Ann Seeber

Mary, you are really getting GOOD at this! Wonderful layout!!

LESSON 4 - FOG - I hunted up 3 photos on Unsplash to illustrate Carl Sandburg's poem "FOG". The stars are from my new kit. The colors are from my kit's palette. The cat footprints were from a free site that Google found. I was pleased that I got the text on a path to work properly the first time!

Here's my Lesson 3 - The Amur Leopard. The photo is from Unsplash, the title font is Baby Olivia, the papers and the scatter are all mine from my new Rustic Kit. The lounging leopard and the turtle/bird cluster are from an Animal Kingdom Kit by ddeb.

Thanks, Cassel. Here's my revised version.

My late husband and I lived and worked in the Historic Village of Warwick (NY) for over 40 years. No one goes around in period costume but there are many buildings restored to their original glory from the 16th and 17th centuries. It was dubbed the Queen's Village after the citizens rallied for King George during the Revolutionary War. Then General George Washington visited and stayed awhile. There was an iron forge that created this huge chain that was shipped to the Hudson River and stretched across to repel British invaders.

Here's my Lesson 2 - Jumping Spider. Used Cass script for the curved photo from Unsplash, Rainclouds & Rainbows kit for the papers, splashes and element and an old Halloween kit for the spiderweb.

LESSON 1 - THE EASTER HARE - Photo from Pixabay by Matteo Baronti; Cass-decorated eggs; TITLE - Bernard MT Condensed filled with PSP Tube candies (for Easter, of course); Greyhound silhouette from Vector Stock. I also used Cassel's template and the MarisaL Tangible Hope kit. (Thanks for the kit, Carole, I noticed it was free because it was from your account)

I just found the cat in with the meercats! Ha ha!! Clever photo and nice use of the text. Love your colors. I recently discovered the sculpture effect and am floored as to its potential! Thanks, Cassel!

I downloaded the Corel Freebie of the week and added some photos from my daughter and granddaughter's recent trip to the San Francisco Ballet to see Giselle performed.

Artist daughter Deb finished her reduction linocut of her mushroom photo and I showcased it here:

I - Inebriated! How you'll be after happily drinking all that Guinness. ?

I've played with many different crafts over the years. I started with sewing my own clothes from paper patterns (Simplicity, etc) mainly because I was so skinny nothing fit from the store. I made clothes for my daughters when they were small, also. My Mom introduced me to crochet. She did some beautiful work including a large white afghan (machine wash and dry) that I still use. It's so heavy, it could qualify as a "heavy blanket" that is all the rage now. I also tried knitting. I was always interested in art, so I sketched and did some paint-by-numbers items. I got into embroidery and my cousin, Linda from Cohoes, NY, and I would compete to see who could finish their project faster! ? (I think it was a sampler featuring the Lord's Prayer.) I was never very good at photography and couldn't afford a good camera. I borrowed my husband's camera when I took a photography class in college and traveled my area shooting historic scenes in black and white and developing them in our lab. That was fun. I transitioned naturally to computer graphics because I thought myself rather "ham-handed" with supplies IRL. I was never much good at coding as I couldn't remember anything without the book open on my lap. My best talent was using color as it was always very important to me, from clothes to home decor. I also like to cook but that was in the past when I at least had more than one to cook for. Most of my hobbies involved animals: dogs, cats, tropical fish and snakes. I also advocate for wild animals, especially Big Cats, and for a stop to "cub petting" and "animal tourism."

Happy Birthday, Julie. Here's one of my Irish Wolfhounds making the announcement! ?

I'm here, too. Looking forward to this!

I found the artist... Palette knife art by Howard Behrens | ART BLOG MarkovArt (wordpress.com)

Back in the early days of Covid, everyone seemed to be hoarding toilet paper and I had this cute photo of Eve, guarding our supply...

Chuck Calio posted this on March 3 on our public Hudson Valley in pictures gallery on Facebook. I'm trying to showcase it in the demo Carole gave us for the Offset Cutout.

Nicely done, Susan. That's a beautiful layout in its own right and very enlightening. Color wheels will never be the same again! ?

P = Pot 'O Gold

Happy March! Here is my monthly Big Cat Calendar featuring a Bengal Tiger playing in the water (as they do, frequently!) I put a full-sized jpg in the Files section on our Facebook group. It would print at 8.5" x 14" I wasn't happy with the paw prints so here's an edited version.