Susan Ewart

And here are the various papers I could have used. I used Paper 1 +2 (rather, tile size 1 + 2). it's interesting what comes out of accidently having two layers on that I'm comparing. It sent me down a rabbit hole playing with combinations. Probably too busy for me to use but would blend into a background maybe.

here are the 3 sizes of tile I made

Day 7 finally complete Thank for the wonderful workshop and I was happy relearn how to move masks. I had forgotten. this is a busy layout for me, but fun to follow through with. I changed sizes of the tile i used (brush from CASS-summer time -sun shape) and was going back and forth when i left one layer on and saw the result of the two sizes together. this is a photo from a couple years ago (or more) when i was doing a bunch of flat-lay flower photography.

Lesson 6 - the lino paper original This is only as far as I went. Well, actually I went really far but used undo to back up to the spot I wanted to start experimenting with.

Lesson 6 Diamond extra This template comes with 4 photo squares as well but I chose not to use them. I also shadowed the mask (after duplicating, hiding the orig, then rasterizing the duplicate) to be as if I dropped my photo onto hard frozen ground and it shattered. The alpha is from one of the Build a Kits that I did. The photo is mine that I used for a Christmas card one year (2017 I think). I love the lino effect. Mine as you see doesn't look like lino at all. I only repeated the Control-Y part 2-3 times on the effect, then I duplicated that layer (after resizing and pasting into the layout) and did the plaid effect which gave a bit of a stone look to it (No typical plaid lines, but a neat looking result). Then I added a PSP texture effect (textures, Asphalt at size 504 and depth of 5) to get a stone look to it. the lino technique is a great jumping off point to make a textured paper, especially if the lino paper isn't the result I am looking for.

Thank you Carole. I would not have even thought of that. Such good ideas.

This made me smile. What a zest for life James has, and a good sense of humor

I wonder if they call us "human brain". In the song "I'm like a bird" (Nellie Furtado) the lyrics are: "I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (soul is) I don't know where my home is And baby, all I need for you to know is" It really bugs me because a bird knows exactly where it's home is, even migrating 1000's of miles. Whereas, my human brains sometimes gets lost on the 8 minute drive home from work! Birds are awesome!

Lesson 5 Not my usual colors but I wanted to keep going with it to make it work. It was hard to get the brush imprints the way I wanted. You all make it look so easy, putting them in the right spots. I think I may have overdid it, but it kept looking like there was missing spots so i kept adding. I'm okay with the end result. better than I expected at least. Font is Valentine Soul. I used the Postal Stamp Tutorial in the Campus, And, the background paper is from Gina Jones Barnyard Buddies paper 11 (Digital Scrapbook). the photo is mine, I was going to cull that one because there is a little interloper on one of the petals. I decided the interloper was thanking me for the lovely accommodations at the bug hotel (here he is visiting the gardens of the hotel - there are many amenities - it's 5 star!)

Love the stitching Carolyn.

Wow, how lucky you were! I love to hear animals at any time, but going to sleep with them would have been a dream.

Okay, now I want one! (kidding, wild belongs in the wild). That's cool. Is that the same for the Bluejays/Steller Jays too (they make the weirdest and widely different sounds -they are part of the corvid group aren't they?). I'd love to hear a mocking bird, then when I'm in my backyard I could say, "are you mocking me?" ...because we all talk to the birds, right?

Lesson 4 I played with this way too long, both the photo and the mask. And I thought I could whip this one off fast, 3 hours later...... Background is a texture layer with a plain color blended with a gradient layer. A little bevel on the stroke and a small shadow of the stroke layer (rasterized first). Font is Gil Sans Ultra Bold and photo is mine. I used a cutout around the edge of the layout. Not sure if I like this one or not. My photo didn't quite have enough room to make a nicer mask with the brush. I'll be going into next week with this workshop I think. At least it's the slower week at work. The vase was from my mom, remember in the 80's people were doing ceramics where you pick a piece all ready made and you paint and glaze it. my mom really loved doing that. Too bad about the rose on it that I was going to clone out but forgot, the other side has a huge rose on it. It's probably 40 yrs old now.

Actually, I did add the shadow which I textured as well because I have seen graffiti where the artist added a "faux" shadow to the lettering. Otherwise I would not have thought to try that.

WOW! what a stunning photo. The background is perfect.

I love this bird. "Cat" bird. Someone has a sense of humor to name it that. Beautiful photo and you sure get some awesome visitors.

Yes, it sure does, I had not noticed that. Glad you did.

Stunning!

Love how the dress and background match. Was the opacity of the mask already lowered before being turned into a mask maybe?

Lesson 3 Background Here's what the layers looked like and the blended result.

Lesson 3 Diamond Template. Font is Single Fighter (CF). I made lots of tiles using the Kaleidoscope, some seamless and some not seamless that looked cool as a smaller size. the background is subtle(and might not show up) and is made from two not so seamless tiles in a small size and at 45 degrees and a blend mode of lighten. Then i added a texture of bricks to simulate a graffiti wall over the mask group(rasterized) and the text group (rasterized). Such a fun effect. Everyone has been making such cool plaids and backgrounds, super inspiring. Photo is mine.

Love that layout and background paper is really neat. So sad about the Chick #1.

Wow! This is really cool!

I totally forgot on both layouts. Yeesh, it's like it's my first day with a graphics program. I'll get it fixed soon as I can, I'm in my loooong work week with little time to spare, so I'll be late as usual.

I love these flowers!