Sentimental Sappy Day, Freebie, and Filter Challenge

I've begun my sentimental sappy mom day! My baby is 21 and I am sure he won't appreciate me getting all sentimental and sappy, but maybe those that like freebies will because I made one especially to celebrate this moment.

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I tend to take these moments and wallow in them. It is amazing what digital scrapbooking does to help me through those 'oh so emotional moments. I have always said it is good therapy. Scrapping those good moments with those bad moments is healing. I had fun digging out an old photo and crying over it as I scrapped.

Credits on this layout other than my freebie go to Flergs Denim Blues. I recently purchased a few of her kits and I am really enjoying them.

With this layout, I am encouraging you to use a the Underpainting Filter in a layout. Join the challenge here. I simply made a selection of the photo and hit Control J to put it on its own layer. I ran the filter on the copied selection and added a drop shadow.It provided a perfect area to add a title and created a simple artisticness to the layout.

To understand how the Underpainting Filter works, one must first reflect on oil painting techniques with a brush on canvass.



When an artist paints on canvass, after making the general outlines, they create the underpainting, which in effect is simple large areas of general color. Thereafter they paint in the details.

To change the brush size, you change the size of the large areas of general color. The next slider in the filter changes the "texture coverage" and I would recommend just playing with it to watch what it does. To me, it appears to change the amount of area that the texture of the canvas shows through.

The last options on this filter are the same as in the texturizer filter. Although oil painters often painted on canvas, you may choose any texture, even those you have created yourself and loaded. Change the scaling, relief, and direction of light as you do in the texturizer filter.


So, I asked for permission in the forums yesterday to be sentimental and sappy. Of course, the ladies were so fun and friendly and granted me permission, followed by yet another food discussion....yep! What better way to wallow in one's sappyness than to enjoy sappy syrup!

I found that quite funny as I had already planned on having Texas Toast for dinner last night.

I am curious, do people in Texas think of this as Texas Toast? Or is the rest of the country just odd for calling it that?

I am also curious as to how you make your Texas Toast?

I purchase the bread called "Texas Toast" as it is thick, but it does work with regular bread also.

I crack eggs in a bowl and beat them with a fork with salt, pepper, dried mustard, and milk, just as I would for scrambled eggs. Thereafter, I soak the bread in the egg mixture, turning to soak both sides, before frying it in a pan like a pancake.

I would love to hear how you make yours! I find this a bit humerous as the last time I talked about egg salad, oh...I mean eggsalas, the power of suggestion was effective!

Have a wonderful beautiful day on me! Enjoy! ....and I look forward to your comments, as always!