Saturday, November 30, 2013

Winter White



Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the wonderful artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen which can be purchased from her shop here.  You must have a license to use. 

Font of choice - I used Before the Rain here

Designs by Vaybs Mask 111 here

Scrap Rebellion Collab template SR-02 here
You can find it under Friday, December 21, 2012

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

"Winter White" is a tagger size scrap kit created by Karen of Sweet Occassion Designs and can be purchased from Heartbeatz Creationz.  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 5 layers.
Open up the background layer.

Highlight 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Clock 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 2.
Copy and paste Frame 3 as a new layer.
Free rotate Right 10 degrees.
Move into position over the template layer.
Click inside the frame with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes - Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 31
Sharpness: 5
Strength: 1
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 3.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 12.
Resize 40% and move into a position you like over the template layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight 4.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 5.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Ribbon 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 6.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight 7.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 6.
Resize 40%
Move into a position you like over the template layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 8.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight 9.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Ribbon 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 10.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight 11.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes - Crosshatch - use same settings.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position over the paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Copy and paste Element 3 as a new layer.
Resize 50%
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Color Pallet:
Foregorund: #000000
Background: #7b7266

Highlight 12.
Make your Color Replacer Tool active and double right click on the dotted circle.

Add your elements.  I used:
Element 8:  Resize 40%/Duplicate
Element 9:  Resize 25%/Free rotate Left 90 degrees/Duplicate
Owl 1:  Resize 15%
Floral Arrangement 1:  Resize 60%
Floral Arrangement 2:  Resize 30%
3wm:  Resize 30%/Duplicate

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Type your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #6f675b  
Background: #7b7266
Stroke: 1

Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.

Save your tag.

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

Hugs,
Bev

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Whimsical Wonderland

Supplies

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

Font of choice - I used Jungel Roar here

Weescotlass mask 236 here

Dangerously Delicious Template 23_Each Day here

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch

"Whimsical Wonderland" is a tagger size scrap kit created by Deb of Deb's Design and can be purchased from her store Heartbeatz Creationz.  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 12 layers and White Hearts layer.

Highlight Left Brown Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Right Brown Rectangle layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Top Rust Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Bottom Rust Rectangle layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Blue Oval layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Highlight Brown Circles layer.
Click on them with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Duplicate
Apply Brush Strokes - Crosshatch:
Stroke Length: 32
Sharness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Merge Down.
Deselect.

Highlight Rust Strip layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Creme Squares layer.
Click on them with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Center Brown Circle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Copy and paste Tree 01 as a new layer.
Resize 17%
Move into position - see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Highlight the larger Oval paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight your tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Open up Birdhouse element.
Use your Selection Tool set on Point to Point and section off the snow mound at the bottom of the element.
Copy
Make your working canvas active and paste as a new layer.
Resize 30%
Duplicate
Move each snow layer into position at the bottom of each of the little squares - we'll come back to these layers to clean up what overhangs the squares.
Copy and paste Tree 01 as a new layer.
Resize 5%
Duplicate
Move each tree into position over a square.
Copy and paste Snowman as a new layer.
Resize 20%
Move into position over the left square paper - see my tag for reference.
Copy and paste Horse as a new layer.
Resize 6%
Move into position over the right square layer.
Highlight the square paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of them with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each snow and element layer and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Copy and paste Candy Cane frame as a new layer.
Resize 17%
Duplicate
Move each frame into position - see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
Ribbon 02:  Resize 45%/Duplicate
Bow 02:  Resize 25%
Gift box:  Resize 30%
Deer:  Resize 30%
Lanter:  Resize 45%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 115%
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #4cbbb5
Background: #d15176
Stroke: 1

Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.

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

Hugs,
Bev