Stroke Tutorial (Hummie's World)

I have been extremely busy of late. I've spent the last three days writing a 1500 word essay for my latest Open University Course, and had a little trouble finding any motivation, but it's done now, so I spent a little time reading through the next part of my Course 1 at Hummie's World.

Lesson 6H was all about stroke and borders, and until now, I've only ever used stroke to check I've deleted parts of an extraction, but with this lesson, I learned how to do a border round the outside of a page and around a photo.

Here is the layout I made using these techniques (the kit is 'Baby Bumble');

Tutorials (Hummie's World).

As you may have read I've been busy over at Hummie's world (inbetween making layouts for my CT commitments), and signed up for course 1: Getting started, even though there is a fair amount I already know.

Yesterday, I got as far as lesson 6g, and discovered there was more than one way to recolour an element/paper, that there's a way to recolour a specific colour whereas I have so far been recolouring an entire element, seeing as I didn't know any better.

To complete this lesson, we had to make a layout using the recolouring technique, so I used a layout I made using 'Bee Happy', and this is what I came up with;



I recoloured the paper using the Hue/Saturation option on my Photoshop CS3, and a couple of the element using the recolour brush and playing around with more colours, but I'm pleased with the results. I just need to practice a bit more on elements that have different shades of the same colour.

I'll tell you this though, the $5.50 monthly subscription at Hummie's World is going to be the best money I've spent.

Hummie's World ~ PSElements/PS Classes

You'll know from my post a couple of days ago that I joined Hummie's world, mainly so I can learn how to scrap and design better, although I've since found out what a great community there is there). I've been doing digiscrap since 2008, yet there is still so much I don't know.

I signed up for two classes at Hummie's world, and spent a large part of yesterday working my way through the first few lessons of course 1, I got as far as lesson 6a yesterday and made another layout. Most of the techniques up to this point I knew, but there were a few bits I didn't.

The class is taught for Photoshop Elements, but for the most part, it's very similar to Photoshop CS3, which is the software I use. The first part of the class went through what programs are on offer, printing and calibration, where to get freebies from and of course the all important organisation of all those freebies (my poor pc didn't know what hit it a couple of years back when I discovered all those freebies lurking on the net).

Lesson 5 is great for anyone who is new to digiscrapping, it takes you through how to make your first layout, and here's mine (I played around with the eclipse tool for this one);

Hummie's World

Well I have found an excellent site - stacks of tutorials, challenges, classes...and that's the tip of the iceberg.

I have been scrapping since 2008, and had never heard of it until last week, when I was looking for some tutorials to improve my designing knowledge, and after signing up and a little nosing about the forum of Hummie's World, I have to say I was impressed.

I decided to opt for the subscription option of $5.50 (£3-odd), for which I have access to all the resources, but it isn't a requirement. There are turorials avaliable for non-subscribers, some classes and an open gallery.

Best of all, the owner, 'Hummie', is involved with the forum, the members are friendly. It really is a great place to belong.

Here's a layout I made, using template 23;


And here is a snippet of the home page.

Hummie's World is where you can:
1. Learn digital scrapbooking in Photoshop Elements through tutorials and videos. Do you struggle with paper scrapbooking? Do you feel that you are not artistic enough? No worry! Digital scrapbooking makes you artistic!

2. Find help by asking questions in the forum. Ask a question in the forum. You never know when I'll answer with a video!

3. Participate in classes and inspire each other. Subscribe for only $5.50 a month and participate in self-guided classes (with a goal of 5 lessons per month).

4. Get to know other digital scrapbookers and inspire each other. I am always inspired by little things other's layouts! Inspiration is like a great big circle that always comes back to me! Create scrapbook pages that will be appreciated for generations.

5. Find information and links to other resources I am always on the lookout for fun things and resources. You can find resources scattered in the forums, on the home page, on my blog, or on my twitter or Facebook. "Enabling" each other by sharing great finds at other sites is encouraged here.

Grab a drink and click around. There's plenty here to explore. Everything is always open-- go ahead, dig up any inspiration and do it!


Click here to visit Hummie's World.