Cristina

Wow, going through everything posted on this thread proves Carole's ability, patience, and effort in teaching so many different techniques using PaintShop.

In my view, you provide outstanding work which is not to be easily found (if at all ) on the web.

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

Let's go for another 10-12 years!

For sure!

I also want to congratulate you for the first 12 years! It was my lucky day to find you on Corel's freebie page! ? 

I just started working on my layout for this workshop. As usual, I will create only one page and add all the elements to it.

I am working on the destination/route, and so far, I have only added one photo... Just for fun, I decided to add Markus to the picture.

I've learned so, so much since I joined the Campus! And, no end in sight. ?

Here is a layout I created years ago to practice 3 tutorials from the Lab06-Module 05 (Cartoon Words - Burst Shape - Half-tone pattern)

LAB 06-Module 05

For the Super-Hero doll, I used a technique from the Masterclass Pop-Up 

Pop-Up Masterclass

Bonnie and Corrie, both layouts are great. Love both!

16 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

I remember that technique. It was someone in the maniacs group,  as you said several years ago. I can't remember who it was that posted it though.  I use it often, I have the steps printed  off.  Fabulous  work Michele!  

Good to see you here, Sue! I missed seeing your work.

19 hours ago, Michele said:

The original illustration is from Freepik by Sketchpedia. For the background I decided to follow a "Swirls and Twirls" tutorial. It was shared by someone in another group and I hadn't used it in a few years. The background is made using the original pic and there are a whole bunch of layers. The tools used were mainly the Radial Blur and the Twirl Effects. If I didn't have my daily deadline, I might still be playing with them. The font is Hesthia Austine from Creative Fabrica.

 

Michele, this is so beautiful! I love everything, the colors, and this creative background fits perfectly with the illustration... Lovely font too.

7 hours ago, Cassel said:

Trying to fix one issue, and I caused a bigger one

Oh boy, this is a nightmare! ? You didn't need that. But for me, everything is working fine here! ?

BUT...

There is an issue with the Creation Cassel Blog... I sent you an email.

On 8/10/2023 at 7:08 PM, Mary Solaas said:

Back to the Labs.  Lab 11 Mod 3.  Make a banner, 4-petal flower, Sun element.  All 3.  Doubled up the 4-petal flower to make one with 8 petals.  I needed practice to make that delightful border, 2 words, paper above (and below if you want otherwise you can have a different pattern/color below), and middle to display what the layout is about.  Although I had written the instructions to make that, I found that I had to add some instructions for how to select with the magic wand.  More practice needed, so I may use this again.  All elements and papers are mine; the picture is one I took at the Botanic Gardens and the tag is one from the brochure.  The font is Better Caramel. 

Such a beautiful layout, Mary! The border makes the page stand out even more... I never tried this technique.

On 8/8/2023 at 9:45 AM, Ann Seeber said:

I'm in. I have enjoyed doing a Travel Tale in the past and once I had exhausted my personal travels I decided to make fantasy travel pages. Last time I "went" to Botswana, in Southern Africa, because I'm a fan of the book series The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith which is set in that country and I always wanted to experience it IRL. I need to decide where I'm traveling to next but there's still time between now and Aug 21.

Here is an example of my work:

This is such a beautiful layout, Ann! This proves that even without traveling, one can create great pages.

13 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Ann I hope it won't disappoint. I'm already collecting stuff to embellish my pages besides the photos.

I don't believe anyone will be disappointed, Corrie. I love to see your traveling layouts, showing different places and full of information.

I'm also in.

Like Libera, I am not sure how far I will go as I am also taking the Scripting Course, and there will be some traveling in between... As I already started reviewing the scripting lessons, I hope I'll have time.

This is such a fun workshop, and I love to see what everybody creates and go to places I've never been.

15 minutes ago, Cassel said:

@Cristina There is an old thread in the old forum where you mentioned the hamburger alpha HERE. Can you remember what layout it was? The images all went missing.

Wow, I know which one it is, one of my first layouts. So long ago! ? Very early stage of learning scrapbooking and everything else.

I'll post it, and you decide if you can use it.

Here is another older one. Sometimes it isn't easy to find photos that match the colors of the previous images and that will fit the layout.

See if this is ok for your purpose.

Lots of your freebies/tutorials/scripts: Lace cut doily  -  Adhesive Tape  -  Letter Tiles  -  Acrylic Texture  -  Painted Wood  -  Chain Tube  -  Polka dot scallop ribbon  -  Wire Clip  -  Jewel -  Custom Lined Paper  -  Wood Frame  -  Corner Brushes  -  Confetti Tubes  -  Ticket (tags)

Photos from Pixabay

Here is a layout I created years ago using many freebies. I changed the photo to one from Unsplash/xavier-mouton-photographie.

Freebies: Template (Lab7-09)  -  Flower Power Sample  -   Star Confetti Tube  -  Crochet Lace Edge Tube   -  Stitching

I am not sure if all above mentioned are freebies, but they are definitely from you.

Is this suitable, or are you looking for something more specific?

P.S.: Interesting how looking at layouts created so long ago, we think... I could have changed this color, tweaked that... ? 

I will look at what I have that doesn't show family. Although I blurred the faces, I am uncomfortable sharing them with the public.

I will try to switch to stock photos whenever possible.

8 hours ago, Cassel said:

The name of that script is "VectorMergeAndCutoutSelected". See? CUTOUT!!! Just have both objects active and run the script!

Wow, this is great. I have to try this one sometime in the future.

P.S.: I just bound the script to the Standard Toolbar so I don't forget the name... Going through the list, I realized there are so many Corel scripts I've never used.

9 minutes ago, Michele said:

I've been working on the creative scrap tutorials and I love how this one came out. The first one was adding noise with monochrome checked which was cool. But then I did it with monochrome unchecked and what a nice surprise!

 

 

Michele, they are both beautiful! Sometimes, I also uncheck the monochrome and will choose the one that fits the layout better.

I remember Carole saying a long time ago that it was by chance she discovered this technique. Lucky us!

15 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Happy August! Here is my August Wild Cat Calendar for 2023. The layout is from a template shared by Cassel last fall. The photo of the leopard is by a photographer from Sri Lanka named Andreas Hemb. The photo frame and the title strip are enhanced by the Effects/Sculpture with a leopard pattern. The chipboard camera art and label is from a mega kit called Cambodia by Marisa Lerin. The bottom title font is Yellow Fresh and the Say No brad was created from a brad template from Pixelscrappers. The calendar grid and lines for notes were treated to a gold gradient and I filled the background with a silver gradient. I also posted this full size in our Facebook files.

 

 

Ann, beautiful layout!

13 hours ago, libera said:

May be you like popcorn and you were hungry at this tiime?!

Probably! ? And I do like popcorn, although I seldom eat them.

Thank you for mentioning which tube it is... I didn't know it.

7 hours ago, libera said:

And l go on, lesson 6.

 

 

 

Libera, those are great examples of the technique! I don't know why, but when I saw the second one, it reminded me of popcorn... Go figure it out! ? 

3 minutes ago, Cassel said:

And for once, I made a layout that is NOT part of a workshop!

 

Is Xavier?! He has grown so fast!

I am sure the party was a big success!

39 minutes ago, Donna Sillia said:

The balloon tutorial is a very old one that I found on the web. It is very easy to follow. PSP Balloons Tutorial (archive.org)

Thanks a lot for the link, Donna. ? 

6 hours ago, Michele said:

This is how I keep track instead of a spreadsheet. I have a folder called Tutorials with sub-folders for the different types of tutorials. Within each category, there are more sub-folders for the tutorials. 
 

 

 

 

Michele, I have something similar to this.

On 7/29/2023 at 8:40 PM, Donna Sillia said:

I am still so fascinated by the cass directional tube script that I bound it to my workspace. There was a simple tutorial for a balloon which I made into a directional tube. The font is Ambidexter, a free font. The confetti and curled ribbons are tubes.

 

Donna, you are showing us so many possibilities using cass-directional tube script! I don't remember seeing the balloon tutorial; I like the result.