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I finally got around to doing this, so here is my lesson one, sweet memories of my visit to Cornwall to spend time with my grandchildren

And staying with the cornwall theme here is my lesson 2

And this is the Extra 6. And I've got to go to bed. Good Night!

And now Project 6. My linoleum started out green, but I used Hue Saturation Lightness and changed the color. Title font is Aryaduta (CF). I extracted the chess pieces (only the white ones - I used Brightness and Contrast for the black pieces (duplicate copies of the white ones). Fun with the curled ribbon made with a script from Cassel. This mask is the one I talked about in the previous post - I made it with the watercolor brushes and some interesting twiggy brushes around the edges. I inner bevelled and drop shadowed the title. The white swirlly things on the paper in back of the masked picture were made with a brush I had made earlier playing around with the fancy squiggles and things that come with some of the fonts. I had forgotten how you made linoleum. I think I will play around with that again when I finally finish this workshop. One more project to go.

Project 5. Still behind. Using several layers for the background and the top layer was a pattern from a previous project and the blend mode. There is a brush that looks like a record (kind of) so I used that for around the original circle mask. I also used it for the records as elements. The font was Fresh Hansler Duo (CF) for the title. I used some different settings than I usually use for the Sun Records placque - inner bevel, and I used chisel on the paper behind it. This has been a challenging workshop and I do intend to finish it. I played around with creating a mask from those watercolor brushes from an earlier project and I'm also going to post a layout using the one I developed that uses some odd but interesting brushes around the edges. I think I learned more about blend modes this time as well as refreshing my understanding of how to make a mask. Anyway, it has been most interesting.

Day 5 Paper : Marisa Lerin , Digitalscrapbook Font : Fly Watercolor flower is a freebie, I don't know where this comes from anymore.

Day 4 Filmstrip Cassel Cluster : freebie connieprince.com Paper : Saskia Veldhoen on Digitalscrapbook, Commons Font : Sun Island

This is my project 7. finally finished the workshop. whew!!! Had fun playing. The background is the combo polka dot - learned that in one of the previous labs I was doing. I put a "squiggle" from one of the fonts that I imported as a brush. (What fun!) And I used that squiggle brush in the four corners of the papers behind the mask. Ellie is the great granddaughter of my cousin that I visit every year in Illinois. She is a barrel of fun. The font is Arlington Script (the only font factory I go to is Creative Fabrica). I chiseled and inner bevelled the title. The journaling is in Arial (2 different sizes). The original polka dot was a deep pink with a white heart squiggle, so the polka dot part of the paper is in the luminance blend mode as the background paper is a deep blue green. Fun, fun, fun!

this was a fun and interesting workshop, I learned a lot, here is my day 7 , one with blur on the mask and one without the blur I used the dandelion to make the paper and reduced the opacity

Lesson 3 Centaur and (I think) Celtic garamond are the fonts I used. The kaleidoscope effect is fun to work with, but as the picture in my project is a bit "busy" it was better to make it very small and use it as a background paper with a plain mat.

I finally completed Mask 7. I had a lot of problems with Chrome yesterday. The pictures are from my grandson who recently visited Mexico with his girlfriend. I used a flower brush for mask 1 and a watercolor brush for mask 2. For the background, I followed the embossed pattern in the tutorials. The fonts are morning love, broadway engraved and annabel.

I've been having fun playing with the "perspective striping" that was answered in the Feb. Q & A. This is just one, and I haven't used it for a layout yet.

my lesson 3, been a while since I played with kaleidoscope

Thanks Julie. Unless I use the corner punches to create labels, or other small elements, it's my opinion and personal preference to use them very large , and not as tiny punches on the corners of large background pages. Making them insignificant. This way they really pack a punch, as they should. Pardon the pun!! Of course it depends the layout and the creator.

Great feature the way you used the corner punches in a large size!

Lesson 3 >>>>here I am bringing up the rear (again)! I was struggling along and then my PSP program starting acting up. Guess it was his way of saying "Aren't you finished yet?" Hope the little gremlin doesn't show up again---fingers crossed!

I'm finally getting a bit more confident playing with the settings, just found out why my floodfilled backgroundpaper had holes in it where the mask was. Floodfilling all layers wasn't such a great idea ? Uncheked, floodfilled again and it was right ?

This is si lovely!

I leaned a lot (like how not to assume that you have finished watching all of the video when you are interrupted by a power outage). The pick tool is one that I never used before and it is fast becoming one of my favorites. The text on a path links from Cassel were especially appreciated but my head still aches over brush variances. I loved the chance to practice masks and get individual as well as group feedback. Plus I have a list of things to try that other students used in their assignments. It was a delightful way to spend time during a cold and wet and gloomy week. Many thanks to Cassel and all the participants.

Day 7 Masks Workshop, chose to use the twins, unfortunately I don't have a lot of pictures of only them ? As you can see, I took the Polka Dot idea and did something a little different with artistic lines, fills, and overlay and some Text lessons from previous workshops.

Those are the usual suspects I see everyday. This happened to be in October of 2022, I leave the baths out as long as I dare if the weather is good. They love the red bath, but were a bit miffed when I had to put a rock in it for the LBJ's (little brown jobs) as one drown in it one year and I was horrified that it happened.

Days 6 and 7. Friday and Saturday proved to be productive full hiking days. Corner punches used on both pages, lino paper, and instead of using polka dots, I used 2 different snowflakes, with different sizes. I used 2 overlays on the 18th Feb page. Brushes to create the masks. Pages sized down to 5x7 photo paper. I haven't exactly conformed with what Carole demonstrated. I sort of went off on a whim.