 1000. The photos are mine, from my front yard, except for the top left portrait that I got from Ed Frampton.

I finally came up with something from the stencil lesson. Actually, inspired by Pirkko's daffodils. The moon photo from Fred Coffey inspired a little science fiction. The font is SF Distant Galaxy. I turned the photo into a negative image. Also added a few flares from my Tube files.

Corrie: Weren't the hearts in Michelle's layout part of a template from that Blog Train? She said they were top and bottom and she removed the top one for her titles. I looked at them and thought, hmm, another way to TRY to do the stencils. I'm not having much luck with them so far. I need to get back to Carole's video in that Lab.

I'll be here. I really need practice with "homemade" masks. I'm too dependent on Cassel's script: Raster-to-Mask which limits me to whatever shape the raster is and doesn't have those nice fading brush strokes on the edges.

I think I heard that, too, that the optimizer is better at stabilizing the text. It certainly gives you more control over compression. I created shortcuts on my toolbar for both optimizers, .jpg and .png. Very handy. They're right next to Cassel's new Guides script and Open as a New Layer-Rename. Really speeds things up a bit.

For that reason, I now make it a habit to rasterize all text. I found it especially touchy if it's created in a selection area.

Thomas: I first saw your creation in the Gallery and it's much brighter there than it is here. Is this the same size and compression?

Here's the other half of the double honeymoon layout...

Just an example of using this technique, here's part of a double layout I did for my granddaughter's honeymoon in Feb 2022.

Corrie: That stencil is amazing! Now I have to try that Lab and see what I can do with it. I also like Pirkko's creation. Very different from all the others.

Julie: Wonderful layout for a wonderful old photo. The tree is the perfect touch!

Beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog nicely showcased, Gabriella!

Here it is...

BOOTCAMP DAY 9 - #4 - FROST MOON Background paper: StarWarsMayTheForth kit Title: Bauhaus93 font filled with white glitter Button: SNU_1-2-BuckleMyShoe_Emb-Marble Journaling font: Century Gothic Journaling info: The Farmer's Almanac Frame: Inner Bevel #7 @ 43 Clip + Flower: SNU_1-2-BuckleMyShoe Photo: Fred Coffey-Photographer

Hi Steve - I usually lock the transparency lock at the top of the layers palette so only one item gets selected. See if that helps...

DAY 9 #4: Anna Loves Dante - My granddaughter has a new cat named Dante. I got a kit from Digitalscrapbook.com by Gina Jones called Every Day is Caturday. The plain papers, the heart and the scatters are from my stash. The patterned paper, word art and cat accessories are from the kit. The fonts used are Gill Sans Ultra and Birdy.