Susan Ewart

I'm going back through the lessons. My arrow is much better and grabbing the nodes is getting easier. I'm even remembering to "Edit -merge" when I want to get rid of a node and not "Edit Delete".

What a cool story. And very inventive of you all. Is your granddaughter older now. Does she remember it?

Yaaaay! You did it very well. I really like the look and it never occured to me to add that dimension.

Mary, I just noticed your saucer is different brightness. How did you do that? Are your cut and saucer two separate objects. Same with the lip of the saucer, it's lighter. It's very cool.

I was using a Canon 7D and now I have the next generation, R7 (mirrorless). I sold all my Silversmithing supplies/tools (last years) and traded that hobby to go back to photography. I didnt have enough for the mirrorless lenses so I bought the adaptor and I'm using the legacy lenses (EF and EF-S). I would love some higher end ones, but they are the same as, or more than the body was. I will work with what I have....until I win the lottery - without buying a ticket. ? What camera are you using? I too feel like I start again with PSP if I leave it too long. Repetition sure is the key (Sue Thomas told me that right when I was starting out) and I need to refer back to that advice way more than I do. I like photography, PSP, paper arts and Color practice....I'm trying to figure out how to make sure I fit it all in so I dont get rusty on any of them. Of course ON1 is a beast, but it's a pretty powerful beast...at least from the tutorials it seems like that.

Oh Julie, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Do what you need for you. PSP will always be there, like a friend you dont talk to much, but when you do talk it feels like you've always being by each others side. Take Care. Hugs.

These are awesome! I love the textures, backgrounds and blend modes. And thank you for the reminder about practicing a lot in the beginning of learning a new concept. I needed to hear that. I have been absent and playing with my camera and new RAW editor that is wildly different (than anything I've used before) and not at all intuitive for me (I knew that going in). Thankfully, they have tutorials with practice photos. Perhaps a break from that and practice Vectors today would be just what I need!

I know just what you mean. I am a chronic over-organizer, not that you'd see an OCD tidy house, I am far from that. But I tend to over-organize which sub folder after subfolder and it's hard to find stuff. the funny part is what didnt work before, when I couldnt find stuff, led me to have too many subfolders and I still cant find stuff. My take away is...I have too much stuff.?

I have a similar structure as well. I like that you put "cass" in the name too. I think I will add that, it would differentiate them from other tutorials. I like to see the file structures people use, it gives me ideas on better management.

I had PS Elements for a few years. It was so crash-y that I never wanted to use it and gave up. I did get ON1, wow, so different but at least there is lots of tutorials. It's not intuitive, but I knew that from reviews. I figure if PSP was not intuitive, and I'm learning it, then I could give this one a try. It's (ON1) on the menu for tonight: practice, patience, perseverance.

Wow, I had not thought of using the tatting. I'm going to see if I have it.

Wowzers! that background is a beauty! Love the robot, how did they manage to keep it standing?

LOVE the colors and that's a fabulous template. those flowers are so pretty, wish we had them here. I like the tips of the flower.

I love ring binders too, they are great when you need to add more info. I did divide my lessons up as well. Like to be organized....hahahaha. I say that with a straight face when I'm complaining about how UNorganized I am. A true Gemini.

That's good to know. I've had some problems with fonts in general. Cutting off parts of their glyphs, no matter how much room you give the font. It happens, considering the source of the fonts and the validity of the origins of the said font. Everyone making the same fonts, it's not hard to figure out what's going on. I still use them.

I am famous for thinking of who I want to text then just start texting them (unknowingly I havent select there name, it just the last text I got) and the then I get a text from someone who is most confused. Almost blew my nieces surprise engagement when i was texting back and forth with her soon to be fiance (at the time)about him coming over to make the engagement ring, and she had texted me when i was texting with him, I answered him on her text. She was confused and I had to make up a story right quick. Luckily I have that reputation she never caught on....and I did this TWICE in a row that night! Thankfully once the ring was done and polished up, he went home and proposed and she phoned and we all cried!

Okay, I had to rub my eyes too. I shot butterflies? Cool! Reminds me of Bambi, "that's okay, you can call me flower". those are the LBJs butterflies in my shots (Little Brown Jobs), it's a new crossover species. ? kidding aside, I'm thinking this must be for another layout and my name was used by mistake. Or you know when you are thinking of something not related to what you are typing, but you type the word you are thinking of and not the ones you mean.

Cool job you had. I love metal. I was a silversmith and just sold all my silver/supplies/tool last year to buy my new camera. And just sold the last of stuff, one of which was a 36" x 96" 21 or 22 gauge sheet of copper. It was for foldforming but I stopped doing any metal work when I moved here and had picked up my camera again. I also did a lot of glass stuff (melting it, Lampwork and Fusing). I have a much smaller now, but still too much stuff in it (all paper arts stuff). I started in photography when I was 17 and was even a minilab supervisor for years, then put it down to do other arts and now I've come full circle back to photography again. this is where I'll stay, with a little bit of paper arts in the mix.

This is great Mary. I was also toying with a spreadsheet for the labs. It started from the Vector workshop. I had printed (in booklet form) the lessons (and coil bound them) and it occured to me there is really good lessons with Vectors in the Labs so I want to keep track of ones that have tutorials using Vectors. One detail I'm wondering. Do I include text in this, as text is a vector but it's almost a subject unto itself. Also, I want to follow a similar thing to what Rene does with her scrap layout spreadsheets. And then I want to do........(insert the zillion other things I want to do - I need a 42 hour day!)

123 Challenge accepted. Here's my result. Photos are mine through my dirty dining room window. I havent been taking pictures of the bathing birds lately but they have been very vigilant about their hygiene...until now, when I want to photograph them. they have become shy and bath when I'm no where near my camera. Here's the details Background paper: bgazarek-crisp fall fair, paper 02 Solid Green paper: Billie Ireland paper solid 01 Plaid paper: Jessica Dunn-rustic wedding plaid paper 09 Banner: Sheila Read-Oh Lucky Day Rainbow flag banner Duck/Frog: Gina Jones-I love the rain duck 02/brad 02 I forget where the water drops came from and now I cant find them again. Alpha: cass-rusted Alpha - freebie from the store I made the frame from the Faming 101 Masterclass. I had used it when we did the Build A Kit workshop and really liked it. I exported it as a pspframe too. It has a leather texture that I dont know where it came from, it just had a number on it with no other identifiers.

I remember doing the paper clip in the lab too. I should go back and try it again now that I have a better understanding.

I love this!

Thank you. This is just up my alley, the way I'd like to see it. This will get rid of all the little scraps of paper I scribble on, that mean nothing to me weeks later when i pick up the paper and wonder what it was for.

These are really nice shapes.

Gremlims did it! I hate when that happens. Usually for me it's an email....a looooong email and then I hit between buttons and it's gone.