Template Workshop 2025

[Corrie Kinkel]

I will post my results here too because I see the thread is still in use. I'm back from my trip, have overcome my jetlag and installed all the goodies from Carole's birthday sale. Now I can start with the workshop amongst a million of things that I have to do as well.

This is a photo from the opossum that almost every night was sitting on the fence in my daughters garden. When they put the garden light on or use a torchlight it will freeze and stay put. This is a defense mechanism of opossums but alas it doesn't work in the modern world. Where I live there are no opossums, it was nice to see one.

All the papers are from the Meadow bundle by Jessica Dunn, the font is Brellos and I gave the little balls a faint color and a little bit of noise with a very small shadow. At first I wanted to mirror my photo but that looked weird, so I mirrored the template.

[Ann Seeber]

51 minutes ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I will post my results here too because I see the thread is still in use. I'm back from my trip, have overcome my jetlag and installed all the goodies from Carole's birthday sale. Now I can start with the workshop amongst a million of things that I have to do as well.

This is a photo from the opossum that almost every night was sitting on the fence in my daughters garden. When they put the garden light on or use a torchlight it will freeze and stay put. This is a defense mechanism of opossums but alas it doesn't work in the modern world. Where I live there are no opossums, it was nice to see one.

All the papers are from the Meadow bundle by Jessica Dunn, the font is Brellos and I gave the little balls a faint color and a little bit of noise with a very small shadow. At first I wanted to mirror my photo but that looked weird, so I mirrored the template.

Welcome back, Corrie! We've missed you. And that's why the phrase, "playing 'possum" is so apt!

[Corrie Kinkel]

1 hour ago, Ann Seeber said:

Welcome back, Corrie! We've missed you. And that's why the phrase, "playing 'possum" is so apt!

Thank you Ann, I missed the campus too! I didn't know that particular phrase but after checking its meaning I understand it. 

[AprilDawn]

Hello everyone, well i finished the lessons. here is Lesson 7. The sleeping Koala photo from Pixabay and the Koala awake photo from Unsplash. Flower freebie from Chantahlia Design. Leaves from an abr brush set. For the 2 white circle places in the template i replaced them with an element created with the Star Shape tool in Affinity from a tutorial by Andrew Buckle on his youtube channel Graphicxtras.com titled Affinity Photo Create colorful Curved Designs. i have enjoyed doing this workshop with Affinity Photo . will be using it a lot more.

Best wishes  to everyone,

Dawn

 

[AprilDawn]

Thank you to everyone who left kind comments on my Bird Paintings really appreciated it.  spent many hours back then learning how to paint with oils, but enjoyed it.

Thank You  Anne Lamp  for your post with comment about  thinners, it was very thoughtful of you to do that. These days  i have chosen to paint with Watercolor Pencils and Prisma Color pencils for my little bit of artwork. find  it better for my health and it is relaxing and enjoyable , mainly colour florals now,  have not attempted to colour birds with pencils  yet... maybe one day.

Best wishes,

Dawn.

[Susan Ewart]

6 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I know how much you wanted to make it perfect and I'm glad the bride loved it, of course she did! Knowing your creativity and eye for detail that couldn't be otherwise. It is good to have you back here with new ideas and projects!

Thank you Corrie.  Are you back home now?  Looking forward to your photos from your visit.

[Susan Ewart]

6 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

I will post my results here too because I see the thread is still in use. I'm back from my trip, have overcome my jetlag and installed all the goodies from Carole's birthday sale. Now I can start with the workshop amongst a million of things that I have to do as well.

This is a photo from the opossum that almost every night was sitting on the fence in my daughters garden. When they put the garden light on or use a torchlight it will freeze and stay put. This is a defense mechanism of opossums but alas it doesn't work in the modern world. Where I live there are no opossums, it was nice to see one.

All the papers are from the Meadow bundle by Jessica Dunn, the font is Brellos and I gave the little balls a faint color and a little bit of noise with a very small shadow. At first I wanted to mirror my photo but that looked weird, so I mirrored the template.

Oops I should have read ahead.  You are home, Yay!  I love opossums and I've seen them freeze in the light.  

Edited May 10 by Susan Ewart

[Susan Ewart]

2 hours ago, AprilDawn said:

Thank you to everyone who left kind comments on my Bird Paintings really appreciated it.  spent many hours back then learning how to paint with oils, but enjoyed it.

Thank You  Anne Lamp  for your post with comment about  thinners, it was very thoughtful of you to do that. These days  i have chosen to paint with Watercolor Pencils and Prisma Color pencils for my little bit of artwork. find  it better for my health and it is relaxing and enjoyable , mainly colour florals now,  have not attempted to colour birds with pencils  yet... maybe one day.

Best wishes,

Dawn.

I would love to see your W/C pencil flowers.  I hope you use them in a layout.

[Jeni Simpson]

6 hours ago, AprilDawn said:

Thank you to everyone who left kind comments on my Bird Paintings really appreciated it.  spent many hours back then learning how to paint with oils, but enjoyed it.

Thank You  Anne Lamp  for your post with comment about  thinners, it was very thoughtful of you to do that. These days  i have chosen to paint with Watercolor Pencils and Prisma Color pencils for my little bit of artwork. find  it better for my health and it is relaxing and enjoyable , mainly colour florals now,  have not attempted to colour birds with pencils  yet... maybe one day.

Best wishes,

Dawn.

Dawn, I enjoy a mix of watercolour, watercolour pencils, graphite, and coloured pencils. I use Polychromos and Prismacolor, which I often use along with Inktense and pastels. I have enjoyed some classes with Udemy, I used to go into town for classes, although not since finding online classes.

[AprilDawn]

Hi Susan, i have in the past posted some cards where  have used line art drawings that i have pencil coloured. I intend to do more of them  some time in the future and will use them again and some new ones when  get them scanned into my computer.

Hello Jeni , I also use Prisma ,Polychromos and Inktense pencils i really find it relaxing to  colour with them. as i can't freehand draw i use old tiff lineart floral drawings that are in my stash  and also line art digital stamps  that i have purchased and some freebies  ..  just enjoy sitting down for awhile and colouring them up and use them  in my cardmaking.. i can highly recommend Kit and Clowder here in Australia for classes using Pencils or Markers .

Best wishes  to you both,

Dawn.

 

[Susan Ewart]

10 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Dawn, I enjoy a mix of watercolour, watercolour pencils, graphite, and coloured pencils. I use Polychromos and Prismacolor, which I often use along with Inktense and pastels. I have enjoyed some classes with Udemy, I used to go into town for classes, although not since finding online classes.

Will we get to see some of your work as well.  It's interesting to see the other creative endeavors that the members have.

[Susan Ewart]

Template 6

Papers and elements from Digital Scrapbook (Gina Jones, Jessica Dunn, Sheila Reid and one paper that says ABM-Christmas Joy).  the background paper is Creative Fabrica.  I used also a pattern paper that i blended into the texture layer and added a PSP texture on top (Striation).  I selected the light bulbs in the string and promoted them so i could add an outer glow to just the bulbs. 

Title font: Christmas Ink (CF) and I blended it into the background as if it was written with a felt pen.

Journal: words of the song...oops I forgot the authors (in the layout) Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi and it's one of my most favorite Christmas songs.

Photos are mine from driving around the neighbourhood.  The lights on the fence I didnt have to angle the photo to match, as the fence is on a street that has a pretty steep hill and it fit perfectly.  

[Corrie Kinkel]

For lesson 2 I used 2 photos of my family's dogs. They are so cute and they remember me when I come to visit, even after a year! Dante is a poodle and the smartest; Koko is a schnoodle, a crossing of a schnauzer and a poodle, and the naughtiest. All the papers are from Jessica Dunn's kit Furry Cuddles, the title font is Berlin Sans and I used the adjustment layer HLS on the dark layer with diamonds to show the diamonds better. I wanted to use the adjustment levels as in lesson 1 but that didn't give a good result.

[Jeni Simpson]

6 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Will we get to see some of your work as well.  It's interesting to see the other creative endeavors that the members have.

Susan, my art is tiny, about A5. As an illustrator many years ago, I managed to go to A4 although all my work was in black and white, or wash, as it was known. I have used some of my work in the workshops. I used one piece in the Greeting Card Workshop, and 4 pieces recently in this template workshop. I only used my graphite illustrations, with some watercolour, and pencils, also black ink.

Edited May 10 by Jeni Simpson

[Corrie Kinkel]

Lesson 3 and because it is mother's day over here I used a photo of a rose😊 All the papers are from a kit by Chantahlia Design Be Encouraged and the font is Hello Christmas. 

[Susan Ewart]

16 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

For lesson 2 I used 2 photos of my family's dogs. They are so cute and they remember me when I come to visit, even after a year! Dante is a poodle and the smartest; Koko is a schnoodle, a crossing of a schnauzer and a poodle, and the naughtiest. All the papers are from Jessica Dunn's kit Furry Cuddles, the title font is Berlin Sans and I used the adjustment layer HLS on the dark layer with diamonds to show the diamonds better. I wanted to use the adjustment levels as in lesson 1 but that didn't give a good result.

I just love this. Your description of the pair was funny (smartest and naughtiest 😄)

[gwen jewitt]

6 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Lesson 3 and because it is mother's day over here I used a photo of a rose😊 All the papers are from a kit by Chantahlia Design Be Encouraged and the font is Hello Christmas. 

Love your choice of colours, photo and Papers

[Corrie Kinkel]

1 hour ago, gwen jewitt said:

Love your choice of colours, photo and Papers

Thank you, for me that is often the most challenging part and it takes most of the time.😉

[Corrie Kinkel]

Lesson 4 - Here I used some of the photos I took recently on my trip. Stanford University has a so called Arizona Garden with a lot of cacti and succulents. It is not big but worth while to see those plants outside in a more natural environment than a heated glasshouse. For the background I use a paper from the minikit Wintertropics by Jessica Dunn. The font is Cambria and I used a bevel on it. 

[Jeni Simpson]

Corrie, I am loving your pages, and the descriptions, wonderful, keep it up 

[Susan Ewart]

6 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Lesson 4 - Here I used some of the photos I took recently on my trip. Stanford University has a so called Arizona Garden with a lot of cacti and succulents. It is not big but worth while to see those plants outside in a more natural environment than a heated glasshouse. For the background I use a paper from the minikit Wintertropics by Jessica Dunn. The font is Cambria and I used a bevel on it. 

So beautiful Corrie.  I really love the background photo.

[gwen jewitt]

11 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Lesson 4 - Here I used some of the photos I took recently on my trip. Stanford University has a so called Arizona Garden with a lot of cacti and succulents. It is not big but worth while to see those plants outside in a more natural environment than a heated glasshouse. For the background I use a paper from the minikit Wintertropics by Jessica Dunn. The font is Cambria and I used a bevel on it. 

lovely composition works really well together.

[Corrie Kinkel]

22 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Corrie, I am loving your pages, and the descriptions, wonderful, keep it up 

Thank you so much!

[Corrie Kinkel]

17 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

So beautiful Corrie.  I really love the background photo.

Susan thank you and it is good to be back to scrapping! The photos I showed here are just a couple of the lot I took photos of. 

[Corrie Kinkel]

13 hours ago, gwen jewitt said:

lovely composition works really well together.

Thank you and it is always a joy to get the composition well at least if it goes my way ........😉