Little Birds Fly

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the awesome artwork of Vernoica Nuñez which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Cuivrerie here 

My Mask 1 here

My template 272 here

 Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes
DC – Rain
Tramages – Tow the Line

“Bruised” is a tagger size scrap kit that is now FTU and was created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded from my designing blog here.  Scroll down just a little and click on the kit image.

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 Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Flood fill with #802530
Apply Tramages – Tow the Line:
Use Default Settings.
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above steps.

 

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Element 21 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Use Your Magic Wand and Click inside the round frame.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster Layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Duplicate the paper layer.
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass:
Match your settings to mine –

Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 4.
Repeat the above steps.

Highlight Template Layer 5.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes:
Direction Balance: 50
Stroke Length: 15
Sharpness: 3
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 6.
Repeat the above steps.

Highlight Template Layer 8.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Angled Strokes – use same settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 9.
Repeat the above steps.

 
Copy and paste Element 30 as a new layer.
Resize 4%
Duplicate the element 3 more times for a total of 4.
Line each of them up to cover the dots of Template Layer 7 at the bottom.
Once they’re all in a row, Merge Visible the 4 element layers.
Duplicate the merged element layer and move into position over the dots at the top.
Delete the template layer. 

Repeat the above steps with Template Layer 10. 

Create a blank canvas and flood fill it with #802530.
Copy and close the canvas out. 

Highlight Template Layer 11.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked.
Noise: 21%
OK
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 12.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Apply DC – Rain –
Match your settings to mine:

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  If you’re using the same tube as I did, use the layer without the birds.  No need to resize. 
Move the tube into a position you like.
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.
Close the original tube out for a minute.
Change the Blend Mode of the promoted layer to Soft Light.
Reopen the original tube and move it over the promoted tube layer.
Resize the tube.  If you’re using the same as I did, Resize 50% and move into position.
Selection/Invert
Make your Eraser Tool active and erase whatever overhangs the circle.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

If you’re using the same tube as I did, highlight the birds layer.
Make your Selection Tool active and section out each of the birds separately, Copy and Paste each of them onto your working canvas.
Move them into position – see my tag for reference. 

Add your elements.  I used:
El 18
El 17:  Resize 70%
El 12:  Resize 30%/Duplicate
El 56:  Resize 45%
El 3:  Resize 20%/Duplicate
El 4:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Resize 80%
Duplicate 3x and move each one so that it peeks out from behind each corner of the tag.
Merge Visible all 4 mask layers.
Duplicate and change the Blend Mode to Color.

Add your copyrights. 

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #802530
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

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

Monsters Bubble Bath

Supplies Needed

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

Font of choice – I used Specialty of Rodrigues here

Gem Mask 226 here

My template 275 here 

Plugs Ins used:
Penta.com – Color Dot

“A Dragon’s Dreamy Day” is a FTU Tagger Size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be found on my designing blog 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, Template Layers 10 and 11.

Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 17 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above step. 

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Apply Penta.com – Dot and Cross:
Use Default Settings.
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture –
Choose Brick Wall and use Default Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 4.
Use your Magic Wand and click on each triangle shape.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
(Do not Deselect yet)
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture:
Choose Grid
Use Default Settings
Deselect
Adjust/Sharpen/Unsharpen Mask:
Match your settings to mine:
Radius: 2
Strength:10
Clipping: 10
OK
Apply once more. 

Highlight Template Layer 5.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 17 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Template Layer 6, 12, and 14. 

Highlight Template Layer 7.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 9.
Repeat the above step accept change the Inner Bevel settings to:

Highlight Template Layer 8.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 16 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply a slight Inner Bevel:

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, use “Full Tube” layer and Resize 50%. 

Copy and paste El 30 as a new layer.
Resize 70%
Place behind the light green oval.
Duplicate the Giraffe element and move it to the top of your layers pallet.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the element until it appears as if the Giraff’s nose is overhanging the oval. 

Add your elements.  I used: (see tag for placement reference)
El 71:  Resize 60%/Free Rotate Left 15 degrees
El 72:  Resize 45%
El 75:  Resize 82%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 13
El 14
El 34:  Resize 40%
El 61:  Use your Pick Tool to flatten/Duplicate
El 15:  Resize 30%/Mirror/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate 2 more times/Mirror one of them
El 67:  Resize 70%/Duplicate
El 65:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 47

Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group
Duplicate the mask layer. 

Add your copyrights. 

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #0f3f5a
Background: #234672
Set the stroke to 1.0
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:
Match your settings to mine:

 

Repeat the Inner Bevel 2 more times. 

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

Dare to Dream Big

 

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the gorgeous artwork of Sandi Baker which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here

Font of choice – I used Al Sandra here

JWY Mask here

My template 274 here

Plug Ins used:
Xenofex 1.0 – Distress
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

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.

Open the tube.
Highlight the Image layer.
Edit/Copy.
Edit/Paste as a new Image.
For the sake of this tutorial, I will refer to this as “Image 1”
Leave it open throughout the tutorial as you will need it a couple of times.

Make your Selection Tool active set on rectangle.
Section out the top right corner; the tan(ish) area...as much as you can without sectioning out any of the horse’s mane.
Edit/Copy.

Make your working canvas active (the template)
Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply Xenofex 1.0 – Distress:
Edge Width: 20
Irregularity: 50
Edge Type: Rough
OK
Make your Lighten/Darken Tool active
Set the size to about 30 and darken the edges here and there a little.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:
Match your settings to mine:

Delete the template layer. 

Highlight Template Layer 9.
Repeat the above steps.

Once you’ve repeated all the steps and given the paper a slight Inner Bevel then Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the paper.  Match the right side and the bottom of the tube to the paper.
Give your tube a drop shadow.
Highlight the paper.
Click anywhere outside of the paper with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Make your Eraser Tool active and erase along the right edge and bottom of the tube.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Make “Image 1” active.
Image/Flip/Flip Vertical.
Copy.

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight Template Layer 2.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Lock this layer by clicking on the lock icon at the top of the layers pallet.
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass –
Match your settings to mine:

Apply the same Xenofex 1.0 Distortion effect.
Deselect.
Click the lock at the top of the layers pallet to unlock the layer.
DO NOT delete the template layer.

Make “Image 1” active again.
Click the Undo button to make the image right side up.
Edit/Copy.

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight Template layer 8.
Repeat the same steps as you did with Template Layer 2. 

Make “Image 1” active.
Make your Selection Tool active and section out the bottom left corner – be careful not to get any of the horse’s mane in it.
Edit/Copy 

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight Template Layer 4.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.

Make “Image 1” active again.
Deselect.
Copy.

Make your working canvas active.
New Raster Layer.
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Lock the layer.
Apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 37
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
DO NOT delete the template layer. 

Repeat all of the same steps with Template Layer 6. 

Highlight the horse tube layer.
Duplicate/Mirror and move the just above Template Layer 6 in your layers pallet – although you’ll see what it looks like over both diamond shapes.  Change the blend mode of the tube to Overlay just so you find a nice position to place the tube.  Rename this layer TUBE 1.
Once you like the placement – to each of the diamond shapes, do this:

Highlight Template Layer 6.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer in your layers pallet and right click your mouse on it – choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.  Don’t panic as the promoted layer will go back to Normal Blend.
Change the Blend Mode of the Promoted layer to Overlay.

Highlight TUBE 1 and move it just over the paper that belongs to Template Layer 4.
Repeat the same steps as you did for Template Layer 6.

Once you’ve done that, Move TUBE 1 in your layers pallet so it’s just over the paper that belongs to Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above steps.

You can then delete Template layers 2, 4, and 6.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #6b7688
Background: #8d9db5
Highlight Template Layer 7.
Make your Color Replacer Tool active and change the color to the foreground color.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform checked
Noise: 30%
OK 

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #6b7688
Background: #e5cba8
Change the color of Template Layer 5.
Give it the same Noise effect. 

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #807d7b
Background: #8c9cb5
Change the color of Template Layer 3.
Apply the same Noise effect. 

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #454342
Background: #bf8378
Change the color of Template Layer 10
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel 5x’s 

Make “Image 1” active.
Flip it vertical.
Image/Copy. 

Make your working canvas active.
Highlight the Background layer.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste the flipped image Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group. 

Add your copyrights.

 Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: Null
Background: #d8dbe1
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Duplicate
Open the foreground color and make it #454342
Make your Color Replacer Tool active.  Press on the left key of the mouse and run it over your name. 
Make your Mover Tool active and move the dark name layer slightly to the right.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Change the foreground color to #0056b1
Make your Brush Tool active and choose any brush you like that will create a speck of blue here and there on your name.  I had fairy sparkle brushes and just used one of those.
Deselect.
Merge Down
Merge Down again.
All 3 layers that make up your name should now be on one layer.

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

 

Love is a Four-legged Word

Supplies Needed 

1 tube of choice – I used the adorable artwork of Maryline Cazenave which can be purchased from CDO here

Font of choice – I used Shimes One here 

My Mask 9 here

My template 273 here 

“Surf’s Up” is a FTU Tagger Size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be found on my designing blog 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 Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Match your settings to mine –

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #196b9b
Background: #bf8378

Make your Color Replacer Tool active.
Highlight Template Layer 2.
Pressing down on your left mouse key, run the eraser tool around the entire template words.   They should change to the color blue.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
Create a blank 500 x 500 canvas.
Copy
Make your working canvas active
Edit/Paste Into Selection.
Deselect. 

Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Lock the layer by clicking on the lock icon at the top of the layers pallet.
Effects/Blur/Radial Blur
Match your settings to mine:

Duplicate the layer.
Change the Blend Mode to Multiply.
Unlock the layer by clicking on the lock icon.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer over the paper 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
Delete the original tube layer.
Lower the Opacity of the promoted layer to 24
Duplicate the layer and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer. 
Highlight Template Layer 4.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Duplicate the paper layer and change the Blend Mode to Multiply.

 Skip up to Template Layer 8 and highlight it your layers pallet.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
New Raster Layer.
Paste (Paper 8 should still be in memory) Into Selection.
Duplicate and change the Blend Mode to Multiply.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position.
Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the submenu.
Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light. 

Highlight Template Layer 5.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform checked
Noise: 31
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 6.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Paste (Paper 6 should still be in memory) Into Selection.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Template Layer 7.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings, change Noise to 31.
OK 

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #2c1a17
Background: #8c9cb5

 Highlight Template Layer 9
Make your Color Replacer Tool active.
Press down on the left mouse key and change the color of the template.
Duplicate the template.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Paste (Paper 6 should still be in memory) Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings, change Noise to 21%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Move the red layer ever so slightly to the right.

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: #ffffff
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.

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