The O recently had a designer using AI in background creation, but I don't see her in the store now. I do have some of those papers and rather liked them. No people in what I saw, more flowery.

Great challenge! Using PSP there is an Effect menu item. Under it I used Art Media Effects, Black Pencil as a bottom layer. Next I used Artistic Effects, Typography with a soft light blend mode. On top I put the original (used in grayscale) with 15% opacity. This created lots of nice linear...

This photo is more interesting with some artistic effects but not liking looking at a winter scene with snow.

Thanks for the fun challenge.

Art is always a part of my life but this August I got some super positive feedback on my mixed media collage work. Happy to celebrate with this letter A.

My subject is also Swan with nine circles.

It amazes me how the introduction of Trumpeter Swans has given Ohio a new, big, beautiful nesting bird.

Wow! Thanks so much. I do enjoy your ATC challenges.

Oh my, you just keep finding new ways to display photos of the marshes. Love the framing, vibrant leaves, and other little bits. The colors make a lovely background for them.

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Meant to use this photo all month and finally got it done. The background photo got and Edge>Find all effect with a darken blend mode at 62% opacity. Lovely challenge.

Our owl trips to Amherst Island in 1979 were amazing and we've never forgotten the special feel of going through the woods and roads finding the owls, particularly Great Gray and this intense-gazed Northern Hawk Owl. Hard to believe it was so long ago.

Knew what I wanted for this month's ATC but took me this long to get to it. Thanks as always for a fun challenge.

This was possibly our most memorable birding event in the month of August. We learned of the presence of the Wood Storks while in Kentucky and got to see them in southern Ohio by detouring from our usual route home. It was so special.

Though not my usual style, it seemed easier this time.

DH gave me this orchid in Feb. 2019 and cares for it such that it blooms every year though not always at the same time each year. This year it was a little later with only three blooms, but it is always a joy.

Lovely use of the template to showcase your guys and your cats.

Wow! That's a stunning view. Makes the cold almost appealing. Love the icy feel of the gems.

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Oh my, what a powerful and dramatic image for her quotes. Love how you've captured the darkness..