Jynxi's Place

Corazana Heart

2010-01-22T09:03:00.000-08:00

You will need the following supplies:

Scrap Kit of choice or Mine. I used Be

Still Heart by TammyKat.

Thank You Tammy for letting Me write

tutorials with Your kits -hugs and kisses-.

Mask of choice.

Mine came from the wonderful Vix.

Look under goodies and then masks.

She has some awesome things to share with You.

Tube of choice.

I used the artwork of Barbara Jensen.

Open a new blank image 900x900. I know it's big

but You can crop and or resize.

With Your magic wand click on the working canvas.

Open a paper from Your chosen kit.

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Layers

Load/Save Mask

Load Mask from disk.

Delete the mask layer from Your layer palette

and on the group layers go to

Layers

Merge group.

Adjust

Add/Remove Noise

Add Noise

Gaussian checked

Noise 60 percent

Monochrome checked.

Open a frame from the kit.

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

With Your magic wand click inside of the

frame.

Selections

Modify

Expand between 5-10 depending on

frame.

Layers

New raster layer.

Open another chosen paper.

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

select none.

Drag this layer below the frame layer.

Open Your tube and go to

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Duplicate it.

On the original go to

Adjust

Blur

Gaussian blur 6.00.

Bring the opacity down to about

70 percent.

If You have any overhang on the tube just

use Your eraser tool and erase.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

Vertical 2

Horizontal 2

Opacity 60

Blur 10.00.

Add Your name give it this same drop

shadow along with Your

frame.

Leyers

Merge Visible

Save as png and Your all done.

Sweet Candy Kisses

2010-01-19T04:23:00.000-08:00

Supplies You'll need.

Template by Tamie.

Just scroll down and You will find them

and other great templates.

Scrap Kit of choice or the one I'm using By

Gina.

She also has an ad on available if You can

not get this kit.

Tube of choice.

Eye Candy 5 Gradient Glow (optional).

Penta VTR2 (optional).

Mask of Choice.

I used Vix Mask 177. You find this under

goodies.

Open the template and tube in psp.

Minimize the tube.

Shift+D on the template and close the

original.

Image

Canvas Size

800x800.

Delete the copyright and white background layer.

Layers

New raster layer.

Layers

Arrange

Send to bottom.

Find a paper from the kit You like.

Edit

Copy.

Use Your magic wand and click on Your

canvas.

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Layers

Load/Save Mask

Load from disk.

Find the mask You want to use. Sometimes You

need to invert and sometimes not.

Just use what You prefer.

In Your layer palette delete the mask layer.

Layers

Merge group.

Adjust

Add/Remove noise

Add noise

Uniform checked

Noise 60 percent

Monochrome checked.

Highlight the glitter circle layer.

There are two ways that You can do this next step.

We want to colorize this layer.

I usually use manual color correction but I know some

versions of psp don't have it so if You can't

find it just use colorize.

Adjust

Hue and Saturation

Colorize.

Highlight the pink circle layer and with Your

magic wand click on Your working

canvas.

Find another paper of Your choice.

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Position it however You like it.

Selections

Invert

Tap the delete key on Your keyboard.

Delete the original circle

layer.

Highlight the half circle in Your layer using

Your magic wand click it in Your

working canvas.

Layers

New raster layer.

Find another paper and open it go to

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Selections

Select none.

Effects

Penta VTR2

Line Distance 26

Line Width 0

Contrast 169

Ghost 0.

Delete the original layer.

Highlight the half circle 2 layer and using one of

the methods above colorize this

layer.

Do this same step on glitter heart 1 and

glitter heart 2 layers.

For the other two heart layers do the same steps

we did above to filling them.

Selections

Select none.

Delete the original layers.

For the rest of the layers use one of the above

methods to colorize each one.

I did add eye candy's gradient glow to the

Be My word art.

Add any elements and tubes to the tag that You

want.

Give each of Your layers a drop shadow.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

vertical 3

horizontal 3

opacity 30

blur 12.00

color black.

I used the alpha for the name on My tag.

Layers

Merge visible

Save and Your all done.

Princess

2010-01-15T12:39:00.001-08:00

Supplies You'll need:

Scrap kit. Mine is by the lovely Amy of Tagging

Angels .

The kit is called Princess and You can purchase

it at one of Her stores. Just follow the

blinkies.

At least 2 tubes from the same artist.

I am using Keith Garvey's awesome artwork.

You need to obtain a license in order to use any of his

pretty girls.

Template 78 by Sophisticated Simone.

Thank You Simone for sharing Your templates.

Mask of Choice.

Eye Candy Gradient Glow (optional).

Penta color dot.

Van Der Lee's Unplugged

Interlace (optional)

Open all supplies into psp.

Image canvas size 700x700. I know it's big but

We can crop or resize later.

Delete the white background layer.

Layers

New raster layer.

Drag it to the bottom of Your layer

palette.

With Your magic wand click this layer on Your

canvas.

Open a paper of choice and go to

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Now this step might differ depending the mask

You've chose to use.

Image

Resize

between 80 and 90 percent.

All layers unchecked.

Layers

Load/Save Mask

Load mask from disk.

Find the mask You wish to use and again

depending on the mask Your

settings might have to be changed around

slightly.

Once happy in Your layer palette delete the

mask layer.

On Group Raster layer go to

Layers

Merge group.

I added a little noise to certain parts of My mask as

I liked the look of it.

I then used Eye Candy 5's gradient glow just

to spice it up somewhat.

I like to be different or try to be lol

Highlight the large rectangle layer and use Your

magic wand to start the ants once

more.

Pick a dark color for Your foreground and a light

color for Your background and then make

on them into a gradient with the following settings.

Angle 36

Repeats 1

Invert checked.

Layers

New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with the gradient You

made.

Selections

Select none.

Effects

Penta color dot

Place all sliders but distance on

255.

Put distance on 2.

Go to the dotted larger layer and using Your

manual color correction put the source

to white.

Target color should be a darker

color.

Do the same steps we just did with both

stars or fill them with the

gradient.

I added some noise and used a gradient

glow around each one.

These steps are optional.

If You want to do the noise go to

Adjust

Add/Remove noise

Add Noise

Uniform

Monochrome checked.

Highlight the white rectangle layer.

Put Your magic wand on

Add (Shift) and click on both of the rectangles.

Layers

New raster layer.

Flood fill both rectangles with Your gradient.

I did change My colors.

I made My foreground white and My background a

darker color with the other settings as above.

Selections

Select None.

I then used penta's dot and cross at the default

settings.

Highlight the frame layer in Your layer palette and

either use colorize or manual color

correction tool as above.

Open the tubes Your using and go to

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Resize them if needed and then with Your magic

wand go back down to the frame layer and

be sure it's highlighted and click in both of the boxes.

Selections

Invert.

Now go to both tube layers and tap Your delete key.

Now duplicate Your tubes and go to

Adjust

Blur

Gaussian Blur

radius 6.00

and place the layers blend modes onto soft light.

I also added a blinds using Van Der Lee's Unplugged

Interlace which is optional.

On the dotted smaller frame use whatever method

You did to color other things as

above.

Do the same thing with all of the word art layers.

I added a gradient glow to each of

them.

Delete all the original layers that were left over

from the template.

Add any elements to the tag You wish to use.

Add a drop shadow to everything now.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

vertical

horizontal 2

blur 10.26

Opacity 35

color black.

Now pull Your tube layers down below the

frame layer.

Add Your text copyright if needed and

save as png and Your all done.

Wow Another Award!!!!!

2010-01-15T01:11:00.000-08:00

My friend from Northern Lass Scraps gave Me

this awesome award. I love it!!!!

Thank You so much for thinking of Me

-hugs and kisses-.

I am passing this on to the following people.

Lori of Lori's Freebie List.

Kathy at Kathy's place.

Rose of Rose's Tuts n Tags.

Marta of Marta's Mayhem.

Stayyseee Productionzz.

Mommy's Nightmare

2010-01-14T20:46:00.000-08:00

You will need the following for this tutorial:

Template by Kelly from the Misfits blog.

Thank You Kelly -hugs-.

Scrap Kit of choice.

Mine is from Northern Lass and it's called

Dark Lady.

Tubes of choice by the same artist.

I'm using the artwork of Ismael Rac.

To use his work You must first

obtain a license.

I got Mine before He moved to AMI.

Eye Candy 5 gradient glow optional.

Penta color dot optional

Open Your tube and template in psp. Minimize the tube

and on the template Shift+D and close the

original.

Click on the LgRectangle layer with Your magic

wand.

Layers

New Raster Layer.

Find a paper You like from the kit and open it.

Edit

Copy.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Selections

select none.

You can now go to the original layer and colorize

rectangle to fit Your paper's color or not.

On the paper layer go to

Effects

3D Effects

Drop shadow

vertical 1

horizontal 1

opacity 60

blur 10.26

color black.

Make sure Your magic wand is set to add (shift)

now in Your layer palette highlight Rectangles

layer both rectangles.

Now do the steps that We did above.

Delete the original Rectangles layer.

Effects

Alien Skin

Eye Candy 5 Impact

Basic tab

Outside Glow checked

Mask selection checked

Glow Radius 7.00

Soften Corners 35

Overall Opacity 100

Distortion amount 23

Distortion Lump Size 55

Gradient

Smoothness 100

(Just play with the settings and pick something You

like).

Give it the drop shadow from above.

With Your magic wand click on both the Right and Left

frame fills.

Layers

New Raster Layer.

Find another paper and then go to

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select None.

Delete both of the original fills.

Find the tubes Your using and open it go to

Edit Copy.

Now back onto the layer palette click on the

right frame border.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Move it to a position You like then back on

the frame layer go to

Selections

Modify

Expand by 8 or so.

Selections

Invert

Now highlight the tube layer and tap Your

delete key.

Selections select none.

You might have to juggle Your layers to make

the tube go under the frame layers.

Do the same for the next frame.

On the frames themselves You can either fill with

a paper or gradient the choice is Yours.

I used penta color dots and played around with it.

On the tubes I duplicated them once and

added a blur of 3 and then put the layers on

overlay.

I then gave My tubes a blinds effect using VanDerLee

interlace which is a pay to use filter

but You can use psp's blinds.

On Both of the star layers You can either colorize or

use manual color correction.

Give these layers along with the tubes and

frames the same drop shadows.

When adding the drop shadows if You have any excess

tube peeking under Your tubes just erase each

of the layers carefully.

Now add any elements You like from the kit giving

them the same drop shadows as above.

When done add Your text any effects You want and

resize it if needed. Don't forget Your copyright

if one is needed.

Peachy Surprise

2010-01-10T13:22:00.000-08:00

You will need the following to do this

tutorial:

Scrap Kit by Jaye from Scrapping-Delights.

It's called Peachy Cream Surprise.

If You download please leave Jaye

some love.

Tube of choice.

I am using the artwork of the wonderful

Barbara Jensen.

You must have a license in order to use

her work.

Mask of choice.

I used one by Vix at Vix's Psp

Open a new blank image of 700x700.

Flood fill it with white so that We can see what

We're doing.

Layers

New Raster Layer.

With Your magic wand click this new layer.

Open a paper from the kit in

psp.

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Image resize and resize this paper layer by

85 percent.

All layers unchecked.

Layers

Load/Save Mask from disk.

Load Mask from disk and find the mask You have

chosen to use.

Delete the mask layer from Your layer

palette.

Layers

Merge

Merge group.

Open up one of the frames from the kit go to

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Place it in the middle of the canvas.

With Your magic wand click inside of the frame.

Layers

New raster layer.

Selections

Modify

Expand by 5.

Opening another paper of choice from the kit

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Pull that layer below the frame layer.

Open Your tube and go to

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Duplicate it and pull one layer down below

the frame layer.

Block off the top layer and erase the excess

from the tube that hangs down from

the frame.

Now unblock the other tube and erase any of

the excess.

Now begin adding any of the elements from the kit

that You wish added to the tag.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop shadow

vertical 2

horizontal 2

opacity 30

blur 10

color black.

Add this to all the elements and Your tube but do

it on the tube that's below the main

tube.

Add any text You like and Your all done.

I hope You enjoyed this tutorial.

Envy

2010-01-10T11:09:00.000-08:00

You will need the following things for

this tutorial:

Scrap kit by Northern Lass Scraps. It's

called Envy. If You download please leave

Her some Love.

Image of choice.

Mine is My baby sister's from California when

She went to Universal Studios (spoiled brat lol)

I wanna go someday too lmao.

Open a new image of 3600x3600.

Choose either one of the papers and open

it in psp.

With Your magic wand click on the blank

layer.

With the paper open in psp go to

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

Select none.

Open the frame that is in the kit.

Edit

Copy

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Now place it wherever You like. If

You think it's too big resize it

a bit by going to

Image

Resize

and set the size on percent and

just dabble with the numbers

keeping all layers unchecked.

Now just add a few of the elements

that You like around the page that You have

begun to create.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow.

Vertical 3

horizontal -4

Opacity 55

Blur 5.00

Color black.

On the frame layer click inside of it

with Your magic wand.

Selections

Modify

Expand by 5.

Layers

New raster Layer.

Open the image of choice if You haven't

already and paste into

selection.

Selections

Select none.

Now You can colorize it as I did since blue

just did not go with the color

scheme lol.

Now add any text You'd like etc and

Your all done.

I hope You enjoyed this tutorial.

2010-01-03T10:27:00.001-08:00

I got this awesome award from My good friend

Tonya at Tonya's Temptations.

Thank You so much sweetie.

Alright for this reward I need to pass it to 5

bogs that I love.

Kristy from I Got Lucky Scraps. She has

some of the prettiest kits.

Poka from Graphics By Poka Dot who

has lot's to offer anybody.

Charly from Country Hollow Creations

Whom I absolutely adore. She has

two great stores and has taught

me so much.

Becca of Scraps By Becca who is one

of the most generous people.

Alexe whom I love to watch all the

creative things She makes and is

just such a sweet person in

general

Christmas Dreamer

2010-01-01T12:10:00.000-08:00

You will need these things for this tutorial:

Paint Shop Pro. Any version should

work for this.

Scrap Kit of choice. I am using a kit by

Tracy at Scrap Anonymous when

it was a freebie at a store

She belongs to.

Tube or image of choice.

I am using an overlay for My paper by

Armina Designs.

I have a note here as My kit isn't a scrapper's

size so I'm going to have to open

a blank canvas 3600x3600.

Some of You might prefer full or tagger's but

Mine when I do tags and things I love

them to be full size. Anytime You get a full sized

kit the elements You use are easily sized.

This is how You do it.

Image

Resize

All layers unchecked

And for size use

Percentage until it's a size

You like.

Ok so if Your using a tagger sized kit open a blank canvas

of 700x700, if it's full go 3600x3600.

Find a paper from Your kit.

Edit Copy.

Click on the blank canvas with Your magic wand.

Edit

Paste as a new layer.

Selections

Select none.

Open a frame from the kit and paste

it as a new layer.

Add any of the elements You wish

to the tag/Quick Page

pasting each as a new layer.

Using Your magic wand click inside of

the frame.

Go to Your paper layer and tap the

delete key on Your

keyboard.

Selections

Select none.

Now let's add some depth so go to

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

Vertical 0

Horizontal 0

Opacity 100

Blur 15.00

Color Black.

This step might vary with whatever

kit You have chosen to use so just

play with the settings.

To add an image to the frame just click inside

of it.

Selections

Modify

Expand by 15.

Layers

new raster layer.

Edit

Paste into selection.

Keep in mind the expand might be too big on Your

creation so just play with the

settings some.

Selections

Select none.

Drag that layer under the frame layer.

Add any text You want and then

merge layers.

You can either save the full sized Quick Page

or size it down for a tag and then

save as png.

I hope You enjoyed this tutorial.

Wings Of Hope

2009-12-31T20:00:00.000-08:00

You need the following supplies for this

tutorial.

Paint Shop Pro.

I have psp 10 but any version should

work for this.

Scrap Kit of choice or Mine.

Mine is by the talented designer Charly of

Country Hollow Creations.

The kit is called Breast Cancer Charity

Kit.

You can find it at her store here.

Template By Jolanda from Jellebelleke's

Scrappies.

Open template in psp.

Image resize

all layers checked

700 pixels. Make sure that

it's not percent.

With Your magic wand click on Raster

Layers

New raster layer.

Find a paper You like from the scrap kit

that You chose to use and

open it in psp.

Edit Copy.

With Your magic wand click on Raster 1.

Layers

New raster layer.

Edit

Paste into selection.

Selections

select none.

Click on Raster 5 and using Your magic

wand use it on the layer.

Layers

New raster layer.

Open another paper of choice that

will blend in well with Your

creation.

Edit Copy

Edit Paste as a new layer.

Selections

Select None.

On Raster 6 repeat the same steps

as above.

Do the same for Raster 7 and then on

the copy You'll have to scroll up

slightly in Your layer palette and do the

same as We just did.

If You have a nicely textured paper then

use another with a lighter shade.

Ok go back down to Raster 4 and using

Your Manual color correction tool

use these settings:

Manual color target

checked.

Freehand Selection

unchecked.

Source: use the eye dropper tool and

use the same color as the

frame.

Target a color that goes well with

the rest of Your QP.

Now delete all the templates original

layers except leave Raster 3

alone. We'll get to that here in just a

little bit.

Now just start to add any of the elements

from Your chosen tag that You

like.

If they are too big to

Image resize

All layers unchecked.

Be sure that percent is now chosen

and just reduce it's size until

it's right. If not just hit undo and keep

trying.

Let's add a little depth to all of Your elements.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

and use your own settings as no matter what

I tell You to use it always varies on

things such as this.

Remember that blank black layer? With Your

magic wand click on

it.

Leaving the ants marching hit Your delete

key.

Keep the ants marching.

Click on raster layer 12 and hit Your

delete key once again.

If Your like Me and always put drop

shadows on it's own layer You

will need to delete

those too.

Click on Raster 10 and 12 repeating

these steps.

See how easy this was? You've now learned

a new trick.

Ok now We are going to add some text to

this very pretty page You've

been making.

Click on Your eye dropper tool and depending

on the paper You used

on the background You will either choose a

light or dark color.

Now add any of the text You want and give

it a pretty drop shadow.

If You wish to now add an image of Your own

just click inside the frame and go to

selections

modify

contract

by only a few pixels though and then it should

look very very nice.

I hope You enjoy this tutorial as much as I did

writing it for You.

How To Make A Quick Page From Scratch

2009-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:00

For this tutorial You will need to use a scrap kit of

choice or Mine. I am using a kit by the

wonderful Charly of Country Hollow Creations and

You can find Her kits at Her store here.

The one I'm using is called Baby Time.

I know that some of You are interested in all those

bigger sized images that many scrappers make

with their kits and such, so I decided to

teach You the basics of it. I hope

some of You find it of

use.

This one is going to be a smaller version of a normal sized

quick page but it's still going to be made just like

a real one.

So to get started open a blank canvas of 900x900.

Using Your magic wand click on the blank

canvas. From the kit choose a paper You really

like and go to edit copy and edit paste

into selection.

Selections

select none.

Now from the kit You have just chosen open a

frame or other like element from it.

Edit copy

Edit paste as a new layer.

Positioning it where You'd like it to be.

If You'd like to make the said element a little

bigger all You need to do is go to Image.

Image resize

All layers unchecked.

Put the size on percent and type in

about 110 or so and just

use what looks best

to You.

Now just begin choosing the elements You'd

like to use and paste them over

the canvas as We did with

the frame.

My quick page won't be half as good as

Your's trust Me lol I am just

trying to guide You in how to pull

off a really nice looking

creation.

Ok now let Us add some depth.

Effects

3D Effects

Drop Shadow

Vertical 2

Horizontal 2

Opacity 60

Blur 10.00

Color Black.

If these settings are too much for the

page just play with the settings.

Now on Your frame layer click inside of it

with Your magic wand.

Now click on the paper layer in your layer

palette and hit Your delete key on

Your keyboard.

Selections

Select

none.

Now that Your done with that You can add

Your own text etc that You wish.

Save as png and it will match any Background

You want to put it onto.

I do hope somebody found this a little

useful.

Candy Coated Love

2009-12-30T12:38:00.000-08:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial:

Scrap kit of choice or Mine.

It's called candy coated and can be found

at Scraps With Attitude.

It's made by the very talented Heather at

Candy Coated Scraps.

Template made By DBA. Thank You Ali

for allowing Us to use Your wonderful templates for

our creations. You will have to look under

templates.

Paint Shop Pro but if You know Your programs well

enough You could probably do this with any

of them out there.

Tube of choice. I used a tube by Jason Patterson

which I acquired through MPT's yahoo group.

You have to have a license in order to use any of his

artwork.

Now let's get started. Open Your template in psp and

duplicate it by pressing shift+D and close the

original one.

Click the background layer with Your magic wand and

opening a paper of choice from the kit go to edit copy

and edit paste as a new layer and then selections

select none.

(Side note here. Now depending which psp version

Your using Your manual color correction tool will be

under Your customize settings when You click on psp's

background. So go to the area under Your tag and

right click on customize and under commands You will

see tools click on that and look for the color correction

tool on the right hand side and place it on one of Your

toolbars in psp. Just drag it up there. I am not sure where

it is in versions other than psp 10 sorry).

Open another paper or element from the kit and choose

a color that goes with Your tag and keep this open

behind Your canvas but to the left or right of it so that You

can see it.

On the Group Raster Layer use Your manual color

correction tool and for the colors on source click

the merged layer and that shade of grey will be

showing in the box. On the target choose the color

from the paper or element You have chosen and click

ok when You like how it looks.

Click on the raster layer 2 in Your layer palette with

Your magic wand click on the heart and from

the kit Your using choose and paper from it and

go to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer.

Selections select none. On raster layer 5 use Your

color correction tool and use a color of choice

to color the hearts frame.

Delete layers 4 and 6.

For raster 1 and 2 You can either do the paper

steps once again or the manual color

correction tool. It's up to you.

On raster layer 7 We are going to work this

in a few steps since the hearts are two

different colors.

So go to Your manual color correction tool

once again and for the colors of source

choose black and whatever other

color You have used for Your creation.

Now on that same layer let's use Your

freehand selection tool and draw

around all the other smaller hearts that

You didn't did get colored. Be sure

the lasso tool is set to add (Shift) so You don't

have to hold down Your shift key. Once

this is done color them the same way

as above.

On layers 8 and 9 do the same as We have done

with the hearts only You won't have to use

Your free hand tool.

Now we are going to add our tube. Go to

raster 3 and go to edit copy on your

tube and then edit paste as

as a new layer.

Duplicate this layer and pull one of them

under the frame layer and turn the

visibility off on the top layer. now just carefully

erase around the frame on the

outer edge.

Now go back to Your top layer and erase

it doing the same don't worry this is

such a faultless step it will never

look marred if Your a terrible tuber as

I am lol.

Ok now make sure the top layer is still selected

and begin to add any of the kits elements

that You like.

If Your using My kit You will have really size

down. I did this by going to image resize

make sure that percent is chosen and that all layers

are unchecked. I used the numbers between 5

and 20 for all of My elements.

Now let's add drop shadows to all of the things in

our tag. Effects 3D Effects Drop Shadow

with the following settings

vertical 2

horizontal 2

opacity 40

blur 5.00

color black.

Now don't add a drop shadow onto the top tube

that You used for Your heart instead

drop shadow the one below the frame layer so

that is shows no flaws. If You have any

hangers just erase them to

smooth out the tag.

Now add any text You wish and go to layers

merge visible save as png and Your

all done.

I hope You enjoyed this tutorial.

Awards

2009-12-29T07:42:00.000-08:00

I got this award from The amazing Jane from JT's

Designs. Thank You so much hon and I love You

designs and things. You have some very nice

talent -hugs-.

I am sending this to the following person: (I would send

it to more but with the holdiays a lot of people are away).

1. Susan known as Hippiedaze and one of the most

talented ladies I know out there.

A Father's Love

2009-12-17T11:00:00.000-08:00

For this tutorial You will need the following:

Template by Rainy at Rainy's Templates.

She has many other templates to choose from

that could be used for this tutorial.

Scrap Kit I used or one of Your choice. It really

should be full sized though. The kit I chose is

by the awesome Sharon of As Sweet as Honey

Scraps.

I used the kit called It's a Dad Thing from Scraps

With Attitude. Thank You Sharon hon for letting

Me write a tutorial with Your kits -hugs and kisses-.

Images or tubes of choice. Images would be best for

this sort of tutorial but it's up to You.

The reason I wrote this tutorial is that I don't see

many around if at all and thought I'd teach those

of You that would like to use Your wonderful digital

images that You take and can't use can display them

easily in a pretty Quick Page. I hope some of You

find this of use. So let's get started

Open Your images and template in psp and minimize the

images. When opening the template Your going to lag

just a bit as it is a big file. Shift +D and close the Original.

Go to Image Free rotate and choose left at 90 degrees and

all layers checked.

In Your layer palette click on the background layer and

from the kit open a paper and go to edit copy. Selections

Select all float . Selections defloat and then on the template

edit copy paste as a new layer. Selections select none.

Back on the template choose the gradient layer and

do the same steps as above with either the same paper

or another of Your choice.

On the photo layer if Your using an image go to selections

select all selections float selections defloat and paste it

as a new layer. If Your using a tube just do as We had

done above and then add Your tube as a new layer.

Selections select none.

Delete the layer that's up above this layer. On the word

background do as We did above using a paper of choice.

Then on the hearts layer go to Image Free Rotate and

choose right at 90 degree's all layers unchecked this

time.

With Your eye dropper tool use a light and dark color

for Your foreground and background. Now on the

template with the hearts layer go to selections select

all, selections float, selections defloat, layers new raster

layer. Go to Your material palette and choose a gradient

of Your choice from the two colors You chose. Flood fill

the new layer with the color and go to selections, select

none. Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds and use the following

settings or one's of Your choice width 2, opacity 15, color

black and both boxes checked.

On the text layer You can do this a few ways. You can colorize

it, use Your manual color correction or do it with the gradient

as We did above. So it's all up to You on this one. I chose the

manual color correction. When done go to the original grey

scaled hearts and delete the layer.

Now add any elements You want from the kit. You may

have to resize a bit so if you do go to image resize and make

sure all layers is unchecked and Your sizes should be in percent

not pixel. Give all Your layers a drop shadow of choice and any

other text You wish to add if You choose and save as png and

Your done. There is Your Quick Page.

Luv My Sista

2009-12-14T05:05:00.000-08:00

I have made a tag for Ann at Addicted 2 Scraps with Her

kit called Luv My Sista. Just click on the title and You can

purchase it for Yourself.

This kit in My honest opinion is worth the buy. It comes

with a ton of elements and a lot of papers to play with.

I also made a freebie for You all without the garv tube so

that You could add whatever You wished to it. You can

find it here.

Misfits Christmas Train

2009-12-03T02:05:00.001-08:00

Hiya guys. I finally did a scrap kit challenge and

You all are welcome to download it. Misfits did a

train for Christmas and I thought I'd share

here on both of My blogs. You can download

it at the Misfits blog.

This kit is much better when peeking

inside and not just the preview. I am

still trying to learn how to do all the

previews and make em pretty LMAO

Sad News

2009-11-03T13:54:00.000-08:00

I have some sad news for You all today. My friend's dad

passed away after a long fight with cancer yesterday afternoon

after having a seizure Friday night. He had just gone into remission

and contracted an infection and He slowly grew worst. Alot of You

know this friend. Her name is Lisa but goes by the name of

Aleah'sMommy. I am asking that if You can afford to help

out with a donation that it be sent to her email. I know the

medical bills for his cancer were astronomical and as We all

know the costs for funerals and arrangements will only triple

that bereavement upon this poor family. Her uncle is also

fighting cancer but isn't expected to make it much longer and

this is Her Dad's Brother so she's had one very very hard year.

You may send Your donations to hottlildevil110584@yahoo.com.

I think You from the bottom of My heart if You can help during

Lisa's time of need. This was an unexpected occurence by all

of Us as He was getting much better and healthier.

xoxoxoxox

Jynxi

New Stuff on My Scrapping blog

2009-10-30T23:42:00.001-07:00

I have a set of stockings and new Christmas cookies

I made on My scrapping blog. Please do take

a look and be sure if You download to let Me know

and leave a bit of love.

xoxoxoxo

Jynxi

Hello Everybody

2009-10-27T19:18:00.000-07:00

As many of You know I had thought to dabble in

the scrapping world a bit more other than to just

write tutorials.

Well I have begun and have started another blog.

This doesn't mean I won't be writing tutorials

anymore it just means I will be adding more to

what I normally do for You all. I hope You all understand

and might even visit and snag up some freebie's I have

posted and show Me what You make with them. Anyhow

You can find Me at My Hide Away. I hope to hear from

You all over there.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Jynxi

Autumn Splendor

2009-10-02T13:17:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial.

Scrap Kit by Cindy.

It's called Autumn Splendor.

Thank You Cindy for allowing Me to use Your

kits in My tutorials -hugs and kisses-.

If You can't get this kit any will do.

Tube of choice. I am using a tube by the

wonderful artist Christine Kotlark.

You can find Her tubes at MPT.

Please don't use any of Her work without

the proper license.

Font of choice.

Open an new image 800x800. I know it's big but You can

crop or resize it later. Make sure it's transparent.

From the kit find a frame You like. Open it and go to

edit copy and edit paste as a new layer on Your

transparent image. If Your using the same kit

You'll have to resize the frame by 85 percent so to

to image resize all layers unchecked and resize it by

85 percent.

With Your magic tool click inside the frame. If Your using

the kit I am You'll have to hold down the shift key

while selecting all the area's around the pumpkin and leaves.

Selections modify expand by 10 or so. Now go to edit paste

as a new layer. Selections invert

and tap on the delete key on Your keyboard.

Selections select none. Pull this paper layer below Your

frame layer. You might have a missing piece in the frame so

use Your magic wand and click it or use Your shift key to

select multiple one's and go to selections modify expand by 10

or so again and do the delete step again.

Now make sure the layer that You just did if You had a

missing piece go to layers merge down be sure either

one of the paper layers is chosen when You do the merge.

Go to Your tube. Copy and paste it as a new layer. On My tube

I had to resize it by 160 percent to go with the size of the

frame. Slide the tube under the frame layer and with

Your eraser tool erase any of the overlap.

Effects 3D Effects Drop Shadow vertical and horizontal 2

opacity 55 blur 10.00 and the color black.

Repeat this drop shadow with the horizontal and the vertical

set to 0.

Now We'll begin to add any of the elements from the kit

that We like. I used a journal box that came inside

the kit and resized it a bit then erased the overlap once again

as We did our main tube. Give it the same drop shadow

with the 0 settings.

I added a word art and some leaves that came with the kit

and gave it the same drop shadows as above. I also

added Cindy's name to the tag. I used Fountain Pen and

as always created it as a vector and then converted it to a raster

layer and added a drop shadow to it. I also then added that

same drop shadow to My frame.

I added the artist's copyright and My license number and then

resized My tag to 500x500 pixels all layers checked and

merged visible. Save as png and Your all done.

I Make The Rules

2009-09-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Template 19 by MelissaV. You can find it on the

Misfits Blog.

Just search under templates.

Scrap Kit of choice or the one I'm using by Missy.

It's called Breast Cancer Awareness.

This kit is available in both tagger and full sizes.

Tube of choice. I am using the awesome work of Ismael

Rac. You can find His tubes on AMI.

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional text only).

This tag is made with two very special ladies that I have loved

dearly all My life. My Grandmother was diagnosed with

breast cancer before I was born and beat it. The odds back then

were very low compared to now. My Mother also was diagnosed with

breast cancer and had a masectomy. I almost lost Her not due to the cancer

itself but to infection afterwards. I have almost lost Her twice in My life

and I am just grateful to God and those that prayed for Her

recovery and Her inner stubborness because without that I don't think

She would have made out after the infection as well as She did.

I love You Mom.

For those of You that are still young please, please always do Your

examinations and get those Mammogram's. They are so important

and can detect the cancer in it's earliest stages.

Open the tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. Shift +D on

the template and close the original copy. Delete the copyright and

white background layers.

Image canvas size 600x600. With Your eye dropper tool

choose a light and dark color from Your tube.

With Your magic wand click on the

Back Rectangle layer. Layers new raster layer and flood fill

with a gradient of choice. I used the settings of angle 0 repeats 1

invert checked style linear.

Keep the ants marching and find a paper You like and go to

edit copy edit paste as a new layer. Selections Invert and then tap

the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none.

Place this layers blend mode to soft light.

Delete the original layer.

On the gradient filled layer go to Effects 3D Effects Drop shadow.

Vertical and Horizontal on 2 Opacity 50 blur 8.00 and color

black. Repeat this step but put the Vertical and Horizontal to 0.

Use Your magic wand on the Front Rectangle layer.

Repeat the steps from above with the gradient

and paper. This time I changed the colors of My gradient

with the settings Angle and Repeats 0 Invert unchecked

and style linear.

Put the paper's layer on overly and the Opacity about 60.

On the solid line of that same layer click on it with Your magic

wand. Layer's new raster layer and flood fill it with

Your darker color. Give this filled frame layer a Drop Shadow

of Vertical and Horizontal 0 Opacity 50 Blur 10.00 Color

black. Delete the original layer.

On the corner layer go to Selections Select All Selections

Float Selections Defloat. Layers New Raster Layer and fill this

layer with a color of choice. Effects 3D Effects Drop Shadow

Vertical and Horizontal 0 Opacity 45 Blur 4.00 Color

black. Delete the original layer.

On the corner duplicate it and then go to Image Free Rotate

bye 180.00 degree's right. Move this however You

it looks good to You.

On the text layer go to Selections Select All Selections

Float Selections Defloat. Layers New Raster layer

and flood fill this with a color of choice. Selections Select

none. Delete the original layer. Effects Eye Candy 4000

Gradient Glow. Under the Basic tab only change the Glow Width

to 2.00 the rest default. On the Color Tab use the thin setting and use one

of the colors in Your tag.

On Your tube go to Edit Copy Edit Paste as New Layer. I had

to resize Mine by 70 percent. So if You need to do this

go to image resize by 70 percent (play with the numbers) all layers

unchecked and hit ok.

Give Your tube the same drop shadow as We just used above.

Now just add any of the elements from the kit You like giving them

the same drop shadows as before. Delete the crown as I

didn't think it looked right on My tag but this again is up to You .

Add Your text. I used the same Gradient Glow and Drop Shadow

as before. Put on the copyright and save as png and Your all done.

Polar Ice

2009-09-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

You will the following things for completing this tutorial.

Scrap Kit of choice or the one from Lynn. It's

called Polar Ice.

Thank You Lynn for letting Me use Your

kits in My tutorials.

Tube of choice. I am using the awesome work

of Ismael Rac and You can find his tubes now

on AMI. You can not use any of His work

without the proper license.

Font of choice.

Open Your tube in psp and minimize it. From the kit choose

on of the frames and Shift + D to duplicate it. Delete

the original one.

With Your magic wand click inside the frame and go to

layers new raster layer. Selections Modify

expand by 10 or 12.

Find a paper You like from the kit and go to edit copy and edit

paste into selection. Selections select none. Now slide this

layer under the frame layer.

Let's give Our frame a drop shadow by going to Effects 3D

Effects Drop shadow and I used vertical and horizontal 2

opacity 30 blur 10.00 color black.

Ok now I had to do the tube and frame differently as the

frame was a full sized one so I went to layers merge visible

and then went to image resize by 60 percent all layers

unchecked.

Now on Your tube go to edit copy edit paste as a new layer and

place her the way You like her. Duplicate this layer and

on the top layer go to Adjust Blur Gaussian Blur 3.00 and click

ok. Now place opacity on this layer to about 70.

Now begin adding any of the elements You like. You may

need to resize them as I did the frame above. Add the same

drop shadows as above. Add Your name and the same

drop shadow and then a copyright if You need one and

save as png and Your all done.

Enchanted Secrets

2009-09-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

You will need these things to complete this tutorial.

Scrap Kit of choice or the one I'm using By

Missy Lynn.

It's called Enchanted Secrets. It comes

in both tagger and full size.

Mask 169 by the wonderful Chelle.

You will need to download that pack of masks

but they are so worth the download.

Don't forget to leave her some love when getting

this mask.

Tube of choice. I will be using Missy Lynn's tubes.

Font of choice.

Open a new blank canvas 800x800. I know it's big

but You can resize it later. Open the tube and

mask in psp. Flood fill Your canvas with a color or

gradient of choice. I used a gradient angle 0 repeats

1 invert checked and style linear.

Go to layers new mask layer and load choose the image

You have open in psp. source luminance checked the

other without checks. If it doesn't look right to

You then You may have to invert the mask. I had to

load Mine from disk as I have My psp pointing to

My masks from elsewhere.

Now in Your layer palette delete the mask layer and

click on the other mask layer and merge group. Now

You just need to place all Your elements from the

kit that would go with it and slide each under the

window layer. I didn't give any a drop shadow

this time as I wanted to keep it somewhat of

a magical feel type tag. I did use My eraser

tool where there were overhangs on the edges.

Now click Your font tool and choose a font

You think would go nicely for Your tag and add the name

turn this into a raster layer and add a drop shadow of choice.

Just add Your copyright if You need one and save as png and

Your all done.

Lilac

2009-09-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Jaye called Lilac & Purple Mini. This kit is free and so pretty.

Thank You so much Jaye for letting Me use Your kits and goodies for My tutorials -hugs and kisses-.

Tube of choice. I am using the wonderful work of Rac and You can find His tubes at AMI. You need to purchase a license in order to use any of His work.

FM Tile Tools Emboss (optional).

Background image of choice or the one I'm using. I got this from a sharing group so if it's Your's please let Me know and I will either remove it or give You credit.

Font of choice or Mine.

Supplies.

Open the background, tube, and font. Minimize the font into Your taskbar. From the kit find one of the frames You like. I used the square one it was just so pretty. Image canvas size 700x700. From the tube Your using find two colors You like. In the materials palette choose the gradient tab angle and repeats on 0 invert not checked and style linear.

If Your using the frame I am with Your magic wand click inside all the parts and make sure the ants are surrounding each of those pieces. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with Your gradient and pull this down under the frame but keep the ants marching. On the background image I supplied go to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and tap the delete key on Your keyboard. Put this layer's blend mode to soft light and the opacity down to about 40.

Effects FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss and use the default settings on the background image layer and do this about twice. If You don't want to use this filter and can't get it as it's a pay to use one You can go to Effects Texture Effects Emboss in psp and use this one. This is up to You.

Now open the tube again go to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer. Place it where You like and then on the frame layer duplicate it. Place the duplicate above the girl and with Your eraser tool erase the top so that Her head isn't under the frame. On the tube go to Effects 3D Effects Drop shadow vertical and horizontal on 2 opacity 40 blur 10.00 color black and repeat this again with the vertical and horizontal on 0. Give Your original frame layer the very first drop shadow.

Now We are going to start adding the elements. Find the Minikit1 beaded string and paste it as a new layer and place it where You like and give it the same drop shadow We just did the frame. Now add the Minikit 13 doodle to Your image and place it like mine (using My tag as a reference). Now duplicate this layer and go to image mirror it. Layer's merge down and give it the same drop shadow as above and place the blend mode on Luminance and the opacity to about 65 or so.

Make sure the font is open and choose Your text tool but be sure Your foreground color is back on the solid color. Make sure in the pull down of fonts the one I supplied is chosen or one of Your own if You chose to do it that way put the size of the font to 250 and type out Your name. Image Free Rotate 90 degree's left all other boxes unchecked. Put the text on the tag of the beaded string. Convert it to raster Layer. Now just add Your copyright and Your done.

CT CALL

2009-09-20T00:18:00.000-07:00

Whispers

2009-09-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

You will need the following for this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Missy. It's called Midnight Whispers. It comes in both tagger and full size. I personally think it's worth the purchase there is so much that can be done with this kit.

Thank You Missy for allowing Me to write tutorials with this kit -hugs and kisses-.

Tube, font and mask of choice or Mine.

Supplies.

This tutorial is one that is not generally a style I use alot but I wanted to try to work with some of My masks more that I'm always getting through share's and as challenges in My groups. Some of them are just so pretty and alot of fun to play with. Anyhow here We go.

Open the mask and tube in psp. Choose two colors from the tube You like. Turn the foreground into a gradient angle and repeats 0 invert unchecked and style linear. Open a new image canvas 800x800 blank and flood fill it with Your gradient.

Go to layers new mask layer from image and on the pull down choose the mask You have open in psp source luminance checked and everything else not checked and click ok. In Your layer pallete delete the mask layer and then right click and merge group. Now open Your tube go to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer. Place it onto the mask (use My tag as a reference) and pull it down a little bit if You choose to do so. Now hightlight the mask layer in the layer palette and go to selections select all float selections defloat and selections invert. Choose the tube layer and hit delete and then selections select none.

With Your eraser tool erase the excess that's on the edges of the frame and the overlap that's outside of it and on the leaves. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 40 blur 10.00. Begin to add Your elements. I added the lamp from the kit and resized it and erased the top just a bit to get the hook off so that it looked a little bit with the mask and then I gave it the same drop shadow as above. I also added some of the elements I liked and gave them all the same drop shadows. You could use brushes word art anything. The possibilities are so endless with this mask and tag so try to experiment and see what You like most.

Click on Your font tool and with the same colors You used before but set to regular choose the font that I supplied and type out Your name or whatever it is that You might be typing. I used size 75 vector and then changed it to a raster layer. Now You could also make the name rotate to go along the left side border but I chose not to this time. Give it the same drop shadow as before only change the blur to about 2 or so. Now copy and paste the copyright to Your tag and go to image resize by 55 percent or so and move it where it looks good to you. Now resize or crop Your image if needed and save as png and then Your done.

Dress Up

2009-09-19T13:43:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Template by Joyita .

Texture .

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional).

Scrapkit of choice or the one I used by Sarah at Pimp My Tags W/Scraps.

Thank You Sarah for letting Me use Your kit for My tutorial -hugs and kisses-.

Open template, tube, and texture in psp. On the template Shift+D and close the original deleting also the copyright layer and the white background layer if You so choose.

From Your tube or the kit find two complimentary colors. One dark one light. Click on the material palette and set it to gradient angle 0 repeats 1 invert unchecked style linear.

Choose the Right Circle Layer and with Your magic wand click it. Layers new raster layer and fill this with Your gradient. On the texture I supplied go to edit copy and then back to the template edit paste as a new layer placing the blend mode on soft light. Selections invert and then tap the delete key on Your keyboard.

Effects Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on the basic tab change only the Glow Width to 3.00 and now under the color tab choose the thin setting and use one of the colors from Your filled gradient layer. Just play with the sliders a bit and come up with something You like. Effects #d Effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 1 opacity 40 blur 10.00 color black. Delete the original circle layer.

Choose the rectangle layer and using the magic wand click it and go to layers new raster layer. Now use the same steps as We did above only change the gradient to 240 repeat 0 and invert unchecked. Use the same drop shadow as We did before. Delete the original layer. On the word layer I put the blend mode onto burn but You can use another.

On the dotted lines layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with one of Your colors. Selections select none. Use the same gradient glow and drop shadow as before and then delete the original layer.

On the left circle layer make sure it's the chosen layer in Your palette and use Your magic wand to click it on the canvas go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with Your gradient. I changed My settings to angle 315 repeats 2 invert checked.Use the paper instructions from above. I put My blend mode this time on Overlay though. Do the same gradient glow and drop shadow as before and delete the original circle layer. On the Dotted Lines on the circle do as We did the last one.

2009-09-19T09:55:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged...

Kathy's Place has tagged me with this survey - so here goes...

1. How long have you been using PSP, PS?

I have been using PSP for about 5+ years. Have not tried Photo Shop much lol

2. How did you get into making tags, scrap kits?

I used to make blends for html chatrooms and discovered taggers and

I was hooked and joined msn groups and took a hiatus and started

using the ever so popular scraps and templates

3. Who's your fave artist?

OMG this one is so hard lol I like alot but My top favorites would be

Garv, Elias, Rac, Jensen, and Woolcott amongst many other's lol

4.Who`s your favourite Scrap Designer?

There are so many talented Designers out there but My fav's

would be Scraps With Attitude, Scrappers Emporium, Scrappers-Delight,

Pimp My Tags With Scraps and of course My Lady Queen and the Misfits lol

5. Which three blogs do you visit everyday?

Scraps with Attitude, Kathy's Place, Scrappers Emporium, Scrappers

Delight, Pimp My Tags with Scraps, Kirsty's Scraps and many other's lol

I will pass this survey on to Lou of ButterflyFlutterby Creations because

She has been a true inspiration to Me. Thank You Butter honey for

all You do in Padded Cell and out of it -hugs and kisses-.

Cutie Bootie

2009-09-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things to complete this tutorial.

Mask by Kristin.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Kirsty.

Font of choice.

This tutorial is written for those newer to psp and tagging. So open Your mask and minimize it. Open a canvas of 700x700 transparent. I know this is big but You can crop or resize it later. Flood fill the canvas with a color of choice and go to layers New Mask Layer From Image and load the mask. In Your layer palette delete the mask layer and then go to layers merge group.

Now just begin to copy and paste the items from the kit You like. Effects 3D Effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 60 blur 5.00 color black. Now when Your done go to Your text tool and type out Your name and give it that same drop shadow.

Layers merge visible. Now resize Your image to what Your comfortable with and save as png. You are now all done.

Glamour

2009-09-15T16:01:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Rieneke. It's called Madness.

Thank You Rieneke for letting Me use Your kit in My tutorials -hugs and kisses-.

Template 101 by Rachel at Scraps of Enchantment

Thank You Rachel for sharing Your templates and other goodies with Us -hugs-.

Tubes of choice. I am using the wonderful work of Ismael Rac. You can find His tubes at AMI. You need to purchase a license in order to use any of His tubes.

Xero Fritillary

Open the template and tube in psp and minimize the tube. Shift+D on the template to duplicate it closing the original now delete the copyright layer as We don't need it. Find a color from Your tube You like and with Your eye dropper tool click on it.

On the PinkGlitter layer go to adjust Hue and Saturation Colorize and from the color You used click on the materials palette and use the H and S numbers and type them into the colorize slots where You see Hue and Saturation. You might have to fiddle with the numbers in order to get something that You might like.

Choose the Glamour layer and with Your magic wand click each letter and all now should be selected with marching ants. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this layer with a color or gradient of choice. Now paste Your tubes and position them along the text. After they are in place go to selections invert and tap Your delete key on each of those layers. Selections select none. Layers merge down all those tube layers until all the tubes are merged together.

Duplicate this tube layer and go to adjust gaussian blur 4. Place the original layers blend mode on Luminance and the copy blurred one on Luminance (L) put the opacity on about 80 or whatever looks good to You. I also gave it a blinds effect by going to effects texture effects blinds.

On the glamour text layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat selections invert and choose the tube layer and tap on Your delete key. This will get rid of the blurred area's outside of Your text. Selections select none. Now back to the glamour word text and go to effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity50 blur 7.00 color black. Delete the original text layer.

On the girl layer colorize it again to a color You like. On the pink strip I pasted a paper over it and then lowered the opacity. Another option You have is floating it and adding a new layer and flood filling the spaces and lines with 2 different colors. To do the paper find one You like go to edit copy and on the template go to selections select all selections float selects defloat. Edit paste as a new layer selections invert and tap the delete key. Selections select none. I slid the opacity down to 63 but of course this will vary depending on shades and likes.

Choose the Black bg layer and using Your magic wand hold down the shift key and click both area's on Your canvas and flood fill with a color or gradient of choice. Selections select none. Effects xero fritilliary 5 30 10 0. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 30 blur 10.00 color black. Delete the original layer.

On the dotted lines place the blend mode on Luminance. Give it the same drop but change the blur to 7.00. Now add Your main tube to the tag. You may have to change the canvas size in order to do so. You do this by going to image canvas size 700x700 and if You have excess tube just erase it with Your eraser. Duplicate the tube after You have it placed and again do the blur and then slide the opacity to about 70 or so and add a drop shadow to the bottom tube.

On the pink circles place this layer onto Luminance. So sorry I overlooked this layer. Add a drop shadow to it. Now add any of the elements from the kit You like and Your text. Merge Your layers resize or crop if needed add Your copyright and save as png.

Beware

2009-09-15T12:21:00.000-07:00

You will need the following materials to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Kelly. It's called Neon Halloween.

Thank You Kelly so much for letting Me use Your kits in My tutorials -hugs and kisses-.

Template 104 by Beth at BlissfullyBeth.

Thank You Beth for sharing Your templates -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I am using a tube by Keith Garvey and You can find all His wonderful tubes at MPT. You need a license to use any of His work.

Wordart of choice. I got Mine from Sarah. It is a PTU so I can't share sorry.

Open the tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. Shift+D on the template to duplicate it and close the original. Delete the copyright and background layer. We won't be needing either one of them. In Your layer palette choose the LG Black Rect layer and using Your magic wand click inside of it on the canvas. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color or gradient of choice.

On My colored layer I also lowered My opacity to 70. Adjust Add/Remove Noise Add Noise Uniform checked Noise 25 Monochrome checked. Delete the original layer. Choose the LG Orange Rect Layer and using Your magic wand click on the canvas. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color of choice or graident. Effects 3D effects drop shadow of choice or mine vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 40 blur 8.00. Repeat the drop shadow changing the vertical and horizontal to 0. Delete the original layer.

Choose the large text layer and holding down Your shift key click on each one. Once all selected add a new layer and flood fill it with a color of choice and selections select none give it the same drop shadow We used on the frame layer. Delete this original layer. On the text line go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this with a color of choice. Selections modify expand by 3. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this with white or another very light color and selections select none pull this under the text layer You filled previously. On the text layer go to effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 70 blur 0.00 color black. Delete the original layer.

On Your tube paste as a new layer and give it a drop shadow of choice I used vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 70 blur 10.00 color black. Now add Your word art if Your using some and the elements from Your kit of choice. Type out Your text give it a drop shadow of choice. Add Your copyright and save as png and Your all done.

Desire

2009-09-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following things.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I used by Rieneke. It's called Insane.

Thank You Rieneke for letting Me use Your kits in My tutorials -hugs-.

Template 32 by Beth from BlissfullyBeth.

Thank You Beth for sharing Your templates -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Ismael Rac Who is now at AMI. You need a license in order to use any of His artwork.

Eye Candy 5 Impact Gradient Glow (optinonal).

Open Your tube and template in psp minimizing the tube for now. Shift+D on the template to duplicate it and close the original also delete the copyright layer as We won't be needing it any longer. Image canvas size 700x700. I know it's big but You can crop or resize later. On the text layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color or gradient of choice. Selections select none. Effects Eye Candy 5 Impact Gradient glow. I just used the default settings. Add a drop shadow of choice or use My settings. Effects 3D Effects drop shadow horizontal and vertical 2 opacity 50 blur 2.00 color black. Delete the original layer.

With Your magic wand click on the gray rectangle layer inside of it. Selections modify expand by 3. layers new raster layer and fill it with a color or gradient of choice. I kept My selection going and found a paper I liked and went to edit copy and then pasted as a new layer. Selections invert and then I tapped on My delete key and selections select none. I put the blend mode on screen and the opacity down to 65. This is optional though. I just like a texture feeling without having to mess with a bunch of plug ins to get the desired effects.

On the original gray rectangle layer click on the black strip with Your magic wand. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it again with a color or gradient of choice. Selections select none. Effects texture effects weave with the following settings gap width and opacity 1 weave color black gap color I chose the lighter shade of My original color I filled it with and fill gaps is checked. I also applied the same gradient glow. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 100 blur 10.00. I repeated the drop shadow with the vertical and horizontal on 0. Delete the original layer.

With Your magic wand click on the white circle. Layers new raster layer and flood fill with a color of choice. Selections select none. Effects texture effects blinds width 2 opacity 10 color black both boxes checked. I did this twice. On Your tube go to edit copy edit paste as a new layer and position it into place. Now what I did on the area's that She overhung I erased the template parts of the cirlces and set her so that it was just right on the line of the frame. Effects 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings vertical horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 7.00 color black.

On the dotted circle You may have to zoom in but go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill with a color or gradient of choice. I added the same gradient glow and drop shadow as before. Delete the original layer. Now all that is left is adding the elements You like artist's copyright and Your name and save as png and Your all done.

Scraps With Attitude SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-14T22:39:00.001-07:00

The Gals at Scraps With Attitude are Doing it again.

Today and tomorrow only. So get Your kits and

accessories at they're lowest prices and show them

some support.

Good Girl With Alot of Bad Habits

2009-09-14T18:36:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Tiny. It's called Coffee Break.

Template 68 by Beth at BlisfullyBeth.

Thank You Beth for sharing Your creative templates -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I am using the tube Tiny included in Her kit.

This one should be a quickie for You all. Ok open the tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. On the template Shift+D to duplicate it and close out the original one and delete the copyright layer as We dont' need it now.

Choose one of the raster layers and using Your magic wand click it and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color of choice or gradient. Do this with all the rectangle layers. When Your done with this step delete all the original layers and close off all layers except the one's You just did and make sure of these layers are chosen in Your palette go to layers merge visible. Give this layer a drop shadow of choice and then unblock all Your layers.

On the brackets select them as You did above adding a new layer and flood fill with a color of choice and then go to effects texture effects weave with the following settings gap and width 1 opacity 5 weave color black and for the gap color I used the light color in My tag. Give this the same drop shadow as You did before.

On the text layer I used My magic wand on the letters at the top of the tag and clicked each one added a new raster layer and filled it with a color from My tag and used a very light blinds effect by going to effects texture effects blinds and then I added a drop shadow. Then I did the same with the bottom text only this time I didn't add the blinds effect.

Now just add your elements with drop shadows from Your chosen kit. Add Your name copyright and save as png and Your done.

Spooky

2009-09-14T15:45:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Tiny. This kit is called Happy Holloween.

Template 101 By Beth at Blissfully Beth.

Thank You Beth for sharing Your templates -hugs-.

Tube of Choice I am using the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott. You need a license to use any of her artwork.

Thank You so much Kathy for Your wonderful gift -hugs and kisses-.

Open Your tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. Shift+D to duplicate Your template and close out the original and also delete the copyright We won't be needing it. Find a color from the tube You chose and on the Rectangle layer use Your magic wand and click inside of it and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill this with that chosen color. Selections select none. Do this same step on the Orange rectangle layer. (Again I am guilty of playing with the papers and inserting them on top of my filled in layers and messing around with the blend modes). Remember to delete Your original layers.

On the frame layer You filled in go to effects 3D effects drop shadow and give it a drop shadow of choice or use My settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 40 blur 5.00 color black. On the spooky text layer in the layer palette I put the blend mode onto burn but for You it might vary and You might decided to just leave it black which is just fine. Just remember this is Your tag so do something You like not what You think I would like or make it totally look like Mine. This is just a guideline only and as such just make this Your own.

Choose the black dotted layer and go to selections select all selections float selections defloat and layers new raster layer. You might have to zoom in to see all the dots and then flood fill it with a color of choice and give it the same drop shadow We used from above. Choose the black star layer and with Your magic wand click on it layers new raster layer and flood fill with a color or gradient of choice. Do the same exact steps for Your orange star frame. Giving it the same drop shadow as before.

Add Your tube and elements of choice giving them the same drop shadow. Add Your name copyright and save as png and Your all done.

Girlie Girl

2009-09-14T11:16:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by Natasha. It's called Girlie Girl.

Template #64 by Beth from Blissfully Beth. You will have to download the template pack 61-70. She also has some other great templates and they are worth the download.

Thank You Beth for sharing Your templates -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I am using a tube by Rac and You find His tubes at AMI. You need a license in order to use any of His work.

Brushes or wordart of choice (optional).

Open the tube and template in psp. Minimize the tube for now. Shift+D to duplicate the template and close out the original. Delete the copyright as We wont be needing this any longer. In Your layer choose one of the stripes layers and using Your magic wand hold down shift as You click both stripes and then in Your layer palette click on the other stripes layer and from the kit choose a paper you like edit copy and edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections none and now delete the original layers. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 60 blur 5.00 color black.

The next step is optional in the way You wish to do it. Choose the frame background layer and use Your magic wand and click inside of it. Selections modify expand by 2. Now You can add a new layer and flood fill it with a gradient of choice or add a paper or do both. I chose to to do both one by adding a new layer and filling it with a gradient that matched My tube and then I chose a paper and did as above only I changed the blend mode in the layer palette to overly and put the opacity to about 65. You could now add either word art's or brushes of choice if You chose to do so. Either would work well or even place a line of text for the box too with Your text tool. There are endless opportunities for this template.

Choose the frame layer in Your layer palette and use Your magic wand and click it layers new raster layer and flood fill with a color of choice. Again I added another paper to it too and changed the blend mode. I just find it gives it a prettier texture when You don't feel like fiddling around with plug-ins and other effects. Give this layer a drop shadow of choice I used vertical and horizontal 1 opacity 45 blur 7.00 color black.

Delete all the original layers if You didn't do it before that We've already worked with and then go to Your tube and paste it as a new layer and place it where You like it. I had to resize by about 75 percent. You do this by going to image resize find a number to resize it by and percent all layers unchecked. Layers arrange bring to top. Give it a drop shadow of choice I used vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 25 blur 10.00 color black.

Do the stars as We have done all the other layer's. Don't forget Your drop shadows. On the text layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill with a gradient or color of choice. Selections select none now give it a drop shadow. Now just add the elements You like from whatever kit Your using adding drop shadows. Add Your text where You like a drop shadow copyright and save as png and Your all done.

Spooky Hollow

2009-09-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Tootypup. It's called Spooky Hollow. This kit

comes in both tagger and full size.

Thank You Both Susan and Stina for allowing Me to use this kit in My tutorial.

I am sure if You can't get this kit You could use any other's You might have and adapt it to this one using My tutorial as a guide.

You will need a tube of choice though I will be just sticking to the tubes in the kit.

Go to edit copy and edit paste on one of the houses of choice. Move it over just slightly. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black. Repeat it again with the vertical and horizontal on 0. Paste the gate as a new layer and give it this drop shadow vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 50 blur 2.00 color black.

Add the tp-window2 as a new layer and move it up so that it's even with the house and moon. Don't worry We'll fix the bottom to match with the house soon. Give it a drop shadow with the following settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 5.00 color black.

Add the tall grass as a new layer and slide this under the house making sure it went over the blank spots of the window's layer edge we added just a few minutes ago. Paste one of the ghost's

as a new layer but leave him on top. Paste one of the spider web and drag it to the bottom of the layer palette behind all other layers. I then added the cat and resized it slightly and gave it the same drop shadow as the very first I gave the house.

Now with Your crop tool crop around the image and once done go to layers merge visible. Move this merged layer down in the canvas a bit and then find a paper You like and paste it as a new layer and drag it below the merged layer. Image add borders 3 and choose a color from Your image. Keep it floating and go to effects texture effects weave gap width and opacity 5 weave color black and gap color choose from Your image and fill gaps checked.

All that is left is the text You plan to add and then save as a png. I just used a standard font that comes with vista and gave it a drop shadow to stand out and I saved it as a png.

Scraps With Attitude $1.00 Sale!!!!!!!

2009-09-10T18:04:00.000-07:00

Friday only You can get all the kits and items You can imagine from Scraps With Attitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So why not go have a look and show these wonderfully talented ladies Your appreciation.

Trick or Treat

2009-09-10T15:56:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit made by Missy it's called Trick or Treat. I You can't get this kit just another Halloween themed kit.

Template by Butter. Look under Her templates.

Tubes of choice. I used the work of Elias and You can find His tubes at MPT. You will need a license to use any of His work.

Font of choice.

Xero radiance optional.

Eye Candy 4000 optional.

Open the tubes and template in psp and minimize Your tubes. On the template Shift+D to duplicate the template and close out the original. Delete the copyright and background layers. We won't be needing them anymore. Choose the shape layer and with Your magic wand click on the canvas.

Find a paper from the kit Your using that matches Your tubes and open it in psp go to edit copy edit copy paste as new layer on Your canvas. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none and delete the original layer. Effects 3d Effects drop shadow with the following settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 55 blur 8.00 color black. Repeat with the vertical and horizontal -2.

On the dotted lines layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this layer with a color that compliments Your tube and tag. Give this layer the same drop shadow only change the blur to 5.00. Delete the original layer.

Ok this next step is kind of tricky so pay attention to what I say. On the rectangle layer use Your magic wand and holding down Your shift key click inside all of the squares. Selections modify expand by 2 and find a paper from the kit You like and paste it as a new layer doing as We did above. Here is the tricky part. Do NOT delete the original layer. Selections select none. Now on the rectangle layer do the shift thing again. We are now going to add our borders. Selections modify expand by 5 click ok and then go to selections modify select selection borders both sides and anti alias checked border width 2. Now add a new layer and flood fill it with a darker color. Drag this layer above Your rectangles filled layer. Selections select none. Give this layer a drop shadow of choice. Don't delete the original layer yet.

Back on the original layer go and do the magic wand again expande by 6 and paste Your tube as a new layer and position as You like it. I just used one tube in a laying down position so it would stretch over the squares. Selections invert delete and selections select none. Now here is the optional part. I duplicated My tube went to adjust blur gaussian blur 5.00. Effects xero radiance and used the default settings. Then so that the blur didnt' show outside of My frame layer I clicked on that original layer again with the steps as above went to selections invert and on the tube layers and then I hit delete and it removed the dark edges. Give one of the tubes a drop shadow of choice. I also lowered the opacity on the top layer to 85 percent.

Choose the bottom line layer and use Your magic wand on the canvas to select it and then do the same for the top line layer using Your shift key and holding it down as You click. Add a new layer and flood fill it with a darker color and go to effects texture effects weave gap size width and opacity on 1 weave color black and for the gap color I used a color from My paper. Add a drop shadow of choice and delete the original layer.

I gave My bats layer a gradient glow with Eye candy 4000 but that's optional and then I gave them a drop shadow.On the thin lines border use Your magic wand and while holding down the shift key add a new layer and flood fill it and then go to effects texture effects blinds and give it a light setting. Give it a drop shadow and then delete the original layer.

Now just add all Your elements, name, and copyright and Your done..Save as png.

Luvin Music

2009-09-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will the need the following supplies.

Scrapkit by Tiny called Luvin Music. If You can't get this kit follow along with another. Any kit will work for this tutorial as with any of My other's.

Rock chick template by ButterflyFlutterby. Look under templates and You will see it.

Tubes of choice.

Font of choice.

Open the tubes and template in psp minimize the tubes and on the template Shift+D to duplicate it and then delete the original. Image canvas size 700x700 and delete the copyright and background layers on the template. We won't be needing these. Open a paper from the kit and go to edit copy and on the Splatter layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat and the paste the paper as a new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none.

Delete the original layer and on the Splatter layer You made go to adjust add remove noise add noise gaussian and Monochrome checked noise 40%. You can always use Your own settings. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 3.00 color black.

Choose the back bar layer in the layer palette and with the magic wand click on the canvas and find another paper that compliments Your color scheme and copy it and paste it as a new layer to Your template and do as You did above. As You already have a shadow with the back bar don't give it a drop shadow unless You want to add a bit more definition of the layer. Delete the original layer.

Top fill frame use Your magic wand and get those ants marching and then hold down the shift while You click the other frame fill be sure to make that layer highlighted in the palette or Your ants will march all around the tag instead of where We want them. I had a small play with blending a few papers on top of one another and playing with the blend modes and opacity. You do this all in the way You did everything else. Use Your imagination and do something different after all this is Your tag not Mine and it does not need to be a carbon copy. When Your done go to selections select none and delete the original layers.

Repeat the same steps on both the top frame layer and bottom frame layer. With Your eye dropper tool click a light color from a color on Your tag and look in Your materials palette and take note of the H and S numbers go to adjust hue and saturation colorize and colorize the staples that are above Your frame layer. Delete the word art layer.

Choose the large note layer and with Your magic wand click the note in the template. Choose two colors from the tag or paper and go to Your materials palette and click on the gradient tab. Make a gradient with Your foreground and background colors. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this with that gradient. Selections select none and give it that noise effect but use the settings You like best.

Colorize Your top staple layer as You did with the previous one. I'm sorry I overlooked it. Choose a frame from Your kit. Preferrably one that is very small or an element large enough to put a background into along with Your tube. Paste it onto Your canvas. You might have to resize it and if You do go to image resize by 10 percent or whatever is needed all layers unchecked. With the magic wand click inside the element or frame and find a paper or color You like and paste it as a new layer or flood fill on a new layer selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none. Open the tube Your using and paste it as a new layer. Again use Your magic wand on the element and place the tube exactly as You'd like it then selections invert and hit the delete key so that the excess tube is trimmed.

Duplicate the tube layer and on the bottom one go to adjust blur gaussian blur 5.00 and click ok. On the top tube put the blend mode in the layer palette on soft light and go to effects texture effects blinds and give it a very light blinds effect.

Colors Of Change

2009-09-08T22:29:00.000-07:00

You will need the following things for this tutorial.

Scrapkit By Lynn at Scrappers Emporium. If You can't get this scrapkit any kit with a frame will do. Just use My tutorial as a guide.

Thank You Lynn for allowing Me to use Your kit for My tutorials -hugs-.

Tube of Choice. I will be using the one that Lynn supplied in Her scrapkit.

I have supplied the mask and font I am using here.

Ok open Your tube and mask in psp and minimize both for now. Open up a frame from the kit Your using and hold down the shift key as You press D on Your keyboard to duplicate the frame and then close out the original. Choose a pretty paper from the kit You've chosen to use and go to edit copy. Layers new raster layer and with Your magic wand click on the canvas then edit paste into selection selections select none. Layers new mask layer from image and on the pull down choose the mask that I supplied source luminance invert checked. (If the mask doesn't turn out right You might have to uncheck the invert box. I use vista so it might be different than other systems and versions of psp). Delete the mask layer and right click on the layer palette and merge group. Drag this layer down below the frame layer.Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with white and place this on the bottom of Your layer palette. This is just so that You can see how Your mask and frame looks.

On Your frame go to image resize by 58 percent all layers unchecked..Move the frame into place. I just moved Mine up a little bit I then with My eraser tool erased from the mask layer any of the mask that was still inside My frame which would of been the mask's frame. Find another paper that's complimentary to Your frame and mask and copy this and with Your magic wand click inside the frame's layer and paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none. I had to use My raster deform tool to pull My fill out in the frame to cover any of the exposed pieces on the inside of the frame and then with My eraser tool I erased the pieces that were on the outside of the frame. Be sure to pull this layer down below the frame layer.

On the frame go to effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal offset 2 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black. Repeat this step with the vertical and horizontal on 0 leave the rest of the settings as they are. This next step is totally up to You. I kept My tube outside of the frame layer because I liked how she looked and she was a full tube. For You that want to add her inside the frame click inside the frame layer copy Your tube and paste as a new layer selections invert and delete the excess by pressing your delete key. Selections select none. Give the tube both of the same drop shadows.

Add all the elements from the kit Your using and remember to give each layer a drop shadow. With the font I supplied I put a light and heavy one inside of the same font. Choose which one You like and type out Your text . The size will vary if You have tags or not so this last part is up to You on however You want to do it. You can delete the white background before saving so that it will blend into any background and then save as png. Add Your copyright and Your all done.

Fall Harvest

2009-09-08T18:01:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Kelly. I am using Autumn Harvest. If You are not able to get this kit any fall themed kit or a kit with a frame will do. Just use My tutorial as a guide.

Thank You Kelly for allowing Me to use Your kit for My tutorial -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I am using a tube by Barbara Jensen. You need a license in order to use any of Her work.

Font of choice or Mine.

Open up the frame into psp. Hold down shift while pressing the letter D to duplicate Your frame and then close out the original. With Your eye dropper tool find two colors from either the tube or kit that You like. The foreground dark background light. Click on the background color of Your materials palette and go to the gradient tab and use the following settings or Your own angle 124 repeats 3 invert checked style radial. With Your magic wand click inside the frame and when the ants begin to march go to selections modify expand by 10 and click ok. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this layer with Your gradient color. Adjust blur gaussian blur 5.00 click ok. Duplicate this layer and go to effects texture effects weave and use the following settings gap size width and opacity on 1 weave color black gap color I used an orange color but You could use Your lighter background color for it and fill gaps checked. In Your layer palette put the blend mode onto Luminance (L). You can experiment with Your blend modes to see what You like more.

Click on the frame layer again in Your layer palette and give it a drop show with the following settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 65 blur 10.00 repeat this step with the vertical and horizontal on 0. Ok now what I did since My fairy tube was pretty small for the frame itself I clicked back inside My frame layer once again added a new raster layer and pasted into selection I put the blend mode on Luminance (L) and lowered the opacity to about 30 and then I repasted My main tube as a new layer placed her where I wanted her and gave it the drop shadow we just used on the frame with the 0 settings. If You need more room go to image canvas size 700x700.

Now add the elements You want to use and give them the same drop shadow We have been using placing the elements as You like. Now open the font I supplied You with and type out Your text I had to use size 500 but then I'm using windows vista so it might be different than on other systems. I turned off the background and typed in the name Storm and then added the same drop shadow I'd been using and placed it where I thought it looked nice. Crop or resize if You need to and then add the copyright layer save as png and then Your done.

April & Rebel

2009-09-07T23:28:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to show off a pic of My Cousin April and Her new Husbands wedding. I had to steal it off Her Facebook cause I can't seem to get the hubby motivated to reinstall My digital and I have tons and tons of pics including they're 3 kids LOL I love em all..Anyhow I am very very proud of this girl..She has come such a long way in life and has had to live through so much for such a Young Lady. She is the daughter of My Uncle that most of You know I have spoken about off and on but not alot..Anyhow congrats You two I love ya..

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies to complete this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Debbie and You can get Her kit here.

This is Her newest kit and She has many many other's so please take a gander at all She and the store has to offer and I know they are offering some freebies for a limited time.

If You can't get this kit any Thankgiving or Fall themed kit will work just google free scrapkits and I'm sure on My blinkies and links You could find one or two.

Template by Butter from ButterflyFlutterby Creations.

Tube of choice. I am using tubes from the kit by Debbie.

Font of choice.

Thank You ladies for allowing Me to use Your kit and template in My tutorials -hugs-.

Please leave some love when You download.

Ok open the template and tube in psp and minimize the tube. Hold Your shift key while at the same time pressing D on Your keyboard to duplicate the template. Close out the original. Delete the copyright and background layers We won't be needing them. Image canvas size 700x700. You can always crop or resize later if You need to.

In Your layer palette for the group layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Find a paper in the kit You like and open it in psp and go to edit copy edit paste as a new layer selections invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard to trim off the excess paper. Selections select none and delete the original layer. On the doodle layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat layers new raster layer and flood with a color that is either slighter darker or lighter than the paper You chose for the group layer. Delete the original layer and on the one You just filled give it a light blinds effect by going to effects texture effects blinds with the following settings width 2 opacity 10 color black the other two boxes marked and click ok. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 40 blur 2.00 color black.

Do raster 3 the same way filling it with a slightly darker color to compliment the one's You've used so far and give it that same drop shadow not forgetting to delete that original layer. On the back rectangle layer find another complimentary color for it and go to Your magic wand and click on that layer in the canvas and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with the color You chose. Effects texture effects weave the gap width and opacity all on 1 weave color black gap color black and the box checked now click ok. Delete that original layer and go to effects 3D effects drop shadow and use the following settings or one's of Your own horizontal and vertical on 2 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black and repeat this with the vertical and opacity set on 0.

Choose the Inner BackRectangle layer and use Your magic wand using it on the canvas go to layers new raster layer and fill it with a complimentary color. I just used the colors that were set inside my swirls background from the paper as most papers are textured therefore it gives You other colors to play with to match. Selections select none and give it the same blinds effect You did on the swirls.

Now choose the dotted line fill layer and with Your magic wand click on the canvas layers new raster lay and fill it with a complimentary darker color. Delete the original layer and back on the one You just filled give it the same blind effect You did the others. Go to the outter dotted line layer selections select all selections float selections defloat add a new raster layer and flood fill this with another complimentary color. Delete the original layer and give it a drop shadow with the following settings horizontal and vertical on 1 opacity 40 blur 2.00 color black. Do these same steps for the inner dotted line layer.

On the circle background layer use Your magic wand and click the circle in the canvas and when the ants are marching go to selections modify expand by 2 and with that same paper as You used on the swirls edit copy edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none and delete the original layer. On the black I'm stuffed text layer give it the same drop shadow We just used. Leave the white circle frame shadow as is and click the layer above that one and using Your magic wand click on the canvas to get those ants marching and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with another complimentary color. Selections select none and then give it that same texture weave we did before on the other frames layer. Give this layer a drop shadow of vertical and horizontal 1 opacity 40 blur 10.00.

Now on the eyelet and tag eyelet layers go to adjust hue and saturation colorize and adjust it to match the colors of Your layers. On the tag layer use Your magic wand and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill the layer with one of the lighter colors You have used. Selections select none and give it the same blinds effect that's been used. On the black tag Happy Thanksgiving drag that layer under the white one just below it. Effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal 1 opacity 40 blur 2.00 color black. On the tag screen color go to selections select all selections float selection defloat and layers new raster layer flood fill it with a similar color to Your tag color and delete the original layer leaving the shadow layer Butter already has in place. Now on that same string layer You just filled go to that same blinds we did before but change the options where there is no check on light from left/top all other settings remain the same. Then delete the black outer text layer.

Another option You have on all the text layers is You could colorize them or fill them but I left them as they were. Now all that is left is adding Your tube and the kits elements. Now if Your adding the elements of the kit I'm using Your going to have really resize them down. As in the girl I had to go to image resize by 15 or 20 percent and so on with the other elements. After adding all the elements You want add Your name and voila Your finally done.

Leaves Of Fall

2009-09-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

You will need to get the following supplies for this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Rieneke which You can purchase from here. She also has a wonderful tutorial site and You can find that here.

If You can't get this kit then use another and follow My tutorial as an example. Any kit will do as always with My tutorials.

Thank You Rieneke hon for allowing Me to use Your kit for My tutorial -hugs and kisses-.

Template by ButterflyFlutterby.

Thank You Butter for sharing Your templates -hugs-.

If You download please show her some love.

Two close up tubes of choice. I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey. You can find His tubes and licensing information here.

Font of choice.

Open up the tubes and template in psp. Minimize the tubes and on the template hold down the shift key+D at the same time to duplicate it and close the original. Delete the copyright and background layer We won't be needing them. In Your layer palette choose the mask layer and go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. From the kit find a paper You like and open it in psp. Edit copy Edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none. Delete the original layer and add a drop shadow of choice. Effects 3D effects drop shadow. I chose vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 40 blur 10.00 color black.

Next choose the fat lines layer and do as You did above. I did change My drop shadow to the following settings though vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black. I then repeated changing only the vertical and horizontal to 0. Do the same steps for the thin lines also. You could always use a color fill too if You don't want to use a paper. Either method would work for this tag.

In Your layer palette choose the label 1 shadow and with Your magic wand click this layer with wand on the canvas. Layers new raster layer and fill it with a complimentary color from Your papers or tube. Keep the ants marching and then click on the label 1 layer and add a new raster and flood fill it with another complimentary color. Add the same drop shadow We have been using and delete the original layers. For those other layers above in the layer palette do the same steps as We just did.

In Your layer palette go back down to the Top Backplate layer use Your magic wand on the canvas and add a new raster layer. Fill it with a complimentary color. Slections select none. On the layer above it called Top Fill use Your magic wand again and add a new layer or paper of choice and do it as We did the other paper parts. Just remember to keep deleting all the original layers and add the drop shadows. Now do the same with the other frame layers as You did the other one. You can either colorize the screws or leave them as they are and add a slight drop shadow. Just use a color from Your plate maybe a little light and go to adjust hue and saturation colorize and fiddle around with the settings some.

Now on the frames background go to selections select all selections float selections defloat and resize Your tubes as needed by going to image resize by 45 percent all layers unchecked as an example and place it in the frame. Selections invert and then hit the delete key to trim to excess from the tube. Add a drop shadow to each tube that You use. I did lower My opacity on the backgrounds of the frames as it was awful dark and I wanted to fade it a little bit. This is optional of course.

Now all You need to do is add elements from the kit. Resizing as needed and adding drop shadows as You go. Then on Your nametag add the name or text You wish to use and add a drop shadow. Add Your copyright if there is one and crop or resize if needed and save as png and Your done.

Fairy Fall

2009-09-06T08:49:00.000-07:00

You will need these supplies for this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Jaye from Scrapping-Delights. Just search under her scrapkits label and look for Mini Orange and Lemons.

Thank You Jaye for letting Me write tutorials with Your kits -hugs and kisses-.

Leave some love if You download for Jaye please.

Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Barbara Jensen. You will need to purchase a license in order to use her tubes.

Font of Choice.

Open the tube and scrapkit. Minimize Your tube in psp and open the frame that's inside the kit. Hold down the shift key while pressing D to duplicate the frame and close out the original. Image canvas size 700x700. You can crop or resize later if You need to. With Your magic wand click inside of the frame. Selections modify expand by 7 now choose a paper from the kit and go to edit copy edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and on Your keyboard press the delete key and slide this layer under Your frame layer.

Open the tube You have minimized and go to edit copy edit paste as a new layer duplicate and slide one under the frame and leave one above the frame. Now on the top tube erase any of the hanging parts You don't want on the frame. For Me it was the stomach and arms I erased. You can add a drop shadow of choice to the bottom layer but I chose not to..If You choose to go to effects 3D effects drop shadow and put the settings to what You like.

Add a drop shadow of choice to Your frame layer and from the kit pick out the elements You want on the frame. Resize if needed and add drop shadows. Before adding Your name and copyright crop or resize Your image now this way the text looks better on Your tag. Now add Your name and copyright and Your all done. Save as png and Your ready to go.

Beary Scary Halloween

2009-09-05T23:10:00.000-07:00

You will need to get the following supplies in order to do this tutorial.

Scrapkit by Sarah from Pimp My Tags W/Scraps. If You can't get this one use another Halloween themed tutorial. Any will work with this tutorial as all My other's.

Thank You Sarah hon for letting Me use Your kit -hugs and kisses-.

Template by ButterflyFlutterby Creations.

Thank You for sharing Your templates hon -hugs-.

Tube of choice. I am using the work of Elias Chatzoudis. You can find His tubes and licensing information here.

Font of choice.

Penta VTr2 optional.

Penta Jeans. It's at the same link as above.

I am dedicating this tutorial to My friend Tony. You might be gone but Your never fogotten. I miss You and love You as much as I did 4 years ago when You were taken way too soon from Me. Good Night My Rock. I will see You one day.

Ok open the template and tubes in psp and minimize the tube. On the template hold down shift while pressing D on Your keyboard to duplicate the template. Close the original out. Delete the copyright layer and background layers as We wont' be needing them. Go to image canvas size 700x700. You can crop or resize later if You need to. With Your dropper tool choose a light color and dark color from Your tube or the kit and in Your layer palette choose the Bracket Backplate layer. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this with a color of choice. Selections select none and delete the original layer. Effects 3D Effects drop shadow and give it a shadow of choice I used vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 5.00 color black. Repeat it with the vertical and horizontal set to -1.

Choose the next Bracket Backplate and using Your magic wand click on it in Your canvas. Layers new raster layer an flood fill it with a gradient of choice. I used angle 180 repeats 1 invert unchecked and linear for the style. Selections select none. Delete the original layer. Effects Plug ins Penta.com VTR2 and use the default settings. Give this layer the same drop shadows You used on the previous layer.

In Your layer palette choose one of the bar layers. Holding down Your shift key click on both layers in Your canvas. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with Your dark color or whatever color You used on that very first layer. Delete the original layers. On the dotted lines layer for the blend mode I placed it on soft light.

On the small bracket backplate use Your magic wand once again. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color from Your tube. Effects penta jeans amount 20 border width 4. I did this twice. Now up up Your tube and position it kind of the way I did. If Your using another tube You can always select the original layer in Your palette and use Your magic wand and edit copy on Your tube edit paste as a new layer and then selections invert and delete the excess from the tube. Now add the same drop shadows as before and delete the original layer.

On the Beary Scary Halloween layer go to selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color of choice. Selections select none. Give it the same drop shadows as You did with the other layers and delete the original text layer. Choose the Bracket Infill layer and click on it with Your magic wand and from the kit Your using find a paper that matches Your colors or close to it and edit copy and edit paste as new layer. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard. Selections select none.

In Your layer palette highlight the Bracket layer and go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer. Flood fill it with a color light than the paper You used or whatever fill You chose. Use the same drop shadows as previously. Delete the original layer.

On the bracket infill layer use Your magic wand and with Your tube go to edit copy and edit paster as a new layer. Selections invert and hit delete on Your keyboard. Give it the same drop shadows as previously put the blend mode as overlay and slide it down under the frame if You haven't done so already. On the tag layer use Your magic wand and click on the canvas. Selections modify expand by 2. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color of choice. Give the tag layer the same drop shadow as You used for all other layers. Now all that's left is adding all of Your elements from the kit with Your name typed on the tag and Your all done. Save as png.

You are My life now

2009-09-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial.

Template By Babe at Babe's Designz.

I am using Her Twilight template.

Thank You for making templates available for Us to use hon -hugs-.

Scrakit by Sarah over at Pimp My Tags w/Scraps. It's called Nevermore.

Thank You Sarah for letting Me use Your kit for My tutorial -hugs-.

If You can't get this kit there are alot of twilight themed freebies out there and use My tutorial as a guide.

Tube of Choice. I'm using one I downloaded from Anti Social Disorders.

Thank You Nita for allowing Us to use Your tubes -hugs-.

Trinkets of Choice. Again these came from Anti Social Disorders made by Nita.

Open the template and tube and minimize the tube. On the template hold down Your shift key and D at the same time to duplicate it and close the original out. Delete Babe's copyright layer We won't be needing it. Let's also delete the white background too. Image canvas size 700x700. We just need it big enough to work with. You can crop or resize later if needed. In the layer palette choose the bars layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. From the kit choose a paper. Edit copy edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and delete the excess from the paper layer. Delete the original layer. Effects 3D effects drop shadow and give this layer a shadow of choice I used vertical and horizontal 1 opacity 100 blur 3.00 color black. Then I also did it again only this time the vertical and horizontal -1.

This next step is optional I did the same thing as I did with the bars adding the paper and then I took it a step further and put the blend mode on screen and the opacity at about 85. This time I did leave the original layer beneath it and gave it the same drop shadow but instead I only used the -1's. On the butterflies layer I gave it a drop shadow of vertical horizontal -1 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black. On the rec one layer do as You did with the moon using a paper of choice. Do the same on the frame layer and then add a drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 100 blur 5.00 color black. Remember to delete the original layer.

On square one use Your magic wand and click on the canvas then holding down Your shift key do the same with the second one. I chose another paper this time and used a red one to keep to the them of Twilight lol but You can do it as You want to do it. Use the same steps from above and then delete the original square layers. Now do the two square frames as We did above. Give the word art's and heart the same drop shadow.

On the main frame highlight it in Your layer palette and then using Your magic wand click inside of it. Selections modify expand by 10 now paste Your main tube inside this frame. If Your using the same tube You'll need to resize it. Image resize by 50 percent all layers unchecked. Place it where You like it. Selections invert and hit the delete key on Your keyboard to trim the excess tube. Duplicate this tube and go to adjust blur gaussian blur 7.00 and then lower the opacity to about 70. Use these same steps for the smaller squares. Do the same for the star layers and give it a drop shadow. Then add any adornments from the kit You want and or trinkets. When done save as png and your done.

Pimp My Tags w/Scraps

2009-09-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

The ladies over at Pimp My Tags w/Scraps have some new kits available for You.

And they are all at affordable prices and even offer freebies on They're blog. You can

find all of they're kits and things here. Thank You ladies for sharing Your talent and

allowing Me to help You out.

XOXOXOX

Jynxi

Spotty

2009-09-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

You will need these supplies for this tutorial

Scrapkit by Jaye at Scrapping-Delights. The kit I am used is called Seeing Spots and You can find it listed under scrapkits here.

Thank You Jaye hon for making such wonderful stuff for Us to use -hugs and kisses-.

Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey and You can find his tubes here. You need to have a license to use his work.

Mask and font of choice or mine.

Brushes or wordart of choice.

Supplies

Open the mask and tube and minimize them in psp. Now go to the kit and open the frame. Hold down Your shiftkey while pressing D (shift+D) to duplicate the frame and close the original out. Image canvas size 700x700. Now go to layer new raster layer and slide this under Your frame layer. Selections select all and open up a paper from the kit. Paste into selection selections select none. Layers new mask layer from image and find MsKels mask source luminance and invert checked. Delete the mask layer in Your layer palette and then merge group.

Click on Your frame layer and using Your magic wand click inside of it. Selections modify expand by 10. With Your eye dropper tool choose a color from the mask layer and with Your bucket tool flood fill this layer with that color. Open the tube go to edit copy paste as a new layer. In Your layer palette make sure to highlight the frame layer and now choosing Your tube layer again go to selections invert and hit delete so that we can get rid of the excess tube that's outside of the frame. Selections select none. Duplicate Your tube and go to adjust blur gaussian blur 5.00 put this layer's opacity to about 80 percent or so. On the mask layer I also lowered the opacity to about 50 percent. Ok let's start adding some drop shadows. Effects 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings vertical and horizontal on 0 opacity 100 the blur 10.00 color black. On the frame layer do a drop shadow but change the settings to vertical and horizontal to 2 opacity 65 blur 5.00 and color black.

What I did next was added a new layer and used a brush on the background. I stamped it around to try to get all the exposed blue color behind my tube. When I was done I made sure my frame was highlighted in My layer palette used my magic wand to click inside of it selections modify expanded by 10 again selections invert and made sure the brushed layer was the layer highlighted in the layer palette and I hit delete on My keyboard. I put this layer on Luminance (L) and the opacity down to about 80. I used a blinds effect on My tube and the brushed layer. This is optional and You don't really need to do it. If You do You can use blinds that's built into psp.

Open up the heart lock and go to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer.Go to Image resize by 40 or 50 percent all layers unchecked. Duplicate this. Slide one under the frame layer. On the top copy use Your eraser and erase along the frame. Give the bottom layer the same drop shadow we used before. Open up the butterfly and paste it as a new layer onto Your canvas and put it in the right hand corner up at the top. Resize this by 50 percent and give it the same drop shadow as before. Layer's merge visible and resize this by pixels all layers checked and if not open the font I supplied and click on Your dropper tool choose a dark and light color for Your foreground and background colors. Click on the text tool and choose the font from the drop down menu and size it as You like and type Your name or whaterver You wish to say. Give it the same drop shadow as before. Add Your copyright layer and save as png and Your all done.

Scraps With Attitude

2009-09-05T02:17:00.000-07:00

The gals at Scraps with Attitude have alot of stuff up right now at the shop with very

affordable prices. Please show these ladies some support they have some awesome

kits and other goodies for all You taggers. They also have a few freebies up until

September 11th. So go get em while they last. You can find the store here. These

ladies have alot of talent. Thank You ladies for sharing such aswesome talent with

Us fellow taggers.

XOXOXOXOX

Jynxi

Temptation

2009-09-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this Tutorial.

My scrapkit or another of choice. Mine is made by Missy over at Scraps With Attitude and You can find that here or here.

Template by Vix and You can get that here. Scroll down and You will find it about the middle of the page.

Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Keith Garvey and You can find His tubes here.

My font, mask, and texture or choose Your own. You can find these here.

The mask was made by MzKels who's site is no longer up.

Open up the tube and template in psp and minimize the tube for now. On the template Press down Shift+D and duplicate it closing the original. Image canvas size and in the layer palette delete the copyright layer we won't be needing it.

Go to Layers New Mask Layer. Find a paper from the kit and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer to Your image. Load from image and choose the MzKels mask I supplied or one of Your choice. In Your layer palette delete the mask layer and then merge group. Image resize by or 80 percent all layers unchecked. On this same layer in the palette put the opacity down to about 50 or 60 . This is just choice as I like My masks to kind of blend into any background when I save it as a png. I also slid it up just a little bit behind the template.

Find Your eye dropper tube and choose two colors from Your tube one light one dark for Your materials palette. Click on the forground in Your materials palette and when it opens up click the gradient tab and use the following settings angle 315 repeats 1 invert unchecked and click ok.

In Your layer palette chose the Diagonal Boxes layer and with Your magic wand and click the top left hand square. You should have marching ants around the two boxes if not hold down Your shift key while You click on the box under the first one. Layer's new raster layer and Flood fill it with Your gradient. Keep Your ants marching and go to new raster layer and on the texture I supplied go to edit copy and paste as a new layer over on Your main image. Selections invert now hit delete on Your keyboard. On this step You could of used a textured paper from Your kit if Your using the one I am or from another kit. Imagination is key and it's what makes Your tags shine out as being Your own. Put the Blend mode on hard light.

Now in Your materials palette let's change the graident settings and use the following on Your foreground color Angle 217 repeats 0 invert unchecked. In Your layer palette choose the Diagonal Boxes layer once again and go to layers new raster layer and with Your magic wand click on Your bottom diagonal box and You should have marching ants around the two of them if not use the steps as I listed above. Now open up that texture again and with Your selection tool set to the rectangle tool drag in the middle of the texture and go to edit copy and on Your main image go to layers new raster layer and then edit paste into selection and put the blend mode on Luminance (L). Delete the original Diagonal Boxes layer.

On the gradient fills You did with the boxes give them both a drop shadow of choice by going to Effects 3D effects drop shadow and use these settings vertical alnd horizontal on 2 opacity 45 blur 5.00 color black. Repeat this drop shadow again only the vertical and horizontal changed to -1. With Your eye dropper tool on Your tube find two different colors one dark one light and go to the gradients tab in Your layer palette on the foreground color and use the following settings angle 180 repeats 1 invert unchecked. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with Your gradient. From the kit as the ants were still marching I opened paper 14 and went to edit copy and edit paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit delete on My keyboard. You could use that texture I used if You can't use this kit or another paper of choice. The results will still be the same only Yours will look different but that's ok. In the layer palette I put the blend mode onto Luminance (L) and the opacity to about 20. Again if Your using another paper this might differ for You so just use what You like best. Delete the original layer. Give the gradient layer the same drop shadows as You did above.

In Your layer palette choose the Large Rectangle layer and with Your magic wand click on it in Your image. Layers new raste layer and flood fill it with another gradient of choice. This time I will let You choose what to use. Now when that's done open Your tube of choice and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer. With Your selection rectangle tool use it on the over hang over the box and delete it. Duplicate this tube and go to Adjust Blur Gaussian Blur 4.00 and then lower the opacity to about 65 and give the bottom tube a drop shadow with the following settings vertical and horizontal on 2 opacity 50 blur 10.00 color black. Repeat with the vertical and horizontal on -1. On the Large Rectangle dots move it below Your tube layers and put the blend mode on Overlay. This is choice I also used My tube and placed inside the rectangle. I just used My magic wand and did the paste as new layers inverted the layer so that I could delete the outer layers and duplicated each one and used the same blurs. I then used a blinds like effects filter you can get the same sort of results just using the built in blinds that psp has built into it. Now when Your done with all of the tube layers etc delete the original layer to the rectangle.

On the Temptation layer use Your magic wand and click each one while holding the shift key down. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a gradient of choice. I then used the same blinds effect on it that I used for My smaller tube layers. I then deleted the original layer and lowered My opacity to about 40 and added the same drop shadows I did as My large tube layer.

Now for Our elements from this fab kit. I opened up the ipods and pasted them onto My canvas and resized them by 20 percent as they were quite large and gave them the same drop shadows as all of My tube layers. I added two of the lips to match the ipods and resized them by 15 percent and used the same drop shadows as I did before. I also added the ribbons resizing again by 15 percent and used the same drop shadows. I added the ribbon tag element and resized it by 66 percent and then used the deform tool to stretch it just to fit across the rectangle layer gave it the same drop shadow but only once with the -1's. On the circles I floated them then added the bubbles element and inverted and deleted to get rid of the excess. I put the blend mode on hard light and lowered the opacity to about 75.

Now resize Your image if it's needed if not open the font I supplied and with Your text tool sized to 26 make sure You create as vector and with the nodes turn it to match the tag and stretch the sides out so that it's as long as the tag as You wish. Add a drop shadow with these settings vertical and horizontal 0 opacity 100 blur 2.00. I did the same with the ipods as I did with the tag text. Now add any copright if needed and save as png.

2009-08-24T11:59:00.001-07:00

This award came From Kathy at Kathy's Place. Thank You so much.

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Aqua at Aqua Rebel Designz.

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Doris from Scraps Dimensions.

Cherished

2009-08-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

Things You need for this tutorial.

Scrapkit called Cherish from Cinnamon scraps. You can find it here. Look under Her freebies and You will find it.

Tube of choice. I chose to use the artwork of Barbara Jensen. You can find her tubes here. You will need to purchase a license if You want to use any of Her tubes.

Brushes of choice or wordart of choice.

Open the kit and choose a frame from the kit. I chose frame 5. Image canvas size 700. Hold down the Shift+D to duplicate the frame and close the original. Choose a paper from the kit. I chose paper 3 and go to edit copy and then on the frame use Your magic wand and click inside of it. Hold down Your shift key as You keep clicking on all the empty spaces in the frame. Selections modify expand by 10 and click ok. Go to edit paste as a new layer. Then go to selections invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Pull this layer under the frame layer. On the frame layer give it a drop shadow of choice. I used the following settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 44 blur 3.00 and color black.

Open the tube Your using and go to edit copy and then on the frame edit copy and paste as a new layer. Duplicate this layer in Your layer palette. Place one above the frame and one below the frame layer. On the one above the frame use Your eraser and erase the excess from the frame and on the lower erase just where you can see a hint of her leg through the circles. Give the bottom layer the same drop shadow as before.

I then added the swirls. I resized them down a bit and then arranged them how I liked and changed the blend modes to luminance (L) and the opacity to about 50. I then used a flower from the kit and pasted it as a new layer put it where I wanted it and then added the same drop shadow I'd used before.

I then used a brush after adding a new layer and used a color from the tube and stamped it. I placed it under the tube and then put it on luminance (L). I added a couple of flowers to the frame and gave it the same drop shadow and added My name and then resized and saved as png.

Kathy

2009-08-23T18:03:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following supplies

Scrapkit by Brandi at Grunge and Glitter. The kit is called FlutterByLove and it's a freebie which You can find here. Look to the left side of Her blog and click on freebies and scroll down You will find some other pretty kits there too. Please do leave some love when downloading on Her Shoutbox.

Thank You Brandi for being so kind and making kits for Us to use -hugs-.

Font of Choice or Mine here.

Tube of Choice or Mine here.

Misted tube of choice or Mine here.

Word Art or brushes of choice.

VanDerLee's Unplugged here. It's not free but they have a demo version You can download.

FM Tile Tool's which You can get here.

Open the font and minimize into Your taskbar and the tube in psp and minimize for now. From the kit choose a frame of choice. I used frame 4. Open it in psp and with Your magic wand click inside the frame. Hold down the shift key as You do this and click below the bow at the bottom too so that Your ants are marching in all 4 area's of the frame. Selections modify expand by 10 and click ok.

With Your eye dropper use a color that matches the frame or bow and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill the selections with Your flood fill tool. Slide this layer down under the frame layer. On this layer go to effects FM tile tools blend emboss with the default settings hit ok and do this a few times or until it looks a little bit darker. Open the misted tube and on the tube layer go to edit copy and then on the frame go to edit paste as a new layer. In Your layer palette right click on the misted tube layer and duplicate. Adjust blur gaussian blur 4.00 and click ok. On raster 3 in the layer palette put the blend mode onto Luminance(L) and the opacity down to about 15 or so. On the copy layer do the same only put the opacity at about 30 or so. Do the same emboss at the default settings a few times. Effects VanDerLee's UnPlugged-X and go to light and under the color settings using a color from the image or frame and then the rest of the settings should remain on default and click ok.

Now open the woman tube and go to edit copy and then on the frame layer paste as a new layer and place her as You like. Image resize by 70 percent all layers unchecked. Use Your selection tool rectangle and cut off the excess that's below the frame layer selections select none. Duplicate this layer on raster 4 put the blend mode on Luminance(L) and leave the opacity at 100 and go to the copy layer and do that same blur lower the opacity to about 50. Give it the following drop shadow vertical and horizontal 2 the opacity 50 blur 10.00 and color black repeat this again and do the vertical and horizontal -1 and click ok. Be sure Your frame layer is on top of all the other layers in Your palette.

Now add Your word art or brushes but if You use brushes remember to add a new raster layer. You can play with both the word art and the brush settings in the palette and set them to the way You like them best. Click on the eye dropper tool and select a dark and light color for the foreground and background. Now go to the text tool and select either the font I supplied or the one You chose to use and type out Your name or whatever You wish on it. Stretch the text out if You need to and make it as You want it and then convert to raster layer. Do the same drop shadows. Go to layers Merge visible..Resize the tag if You need to and save as png and Your all done.

Bubble

2009-08-23T12:08:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following supplies.

Template 34 on Melissa's site and You can find that here. Scroll down and You will find the template I am using and maybe a few more goodies.

Thank You Melissa for making such wonderful templates and scraps for Us to use. Please leave her some love when You download in Her shoutbox and just show Her Your appreciation.

Scrapkit I'm using is made by Kirsty. It's called Bubblegum and it's her newest PTU. You can find it here.

If You can't get this kit use another one of choice and just follow along using this tutorial as a guide. If You look to the right hand side of My blog I do list some great sites that have alot of kits You can download for free and they all very pretty.

I am not using any artist tubes for this tag but You can if You choose too. I wanted to use Kirsty's tubes she had put inside.

Font of choice or Mine here.

VanDerLee's UnPlugged -X interlace optional. It's not free but there is a demo version available to download here.

Penta dot and cross optional here. it's in Japanese or Korean so just scroll down to the garbage collection and download it into Your filters folder.

Remember if Your downloading the filters and putting them in You need to restart psp so that it recognizes them.

Open the font and minimize in Your taskbar. In psp open the template and hold Your Shift key down + D to duplicate the template and close out the original and delete the copyright layer because We won't be needing it any longer. I always delete the backgrounds as I always save My tags as a png file so it will match any background. Ok if Your using an artist tube or what have you choose 2 colors from it with the eye dropper tool if not choose an element from the kit or a paper to get the colors from. Now in the materials palette click the foreground color and when the box pops up go to Your gradient tab and use Foreground-background with the following settings angle 302 repeats 1 invert checked and style on linear and then click ok.

In Your layer palette choose the bottom square layer and with your magic wand click on it in the template. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this layer with Your gradient. Selections select none. Now duplicate this layer and go to adjust blur gaussian blur and use 4.00. Delete the original grey filled layer. Now on Your upper layer You could add a noise filter blinds whatever You like. I did this I went to adjust add/remove noise add noise with the following settings uniform and monochrome checked and noise at 20 percent. Then I went to effects texture effects blinds with these settings width 2 opacity 10 color black and both boxes should be checked. I did the blinds twice.

Click on the dots layer in Your palette and go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood the top circles with Your background color. Now fill the other dots with another color in about the same scheme or another if You choose.

Selections select none. Add the same noise You did on the other layer. Effects 3D effects drop shadow. I used these settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 5.oo and the color black or whatever you like to use. Delete the grey layer.

In Your layer palette choose the rectangle layer and again choose two colors you like and make the foreground into a gradient with the same settings as above. Don't be afraid to change whatever You wish because this is Your creation not Mine. Use Your own artistic talents and make it Yours. On this layer use your magic wand tool and click on it in the template. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with Your gradient. I kept the selection going and from the kit Kirsty made some mask like effect layers so I used one of those pasted it into the selection as a new layer went to selections invert and deleted off the excess. I put the blend mode on overlay and reduced the opacity to 71. If You aren't using this same kit You can use brushes inside the layer and do the same blend modes etc. but it might vary depending on what Your using. Selections select none. On raster 3 give it a drop shadow. Delete the original grey layer inside the layer palette.

Click on the square backgrounds in the layer palette and use your magic wand while holding the shift button down on Your keyboard as You click both squares. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a gradient of Your choice. Now this is another part where You can become creative once again. I used VanDerLee's UnPLugged-X interlace at the default settings or You could use blinds that is built into psp. They do offer a demo on site but I'm not sure if they have all the settings inside the filter available. Go to Effects and choose the VanDerLee's interlace and just use the default settings. Delete the original background layers to the squares.

In the layer palette choose the square frames layer and again do as You did above with the square background layers. I filled mine on a new layer with My darker color and then went to effects penta.com color dot which is in the same collection You downloaded earlier. I used the default settings on this. I did effects texture effects blinds at a very low setting to give it just a little bit of a darker toned color. Effects 3D effects drop shadow and use the one We'd used previously. Delete the grey frames original layer.

Once again in the layer palette choose the narrow lines layer and using Your magic wand as You hold the shift key down again click on both and flood fill with a color or gradient of Your choosing or do it just like We'd done earlier if You so choose. Remember before You fill to add a new raster layer and then flood fill it. Go to effects penta.com dot and cross and use the default settings. Add a drop shadow to this layer. Delete the original grey layer.

If Your using the bubblegum kit choose the hippos and open them in psp on each one go to edit copy paste as a new layer and then go to image resize by 30 percent all layers unchecked and position them in the frames layer. Add a drop shadow to both. If Your using another kit and it has tubes do the same guidelines just keep in mind the sizing might be smaller or bigger depending on what your using.

From the kit I used the pink bow ribbons and resized them at 30 percent and added the same drop shadows after I put each one where I wanted them. I just duplicated the first one and mirrored it and then positioned it where I wanted it. I then chose to use the bubblegum hearts and resized duplicated mirrored and drop shadowed the same ways I did My bows. I then added the bubblegum ribbon 4 and erased a few spots to make it look as if it was wrapped around the frames layer and gave it the same drop shadow. I also added the blue green ribbon and resized it at 40 percent and added a drop shadow.

With the font I supplied click on the text tool and type Your name in. I added the same drop shadows as I had done with all My other elements. When Your done just go to layers merge visible and resize it to a size that's most comfortable to You but using pixels this time with all layers checked.

Velvet

2009-08-17T18:01:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following supplies.
Scrapkit of choice or the one I'm using by the wonderful Fi and You can find her blog here. The kit is here and it's called Velveteen.
Tube close up of choice. I used a tube by the wonderful Keith Garvey and You can find His tubes here.
Mask which I have supplied for You. You can get it here.

Open the tube and mask.Minimize them in psp and and from the kit choose a frame and then go to image canvas size 860x860. I know it seem's huge but We can resize it later. On the frame image do shift+D to duplicate the image and then close the original.

With Your magic wand click inside one of the hearts and go to selections modify and expand by 15 and then with your tube go to edit copy and on the frame image go to edit paste as a new layer. Place it in a position over the heart the way You like it then go to selections invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Do the same with the other heart on the other side of the frame. I went to image mirror for My other heart. In Your layer palette right click on the top tube layer and merge down then merge down again so that Your heart frame is now all merged together.

Go layers new raster layer then selections select all. In the kit find a paper that matches Your frame and go to edit copy and then on the frame image go to edit paste into selection and go to layers new mask layer from image and on the pull down choose the mask I supplied or the one Your using and make sure source luminance is marked and invert mask data unchecked. In Your layer palette on the mask layer right click on it and merge group.

Now pull the mask layer below Your frame layer. On the merged frame layer go to image resize by 70 and then on the mask layer go to image resize by 75. Back to the frame layer go to effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal on 2 opacity 100 blur 2.00 and color black repeat it with the vertical and horizontal at -1 and click ok.

Now Just add Your chosen elements and the same drop shadows. Type out Your name and then resize Your tag if You need it and add Your copyright.

Beauty

2009-08-15T21:33:00.000-07:00

For this Tutorial You will need These supplies.
Scrapkit Iced Candy by the lovely Lynn from Scrappers Emporium and
You can find it here.
Thank You Lynn for letting Me write tutorials with Your kits -hugs
and kisses-.
Template from the Creative Misfits Blog here.
Tube of choice if You choose to use one. I didn't for this
template and the kit was already pretty enough.
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact optional here.
Brushes or wordart of choice optional.

Open the template in psp and Shift+D to duplicate and close out
the original. Image canvas size 600x600 and then delete the
copyright layer and the background layer.With Your eye dropper
tool pick two colors either from the kit's elements or a tube if
Your using on. Either is fine.

In Your layer palette choose the squares layer and go to
selections select all float selections defloat. Layers new raster
layer and flood fill it with a color You chose.A side note here
though I used a texture from My materials palette and then flood
filled the floating squares. I just wanted something a little
different. Please experiment and see what You like. Then I added
some noise by going to Adjust add/remove noise add noise with the
following settings uniform 45 and monochrome checked. Effects 3D
effects drop shadow. I used the following settings vertical and
horizontal 0 opacity 40 blur 5 and color black. Delete Your
original squares layer.

In Your layer palette choose the back layer and go to selections
select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster
layer and flood fill it with a color or gradient of
choice.Selections select none. Effects texture effects weave with
the following settings gap size width and opactity all on 1 weave
color black and gap color a lighter shade than the color you
filled the layer with. Delete the original back layer.

In Your layer palette choose the frame layer and with your magic
wand click on the frame that's on your canvas.Layers new raster
layer flood fill it with either the light or the dark color You
chose from the tube or the element from the kit. Selections select
none. Effects texture effects blind with the following settings
width 2 opacity 10 color black and both boxes checked. Give it the
same drop shadow You used before.I also after I did the original
drop shadow I gave it a -1 to for the outer part of the frame to
have a shadow.

In Your layer palette choose the kiss layer and go to selections
select all seclections float selections defloat and flood fill it
with one of Your colors and give it the same noise You gave the
boxes. I also gave it the same drop shadow.

In Your layer palette choose the layer that says in the eye of the
and go to selections select all selections float selections
defloat and flood fill it with one of the colors You chose.
Effects Eye Candy 5 Impact and it give it the default settings I
chose to do it twice and added the same drop shadow. Delete the
original layer.

Do the same as the above with Your Beholder and Beauty's layer's.
When done don't forget to delete the original layers. On separate
layers add Your brushes or else word art in the box. If Your
brushes are bigger You can always click on Your box layer and go
to selections float all selections defloat and then go to invert
and hit the delete key on Your keyboard on the brush layer so that
Your not overlapping or You can also add brushes to the background
under the template. Just play around and I'm sure You'll come up
with something You like.

I didn't realize that this was a normal kit so You will really
have to resize the elements..For instance the bow I used I had to
resize it to 20 percent and it did it this way. I went to image
resize by 10 percent and made sure all layers was unchecked. Then
I used My selection tool and drug it around the end of the bow and
deleted the excess I didn't need. You could leave it on there just
be sure to move the bow under the frame layer. It looks good
either way actually. When I added the heart padlock I resized it
by 10 percent and drug it under the text layer. I did the same
with all the rest of the elements I used and then added My text.
When I cropped My tag I also sharpened it by going to adjust
sharpness sharpen.

Awards

2009-08-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

I received this lovely away from Lynn. Thank You so much for thinking of Me. I love it.
The rules for accepting this award are as follows:-

1. Add the award to your blog.

2. Link to the persona who has given you thae award.

3. Nominate 7 or more blogs.

4. Leave a message on their blog letting them know they have one lovely blog.

I am nominating the following people for this award:-

Creative Misfits Blog
Fi's Fault and Scraps
LadyQueen's Creations
Kirsty
Sarah and TammyKat
Kristin
Seachell's Scraps

Peaches

2009-08-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial.
Scrapkit by the wonderful Sarah from Pimp My Tags with Scraps
which You can purchase here.
Thank You Sarah for allowing Me to write My Tutorials with Your
kits -hugs-.
If You can't get this kit just follow along with any other kit
that has a frame and flower elements etc. So long as it's pretty.
Tube of choice. I used the art of Barbara Jensen and You need a
license to use her work. You can find her tubes here.

Open up Your tube and whatever frame from the kit and minimize the
tube for now We wont' be using it for a little while. Let's duplicate Your frame by holding
down the shift key on Your keyboard while pressing D at the same time. Then close out the
original. Go to image canvas size 700x700. This way We have some
room to work on the canvas. You can always crop or resize it later
when We are done. With Your magic wand click inside Your frame and
choose a paper from the kit and go to edit copy and then paste a a
new layer over Your frame and then go to selections invert and
press delete on Your keyboard and go to selections select none.
Effects texture effects blinds with these settings width 2 opacity
10 color black light from left/top checked the other unchecked.
Slide Your paper layer under the frame layer in layer palette. Go
to effects 3D effects drop shadow and give that frame a healthy
pretty shadow. I used the following numbers vertical and
horizontal on -1 the opacity 50 blur 10.00.

Open Your tube go to edit copy and paste as a new layer. You might
have to resize and if You do go to image resize by percent and
make sure all layers is unchecked. Add the same -1 drop shadow and
then add vertical and horizontal 2 the second time. This is where
You can get creative You could use a mask behind the frame but I
Myself didn't like how it looked so I didn't use one. You could
use brushes around the frame on another layer and slide it under
Your frame layer even word art would work. I am going to add
elements from the kit now though for Myself.

After adding Your elements or whatever You want on it crop it add
Your name and copyright and Your done. Hope You enjoyed this
tutorial.

Love Is

2009-08-13T16:55:00.000-07:00

ScrapKit Girlie by the wonderful Fi here.
Look under freebies.
Thank You Fi for sharing such pretty kits with Us -hugs-.
Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of the wonderful Elias Chatzoudis. You cand find his tubes here. You must have a license to use any of his artwork.
Xero Porcelain which is a free download here.

Open the tube in psp and with Your eyedropper tool find two colors You like and then from the kit open a frame of choice. Press down shift while D on Your keyboard and when a new image opens close out the original. Go to image canvas size and put it at 800x800 and click ok. This way We have room to work and You can always crop or resize when We're done. With Your magic wand click inside the frame on the blank canvas. Selections modify expand by 5 and click ok. From the kit find a paper of choice You like and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer over the frame. Selections invert and on Your keyboard press the delete key and selections select none. Put the paper layer beneath Your frame. Give Your frame a drop shadow of choice by going to effects 3D effects drop shadow.

Open Your tube go to edit copy and paste as a new layer. You may have to resize Your tube. If You do go to image resize by percent and make sure all layers is unchecked. Go to effects Xero Porcelain and use the default settings. I did mine a couple of times to show off the effect a bit. Effects texture effects blinds with the following settings width 2 opacity 10 color black and both boxes check click ok. I did this a couple of times too. Add a drop shadow to the tube I also put my settings on -1 and then a positive 2 so that the full tube showed the shadow. Then just add any elements from the kit and remember to drop shadow. Then crop Your tag adding Your name and copyright if You have one.I also added some random word art so that the background didn't look so plain. I hope You enjoyed this tutorial.

Misfit

2009-08-12T22:08:00.001-07:00

Things You will need for this tutorial:
Template by LeAnn from Creative Misfits Blog here.
Scrapkit by Kirsty from here.
Tubes of choice if You want to use an artist but I won't be using one as I wanted a tag without one.
Wordart of choice.

First let me start off by saying I didn't really care for how this tutorial turned out but I thought I would post it anyway lol. I hope somebody might like it LMAO

Open the template in psp and hold down the Shift key while pressing D at the same time and then close the original. Delete the copyright layer and go to image canvas size 700x700 and click on ok. You can crop or resize it later if You need to. Delete layer 5 in Your layer palette and use your magic wand to click on Layer 1 on Your canvas. Open up one of the glitters in the kit and go to edit copy and then paste as a new layer on your canvas. Selections invert and then hit delete on Your keyboard and then selections select none.Delete the Layer 1.

On Your canvas choose the Frame 1 and use Your magic wand to select it and then holding down shift do the same for the next 2 frame layers. In the kit look for a paper that closely matches the color of the glitter paper You used and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer.Then do the invert and deletion once again. Go to adjust add/remove noise add noise with the following settings Uniform checked noise 15% and Monochrome checked. I did this twice on My paper layer.

In Your layer palette click on the border layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Find another paper of choice and do the invert and deletion once again and then delete the border layer.

On layer 3 use Your magic wand making sure that it's highlighted in you layer palette and using your magic wand click on the black border of the arrows. Find another of the glitter papers and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer and invert and then delete the paper. Keep the ants marching and now using Your magic wand click inside the arrows and do the invert and deletion again and go to selections select none. Add the same noise filter. Follow all the layers with a drop shadow of choice but on the inside of the arrows do one twice. Do one with normal numbers and then the next turn around go with -1.Remember to delete each original layer.

Highlight the Text layer and with Your magic wand select the stars and the misft word that is between them as You hold down Your shift key. Layers new raster layer and flood fill this layer with a color from one of the elements or Your main tube if Your using one. Add the noise once again with the same settings as before and add your drop shadow. Now do the other two misfit words with different colors and ad the drop shadows don't forget to use a new raster layer for each word. Add the elements You want and then
Your all done.

Lynn

2009-08-12T14:57:00.001-07:00

Scrapkit by the wonderful Lynn here.
This kit was free at the time of this writing.
Thank You so much Lynn for allowing Me to use Your kits in My
tutorials.
Template by Annu at the Mistfits Blog here.
Tube of Choice. I chose to use a tube that was made by the
awesome artist Ismael Rac. This tube was an exclusive tube
for Creative Misfits. You can join the forum and get it
here.
Please do join Us We have alot going on everyday.

Open Your tube and template in psp. Minimize the tube for now and
on the template delete the copyright layer and go to image canvas
size 700x700 You can crop it later. Press down on Shift+D and
close the original.

First open Your tube and with Your eye dropper tool use two colors
and minimize it again. On Your template use Your magic wand and
click on the layer. Layers new raster layer. You will have those
marching ants. Fill this layer with a color You chose from Your
tube. I turned My two into a gradient set at 0 inverted unchecked
and linear. Go to effects texture effects blinds 2, 25, color
black and both boxes checked. I did this twice. Go to Adjust
add/remove noise add noise with the Uniform Chosen at 15% and the
bottom box checked and click ok. Delete the Layer 2.

On Layer 3 in Your layer palette use Your magic wand and click on
it in the template. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with
one of the colors You chose. Go to effects texture effects weave
and use the following settings gap size 2, width 8, opacity 15
weave color black gap color white fill gaps checked. Now give this
layer a drop shadow of choice by going to effects 3D effects drop
shadow. Delete Layer 3 in Your layer's palette.

Choose Layer 4 in Your layer palette and with Your magic wand once
again click on it and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill
it with another color from Your tube. Add the same blinds and
noise You did on the previous layer and then delete the Layer 4 in
Your layer palette. And then on Layer 5 do the same things You did
on Your last frame layer. I also chose to delete the flowers but
You can keep them on if You want and just do as We did with the
other fill's.

On the REBAL MISFIT layer go to selections select all selections
float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill
with a color of choice but keep the ants marching and then go to
selections modify expand by 3 go layers new raster layer and flood
fill it with white and now selections select none and pull that
layer below Your text layer. Repeat these steps for Your copy
layer. Then add Your same drop shadow.

Now add Your tube or tubes and resize if needed and place them how
You like. Give it a drop shadow. Now add any of the elements from
the kit You like giving them each a drop shadow. I also added a
random word art I had in My folders. Now just go to layers merge
visible crop or else resize and add Your name and copyright and
Your good to go.

Come and Get It

2009-08-11T21:15:00.001-07:00

Template by Kristin here. It's pack 60-69.
Scrap Kit is by Sarah and TammyKat at Pimp My Tags W/Scraps which You can find here.
If You can't get this scrapkit then use another one and just follow along using my tutorial as a guide. Any scrap should work for this tutorial easily.
Tube of choice. I used the wonderful artwork of Ismael Rac and You can find His tubes now at AMI. He recently moved from MPT. And You can find His tubes here.

Open Your tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. On Your template go to image size canvas 700x700 and click ok. Now delete the credits layer.

With Your eyedropper tool choose two colors from Your tube. In Your layer palette highlight the Rectangles layer and using Your magic wand choose one of them and go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with one of the colors and it should fill both layers. I chose to use a gradient out of My two colors with the following settings Angle 323 repeats 1 invert unchecked style linear. This is a personal choice though and isn't needed.

On the Words1 layer go to effects 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings vertical and horizontal on 0 opacity 100 blur 5.00 and color black.

On the skulls layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat and then go to layers new raster layer and flood fill with your two colors. I put the lighter color on my darker side and my lighter color on the lighter side to kind of try to coordinate it. Add the same drop shadow You used for Your words layer.

In Your layer palette choose the square layer and with the magic wand click on it. Go to layers new raster layer and food fill with a color of choice from Your tube. On the dots layer give it the same drop shadow We have been using so far. Now delete the original layers of Your skulls, rectangles, and square.

On Your frame layer use the magic wand again go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color from Your tube then
go to effects texture effects blinds and use these settings width 2 opacity 25 color black and both boxes checked. I did this twice.

Highlight the Words 2 layer go to selections select all selections float and then selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a color from Your tube but keep the ants going now go to selections modify expand by 2 and go to layers new raster layer. Flood fill the new layer with white and slide it under Your other filled words text. See no filters for a gradient glow lol Delete Your words 2 layer and add the same drop shadow You've been using.

Now on the words 3 layer do as You did on the words 2 layer.On the hearts layer use Your magic wand while pressing Your shift key at the same time and select all the hearts and go to layers new raster layer and flood it with a color from Your tube. Then give it that same drop shadow and delete the original hearts layer. Repeat this step for Your Stars too. Add your tube and resize if needed and give it a healthy drop shadow.

Now then just add all the elements from the kit You like add drop shadows. Layers merge visible. Resize if You need to add Your name and copyright and then Your done.

Sweet Shop

2009-08-10T12:47:00.001-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial.

Template 76 by Yvette here. Scroll to new tag templates 76-80 and download.
Scrapkit Candy Shoppe by Justine here. But any scrapkit would work for this.
Tube of Choice. I chose the artwork of the wonderful Elias Chatzoudis and You need a license to use any of his work. You can find His tubes here.
Alf's Power Toys Color Abs here. It's a free download.
Xero Fritillary which is a free download here.

Open all Your materials in your psp and let's go. Open the template press Shift+D to duplicate it and close out the original one. Go to image canvas size by 700 so that We can see what We are doing.

With Your eyedropper tool go to Your tube and choose a color from it and go to Your template and in the layer palette make sure the rectrangle layer is highlighted and with your magic wand click on it. Go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with the color You chose. Go to Effects xero Fritillary with the following settings Granularity 10 Agression 30 Tesselation 54 Variation 85 and hit ok. Keep the ants marching and now go to Selections modify expand by 3 go to layers new raster layer and flood fill it with white. Slide this layer under Your filled rectangle layer.Delete the original rectangle layer.On the flood filled white layer give go to effects 3d effects drop shadow and give it the settings of vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 blur 5.00 and the color black.

Choose the small circles layer and with the shift key on Your keyboard pressed down choose both circles with Your magic wand. When both have the marching ants around them go to layers new raster layer and go to your materials palette with Your foreground color the same as You chose from Your tube and Your background color white go to gradient and use the following settings angle 323 repeats 3 invert checked and style linear flood fill your new layer with this gradient. Selections select none and then go to Effects texture effects blinds with the following settings width 2 opacity 50 color black and both boxes marked.Now give it the same drop shadow You did Your rectangle layer.Delete the original layer.(Side note I also gave that new raster layer a setting of -1 one to the drop shadow. This is just a preference and You don't need to do it. I just think it's more defined and looks better).

In Your layer palette choose the circle layer and go to layers new raster layer. In Your materials palette change the gradient back to your original color and then with the magic wand choose the circle once more and flood fill the new layer with the color. Keep those ants marching now go to layers new raster layer and fill again with that same color and now go to selections select none and go to effects texture effects weave with the following settings the gap width and opacity should be 1 the weave color black the gap color white and fill gaps checked and click ok. Now in the layer palette put the opacity down to 34. Now give it the same 2 drop shadow You did on the rectangle layer. Now on that top circle go to merge merge down to make it a single layer and delete your original layer.

Now in Your layer palette click on the dotted circle layer go to effects Alf's Power Toys Color Abs and move all the sliders to 255 and click ok. Give it Your same drop shadow.

Now in Your layer palette choose the text layer got o selections select all float selections defloat and go to layers new raster layer and choose another color close to the same color you used from your tube and flood fill that layer then keep those ants marching and go to layers new raster layer and from the kit choose a glitter paper and go to edit copy and paste as a new layer over the floating text layer go to selections invert and press down on the delete key on your keyboard and lower the opacity to 73 and put the blend mode onto Luminance (L). Click on the Text background and give it that same drop shadow We've been using throughout the tutorial.Delete the original text layer and on the glitter layer go to layers merge down and then delete the text layer and when it's gone on Your filled layer do the merge down once again.

Now edit copy and paste as a new layer Your tube resize it if needed and place it on Your tag to Your liking. Give it the same drop shadow You did everything else.

Now just add any elements from the kit You like Your text resize if You want to and then add your copyright and save as png and Your all done.

Grandpa's Angel

2009-08-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was hard for Me to write. That is My daughter and Her Grandpa right before His struggle with emphasyma ended on June 21, 2008. He suffered this for years unknown to all of us until it was too late to really treat other than keeping Him comfortable. Shelby was the last person to make him smile 2 day's before He died. He never smiled again. I hold that memory close to My heart as I write this and dedicate this to a trouble relationship between father and daughter except the last year or two before He passed. I miss Him everyday and I don't think there's a day that goes by that I don't think about Him and wished I could hear his voice or put My arms around Him for a hug. My message is if You still have both of Your parents hold them close to You because one day they will be gone and You will be left with so many things unsaid and undone. I love You dad and miss You everday.

The only things You will need for this tutorial are an image of choice and scrapkit. The kit I chose came from a wonderful designer named Lynn over at Scrappers Emporium and You can find that kit here

Open up one of the frame's from the kit.I used the Tonal Touch 2 for My tag. Do a shift+D to duplicate it and close the original out. Image canvase size 800 click on ok. With Your magic wand click inside the frame layer above and below the bow. With the ants marching go to selections modify expand by 7 and click ok. Now go to Your paper You chose and go to edit copy and then paste as a new layer on Your frame image. Selections invert and then on Your keyboard hit the delete key. Keep those ants marching and go to Your image and edit copy now go to layers new raster layer and then paste into selection. In Your layer palette on the blend mode put it to luminace legacy.Slide both those layers under Your frame layer.

Now this is preference. I chose to add some elements and the first was the Tonal Touch Diamond Trail. You can add it or not it depends on You. I went to edit copy and pasted as a new layer and then I slid it into place. I then used My magic wand again in the frame layer and went to selections invert and then pressed my delete key once more. I erased the part that hung in My dad's and Daughter's faces. I then went to Effects 3D Effects Drop shadow with the following settings on the new layer vertical and horizontal 1 the opacity 50 and blur 5.oo.

Then so that I had room to work with and add the other elements I went to layers merge visible and went to image rezsize and resized by 90 percent all layers unchecked and added anything else from the kit I thought would look nice. Add the same drop shadows to the the frame and other elements that you used on the first tube you added to the image.

Add any elements of choice and then go to layers merge visible add
whatever copyright if any you need to and save as png. Your now done.

Time

2009-08-08T13:47:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following:
ScrapKit Minutes to Midnight Freebie Add-On by Yarrow here.
Tube of choice or Mine here. Please use the copyright provided if You use it. Thank You.
Misted image of choice. I can't share Mine sorry. I am sure if You googled some You could find safe images for Your tags and creations.
Word art of choice.
Xero Porcelain which is a free download here.
FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss optional only.You can get a demo version here.

Open up the frame that's supplied in the kit and go to image resize to 500 hit ok. Image free rotate free rotate left by 90.00 and hit ok. Choose one of the papers from the kit and minimize it for now. With Your magic wand on the frame layer hold down the shift key on your keyboard and click above and under the bow inside the frame. Selections modify expand by 7. With that paper You chose go to edit copy and paste as new layer over your frame and go to selections invert and hit your delete key on your keyboard. Now slide that layer under your frame layer. Now with your misted tube copy and paste as a new layer and click the delete key on your keyboard. Selections select none. now put the misted tube layer's blend mode onto Luminance (L) and the opacity to 18 or however it looks best to you. If You have a blend emboss filter You like to use You could use it on the misted tube or not. It looks good with or without it to Me.

On the misted tube layer go to xero porcelain and use the default settings. I did it a few times to make my tube layer look a bit more softened.

With either the tube You chose or Mine edit copy and paste as a new layer to Your canvas. If Mine You will need to go to image resize by 70 percent all layers unchecked. Now place Her where You like the look of it. Go to effects texture effects blinds and use the following settings width 2 opacity 10 color black and both boxes under the color checked.Go to Effects 3D effects drop shadow and put these settings on both the lady tube and the frame layer vertical and horizontal offsets to 0 opacity at 100 blur 5.00 and color black.Put Your tubes blend mode to luminance(L).

With Your word art edit copy and paste as a new layer place the blend mode onto soft light and again You could use that emboss filter if You chose to or leave it as it is.

I used the font Love Light Rob which is a pay font sorry I can't share it. I chose a dark color for My background and turned off My foreground and typed out My name. I used a drop shadow with these settings vertical and horizontal 2 opacity 50 the blur 5.00.

Just resize Your image and add the copyright save as png and your all done.

A Bit Of Grunge

2009-08-07T16:27:00.001-07:00

You will need the following supplies for this tutorial:
Alf's Power Tools Color Abs here. It's a free download.
Xero Fritillary here. It's a free download.
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow optional name only here. Not
a free download sorry.
Close up tube of choice. I chose Elias Chatzoudis and You can find his tubes here.
You can not use His work without first purchasing a license.
A bit of Grunge kit from Pink Princess Scraps here.
This Tutorial can be done with any scrapkit though. Just follow My tutorial as a guide.
Template here.
The one I used came from Bel Vidotti and if You scroll down the
page You will find it.
This was a new template challenge the ladies of Misfits Forum
did.
Please leave some love when downloading the template.

Open the tube and template in psp and minimize the tube. Image canvas size 700. I always make My canvas bigger so that I can see what I'm doing easier. Delete the copyright layer as We won't be needing it now. In Your materials palette choose two colors from the tube. A dark and light color or even use another that might look good with the tag.

On the rectangle layer go to selections select all selections float selections defloat. Layers new raster layer and flood fill the layer. Don't deselect yet. Layers new raster layer and and go to selects modify expand by 5 and flood fill that new raster layer with your lighter color. Now You can deselect. Go to effects edge effects enhance. I did this twice but it's a personal choice. I just liked the look. On this same layer go to effects Xero Fritillary and use the default settings. Effects 3D Effects drop shadow vertical and horizontal on 2 opacity 100 blur 5 and color black.

On the Misfit word layer selections select all selections float selections defloat layers new raster layer in your materials palette change the repeats to 3 and flood fill the new layer. Effects texture effects blinds width 2 opacity 10 color black horizontal and light from left/top checked. Use the same drop shadow you used on the rectangle gradient layer.

Click on your magic wand and in the layer palette choose the upper rec and lower rec layers while pressing shift and making sure both are selected. Layers new raster layer flood fill them with your gradient after putting the graident to 0 repeats. Delete the upper and lower rec layers leaving the one you filled and effects edge effects enhance and then giving it that same drop shadow.

In Your materials palette change the gradients repeat to 3 again and then click on your magic wand and in your layer palette while holding shift down again and choose the squares. Layers new raster layer and flood fill both layers with the gradient and repeat all the above steps.

On the upper and lower dotted line go to effects Alf's Power Tools
color abs and move all three settings to 255 on both those layers. Add the same drop shadow only put the vertical and horizontal to 0. Now add Your close up tube to the rectangle layer erasing any excess that might hang over the bottom adding the same drop shadow you gave to the dotted line's layers.

With Your text tool type out your name. I added a slight gradient glow with my Eye Candy the setting 3.oo and on the color tab I put it at medium and white and then added the same drop shadow I used for my tube and line layers.

Add any elements and Your copyright resize if You need to and Your all done.

Pinky

2009-08-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

Check out the tag I made from one of Bel's Vidotti's kits. It was called Pinky and is available on her site here. This woman is one very talented lady who makes the best scraps that I have seen that are available as freebies. Bel I just wanted to show You how much We all appreciate Your work and the time You put into Your creations. -hugs and kisses-

Candy Girl

2009-08-05T12:23:00.000-07:00

For this tutorial You will need the following things:
First of all if You download any of these ladies things please leave them some love it takes them alot of time to make the things they do to allow Us to make all these wonderful tags.
Template I used #20 from Pooker. Click on templates and on the
right hand side she has a list of older one's that are available
in zips on 4 shared. That is where this one will be here .
Scrap came from LadyQueen's site.I used Her Easter Candy kit.You
can find that here.
Thank You Reina for letting Me use Your kits in My tutorials -hugs
and kisses-.
Tube of choice if You so desire. I wanted to make a tag without
one for a change.
Eyecandy 400 gradient glow. Not a free filter sorry. You can get
it here.

On Your template Do a shift+D to duplicate it and then in the
layer's palette delete the copyright layer. We wont' be needing it
any longer and then close the original template.and then go to
image resize canvase and resize it by 700. I know it's big but you
can resize it later if You need to.

In Your layer palette choose the large cirle layer. Selections
select all float selections defloat and then find a paper you like
from the kit and paste it as a new layer ontoyour
canvas.Selections invert and then hit your delete key on Your
keyboard.Selections select none and on Your new layer go to
effects eye candy 4000 gradient glow with the following settings
glow width white the other settings on this tab set to default and
then draw only outside checked. On the color tab use the fat
setting and your color white opacity at 100. Effects 3D effects
drop shadow vertical and horizontal 3 opacity at 5 blur 5.00 and
your color black. Now go back to the drop shadow and do it again
only change it to -3. Now delete the original circle layer.
In Your layer palette choose the diamond frame and go to
selections select all selections float selections defloat now add
a new raster layer by going to layer's new raster layer. Choose a
color from one of the papers or tube that you might be using and
fill this layer with it then go to selections select none and
delete the original diamond frame.Now on Raster 2 do the drop
shadow same settings only this time put the 3's on 2's. Delete the
original layer.

In Your layer palette choose the medium circle and go to
selections select all. selections float selections defloat and
choose another of the papers from your kit.Repeat the steps You
used for Your very first circle layer.Add the gradient glow in the
eye candy putting the fat setting to thin and click ok. Effects 3D
effects drop shadow with the same settings as the diamond layer
repeating it at -2 again.

In Your layer palette choose the small circle layer and go to
selections select all selections float selections defloat layers
new raster layer and flood fill with the same color you used for
your diamonds. Effects texture effects weave all numbers on 1
weave color black gap color white and fill gaps checked. Use the
same gradient glow you used on raster 3 and then the same drop
shadow only this time don't do it twice and delete your original
small circle layer.
Ok for the flowers layers what I chose to do was open the Alpha
Beads and took my colors from those. So on the largeflowerset1 go
to selections select all float selections defloat and go to layers
new raster layer and flood fill it with a color or gradient of
choice. Then using the same eye candy gradient glow and drop
shadows. You can do the shadows twice if you like or not. I just
think doing it twice with the negative numbers defines it much
more than without. Now delete Your original layer.
Now repeat these same steps for the rest of your flowers. You
could even play around with some of the built in textures of psp
as they would look nice. I just chose to leave them plain this
time.

For My text what I did was I opened up the alpha and used my
selections lasso tool and drew around the candy letters and copied
and pasted as a new layer to spell out my candy girl layer.I added
the same gradient glow and drop shadows as my other parts of the
tag.

Now open up the candy jar and copy and paste as a new layer to
your tag. Image resize by 40 percent make sure that resize all
layers are unchecked and place this down by the last flower or
wherever you like it. It doesn't matter. Be different and don't do
any of my tuts to the T because then you aren't trying to use your
creativity and that's what makes each of us unique.
Next what I did was I used them same buttons again and spelled out
Reina and then I went into my layer palette and merged down until the last letter was merged and then added the same gradient glow and drop shadow to the text layer. You could always use a font to type it out but I wanted it to be different than the ordinary tags We seem to always be making.Now just add any of the extra elements You like and place em around the tag and save. You are now done. If Your in a group where you have to use a copyright please use
LadyQueen and her blog's address. Thank You for trying My tutorial.

Broken Halo

2009-08-04T12:04:00.001-07:00

What You need for this tut are:
The frame I used which You can find on Vix's blog site scroll under free elements and You will find I think about halfway down the page. You can get this here.
A mask of choice. Mine came from a group challenge and I don't know who made it so I can't share I'm sorry. Vix has some awesome masks on her site under goodies here.
Xero which is a free filter here.
Eye Candy 400 which is a pay to use filter which you can get here. You really don't need to use this as I only used it for the text and My halo tube from the kit and used it on the copyright layer because some of My groups use black backgrounds and this way it makes the text legible.
Font of choice. I used Bilbo which is a pay font You can find that here.
I used a scrap kit from Justine which was a PTU but You could use any scrap elements You wanted it would be just fine with this tut and just use my tutorial as a guide.You can find her kits here or check on the right side of My blog under My CT tags and click on the scrap shops link I have up.

Open Your mask and minimize it in Your psp then shift + D to duplicate frame image close original out with the eye dropper tool choose two colors from your tube or the frame.On your materials palette on the foreground color choose gradient angle 295 repeats 2 style linear.Layers new raster layer..Flood fill it with Your gradient. Layer's new mask layer from image. In the source window choose your mask that you minimized.In Your layer palette on Your mask layer merge and merge group I also chose to duplicate my mask layer so that it defined the butterflies a bit more. Adjust add remove noise add noise uniform noise 20 monochrome unchecked.

On Your frame layer use Your magic wand and while holding down the D on Your keyboard click in each frame's circle while the ants are marching go to selections modify expand by 3. Layers new raster layer and then flood fill it with your gradient. Selections select none. Layers new raster layer again use your magic wand on the frame circles and do as above.once done then go back to that new layer and flood fill it with your regular color.

Effects texture effects texture gap size 1 width 1 opacity 1 weave color black and gap color white fill gaps checked.In your layer palette put the blend mode onto soft light and lower the opacity by 57 or whatever looks good for you. Try to experiment and see what looks best to You. On Your frame layer go to effects 3D effects drop shadow vertical 2 horizontal 2 opacity 30 blur 10 I used a color from the frame for the shadow. Now repeat the drop shadow put the vertical and horizontal at -2.

In Your layer palette be sure all Your layers are below the frame layer. Now again use Your magic wand and click inside the frame layer's circles and go to selections modify expand by 8 and on your tube edit copy paste as a new layer..arrange it how you like.I used my full tube on the first two cirlces and then I went back to selections invert and on the tube layer I hit delete on my keyboard. I again with my magic wand clicked on my frame layer on the last frame and I pasted my tube and deleted it as the other layers all with the same steps.

Slide the tube layers down below your frame layer and then what I did on My tubes the first one I used radiance at the default settings and then porcelain 2 times on my remaining tube layer then I used a blinds effect and lowered the opacity of my first tube to 90 and left the other one as it was. Now add a drop shadow again to your tube layers but change the blur to 5 and the color black and again do the -2 too.

Now let's add our text so click on your text tool and type out Your name or whatever it is You wish on it and convert it to raster layer and add the same drop shadow twice. While My text was still in vector I stretched it out a bit to fit fully over my tag. But again this is choice.

Now all You have left is to add some of the elements of Your scrap and add Your copyright layer and Your good to go.

Rac Bitch

2009-08-02T19:47:00.000-07:00

You will need the following for this tut:
Eye Candy 3.1 here. I think it's still a free download though I'm not totally sure. If You need help with it just use the shout box or email me.
Choice of mask.
Mine came from Vix's psp under goodies here.
Tube of choice.I got Mine from The Padded Cell here. Whom the wonderful artist Ismael Rac made special for the group.

I made this just as a quickie tag for those of you that don't know what to do with text or need some idea's.

Open Your font and minimize it for now.

open your tube and with your eyedropper tool pick two colors from it and then click on your layer palette and choose gradient with the following settings: angle 325 repeats 3 invert checked style linear.

Layers new raster layer and flood fill this new layer with your mask. On your layer palette on the mask merge group.

This next part is up to You but what I did was I put a gradient glow from eye candy 4000 and then used a slight drop shadow.I used
the following settings for the gradient glow Glow Width 3.oo and then I left the rest on the regular settings.On the color tab I chose thin and white.

Click on Your text tool and type out Your name or whatever you wish to be on Your tag..Then convert your text into a raster layer in your layer palette. I stretched mine out a bit and then used eye candy 3 I used the default settings.

Still on Your text go to eye candy 4000 on the basic tab Glow Width 7.00 the rest of the settings I left on default for the color I used pink and fat settings.

COpy and paste your tube as a new layer and put it where you like it.Add a drop shadow of choice. Add Your copyright if You have any and your done.

She's a Star

2009-08-01T18:36:00.001-07:00

I used template 14 made by Chica here. Scroll down until You find it.
I used a Scrapkit called She's a Star by Pink Princess Scraps and You can find that here.
Thank You very much Vicki for allowing me to use Your kits
in My tutorials -hugs-.
If You don't have this scrap and can't get it just follow
along using another and my tutorial as a guide.
Eye candy 4000 gradient glow which a pay filter and You
can get it here.
Xero porcelain a free filter here.
Choice of Tubes. I used Fedx2k7 and You can find his
tubes here. I got them when they were listed as free tubes on MPT's free tube
page.

Let's start off by duplicating Your Template Image by holding
down Your shift key + D and after that go to image canvas size 700 you can resize it later.

In Your layer palette choose the frame layer and selections select all. selections select float. selections defloat..Go to the kit
and choose a paper from it and copy and paste as a new layer. selections invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard.selections select none.

Effects-3D effects-drop shadow with the following settings 2, 2, 65, 5.00 and color black click ok and then repeat it with -2, -2 leaving the other's as they are and click ok.

In Your layer Palette choose your Back layer making sure it's highlighted and go to selections-select all-..selections-float-..
selections-defloat-..selections-modify-contract by 7-..Find another paper from the kit and copy and paste as a new layer..Selections-invert-and hit delete on Your keyboard and selections-select-none..Then delete Your back layer leaving
Your paper back..

Again repeat the steps with the other papers..

In Your layer palette choose circle 3 and make sure it's highlighted and do as you did with the other's papers.And when You have the paper placed and the circle 3 layer deleted do the drop shadow as you did above for the frame layer.Repeat those same steps for the other circle layers..

Since I used the black papers from the kit I chose to delete the
two lip layers leaving the pink one's..

In Your layer palette highlight the Advisory sign and go to effects eye candy 4000-gradient glow- and use the following settings.. In the basic tab glow width 3.00 soft corners 25, over all opacity 100 and a check in the draw only outside selection..In the color tab choose thin setting color white and opacity 100 and hit ok..

For both of Your star layers do as You did with the cirlces and other's adding the same drop shadow..

In Your layer palette highlight the wordart2 layer and do as you did with the rest of the layers with papers except do the same
gradient glow with eye candy as you did on the Advisory sign and then add the same drop shadows..

Now with the other wordart and stars I filled them each with the same paper and gradient glow followed by the drop shadows. Again this up to You..I did it this way because it kind of matched the pink lips we still had left on that other circle..And I felt kinda lazy as it's like 2 am here LOL

Now then choose Your raster 2 in Your layer palette and go to selections-select all- again selections-float-..selections-defloat- and then selections-invert- and paste your new tube into the square and place it as you like it and hit delete on your tube layer.selections-select none-

Do the same on Your top and lower cirlce using my tag as an example and place them how you like it doing as you did for your raster 2 layer..

On each of the tube layers go to effects-xero-poreclain on the default settings.

Now add any of the elements from the kit that you want placing them all where you like..

Add Your text and then merge layers visible

And now add your copyright if you have one and your done.

You Rock

2009-07-31T20:42:00.001-07:00

Template 77 here. She also has some great stuff over on Misfit Scrapz. Please
do take a look around it's a nice place for resources and it also links to one of
my favorite forums Creative Misfits. Please join us it's alot of fun and we have so much going on at all times.

Choice of Scrapkit or mine from PinkPrincessScraps . Thank You Vicki for
letting Me use Your scraps for My tutorials -hugs-.

Tube of Choice.

I used a tube by Keith Garvey and You can find his tubes here.

Alien skin eye candy 4000. I dont' know if You can get this
anymore but You can get Eye Candy 5 Impact and it has the
gradient glow in it here.

First hit Shift+D to duplicate your template and close the
original and then remove the copyright layer.You won't be
needing it..Let's make the Canvas a lil bit bigger to work
with.Image Canvas size 700 You can resize later.In Your layer
Palette go to the large rectangleslayer and with your magic wand
click on both.To do that just hold down your shift key while
clicking both.Choose two colors from the tube Your using and make
Your foreground into a gradient and on Your template again add new
layer and flood fill it with the gradient.Angel 325 repeats 3
and invert checked.Delete the original layer.Now let's give it
a gradient glow.Effects eye candy 4000-gradient glow- with the
following settings: on the basic tab glow width 3.00 soft corners
25 overall opacity 100 draw only outside selection and in the
color tab choose medium and color white or any color that would
go well with your tube.Then give it a drop shadow of choice.

Selections- Select none-.Effects-texture effects-blinds: width 2
opacity 25 horizontal checked and color black.In your layer
palette click on frame backgrounds and use your magic wand doing
the three the way I instructed above for your rectangle
layer.Layers new raster layer filling it with a color from Your
tube.Adjust add/remove noise-add noise- with the following
settings uniform noise 40 and monochrome checked. I added blinds
just to make it a lil bit darker but that is up to you.Drop shadow
of choice and delete the original layer.

Choose Your frames layer in your layer palette and layers new
raster layer and again using your magic wand around each one flood
fill it again with a color from your tube.Selections select none
and then use the same blinds settings you used before and delete
the original layer.In your layer palette choose the rectangles
layer layers new raster layer and flood fill it with a gradient
from your tube.Effects eye candy 400-gradient glow and use the
settings that you used before.effects texture effects blinds
using the same settings as before.

On the stars layers in your palette selections-select all-
selections-float-selections-defloat- and add a new raster layer
flood filling it with a color from your tube and add a drop
shadow to them.

On the thin rectangles layer in your layer palette change the
blend mode to luminance (L).then on the text layer add a gradient
glow to it adding a color from your tube that you like.add a drop
shadow to the layer.

Edit copy paste Your tube as a new layer and position it to
your liking adding a drop shadow to it.Now just add the kit
elements you would like to use.

Now just add Your text and copyright then Your done..I hope
You enjoyed this tutorial.

Let's Go Retro

2009-07-21T23:13:00.000-07:00

Let's Get Retro

For this tutorial you will need:

Tube of choice..I used one from Popeye Wong Who is
a free to use artist and even has a ton of tubes
on his site.Check him out here .

Melissaz Template which you can get here .

I used template 44. She has all her templates
uploaded in zips for Your convenience on
4-shared. They are all very worth the
download. Please leave her a lil love
if You download her templates.

You will also need eye candy 4000. It's not
a free filter and you can find it here

I used a wonderful kit from one of the ladies
in my groups called creative misfits. I have
to say that this has been one of the better
groups I've ever joined. Feel free to jump
on board. We have something to offer to
everybody.

Kit here

The kit I chose to use is by a close friend
named LadyQueen . Please take a look
around her site she has alot to offer.

When downloading from these blogs please
leave a little love. It's taken these ladies alot
of time and effort to offer things to You for
free to use.

Open all Your materials in psp.

Let's duplicate Your template by pressing Shift+D and
close out the original.

Now delete her copyright layer as You won't be needing
it.

This is personal choice but I always go to Image-canvas
size 700x700 so you have room to work with.You can always
resize it later when we are done.

In Your layer palette click on the polka dot layer.

We are going to colorize our dots layer. So choose a
color from Your tube and click on the color palette
remember the H and S numbers.

Adjust- Hue and Saturation- Colorize.Remember when I said
to memorize those numbers? Well put them puppies in the
Hue and Saturation tabs.

Choose the circle layer in your palette and got to
selections- select all-

Selections- float-

Selections- defloat-

Now go to LadyQueen's kit and choose a paper of choice.

Edit- copy- and paste as a new layer.

Selections- invert-

Be sure Your paper layer is the one that is hightlighted
in your layer palette and hit the delete key on your
keyboard.

Selections- select none.

Delete Your circle layer.

Effects- eye candy 4000-gradient glow and use the following settings:

In the basic tab:
Glow width 3
Soft Corners 25
Overall Opacity 100
and Draw only outside selection checked.

Color tab
Choose the fat setting and white as the color. You could always use a color from Your tube.

Opacity at 100

Go to effects-3D-effects-drop shadow.

Vertical and horizontal 2 Opacity 65 Blur3.00
and the color black.

Now repeat the drop shadow but change the vertical and
horizontal to -2.

Ok now We need to choose the rectangle layer and repeat
the same steps as You did for the circle layer.Except
don't use the eye candy's gradient glow or drop shadow.

Delete Your rectangle layer in the layer palette.

Now let's go to the rectangle frame in your layer palette
and go to selections- select all-

Selections- float.

Selections- defloat-

Layers new raster layer.

Choose a color from one of the papers or Your tube
and flood fill the frame.

Selections- select none-.

Now delete the rectangle frame layer.

Give this layer the same gradient glow and drop shadows
You use for the circle layer

Now in Your layer palette choose the side shapes.

Go to selections- select all-

Selections- float-

Selections- Defloat-

Layers- new raster layer-

Again use a color from one of the papers or Your tube and
flood fill the shapes.

Now go to effects- texture effects- weave.Use the following
settings:

Gap size 1
Width 1
Opacity 5
Both the weave and gap colors black
Fill gaps checked

Selections- select none-

Now in the layer palette delete the side shapes layer.

Now do the same gradient glow and drop shadows as you
did on the circle layer.

Now colorize Your dotted lines layers as You did your
polka dot layer.

Now choose Your Sassy layer and do as you did with the circle
layer.

Only use a color from Your tube or the papers.

Now go to effects- Texture effects- weave once again.This time
use the following settings:

Gap size 1
Width 2
Opacity 31
Both weave and gap color black.
Fill gaps checked.

Now use the same gradient glow and drop shadows
as before.

Copy and Paste Your tube as a new layer..Resize if needed.

Place it to where You like it.

Give it the same drop shadow

Add any of the elements You want giving them the
same drop shadows.

Add your name and copyright and then Your done.