Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

 

Supplies Needed 

One tube of choice – I used the incredibly adorable artwork of Lisa Victoria which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here.

Font of choice – I used Alien here

Weescotlass Creations Mask 466 here

My Template 1 here

Plug-Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Spatter

Greg’s Factory Output Vol II – Pool Shadow

Snaggables can be downloaded here

“Out of this World” is a PTU Tagger Size scrap kit designed by Tagcatz Design and can be purchased from The Digital Scrapbook Shop here. 

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the credit layer. 

Highlight Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Spatter:
Spray Radius; 15
Smoothness: 5
OK
Apply same effect once more.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Spatter:
Use same settings
OK
Copy and paste Element 104 as a new layer over the paper and move into position – see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Circle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Lock the layer by clicking on the lock icon at the top of the layers pallet.
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur:
Match your settings to mine –

OK
Copy and paste Element 30 as a new layer over the paper layer.
Resize 55%
Move into position over the paper.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Blend mode of the element to Dodge.
Highlight the paper layer.
Selections/Modify/Select Selections Border:
Click “Both Sides” and “Anti Alias”
Border Width: 4
OK
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise: 20%
OK
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Create a 700 x 700 blank canvas
Flood fill with #f2b000
Copy.
Do Not close this out as we’re going to use it again later on.

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight Stitches layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat.
New Raster layer.
Paste (the yellow canvas you copied) Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Large Rectangle Layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 7 as a new layer.
Move into a position you like – just make sure to keep the flare image out of the rectangle.
In your layers pallet right click on the paper and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Delete the original paper layer.
Highlight the Promoted layer in your layers pallet.
Selections/Modify/Select Selections Border –
Use same settings.
OK
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings
OK
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste Element 15 as a new layer over the paper.
Resize 70% and change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)

Copy and paste Element 82 as a new layer. 
Resize 30% and chance the Blend Mode to Exclusion.
Make your Pick Tool active and turn the spaceship slightly – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste your Tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, resize 45%

Add your elements.  I used: (see tag for placement reference)
El 67:  Resize 60%/Duplicate 3x’s
El 35:  Resize 20%/Duplicate 2x’s/Mirror and flip one of them.
El 63:  Resize 70%
El 76:  Resize 60%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 74:  Duplicate/Mirror
El 34:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror 

Highlight the white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Copy and paste Element 105 as a new layer just above the paper.  Move into a position you like.
Merge Down.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #000000
Set the stroke to 1.0
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
Copy and paste that yellow canvas you made earlier as a new layer just below your name.
Right click on it and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Close out the original yellow layer.
Be sure the yellow name is highlighted.
Apply Noise effect accept change the Noise amount to 40
Ok.
Highlight the black name layer.
Merge Down. 

Copy and paste Element 102 as a new layer.
Move into position near the bottom - see my tag for reference.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Move the original yellow layer just above this layer. (keep it closed out)
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose "Promote Section to Layer".
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Random and Monochrome checked
Noise: 40%
OK
Delete the original element layer.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Out of this World

 

Supplies Needed 

Font of choice – I used Childish Kid here

Weescotlass Creations Mask 119 here

My Template 158 here

Plug-Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes

Greg’s Factory Output Vol II – Pool Shadow

“Out of this World” is a PTU Tagger Size scrap kit designed by Tagcatz Design and can be purchased from The Digital Scrapbook Shop here. 

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 700
OK
Highlight the background layer.
Flood fill white.
Delete the credit layer. 

Open up Paper 3.
Make your Selection Tool set on Rectangle active.
Section out the top half of the paper.
Copy.

Make the template active.
Highlight Raster 2 template layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click inside of each frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 1.
New Raster layer below the template layer.
Paste (the paper section you copied) Into Selection.
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow:
Use Default Settings
OK
Copy and paste Element 38 as a new layer above the paper layer.
Resize 70%
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect. 

Highlight Raster 3 template layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 2 as a new layer.
Resize 70%
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow:
Use Default Settings
OK
Apply Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes:
Stroke Length: 16
Spray Radius: 15
Stroke Direction: Diag Right
OK
Apply it once more.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Raster 4 template layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes 2x’s:
Use same settings
OK
Deselect
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 5 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with #ab83b6 
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Gaussian checked
Noise: 50%
OK
Duplicate and change the Blend Mode to Burn.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above step with Raster 8. 

Highlight Raster 6 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Copy and paste Element 52 as a new layer just above the template.
Resize the element 65%
Move the element into position so that the solid area of it is over the template.
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer”
Delete the original element layer.
Deselect.
Copy the Promoted layer. 

Highlight Raster 9 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat.
New Raster layer.
Paste the Promoted layer Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Raster 10 template layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 7 as a new layer above the template layer.
Move into a position you like.
Right click on it in your Layers Pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer”
Close the Original paper layer out for now.
Copy and paste element 30 as a new layer over the Promoted paper layer.
Resize 50%
Move into a position you like.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Blend Mode of the element layer to Hard Light.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 7 template layer.
Open up the original paper layer, move above the template layer.
Move into a position you like and Promote Section to a layer.
Deselect.
Delete the original paper layer.
Delete the template layer.

Add your elements.  I used: (see tag for placement reference)
El 67:  Resize 90%/Duplicate
El 5:  Resize 30%
El 47
El 6:  Resize 70%
El 35: Resize 10%/Duplicate 3x’s
El 20
El 34:  Resize 70%
El 74:  Resize 90%
El 24:  Resize 60%
El 77:  Resize 90%

Highlight the white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #000000
Set the stroke to 1.0
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Duplicate
Make your Flood Fill tool active and flood fill each letter with #fdc880
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same Settings
OK
Move the glitter name below the black colored name. 
Move the black name slightly to the left and up.
Merge Down.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Dragon Lullaby

 

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of David Hoffrichter which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Charissa here

Weescotlass Creations Mask 116 here

Plug-Ins used:
Xenofex – Burnt Edges

Download Snaggables here

“Glorious Fall” is a PTU Tagger Size scrap kit designed by Tagcatz Design and can be purchased from The Digital Scrapbook Shop here

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill with #ffffff

New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same one as I did, Resize 70%
Position not quite to the bottom but near the bottom of canvas.

Add the following elements.  This is your tag, feel free to add or take away elements as you like.  See my tag for reference for placement.

El 9:  Duplicate/Resize 40%    
El 11:  Duplicate
El 8:  Resize 60%/Duplicate
El 50:  Resize 25% (its peeking out from behind a tree)
El 44:  Resize 50%/Duplicate 2x’s
El 93:  Resize 60%
El 48:  Resize 20%
El 31:  Resize 15%
El 23:  Resize 50%
El 16:  Resize 50%
El 71:  Resize 45%/Duplicate 2x’s/Mirror one of them
El 4:  Resize 65%
El 22:  Resize 55%
El 74:  Resize 40%
El 83:  Resize 40%/Duplicate as many times as you like. I placed some over the grass and changed the Blend Mode to Overlay.

Once you have all elements and tube in place, close out the white background layer.
Highlight any element layer and Merge Visible.
Apply Xenofex 2:  Burnt Edges
Use Default settings accept change the burn color to #952f00
OK

Open up the white background.
Resize merged layer 75%

Highlight the white background layer.
Select All.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.

To each paper layer apply Xenofex 2:  Burnt Edges –
Use Same settings. 

Free Rotate Paper 7 Left 4 degrees.
Free Rotate Paper 8 Right 4 degrees.
Move all pages into position so that the top left corners of all layers match up (accept background layer.)

Add the following elements: Use your Pick tool to turn elements this way and that.  Use your creativity and duplicate elements as you see fit.  Use my tag for reference/ideas.

El 38:  Resize 50%
El 83
El 80:  Cut out the leaves you don’t want, paste and use them somewhere
El 82:  Flip/Mirror
El 68:  Resize 40%
El 25:  Mirror
El 79:  Resize 40%
El 63:  Resize 35%
El 61:  Resize 20%
El 62:  Resize 20%
El 59:  Resize 15%

Highlight the white background layer.
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 and Background: #000000
Type your name
Convert to Raster Layer.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Just Add Water

 

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the adorable artwork of Marta Sarmiento which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Caneletter Sans here 

Becky Mask here

My Template 163 here

Plugs Ins used:
Mura’s Meister – Copies

Animation Shop 

Download Snaggables here

“American Honey” is a FTU Tagger Size scrap kit designed by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded here

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~ 

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 700
OK
Highlight the background layer.
Flood fill white.
Delete the credit layer. 

Highlight Raster 1 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Raster 2 template layer.

Copy and paste El 25 as a new layer.
Free rotate Left 90 degrees.
Resize 70%
Move into position over the template layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click anywhere inside the frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
OK
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

 Highlight Raster 3 template layer.
Copy and paste El 26 as a new layer.
Free rotate Left 90 degrees.
Resize 70%
Move into position over the template layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click anywhere inside the frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
OK
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Raster 4 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Copy and paste El 54 as a new layer over the template.
Right click on the element in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Open up the element layer and move it over Raster 6 template layer.
Make your Pick Tool active and slant the element so it covers the template.
Highlight the template layer and click on it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the element layer in your layers pallet and right click on it.  Choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Delete the original element layer.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Raster 5 template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Copy and paste El 28 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Move into exact position over the template layer.  Look very carefully to be sure it’s over the template and that you cannot see any of the template at all.
Highlight the template layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Copy and paste Paper 14 as a new layer.
Move into a position you like.
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.
Deselect.
DO NOT delete the template layer.
DO NOT give the frame a drop shadow yet. 

It was easier for me to position elements within the frame AFTER I got my tube in place.  If you’d rather add your elements first then by all means skip to that part now and then come back to this part. 

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer below the frame.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, Resize 55%.  It should fit perfectly.

 Copy and paste El 43 as a new layer above the frame – see my tag for reference.
To make it look as if it’s growing out of the frame, duplicate the element.
Move the duplicated layer below the frame in your layers pallet.
Highlight the frame layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Highlight the element layers that is above the frame.
Use your Eraser Tool to erase the entire tree limb and flowers except where it overlaps the frame at the top and right sides.
Tada!  Now you have a limb growing out of the frame!

Add elements within the frame.  I used the following – see my tag for reference: (don’t worry about what overhangs.  We’ll clean it up in a bit)
El 61: Duplicate/Mirror
El 62:  Resize 45%/Duplicate/Resize 70%
El 53:  Resize 45%/Duplicate

Highlight the template layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each element that overhangs the frame and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

DO NOT delete the template layer.

Add your elements.  I used: (see tag for placement reference)
El 46:  Resize 50%
El 77
El 4:  Resize 25%
El 72:  Resize 85/5
El 70
El 15 and 16:  Resize 30%
El 59:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Free rotate 10 degrees
El 11:  Resize 65%/Duplicate/Resize 65%

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Resize 110% 

Let’s make some rain!

Create a new Raster Layer just below the frame.
Make your Paint Brush active, set on the Round shape, and set the foreground color to #ffffff.
Set the brush size to 6 – feel free to adjust the size.  You can even make one dot bigger or smaller than the other.  It’s your tag, do what you want!!
Make 2 small dots on your canvas about ¼” to ½” apart.
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies set on Wallpaper.
Use Default settings accept change “Number” to 50.
OK
You should now have lots of little dots all over.
Adjust/Blur/Motion Blur:
Angle: 206
Strength: 40%
OK
Duplicate the rain layer.
Merge Down.
Duplicate the merged layer 2x for a total of 3 rain layers.
Rename each layer:
Rain 1
Rain 2
Rain 3
Move one of the layers slightly down and to the right.
Move the third layer down and to the left just a little.
So long as no two layers are in the same exact position then your rain should turn out just fine!
Remember that template layer I warned not to delete?  Highlight it and click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each rain layer and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Close out Rain layers 2 & 3.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #662c01 
Background: #9e312d
Set the stroke to 1.5
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Give a slight Inner Bevel:

OK

 ~Time to Animate~ 

Edit/Copy Special/Copy Merged
Carry Into Animation Shop
Edit/Past as New Animation 

Back in PSP.
Close out Rain 1.
Open up Rain 2.
Copy Merged 

Carry Into AS
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame. 

Close out Rain 2.
Open up Rain 3.
Copy Merged 

Carry Into AS
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame. 

View your animation by clicking on the View Animation button at the top – second icon in from the right.

If you like it then save.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev