Text Workshop 2024

[Corrie Kinkel]

37 minutes ago, Mary Solaas said:

I'm slow as usual. However, this is a photo of my daughter's dog, Murphy, which she took while they were on a morning walk. The font is - I dont know as I didn't save the text file I just converted it - and I used a pattern where the color was a medium tan for the outline, I used a blue for the transparent inner layer. I used the Lock Transparency tool to put the grass patch picture tube in the bottom of the text and for the birds tube in the "Sky" top of the text. I know, it is hard to see the birds, but they are there. I had to merge the outline layer and the bottom fill layer of the text in order to enlarge the word. the papers and elements are mine.  Fun.  I don't remember this from the first Text Workshop I did, so this refresher is great. I didn't remember that the sculpture layer not only puts a pattern, but you can change the "light color" color as well as those numbers puts a bevel on the object.

Mary I too forgot the sculpture effect and I hope I will remember a bit longer now because I actually like it!

[Anne Lamp]

I used this for day 1 & 2

[Ann Seeber]

Here is my Day 2 and I've included the one I did in March 2023, which I still love. The turkey photo is by Chuck Calio and the fonts used in the title are Babilonia and Baby Olivia.

Edited Tuesday at 07:50 PM by Ann Seeber

[gwen jewitt]

My first atempt at a layout .did the backgrounds using different textures  and effects added a  photo  a frame, tube, drop shadows,finished with the day 2 text/

Edited Tuesday at 09:45 PM by gwen jewitt

[Jeni Simpson]

16 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Lesson 1

Font is Erica One (CF I think) - it is one of the fonts that don't line up so you have to use the 0.1 stroke rule.  I used daisy picture tubes and very low opacity fill.  Photo is mine. I love this technique.  Button is from Elif Sahin (Digital Scrapbook.com), papers are all PSP textures or patterns.

 

This is such a beautiful clear and clean page, Susan. The image you have used is lovely and the daisies look wonderful as a fill in that font.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Day 2 and another card ready, which I probably will use as an e-card because of the size. Even as a double card it isn't easy to print on A-4 or standard photo format. Again I used a wreath from my stash and I took my colors from it.

[Linda J Walker]

Day 1 and already behind....

When I filled the text with green, it didn't fill to the full width of all the letters. I am using 2019. When I selected inside each letter, I could select the full width. But I didn't like any of the tubes I tried, I think I was agrivated/frustrated by the fill not being as I expected it...so I stopped.

 

[Donna Sillia]

The photo was taken by my grandson. The banner was made with Carole's Banner Font. The brick background layer is a PSP texture. The other background and the three clips are from Canva. All of the fonts used are from CF.

[Cassel]

@Jacques Do you have specific plans to use those titles yet? For babies photos, are they photos of the mom and the son when they each were babies?

@Dan Greenwood Great start with your project. Do you plan to add shadows to the elements or treat the page like a printed magazine?

@Susan Ewart That is a great font to add the daisies to: it is fat and lets you see the details well.

@Carolyn Rye Now that you have some practice, you can always go back to your layout and change it if you are not 100% happy with it. Inspiration might strike another day.

@Jeni Simpson That translucent text is fun to see the rocks. And the gradient matches well the water theme.

@Anita Wyatt When you reduce the opacity of a color, it will be affected by the color below. If you see, on white, it looks lighter, but it is normal that it will look darker on the yellow paper. If you add some shadows to your papers and photo, it will match the shadows on the little leaves.

@Ann Seeber If you ever want to get color-specific confetti, there is always a script in the store to make them. Click here for it. For the Jumping Spider layout, normally, I would say that the title has too much shadow making it float, but with the theme of JUMPING spider, it is very fitting!

@fiona cook You certainly managed to get something done with the technique. I really thought that issue with the spacing was only in 2023.

@Daniel Hess Did the moon photo include the silhouette or did you add it afterward?

@Mary Solaas Great work on the title. You are good at manipulating the tools in PSP to get the result you want.

@Anne Lamp Nice way to combine two tutorials in one project!

@gwen jewitt You created a really nice background!

@Corrie Kinkel That is a nice card. What size it is? Is it too large for a normal envelope to send it in the mail?

@Linda J Walker It looks like you are affected by the same issue as others with one layer not matching the size of the other.

@Donna Sillia It is fun to have those different letters on banners!

Keep them coming!

[Jacques]

7 minutes ago, Cassel said:

@Jacques Do you have specific plans to use those titles yet? For babies photos, are they photos of the mom and the son when they each were babies?

@Dan Greenwood Great start with your project. Do you plan to add shadows to the elements or treat the page like a printed magazine?

@Susan Ewart That is a great font to add the daisies to: it is fat and lets you see the details well.

@Carolyn Rye Now that you have some practice, you can always go back to your layout and change it if you are not 100% happy with it. Inspiration might strike another day.

@Jeni Simpson That translucent text is fun to see the rocks. And the gradient matches well the water theme.

@Anita Wyatt When you reduce the opacity of a color, it will be affected by the color below. If you see, on white, it looks lighter, but it is normal that it will look darker on the yellow paper. If you add some shadows to your papers and photo, it will match the shadows on the little leaves.

@Ann Seeber If you ever want to get color-specific confetti, there is always a script in the store to make them. Click here for it. For the Jumping Spider layout, normally, I would say that the title has too much shadow making it float, but with the theme of JUMPING spider, it is very fitting!

@fiona cook You certainly managed to get something done with the technique. I really thought that issue with the spacing was only in 2023.

@Daniel Hess Did the moon photo include the silhouette or did you add it afterward?

@Mary Solaas Great work on the title. You are good at manipulating the tools in PSP to get the result you want.

@Anne Lamp Nice way to combine two tutorials in one project!

@gwen jewitt You created a really nice background!

@Corrie Kinkel That is a nice card. What size it is? Is it too large for a normal envelope to send it in the mail?

@Linda J Walker It looks like you are affected by the same issue as others with one layer not matching the size of the other.

@Donna Sillia It is fun to have those different letters on banners!

Keep them coming!

@Cassel: It is indeed the mother and her son with approximately the same age in the photos but taken with a gap of 32 years

[Jacques]

Day 1 Version 2

[Anita Wyatt]

Here is my text for day 2. I am still working on the project where I added this text and will hopefully finish it this evening.Used some kerning. This text class is fun.

 Fonts used: Anberta, Calisto, Cherly, Black Chancery, Cat Paw, Arienne, Cat Paw, Brush Script, Hesthia Austine, and I added drop shadow.

[Cindy Sheets]

DAY 1

I don't have any current projects, but in the new year I will get back to making cards and hope I remember everything from this workshop.

[Susan Ewart]

7 hours ago, gwen jewitt said:

My first atempt at a layout .did the backgrounds using different textures  and effects added a  photo  a frame, tube, drop shadows,finished with the day 2 text/

I love this.  You chose the fonts really well.  And that photo is outstanding!

[Susan Ewart]

6 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said:

This is such a beautiful clear and clean page, Susan. The image you have used is lovely and the daisies look wonderful as a fill in that font.

Thank you Jeni.  It's like I've discovered flowers for the first time (well, since 2021, when I started with the Campus).  

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Anita Wyatt said:

Here is my text for day 2. I am still working on the project where I added this text and will hopefully finish it this evening.Used some kerning. This text class is fun.

 Fonts used: Anberta, Calisto, Cherly, Black Chancery, Cat Paw, Arienne, Cat Paw, Brush Script, Hesthia Austine, and I added drop shadow.

This looks great Anita.  I had such a hard time picking fonts.  I didnt care for what I did, but I love what everyone else did.

[Dan Greenwood]

Dang! I don't usually do scrapbook pages, so I forget about the drop shadows. Here's lesson 1 - again!  BTW, the filler in the letters of the title is an actual photo of the sea and sky. But it's hard to picture that in such a small space.

Edited Wednesday at 05:14 AM by Dan Greenwood

[Susan Ewart]

Lesson two

Picking fonts it really hard.  But I did enjoy using the sculpture effect on the chicken.  I used cass-steel pattern then put the original chicken clipart above it and used a blend mode (multiply) and it brought back the colors in the feet, beak and red parts (what ever that is called).  the weight plate (45lbs) was a icon image that i selected certain parts to give a inner bevel to and other parts got a cut out to make the plate more realistic.  I know, I spent more time on the layout and elements that the text.  I just noticed I forgot to add the shadow to the photo.  I included what the chicken clipart looked like before and after the effects were added. And for some reason the chicken got fatter 😆.  I think I really like that sculpture technique.  the only other time I've used it was in the last Text WS.  I hope I remember to use it often.  

Edited Wednesday at 05:30 AM by Susan Ewart

[Jeni Simpson]

Day 2
This was an interesting exercise, I must say. I enjoyed creating a word from many fonts, it really did make me think.
I had to cut and paste the 'unk' from the 'steamp' to bring the letters closer together. It was such fun choosing the letters to use.

We have a steampunk museum in Oamaru, a town about 3.5 hours away. I love the museum and the displays around this town. The old town is full of steampunk memorabilia.  I used papers from Raindrops and Rainbows, recolouring them to suit. I also used a rust texture to bring the black paper into a more steampunk rust colour. The other paper is a mix of Janet's black and orange papers.

[Jeni Simpson]

2 hours ago, Anita Wyatt said:

Here is my text for day 2. I am still working on the project where I added this text and will hopefully finish it this evening.Used some kerning. This text class is fun.

 Fonts used: Anberta, Calisto, Cherly, Black Chancery, Cat Paw, Arienne, Cat Paw, Brush Script, Hesthia Austine, and I added drop shadow.

I love this collection of fonts. Looking forward to the final page, Anita.

[Jeni Simpson]

8 hours ago, gwen jewitt said:

My first atempt at a layout .did the backgrounds using different textures  and effects added a  photo  a frame, tube, drop shadows,finished with the day 2 text/

 

Those fonts work so well together, Gwen, and that owl, such a wise choice for Watching You! I love what you created with the background, too.

[Jeni Simpson]

10 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here is my Day 2 and I've included the one I did in March 2023, which I still love. The turkey photo is by Chuck Calio and the fonts used in the title are Babilonia and Baby Olivia.

 

 

Ann, wow, a jumping spider! I've seen them fall, but never jump! Eeew, that's pretty scary! The turkey is great. I'm so glad you showed him this year. I hope witness protection is looking after him well. Both images are fabulous!

[Anita Wyatt]

Here is my Page 2 of the Text Workshop. Our cat Bella loves to check the bookshelves for some interesting stories. I enjoyed playing with all the different fonts: Anberta, Calisto, Cherly, Black Chancery, Cat Paw, Arienne, Cat Paw, Brush Script, and Hesthia Austine. Some items are from Digital Scrapbooking.The cat and books are mine.

 

[kasany]

28 minutes ago, Anita Wyatt said:

Here is my Page 2 of the Text Workshop. Our cat Bella loves to check the bookshelves for some interesting stories. I enjoyed playing with all the different fonts: Anberta, Calisto, Cherly, Black Chancery, Cat Paw, Arienne, Cat Paw, Brush Script, and Hesthia Austine. Some items are from Digital Scrapbooking.The cat and books are mine.

 

Clever kitty. Will he describe they to you?;) 

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

2 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Dag 2
Dit was een interessante oefening, moet ik zeggen. Ik vond het leuk om uit veel lettertypen een woord te maken, het heeft me echt aan het denken gezet.
Ik moest de 'unk' van de 'steamp' knippen en plakken om de letters dichter bij elkaar te brengen. Het was zo leuk om de letters te kiezen om te gebruiken.

We hebben een steampunk museum in Oamaru, een stadje op ongeveer 3,5 uur rijden. Ik hou van het museum en de displays in deze stad. De oude stad staat vol met steampunk-memorabilia. Ik heb papier van Raindrops en Rainbows gebruikt en dat heb ik naar wens ingekleurd. Ik heb ook een roesttextuur gebruikt om het zwarte papier in een meer steampunk roestkleur te brengen. Het andere papier is een mix van Janet's zwarte en oranje papier.

Ik houd ook van steam punk. Ik heb een paar files vol met SP attributen. Maar om te kijken, niet om te dragen.