I love blending - either using blending modes, gradient transaprancy or brushes (though I rarely, if ever, make my own). But my most favorite is typography - I LOVE using text as element - word strips, titles and custom-made text shapes or paths... I feel journaling makes my pages more...

What an artistic take on the challenge! Thank you for playing along. Love all the earth tones and the white background!

As I have said elsewhere, I LOVE LOVE LOVE templates.

I am a huge template fan! I love those that allow me to place several photos without the page looking too crowded or 'boring' - page composition is what I look for in a template. I love Anna's templates because they are super versatile. I also love Lynn Grieveson's spin on multi-photo pocket...

Thank you so much! You made my day!!!

Great extraction! And congrats to her on losing weight! Love the colors of your page!

Gorgeous blending! And I really love your title work!

Just getting some of my unfinished spreads finished... :) the other half is here

Karen Schulz has just released the second installment in her My Story series covering school years. It comes with vintage-looking templates too! I couldn't resist and made a double spread using photos from 40 years ago.

... and the left-hand side of the two-page spread created with Karen's latest kit.

My Story series continues! This collection covering school years has everything - including templates. Perfect for documenting your old days.

exactly what I meant Vicki! I know about importing brushes, .abr files can be imported into Affinity too, but as has been mentioned above, the previews are tiny so I prefer PNGs as they are easier to manipulate, but they would be my least favorite items in a kit. Some designers include colored...

Not a fan either, though alighning the characters is not a complicatd thing. What I hate is handling each letter individually... just too much work and if I want to change style/font/color - it's just too much work.. I have a love-hate relationship with brushes. I'd use them if they are...

Wow.. your blending in perfect! Love the framing!

Love how you clipped your photo to the wordart! What a great take on the challenge!

I think everyone who started as a paper scrapper and them moved to digital went through an adjustment phase... I couldn't figure out the point of masking while my mom - inspired by MY paper albums but having opted for digital - raved about them. I imagine designers create their products with...

I love daffodils... back in Europe they mean winter is over and spring is here... the ones that makes me squeal with joy at the moment, however, are orchids - here in Indonesia they grow outdoors (never ceases to amaze me) and I've got a few tied to a tree... currently blooming...

Having gotten tired of Blacklist, I'm currently re-watching House MD...

Template, elements and alpha are part of the gorgeous kit that our talented designers have put together.

Ooooh, this is so super sweet! Love all the messiness!