Friday, April 11, 2014

Bunnies and their Concoctions

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of PinUpToons which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Chicken Basket here

Designs by Vaybs mask 111 here

Plug Ins used:
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

“Bunny Confections” is a FTU scrap kit created by me, Bev, HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs.  You can download it from my 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.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rounded Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 475 x 425 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 43%
OK
Deselect.
Move the rectangle to the center of your canvas.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
New Raster layer.
 Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rounded Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 225 x 275 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Duplicate the rectangle.
Move both rectangles into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste El 21 as a new layer.
Resize 10%
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies:
Choose Encircle
Change the top 3 numbers:
Number: 70
Shift X:  55
Shift Y: 55
OK
Duplicate the brad ring and move both into exact position – see my tag for reference.
To each brad ring:
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the ring.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Duplicate
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 41
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK

Copy and paste El 36 as a new layer.
Free rotate Left 75 degrees.
Move into position below the top brad ring – see my tag for reference.  Be sure the length of it reaches through the bottom brad ring.
Duplicate the ribbon element.
Highlight the bottom paper of the top ring.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight one of the ribbons and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Highlight the bottom paper of the bottom ring.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the other ribbon element and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste El 13 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Move into exact position – see my tag for reference.
Click inside of the frame with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Duplicate
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Use same settings.
OK
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Use same settings.
OK
Deselect.
Resize the paper 110% and move over slightly so you don’t see the blurry edge.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 56:  Resize 60%
El 38:  Resize 30%/Duplicate/Resize 80%/Duplicate
El 38 again:  Duplicate
El 17:  Resize 60%
El 12:  Resize 50%/Erase the cracked shell piece
El 57
El 54:  Resize 80%/Free rotate Left 90 degrees/Duplicate/Merge Down/Duplicate
El 14:  Resize 35%/Free rotate Right 45 degrees/Duplicate
El 19:  Resize 40%/Free rotate Left 35 degrees

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #e5915b
Background: #f7bfe7
Stroke: 1.5
Type your name.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel 2x’s

Resize all layers 85%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Bunny Confections


Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Chicken Basket here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

Plug Ins used:
Mura’s Meister - Copies

“Bunny Confections” is a FTU scrap kit created by me, Bev, HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs.  You can download it 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.

Copy and paste El 13 as a new layer.
Resize 90%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.
Copy and paste the following elements below the frame.  Don’t worry about what overhangs the paper layer.  We’ll clean that up in a bit – see my tag for placement:
El 31:  Resize 60%
El 51:  Resize 60%
El 52:  Resize 40%
El 57

Highlight the paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each element that’s below the frame and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

New Raster layer at the top of your layers pallet.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rounded Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 300 x 350 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 20%
OK
Move this layer just above your white background layer and into exact position behind the upper left area of the frame – see my tag for reference.
Once you have it in exact position use your Magic Wand and click anywhere outside of it.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 5.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste P 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.

To each rectangle layer:
Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

Copy and paste El 39 as a new layer.
Resize 15%
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies:
Choose Encircle.
Change the top 3 numbers to –
Number: 35
Shift X: 40
Shift Y: 40
OK

Duplicate the ring of flowers and move both of them into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 17
El 56:  Resize 80%
El 38:  Resize 30%/Duplicate/Resize 70%
El 17:  Resize 70%
El 1:  Resize 65%
El 42:  Resize 40%
El 19:  Resize 35%/Free rotate Left 25 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%
El 10:  Resize 35%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 105%.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: Null
Background: #6d3512
Stroke: 0.8
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 85%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Fluffy Bunny


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the fantastic artwork of Lisa Cree which can be purchased from her store, PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Kleymissky here

Dangerously Delicious Assorted Mask 6 here
It can be found under Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Tutorial Supplies of elements and papers here
These supplies are for PU and for this tutorial only.
 
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.

Copy and paste element 5 as a new layer.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Merge Visible the frame and paper.
Duplicate
Move both merged layers into position – see my tag for reference.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 540 x 250 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Rename this layer “Rect 1”
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

New Raster layer above Rect 1 layer.
Make our Selection Tool active again set on Rectangle and create a rectangle at the right side of Rect 1 approximately 150 pixels wide and longer than Rect 1.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Do Not Deselect.
Rename this layer Rect 2.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer over Rect 2 layer.
Change the Properties of the tube to Soft Light.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Highlight Rect 2 layer.
Tap the delete key.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Deselect.

New Raster layer at the top of your layers pallet.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle and create a rectangle approximately 260 x 425 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Deselect.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Rename this layer Rect 3.

Copy and paste element 2 as a new layer.
Duplicate
Move each one behind Rect 3 – see my tag for reference.
To get rid of the excess:
Use your Selection tool to section off what overhangs the rectangle, highlight the element layer and then tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste the element again.
Repeat the above step accept move into position behind Rect 2.

Copy and paste element 1.
Repeat the above step accept move into position behind the elements of Rect 3 – see my tag for reference.

Add the remaining elements, duplicating elements of your choice.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position in front of the circle frame – see my tag for reference.

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.
Flip

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Foreground:  #000000
Background: #45708b
Stroke: 0.8

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

Crop your Image.

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