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Sue, you won’t get another email until tomorrow. We will get an email every other day, for a fortnight. Ann is jumping the gun, by posting her sandwich.
I have just registered, a tad late I’m afraid. I’ve uploaded a screenshot of my preferred PSP layout. I will also be showcasing one of this year’s juvenile ruby-throated hummingbirds. ( shown in screen shot) I had 3 youngsters, with several adult males and females, they left for warmer climes, as they do every year on the 29th August. They were also 2 days later arriving this year. 3rd August.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Corrie, Carole has added copious tutorials to the creative scrap over the years. Yet, for some reason the Flair button still remains my number one favourite. I have a long list of other favourites, but not necessarily in the order I was to list them.
This is another old page I created, I don’t know if there is Dutch word for the word petrichor.I don’t now if your husband or yourself are fans of Formula 1, Grand Prix racing, but last week was the Dutch race.
I love the flair button you created using a doily.Diane, I’m curious, which class did you use to learn how to create a curtain? That tutorial has appeared to elude me. Your curtain is very realistic.
Thank you Monique. Of course, back then I used the word collage to describe my pages. Scrapbooking, wasn’t in my vocabulary. Even if I say so myself, my photography has also improved. 🙂 Here is one of this year’s humming birds. (Juvenile Ruby throated humming bird). Of course, due to resizing so much detail is lost.
When I first joined the campus, I subscribed to the creative scrap. Not being a scrapbooker, I was terribly overwhelmed by the content, and the copious tutorials on different techniques. I believe that I may have mentioned previously that I love the flair button technique. The flair button was the very first element I created. From there I worked my way through the tips and tricks and the creative scrap. Initially, I used PSP for photo editing, along with basic techniques like extractions, simple framing etc. To use in cards and calendars. The Humming bird page is my first scrapbook page.
Another jolly festive season will soon be upon us. Although the leaves are starting to turn, and beginning to look awfully pretty, it is still rather hot here. 27c yesterday. Masterclass: Paintshop Christmas 3 (print out gift tags for Xmas) Here is an example of two which I made, and printed
Creative scrap: Circle text
I’m rather certain I have submitted my quota to qualify for the draw. As Corrie commented, the party isn’t over yet. From the creative scrap: lace, clock face, clock hand. Everyone has submitted some splendid examples of what they have learnt in the campus over the years. Bravo!
Creative scrap: stitched element.
Maasterclass: word art with PSP 2 create a crossword effect on a theme.
Anita, lovely photo. May I suggest that you delete the photo, and re-add it. As you don’t need to use the magic wand to select the area to place the photo in. The quick page is a png, which means that the checkered board showing is your psp work surface. (it’s blank) When you copy and paste the photo into the quick page, move it below the quick page in the layers palette, then you can resize, or even rotate it.
Masterclass: ADJUST WHAT. I have always been a big fan of the adjustment layers. I use them a lot. Like masks, you can always go back to them to edit them. They have so many uses. I find they are great for creating frames. Here are 2 examples.
I really love this technique of framing. Split frame, Lab 10-8. I’m always looking for new ways to showcase my photos, and this technique of framing is quite different.
Masterclass :Overflowing. I really enjoyed Carole’s approach to creating an overflowing technique. I created the framed page where I used one of my Lake photos, to create an overflowing effect, except I used the warp brush, push tool. Which inspired Carole to do the overflowing masterclass. I used a photo I took of a small bridge over a brook on one of my trips home to Wales, to create the page using Carole’s techniques. which I thought was effective.
Halloween isn’t too far away. It’s something I have never celebrated, not even as a child. Creating these were fun though. I took a photo of a beautiful young lady wearing a large brimmed hat, and transformed her into someone you wouldn’t want to meet on a dark night. Masterclasses: Spooky, and Spooky 2. These pages were done using the Masterclass Spooky 2. I have lost track, on what, and how many posts I’ve made, not only in the projects, but in the Trivia, and the classes. Oh well! It’s fun to see what everyone has created. All very inspirational.
