Monday, June 18, 2012

Alice Falling




 
Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Katarina Koukiotis which can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a license to use.  This particular tube comes with the little elements you see in my tag – cards, hat, and watch.

Font of choice - I used Chicken Basket here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

Supplies for this tutorial here:
Paper, branch, and scattered stars

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

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

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Circle.
Create a circle approximately 475 pixels.
Flood fill with #151515
Duplicate (and close this layer out for now)
Highlight the original circle layer.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Gaussian and Monochrome checked
Noise: 50%
OK
Center this circle on your canvas.
Click anywhere outside of the circle with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the paper that I supplied Into Selection.
Deselect for now.

Open up the other circle layer.
Resize 55%
Apply the same noise effect.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
This is all we’ll do with this layer for now.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 350 x 400 pixels.
Flood fill with the same as you used for the circle.
Apply the same noise effect.
Deselect.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Click anywhere outside of the rectangle with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the paper Into Selection.
Duplicate/Change the Properties to Multiply.
Duplicate.
Deselect.

Highlight the smaller circle layer – be sure it’s in exact position.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Paste the paper Into Selection.
Deselect for now.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer at the top of your layers pallet.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, resize 80% and put it so that the bottom left corner is snug into the corner of the black rectangle.
Highlight the Rectangle paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer and erase the area of the tube that overhangs the black rectangle.
Deselect.

Paste your tube again.
Move into position over the small circle paper layer.
Highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Lower the Opacity of the tube to about 24.

Paste your tube again.
Repeat the above step.
Lower the Opacity of the tube to about 14.

Add the elements:
Branch: Duplicate
Stars: Duplicate
   
New Raster layer at the top of your layers pallet.
Flood fill with #c891cb.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Move this just a little toward the top right corner of your canvas.
Move just above your white canvas in your layers pallet.
Duplicate/Move toward the bottom right corner.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: #151515
Background: #c891cb
Stroke: 1
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Resize all layers 80%.

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

Beyond Wonderland





 
Supplies

Font of choice - I used Augusta here

Monti Circular Mask here

My template 56 here

“Beyond Wonderland” is a full size scrap kit created by Lins of Across the Ponds Designs and can be purchased from Scrappin’Naturally.  You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Lins for a really amazing 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.
Delete the top 2 layers.

Highlight Right Stamp Back layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 34 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner bevel:

Highlight Left Stamp Back layer.
Repeat the above step.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #c5c5c5
Background: #000000

Highlight Right Stamp Frame layer.
Make your Color Replacer tool active.
Double right click on the frame.
It should have turned black.

Highlight Left Stamp Frame layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Right Stamp Square layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 25 as a new layer.
Resize 20%
Move into a position you like over the square layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Higlight Left Stamp Square layer.
Repeat the above step.

We’re going to add the elements within the stamps – see my tag for reference:
Don’t worry about what overhangs the stamps as we’ll clean that up in a bit.
Element 35: Resize 10%/Duplicate twice/ mirror one of the trees
Element 20:  Resize 10%

Highlight the left square paper.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each elements that’s within it and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Repeat the above step with the right square paper layer.

Add the rest of your elements.  I used:
35:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Mirror
Element 11:  Resize 10%
Element 14:  Resize 15% and 40%
Element 2:  Resize 25% and 60%
Element 64:  Resize 15%
Element 21:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Mirror
Element 29:  Resize 10% and 50%
   
Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 25 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.

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