I have started my aA Project 2022. It is not my first year, so I feel like an old hand. One thing I know is that I will review these pages for errors and constantly find them. So, if you see something amiss, please let me know. The steps I list here are pretty much what I do for every page but if I so something different I will adjust my description for that page.
Start – I always start with the template
Photos – I add my photos to the frames and the mask using Layer>Create Clipping Mask. I added a similar photo to one of the bottom frames in a stack. Another one I filled with pink and them added a dark green fotoglow.
Paper – I added Solid Paper1 from APP Ambages over the background layer.
Stains and other layers – I color these layers using Edit>Fill so they match what is nearby or if foliage I color to try to resemble foliage.
Elements – I placed Multimedia Winter 3.3 to the page to help contain the masked photo. I changed the color of the ribbon, one of the fotoglows and the snowflake using Ctrl U.
Brush - Added Around the Clock 2.2 and Winter Branches 1.4.
Journaling _- My journaling explains the title sort of and then I added a quote from Dickens.
Title -I used the words Season of Flux
To finish up I made sure I didn’t have and edges of my photos showing that the font was consistent (I use 12 PT because I will print at 10x10. I have adjusted or added drop shadows where necessary. Make sure nothing is beyond the Guidelines. I will remember as the days go one other thing I want to check.