Cristina

15 hours ago, mireille said:

I used the tube Tatting Lace 08

Mireille, I love the letter filled with the Tatting Lace o8 tube.  Great idea!  I'll add it to my wishing list. ? 

15 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Cristina I too would welcome such an Advanced Vector Workshop, as I feel that I'm starting to master those nodes now! So after some time, maybe next year, it will be great to take those vectors a step further. It means a lot of work for Carole though to prepare another Workshop. We can hope, can't we ?

Corrie, we sure can! ?

Like you, I'm also feeling more comfortable around vectors... Being already around the Campus for a long time, I was familiar with most of the techniques, except lesson 4... That was neat! But practicing with it daily made a big difference.

You mentioned in the newsletter that you were not sure if the guests would pay attention to the labels.

For me, it would be impossible not to notice those labels... They are so, so cute, and the names are so creative.

I am sure they will be a success!!

5 hours ago, Cassel said:

I can think of even more advanced features to explore, but I think this will be enough for a while.

It would be nice in the future to have an Advanced Vector Workshop. ?

Great new additions to this thread. It's a joy to scroll through all the creative work posted.

Here is Lesson 3, extra practice.

It is a screenshot of the workspace, as creating the shape was already a lot of work... This was a good practice, but I am not keeping the preset.

Now, onto Lesson 4, extra practice... I still have to figure out how I will do the "dots as cutouts and have the large piece underneath."... But I am closing up shop for today. ? 

9 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

I love the textures in this and how the wire for the beads is oxidized.  Great background.

Thank you, Susan! For the wire, I used a golden pattern that I downloaded from the internet a very long time ago... I have a few of them.

The background is a "rust pattern" I downloaded years ago from the internet. I am not sure, but I think it was when I practiced one of Cassel's tutorials. It had to do with rust texture or something similar.

7 hours ago, Royanne Hewko said:

Thank you for sharing the font, I really like it.   I have been working on this page for some time, when I saw the font I knew it would match well.   I used CASS-text Paper script for the text on the paper.   I used several blending modes to get the result I wanted.

 

Beautiful page, Royanne! I agree; the font fits perfectly with the layout.

Carole, this was a great workshop! Thank you!

Although I knew most of the techniques, I was not using them often, so I had to go back and check the tutorials every time. I am not saying that I will not go back to the instructions, but I do feel more secure working with some techniques.

Here is Lesson 7, and it went smoothly. This time I used Cassel's ChainBead-08 picture tube.

No problems with the arms or else... I wonder if the issue I had in Lesson 5 had anything to do with the image size or the number of nodes... Although I had clicked then numerous times on the center of the nodes, the icon (two curved arrows with plus sign in the middle) would not appear... That's why I had to move the nodes.

Still working on the extra practice of lesson 3... I am slow!

Lesson 6

I used Cassel's metallic rope tube 18. I like those rope tubes (and others, too!); there is so much we can do with them.

4 hours ago, Linda J Walker said:

there is just a black window where the video should be, and a 'play' arrow that doesn't do anything.

Linda, I had the same issue with the Quick-Page workshop on Day 8. I tried 3 different browsers and got the same black window or an error message, depending on the browser. 

After a few days, for whatever reason, I could watch the video. It is still a mystery why it happened.

9 hours ago, Rene Marker said:

That project is why I haven't been scrapping much lately and since May I've had multiple doctor appointments to figure out what I am coughing all the time. And, now I'm facing surgery sometime in the next 2 months so my time with working in PSP is on the back burner. I do enjoy looking at the forum and seeing what everyone is up to so keep up the good work!

Rene, I am also sending your my best wishes for your surgery when it happens... I do hope you have a speedy recovery so that you can share your work and tips with us.

Here is Lesson 5.

I did this technique before, and this was good training... I still have to do the extra practice lessons 3 and 4.

1 hour ago, Jnet Allard said:

I started yesterday and finished today.  I won't be able to go through all the posts, too dizzying for me and for that reason, I didn't create anything, just followed the tutorial.

 

 

 

I hope you feel better soon, Jnet.

Working with vectors does require lots of time and patience. Things don't work smoothly all the time. But ultimately, achieving something I didn't know was so rewarding.

Lesson 4 - Along with making the contour, there was a lot of hide-and-seek of the arms! ?? ...

It happened a few times yesterday, but today was a lot...  I had to move the nodes outward, trying to see where they were. If this didn't help, I would change the node type, back and forth, until the precious arms would be kind enough and show themselves... Sometimes they were so, so close to the nodes.

Having said that, I loved this lesson. I learned a lot!

The contour separating the cup from the saucer was done afterward, so it's not shown on the preset... I started working on the extra practice for Lesson 3, but it requires more time... Will try to finish tomorrow.

34 minutes ago, Michele said:

I was ready to wrap it up after the second one, but I pushed myself to do the third as it was more complicated. I ended up adding a bunch of cusp nodes for that one. 

 

 

Michele, great that you didn't give up! You created great preset shapes.

I am using a lot of cusp nodes, which I never/seldom did before...  I am so happy about this workshop... I am working daily with vectors, therefore feeling more comfortable and learning a lot!

Here is Lesson 3. As I started late, only tomorrow I will do the extra practice.

The first time I did contour was long ago, probably a Masterclass, not sure... So this was a good exercise... Just need time and patience with all the nodes to edit, but the result is rewarding...Also, we can do so many things with technique... I made one preset and added some lines to it for practice.

Carole, how do you tag someone as you do in your comments, or is this an administrator feature only?

3 hours ago, Cassel said:

 I think the text paper you are using comes from one script, and it is not from PSP itself. Maybe you will start to save those shapes to save time for future projects!

Oh, I didn't realize that.  So, that's why there is a French version! ??

9 hours ago, Lynda DiGregor said:

Hello everyone,

It's good to be back at the computer. It's been hectic around here. First a shoulder replacement (another one to come), then the sale of our house. It sold in 4 days and we had to be out in 26 days. We are now living in our RV waiting for our new house to be built. We're in Sycamore RV Park in Illinois for about 5 weeks, so now a bit of down time. Yay!

I was able to do the first Vector lesson today. No frills, just the lesson. Time for number 2!

 

 

 

Hi Lynda,  good to see you are back!

11 hours ago, libera said:

"For this one", which one? Did you place another heart, I can't see it...

For this one, I meant the heart I posted filled with the text pattern. I didn't create it myself; I just used the pattern that comes with PSP. ? 

Edit: Now I know better; Carole said the Text Patterns are from one of her scripts and not from PSP.

12 hours ago, Cassel said:

Notice that the node will become black when it is selected (and ready to be moved).

Never noticed that... Every day I learn something new about vectors.

What a beautiful work! It's more than a Thank-You-Card when we think of all the thoughts and work involved in creating it.

And, yes, you are one of a kind, always there whenever one needs help... Unless when you are sleeping! ?

Here is what I practiced for Lesson 2. I am enjoying this workshop very much!

I kept it simple as suggested (not enough time to play around, too ?), and it was fun anyway.

I don't save the shapes most of the time, so I am forced to do it again and probably relearn what I have forgotten.

I loved to see what everybody has posted so far.

2 hours ago, Michele said:

Day 2: Creating a vector rectangle with Show Nodes allows you to move a node to get rounded corners. MIND BLOWN! I hope I remember this because it will certainly come in handy.

Yeahh, Michele, another one I didn't know... I always used the Vertical/Horizontal radius... I'm loving this workshop!