Monday, March 31, 2014

Emotions


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice - I'm using the awesome artwork of Lisa Cree which you can be purchased from her store, PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a license touse.

Font of choice - I'm using Burton’s Nightmare here

Vix Mask 451 here

Millie’s template 109 here

“If You Love Something” is a tagger size sampler scrap kit created by Jessica of Gothic Inspirations and can be downloaded from her blog here.  Thank you so much Jess for a fantastic sampler!! 
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size:
750 x 650
Highlight the background layer.
Flood fill white.
Delete the top 3 layers and template “4” layer.

Highlight “1” layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight “2” layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 2 as a new layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight “3” layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Copy and paste the following elements above the paper layer.  See my tag for placement and don’t worry about what overhangs the paper.  We’ll clean that up in a bit.
Mesh: Duplicate
Ground.
Selections/Invert
Highlight each element and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper layer the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight “5” layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight “6” layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the frame a slight Inner Bevel:

Add your elements.  I used:
Tagback:  Resize 70%
Limb:  Resize 70%
Bow:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
Light:  Resize 60%
Fern:  Resize 45%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%
Flowers:  Resize 70%
Tag:  Resize 60%

Open up a new 750 x 750 canvas.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Copy.
Make your working canvas active.
Paste as a new layer just above your background layer.
Resize 90%
Move into position behind the Tagback.
Duplicate/Resize 70%
Move into position at the left side of the canvas.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name:
Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #000000
Background: #a1b5c4

Make your Text Tool active.
Set the stroke on 0.8

Type your name.
Free rotate Right 90 degrees.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Spring Hop

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Season’s Spring here

Gem mask 133 here

Plug Ins used:
Mura’s Meister – Copies & Cloud

 “Spring Hop” is a tagger size scrap kit, also available in Full size and was created by Julie of Bits n Bobs and can be purchased from Scraps From the Heart.  You can visit her designing blog here.
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

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

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #a9cdea
Background: #efefef

Copy and paste SHE70 as a new layer.
Resize 50%
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle and trace along the edges of the frame.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Apply Mura’s Meister – Cloud
OK
Do not deselect.

Add the following elements below the frame – see my tag for placement:
SHE66:  Resize 50%
SHE46:  Resize 45%/Duplicate

Highlight each element below the frame and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Open up SHE24.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Section off the smallest of the flowers at the very top.
Copy.
Paste it as a new layer on your working canvas.
Resize 70%
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies:
Choose Encircle.
Change the top numbers to:
Number: 25
Shift X:  40
Shift Y:  40
OK
Duplicate the ring of flowers and move both into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
SHE56:  Resize 55%/Erase the part that juts out to the side/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip
SHE10:  Resize 25%
SHE62:  Resize 40%
SHE63:  Resize 40%/Mirror
SHE1:  Resize 35%
SHE2:  Resize 25%
SHE4:  Resize 25%
SHE72:  Resize 35%
SHE6:  Duplicate
SHE50:  Resize 35%

Highlight your white canvas.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 9
OK
Apply the Mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background:  #9a795a
Stroke: 0.8

Type your name.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Random & Monochrome checked
Noise: 18%
OK
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below your name.
Flood fill with #feeaa1.
Merge Visible both name layers.

Crop your Image.
Be careful not to crop any of the mask.

Resize all layers 80%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev