Ann Seeber

Mary Solaas: I love your page! As you've seen, I'm into plaids from photos, also. A little tip: if you need to post a revised image or message, just click on EDIT on the top right of your post and you can make changes, including deleting an image and adding a replacement. The image will have an [X] on the top right to delete it.

Here is the March Bootcamp-Lesson 4: Carole’s “Friendship” page. I have 3 American robin photos from the photographer Izzy Martinez which were perfect for this exercise. I call it “Rockin’ Robins.” The font is Farmhouse and I created the plaid using the colors of the left photo. My PSP2021 choked on enlarging so using directions from Merlin at Corel Customer Care, I upgraded my Intel graphics software. Merlin was super efficient and helpful. Crossing my fingers that PSP will continue to behave.  I like to make plaids from photos so the colors match.

Here is Lesson 4: Carole's "Friendship" page. I have 3 American robin photos from the photographer Izzy Martinez which are perfect for this exercise. I call it "Rockin' Robin." The font is Farmhouse and I created the plaid using the colors of the left photo. My PSP2021 choked on enlarging so using directions from Merlin at Corel Customer Care, I upgraded my Intel graphics software. Merlin was super efficient and helpful. Crossing my fingers that PSP will continue to behave.  I'm also adding the pattern file for the plaid if you wish to copy it. It's a 500px square. When I used it with my flood fill tool, I applied it at a 45 degree angle. Just leave it open on your workspace and PSP will use it as a pattern in your Materials pallet so you to add to your own work. I like to make plaids from photos so the colors match.

Oh, I like these scavenger hunts! I'll try one after I do the latest Bootcamp assignment "Friendship." Here's the two scavenger hunts I did last year.

Time for the Sketch Challenge and another story. I’m afraid the journaling might be small so here’s a recap:

 

“The year was 1978 and movie star Burt Reynolds was accepting an award from N.A.T.O. (National Assoc. of Theater Owners) at the first convention that we attended after becoming theater owners ourselves.

 

As we watched, Burt pulled our 16- year-old daughter, Laurey,  up on stage with him where we could see she was still trying to take his picture.

 

The National Enquirer’s headline the next day screamed, “BURT’S NEW SQUEEZE” and it faked a story that he was stepping out on Dinah Shore, who was his latest heartthrob.”

 

So that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

 

The photos are top row: Laurey at age 16, her closeup of Burt Reynolds; second row: her photo of Burt, the coverage in the National Enquirer, and another of Burt that Laurey took while onstage.

 

BTW: Laurey is the new grandmother of baby Logan who was born Feb 6. Burt Reynolds was celebrating the success of his big movie: Smokey and the Bandit.

Time for the Sketch Challenge and another story. I'm afraid the journaling might be small so here's a recap:

 

"The year was 1978 and movie star Burt Reynolds was accepting an award from N.A.T.O. (National Assoc. of Theater Owners) at the first convention that we attended after becoming theater owners ourselves.

 

As we watched, Burt pulled our 16- year-old daughter, Laurey,  up on stage with him where we could see she was still trying to take his picture.

 

The National Enquirer's headline the next day screamed, "BURT'S NEW SQUEEZE" and it faked a story that he was stepping out on Dinah Shore, who was his latest heartthrob."

 

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it! ;-)

 

The photos are top row: Laurey at age 16, her closeup of Burt Reynolds; second row: her photo of Burt, the coverage in the National Enquirer, and another of Burt that Laurey took while onstage.

 

btw: Laurey is the new grandmother of baby Logan who was born Feb 6.

Here is my Day 3 of the March Bootcamp – Carole’s Adventure Time inspired me to use this photo from my granddaughter’s zoo, Paws ‘n’ Claws Wild Animal Park in PA. My photographer friend Ed Frampton visited Jackie there last fall. I was there last summer; it’s a delightful place. It will open in May for the 2021 season.

 

I did find a kit called Mickey’s Safari using some Disney motifs. From there I got the monkey, the giraffe, the signpost and the rocks, tree and grass. I was actually looking for papers but theirs were not well done; mostly just tiled patterns. I had the sky paper from Pixelscrappers and the brown brick from my stash. The dark paper is a color from the logo up top. Sorry, I didn’t do a title but the zoo logo is enough. I kept wanting to put a fence in front of those fearsome tigers but none of the tubes were dark enough.

Here is my Day 3 - Carole's Adventure Park inspired me to use this photo from my granddaughter's zoo, Paws 'n' Claws Wild Animal Park in PA. My photographer friend Ed Frampton visited Jackie there last fall. I was there last summer; it's a delightful place. It will open in May for the 2021 season.

 

I did find a kit called Mickey's Safari using some Disney motifs. From there I got the monkey, the giraffe, the signpost and the rocks, tree and grass. I was actually looking for papers but theirs were not well done; mostly just tiled patterns. I had the sky paper from Pixelscrappers and the brown brick from my stash. The dark paper is a color from the logo up top. Sorry, I didn't do a title but the zoo logo is enough. I kept wanting to put a fence in front of those fearsome tigers but none of the tubes were dark enough. ;-)

Minka: Beautiful layout! I had that problem with my smoke detectors; turned out I had a gas burner on in error and gas was seeping into the house! Gas displaces the oxygen so the detector reacts to the carbon monoxide that takes over. Never knew they did that. I called the landlord in a panic when it wouldn't shut up and he said: "check your burners and get out of the house!" It was scary. :-|

Corrie: Today I have come to a standstill and it feels weird! I really only did a few layouts but I posted them in various forums and on Facebook. Plus I posted old versions so the newcomers could see a variety. I think I spent more time posting than actually creating! LOL

So I've done my 4th New Kid on the Block layout. (I don't remember doing that many but that's how many I have!) This was using a kit called Sweet Baby Boy. The title font is Baby Oliva. Here's the newest great grand, Logan.

Mary Solaas: I used the Magic Wand tool and then flood-filled with color. The hard part was cutting the sandwich and those toothpicks were also difficult! LOL

AND here is my lesson for today: New Kid on the Block. I did our newest, a boy, Logan, who was born Feb 6. The two girls each have their own New Kid scrap page. Maybe I'll post all 3.

 

This kit is called Sweet Baby Boy. (I've been collecting baby kits, obviously.) The title font is Baby Oliva. So here are all my great grands in one post.

 

EDIT: Geez, I just found another one I did for my daughter's new dog. LOL Guess I like this layout! So here's New Dane in Town.

I served this lunch last "semester" and liked it so much I'm having it again! ;-)

 

As you can see, I don't like my pickles on my sandwich, so I put them on the side. The silverware was colored with a gradient and I can't eat a sandwich that isn't cut. The bread and the tablecloth fill patterns shown are all from PSP. I added the red color to the plates and cup and got creative and added toothpicks.

I did Mod 3 in the Basic Study Group, which is a repeat so the layout was the same so now I have two matching scrap pages of my kids from CA. Shows how fast Magic is growing! The mini kit from Pixelscrappers was rather for a Feb Valentine but I changed out some colors and created the plaid like Carole taught so it matched the photo colors. I LOVE making plaids like that! Here are both layouts:

Oh, I guess I should post my freebie from Corel last week: the colorful cubes template. I decided to leave the bright colors, even though it looks a bit busy. I explained to Sue Thomas that I see the raven Bringing Hope through the chaos of the past year with the Coronavirus, extreme weather, violent politics and economic woes here in the US of A.

I keep taking Bootcamp over and over again.. are you sure this is not the Groundhog Day movie? ;-)

 

Here's a new photo of my great grand Sonya that I'll be using in one of the layouts.

I used the colorful cubes collage template again to frame one linocut done by Deb. I added a title and her signature is embossed on the lower left white cube. This is her design, "Bringing Hope"

Snagged another Corel freebie; a template called Colorful Cubes. I inserted some of Debbie Lennox's black and white linocuts. (Deb is my oldest daughter). I couldn't see adding any further embellishment. The templates are 2400 x 1800 but I reduced it to 900 x 600 to post here.

 

Right now Deb is showing in a gallery in Los Angeles, the first outside her home county of Mendocino, CA.

Off The Leash by Rupert Fawcett. I just embellished his cartoon a bit. Just having a little fun: our pets deserve self-care, too! :-D

Lynda and Annie: I'm admiring your work with Filter Forge. I did buy the basic model (thanking Carole for the coupon!) This is the first I've encountered it. Now I need some tutorials as I find it a bit overwhelming!

Almost forgot to post my work from the Basic Study Group in here. Here is Module 1 – the photos are from The Hudson Valley in Pictures – I was so impressed with these photos that I had to showcase them somehow. The Shakespeare quote was generously shared by Sue Thomas in our Facebook group – I couldn’t find an alpha that looked good so I used the Impact font with a plaid pattern I made from the colors of the Red-wing Blackbird’s wing. I also used it to color the arrow element. The dark background paper is a plaid I made using the old Pearl Noir gray with a metallic gray. The sepia music sheet background was from Cassel. I made the frames using the dark paper as a pattern and applied various 3-D effects. The dark musical notes I had from my Rhapsody in Blue design and the silvery brad was in my stash.

 

Edit: Of course I had to come back and make adjustments. I re-did the plaid for the title with a white backing and I added more musical notes between the two photos.

Lynda: actually you inspired me but you did several where I only did one. It took me half a day!

Just a One Minute Meditation to start the day..

 

I used the new Bubbles Alpha, the background was the lesson  called "linoleum" and involved using noise and the displacement map. I found a few water splashes in my beachy kits.

Admiring other's work on the mandalas, I decided to experiment with some of my flowery elements. After some surprises, this is what emerged..