Thank you so so much for your kind words and the honor! I owe a lot to lots of Anna's classes and lessons :-)

I've been envious of layouts featuring colorful photos set against the white of the Trouvaille Collection. But it was the Title WordArt that prompted me to write, once again, about the lucky find of a box of paints and paintbrushes (I left mine in Portland when we moved here). I wanted to...

Thank you! Good point about a letter. I don't do letters, but maybe my husband can borrow it :-)

I love this! I like your drawing best, even better than the photo :-) but overall it shows a continuum of inspiration - I feel the same way about some things - take a photo, writer about it, tell a story, paint it, etc.

So colorful! I love the "bird" words! Nice job balancing the colors overall!

Thank you so much! I love doing this! It's especially nice to hear on a page with which I struggled ;-)

Thanks! Oh they're special grippy-bottomed, flow-through water shoes! So I can walk on the beach, the rocks, the water and everything mostly flows right through. Best $20 I ever spent!

Everyone is doing such a wonderful job of placing color over this textured white-ish background! Love the roses!

Whoa, this is so fun!! Love the circles around the kiddies! Feels like they're driving right off the page!

Brilliant idea to use a FotoBlendz over the frames - adds layers and dimension! Colors over the white - beautiful!

A simple process with a wonderful result - LOVE the colors against the neutral background. Of course, Venice is such a magical place, all pages are good :-)

These extractions and composition are awesome! There's something surreal about the people in front of the sketch-like cabin (love it) Love the nails! trying to figure out how to use them!

A beautiful process and wonderful result! Always loved that frame! I like the repetition of circles! Oh and the colors!

I struggled with inspiration these last few days (my boy is away ;-) ), but then I just threw some photos on the page, used the Suggested Layouts and parts of the Artsy Layered Template, and I love what I got. Lesson - just get the photos on the page, then follow the process (helps a lot to...

Beautiful!! Love the statue of liberty tucked behind the photos but over the sunset! When I went to school at Stevens (late 70s) we used to sit up at the point and watch the cruise ships sail out :-)

Lovely photo surrounded by pretty colors and lines!

Such a clever collage, love the extractions and arrangement!

New in aA Store - ArtPlay Trouvaille Collection Have only scratched the surface of this collection, but it arrived just as I was about to work on my 2024 Part 1 book intro. I've reused this format for several years, but I changed out backgrounds, elements, transfers, and very importantly here -...

layers and light and elements, oh my - beautifully done!

Beautiful photos! Love the layering and the bright poppies!