Used Anna's Artsy Transfer Florence as background

This is an amazing page!

In Photoshop Elements, In Photoshop elements, got to Enhance -> Convert to Black and white (even if it is already black and white) and a list of types of output will open. Click on "Newspaper" and that conversion will clean up the original very well

When I travel, I try to find historical postcards from ages past. I add them to layouts of the same place to add some historical depth to the page. Here's two examples of how I used the same postcard on two different pages. The Journey one was a cover page and the other one was just for fun. I...

I am so enjoying your layouts about Greece. We stayed a week in Santorini and stayed in a windmill Airbnb -- one of our best Airbnbs ever!

Scenes from the Japanese Garden in San Francisco Scenic Layered Template Album No. 2-12 by Anna Aspnes Sakura geishapainted 2 by Viva Artistry

Zanthia, the names of your grandfathers would be on your parents' birth/death certificates

I have published a few family books. I use Ancestry for record keeping, but when I scrap, I generally avoid kits made for genealogy. I use kits that match ethnicities, time period, mood, etc. I have several Oscrap kits that are nostalgic, have soft colors, have a quiet feel. I have lots of pages...

I have a large folder named "Asian." I plan to do a couple pages on the Japanese Gardens in San Francisco. I do not want to be culturally insensitive by using Korean, or Chinese writing or motifs on these pages. I've been to China, so I know some differences, but not very many. How can I tell...

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I am in RGB Mode. If I drag the photo into PSE it comes into the photo bin in color, but when I drag it onto the document, it comes in black and white. However, if I drag the photo directly from my desktop to the page, it comes in as color. I will just have to remember to drag it from my desktop...

Sometimes I want to use screen shots in my family history text pages. The photos are full color in the screen shot, and in the photo bin, but when I drag them onto my page, they change to black and white. Why does this happen and how can I prevent it? I really need color on these. text pages.

The first page of a 400 year family history project. I have pretty much completed my family history book and now I am starting with my husband's

Since he was a toddler, Ian has been drawn to the water, so much so that he left his home town, land-locked Denver, for the Pacific Coast right after graduation.

I originally put most of the sand dunes pictures on one page, but later separated them. In Dunes 2 I used Scenic Album Template 2-5, set on the bottom of the page. In Dunes 1, I used the same Scenic template, set on the top of the page.

I originally put most of the sand dunes pictures on one page, but later separated them. In Dunes 2 I used Scenic Album Template 2-5, set on the bottom of the page. In Dunes 1, I used the same Scenic template, set on the top of the page.

I love using Anna Aspnes' Scenic templates as backgrounds for my pages. For this river tubing page I used Scenic Template 2-10 and ArtPlay Palette Evenfall paper and transfers.

The Van Gogh Alive exhibit featured a room full of sunflowers, duplicated by many mirrors. I didn't use any Oscrap products, except for my emerging blending skills learned from this site.

A simple collage of the riverfront bordering my hometown of Clinton, Iowa. Clinton is the eastern most town in Iowa, and sits at the widest point of the Mississippi River. The safety ring element is from Anna Aspnes Artplay Palette Splash

I used Anna's ArtsyTemplate 7 from 2011. (Have I ever mentioned I have a hard time throwing anything away?) I have a pair of friends who I have considered my best friends for 60 years. When I looked over photos from the past, I noticed we tend to pose in the same positions. Three peas in a pod!