Tag Tutorial - PTU - Very Merry

This is another quite simple copy and paste tutorial, but
with another nice kit hehe :) xx

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Please bear with me but for some reason Blogger Editor isn't displaying properly and I'm out of time to do my usual fancy schmancy links and what not - so I'm adding them here as web addresses and when Blogger is fixed I'll do them properly lol!

SO - you'll need

Tube of Choice - preferably one with different sized versions - I'm using one by Keith Garvey called "Christmas Pixie"
I love it!!
You can get this tube from PTE - http://psptubesemporium.com/
or use another triple tube or just one mahoosive tube and resize as needed


Kit - Merry Christmas by...me! You can get it for 30% off
until the end of December at SATC and Clarey's Designz
http://www.scrapsandthecity.com or http://www.clareys-designz.com

Mask by me - Vix_Mask434 - the snowflakey one from a while back



Click on the thumbnail to get the full sized one and right click and save to your
own computers

No other Filters needed

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Open a New Image in PSP

700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White



Then open Vix-MC-E21a (realistic tree with baubles
or use on of the other two coloured versions in the kit)

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag - middleish

Open

Vix-MC-E1 (The Peppermint Twist Trio Frame)

C&P

Place under the tree in the LP (Layer Palette...that bit over on the right
of PSP which shows yer layers)

and then move over to the right of the tag canvas more

Lining it up as mine for positioning


Now

Open your Tube/Close Up Combo

Get the full bodied tube

C&P

Line up as mine - making sure she's above the
other layers in the LP

Now

Open the Middle sized tube

C&P

Place as mine - and move to just under the Tree layer

Now

Duplicate this tube layer

Move one copy of the tube DOWN the LP so it's under the Frame layer

Hide the top copy of the tube for now

Apply a nice dropshadow to this Bottom tube layer

I went for

1

6

12

2.00

Black

Now taking your Magic Wand on the usual settings (see the side Glossary
of Terms if you're unsure about Selection Erasing)

Click inside the botton frame area (the middle bit)

Selections

Modify Expand by 3

Selections

Invert

Don't hit Delete - we want to keep the top of the tube

So, just grab your Eraser and erase the bit of the tube at the bottom of
the frame area - ie. the skirt that overhangs the frame section

Selections None

Unhide the Top copy of this tube

Apply the same shadow then

Taking your Eraser again

Erase so the skirt area is once again removed
taking care not to erase any shadowed area on the bottom right of the tube

You may need to zoom in a bit for this bit - I know I did lol!
(I went into 200%)
So erase the area carefully on the right of the tube
then you can go a little madder and erase the rest of the
tube bottom as before so she now
appears to be emerging from the frame

(If you're not happy doing this erase part, then don't apply the shadow to the top tube copy
and then you can just do the erase without worrying about removing shadow)

OK, now for some papers within the frame

You can either apply one paper to each frame section
or one whole paper to all - you choose :)

To do this - and I'm gonna shorthand it

Click inside the area of frame you'd like filled
Selection Expand as we did for the Tube earlier

Then

Don't Invert

Just take your chosen paper/s

C&P

Position within the selection

Now, Selections, Invert

Hit Delete on the Paper layer within the LP

Selections None

Move the paper down the LP so it's just above the White Background
and repeat as needed

I used Vix-MC-P11 (white one with red snowflakes)
for all three frame fills


OK
So looking like mine?

Eeeeeeeeexcellent!


So now,

Take your largest version of your tube

C&P

Place over to the right of the tag canvas

Sandwich this layer betweem the paper and frame layers in the LP

If you're having your tube filling the area, don't bother applying a shadow

but if - like me - you're having your face "peeking in" from the frame

then do :)

I used

0

0

50

21.78

Black

(Big and Smudgy Central Shadow)

Then, once more do a Selection Expand Delete as before on this tube


Now CROP the tag to the current size 'cos if you've just

done the large tube and shadow combo, it's still there, sneakily hiding

outside of the tag canvas...

Wanna see? If yes, read on - if not, just crop and skip ahead to the asterisk

So, BEFORE you crop - Go to

Image, Canvas Size

and go to Width 750 x Height 600

LOOK! There it is all hiding under the outside of the tag canvas...schneaky lol!

This can sometimes cause problems with shadow lines on tags and excess tube bits too

Nothing irritates me like when I finish a tag, make a load for friends and then

see a flippin' shadow line or iffy cropped bit.

SO, in my tuts, I always crop to the actual canvas size to get rid of any of this stuff.

People sometimes wonder why I do it...and now, YOU know :D xx

Oh, so just go to your Undo Arrow and Click undo once to get back to your original

tag canvas size of 700 x 600 and NOW you can Crop to Canvas size of 700 x 600

OK

Back to the tut...


*Open the Paper - Vix-MC-P7

C&P

Just above the White Back in the LP

Do another crop to canvas size

Now

Open Vix-MC-E27 - one of the scatters

C&P

Place over on the right of the tag as mine

Making sure this layer is above all the others (we'll move down in a min)

Duplicate

then Move (don't mirror flip as the scatter is shadowed)

over to the left of the tag canvas area

Again, Position as Mine

Now move both of these layers down the LP

so they're just above the Mask layer

OK

Now open Vix-MC-E74 - the wordart

C&P

It should position itself in the middle of the tag area?

If not, move down so it's in the middleish - see me tag for ref

Then

Move down the LP so it's just above the Mask layer


Now taking your Magic Wand again

Click inside the three strip areas of the frame

Selection Modify Expand as before

Then

Hit Delete on all the layers that show through this frame bit

So

the Mask Layer

The Wordart Layer

the two Scatter Layers

Once they've been deleted - Selections None

Now add a nice shadow to the frame layer

I used

1

1

52

2.00

Black

OK

Open Vix-MC-E23 - the sparkles

C&P

Place above all the other layers in the LP

and position as mine


Final bits now...

Add a dropshadow to your main tube and the tree

I used

-1

5

27

12.00

Black


Add your name in a font and style of choice

Place where you prefer

And

then add your Artist CR info and URL etc

Do one more crop to tag canvas - taking care not to crop the Sparkles layer

You might want to add a Black fill layer so you can see what you're doing :)

I got down to 691 x 570

and

Now, Delete the White Background (And black fill layer if you use one)

Merge all layers Visible

and

Save as a PNG file


Ta-daaaaaa!!

Thanks for trying my tut, if you buy it, thanks for
buying the kit ((hugs)) and importantly - enjoy your tag hehe xx

Tag Tutorial - PTU - It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

This is a nice, simple copy and paste tag tutorial
It is not taxing on the PSP skills :)
However, it uses a gorgeous kit *wink* and is fab for getting to
know your PSP layers or if you need a tag in a hurry! :D

SUPPLIES NEEDED


Tube - I'm using Merry by Celinart Pin Up which you can get from Scraps and the City HERE

Scrapkit - PTU - A collab by SkyScraps and me called "Christmas Delight"
You can purchase it HERE


Mask by me - it's one of my Christmas Masks from 2008
called Vix_Mask301
and it's available from my tutsite for download if you
don't have it already
Scroll down the page and find them HERE

Xero Graphics - Radiance

Eye Candy Gradient Glow - optional


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Open a New Image in PSP - 700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White


Open the file Vix-E3 (The Black frame)

C & P

Position in the centre of the tag canvas


Open the file - SkyScraps-CD-E40 (The Christmas Tree)

Image

Resize

80% Smartsize

Copy

and Paste as a new Layer above the frame layer


Open the file SkyScraps-CD-E21 (the red swirly ribbon)

Image

Resize

50% Smartsize

Copy

and Paste as a new Layer on the right side of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Now Move BOTH of these ribbon layers

down the Layer Palette so they're just above the White Background layer


Open my paper Vix-P2 (the green one)

Image

Resize

86%

Copy

and Paste

as a new Layer

Click with your Magic Wand inside both of the frame sections

Selections

Modify

Expand

4

Selections

Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections

None

and make sure the Paper layer is above the ribbons and below the frame


Open vix-E29 (the baubles)

Image

Resize

60%

Copy

Paste on the left side of the tag canvas

Line it up to the top of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror



Open the Celine tube

Edit

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

It'll be massive - hooray! lol!!

So place on the left side of the tag canvas

Under the frame layer

Line up as Mine

Use Magic Wand once more - and do the same selection

as before

and hit Delete on the tube layer

Selections

None

In the Layer Palette (the LP) change the Blend Mode of

the tube to Screen and drop the Opacity to 53 or thereabouts


Now

Paste the tube again

And this time

Resize the tube

60%

Move over to the right of the tag canvas (see mine for placement)

and move the tube layer up to the top of the LP

Duplicate the tube layer

on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

Xero Graphics - Radiance

on these settings



Then change the Blend Mode in the Layer Palette to Soft Light



Open the SkyScraps-CD-pp6 (Paper)

Image

Resize

75%

(So the paper should be 600 x 600 now)

Now

Apply my mask to the Paper

Then

Copy the Masked Paper

Paste as a new layer on the Tag canvas

Place it on the left side just above the White Background

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Now open Vix-E41 (the scatter)

Copy

Paste over on the right side

Move in to position as mine

Duplicate

Move that layer over to the left

Move both scatter layers down the LP so

they're just below

the Paper frame fill layer


Open the file Vix-E34 (the holly)

Copy

Place as mine on the left side of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Flip


Make sure both of these layers are

just below the main tube layer in the LP


Open the file Vix-E39S (the shadowed glitter ornament)

Copy

Paste over to the left side of the tag canvas

Move this layer in the LP

down to just above

the Mask layers

Place as mine

Duplicate

Move the duplicate over to the top right as mine


Open the file - Vix-E45 (the Celebrate wordart)

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

just above the ornament layers

and place as mine

Duplicate

and move down to line up with the bottom of the frame

See my tag again for reference :D


OK

Nearly there!


So now

Crop the tag canvas to it's size or smaller if liked

Delete the White Background layer

Apply a favourite drop shadow to any element that

doesn't already have one

I used a subtle one for the holly and ribbons

and a larger one for the frame, tree and bottom tube layer


Now finally

Add your name in a font and style of choice

Shadow it

and then add your Artist Info

Save as PNG

That's it

All done and I hope you enjoy your tag xx

Tag Tutorial - Rockaria - PTU

I have absolutely no idea why I called this tut such. I like ELO so
that might have something to do with it lmao!
(I find naming tuts tricky sometimes)
Anyway...

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube of Choice - I'm using Goth Chick by Keith Garvey
To use the same you must purchase from MPT, but feel
free to improvise with what you have


Scrapkit - Emo Girls Tag Kit by my mate Clarey - love it!
You can purchase this kit HERE

Wordart by me - I created this specifically to go with this
tutorial. Please do not share it, use in other tuts, in scrapkits,
on templates, in mask or wordart creation...all the etc you know. It's just
for you to use with this tutorial or in any other tags you might
wish to make. But, that's it xx Thank you :)
You can get Rock HERE and Chick HERE

Xero Greyscaler - oh, you know where to find it :)


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The Usual - 700 x 600

Add New Layer

FF White


Now open the Paper12

Resize 86% SS

Then

Taking your Crop tool - crop a section of the paper to

125 wide by 500 high

Tick to crop

Then Edit, Copy and close your Paper - and DON'T save the changes!

then Edit, Paste as a New Layer

It should position the paste fairly centrally - which is fine


OK

Open Paper 13

Repeat as above

(Your Crop Tool should have remembered your Width and Height settings

So move the crop section around the paper to get the area you'd like cropped - and hit Tick to apply)


Repeat for Papers 19 and 18 - not forgetting to resize the paper each time before you crop?

Fab!!


OK - so on the tag canvas - we have 4 strips of Paper


Top one - Pink Spotty paper - Image, Free Rotate, Left, 20 degrees and move it over

to the left of the tag canvas

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen


Click on next paper strip down - black and white chequered

Image, Free Rotate, Right, 45 degrees and leave where it is

I didn't feel it needed a sharpen, but if you do - then repeat the Sharpen as above


Click on the next paper down in the LP

It's skulls and bolts and stuff

Using move tool

Move it over on the tag canvas so it's just near the pointy edge of the chequered paper

See my tag for ref


And on the bottom paper strip...leave as it is

So hopefully, your basic tag should look vaguely or similar to mine?

Good-oh!


Right then...

Open your tube

Copy and Paste

Place as mine - line up as I've done and

position in the LP so it's below the pink polkadot paper

Now click on the Pink Polkadot paper

Image, Duplicate, Image, Mirror

and move this duplicated layer right down the LP

so it's just above the White Background

Repeat this for the chequered paper


Open Droplets2

Resize 50% SS

C&P

Place on the top left of the tag

Have it in the LP just above the two vertical paper strips

Now Duplicate it

BUT Don't mirror - just use move tool and move it over to the right


Open StarBurst2

Resize 90%

C&P

Place in the LP just above the White Back


Open bottlecap3

C&P

Place as mine

Now, if you've placed your tube as mine - the combination of the pinky paper

and this bottlecap should cover the tube edge at the bottom - huzzah!

lol!

Right, on we go...


Open swirlyframe5 (or one of the other colours of your choice)

Resize 80%

C&P

Place under the droplets layers in the LP



Open flower1

Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine



Open flower 2

Repeat as above


Open smoke3

Resize 60% SS

C&P

Place as mine on the bottom left

in the LP below the Starburst layer

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open starcluster2

Resize 60% SS

C&P

Place as mine bottom left

ABOVE the smoke layer in the LP

And repeat the Dup, Mirr and Flip for this

But in the LP, move the left stars above the Swirlyframe and

the right stars, leave where they are



Now open my wordart which I made for this tutorial (just a quick

remind...no sharing, ta)

C&P

Place them on their corresponding paper strips - ROCK goes on Pink

Polkadots and CHICK goes on the chequered one

Place them just above their respective paper strips in the LP

They are already shadowed and angled, you just use them as they are :)


OK

On the tube layer

Duplicate it

On the bottom tube

Xero Greyscaler on the default settings

then add a dropshadow of

-1, 10, 12, 2.00 Black

and on the top tube, just drop the opacity down to 44


Use the same shadow for the angled pinky polkadot paper strips and the

angled chequered ones and the right vertical strip too*


*NOTE: At this point, once all my stuff was placed, I moved the back black and white chequered strip UP

the tag canvas so I could see it more. I write these tuts as I make the tags and

I decide to move this strip 'til now lol - so please do the same, it's behind the tube's

head, just use move tool and move it up a bit and shadow


Use this shadow for the swirlyframe, starclusters, flowers, bottlecap and droplets

1, 6, 12, 2.00 Black


Don't shadow the smoke or starburst layers

And finally, add a shadow of

0, 0, 35, 7.00 Black to the back paper strip (the pink splatters one)


Now crop the canvas to a more taggy size - I got down to 690 x 582

but take care when you crop not to take out any shadow or edges of elements


Add your artist info now

and

then

Taking a colour from the tag as your Text tool Stroke Width of 2.00

and your fill on Black

Use the Right droplets as your name position

and

place your name

Use your same shadow as used for the elements

(I also added the name again in White with a contrasting font and a sharper shadow)


Now

Delete the White Back and save as PNG for best quality

Ta...and may I add...Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! ;)

((hugs))

This tutorial was written 19th October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Bite Me! - PTU

Supplies Needed

Tube and Close Up Image of Choice - I'm using a fave from Ismael Rac
I got mine at AMI but you can now get this (I believe?!) from Rac's
Store HERE

Scrapkit - "Pinked" by me, you can get it from Clarey's store HERE

Mask - by me, It's the first of the set HERE

Xero Graphics Greyscaler and Porcelain - fab freeware filters!

Font of Choice

_______________________


The Usual - 700 pixels by 600 pixels

Add New Layer

Floodfill White


Open the Pinked Frame - CircleGlitter

C&P

Move over to the right of the tag canvas


Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open Pinked Paper13 or another from the kit

Resize 86% SS

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag canvas and

place below the frame on the left

Do a Selection Delete with an expand of 6

and hit Delete on the paper layer

then

Duplicate the paper part

Image

Mirror

Position as needed so both paper parts are

directly below their respective frames



Paste your large tube as a new layer

below the frame and position within the left one*

Duplicate

Image

Mirror



You may need to paste your main tube and position centrally so you

get a good idea where to place your image tubes


OK

Now repeat the Selection Delete for the tube layers

Now

on the left tube

Duplicate

and on the top copy - Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 3.00

and change the Blend Mode to Overlay

and on the bottom tube layer

Apply Xero Greyscaler on the default settings

Repeat this for the right tube


Once you done this for the two big tubes - you

might want to do a canvas crop to

get rid of excess blurred tube that was hanging outside

of the tag canvas - so just crop the canvas then

Image

Canvas Size

and put it back to 700 x 600

And floodfill the White Background again :D


OK

Copy and Paste your main tube (if you haven't already done so)

and place centrally to the two frames (see my tag for ref)

Duplicate

and on the top tube - Adjust, Blur, Gaussian, 3.00 and set the blend mode to Overlay

then

On the bottom tube - Xero Porcelain on the default settings


Open PinkedPaper17

C&P

Move down the tag canvas so it's just above the White Back

Crop to canvas size 700 x 600

then

Apply my mask - Layers, Merge Group


Open the BradCluster (yeah, I know I used it in my last scrap tut - but me likes lol!)

C&P

Place under all the layer except the mask layer

and position as mine on the right

Image

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open the Circle of Pearls

70% SS

C&P

Place just below the main tubes layers in the LP

and on the left of the circle frames

Duplicate

DON'T mirror

Just move across to fit the right frame


Open the PinkedFrame-CircleBeads

Resize 70% SS

C&P

Place this just below the Brad Clusters in the LP

Move over and place to the top left (see my tag for ref)

Im, Dup, Im, Mirror



Open the Dotty Doodle

C&P

Place under all the circle frames in the LP

and position as mine on the top right

Right click the layer in the LP and choose Duplicate

then, Image Mirror



Open the Pussycat png

Resize 70%

C&P

Place to the left of the tag

Im, Dup, Im, Mirr


Open the paper flower

50%

C&P

Place as mine on the left

Im, Dup, Im, Mirr

I also flipped these but that's optional :)


Open the Scatter-GlitterSparkles

C&P

Place just above the BradCluster layer

and position as mine



Open the PinkedTagBackStudStrips

Cut out the bottom or top strip (doesn't matter which, they're the same lol!)

C&P

And place as mine, front and bottom centre of the tag canvas

Excellent for covering tube edges


Now, crop the canvas taking care not to edge off any mask or

glitter or any of the layers


I only cropped to 693 x 587 - big tag!


Now add some shadows of choice to the elements you'd

like to shadow

I'd suggest cats, flowers, bradclusters, frames, NOT the pearls (already shadowed)

and of course, the main tube bottom copy

I also added the White Sparkles but this is optional

then Add your name as liked

Add your artist info

Delete white Background

and

Ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! All done :) xx

I hope you enjoyed this simple tut, and if you purchase my
kit in order to make it the same as mine - then huge hugs and many thanks xx
You have no idea how much I appreciate it ((hugs))

This tutorial was written 16th October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Rememberance - PTU

Supplies Needed

Image or Tube of Choice - I'm using a fantastic one by Zindy Zone
Please visit her site and purchase IF you'd like to use the same one

Scrapkit - it's mine called "Pinked" and available from Clarey's shop
for the next week, not sure where it'll be after that lol - so if you'd
like it - please go HERE

Basic Sans Serif Font of Choice

This tut is a copy and paste tut, no filters needed

________________

The Usual - but make your Tag Canvas 700 x 600 pixels

You can either crop later or start smaller :)

Add New Layer

FF White


Open Pinked BradCluster

C&P

Place to the top right of the tag canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and move this one over a little more to the left


Hide Background Layer

Merge Visible the two cluster layers

Keep hidden for the moment

Then

Duplicate this merged layer

Image

Flip

and

Move this flipped layer down the LP so it's below the first cluster layer

Merge visible these two cluster layers

Now, unhide background layer


Open Paper12 (or another of your choice)

C&P

Move under the frame layer in the LP and position as liked

then

Do a Selection Delete on the frame layer expanding by 6

and hitting Delete on the Paper layer


Open PinkedCurtains

Resize 80% SS

and then

C&P

Place under the frame layer in the LP

and apply a favourite shadow to it

I used 0, 0, 40, 10.00 Black

No need to do a Selection Delete on this layer, it doesn't show under the frame :)


OK


Open ChickenWire

C&P

Place to the top right of the tag canvas under all layers

except the White Back

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open the PinkedFlower (the action made one, it's pink!)

Resize 60% SS

C&P

Place as mine to the top right of the tag canvas between

over the pink brad part of the cluster

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the PinkedRibbonBow

It comes pre-shadowed

C&P

Place it under the right flower

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

I erased the pieces of ribbon that were showing above the flowers

but this is personal choice - if you'd like them to stay, then fab :)

OK


Open SplatPinkGlitterBall

C&P

Image

Flip

Place to the right of the tag canvas

Under all layers except the White Back...well, obviously lol!

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Now

Open your chosen Image or Tube if you're using one instead

Then

C&P

Place under the frame AND curtain layers in the LP

and do a Selection Delete as before for the tube layer


Crop the tag canvas now - I got down to 673 pixels by 580 pixels

Tick to Crop


Now - shadows!

OK, add a shadow of - 0, 0, 35, 7.00 Black to

the flowers, chicken wire and splats layers

and

Add the same shadow used for the curtains layer, to the frame layer


Using your dropper tool

Find a light colour in the tag you like (or dark, we're going

to be placing this across the middle section of the frame so

choose what will look good with your image)

and

add this to the Background Materials box

Have the Foreground box on Null

Go to Text Tool - and find a good basic sans serif font (plain, no squigglies lol!)

and

If you've a short tag name like mine, up the Kerning as needed - I went to 200

then

Type your name

and once happy with size and placement

Add a dropshadow, I used 1, -1, 52, 2.00 Black


Add your artists info

then

Delete the white back

and

save as a PNG!

All done :)

This tutorial was written 14th October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Lost - PTU

And now I can't stop singing that Michael Buble song!!

Supplies Needed

Tube and Image of Choice - I'm using one of last year's Hallowe'en ones by Barbara Jensen
Barb has some new ones out for this year so check them out too! But I love this tube
so am using it hehe

Scrapkit - yeeerrrrs! It's mine again - and if you'd like to buy it, it can be
purchased from Clarey's store HERE - Thank you if you do, it's very appreciated xx

Mura Meister Clouds

Mask - Vix_Mask341 available from my
tutorial site under Goodies HERE

Wordart - by me, made specially for this tutorial - please do
not use it in any other tag tutorials, or in the creation of
templates, masks, scraps, etc...you know the score :) PU only xx Thank you
You can get it HERE

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Open a New Image in PSP

650 wide by 600 high in 72 pixels/inch resolution

Add new Layer

Floodfill White

then


Open FrameCircle

C&P


Open the GreenCurtains

C&P

Place under the frame layer

and move slightly off centre then

Add a good dropshadow of choice

and

do a Selection Delete with an Expand of 6

Note: you can adjust the colour of the curtains if liked - I did :)


Then open Paper5 (Orange Chequered Pattern)

Image Resize 86% SS

C&P

Place under the Frame and Curtain layers

and

repeat the Selection Delete for this layer



Open Paper 21

Resize as before

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette just above the White Back

and Crop the Canvas to it's size (this gets rid of the 2 pixels excess from the paper lol!)

and the apply Vix_Mask341 to this paper layer


OK So now open your chosen image and tube

Place them as mine

If you want to have your tube emerging from the frame

please see my previous tut on the method for doing this

then

Move the image tube under the frame and curtain layers

but above the paper fill layer

then

Take your magic wand

Click outside the tube area on that layer

then

Selections Invert

then

In your Materials Palette, have your top box on a colour from the

tag and the bottom box on Black

then go to

Mura Meister Clouds

and

look for the Ghost Preset

Apply as mine below



(you may need to hit Reset Colours before applying)

then when applied

Change the Blend Mode to Screen

and

Do a Selection Delete for the excess image area

See what's happened, the Ghost effect has added some lush shading

around the tube's face...well, it did on my one, I hope it does on yours too :)


Open OrangeDoodleSwirl

C&P

Place as Mine

Above the mask layer in the LP

and position as mine

Then I erased the pointy part of the doodle that was showing

at the bottom left

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open the Piece of Tulle

C&P

Place as mine under the curtain layer

and have it sticking out over the tube image face

but in a subtle way :D

Then

Do a Selection Delete to get rid of the excess

(No need to shadow, the element is pre-shadowed)


Open StringFlower2 (the orange one)

Position as mine on the left

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


and move these two flowers layers down the LP to just above the

Doodle swirls layers


Then optional - add some sparkles or glitters from the kit

I used the Silver Scatter, I resized 70% and Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

then positioned, dupl, mirrored and flipped


Open my Wordart as provided

Recolour if needed and C&P and place as mine


So now - shadows!

Apply a dropshadow of 0, 0, 40, 10.00 Black to the frame layer

also apply to your bottom tube layer

then

for the Doodle Swirl and String Flowers - 2, 0, 50, 5.00 Black


So now crop your tag canvas if needed

Add your name in a font and style of choice

Add Artist info

Delete White Background

and

Save as a PNG

Ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Simple, but nice :) xx

This tutorial was written 6th October 2010.

Tag Tutorial - Oh She Rocks! - PTU

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube/Images of Choice - I'm using Rocker by Keith Garvey...love it!
You must buy Keith's work if you wish to use it in PSP tags - so go HERE for more details
But of course, feel free to use whatever tube/images you like


Scrapkit - by er..me :) It's called "Hallo-Rockin'-We'en" and you can purchase
it from Clarey's store HERE

Xero Graphics Greytinter

That's it!

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Open a New Image in PSP - 700 pixels wide by 600 pixels high 72.00 pixels/inch resolution

Add New layer

Floodfill White


Right, now for the good stuff

Open FrameChequeredPlain

C&P

Image, Free Rotate, Right 90


Open GlitterFrame

C&P

Move down the LP so it's under the first frame


Open Paper14 (the red altar)

Image Resize 86% SS

C&P

Line up under the chequered frame but above the glittered one

and position as liked within - I had the altar slightly off to the right

then

Do a Selection Delete to remove the excess paper, with an expand of 6


Open Image 4 - (Chequered)

Resize as before

C&P

Place under the glitter frame layer in the LP

And repeat the Selection Delete


Open your tube now

Position as liked above all the other layers

Once happy with position, duplicate

and on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, BLUR MORE - aha!! You thought I was gonna say Gaussian?!?!!! hehe
Nope, for this, we just want blurred detail - So it's Adjust, Blur, Blur More

then on the bottom tube layer

Xero Graphics - Greytinter and change the Overall Tint slider to 85

Apply

then

on the top tube layer

Change the Blend Mode to Overlay or Soft Light - whichever you prefer

I used Soft Light

Now right click on the Tinted tube in the LP - and choose View, Current Only

Unhide the tube above, then click on the tinted layer again and

and choose Merge, Merge Visible

then

Right click on it again and choose View, All


Now, if you want you tube to look neatly

tucked into the frame in parts...read on, if not - skip to *

OK, so duplicate the tube layer

and move one layer down below the Chequered frame layer

Hide the top tube layer

Take Eraser on my hard settings - See Glossary of Terms over on the right

for good eraser settings

and all I did was erase part of the guitar wing.

But if you're using a different tube, see if there's a bit of it you want to erase

for it to look like it's emerging from the frame

Once you've erased, unhide the top tube

and I repeated the erase of the guitar wing - so it looks like it's tucked "in" the frame

and I also

got rid of the bottom edge of her legs and the guitar so again, it looks neatly tucked into the frame

BUT this is something I love to do, if you are happy with your tube as it is - well, then don't do any of the erasing part lol!!


*OK

Open your large tube image

C&P

Position on the left of the tag under the glitter frame layer

Then

Duplicate

BUT don't Image Mirror

Just

Move the duplicated one over to the right

(See my tag for ref)

and then

once happy with placement, do a Selection Delete for these two layers

with an Expansion of 6 like before

Then

Crop the tag now to get rid of excess image tube - I had loads overhanging the canvas lol!

Once you've cropped, Image, Canvas Size and put it back to 700 x 600

You'll need to floodfill the White background layer again


OK


Now

Apply Greytinter as before to the two image layers

and drop the Opacity of the layers to 75


Open the Red Bow (Bow3) from my Elements folder

Resize 20% SS

C&P

Place as mine on the left of the tag

Image

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and move down below the two main tube layers


Open the CharmonaChain-Star

Resize 80% SS

C&P

Place as mine on the left

Duplicate

But don't mirror

just move over so it's under the right hand side bow


Open the TagBack3 - the Black Glitter one

C&P

Place just above the White Background layer in the LP


Open DoodleGelSwirlRed

C&P

Place on the left as mine

then

Image

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open the WireHeart

C&P

Place as Mine top left of tag (just above the Black Glitter back in the LP but below the Doodles)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open GlitterScatterRed from the Wordart folder

C&P

Position as mine Top right of the tag canvas

and move below the tubes and first frame and fill in the LP

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open the Rock This wordart

C&P

Place as prefered on the tag canvas, see mine for ref



Now then, onto Shadows...


For the Glitter Scatters - Minus 4, 3, 18, 8.00 Black

Same for the CharmsonaChain-Stars

For the Bows - 2, 0, 50, 5.00 Black

Same for DoodleSwirls, ChickenWireHearts, GlitterBack,

and Both frame layers

Wordart is already shadowed so don't re-shadow

and

for the main tube layer - apply a favourite tube of choice if liked


OK

So now, add your name as liked

And your artist info

and

then

Crop once more if liked, then delete the White Background

layer and save as a PNG.

Enjoy!! xx

This tutorial was written 6th October 2010.