Susan Ewart

It is confetti, yours I think. I wanted to put a rainbow in....I have rainbows, but where i put them I dont know, so I went with confetti for now. Was going to do the umbrellas but I only wanted the umbrellas and the tube had rain boots and other stuff. I just realized now, if I'd put it on a separate layer (I think I forgot to do that) I could have just duplicated umbrellas and did it that way.

I love the title "baby" plants, it put a smile on my face.

This effect looks cool. I didnt realize just how cool until I put a paper behind it. I used the kit I have made. Last night I though, yuk, none of this looks good together but after a good sleep and no headache, it doesnt look that bad to me now. The photo is really old (2006) and shot with a point and shoot camera; my first foray into digital and first time not shooting with an interchangeable lens system. I didnt do well with the lag time between pressing the shutter and it taking the picture and soon moved back into a DLSR camera. This shot was taken either in Vernon, BC where I lived at the time, or more likely in the Fraser Valley (westcoast of BC)

OMG, YIKES! Ha hahahaha, thanks for the laugh just before I'm off to work. ? Hilarious! had to watch the whole video to read all the words.

It's wonderful to see how good everything looks together. I had wondered how, after all our work, how they would perform. You have done beautifully.

I know what you mean. It's hard to focus on one given idea and follow through. This Build A Kit workshop will help you to focus on the topic. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Those are wonderful. I agree, the textures add that finishing touch that elevates it above the others. What a great card this will make.

Fabulous! That shadow box has awesome depth. Is there anything cuter than bunnies? They are so sweet. I like how you colorized the lace.

Is it too early to put my birthday order in...hahahah, just kidding. This is fabulous.

I was surprised to not see your name for Build a Kit. It really got me out of my fear box and got me to try new things. Especially supplies I dont use, like alphas, ribbons/bows, fasteners etc. Under the guise of making these supplies I'm learning to be more comfortable with the tools in PSP, and what can go wrong and how to troubleshoot the setting - which is usually something I've done wrong or in the wrong order, or a box is or isnt checked in the settings etc. Also I've learned about using tools I've never used and what setting to use. I hope my memory can keep it all in past the workshop. It really helps direct you to the right tutorials (all availalbe in the Diamond membership-tutorials, master classes, notebook labs etc) and having it around building a kit really helps you focus on creating a cohesive body of work one step at a time. Hoepfully it will be a yearly workshop.

This is a fabulous site. thank you. I love that she has catagories and you can pick and choose what you need or get the whole kit bundle. Very interesting resource.

There is a person that walks her two Irish Wolfhounds by our house. the person is short (like me) so they look even taller than normal. It was definitely one of those stop what you are doing and just we wowed by the size of them.

Happy Birthday Julie. Hope you had a super fantabulous Birthday!

He has some really nice work. The website has a lot of interesting artists too. thanks Ann. The next time I misplace something I'll know who to call.

I am registered too. I have never taken this workshop. Looking forward to the texting adventure ahead.

That was neat to watch.

I think they will say "well done"!

Nice layout. And a cool theme to do, "Foto Focus", I can imagine this is a magazine. "This months Foto Focus" featuring (insert featured photographer). Great idea.

Thank you for the tips. I was wondering how to make the layers look farther apart. I did work on 4000 x4000 image for the 12 "spokes" of the wheel. Is doubling the shadow just doing Control-Y? I never thought of gaussian blur. I'm going to try that. I had envisioned it looking deep, but it didnt turn out that way. I tried white shadows but it looked weird and too much opacity in the shadow made the tints start to look like tones (adding grey). I was going to ask how to make it look really far apart, so I can try these ideas. I had an idea of of layout with random sized holes, some offset, some not and only a few layers but really far apart (looking) with only one color ring and the rest of the rings white. I guess I could have just said an abstract image. I'll gvie it a try.

Thank you Ann. It was a mental challenge to figure out and keep it all straight in my head. there was a lot of layers. I probably did some of it the long way but I got some practice with using groups when I needed them. Even though you cant see the dimension in layout, I should do a layout for the Shades and Tones as well. Good practice.

I was playing with the Shadow box Master class. And I had this color wheel in mind (although I don't actually subscribe to the "color wheel" model?). As it turns out, those little circle layers are too small to be effective at showing the depth. it was a good learning experience, and I've included a larger version so you can get the idea of the depth. It's good for big layouts. I look forward to trying the ones from the masterclass.

Good to know, this is my problem. I have a very large assortment of brushes (mostly abr, some of which I've had to use ABRmate to convert them to PS7 files) that I have to scroll through. I wish it was like my Font Viewer and the brushes in the folders stay turned off until you need them and you can turn one the ones you need and not have to wait till ALL the brushes load. I'd like to see a check box iin the drop down of the folders you could turn them on and off as you please, there could be options for ALL on or only selected on and what it does when you open PSP, ie. leave it at the last setting or turn all on or off. A girl can dream.

Only if you have time in the Q&A. I can wait (and look forward) to the blog post too. Thank you for the answers.

L= Leaf, clover leaf