Blessed

 

Supplies Needed

 

3 tubes of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Sandi Baker which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Badoga here

Rachel Designs Masks 822 & 833 here

My template 197 here

Plugs Ins used:
Brush strokes – Crosshatch

“Blessed” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Moonshine Dezinez and can be purchased from Pics for Design here. 

 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 credit layer.
Highlight the background layer.
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 700
Ok
Flood fill the background layer #ffffff.

Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 9
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 2
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above steps with
Template Layer 2.

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Copy and Paste Element 10 as a new layer just over the template layer.
Resize 45%
Move into position over the template – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate the element.
Mirror it and move into position over the other side of the template.
Highlight the Left frame.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
Copy and paste Paper 7 as a new layer below the frame and move into a position you like.
Right click on the paper in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Deselect.
In your layers pallet move the original paper below the right frame.
Repeat the above step.
Deselect.
Delete the original paper layer.
Copy and paste Element 64 as a new layer just below the right frame.
Resize the element 45%
Move into a position you like.
Highlight the frame.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
Highlight the element layer and right click on it in your layers pallet.
Choose “Promote Section to layer” from the submenu
Deselect.
Move the original element just below the right frame in your layers pallet.
Repeat the above step.
Deselect.
Delete Template Layer 3.

Highlight Template Layer 4.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps with Template Layers 5 and 6.

Highlight Template Layer 7.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Apply Brush strokes – Crosshatch:
Use Same Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Template Layer 10.

Highlight Template Layer 11.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.
Copy and paste you tube as a new layer – if you’re using the same tube as I did, Resize 40%
Move into a position you like – see my tag for reference.
Give the tube a drop shadow.
Highlight the Template layer and click on it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer in your layers pallet.  Right click on it and choose “Promote Section to layer” from the submenu.
Delete the original tube layer.
Do Not Deselect.
Just below the tube layer, paste your tube again and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Move into a position you like. 
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to layer” from the submenu.
Delete the original tube layer.
Change the Blend Mode of the promoted tube layer to Soft Light.
Highlight the paper layer in your layers pallet.
You should still be Selected (marching ants showing the shape of the template), if not then highlight the template layer and click on it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the paper layer.
Selections/Modify/Select Selections Borders:
Both Sides and Anti Alias checked
Border Width: 9
OK
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:
Match your settings to mine:

Give that same bevel to both tube layers.
DO NOT DESELECT.
Highlight the paper layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel again using these settings:

Give that same bevel to both tube layers.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat all the steps above with Template Layers 8 and 9 using different tubes except use the papers as follow:
Template Layer 9: Paper 7 – Mirror it before copying it.
Template Layer 8: Use Paper 9.

 Copy and paste Element 24 as a new layer.
Resize 45%
Duplicate 3x’s for a total of 4.
Move them into position behind the paper layer of the top right tube – see my tag for reference.
Merge together the 4 elements.
Duplicate and Resize 90%
Move into position behind the paper of the Left tube.
Duplicate the merged element and Resize 85%.
Move into position behind the last paper of the last tube. 

Open up Paper 5.
Shift + D and close out the original.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 20%
OK
Copy.

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight Template Layer 12.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Paste the Paper Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Random and Monochrome checked
Noise 64%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Template Layer 13. 

Add your elements.  I used:
El 66:  Resize 35%
El 59:  Resize 55%/Mirror
El 11:  Resize 20%
El 45:  Resize 15%/Duplicate/Flip
El 4:  Resize 50%
El 4 (again):  Resize 40%
El 20:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 75%/Free Rotate Right 20
El: 82:  Resize 15%/Duplicate
El 83:  Resize 50%
El 90:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Flip/Resize 70%

Highlight your white Canvas.
Select All.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply mask 833.
Resize 110%
Merge Group. 

New Raster Layer just above the mask layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply mask 822.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.
Change the Blend Mode to Difference. 

Add your copyrights.

 Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #1e1e23
Stroke: 1
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Duplicate

In your color pallet change the foreground color to #d2d0e1
Give both name layers a slight Inner Bevel:

Move the lighter name below the darker name in your layers pallet and move the lighter name layer slightly to the right and up.
Merge the darker name layer down to the lighter name layer.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Magical Dress

 

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Katerina Koukiotis which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Night Mare here

My template 279 here

Plug In used:
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

“Magical Dress” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Moonshine Dezinez and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven. 

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 credit layer and Template Layer 15.

Open up Paper 2.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Section out a small area in the upper left-hand corner of the paper where it’s mostly just a plain gray color.
Copy.

Highlight Template Layer 1.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Paste Into Selection.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:

Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps with
Template Layers 5, 12, and 19.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #eeeeee
Background: #cecece

Highlight Template Layer 7.
Make your Color Replacer Tool active.
Double click on the little circles.
The color should’ve turned to a deeper gray color.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel using the same settings.

Repeat the above steps with
Template Layers 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, and 18.

Highlight Template 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch
Stroke Length: 9
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above steps with
Template Layers 3 and 4

Highlight Template Layer 6.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 9.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 5 as a new layer over the template.
Resize the paper 45% and move into a position you like –
See my tag for reference.
Right Click on the paper in the layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the submenu.
Deselect.
Delete the original paper layer and template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 17.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 1 as a new layer over the template.
Right click on the paper in the layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to layer” from the submenu.
Deselect.
DO NOT delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above step with Template Layer 13.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer – see my tag for reference.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, Resize 60%. 

Paste your tube again so that it’s over the paper of the right triangle.
Change the Blend Mode of the tube to Overlay and move it into a position you like – see my tag for reference.
Once it’s in a position you like, in your layers pallet highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer in your layers pallet, right click on it and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.  The mode will go back to normal so change the mode to Overlay.
Repeat the above steps with the left triangle my moving the original tube in your layers pallet to just above the paper that belongs to Template Layer 17.
Once you’ve done that you can delete the original tube layer. 

Copy and paste Element 62.
Resize 20% and 90%
Free rotate Left 45 degrees.
Move into position behind one of the triangles – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate the frame and move behind the other triangle.

I bet your tag is looking pretty awesome right about now!! 😊

Copy and paste Element 5 just above the white canvas.
Resize 65%
This will take the place of a mask.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 46:  Resize 60%
El 16:  Resize 25%
El 2:  Resize 75% (I hung this over the left rectangle paper)
El 55:  Resize 40%
El 13:  Resize 35%
El 41: Resize 25%
El 68: Resize 60%
El 15: Resize 35%
El 23:  Resize 25%
El 14: Resize 25%
El 12:  Resize 20%
El 58:  Resize 30% 

Add your copyrights. 

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #000000
Background: #ebebeb
Stroke: 1
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 64%
OK

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

 

Steampunk Witch

 

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the awesome artwork of Janna Prosvirina which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Coraline’s Cat here

 Rene’s Mask 657 here – Package 14

My template 275 here

Plug In used:  Fantastic Machine - Paint Engine

“Steampunk Witch” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Moonshine Dezinez and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven. 

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 credit layer and Template Layer 14. 

Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Random and Monochrome checked
Noise: 41%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps with
Template Layers 2, 5, 6, and 12.

Highlight Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above steps. 

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Template Layer 4.
Click on each Rectangle shape with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply Fantastic Machines - Paint Engine:
Use Default Settings:

Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps with Template Layers 10 and 11.

Highlight Template Layer 7.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 as a new layer.
Move into a position you like over the template layer.
In your layers pallet, right click and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.
Deselect.
Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.
Delete the template layer.

Move the original paper above Template layer 8 and repeat the above step.
Highlight Template Layer 8.
Open up Paper 9.
Mirror It.
Copy
Highlight your working canvas and click on the template.
Paste Into Selection.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position – see my tag for placement.
Selections/Invert
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the area you don’t want to overhang the oval paper.
Copy and paste Element 44 as a new layer behind the tube.
Resize 44% and move into position.
Erase the end of the branch that you don’t want to see.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 3:  Resize 25%
El 16:  Resize 85%
El 65: Resize 10%
El 11:  Resize 20%
El 54:  Resize 10%
El 37:  Resize 15%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%
El 24:  Resize 30%
El 15:  Resize 35%
El 52%:  Resize 35%
El 14:  Resize 20%
El 2:  Resize 35%
El 18:  Resize 30%
El 20:  Resize 25%/Duplicate
El 56: Resize 30%/Duplicate
El 64:  Resize 35%
El 10:  Resize 25%
El 61:  Resize 10%
El 17
El 21:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 39:  Resize 60%
El 6

Highlight your white Canvas.
Select All.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate

Add your copyrights. 

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #000000
Background: #326980
Stroke: 2
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Little Birds Fly

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the awesome artwork of Vernoica Nuñez which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Cuivrerie here 

My Mask 1 here

My template 272 here

 Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes
DC – Rain
Tramages – Tow the Line

“Bruised” is a tagger size scrap kit that is now FTU and was created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded from my designing blog here.  Scroll down just a little and click on the kit image.

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 credit layer.

Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Flood fill with #802530
Apply Tramages – Tow the Line:
Use Default Settings.
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above steps.

 

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Element 21 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Use Your Magic Wand and Click inside the round frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster Layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Duplicate the paper layer.
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass:
Match your settings to mine –

Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 4.
Repeat the above steps.

Highlight Template Layer 5.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes:
Direction Balance: 50
Stroke Length: 15
Sharpness: 3
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 6.
Repeat the above steps.

Highlight Template Layer 8.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes – use same settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 9.
Repeat the above steps.

 
Copy and paste Element 30 as a new layer.
Resize 4%
Duplicate the element 3 more times for a total of 4.
Line each of them up to cover the dots of Template Layer 7 at the bottom.
Once they’re all in a row, Merge Visible the 4 element layers.
Duplicate the merged element layer and move into position over the dots at the top.
Delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above steps with Template Layer 10. 

Create a blank canvas and flood fill it with #802530.
Copy and close the canvas out. 

Highlight Template Layer 11.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked.
Noise: 21%
OK
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 12.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Apply DC – Rain –
Match your settings to mine:

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  If you’re using the same tube as I did, use the layer without the birds.  No need to resize. 
Move the tube into a position you like.
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.
Close the original tube out for a minute.
Change the Blend Mode of the promoted layer to Soft Light.
Reopen the original tube and move it over the promoted tube layer.
Resize the tube.  If you’re using the same as I did, Resize 50% and move into position.
Selection/Invert
Make your Eraser Tool active and erase whatever overhangs the circle.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

If you’re using the same tube as I did, highlight the birds layer.
Make your Selection Tool active and section out each of the birds separately, Copy and Paste each of them onto your working canvas.
Move them into position – see my tag for reference. 

Add your elements.  I used:
El 18
El 17:  Resize 70%
El 12:  Resize 30%/Duplicate
El 56:  Resize 45%
El 3:  Resize 20%/Duplicate
El 4:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Resize 80%
Duplicate 3x and move each one so that it peeks out from behind each corner of the tag.
Merge Visible all 4 mask layers.
Duplicate and change the Blend Mode to Color.

Add your copyrights. 

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #802530
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev