Wow! This is fabulous! Congratulations on your Standing O!

So beautiful! This LO is superb and perfect and earned you a Standing O!

Oh, I can't resist! This lovely scene-setter - scene-stealer! - by @Jaydubbya just captures my fancy. The beautifully composed triptych is perfection!

It WOULD be fun in a boy's room! I could also see it as a companion page for my privateer ancestor's page. Fun, quirky, nicely crafted!

Eva, your photos made my heart sing! London is my favorite place on Earth and your joyous photos just lifted me right up! Beautifully crafted.

Ana, you are so artistic and talented! You certainly made the magic happen here!

I like the kite tail, too. Lovely masking and use of overlays.

What a fabulous photo progression! You've built a wonderful home for them to live it, allowing them to shine and speak for themselves. What a charming little one!

OOO, I love this. Your choice of background is eye-catching and really draws attention to the photos. Well done!

Amazing is right! Every time I look I see something different. Superb layering!

Superb use of white space, Claire! The LO reads minimalist but is far from it!

Oh, this is simply fabulous! Light, delicate - it could easily grace the cover of a weeding album or be a wedding invitation or announcement. Well done!

This collage is amazing! Love the fish on the background and the disembodied hands. Neat!

Vera! This is supercool! I love the sketch effect on the photo! Amazing!

This is so gorgeous! It looks like a piece of great classical art and is so worthy of a Standing O!

Wow! This LO by @Cath VP is exquisite! It puts me in mind of Renaissance art and illuminated books. Just lovely!

Marvelous photos, masking, and overlays/brush work! I love the minimalist approach and the excellent use of white space!

This companion page to Celebrating Excellence is done in the same style.

This LO about my military days is really pretty straightforward. In keeping with the military theme, things a re pretty orderly and not too artistic. I feel this is the right way to do this. So I started with my background choice and stacked some other background pieces on that. Added...

When I was in the service, Independence Day was a big deal. I would hope it still is. It always puts me in mind of the cost of that freedom. Journaling reads: “A veteran — whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve — is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a...