Monday, October 21, 2013

Full Moon

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the awesome artwork of Renee Lavoie which can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Yataghan here

Gem Mask 192 here

Plug Ins:
Greg's Factory Output Vol II - Pool Shadow

"Troubling Bubbling Brew" is a tagger size scrap kit created by me and can be purchased from any of my stores here.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

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

Copy and paste El 41 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Free rotate Left 90 degrees.
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.
Apply Greg's Factory Output Vol II - Pool Shadow - 
Use Default settings accept move the Intensity bar to 138.
OK
Copy and paste EL 75 as a new layer just above the paper layer.
Resize 60% and move into a position you like.
Selections/Invert 
Tap the delete key.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the frame.
Move into exact position.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Highlight the original tube layer that's just above the frame.
Erase what you don't want to overhang the frame.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 38;  Duplicate
El 77 - Erase the base
El 86:  Resize 50%/Duplicate/Flip
El 5:  Resize 70%/Free rotate Right 15 degrees
El 5 again:  Resize 35%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 23:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 27:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%/Duplicate/Resize 70%
El 37:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 13:  Resize 35%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%

El 3:  Resize 50% - see my tag for placement.  
Once it's into position - Duplicate the moon layer.  
In your layers pallet move it just above the paper layer.  
Highlight the paper layer.  
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.  
Highlight the moon just above the paper layer.  
Tap the delte key.  
Deselect.

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the Mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name:
Foreground:  #000000   
Background:  #bb6113
Stroke: 1

Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Save your tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.

I'd love to see your results.
Email me!

Hugs,
Bev



Friday, October 18, 2013

Thinking of You


Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the beautiful artwork of Steve Bair which can be purchased from Up Your Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Great Vibes here

Gem Mask 8 here

My template 163 here

Plug Ins:
Mura's Meister - Copies

"Let it Snow" is a tagger size scrap kit created by Gina's Gem Scraps and can be purchased from Scraps From the Heart.  You can visit her blog here.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

OPen up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the top 2 layers and Raster 4 layer.
Image/Canvas Size: 700 x 700
OK
Highlight the background layer.
Flood fill white.

Highlight Raster 1 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delte the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Raster 5 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 24 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Duplicate and resize a bit smaller.
Change the Properties of the larger tube to Luminance and lower the Opacity to about 34.
Selections/Invert
Highlight each tube layer and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste Snow Flower 1 as a new layer.
Resize 20%
Apply Mura's Meister - Copies:
Use Default settings accept change the top 3 numbers -
Number: 29
Shift X: 68
Shift Y: 68
OK
Move the ring of flowers into position - see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
Glitter Stitches:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Free rotate Right 90 degrees
Leaf Vine:  Resize 60%/Free rotate Right 45 degrees
Icicle Bauble:  Resize 50%
Picot Bow 3:  Resize 65%/Flip
Snow
Ornament 3:  Resize 55%
Ornament 4:  Resize 55%
Candle 3:  Resize 70%
Star Cluster 2:  Resize 40%/Free rotate Right 35 degrees
Frosty Pine Branch 2:  Resize 50%/Free rotate Right 90 degrees/Duplicate/Free rotate 

Right 10 degrees/Duplicate and mirror both branches
Bauble 3:  Resize 50%
Bauble 1:  Resize 50%/Mirror

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the Mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Duplicate

Add your credits.

Add your name:
Foreground:  #2f7197   
Background:  #d5749c
Stroke: 1

Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Save your tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.
I'd love to see your results.
Email me!

Hugs,
Bev