Bonnie Ballentine

G = God

A = Advent

Corrie, we did it again...posted almost at the same time.

X = Xmas

W = White Christmas

T = tidings

Banana Box Christmas is my all-time favorite!

P = presents

This is a template from the 2023 December A Love For Layout Templates Blog Train. Template was created by The Cherry On Top. I added texture to the tree and snowman. The photos are from Christmas, 2020. Friends, under the cover of darkness, left the snowmen on my front porch. Each snowman was 3 boxes which contained Christmas gifts. What a nice surprise!

I really struggled with this one. I found a couple of bird pngs on Creative Fabrica but I just didn't like anything I created. Finally I used the photo for my background. Cut out the cardinal and promoted it to a layer. Added texture to the photo/background and reduced the opacity a little. Certainly not my original idea but I like this the best of all my ideas. Font is Bahuraksa. I think it is a Window's font. This is an old photo and I noticed after I had taken the photo that there was a heart shape on the branch beneath the cardinal.

M = merry

i = icicles

F = Frosty

D = Dasher

I downloaded 3 png files from Digital Scrapbooking. All show transparent backgrounds in Windows photo viewer but 2 have a green background when opened in PSP 2022. I also opened them in 2023 with the same result.

https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/chitra-david/designs/snow-bird-cardinal-graphic-pine-branch-paint-splatter-winter-red-orange-green

https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/chitra-david/designs/snow-bird-bull-finch-graphic-winter-pine-branch-berries-red-orange-green-white

https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/chitra-david/designs/arctic-animals-graphic-winter-killer-whales-penguin-walrus-polar-bear-seal

The attached is a screenshot in PSP 2022. The creator,Chitra David,  does not know why this is happening. Her designs can be found in the Commons.

Any suggestions?

Template 209 of Lady 22.

Template 207 by Lady 22. The 4 triangles across the middle contain one continuous photo.

Trip to Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park. The path was very rocky and the leaves covered the rocks. Stepping carefully was a wise thing to do. Template 206 by Lady 22.

R = Ronald McDonald 

2 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Bonnie I'm so glad that you could find the time to resize your calendar pages so we could enjoy them. They are lovely and will print well, should you decide to do so. I hope your care duties will stay manageable and leave you some time for yourself! 

Thank you, Corrie! One day at a time...

I use to decorate big. I stopped when my parents passed. I do a little here and there but not much. I miss the bigger family celebrations.

December image from Creative Fabrica, paid.

Both my photos.

Both my photos.

May photo is mine. June photo taken by my friend, Eleanor.

March photo by my friend, Christina. April photo by my neighbor, Janna.