Vix's Scrap Tag Tutorials: Tag Tutorial - Oh She Rocks!

Wednesday, 6 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

and it's now a freebie FTU kit - go 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.

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, 6 October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Oh She Rocks! - PTU