Friday, September 7, 2012

Welcome Autumn


 

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Renee Biertempfel which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Centeria Script here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

“Punkin Pickin’ Time” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from  either of your favorite stores – Lollipops n Gumdrops or Butterfly Blush Designs or Inspirations of Scrap Friends.  You can visit my designing blog here.

~~ Lets get started ~~

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

Copy and paste 80 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer just above the paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Lower the Opacity of the tube to about 22.
Deselect for now.
Copy and paste 64 as a new layer below the frame.
Resize 70%
Duplicate/Mirror
Move both element layers into position – see my tag for reference.
Highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand
Highlight each element layer and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

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

Copy and paste 78 as a new layer.
Resize 70%
Free rotate Right 90 degrees
Move into position behind the merged layer – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate
Mirror
To each frame:
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Copy and paste 63 as a new layer below the left frame.
Resize 25%
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate
Mirror
Position below the right frame.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
15:  Resize 60%
29:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror
27:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror
2:  Resize 25%
25:  Resize 25% and 70%/Free rotate Left 25 degrees
8:  Resize 25%
9:  Resize 20%/Flip/Duplicate/Mirror
33:  Resize 30%
34:  Resize 25%/Duplicate
32:  Resize 20%/Free Rotate Left 90 degrees
51:  Resize 15%/Flip/Duplicate/Mirror
50:  Resize 15%/Duplicate/Flip
1:  Resize 30% and 90%
37:  Resize 10%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Crop you image.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: #7f470d
Background:  #fcdb2e
Stroke: 1.25
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Vampire Painting


Supplies

1 tube and 1 image of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of Lisa Cree which can now be purchased from her tube store PSP TubeStop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Charming here

Designs by Vaybs Mask 2 here

Creative by Nature template 37 here

Plug Ins used:
Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow

 “Black Soul” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Conchi of DnScraps and can be purchased from Lollipopsn Gumdrops.  You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Conchi for a really wonderful kit.
This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size:
650 x 650
Open up Raster 1 layer and flood fill white.
Delete the top 7 layers.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow:
Use default settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform checked
Noise: 35%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Raster 5 layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 layer (big pink oval layer)
Click on the plain pink color of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your image as a new layer above the paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather
Both checked
Feather amount: 36%
OK
Tap the delete key until you have a nice feathered effect to the image.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 layer (small pink circle)
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Copy and paste Angels 2 as a new layer over the paper layer.
Resize 60%
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 6 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and patse Paper 2 Into Selection.
Change the Properties to Exclusion and lower the Opacity to about 22.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Copy and paste Arch as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Use your Pick Tool and pull the bottom of the arch down to line up with the bottom of the paper.

Copy and paste Ball 2 as a new layer.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer over the crystal ball.
Make your Freehand Selection Tool active set on Point to Point and section off the crystal ball portion:

Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Highlight the crystal ball layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Merge Down.
Resize 45%
Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
Spider:  Resize 70%
Goth Cross:  Resize 50%
Horns:  Resize 55%
Frame 3:  Resize 70%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #000000
Background:  #202020
Stroke: 1.0
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev