This layout IS Christmas! What a fabulous job you did combining the elements! Truly magical!

This is so abstract! What an incredible job you did in blurring the lines between the sky and shore! Absolutely beautiful! What a job you did with the frame!

It literally looks like it's exploding out of the page! What a wonderful, creative job you did with this photo, I absolutely love it!

Ana, you must be an artist: there is a lot to love in this layout, but the "diagonal" design (for want of a better description) is really creative! I don't know how you made that work, but you certainly did!

Oh, I am so glad you mentioned that you used the Pin Light blending mode; I ALWAYS forget to try that one! I won't forget next time! It literally looks like he's been buried in the paper and he's breaking free. What an incredible special-effect! Thank you so much for taking the time to document...

Maggie, that is absolutely terrifying! That "witch" is perfectly awful! What an amazing job you did! The way you laid out the branches is so claustrophobic! With the wall coming out and the cemetery so close to it, this is the stuff of nightmares! WOW!!!!!

Marijke, you were the adult I was looking for! On the page where you upload the photo, it says 350 x 350, so that's the size I was making it :ohwell: I tried 200 x 200 and it says the upload failed. Well, if this is the worst thing that happens this weekend, it's been a pretty good weekend...

Oh, Marnie! HOW PERFECTLY DARLING! That photo is just precious! It might have been a challenge to scrap, but you make it look so easy! That color scheme is to die for! It has got to be so tiresome to document each step you do, but I am saving this to copy! Excellent technique and so perfect for...

Hello, Ladies! I should have introduced myself earlier, but I wanted to have a proper avatar before I did; I've now tried about 10 times and still can't get it up even after the tutorial in the Need Help thread, ha ha! I think it's time to call an adult! I'm so in heaven with all the...

Oh, I love the beautiful colors! Seeing the sea in the sepia tones makes it so haunting and beautiful! The textures of the beach and the faint writing in the "skyline" adds such depth and character to the image! Wonderful job!

Ladies, thank you so VERY MUCH for your kind words! I can't believe I actually finished a layout and got it posted! Thank you, thank you! Crosby is as sweet and loving as he is beautiful and my sister, who took the photo, does a great job! Thank you so much, ladies!

Anna ArtPlay Palette Time Anna Gold Paint No 2 Anna Multimedia Documents No 3 Fonts: Suncatcher and Baskerville The opacity was slightly reduced on the colors for the challenge.

I never would have thought to put the brown, "twiggy" window pane there, WOW! Creates a focal point while tying everything together. Such a traditional concept with perfect execution! Bravo!

If anything were to be taken away from this composition, it would be ruined. The balance is absolutely perfect! I never thought a woman with green hair would be so perfect!

Kythe, HOW PRETTY! That shade of green and gray are perfect together, and the reddish tiles of the house roof is perfection! What a gorgeous combination of decay you achieved, I love this!

I know this could not have been easy to create! It's so perfect, it looks easy--you know, like Fred Astaire dancing--but either you are a master scrapper to have created this in just a few minutes (relatively speaking), or if you spent a lot of time on it, a master distiller of fine wines...

P.S.--DK, I got your PM! Thank you so much for taking the time to write, that was SO KIND of you! I can't respond until I get 15 posts, I am so sorry! But, again, thank you so much for taking the time to write, that was awesome getting to know you!

DK, I LOVE THIS! WOW! Like everyone else has said, that owl is amazing! With just his eyes, he becomes an abstraction, then, putting human glasses on him, he becomes unfamiliar but humanized at the same time, creating a really unique encounter in experiencing a subject that we see so often in...

Combining that clipping mask with the transfers transforms that photo of a gorgeous autumn tree-scape into something really threatening and alluring at the same time, I absolutely love it!

The shadows from the petals coming through are amazing! And the "doodles" (I'm not sure their technical designation) on the right side of the canvas are just perfect! The color, size, opacity, and positioning adds so much to the feel of the flowers! Beautiful!