Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Timeless


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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of Armando Huerta which you can purchase here
Font of Choice - I’m using ConiScriptSSK here
Xenofex 1.0 - Shower Door
Or you can use a Mask of your choice
“Timeless” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit KatNKDA Scraps and can be downloaded here.
Thank you Kat for a beautiful kit!

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 X 700 transparent canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Element 15 as a new layer.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 40.
New Raster layer below this element.
Flood fill with a gradient of your choice.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above your gradient.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

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

Highlight the merged layer.
Free rotate left 10 degrees.

Copy and paste Element 8 behind the merged layer.

Copy and paste Element 6 as a new layer.
Resize 40%
Duplicate/Resize 80%
Move them into position.

Copy and paste Element 8 again.
Resize 40% and move into position to decorate the roses.

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

Duplicate your merged layer.
On the Original layer apply Xenofex 1.0 - Shower Door
Using the default settings.
Copy and paste Element 16 above the Shower Door layer.
Duplicate/Mirror/Flip.

Add your name.
Duplicate.
On the original layer apply Xenofex 1.0 - Shower Door.
Use the same default settings.

You can decorate your name with elements if you like.

Add your copyrights.

Resize all layers 85%.

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

Monday, August 10, 2009

Capturing Nature's Beauty


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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of PinUpToons which you can purchase here
1 misted autumn image
1 autumn image
You can acquire the images by going onto the stock xchange site here. There are endless photo's to choose from!
Font of Choice - Papyrus here
Becky Mask 22 here
“Autumn Romance” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Alyssa‘s Scraps & Such and is part of the store collaboration. It can be purchased at Twilight Scraps. At the end of the month the kit goes on sale in all Alyssa's stores.
Thank you Alyssa for a kit that truly made me wish I lived back up north!

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 X 700 transparent image.
Flood fill white.
Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new image.
Resize 80%
Use your Magic Wand and click inside of it.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 3
Copy and paste a paper of choice below the frame.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
DO NOT DESELECT.

Copy and paste you misted image as a new layer above your paper layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube.
If you’re using the same tube as I did….
Use your Freehand Selection Tool and outline the Easel board and around her paint brush and around the color pallet she’s holding onto.
New Raster Layer.
Copy your autumn image Into Selection.
DO NOT DESELECT.
Duplicate.
Close out the original.
Highlight the copy.
Selections/Modify/Feather
Number of Pixels: 10
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key until you have the feathered effect you want.
Deselect.

Highlight the original and open the layer up.
Use your eraser tool and erase along the outer edges of the easel board.

Add your embellishments.
Bow 7: Resize 25% Free rotate Left 25%
Butterfly 5: Resize 25%
Doodle
Ribbon 1: Resize 25% and 80%
I used all the leaves, resizing and rotating differently and placing them about.

Highlight your white canvas.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the Mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 85%.

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