Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Snowplay

Supplies

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

Font of choice – I used Frosty here

Weescotlass mask 208 here

Plug Ins used:
Mura’s Meister - Copies

 “Let is Snow” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Melissa of Rabid Designz and can be purchased from Twilight Scraps.  You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Melissa for a really beautiful kit.

~~ Lets get started ~~

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

Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer.
Resize 90%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight the frame layer.
Merge Down.

Copy and paste Frame 3 as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Free rotate Left 10 degrees
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight the frame layer.
Merge Down.

Copy and paste Frame 6 as a new layer.
Resize 65%
Free rotate Right 10 degrees.
Make your Freehand Selection Tool active set on Point to Point and section around the inside area of the frame.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight the frame layer.
Merge Down.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same one I did, resize 70%

Add your elements.  I used:
31:  Position behind the round frame.
31 again:  Resize 70%
3:  Resize 60%/Free rotate Left 10 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror
40:  Resize 40%
Frame 8:  Resize 50%/Duplicate 2x’s
6:  Resize 30%
20:  Resize 40%
25:  Resize 10%/Apply Mura’s Mesiter – Copies.  Choose Wallpaper (prospective)/use Default settings.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.

Crop your image.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground and Background: #f5b8f5
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Photobucket

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Monochrome and Gaussian checked
 Noise: 20%
OK
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below your name.
Flood fill with #ffffff
Deselect.
Merge Visible both name layers.

Resize all layers 80%.

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

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

First Snow


Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Katerina Koukiotis which can be purchased from PSP TubeStop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice –  I used Before the Rain here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

Smile template by Dee’s Sign post here
You can find it under Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Plug Ins used:
Brush Stroke – Crosshatch
Eyecandy 3.1 - Glow

 “Winter in Fairyland” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Karen of Sweet Occasion Designs and can be purchased from ButterflyBlush Designs.  You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Karen for a really beautiful winter kit.

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size:
750 x 700
OK
Highlight Bg layer and flood fill white.
Delete the top 11 layers, White Frame, Green Circle, White Circle.

Highlight Blue Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Snow Paper 1 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 26
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Large Purple Oval layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Same settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Pink Strip layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Snow Paper 2 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Use same settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Photobucket

Highlight lt Pink Strip layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Snow Paper 1 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Use Same settings
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100%
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: White
OK

Highlight Purple Oval layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Use Same Settings.
Duplicate the paper layer.
Change the Properties to Burn
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position it over the Oval paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Duplicate the tube layer.
Change the Properties to Multiply and lower the Opacity to about 28
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
To the bottom Oval paper layer apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Use same settings

Highlight Pink Circle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Snow Paper 1 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer over the circle paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #202020
Background: #887ba8

Highlight Dotted Circle layer.
Make your Color Replacer Tool active.
Double right click on the dotted circle.
Duplicate the dotted circle layer.
Change the Properties to Multiply.

Highlight Black Dotted Squares layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Blue Squares layer.
Click on each one with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position over the top square.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Paste your tube again.
Mirror
Position it over the bottom square paper layer.
Highlight the Blue Square template layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight White Strips layer.
Click on each one with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Gaussian and Monochrome  checked
Noise: 35%
OK
Deselect.
Duplicate/Change the Properties to Multiply.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer.
Resize 65%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight the frame layer.
Merge Down.
Move this merged layer into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
Floppy Bow 3:  Resize 25%
Telle Lace Butterfly 1:  Resize 20%
Flake 10:  Resize 15%/Apply the same Noise effect.
Flake 3:  Resize 15% and 70%/Apply the same Noise effect.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Snow Paper 204 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the same Crosshatch effect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #7989a1
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Photobucket
Apply the same Noise Effect.

Resize all layers 70%.

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