Susan Ewart

Me too, I want to start my own list of the techniques I use or want to use but it never got as far as my thinking about it. And I know I've done the cutout effect and seen in possibly several videos but cant remember when or where. I should be making notes as I watch masterclasses, but then I'm so busy writing I dont see what's happening.

thank you Michele, I will give it a try.

that's my problem, I see something or someone talks about something new and shiny and I just have to have it. then I never use it. It's my downfall. I'm trying to narrow my learning for a little while and learn what I need to learn even when I dont know I need to learn it. hahaha, both of us with similar names (and similar last names) are quite wordy. that's hilarious. I'll be quiet now...because I have to go to work. But you can sure, I'll be talking a lot there.

I'm more with you. PSP will get better and more than that, I will get better at using PSP's tools. I feel the same, it's another program to learn, taking me away from PSP. I dont want to be mediocre at several programs when i can strive to be good at one program. It's one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn. I'd have saved a lot of money if I'd realize that sooner in life. If someone is familiar with the Adobe products already then it's a no-brainer for them.

I tried the Adobe Express. Some learning required. I managed to make an extraction, it did pretty good. Only I cant figure out how to get a transparent PNG, it puts it on a white background. I did my own extraction to compare. Mine does result in a larger size, but it's sure fast to do it with Adobe. I just need to learn yet another program. ugh. Now that I have a shiny new Adobe account I should take the plunge and download Bridge too. When will I have time for PSP.

I'm always blown away when I see your layouts. this is really beautiful. I did a layout recently where I had turnd off the frame layer to see something and saw that the shadow layer on it own looked better than having the frame layer. Your frame also has a beveled look, is that because you used cutout. I dont quite understand how to use the cutout even though i think I used it in some of the tutorials. So much to remember with PSP.

Love the rhyme! Great picture, the smiles say it all.

Congratulations Bonnie! What a great accomplishment. Maybe we'll see some scrap layouts from the games?

WOW! This is really interesting. I love the glitters! You can never have enough glitter. And that preset shape is really neat as well as the pattern. I've never used Adobe Express before. I will have to look into that.

That is great. It looks like an advertisement for a restaurant. Really good design Julie.

I will try. I'm shooting flowers this week, they are colorful so it will be fun trying to change colors and see how they turn out. I'm shooting on Black, white (for easy extraction if I want) and on grey (for blend modes). That is if they turn out okay. Tripod, cable release and manual focus...YIKES!

Corrie, this is outstanding! The colors are perfect. I am looking forward to getting better results than I have a had with the Hue Map. It seems like a powerful under used tool.

that is a good idea. then I'd make a duplicate and make the quick page from the duplicate. But I would not put any text on the quick page, that would be added after, according to the occasion. Since I am notorious for forgetting birthdays I don't have to worry about making a quick page for such occasions. ?

Congratulations on your milestone anniversary. Sad to hear about your eyes. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

To make it usable for any occasion you could leave out the text and make the circle in the centre the photo area (transparent) and leave the rest as is, with all the shadowing etc. I love that centre part and the stars at the corners. This will be a great quick page for many different occasions.

This is fabulous. The photo is perfect for your title. I love that green too. Your happy accident is very cool, it a great feeling when you stumble upon something. I wonder if those "accidents" are the universe's way of reminding us to remember to explore and discover.

Thank you Corrie. Normally I struggle with ideas or design. But when I get one, it's a joy to run with it.

Aw, thank you Julie. I think it took on a mind of it's own and I was a slave to it.

Wow! Thank you Ann. Yes, I will post the full sized layout on FB. Funny, the game would only last one or two rounds and the answers would all be memorized. I think in a "real game" the squares would be colored C, M or Y and you'd pick a card (with a question on it) and there would be 3 full decks of question cards. I had to put the questions on the squares to make it more "layout" like.

Thank you Suzy. I surprised myself too, on this one. I don't usually have such a clear (somewhat clear - it grew bigger than I expected) vision on a layout. Your words make my heart happy. and I laughed at your "colon"...I made about 29 colons before I settled on the last one. I thought the same thing too. Even in the tutorial that's the first thing I saw. and you know, a happy colon is a good thing.

Here's two of the tokens, incidently, two opposites as well. These are really neat looking.

Here's the spinner template and the Color wheel playing card for the game

Lab 6-12 Spinner Template Path Template Token This one is a record for number of layers for me. No, I didnt count (Does PSP have a way of telling me, I'd like to know). the nonsensical game board I made up had so many layers that I merged visible to a new layer and made it a flattened element of the layout. I had the problem of getting all the other elements on the page without covering the text -that I spent a lot of time doing so I wasnt going to cover it all up. The Spinner template and token were really rewarding to do. I will post those elements closer up, especially the token. How cool that tutorial is. Making the path template was easy. I did want the black frame lines and new if I added it on each one that the line between the spaces would be double. So i grouped them once I was done, used the magic wand to select the whole group and added the extra outline to the outside to make them the same thickness. The hardest part with the path was drawing the path itself. I must have done about 30 or more (undo got a real workout) tries before I settled on this one. This layout is a big image so not sure how sharp it will be for you to see. I used Digi Dewi Hocus Pocus Paper Wood-tan from Digital Scrapbook for the picnic table the game is sitting on.

Everything about this is beautiful. It is very dream-like, especially the background, it's perfect.

I still forget which is which, and what tool it pertains to. Not sure why I cant keep it in my head. I find I choose the wrong one first. yeesh, I have a 50% chance to guess the right one and usually dont.