Broken Angel

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Anna Marine at CILM
Font of Choice - I used Arkham Bold here
Weescotlass Mask 297 here
Creative By Nature Template 39 here
Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow
DSB Flux - Bright Noise
“Broken Angel” is a PTU scrap kit created by Broken Angel Creations and can be purchased from Digital Chaos. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Angel for a totally awesome kit!!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the top 3 layers and Raster 6 layer.
Image/Canvas Size
700 x 600
OK
Open up Raster 1 and flood fill white.

Highlight Raster 5 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 layer (the long slat).
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 layer (the pink rectangle).
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 18 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your close up image as a new layer over the paper.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Properties to Multiply
Copy and paste Light Ray as a new layer.
Move into position over the tube.
Tap the delete key.
Highlight the paper layer.
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow:


You can play around with the Intensity slider to your liking.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 55%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 (the pink circle)
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position it in front of the circle.
Duplicate/Move the duplicate to the right/In your layers pallet move it below the original.
Change the Properties to Overlay.
Highlight the template layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move it into exact position.
Duplicate - Move below the square frames into exact position.
Highlight the square paper layer.
Click outside the paper with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Copy and paste Bolt as a new layer.
Resize 70%/Move into position
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Lighten.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Bow 5: Resize 30%
Frame 5: Resize 80%
Leaf 1: Reize 50%/Free rotate left 10 degrees - position behind the circle frame.
Leaf 1 again: Resize 50% /Erase what you don’t want.
Candle: Resize 65%
Flower 7: Resize 50%
Flower 4: Resize 60%/Mirror
Glitter Heart: Resize 60%/Erase what you don’t want.
Butterfly 1: Resize 35%
Butterfly 2: Resize 35%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color pallet:
Foreground: Black
Background: Pattern/Paper 6
Stroke: 1
Type your name out.
Convert to Raster layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Give it a slight inner bevel - same settings - 3x’s:


Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow:
Same Settings.

Apply Bright Noise:
Intensity: 40
Mix checked
OK
Deselect.

Resize all layers 80%.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Sweet Candy Cane

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Ismael Rac here.
Font of Choice - I used Billy Argel here
Weescotlass Mask 297 here
Scrapity Scrap and More Template 16 here
Mura’s Meister - Copies
“A Pastel Christmas” is a PTU scrap kit created by Nette of Nette’s NightOwl Works and can be purchased from Stargazer Scraps. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Nette for such a sweet Christmas kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size
650 x 475
OK
Highlight Raster 1 layer.
Flood fill white.
Delete the top 4 layers.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 3 layer.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise
Uniform and Gaussian checked
Noise: 55%
OK

Repeat the above step with Copy of Vector 1 and Copy of Vector 2 layers.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 3 as a new layer just above the template layer.
Resize 50%
Move it into position so the print that’s on the top of the page peeks out from the top of the frame - see my tag for reference.
Selection/Invert
Tap the delete key.

Paste the paper again and resize again.
This time move the print that’s at the bottom of the page to barely peek out from the bottom of the frame.
Tap the delete key.
DON’T PANIC….I know you can’t see the print at the top of the frame.
Deselect.
Use your Selection Tool set on Rectangle and section out the top half of the paper.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Merge Down.
Delete the template layer.
Tad-da! You have print at the top and bottom of the rectangle.

Highlight Raster 4 layer.
Click on each strip with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Open up Paper 7.
Use your Selection Tool set on Rectangle and choose an area of green.
In your color pallet set your Pattern to it.
Scale 100
OK
Flood fill each strip with the pattern.
Deselect.
Give it a slight inner bevel:


Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 5 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move it into exact position.
Duplicate - Move to the left and below the frame in your layers pallet.
Duplicate and move to the right.
Merge Visible both of these duplicated tube layers.
Highlight Template 5 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the merge tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Duplicate.

Copy and paste Foliage as a new layer.
Resize 40%
Move it into position over the left side of the frame - see my tag for reference.
As you can see, it’s a little too short so duplicate it. Move the duplicate layer lower so that the bottom of the stem is near the bottom of the frame, yet at the same time trying to find a decent area where the original and duplicate and pretty much overlap nicely.
Use your eraser tool to erase the overlapping foliage.
Merge down.
Duplicate/Mirror/Position at the right side of the frame.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Tree 2: Resize 40%
Branch: Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror
Candy Cane: Resize 25% and 70%
Blue Orb: Resize 25%
Snowflake: Resize 25%, 25%, and 35% /Apply Mura’s Meister - Copies - Wallpaper (Perspective) - Use default settings.

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Give it the same slight inner bevel.
Give it just a touch of Noise.

Resize all layers 90%.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Christmas Tree Deco Dance

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Dean Yeagle at CILM. This particular tube is a bonus tube.
Font of Choice - I used Fabulous 50’s
Designs by Vaybs Christmas Mask 6 here
“Snow Time” is a FTU scrap kit created by Fantasy Dreams Designz and can be downloaded from her blog here.
Please leave a thank you when downloading as it’s a small gesture for hard work given freely.

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 14 as a new layer.
Free rotate right 90 degrees
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add you embellishments. I used:
El 32: Resize 70%
El 40: Resize 35%
El 29

If you’re using the same tube I did and you’d like to add the same elements I did:
FR 11: Resize 25% and 60%/Free rotate left 20 degrees
El 25: Resize 30%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 80%

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Ho Ho Ho - Naughty or Nice?

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Ismael Rac here. This particular tube is free!
Font of Choice - I used Amaze Normal
Weescotlass Mask 236 here
Vix Template 9 here - takes you right to the page, just scroll down
Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow
“Ho Ho Ho” is a PTU scrap kit created by Nikki of Creative Intentionz and can be purchased from her store Twilight Scraps. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Nikki for one sweet kit!! I totally loved tutting this one!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the following layers:
TOU, Pleasures, Simple, and Optional Tagback

Highlight Square Fills layer.
Click on both squares with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Square Frames.
Click on both of the frame with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:


Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked.
Noise: 55%
OK

Deselect.

Highlight Rectangle Frame.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Copy of Rectangle Fill.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 6 as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move it into exact position.
Duplicate - Move below the square frames into exact position.
Highlight the square paper layer.
Click outside the paper with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Lighten.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Tree: Resize 90%
Dazzling Bow: Resize 25%
Holly Swag: Resize 75%
Snowman Stocking: Resize 55%/Free rotate Right 15 degrees
Sparkles

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with a gradient of choice. I used Metal Brass.
Copy and paste Snow Sheet as a new layer.
Merge Down.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color pallet:
Foreground: Pattern/Paper 3
Background: Pattern Paper 4
Stroke: 2
Type your name out.
Convert to Raster layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Give it a slight inner bevel - same settings - 3x’s
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow:
Default Settings - just change the intensity to 56
Deselect.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Crime Scene

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Jose Cano at MPT
Font of Choice - I used Rat Infested Mailbox here
Vaybs Mask 119 here
Divine Intensionz Template 378 here
Mura’s Meister - Copies
“Crime Scene” is a PTU scrap kit created by Julie of Bits N Bobs and can be purchased from Exquisite Scraps. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Julie for such a wicked kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D
Close out the original.
Delete the top 4 layers, Square 1and 2 layers
Highlight the background layer.
Image/Canvas Size
700 x 650
OK
Flood fill white.

Highlight Square 4 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill black.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste 17 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Square 5 layer,
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Thin Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 4 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Move into position.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Circle 1 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Close out the template layer for now.

Highlight Circle 2 layer.
Repeat the above step.

Copy and paste 44 as a new layer.
Resize 25% and 45%
Apply Mura’s Meister - Copies
Encircle
Use Default settings accept change Number to 12.
OK
Copy
You can delete the ring of screws now. You won’t be needing it any more.
Highlight Circle 1 template layer - you don’t have to open the layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer above the paper layer.
Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Resize 90%

Repeat the above step with Circle 2 layer.
Once you’ve done that you can delete Circle 1 and Circle 2 template layers.

Highlight Square 3 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Dotted Square layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with a shade of yellow.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Add your embellishments. I used:
32 - Resize 35%
13
6

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur
Radius: 10
OK
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 80%

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Sweet Christmas Magic

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Gennadiy Koufay at CILM
Font of Choice - I used Luna Bar here
Gem Mask 161 here
“Sweet Christmas Magic” is a PTU scrap kit created by Conchi of Dnscraps-Diseñando Scraps and can be purchased from Lollipops n Gumdrops. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Conchi for such a beautiful winter kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Silver Frame 2 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Free rotate left 5 degrees
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Light House: Resize 30%
Ribbon M: Resize 70%
Snows: Resize 30%
Starss: Resize 80%
Leaf 2: Resize 80%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Copy and paste Deer 2 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Mirror
Move just above the mask layer and move into position - see my tag for reference.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Highlight your white canvas.
Select All.
Selections/Modify/Feather
Number of Pixels:
43
OK
Highlight the Leaf layer and tap the delete key a couple of times.
Highlight the Stars layer and tap the delete key a couple of times.
Deselect.

Add your credits.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 80%

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Christmas Sparkle

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Agent Melon. He is no longer at MPT. I could only find his blog here.
Font of Choice - I used Aquarelle here
Monti Circular Mask here
Eyecandy 5: Nature - Snow Drift
VM Natural - Sparkle
“Christmas Sparkle” is a FTU scrap kit created by me and can be downloaded from my blog here.
I hope you enjoy!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 2 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Free rotate left 5 degrees
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Tree 1 as a new layer below the frame.
Resize 50% - position on the left side
Copy and paste Tree 2 as a new layer below the frame.
Position on the right side.
Highlight your paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight Tree 2 layer and tap the delete key.
If you added any other embellishments and they’re sticking outside of the frame, go ahead and highlight each of those element layers and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Close out your white canvas.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white canvas.

Copy and paste Tree 2 as a new layer.
Position behind the frame at the right side - see my tag for reference.

Copy and pate Tree 1 as a new layer.
Position behind the frame at the left side - see my tag for reference.

Now we’re going to decorate the trees.
The elements I used are:

Baubles 1, 2, and 3: Resize 25% and 40%
Duplicate as many times as you like placing them about the tree
TIP: Only decorate the part of the tree that you see.

Candy Cane: Resize 25% and 50%
Use your Eraser Tool to erase bits of the cane to give it the effect like it’s hung on the branch.
Duplicate as many times as you like but duplicate BEFORE you erase.

Make String Lights element active.
Shift + D
Close out the Original.
Resize all layers 25% and 80%
Copy
Make your working canvas active.
Paste
Move the lights into position over the tree where you like.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the lights and string you don’t want.
Paste again.
Move into position and erase what you don’t want.
Keep doing this until you have your trees decorated.

If you like you can Merge Visible the trees and decorations layers.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add you embellishments. I used:
Chain
Ribbon 1: Resize 75%/Free rotate Left 5 degrees
Ribbon 2: Resize 75%
Holly Sprig: Resize 40%
Snowflake 1: Resize 25% and 80%
Snowflake 2: Resize 25% and 80%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Copy and paste Fence as a new layer.
Position it so that it sticks out from the Left side of the frame.
Erase what you see sticking out at the right side.
Paste the Fence again.
Position so that it sticks out from the right side.
Erase what you sticking out at the left side.
Merge Down.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Move just above the mask layer in your layers pallet.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Apply Eyecandy 5: Nature - Snow Drift
Settings Tab:
Small, First Flakes

Basic Tab:


Also add the same effect to any of the embellishments you choose.
I add it to the holly sprig and frame.

Resize all layers 80%

Merge all layers.
Apply Vm Natural - Sparkle.
Play around with the top and bottom slider to get the affect you want.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Still

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Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen here
Font of Choice - I used Bibliotheque here
Vix Mask 393 here
DSB Flux - Bright Noise
VM Natural - Sparkle
“My Secret Place” is a PTU art kit created by KatNKDA and can be purchased from her store NK Art Shop. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Kat for an amazingly beautiful art kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Element 42 as a new layer.
Resize 25%
Click inside square with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Duplicate and move to the left and up a little.
Move below the frame.
Highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the duplicated tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Hard Light and lower the Opacity to about 46 or so.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Element 31: Resize 40%/Free rotate left 20 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror. Highlight the original/Duplicate/Flip - see my tag for placement.
Element 33: Resize 35%/Duplicate/Resize 80% - Duplicate each flower 2 more times - for placement see my tag for reference.
Element 16: Resize 40%/Flip/Free rotate Left 45 degrees
Element 11: Resize 50%/Duplicate twice.

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 115%
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Give it a slight inner bevel 3x’s:


Resize all layers 80%

Merge all layers.
Apply Vm Natural - Sparkle.
I used these settings but you can play around with the top and bottom slider to get the affect you want.


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev