Cristina

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

Hi Lynda, good to see you are back!

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.

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.

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

Hi Libera, The one you saw before was a Customized Text Overlay and was based on the Lab 5- Module 9 (Text Background Paper). For this one, I used the pattern that comes with PSP. There are 5 Text patterns in English and 5 "Texte" patterns in French (right your alley ?). In this case, I used the Text 1 pattern. About the technique, Sue Thomas explained it in a much better way than I would have thought. The details are important, and I never think of mentioning them...Thank you, Sue! Your work is, as always, beautiful!

I already learned something new today... Never noticed that the icons have the corresponding shapes and that they changed once Converted to Path... I Only paid attention when it was Text. Cool! So, here are the heart and arrow.

After a few tests, I am glad to report that everything is working fine for me... Carole, what a relief for you... You sure didn't need that.

Corrie, what a beautiful layout and this font is perfect for it... I downloaded it, although I have plenty of fonts. ? Quoting Michele, I am, too, a fontholic. ? I am not getting tired of your stories as I travel and learn through your layouts. Ann, I like this layout very much... I like this combination of a black and white background with the color photo... or vice versa.

As we were traveling only today, I logged in this week. 1. Immediately after entering the email/password, it still showed LOGIN – REGISTER, not recognizing it. 2. Reading the Blog post, it showed: log in to REPLY... So, not considering that I had previously logged in. 3. Only after clicking the FORUM TAB is that my name appears. 4. But, like others, I can't access Diamond classes, the Lab, and other tutorials.

Julie, those nodes can be really tricky to get.? Sometimes, I get them on the first try, but other times I keep clicking back and forth until they react as they should. Never saw Carole having an issue with them; I have to practice a lot to get to this level. ?

I am sure you are going to finish before me, Susan! ?