A Bit Of Grunge

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.

She's a Star

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

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.