Susan Ewart

Quick Page Xtra - Lesson two I did so much stuff to get to this color (for the Quick Page) that I wouldnt be able to replicate it. I just tried different tools to make changes and went back and forth to see where it would go and ended up here where I liked it. I did duplicate the QP and added a blend mode and ended up with a nicer blue than I had and a whiter white on the one paper. I tried to use the see-through-letter technique which I used recently with no problem. today the outline misaligned everytime. I ended up getting it to work a different way so I could add a bevel to the outline. I've done it several times with no issues, but tonight I must be missing something. Photo is from the same beach as the other quick pages. Font is Amnestia Normal (Creative Fabrica)

Lesson 2 same locations as lesson 1. Fun times walking all over the rock formations. I think you have really interesting rock formations where you live Carole. They seem bigger, or older or something like that. I didnt change the QP at all on this one.

Contratulations Ann!

Wow Fiona, stunning photo! And the bugs are a perfect fit, even if I'm a bit squeamish looking at them.

That house finch is a "ginger". I love the flip flop cake, that would be perfect for my sister-in-law and niece who live in flip flops (how do they walk in them, I'm always tripping over my feet in them). I never thought to enlarge the photo space, good idea. Love the black and white photo.

QP FB template Lesson 1 Again, another shot of the beach. You can walk for miles there with sandy sections and rocky sections to explore. I miss living near the ocean.

QP Extra Lesson 1 This was another little odd shack we came across on our walk. I would love to see inside these places. My friends cabin had been in the family 3 generations and they have a sizeable property going up the hill with another cabin and creek beside that they had the water rights to. Because of the close proximity to Vancouver, there is now huge mega houses on this beach. I love the quirky odd shacks, too bad they are all gone now.

QP Lesson 1 Front used: Brush King Photo: mine from 2007, Visiting at a friends cabin in Gibbsons, BC. Also known as the Sunshine Coast along the Straight of Georgia. It is 31 kms from Vancouver, BC and 40 minute ferry ride...even though it's actually on the mainland BC and not an island. My friends cabin is right on the beach (Pacific Ocean) and this was one of the old cabins we came across while walking on the beach. All you could see was these three windows and bit of the roof, the res was covered in greenery.

They are a good challenge and keeps me focused on actually creating something, instead of sitting down and staring at a blank screen and not knowing what to do.

I'd like that too. I dont use it as often as I want. I still have much to learn about PSP. It's hard to find the time to fit everying in that I want to learn.

I'm in too. I might do the non scrapbooky layouts this time around. Or not. I dont know.

Thank you Suzy. It was really absorbing to make the pattern. It was too busy as a full size paper, for me anyway. But I played around with sizes and changing color and made something I liked. I managed to mitre the corners on the frame around the parquet. that was brain teaser....might have to get that script. I like your idea of using that patter in a letter or shape. Same with the doily, you can get absorbed in making the dots. They will always be one of a kind elements.

here's the elements from Lab 6-10. I left the background off the chevron so you could see just how crazy I made it.

Lab 6-10 Hand Drawn Chevrons Laser Cut Doilies Parquet This was a fun Lab. My hand drawn chevrons were too busy so I had to make them really small in the layout (background paper). Good learning for next time. Fun to make though. The doily was cool how it comes together. Thanks to great directions I managed to get it done. Again, i was a little too ambitious with the design. My favorite was the parquet tile. Funny, I neve liked parquet floor, but I loved this tutorial. the color I chose makes it look like bambo (albeit a little darker). I used the original tile (used to make the parquet square tile, which is used as a pattern for a paper) to make a frame around the "table" my pictures are on. I used an alpha instead of a font and changed the color a bit to match and really liked the look. Go Alphas! Here's the deets: Flower/brass button/slide frame: from my kit in the Build a Kit workshop Bookplate: KMRD-A Good Day-bookplate (Digital Scrapbook) Screws: cass-screwheads (picture tube) from Creation Cassel Alpha: Digi-Dewi-Kumbaya Photos: mine

Weird to get complaints about FF, I know I had asked for it(the class). If you have something I dont have or do, it's still interesting to me to see what it's about so I know if I want to get it or not. And usually later on, it does become something I want and I am pretty grateful there's a workshop on it.

These are fabulous. You will make good use of them, and they are one-of-a-kind too.

It's all done Mary, the illicit contrand has being uploaded. Enjoy! And thank you for the signs and especially the snowflake. I love snowflakes.

I just posted the original in the files section on the FB page. Cant wait to see the script in action. I love concrete and have my eye on a chiped out piece on my steps that would make a cool mask. I'm happy to say I am a fully fledged texture-holic.

WOW! unreal, the change. You are doing really good works with this tool. I loved your layout, it's well done. And the photo, it's cuteness overload.

I sure can. Just running out for an errand and will do it when I get back. Good information about what FB lets you post. This is so cute. You make good use of your hour or two. What you create in that short time would still take several days.

I love old dilapidated buildings too. Same with old machinery, industrial stuff, etc. Not much around where I live though. I like going to resconstructed ghost town attractions, train museums as well, there is a lot of texture in places like that.