Susan Ewart

That is amazing, once in a lifetime photo, and I got goosebumps reading your post.

I've been busy lately with another project so this is a sparse layout from me. I needed a little PSP time so my brain could reset for the other project that I'm running into more challenges than expected. the little photo is framed with a cutout. I actually extracted the flowers and vase then made the selection around them and added the cutout. the good part was I didnt need to be perfect with the extraction as it blended in with the background. I got lucky on that. I also used the pencil sketch 2 script. I played with the opacity of the layers and used a mask to make the centre yellow part show through a little more. I turned on the photo layer that the sketch leaves intact to allow the the color to come through. maybe a little too much though.

We thought the same thing. I did pencil sketch 2, too. This is stunning Corrie.

Wow Kasany, the 'after' butterfly is awesome!

I found the history lesson interesting. I'm glad you shared it. In North America we cant even imagine what that would have been like and that there would still be people living now (young kids then) that had to experience that. The detail in the parachute harness is neat.

Awesome. I can't imagine driving backwards for the amount of time it must've taken. What a beautiful car!

Week 37 Kings = Tall Tea Pots The background started out as the Striped Ribbon (2) tutorial in the latest lab. I added noise, and a gradient layer below and used a blend mode. still wasnt happy with it, so I duplicated the noisy striped paper and used 90 degree angle so it was horizontal and added the same blend mode as the previous. Then grouped the 3 layers, duplicated the group and merged that group. then I could add the blinds texture (it did look like much if added the texture on the layers that were not merged). In the end I was wanting it to resemble fabric. The fonts are Kings and Kingstone Roman from CF I think.

You are giving me some awesome ideas. I could make that box in PSP and print it, fold it the deck of cards. Such a great idea. I should look into playing-card making companies.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

here's the full opacity effect. It might not show well, surprisingly this effect layer is a really big file.

Week 36 Jacks = Creamers This background was fun. Just wish I could remember how I did it. I started with a gradient then I remember adding repeats. Then trying out various effects, ripple then kaleidoscope but then I chose the orginal gradient with less or no repeats. Even when I went back to the different texture effect with saves the last setting, it wouldn't do the same thing so I wont be able to repeat it. Wish I had made a 3600x3600 paper of it. This paper has the effect lowered in opacity to 26%. I'll post the full opacity one so you can see it. Fonts are Antonia Retro and Fascinate. I think these are google fonts that came with my font viewer because they are the only ones that have tags on them, I looks for retro type fonts. Was actually looking for art deco style. I am surprised I am still finding so many different backgrounds.

...there are more words where that came from...for example...Math-i-macation! I hate days where I have to do lots of math-i-macation.

YES, I would love to get them printed. I'm thinking of at the end also designing a back for the card. Because I have a tea cup (T-Cup...for Ann! 😁) I dont think I used yet because it's a demitasse cup but it has playing cards on it so I could use that for the back of the card. That just came to me today. Isnt it going to be awesome when we complete this challenge and look at all the work we did. So cool!

Week 35 Aces = Sugar containters! Hmmm, I've got a pattern going (with the cutout effect). I did the tight diagonal from the Lab 14-9 with the preset shape (clubs). PSP was being persnickety when I was doing the math it was making up it's own math, I finally got it to math-ify correctly and that became my tile for the background. I used the cutout effect and turned off the actually layer (clubs overlay) so the cutout is on the background layer. BG layer got a texture added (sandpaper). I keep the merged cutout layers(white and black layers) separate in case I want to change the cutout. I made dups of it and the background layer so I could merge the cutout and the paper so that I could select "from Vector Object" when I did the text. I promoted the background/cutout layer, added white around it and gave it a shadow. The 2024 and outer frame was is white, and blended into the background with a blend mode. Font is two from the Gill Sans line up.

OMG! LOVE wrapped up in fur!

Hopefully we'll have a Master Class part two on the office supplies. and we could do school supplies, remember those pan paints with 12 colors? Then there's art supplies. Oh, so many master classes waiting to happen.

me too, I love office supplies and often try to think of an excuse for why I need to buy items. And school supplies. I've been out of school since 1983 but still feel the urge to buy school supplies at the end of August.

Your stunning photos always show such texture on the birds, it's very captivating to really look at them. They also have very large feet for such a tiny bird.

We have them at work that stick close to the door we go in. We have table out there by the grassy spots and they will come and sleep when we are sitting there. they lay on their sides and totally zonk out. When I came up the walkway last friday, my co-workers motioned me to stop. One was sleeping right by where I would walk and one was sleeping about 3 feet from the co-working sitting at the table. I just love them. You photo is stunning, it just makes me want to reach in and pet it. I love it when they get up and stretch like a cat or dog does.

My 6-7 foot ones (as described on the package) are now around 10 feet! This one is a beauty, so fluffy looking.

Well done Corrie. I could use some of these in my office right now. It's unreal how "real" everything looks. I really like the transparent tabs and the lined papers look so real. It looks like the lined paper on the left is in a folder (pouch) that has a transparent front. I can see an indent near the top and a slight difference in opacity with the part of the paper sticking out.

Q = Quince jam on toast

N = Nacho chips

I love the colors in this layout. Does this plant actually produce a carrot? It's amazing to see that it can go into such a tight ball. It's a pretty flower with the pink ring.

That is so nice. Is that black walnut on the edges? that's going to be a very unique brand on her boards, a little extra art for the recipient..