Ann Seeber

Playing with Carole's snowman...(the eyeballs are tubes!)

 

EDIT: Totally re-did the snowman. Forgot to do shadows on the accessories and once I started over I had to make changes! lol

Trish: that's a beautiful layout. They're predicting a little snow here today so maybe it will start to look like that around here too!

 

Finished my Scavenger Hunt yesterday so even though it was instituted in November I think it also qualifies as a December project now!

 

These little plants are my newest hobby; anything to keep me busy when it's cold outside and, health-wise, a good idea to stay home as much as possible.

 

My layout theme is ORCHIDS and I've collected 5 of them, re-potted them all (even while blooming!) so we'll see how they settle in.

 

The scavenger hunt asked for 1) a paperclip, which I created from Cassel's tutorial; 2) a torn edge, which I also used the tutorial but am not that happy with the results; 3) scallops, I used Cassel's script so that was easy; 4 & 5) a metallic object and a button, covered by my 1 for 2- a metallic button from my stash. I used the Impact font for the heading and filled it with a swatch I made from the flowers in the photo and backed it up with a white duplicate shifted over a bit to add depth. The trees are tubes and the papers and frame from random kits. The journaling paper is from Cassel's burnt edges offering.

My entry in the November Scavenger Hunt Challenge. I think I got them all: a paperclip (I made my own); a metallic object; a button; torn paper edge (I followed the tutorial) ; and scallops (I used Cassel's script). I know the journaling is also on what looks like torn paper but it's not.. it's burned edges I got from Cassel. The title is Impact font that I filled with a pattern made from the orchid photo and then duplicated in white to add depth. The trees are tubes; papers and embellishments from various kits on hand. I like that frog!

 

The story about the orchids is real; I "rescue" them from supermarket neglect and try to revitalize them. I just picked up that tiny one in the clay pot last Friday. They're looking ok so far! *knock wood*

Barbara: I'm very impressed with your creativity with those photos. I especially like the effect of the 3 showing the spinning! Your colors are subtle but very effective. Well done!

Goodness, the Campus pages are slow to load! Here's my offering, though it's triples, not doubles. The idea was inspired by Sue Thomas but the photo is mine of our neighorhood brat! (He broke one of my bird feeders) Sue wanted to add snow but I'm afraid I'll jinx us and get it for real! lol

 

I got even with him and transformed him into Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (though he's a white-tail deer).

I decided to try Sue's technique with multiple copies of the same photo but I couldn't get the image to rotate! What's the trick, Sue or Carole?

 

It wasn't too difficult to align the three photos by hand, though. This is a photo of a young buck who arrived in my yard on Saturday and Sunday to clean out my bird feeders! LOL He's a beauty and just posed ever so nicely. I'll put up a copy of the original photo which I edited to transform him into Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. ;D

I decided to revise an old layout called Good Deeds which I used the topic of the adoption of my big black tomcat, Adam, as my "good deed" because he had been shunted aside and ignored for 2 years at the animal shelter. I completely revised the journaling (this was part of the "stories" assignments back at the end of August) I added the official Pine Island welcome sign and I revised the photo of Adam at the top which originally had a wide, brown matte and frame. Just diddling around! ;D

Vicki - here's a quicker way. Go to File/Export as a .jpg. The result will be automatically flattened but NOT your original .pspimage or .psd file, which will remain intact. I always duplicate my text vector layers and change to raster. They might be lost in a .psd. Photoshop doesn't support vectors. (I think)

I just did Carole's Subway Art challenge from her blog. They are meant to be printed and possibly framed on the wall bur I made a digital version with a frame. The quotes are from an old daily meditations book called Courage to Change. Each line of text is separate on a vector layer so you can pull them out and change if needed. I also duplicated them and made raster copies in order to back up the text and make it stronger without a shadow.

Mireille: Google translated your location to English for me. You said: "I live in the south of France in Marseille, a city founded by the Greeks 2,600 years ago."

 

I seriously would like to be there today! The temperature is -2C here today! Brrr! I hope Marseille is warmer.

 

Welcome to our chatty group. :)

Carole: It looks correct now. Thanks!

Hi Carole: I don't see my pin on the map. Possibly you put it in New Jersey? I'm attaching a clip of that map showing the Middletown (city) New York, where I am. Actually, here's two clips.. one is larger and shows the state lines of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania aka the Tri-States. I used the marker tool in PSP. Handy, dandy! Hope this helps.

Here's my November Sketch Challenge layout. I used the two bird photos I took of the tufted titmouse twins but I used a Corel free script on the lower one which changed it to Minimalist Gray 4, an interesting effect. Otherwise the two photos were too similar and the gold seed in the birdfeeder was overpowering.

 

I also got free Thanksgiving clip-art from Corel and used it here. The cluster top right is called a "badge" and comes with a thick white border in a transparent background. I'm not sure what to do with it but I colored the white border green. Corel has a freebie every Friday in the Discovery Center.

Here's my shot at the November Sketch Challenge. I somehow feel like this kind of layout is from earlier classes, probably because I did the Bootcamp in July and again in September! I think I got it now! :)

 

These are my little twin tufted titmice that just arrived this fall. I was on the Corel site and downloaded some freebies.. one is a script that treats a photo to become what they call Minimalist Gray 4. I tried it on the bottom photo on my layout; I like the effect. Also got the freebie Thanksgiving clip art package and used it for fall decor here.

 

My PSP 2021 keeps freezing up. This time when I was downsizing for posting here. I shut down my computer, waited a bit and when I reopened I went to PSP2020 as I think the cache in 2021 got overwhelmed. I'll have to look at my preferences; I think I told it to do something that's causing my problems.

 

Here's my twin birdies!

City of Middletown, Orange County, NY 10940 (there are 2 Middletowns in NY State)

Sue: I'm admiring that Christmas Grouse! Never saw one before! ;) You mention Carol's "punches" .. what is that? (The journaling on the card has a typo.. the plural of reindeer is still reindeer.. without the "s")

 

I'm trying to decide with to do with these photos I just took of the new visitors I have.. the tufted titmouse twins.. they're so cute!

Sue: I did as you suggested and followed one of Carole's tutorials on extractions and ..voila! Here is the same bird from before, extracted, duplicated and telling their story. ;)

 

 

Sue: That Christmas card is beautiful! Every element is so well coordinated. I particularly like the corner decorations. And of course, the blue jay could be here, right outside my window in the wild cherry tree, with the evergreen nearby. I long for a camera that would create the blurred effect behind the many birds I try to photograph with my iPhone. My neighborhood is far from serene. I lived in the country for years and am now recently back to city/suburban living which I enjoy as that is the atmosphere I grew up in.

 

Here's an example of what I have to deal with when I photograph birds here from my kitchen window. I haven't seen this mockingbird recently, hopefully in the spring:

MoniqueN. I see what you mean but unfortunately, there is no option any more to edit my post. I already did edit that one and I may not get another chance or maybe, too much time has passed. Thank you, anyway.

 

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Sue: I think moose look so comical!

 

What I know of Wales I learned from reading Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh Princes Trilogy: Here be Dragons, Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning.

 

I loved learning about Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales and his marriage to the English King John's illegitimate daughter, Joanna, supposedly to secure a peace after years of conflict. Exciting stuff in the 13th Century!

MoniqueN. - Thank you for your advice. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any small cross. I know Carole said she is the only one who can delete an image.

Lynda: Neat the way the wine glass shape became a cocktail glass - with a cherry!

 

Sue: In reading your post again, I focused on your city, Saskatoon. I looked it up and you are a little over 1700 miles from me here in New York, but just the name, Saskatoon, sounds more like some exotic location in the far reaches of the Canadian wilderness! I love the wild west so you're probably living my childhood dream!

Karon, I just saw your Crow and Cackle but couldn't read it off your layout, so I copied it off the internet:

 

"The Dear Hunter:

"Crow And Cackle"

 

The Crow and Cackle of persistent innocence.

Elated in argument.

I'm empty and wondering

if you're only saying what I wanted you to say.

 

Cause you're only saying

what I wanted to say.

 

So I'll just wait until our time

Slips through the cracks

fall to the ground

shattering. I'll just keep

waiting for something to improve.

Something to move ahead.

 

Cause I'm only saying

what you wanted me to say.

 

The slow and steady sound of silence

hunts us down.

I'm empty and wondering

what you sent me, what you're offering."

 

Your layout is really nice and the lyrics are also.

 

Lynda: Yes, I just read his book "And the Answer is... "  That photo is from the cover of the book. In it he confesses that he was happy to don a hairpiece when he did chemo because he was losing his hair anyway. He said.."wish I did this sooner!" <3

Still revising my Drinks layout..I took inspiration from Lynda and embellished my drinks shapes and added a can of my Folgers coffee to match the bottle of my 14 Hands wine. LOL.. these drinks are very personal for me.

 

I'm also sad as I just learned that Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy! has passed away today. My all time fav.  :'(

 

Oh, sorry, I forgot to scale the picture of Alex Trebek.

Re-posting with changes.

 

I followed Carole's directions for embellishing the wine glass and coffee cup shapes.

 

EDIT: Revised my layout inspired by Lynda and please give me a new assignment! With the two side by side you can see the little adjustments I made. I just can't help fiddling..... lol