Susan Ewart

Beautiful Anja. I especially love the Cherish one.

Ann what a great layout and a great idea to have 12 of your favorites. Rene, I love that picture and the title Finding me 2023. fabulous!

Happy New Year Everyone. I think I better got watch the new forum tutorial as the first New Years resolution.

hahaha, love it Ann. I was one of the ones down to the last few rolls. Good thing you've had a guard on duty. I have to hide the TP from my cats, they rip apart the bag and the TP. Strangely, they dont touch the rolls on the dispensers.

Hahahaha, love the song this year. I feel the pain of missing your favorite cereal. Mine was Bran Flakes or Corn Flakes. When I finally scored a box, it was the teeniest, tiniest box for the price of the Jumbo box. Dont get me started about toilet paper. It was so expensive I was thinking I should use it as wall paper!

Hahaha, Suzy, on your last paragraph. Not so funny, the flu. It's scary to be that dehydrated. Glad you are on the mend and eating again. Agreed, it is always nice to not have to go to the store. If I get a day off without having to go out to run errands, it's a win for me.

Yikes Suzy! Glad to hear you came out the other side of the flu and are back to the land of the living.

Cindy, Bravo! You never give up, that's inspiring. Love the glitter too, because you can never have enough glitter I say. Great name you gave the file, it's perfect (I did it). Looking forward to card 4.

Thank you Sue, I'll head over after work and get that frame. I was marvelling at how perfect the corners are. I have my list started for the Black Friday sale.

Sue, those frames are beautiful and look so real. I've never been lucky enough to see a grackle in real life, what a stunner! I agree about the white background. I did put a texture on one white one then left two cards with white and it bothers me to look at those two. I feel like I didnt finish them, and will probably go back and change the background.

Monique, is your score-board called "Scor-It"? I have two of them and they are great. And, I have about 10 bone-folders, I couldnt live without them. I make sure they are in various locations so I dont have to go hunting for them.

Ann, I love it! And yes, when I get home, especially if it's late (I used to work until 1:30 or 2:30 am) I still hear the machines running (press/tie-line and the inserting machine). Our press is just over 10 years old now, as is the inserting machine (alphaliner) that I mostly work on these days. Both by Mueller Martini (spelling?), a name you probably recognize. I wasnt there when it was put in, but I heard stories that the German guys that came to install it made sure the fridges were fully stocked with beer! You did some really interesting jobs at the paper; I'm just in the warehouse...I'm strong...not smart. ?

Anne, hahaha, love your card about the snow. Our "dusting" was only 4" about 3 weeks ago, the worst is knowing it will be there until May! Corrie, absolutely beautiful card 7. Great idea to angle the Text, it looks great that way. I used the font and supplies given. Wow that envelope is COOL! I measured badly with the selections and the magic wand sure picked up on it. I will work on it again. I never get the selection started quite where I want it. The photo is mine. Carole, this was a fantastic workshop. so many variations taught with tecniques I will use over and over. And I will use the templates over and over too. Thank you for the time and effort you put into these workshops. They always far exceed my expectations.

Card 6. I agree with Suzy, that warp brush can get away on you. Carole is right, tiny movements are needed. I added some texture to the white background as it seemed really flat without it. this size might now show. I used the supplies from the tutorial as well as the font. This was really interesting to see how it made for folding. I saw Stephan (in the gallery) also added text to the back, I like that idea. Carole, you really packed a lot of information into these videos, thank you. I'm glad to see the Hue Map used again. Last time I saw a tutorial (on the Hue Map) I was lost, this time it made more sense to me. Photo is mine.

Carole, I just posted my Card 6 and hit submit, it vanished. ?

Linda, #87023, what a great explanation for the bleed. I know wee bit (like a Barbie sized thimble amount-haha) about bleed, but not much experience with it. I actually work at a newspaper web press (much different than offset press and the new fangled digital wonders they have now; would be cool to work in a place like that). We have a stitching machine that does cut 3 sides and I see what the purpose of the bleed/registration marks etc are. Especially because when the signatures come off the web press they have a lap which has to be cut off. Isnt paper/bookbinding/cardmaking/printing really interesting. Or is it just me. Lucky you got to work that closely in the industry. Would have been my dream job back then. I was either working on horse breeding farms or in photofinishing back when I should have follow my love for paper.

Forgot to add: Sharla, loved your New Years card, elements and colors are perfect. Carole: that background paper in card 3 (HO HO HO) is from the Kit called "Seth" and it's in with the elements "kit" not the solids. It's by Rachel Martin at DigitalScrapbook.com. There is 3 colors; Red (more like Magenta-Red), Blue, Yellow. they are very pretty, I pasted mine in at full size so I could choose the area I wanted to show. Which brings up a question with printing: When designing a card for email we can have our papers or elements coming past the canvas edges, but with printing would we need to go and select what's sticking over and delete them. Would a printer "see" that and want to print it?

Card 5. Sticking with the "camera" theme. A herculean effort this summer to sell all my silversmithing supplies and tools so I could purchase this camera and lens adapters (the lenses I want are as much as the body or more, like I say, it's a pipe dream for those). I'm calling that the "pregnancy" for the "birth" (purchase) of my new camera. Sue, those tags are fabulous, I would never have thought to use them in that way. I had a few of the punches but never really used them, except once this summer. I am glad we used them in the workshop. I also want them all. Hoping for a Black Friday Sale! (hint hint). Carole, I have a question. I used the "blinds" texture on the white strip and ended up lowering the opacity because when I left it the way I liked it, the letters floated on the top and didnt sink into the blind contours. It was a PNG transparent file that I did the 45 degree angle like in the last card. Is there a way to make the word look like it was printed on the blinds texture. I loved learning about the grouping. That's a big time saver. Suzy, your post on what you've learned was so good to read. So smart to jot things down right away. I always think I'll do it later then I dont and I scramble to find where the instructions for a technique is.