It was a busy weekend, but I managed to finish up all my layouts for Stacy Julian’s More Fun class for September. Now on to complete two more layouts for the Design Your Life class with Cathy Z. I’m already loving this. Here’s the first layout for Week 1: Balance & Symmetry:

I’m not one to use enlargements, but I think that might change. It took a while to get the photo printed the way I wanted it. I’ve been trying to work with color profiling, but in this case the printer default produced a better photo than choosing a color profile in Photoshop Elements. The more I get into photo editing, the more I realize I don’t know. Still working on trying to learn the basics in Lightroom as well.

The other big project was card making. A friend is coming over this afternoon for her first experience with this hobby so I made a lot of simple cards so she could see the possibilities without needing to spend a fortune to get started. Since Saturday was World Cardmaking Day there was a lot of inspiration on the internet.

The first two were inspired by a card on Kimberly Kesti’s blog. She got her inspiration from Ali Edwards.

Also inspired by Kim Kesti:

And a two more from three sheets of new Basic Grey paper I picked up on Friday.

And one final card with a stamped image. This was one of my earlier stamp purchases from PrintWorks. I used it to practice blending colored pencils with Gamsol. So many things to learn!

Yesterday Karen, Marie, and I walked in the Breast Cancer Making Strides walk downtown with about 9,000 other walkers. It’s always a fun event and the weather was perfect: sunny and cool.

So, I didn’t post on HS: MS this weekend. Today’s prompt is Tranquil: Free from disturbance. Find something tranquil in your space today. Here are the Canadian geese at the Brighton Town Park. They used to migrate, but so many people feed them that they stay here all winter. It is a tranquil spot.

I’m a day late with this. I got so busy yesterday working on the first assignment for Cathy Z’s Design Your Life class, I forgot to post. More about this class later. I’m still thinking on today’s prompt: wait. We’re all waiting for Anita’s announcement on HS: MS, but I can’t take a picture of that.

Beam: A ray or shaft of light, or a sturdy support of wood.

Taken at Taughannock Falls State Park two weeks ago. There have been very few beams of light this week in Rochester. Generally overcast and rainy, although there have been some breaks of sun. Today is supposed to be better.

It took me the better part of the day to find a photo for today’s HS: MS prompt.

Perch: An object on which to sit or roost. Show us a ‘perch’ in your space today.

No birds willing to stay on the feeder for me, but here is a beautiful red leaf PERCHED on a fence in Highland Park.