Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ballerina


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of Tezza’s Dezignz and can be purchased from MysticalScraps.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – Despair here

Dangerously Delicious Floral Mask 2 here
It can be found under Saturday, February 8, 2014

“Alopecia Awareness” is a tagger size freebie scrap kit created by myself and can be downloaded from my blog here
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~~ Let’s get started ~~

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

Copy and paste AA_4 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.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle and create a 250 x 475 pixel rectangle.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect and move this into position behind the left side of the circle – see my tag for reference.
Click anywhere outside of the paper with your Magic Wand.
Selection/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Duplicate each paper layer.
Resize the green paper 85% and move into position – see my tag for reference.
Resize the Gold paper 85% and 90% and move into position over the green paper – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste AA_4 as a new layer just above your white canvas layer.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
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.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste AA_3 as a new layer.
Resize 35%
Duplicate
Position both elements at the right side of the right rectangle - see my tag for reference.
Merge Visible both element layers.
Duplicate.
Position it over the left rectangle – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate
Erase what overhangs the rectangle.

Copy and paste AA_6 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Duplicate/Mirror
Resize 80%

Copy and paste AA_12 as a new layer.
Resize 40%

Crop your tag but leave a little room at the top and bottom – see my tag.

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

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #000000
Background: #a0aa69
Close out the background layer for now.

Make your Ellipse Tool active set on Circle.
Line Style: Solid
Width: 2
Make a circle a little bit bigger than the large Circle frame.
Open up the Background color in your color pallet.
Make your Text Tool active.
Move your mouse along the top of the circle you just made until you see a Rocking A, then click your mouse.
A Text box will appear.
Type your name in the box, hit the space bar once.
Highlight your name and the space.
Right Click
Choose Copy.
Click your mouse so that it’s no longer highlighted.
Press Ctrl + V (to paste your name)
Keep pressing Ctrl + V until your name is all the way around the circle – (it’s alright if your name overlaps at the bottom because we’ll be erasing that part).
Click on the + sign in your layers pallet.
Click on the eye of the New Ellipse Layer.
Right Click your mouse on the Vector 1 layer – choose Convert to Raster layer.
Give your circle of names a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 85%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Springtime Elegance


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of Mitzi Sato-Wiuff and can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Dragon is Coming here

Dangerously Delicious Mask Floral Mask 2 here
You can find it under Saturday, February 8, 2014

Plug Ins used:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Cryptology – Weak Noise

“Teal Lime Kit” is a full size scrap kit created by Sheryl of Granny Enchanted and can be purchased from Heartbeatz Creationz.  You can visit her blog here.  Thank you Sheryl for a beautiful kit! 
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~~ Let’s get started ~~

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

Copy and paste Ribbon-Teal-58-GE as a new layer.  Leave it exactly where it is.
Resize 25% - leave it exactly where it is.
Effects/Distortion Effects/Polar Coordinates
Rectangular to Polar checked
Wrap Checked
OK
You ribbon should now be an oval.
Free rotate Right 90 degrees
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the oval ribbon.
Copy and paste Polka Tiny Blue Light 12in 58 GE Into Selection.
Deselect.

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle and create a rectangle approximately 250 x 350 pixels.
New Raster layer.
Paste the same paper Into Selection.
Lock the layer by clicking on the lock at the top of your layers pallet.
Adjust/Blur/Motion Blur:
Angle: 180
Strength: 39%
OK
Apply Cryptology – Weak Noise:
Use Default Settings.
OK
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Duplicate the layer and move both of them into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste Ribbon-White-58-GE as a new layer.
Resize 4%
Duplicate
Free rotate Left 90 degrees
Move both of them into position over the top left rectangle paper – see my tag for reference.
Once they’re in position then highlight the top ribbon in your layers pallet.
Merge Down.
Duplicate.
Mirror/Flip
Move into position over the bottom left rectangle paper.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position it in front of the frame.
Duplicate the tube layer and move below the frame.
Change the Properties of this tube to Soft Light.
Highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube just above the paper.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Flower-Teal-58-GE as a new layer.
Resize 5%
Apply Mura’s Meister - Copies
Choose Encircle
Change the top 3 numbers:
Number: 24
Shift X: 60
Shift Y: 60
OK
Resize the flower ring 80%
Duplicate
Move both into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
Scatter-Pearl-Teal-58-GE:  Resize 40%/Duplicate
Flower-White-58-GE:  Resize 13
Flower-White-58-GE again:  Resize 10%/Duplicate
Flower-Teal-58-GE:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Resize 70%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Plaid Teal Lime 12 in 58 GE Into Selection.
Deselect.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Raidus: 10
OK
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Copy and paste Flag-Trim-Teal-58-GE as a new layer over the mask layer.
Resize 20%
Make your Pick Tool active (so you can find the element behind everything!) and move the flag up on your canvas a little to move it into position – see my tag for reference.
Apply the mask (to this element layer).
Merge Group.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Lower the Opacity to about 46.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #5b9584
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 85%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev