Ann Seeber

Well, I knew I'd be making changes as I go along. So here are Jan & Feb with backgrounds, pretty much finished except for maybe some journaling somewhere. And here also are March & April with photos and text but no backgrounds yet. All are works in progress. One thing I tried with February was to apply a texture to the background.

Pirkko: Carole says we can post as we go along, even unfinished. Here's her suggestions -

Personally, I'd love to see all 12 templates so I could do each lesson as I go along for 7 days. So far, I've placed photos in the first two and am waiting for ideas about the background, etc.

I used the September Sketch Challenge to document my granddaughter's honeymoon on Key West. The sketch showed lots of vertical strips, but I used photos instead of papers.

 

Edit: after further consideration, I applied a Gaussian blur to the background photos.

 

More Edit: Does Honeymoon count in the Moon category? ;-)

Sue Thomas: That snow scene works well with that mask! I'm still not sure what I'm doing for a background. So far, I'm using photos from my daughters' recent trip to Washington, DC.

Two of my greats, Magic and Logan, using cass-word frame 2

Cassel/Carole: What is forcetalks? (in the above post) I'm afraid to click on it ...

P = Philippine peso

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Maverick Paolucci, ie: my granddaughter and new grandson-in-law. I used the Lab 12-9 for its template and how to do a cutout vector shape. The font is Biker Whiskey and I applied a Weave texture to the top and bottom papers that I filled with the colors of the girls' dresses in the wedding party. I used a photo of the wedding flowers as a seamless tile to fill the background that shows through on the diagonal and the cut-out heart. The black bear is their spirit animal ever since their son, Logan's, gender reveal almost 2 years ago.

Update: I have been out of touch for a few days, celebrating my granddaughter Ilana's wedding and now my eldest daughter, Debbie, from California is staying with me so I'm not able to do much. I did get nine puzzle pieces but need 7 more to finish.

 

Not sure how long I have to participate. I'll be back Monday at the latest. Good luck, y'all!

I'm registered. Last year I did a Downton Abbey calendar for my granddaughter, Anna, for Christmas. I found there were lots of photos available for that popular show so I might find another for this year. Wait and see!

Here's a Green Heron in watercolor style with a fall overlay that was a Corel freebie this week. They had a TON of freebies! I created the double frame, first with one filled with a red wood pattern which I then make green using the Change to Target brush. (Love that tool!) Then I added the outer frame using off-white. I used a little inner and outer bevel and finish up with buttonize on both.

 

Edit: forgot to put shadows on the overlay.

Using one of Cassel's Money Bills, here's one I did for my turtle-loving daughter, Laurey. It's her birthday next week. I used the font Algerian which was close to what Carole supplied.

Jannette: I really like that style with the cutout letters at the top. Must try it soon.

Susan: Thanks for the kind words! Very much appreciated. :-)

For lack of anything else I'm still playing around with the watercolor effect. Here's a photo from my Rodeo layout done up as a watercolor with a frame and a label. I'm also getting a lot better at making my own frames.

The Tut/Tech Challenge is still up for August and since it's a new month I'll post this watercolor here. The most complicated part was the label.

E = Egyptian pound

A = Afghan afghani - the currency of Afghanistan

I've done a design incorporating a story, a sport and that same scraplift. The sport is Rodeo. I flipped the design from the last scraplift about Chicago. The Dutchess County Fair was here last week. It's just across the Hudson River from where I live.

Corrie: That's beautiful! I can see your love of flowers in many of your layouts. When I did this challenge, I also used the raster-to-mask script. It saved a lot of time with those pie-shaped photos.

Here's my Money scrap page - MY FIRST JOB. All photos "found on Google" and layout based on the July Sketch Challenge.

Here, Susan, now you can make a scrap page with your dream. You may find it "therapeutic." ;-)

Cindy: Of course you can share it with your daughter. I put a full size .jpg in the Files section of our Scrapbooking with PaintShop Pro Facebook group. It will print on normal printer paper. Enjoy!

C = Centavo - Mexican coin worth .10 of a peso which is worth about $ .05 US

New month, new Big Cat Calendar. For September we have a pair of African Lions. They are the only big cats that live in family groups and the male defends his territory and sires the new generation while a group of females do all the hunting. These calendars are from Cassel's yearly templates. They just need a photo and some color. I have posted a .jpg in the Files section of the Facebook group. It prints out at 8.5" x 11"