Ann Seeber

X = XC Skiing — races over snow-covered terrain while wearing skis.

U = Uneven Bars — an artistic gymnastics apparatus used only by female gymnasts comprising a pair of parallel bars set at different heights (also called asymmetric bars).

I'm here, also. I think I may have done this two years ago. I have some old layouts that have a LOT of journaling and, to me, are not very appealing. Hopefully, this time, I can do better.

 

Bonnie: I was surprised to tune into CBS-TV just after 5pm last night (8/13) and find a Pickleball Championship! Considering that's "prime-time sports" I'm wondering if that's new programing? Your sport is getting more visible! Did your league compete?

 

Carole/Cassel: I see an overlap with QP on the 21st?

S = Shuttlecock — the English name of the sport Jianzi, like badminton played with the feet (Shuttlecock is also the name of the object that is hit in Badminton).

kasany: The green Katydid is a cutout text layered over the original photo. Here are two others - Spring and Happy Birthday

I'm re-watching the Titles 3 Master Class and here are two projects I created so far.

I was just scrolling back and I see we missed "L" in the last series. So here it is:

 

L = Log Rolling — two challengers attempt to stay on a floating log the longest.

G = Gymkhana — a multi-game equestrian event that is performed to display the talents of the horses and their riders.

Bonnie: Your Legends page is beautiful! Is it from a template or did you do the design yourself? And the colors are gorgeous, too! Have your friends seen it yet? You go woman!

Jannette: VERY nice! That sounds like an interesting club. Paris is on my "bucket list" (verlanglijstje) of places to visit! :-)

Jannette: Thank you for your kind words. I live in a condominium and that little cherry tree is about 10 feet from my kitchen window. The feeder you see is for suet balls. Starlings prefer that to sunflower seeds.

Went from Mushrooms to Murmurations - I used a template from the Bootcamp with some revisions and I'm showcasing my European Starlings that are dominating my feeders right now. They inspire awe when they gather by the thousands and perform their "Murmuration." exhibiting wonderful flying acrobatics that makes Tom Cruise jealous. ;) The birds start as dull beige fledglings with a tiny bit of dark feathers around the waist and slowly the mature coloration arrives. They were brought to New York by a Shakespeare enthusiast who wanted to stock our country with all the birds in the plays. Only the starlings survived the transplant and have expanded by the millions, becoming a pest species.

My background is a photo of the Murmuration from Unsplash by Walter Baxter. The font is Britannic Bold throughout.

Y = Yak Polo — a Mongolian variation of the sport Polo played on yaks instead of on horses. ;-)

Man, these are getting confusing!

 

O = Outrigger Canoeing

Susan: Yes, my granddaughter, Anna, in California, used to attend a "dancercise" class that offered "pole dancing." I've been hunting for the photos she sent me to prove it wasn't at a strip club! ;-)

D = Dodgeball

I was working on this after a "photo-shoot" of my "Lonely S'hroom" in the mulch under my bird feeders yesterday. Then I watched Carole's Titles 3 webinar and got a little more creative with the title here. The font is Baby Olivia that was massaged and fondled until she cried "Enuf!" ;-) All the photos are mine with my iPhone mostly using Portrait settings except where I got down on my elbows for the side shot. (Ouch!) I assume this is a wild mushroom though I cannot actually ID it for sure. It was gone today after a big rainstorm last night, but two tiny babies popped up to stand guard over the area. I used a template labeled Sketch Template 05 in my collection. I created two patterns: one from the photo background of mulch and birdseed hulls that I used to fill the title font and another from the mushroom alone that I attacked with the kaleidoscope effect and filled the circular areas top right and left. The camera tag lower right is from a collection of Travel Tags we got from Cassel but I transformed it to a negative instead of color. I may use it again when I have my own photos to display.

 

EDIT: Had to correct the misplaced apostrophe in the title!

W = Wrestling

P= Pole Dancing

J = Judo

H = Handball

Susan Ewart: Very nice layout. The "wood" leaves are interesting and effective. Pray tell, what is a "flat lay project?" Is it when you are looking down at a subject from above so there would be less dimension and/or shadows? I've never encountered that before. Ha! Something new every day around here. The one thing I lack is a decent camera. I use my iPhone XS which is more sophisticated than any camera I ever had before!

X = Xare — a racket sport, a form of Basque pelota, where players face each other across a net that is strung across the middle of an indoor court.

Bonnie: That's very effective. The ball looks cut into the background, rather like the sports cards. The use of sections of the basketball as masks is striking! The NSG should hire you! :-)

The sport is Roller Skating, and the star is great-granddaughter Magic. (Who else? ;-) )