Quick-Page Workshop - June 2023

[Anja Pelzer]

here is day 6,,

[fiona cook]

Up to the first template of Lesson6 and have chosen a recent activity to advertise. It's a sponsored charity walk.. I would rather have had a different badge to 'little love' but kept it in situ because it has such good balance on the page. I like what Anja has done with replacing it on her design though. I merged my portrait photo with a scenery shot from one of our walks and have included a little logo that I have designed for our 'Green Panthers' team for the hike. Of course designed using PSP. I adjusted the Brightness of the background. A problem I had was when I resized the image to make the smaller jpg, it wiped out the body text. In the end I 'merged visible' and then resized. It seemed to work.

[fiona cook]

30 minutes ago, Anja Pelzer said:

here is day 6,,

Anja, I like what you have done on your design to replace the words 'little love'. It fits well with your design.

[Anja Pelzer]

and now the last day,

showing you my mom through the early years, font is Rafting Script

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

Nice such old photos Anja.

To give the fashion an extra look I guess it was in the fifties.

The big ribbon in your hair, the wood/string closure of your jacket, and the woolen pinalore (pinafore), probably home knitted. 

I had to translate the last one into English? 

I wore that too. 

[Susan Ewart]

3 hours ago, fiona cook said:

Up to the first template of Lesson6 and have chosen a recent activity to advertise. It's a sponsored charity walk.. I would rather have had a different badge to 'little love' but kept it in situ because it has such good balance on the page. I like what Anja has done with replacing it on her design though. I merged my portrait photo with a scenery shot from one of our walks and have included a little logo that I have designed for our 'Green Panthers' team for the hike. Of course designed using PSP. I adjusted the Brightness of the background. A problem I had was when I resized the image to make the smaller jpg, it wiped out the body text. In the end I 'merged visible' and then resized. It seemed to work.

Good luck Fiona!  

[Sharla]

Just three photos of mine for Day 7  - Sky Cinema.

 

[MoniqueN.]

13 hours ago, libera said:

I remember this program, it existed too in Germany and was very popular.

 Data Becker was fun to use, I used it too ?

[MoniqueN.]

1 hour ago, Sharla said:

Just three photos of mine for Day 7  - Sky Cinema.

 

Using a pic as in a panorama is also very nice! Never thought to do that, but this is fun!?

[MoniqueN.]

15 hours ago, Anita Wyatt said:

Here is my QP-6 again, I changed the background on the merged jpg  a bit with Hue and Saturation and it brightened up everything. I like the way that one came oui too.

Wow, that's a complete different lookking page this way!

[MoniqueN.]

10 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Quick Page Lesson 7

This is 20 years ago!  How did that happen?  It only feels like yesterday I was getting up at 3am in the days before a show to re-load the kiln. This is the years I set down my camera and got a point and shoot digital camera.  Ugh, it was awful.  so much lag time between depressing the shutter button and it actually taking a picture...this wasnt a cheap camera either.  

fonts: Madelyn calligraphy, Showcard Gothic, Magic Hopes (Creative Fabrica)

Photos: mine

What's a kiln??‍♂️

[MoniqueN.]

QP-8

I found this QP at pixelscrapper and had to use it, but odd, it was difficult to find a photo that I liked to use. This one was the best so far ?

[Ann Seeber]

36 minutes ago, MoniqueN. said:

What's a kiln??‍♂️

A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. Wikipedia

[Mary Solaas]

29 minutes ago, MoniqueN. said:

QP-8

I found this QP at pixelscrapper and had to use it, but odd, it was difficult to find a photo that I liked to use. This one was the best so far ?

WOW! That's a really unique QP.  It takes a strong picture to not be overpowered by the layout. And you've accomplished that.

On another note, that QP displays a number of strong patterns - and I've been playing with patterns (strong ones) the last day or two - an interesting way to display them.

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, MoniqueN. said:

What's a kiln??‍♂️

Ann answered this below.  Most people would know it when making pottery/ceramics.  But there is different types of kilns.  Mine was for glass, fusing pieces (melting or partially melting) together.  Because of the themal shock that can happen with glass (think when you take a hot glass out of the dishwasher and put cold water in it and it thermally shocks and breaks), kiln ramp up in temperature by certain  amount of degrees per hour, usually stays at the top temp for a period, then needs to ramp down in temperature quite slowly so it doesnt cool too fast(releieving internal stress - also called healing.  the bigger the pieces the longer the time it takes.  Here are my two kilns.  One I used for glass fusing and the little blue one was a table top one used for glass beadmaking (called Lampwork, using not a kiln to melt glass, but a oxygen/propane torch).  There are many kinds and shapes of kilns.  Glass blowers have huge ones like in Ann's photo and they will them ovens.

[MoniqueN.]

1 hour ago, Ann Seeber said:

A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. Wikipedia

Thanks, Ann!

[fiona cook]

4 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Good luck Fiona!  

Thank you. We need it especially if it is a hot day. It's been good though meeting up to try to keep fit in the fresh air.

[MoniqueN.]

Also from Pixelscrapper. ? Text says: "

This photo was taken near castle garden Oud-Valkenburg
in Schin op Geul.
This exudes such tranquility, you could go there all day
sit and enjoy the scenery.
The Netherlands are so beautiful!"

[fiona cook]

21 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

Ann answered this below.  Most people would know it when making pottery/ceramics.  But there is different types of kilns.  Mine was for glass, fusing pieces (melting or partially melting) together.  Because of the themal shock that can happen with glass (think when you take a hot glass out of the dishwasher and put cold water in it and it thermally shocks and breaks), kiln ramp up in temperature by certain  amount of degrees per hour, usually stays at the top temp for a period, then needs to ramp down in temperature quite slowly so it doesnt cool too fast(releieving internal stress - also called healing.  the bigger the pieces the longer the time it takes.  Here are my two kilns.  One I used for glass fusing and the little blue one was a table top one used for glass beadmaking (called Lampwork, using not a kiln to melt glass, but a oxygen/propane torch).  There are many kinds and shapes of kilns.  Glass blowers have huge ones like in Ann's photo and they will them ovens.

Wow, a lot of varied talent around in this group

[fiona cook]

My second template for Lesson 6 follows the same theme of my imminent sponsored hike. I may be able to change it a little and use it as a thank you note for all our sponsors.

[MoniqueN.]

And another Pixelscrapper QP, now with another photo ?

[Susan Ewart]

9 minutes ago, MoniqueN. said:

And another Pixelscrapper QP, now with another photo ?

That is so peaceful looking.  I love the sound of running water.  I love fountains, you can often see rainbows in the fine misty spray of water in the air.

[Susan Ewart]

41 minutes ago, fiona cook said:

Wow, a lot of varied talent around in this group

I sold all my glass studio tools and supplies when we moved to where we are now (almost 10 yrs go we moved), and last year I sold all my silversmithing tools and supplies to buy a new camera.  It's like the pre-pre-downsizing.  I chose photography and PSP to be my hobby going into that phase.  Glass/jewelery took up a lot of space.  Now I laugh because I have a photo room that is too small, and another studio in the basement for paper supplies, for paper art, photo props (huge amount taken up with this0 or whatever.  More purging to go, I want a nice streamlined studio.....that is about size of an aircraft hanger! (that might not be enough?) .

[MoniqueN.]

16 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

I sold all my glass studio tools and supplies when we moved to where we are now (almost 10 yrs go we moved), and last year I sold all my silversmithing tools and supplies to buy a new camera.  It's like the pre-pre-downsizing.  I chose photography and PSP to be my hobby going into that phase.  Glass/jewelery took up a lot of space.  Now I laugh because I have a photo room that is too small, and another studio in the basement for paper supplies, for paper art, photo props (huge amount taken up with this0 or whatever.  More purging to go, I want a nice streamlined studio.....that is about size of an aircraft hanger! (that might not be enough?) .

With so many hobbies you just need a lot of space, sounds familiar??

[fiona cook]

Caught up on the days and this is my Lesson7 which comprises photos of street art a friend took in New Zealand and some of mine from the UK. Font is Harabara Hand. Picture tube is called Art Group.