What are you working on (in July 2024)?

[Julie Magerka]

1 hour ago, Mary Solaas said:

Love is in the Air. Pink title is Billgates with layer styles: Emboss; green title is Arial with 3D Effects: inner bevel; background paper I made from a tile I developed from a CF item that I worked with; the 2 flower items in the bottom corners are a watercolor from CF.  The silhoutte  I got from someplace several years ago and they are in a flower frame which was a Cassel freebie several years ago. The exploded hearts cutout was the requirement for Lab 12 Mod 9.  I also did one of dolphins but haven't used it in a layout and I may practice this on some other cutouts later. Seashells didn't work so that is why the dolphins - i used layer styles on them -  inner bevel.

Your progress through the Labs is inspiring to see. Love these cutouts.

[Corrie Kinkel]

7 hours ago, Mary Solaas said:

Love is in the Air. Pink title is Billgates with layer styles: Emboss; green title is Arial with 3D Effects: inner bevel; background paper I made from a tile I developed from a CF item that I worked with; the 2 flower items in the bottom corners are a watercolor from CF.  The silhoutte  I got from someplace several years ago and they are in a flower frame which was a Cassel freebie several years ago. The exploded hearts cutout was the requirement for Lab 12 Mod 9.  I also did one of dolphins but haven't used it in a layout and I may practice this on some other cutouts later. Seashells didn't work so that is why the dolphins - i used layer styles on them -  inner bevel.

Mary I love your dedication to the labs and tutorials. I just do them more haphazardly and when I need something for a particular layout I have in mind. Or one that takes my fancy😘

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Sadly, I haven't had a lot of PSP or pickleball time lately. Lots of work in the garden...and now, the yard needs attention. It will wait....tomorrow is pickleball, picnic and table games.

Clusters and background paper by Jessica Dunn, Into The Woods, at Digital Scrapbooking. Template 242 by Lady 22.

Edited Monday at 01:10 AM by Bonnie Ballentine

[Mary Solaas]

Just playing around with a mask I made with a lace edging made in a previous lab module. The butterfly I made with Cassel's enamel script.

[Susan Ewart]

Lab 7-3

• Pattern Paper
• Metallic Element2
• Fabric Tag

As it turns out I used the same pattern as Carole used in the tutorial, only because my P52 challenge is playing cards so I ran with that theme.

I loved the Pattern Paper and Metallic Element2 tutorials.  The Fabric Tag was also good but I did encounter a problem I couldn't overcome.  I couldn't get the eraser too to un-erase.  I followed the video and used the written instructions, but it just would not erase and I'm not sure why.  I really wanted the fringe part so I made the background of the fabric available for a pattern fill, and use the brush tool with the same settings and added the fringe on each side.  I have them as separate layers (fringe below the fabric layer) so I could slightly change the saturation of the fringe and add a bit of noise and the tiniest of bevel.  I merged the layers so i could add a drop shadow.  I used the Custom Playing Card script and the Lifted photo script. Font from Creative Fabrica.  

[Susan Ewart]

Lab 7-3

here is an alternate version.  I took the gradient background and duplicated it then moved it to almost the top and added a blend mode.  I like what it did to the metallic elements.  they really look metallic now.  I still wanted some color so I selected the "red" diamonds from the background layer and promoted them to a new layer and brought them above the blend mode layer and lowered the opacity of them (they were red already). I also brought another duplicate of the background gradient above the playing card group and made a mask of the gradient (New Mask Layer > Show All) and used black to block the layers below that have the blend mode so the middle of the cards would retain their original colorful-ness.  

[Julie Magerka]

1 hour ago, Susan Ewart said:

Lab 7-3

• Pattern Paper
• Metallic Element2
• Fabric Tag

As it turns out I used the same pattern as Carole used in the tutorial, only because my P52 challenge is playing cards so I ran with that theme.

I loved the Pattern Paper and Metallic Element2 tutorials.  The Fabric Tag was also good but I did encounter a problem I couldn't overcome.  I couldn't get the eraser too to un-erase.  I followed the video and used the written instructions, but it just would not erase and I'm not sure why.  I really wanted the fringe part so I made the background of the fabric available for a pattern fill, and use the brush tool with the same settings and added the fringe on each side.  I have them as separate layers (fringe below the fabric layer) so I could slightly change the saturation of the fringe and add a bit of noise and the tiniest of bevel.  I merged the layers so i could add a drop shadow.  I used the Custom Playing Card script and the Lifted photo script. Font from Creative Fabrica.  

This is gorgeous! You did such a nice job on the metallic elements! I like both versions of them.

[Corrie Kinkel]

21 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Lab 7-3

here is an alternate version.  I took the gradient background and duplicated it then moved it to almost the top and added a blend mode.  I like what it did to the metallic elements.  they really look metallic now.  I still wanted some color so I selected the "red" diamonds from the background layer and promoted them to a new layer and brought them above the blend mode layer and lowered the opacity of them (they were red already). I also brought another duplicate of the background gradient above the playing card group and made a mask of the gradient (New Mask Layer > Show All) and used black to block the layers below that have the blend mode so the middle of the cards would retain their original colorful-ness.  

You did a fantastic job but I like this version better. The cards are a bit darker and look more used than in the first version where they are rather white. The metallic elements look great!

[Mary Solaas]

Lab 12 Mod 10 (October - must be Halloween) - requirements: multi star pattern (background paper), bat vector item to be exported as a preset shape - did both preset shape and a brush. Tried doing the bat shape using the exploded cutout tut.