Beyond Layers Day 13 : 10 Truths about Me

Kim Klassen's Beyond Layers class is 52 weeks of Inspiration.  This week's assignment is to share 10 truths about myself.  I don't usually do that here on Sweet Leaf Notebook, but here it goes ...

1)  I love big, black furry dogs of the Newfie variety.  Meet Maggie, my 2nd-Chance Newf.  She is the sweetest dog you'd ever want to meet.
2) I lived in a housing coop in Madison, WI, for 7 years. I can hardly believe I stayed so long!
3) I met my sweet and wonderful husband at that Coop.   We left together.  ;-)  I guess I had to stay there long enough for him to move in!
4) I'm not much of a housekeeper.  I'd much rather spend my time making stuff, than cleaning up.
5) I am an INFJ which means I recharge my batteries at home, being quiet--making stuff and being creative.  Or just reading. Or blogging. Or working on PhotoShop pics.  Or Sewing. Or Dyeing ...
6) I love a good cuppa tea, and sitting by the fire in Winter.
7) I am trained as a Hospice Volunteer.  This is one of the most important jobs I do.

 

The road to Faery Glen, Isle of Skye.

8) My favorite country is Scotland.  Love the green!  Love the accents!  Love Robert Carlyle!  Give me those ever-changing, moody skies any day over a burning, hot sun.   This feels like home!
9) I won a bronze medal for figure skating in the Badger State Games in 1996.   For many years, skating was my absolute JOY!  I didn't get to take lessons until I went to college, so no--I wasn't one of those 6-year olds dreaming of winning the Olympics.  I skated because I loved the way it felt--smoooth and fluid.  I felt Beautiful on the ice.
10) I do NOT have a cell phone, and I get along just fine without one.   :-)

About the top image :
I used one of the Ginger Pixel Storyboard templates.
Picked 4 family pictures.
Used Kim Klassen's "Dear Dreamer" Texture as the background.
Added a layer for text, using Caflisch Script Pro font.

Beyond Layers Day 5-6 : Storyboard : Dinner at Genevieve's

I wanted to try another Storyboard, so I chose pictures from our last trip to France.

The storyboard template is a modified "3 Squares and 3 Rectangles" from Ginger Pixels.
Once I had all the pictures placed and sized as I wanted, I went to the Background layer and "merged visible."  From what I can tell that makes all these disparate pictures act like 1 image.

Then I added a new layer with Kim Klassen's paper stained light texture on Multiply blend mode set at 58% opacity.  That helped to tie it all together, and make it look cohesive. 

Viola!

If you want to read more about the pictures an our trip, go here. 

Lemon Pie Storyboard : Beyond Layers Days 5-6

The lesson for Beyond Layers Days 5-6 was about capturing the simple moments in our lives, and laying it out in a storyboard template.  My husband was making Lemon Pie, so I snapped some pics.

I may try a few more of these -- another night.  The hardest part was fitting the pictures into the boxes.  I'm sure there's a way to put a texture (or something) over the whole storyboard composition, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.