Vix's Scrap Tag Tutorials: Tag Tutorial - Wanna Be Good

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Tag Tutorial - Wanna Be Good - FTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using an outstanding new one by the
eternally generous and awesomely cool Ismael Rac
If you'd like to purchase to use in your own tag,
visit AMI for more details

Scrapkit - a superb freebie! Part of a collab, this
part I've used is by Butter aka ButterflyFlutterby
The kit is called "Good Girls Gone Bad" and it's fabulous.
Download from her blog HERE
and please leave some love if you take it xx

Mask of Choice - I used my mask Vix_Mask147, yes again! lol!

Xero Graphics Greytinter

Font of Choice

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Open a New Image in PSP - 650 wide by 600 high

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open Frame6

Image, Resize, 80% Smartsize

C&P

Place centrally to the tag canvas

Open the Large/Close Up tube

C&P

Place under the frame layer

Open Paper 20

Image, Resize 75%

C&P

Place under the other layers on the tag canvas

Repeat this with Paper 8

but place so half of it is showing behind the big tube

within the frame layer

(see my tag for reference)

Now Duplicate the Tube layer

and on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 2.00

then change the blend mode to Overlay

and then

on the bottom copy

Xero Graphics - Greytinter

on the default settings

and apply a favourite dropshadow of choice

to this Greytinter'd tube

Now, use Selection Tool

Rectangle

And stretch it out around the central part of the frame

and include the part of the star and halos bit

that shows the frame contents too

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the two paper layers

and the two tube layers

Selections None

Open Paper 10

Resize as before

C&P

Place under the other layers

and apply a favourite mask of choice

(I'm using - yeah again lol! - my mask Vix_Mask147)

Open Glitter Splatter 3

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place on the top right of the tag

Move down the layers

to just above the mask layer

and then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and move back over a little

See my tag for reference regarding placement

Open the Guitar colour of your choice

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine

Open the Musical Notes that

correspond to your guitar colour

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place over to the top left as mine

Open RibbonSplatter2 (or one to suit your colour scheme)

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place on the tag canvas

and move down the layer palette

to above the Glitter Splatters layers

Optional - Open the Wordart 2

Image, Resize, 60%

C&P

Place as mine

Now

C&P your chosen tube - actual size

or resize as liked/needed

Repeat the duplicate, blur and Xero effect as for

the larger tube

Apply dropshadow of choice to all

the elements

except the Mask layer

or any of the layers you feel don't need it

Crop the tag canvas now

and

add your name in font/style of choice

Add your artist info and any

other info required

Delete the White Back

and save

your work as a transparent PNG

and thank you for trying me tut :) xx

About this Blog...

Hiya blogettes,
I love scrapkits, and I love to make tags
using scrapkits too.
Personally, I enjoy opening a new kit and seeing
what goodies lay inside and what happens when
I go nutz in PSP lol!
But, I know there are lots of people who do enjoy a scrapkit tag tutorial - so here's this blog, especially for them!

Here you'll find a few scrapkit tag tutorials for you to enjoy.
Some are Pay to Use scrapkits and some are Free to
Use scrapkits.

Some will be from taggers sized kits
and some will be from full sized digiscrap kits.
Note: If a kit I've linked to is no longer available - just use another kit and see what happens...

I hope these tuts inspire you to go nutz in PSP yourselves and that you have fun with your creations and expressing yourself through gorgeous tags.

Thanks for dropping by,

hugs
Vix xx

Important Information

These tutorials are written by me (Vix) The date of creation is usually the date they are posted on the blog, sometimes earlier. They are based on tags of my own design created by me and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental. Please do not use my tutorials as the basis for ideas when creating your own tutorials. Be original! Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with these tutorials are supplied in good faith - if I have used something not intended for usage in this way, please contact me via email. Any items specifically created by me for the purposes of these tutorials MAY NOT be used in any other tag tutorials UNLESS I mention that they may be. Links to tube/scrap blogs or sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy, and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them. Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied in my tutorials supplies. This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted. PSP groups and forums are welcome to text link to the tutorials. All of my tutorials are registered with TWI

Glossary of Terms

C&P - Copy and Paste

The Usual - New Image in PSP, 600 x 600 Pixels
Add a New Layer and Floodfill White
(I tend to make tags in 700 x 600 but my older tutorials are the first dimensions)

LP - Layer Palette

(the bit on the right in PSP which shows all the layers)

MP - Materials Palette

(also known as the Colour boxes - found at the top right of PSP)

Selection Delete - Magic Wand Tool on 0 Tolerance and
0 Feather, click inside the mentioned item (frame etc)
then Selections, Modify, Expand (or Contract) by a
certain number of Pixels which will be stated.
Then Selection Invert and either eraser delete (if asked)
or hit the Delete button to get rid of excess tube
or paper, for instance.

Magic Wand Settings - just so you know...
Mode: Add
Match Mode: RGB Value
Tolerance: 0 (unless otherwise stated)
Feather: 0 (unless otherwise stated)

Eraser Settings -
For hard removal - ie. getting rid of excess tube etc
Size: 102
Hardness: 100
Step: 5
Density: 100
Thickness: 100
Rotation: 0
Opacity: 100

Resize and 00% - if I show a number percent, like 80% etc
It means Resize that particular element
paper, tube etc by the amount stated then C&P

Double Layer Tube Emerge -

Once placed as you'd like it on your tag

Duplicate the tube layer

Move one just above the frame layer (or whatever you're wanting the tube to "emerge" from)

and one just under this layer

Hide the top tube layer

Using Magic Wand Selection - select your frame inner

and then Modify, Expand as needed

then

Selections, Invert

And take your Eraser tool on a hard strong setting (see my settings above) and erase any parts of the tube which stick out below the area you want them to be

Once deleted, Selections None

Now unhide your Top tube layer

Activate in the LP and then

and repeat the erase as needed

You should - all being well - have your tube emerging from a frame in selected parts

And that is the double layer tube emerge. Used in many of my tuts

Top Tips

1. Use a different tube/image. Nothing makes a tag from a tutorial more your own than NOT using the same tube etc.

2. Colourize your chosen kit to suit your mood or your tube = but, only if the scrap designer allows...and most do :)

3. Give a little credit if poss. Many designers do want credit for their scraps, so where able, slip a little "scraps by..." or "scrapkit by..." in your tag credits when using scrap designers that ask for credit when used online. Most of the full sized scrap designers do ask for this.

But of course, if the designer doesn't ask for credit, then that's fab too and saves on tag credit space :)

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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Tag Tutorial - Wanna Be Good - FTU