Lesley Maple

@Ann SeeberI'm a pet sitter and dog walker. Seven years ago after being a family law attorney for 10 years, I realized I liked dogs more than I liked people so I quit my job and never looked back. It really is my dream job.

This is my Day 4. I love knowing how to make one of these masks! (Another client pooch)

I'm loving all these dog pictures from so many folks. I love them all! This is Leo. He was one of my clients but he moved away. Lots of tears that day. ? @CasselYes, on the lesson 2 project, I did use shadows on my smaller photos, but my settings were only 5, 5, 80, and 5. I made the background paper and love the way it turned out. I can't believe how easy this was.

Hi. That plaid trick is wicked cool really neat. (Gah, I've live in Massachusetts too long and I'm picking up the slang over here). I made the plaid from a photo that I decided not to use but I still felt that the plaid I made from it worked. I remembered my shadows this time, too.

Here is the baby of the family, all grown up now. No matter how many times I do the steps to convert a PSD mask to a PSP mask, I always have to go back and redo it at least once. Eventually muscle memory will kick in.

Should I put a shadow with the netting? I opted not to because it just really made the whole bit darker and I didn't care for that look. But maybe there are settings that might work that I don't know about. (Currently using PSP 2022) This is my first time using a pocket template and I'd appreciate any comments on what I could do to make the layout better. I care for dogs (and cats) in my job and this is my showcase of January's clients (though I just realized I left out three so I will have to do it all over again anyway). I was thinking about doing a page or two like this every month and at the end of the year have them made into a book at Shutterfly at the end of the year to give as thank you gifts to my clients. Anyway, I'd appreciate your comments. And thanks to Carole for her masterclass on Pocket Scrapbooking. It helped a lot.

@Linda J Walker I was wondering that, too.

I found the fifth project a difficult one as far as design goes. I had forgotten the tip that I learned in a different class that if you don't change the text inside a self-wrapping selection that it will disappear on you when you resize. But when my text disappeared, I remembered and didn't panic. The papers and elements are from the May Flowers mini kit at digitalscrapbooking.com This is inside the chapel at Dog Mountain (St. Johnsbury, VT)

@Gabriela What a beautiful pup

Steve Kovacs, when you did the selection of the photos for the frame, did you use the magic wand tool with Opacity as the match mode? If you didn't use "opacity" that may be part of the reason it didn't go all the way around.

This is my 4th project. No long story for this one. I really didn't come up with any "fun" way to do the title. Papers were from Janet Kemp's Pond Life kit and the elements were from Jessica Dunn's kit Swim with the Fishes. Both kits available at digitalscrapbooking.com. Photos taken at a local pond.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when this project was given to us. About 10 years ago I quit my job as a lawyer and decided that I really wanted to work with and for dogs. I became a dog walker and pet sitter by day and in my free time I volunteer at my local animal shelter and smaller rescues from time to time. Oh and I'm mom to three dogs. The dog on the left was rescued by the ASPCA along with approximately 300 other hounds in a cruelty/neglect case in Vermont last winter. Our shelter took in about a dozen of the adult hounds and about 20 of the puppies. The rest were sent to various shelters around the country. His new mom & dad sent the shelter an update and a picture. He's living the life and a healthy weight now. The middle dog was transported from Texas to Massachusetts and ended up in our shelter where he quickly found a home. The third dog was on a cross country trip thanks to a Great Pyrenees rescue organization to meet his parents to be. I drove him on one leg of his trip. Sometimes it can be soul crushing but these are three success stories. As for the papers and elements, all came from MarissaL's Pets kit except for the Love element which came from Gina Jones' Fido kit and the glitter which came from the link that Cassel gave us for glitter in the email.

I wasn't sure which way I wanted to go with Project 2. First I was thinking about using a dog picture again but then I figured I'd use a picture of me riding my motorcycle out of a covered bridge but I'm going to save that for a different project. So I settled on this. Every October, there is a motorcycle ride to raise money for a local cancer center. This year there were more than 800 motorcycles taking part. Folks dress up in pink (even though it's for all forms of cancer, they've adopted the color pink since the ride is in October) and there is a big party/luncheon afterwards. This is the view from my windshield (GoPro was mounted there).

What cute pups, Gabriela!

I just finished project 1. It's always about my kids.

I've learned so much during this workshop. Thanks so much for it. The only question I have is "locking the transparency". I see what I do to lock and unlock the transparency but what is it that I'm actually doing? What does it mean to lock the transparency? Thanks so much

Better late than never they say. I don't really have a lot of graphics around that would make a good greeting card yet, so I decided to just make a genealogy type card.

I am learning SOOOO much about how to use PSP. I've literally owned copies of this program since the 90s back when JASC still owned it (I think my first version was 3) but never really explored this part of the program. Thanks so much for making this understandable. I just don't know that I'll ever be able to keep track of all the layers. Does it come with experience or are there tips to keeping them all straight?