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I had been experimenting with playing with masks after Cassel’s tutorial and created this peculiar image of my cat. I used a couple of masks and my cat photo.
PS Sue and Corrie, I’m an F1 fan too! The Dutch crowds that day were amazing.
Carole/Cassel: Actually, Adam was already answering to that name at the humane society so I was loathe to change it, also, he had arrived there with a sister, who was named Eve. She was adopted out long before him; he was already there 2 years when we adopted him. A few years later, we adopted our own Eve from a different humane society. She had been named Mango but I wanted to re-create the original pair and since she didn’t answer to Mango I felt I could change it to Eve. Adam and his actual sister Eve were born in a nearby farming area called Pine Island which was drained swampland and famous for its black dirt. Amid all its flatness, Pine Island boasted a mini mountain range that they called
Adam & Eve (actually 2 low hills 🙂 ) It was a local joke.It has been a jolly trip down memory lane. Today is the last day, this week has slipped by ever so quickly. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you Carole, for the time and effort you have put into making this 10th anniversary celebration a success. Masterclass: Using element templates. Until this class, I didn’t know that element templates, and paper templates existed. I found some very delicate, fine papers from Pixel Scrapper, which I could colour to suit my projects. In this autumnal page, all the elements are templates. Aren’t the background papers just divine! The frame is my own, which I created from using a selection from the photo.
Creative scrap: Ticket. Tickets are another great way to add information to any project.
Creative scrap: label
Creative scrap: oval frame (I added a rope)
Creative scrap: Pin
The background paper is the photo of the butterfly, using a blend mode, opacity, brightness/contrast.
The frames are my own, also the word art
Creative scrap: Flag
The flag is a rather nice addition to any project. This flag was used to wish a friend Happy Birthday in Welsh. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the card.
Sue, that is stunning. That paper is perfect. I love the papers at PS, I could become a paper hoarder if I’m not careful. And Carole, WOW! What a fabulous week. Thank you for this fun ride and allowing us all to celebrate along with you.
My last project. Back in 2015, Corel posted on their site, which I downloaded and printed off, this tutorial. ( Create a simple double exposure portrait in Paintshop Pro- Points of view/ Corel photo blog).
I have posted one of the double exposures I did back then. Nell, and the landscape of the area, where I ride.
Masterclass: Blending through. This masterclass demonstrates many techniques, including how to create a double exposure. Carole used an elephant in her tutorial.
I couldn’t be here for the last few days, and again it is a joy to browse each entry… I have to repeat myself, Everyone here, at all levels, is creating inspirational and great work.
Val, thank you so much! You are so kind. <3
Sue, my friend, your work is outstanding, and you know I am a big fan… I could name this or that layout, but it would take too long!… You are for sure a source of inspiration for many and me included. 🙂
Oh wow, Sue!
I could repeat myself a thousand times, but it’s been so wonderful to see what everyone created:)
As I’m not only a flower lover :-), I created for example something I called “spooky”, November 2019, but I just can’t remember if it has to do with the challenge.
So I just promised me, I will try to write down for the next projects, what was the base of the work and the effects I applied. I must admit if you do not regularly use some functions, you have to search and search ….
Susan, thank you ever so much for your kind words. I genuinely hope that I have inspired many of you with my style of creativity. I’m very much a minimalistic, non fussy or frilly creator, not even in real life. I always aim to maintain focus on my photos. Again, Susan, I thank you.
Val, thank you ever so much for your kind words on the snow globes. Xmas will soon be upon us, I hope you will watch the masterclass, and create some stunning snow globes to be used in your festive projects.
Cristian, my dear long term campus friend. Although I joined before, we have travelled this particular creative path together, along with many others. It has been a stupendous journey. It isn’t over yet. I’ve said it before, I’m a huge fan of your work. You put so much emphasis on fine details, which blows me away. Thank you my dear friend.
I only ever use my own photos in my pages. I’m not a professional photographer by any means, but if anyone would like to use a photo I have used, or you don’t have any snow photo for instance, I will be more than happy share them with you, for you to use in your projects.
Libera, that is so cool. I love the horse Sue. My husband and I worked/lived at several horse breeding farms (race horses, quarter horses and international hunter/jumpers) in the past, as my husband was a stallion handler/horse exerciser and was part of the breeding team. I was a general horse handler, worked with the mommies and babies. I miss living on a farm.
Libera, I see that the titles for the pages, are Fantasy. I wonder if you watched the Masterclass: Fantasy World, which inspired you to created those two lovely pages.
Thank you Susan. I’ve had horses all my life. Before moving to Canada, my life revolved around horses. Competing at an intermediate level in 3 day eventing (show jumping, dressage, cross country). Hunter Trials. Team chasing. During my younger days, I rode point to point ( which is a bit like steeple chasing, except over a country course of fixed fences. Point to Point meaning, racing from one church steeple to another church steeple.
Bonnie: I did tell that story in a layout last year. It was the Good Deeds Challenge.
I loved the pop art challenge too. It must have been in August 2019. I add the original photos, so you can see again the difference, playing with this function.
I discovered the double exposure, which Sue presented just above in a fantastatic creation, a few weeks ago and did a simple try with a visage and thunder in it. Another fascinating work you can achieve with PSP.
As Corrie and Sue I have Carole’s book “Tips and Tricks” for PSP on my desk, in addition of the Kindle version on my PC of “101 Super Easy Tricks to Work Faster with Paintshop Pro”, Book 1 and 2, I can truly recommend for beginners too.
Thank you Susan and Sue. I changed the titles, I can’t remember exactly why, but the name of the folder is “spooky”. I shoud look at the Master Class you mention, Sue. Maybe a confusion …
Another Pop Art girl
I feel a bit sorry that this BIG 10 is coming to its last day; it was wonderful to see each and every entry at all levels. And again a great inspiration for projects to come! So Carole again a big thanks to you for letting us in on the party and even if we aren’t going to win a prize, we all have won by joining here!!! Now I’ll go and make new pages, follow new challenges, masterclasses and learn new techniques in the diamond membership alongside chatting with some of you who I have come to know a little bit better.
This is my last entry and it is a card I made. I used a photo from the lime tree in front of our house and I wish I could have incorporated its heavenly smell. Background is the photo with blur and bokeh effect. A mask on the same photo with a simple frame and a butterfly. A quote (I like using quotes), a flower of the tree inside a leafy frame and two corner punches.
simple Texting 1, 2, 3 with PSP but so used )) and Masking with PSP & Changing colors in PaintShop Pro (for the watering can in origin red)
Corrie, I agree, this feel like a special event doesnt it. I know…it IS a special event. But it’s like a big seminar to you go to with hundreds of like-minding people. I love your layout, so beautifully done. I’m inspired at where this can go for me (being at the beginning).
I just did the letter tutorial, here it is. It’s very funky looking. I dont know what number ‘S’ is in scrabble so I picked my birthday. My ‘S’ is too high and it doesnt look as cleanly indented as Cassel’s. More practice required.
Sue, wow! how exciting your life with horses. I loved watching 3 day eventing. Point to point sounds really exciting. May I ask the breed of your horse? Thick neck, beautiful shaped head, I’m leaning toward Friesen (my fav. breed) or a Aussie thoroughbred, they are so big and beautiful, or perhaps a warmblood of a sort.
Fiona, wonderful to hear that you are a F1 fan too. I have been a fan for most of my life. The only way I can watch it now is live on an American sports channel. TSN. Sky Sports UK has taken over from BBC1. Which is great, because we had to subscribe to the BBC1 channel here in Canada in order to watch it. Now we get to watch it as part of our overall package, which includes a lot of American channels. I was amazed to see a seas of orange in the stands last week, and their overall support was deafening, for their Dutch driver Verstappen. Did you watch the Italian race today? Max and Lewis collided. I was delighted to see Lando Norris, another Brit on the podium. He is an up and rising young star in F1. I’d like to think he’s another Hamilton in the making.
Susan, Nell, which is in the double exposure image, is a reg. quarter horse, she is 11 now, I bought her as a weaning. Meg, who I featured in the latest love story challenge with Nell, and posted here in the projects, is also a quarter horse, she is now 21. I bought her as a yearling when we moved here. These days I gather and trail cows for ranchers. I also trail ride. I don’t train horses any more. The horses I’ve had over the years at home in Wales, were TB (Thoroughbred) x Hanoverian. Crossing TBs with warm blood breeds give you the speed of the TB and the temperament and build of the warm bloods. A perfect combination. Of course these horses were 16 hands plus, unlike the 14-15 hand QH. Although Meg is 15.1, and Nell is 14.1. My childhood mounts were section A, B, C and section D Welsh Cobs and Welsh mountain ponies.
@Ann Seeber thanks )))) @Cassel thanks so much, love this short tutos ))))
here’s a page with no kit (with photos perso & some royalty free), and technique Photo-Graphics with PSP about the city of Rouen (bordering my city)
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