Sunday, September 29, 2013

Cozy Autumn Days


Supplies

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

Font of choice - I used Parseltongue here

Melissaz Creationz Mask 14 here

Dangerously Delicious template "Template - 2 - Sunshine" here
It can be found under Thursday, August 1, 2013

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

"Autumn Beauty" is a tagger size scrap kit created by Lysira of Lysira's Graphic World and can be purchased from Heartbeatz Creationz.  You can visit her blog here.  Thank you Lysira for an incredibly beautiful scrap kit!

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Resize all layers 90%
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 600
Highlight the bg layer.
Flood fill white.
Delete the following layers:
Info, Love Me or Hate, Me, me d/s, I'm still ganna, Shine teal, shile white, shine d/s, dotted star, and gray star 

Highlight Teal Square layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rust Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes - Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 27
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Brown Square layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight White Circle layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 35%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Creame Circle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Change the Properties to Overlay.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Dotted Circle layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with #3b0000.
Duplicate the layer.
Merge Down.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Dotted Square layer.

Highlight Gray Square layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Change the Properties to Overlay.
Move into a position you like over the paper.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position in front of the circle - see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
Ivy 03: Duplicate/Mirror/Flip
Floral Gazing Ball:  Resize 35%/Duplicate
Fall Cluster:  Resize 70%
Daisy 01:  Resize 25%/Duplicate
Daisy 02:  Resize 20%/Duplicate
Daisy 03:  Resize 15%/Duplicate
Fall Leaf 02:  Resize 55%/Free rotate Right 30 degrees/Duplicate/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate/Resize 70% 2x's/Duplicate

Crop your image.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name:
Color Pallet - 
Foreground: #3b0000
Background: #ebb876
Stroke: 1.0

Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:


Merge Visible all layers.
Save.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs,
Bev

Friday, September 27, 2013

Unless - Forum Set



Supplies

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

Font of choice - I used Parseltongue here

Plug Ins used:
Mura's Meister - Cloud
DSB Flux - Bright Noise
AAA Frames - Photo Frames
Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

My Supplies here
It is to be used for this tutorial only.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

Open up a blank 550 x 200 canvas.

Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #c96f26
Background:  #962a1a  

Change your foreground color of your color pallet to Gradient.
Style: Linear
Angle: 10
Repeats: 0

Flood fill your canvas with the gradient.

Open up the template I supplied.
Copy and paste it as a new layer.
Click on each line with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Invert your gradient and flood fill.
Effects/Text Effects/Blinds:
Match your settings to mine.

Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

From the tube, highlight the Steampunk Kitten layer and copy.
Paste it as a new layer on your working canvas.
Resize 65% - Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Duplicate/Mirror
Copy each kitten layer and place in opposite corners - see my tag for reference.

Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #e39948  
Background:  #ffd890  

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Section out the area between the thin rectangles.
New Raster layer below the rectangles.
Apply Mura's Meister - Cloud:
Change the Grain to 9.
OK
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
DSB Flux - Bright Noise:
Mix checked
Intensity: 5
OK

Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the cloud layer.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.

Paste your tube as a new layer again and move to the top of your layers pallet.
Move the tube into position - see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste as new layers both kittens that came with the tube.
Resize both 65%
Copy and paste the flower I supplied.  
Duplicate the flower
See my tag for placement of all elements.

Merge Visible all layers.
Shift + D.
It should now be duplicated.

Working with the duplicated layer:
Image/Add Borders:

Highlight your Original canvas.
Copy

Highlight your duplicated canvas (the one iwth the border on it)
Paste Into Selection.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
Apply AAA Frames:
Use Default Settings.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with Metal Brass:
Use same settings
Selections/Modify/Contract by 3.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Apply Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow:
Use Default settings

Add your Copyright.

Add your name.
Foreground: #341600
Background: #960f06
Stroke: 1.5

Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel 2x's:

Merge Flatten.
Save.

Copy

To make the Avatar:

Open up a 125 x 125 blank canvas.
Paste your banner as a new layer.
Move it into a position you like - see my avatar for reference.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with your Foreground color.
Select All.
Selections/Modify/Contract by 2.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Type the first letter of your name.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel 2x's.

Add your copyright.

Save.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs,
Bev