Vix's Scrap Tag Tutorials

Tag Tutorial - PTU - Very Merry

2011-12-21T17:10:00.002Z

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

_______________________

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

2011-11-23T14:39:00.003Z

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

************

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

2010-10-19T13:12:00.003+01:00

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 :)

______________________

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

2010-10-18T10:30:00.003+01:00

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

2010-10-18T10:20:00.002+01:00

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

2010-10-06T13:57:00.003+01:00

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

____________________

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

2010-10-06T11:54:00.002+01:00

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!

_______________________________

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.

Tag Tutorial - Eeeeks! - PTU

2010-10-05T16:58:00.003+01:00

Tube/Image of Choice - I'm using my ol' favourite - Tabitha by Keith Garvey. It's just superb and you can purchase it from MPT

Scrapkit - again, I'm using Ghost Town by my pal Clarey HERE

Xero Graphics Soft Mood XL - yup, the XL version - if you haven't
already got it - grab it HERE

Mura Meister Copies - use your search engine to find and download

Xenofex 2 Constellation (optional)

Masks - Chelle Weescotslass WSL_Mask220 and my mask Vix_Mask286

______________________________

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

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open acrylic frame

Resize 80% SS

C&P

Place on the tag canvas

S'nice innit? But we're going to recolour this in a min :D

Open curledribbon2

Resize 50% SS

C&P

Then

Image, Free Rotate, Right 90

and

Mura Meister Copies - on the Encircle preset - default settings

Apply

Move this layer below the acrylicframe layer

Open Paper14 (pumpkins one)

Resize 86% SS

C&P

Place under the ribbon frame we just made

then

Click inside the Ribbonframe layer centrally with Magic Wand

and Selections, Modify, Expand by 2

Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections None

Make sure your paper is below the ribbonframe layer

Now, on the acrylicframe layer

Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize

and choose

Hue 24 and Saturation 192

Click OK to apply

then

Open Paper2 (the black one)

Resize as before

C&P

Place under the acrylicframe in the LP

but above the rest

and repeat the Selection Expand Delete

BUT this time Expand by 4

then

Invert, and Delete the Excess black paper

Selections None

Open Paper10 (spotty)

Resize as before

C&P

Place just above the White Background in the LP

and

Crop Tool - Snap Crop Rectangle to: Merge Opaque

and it will get rid of the slight bit of paper overhanging the tag canvas

Then

Apply Chelle's WSL_Mask220 (one of my all-time faves!)

and

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Open Paper 2 again (the black one)

Repeat the resize, C&P and Crop

then

Apply to this black paper - my mask Vix_Mask286

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

And make sure this mask layer is above the spotty one in the LP

OK

Onwards!!

Open your chosen tube

(I know I use Tabitha every Hallowe'en season - but she is such a rockin' tube!!!)

C&P

Place as liked - either left or right of the tag canvas as mine

Open the Close Up/Image tube if you're using one

C&P

And place on the opposite side to your tube

So, mines on the right

Do a Selection Delete to get rid of the excess tube and

make sure this layer is below the acrylic frame but above the black paper fill

Open GlitterSplat 2

Resize 60% SS

C&P

Place over on the right of the tag canvas (see mine for ref)

and move down

so it's just above the mask layers in the LP

(Do this on the opposite side if you placed main tube right etc)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Open spidersweb2

C&P

Place as mine - line it up under the acrylicframe layer

but above your tube image

and place so it's "sticking" to the sides of the frame

On this web layer

Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, 30 Uniform with Monochrome Ticked

and apply a Drop Shadow to the web of

2

Minus 9

18

8.00

Black

Now click inside the acrylicframe with Magic Wand and do a

Selection Delete for the excess web

Duplicate your Image layer that's within the frame

And on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 3.00

then

Go to the bottom image and apply Xero Soft Mood XL on these settings

of mine...

Then

On the Top copy of the Image

Change the Blend Mode to Screen and drop the Opacity to 67

Back to the bottom tube image and apply the same dropshadow we used for the web

(Note: if needed, do a Selection Delete to remove any blurred tube image that may poke out under the frame edge

but there wasn't any when I made mine, so it'll depend on tube placement and amount of expansion you use)

Hide your main tube for now

Open hauntedhouse2

Resize 60% SS

C&P

Place under the acrylicframe layer, and the two image layers but above the black fill in the LP

and position as mine within the frame

Apply the same Soft Mood settings

then

Do a Selection Delete to get rid of the excess house

Unhide your Main tube layer

and check you're still happy with placement

if not, move it about :D

Open stripedswirly3

Image, Resize 30% SS

C&P

Layers, Arrange, Bring to the Top so you can see what you're doing

then

Image, Free Rotate, Right 90

and

Apply Mura Meister Copies

BUT

Change the Shift X and Y sliders to 60

and the Number to 20

Apply

then

Move down the LP so it's just above the masks layers

Apply a subtle dropshadow to the two glitter splat layers

0, 0, 35, 7.00 Black

Same for the swirly circled layer you just made

then

Apply a good tube shadow to the curledribbon frame layer

I used 0, 0, 40, 10.00 Black

Optional: add a Xenofex 2 Constellation

setting to this layer - BUT do it BEFORE you apply shadow

or it'll look odd lol!

Apply same dropshadow to the acrylicframe layer

and to your main tube layer

Now

Add your name in a style and font of choice

THEN if you're adding the spider - see * below

Apply the same shadow as for the web

Add Artist info

Crop the Canvas

Delete the White Background

and save as PNG

Hope you enjoyed this tut :) xx

*NOTE: For added spookiness, I took the Spider from the SpookyTree in Clarey's kit

and added it to the finished tag above (Simples, just open the Tree - take Selection Tool

Draw out a Rectangle around the spider and some of his trail - then Cut, Selections None, close

the tree and DON'T save changes then Paste your cut selection

onto your current tag canvas and place where liked and shadow as for the web erasing any excess

trail if needed) but this is optional as I know a few taggers who

don't like the eight legged beasties lol!!

This tutorial was written 5th October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Fright Night - PTU

2010-10-05T16:38:00.002+01:00

Tube of Choice - I'm using one of my favourites by Suzanne Woolcott - you can purchase it HERE at the Gorjuss store.

Scrapkit - Ghost Town by Clarey- I love this! You can get it HERE at Clarey's store.

Mask - my own Mask - Vix_Mask452 which you can get at my blogsite HERE

Wordart - by me, created specifically for use with this tutorial. Please do not share this wordart around, use for any other tag tuts or use in your
kits, masks, templates, stuff that you share. It's PU only for you. Okely-dokely?? Thank you xx

Get the wordart HERE
It's a PNG so just right click and save to your own computers :)

_____________________

This kit is rockingly good - so we're making a BIG tag!!

Again, as with any of my tuts, if you prefer smaller tags then start smaller and

adjust the resizings as needed...

OK

So - open a New Image in PSP - 700 pixels wide by 600 pixels high with a 72.00 pixels/inch Resolution (always a 72.00 resolution

when making signature tags)

Add a New Layer and guess what? Correct! Floodfill White

Now

Open your chosen tube, C&P and place as a New Layer on the canvas

then

Open purpleframe

Image, Rotate Right

C&P as a New Layer on the tag canvas

Close the original purpleframe file and don't save changes

Line up the frame centrally to the tag canvas (you may need to just move it up or down a little)

so it lines up with the bottom of your tube's feet...if it has any :)

Open hauntedhouse2

Image Resize

80% Smartsize

C&P

and line it up as I have done with the bottom edge of the frame

Make sure the house is under the tube but above the frame layer in the LP

Open fence

Image Resize 70%

C&P

Move this layer UNDER the frame layer in the LP

Right, that's the bones of the tag....let's get onto the meat lol

Open paper7 (the spiders)

Image, Resize 86% SS

C&P

Place under the frame layer in the LP

then take Magic Wand on the usual selection settings

and click inside the left frame square

Selections, Modify, Expand by 4

Selections Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections None

Take Paper10 (the spotty one)

Repeat as above for the right section of frame

then

Open Paper16 (candycorn)

and repeat above for the middle section

OK

So that's the frames filled

Now

Open Paper15 (hauntedhouse)

Resize

C&P

Then

Apply my mask Vix_Mask452

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

and make sure you move this layer below all the other but above the White Background

Take your Selection Tool, on Rectangle

And draw out a Rectangle horizontally along the bottom of your tag canvas

and then when on the Masked layer, hit Delete

We want to get rid of the mask that pokes out underneath the frame at the bottom

Selections None

Again, with Selection Tool - draw out a smallish square on the Haunted House layer

to include the small moon and bats - then hit Delete (gorgeous though it is, we've got a moon from the paper beautifully showing behind the house lol!)

Selections None

Open ghost3

C&P

Place within the area of the right frame square

Dropshadow it as prefered for your tubes

then

Do a Selection Delete to get rid of the excess ghost (now, there's a sentence ya don't say everyday lol!!)

Open ghost2

and repeat as above for the left

Open cat

Image Resize 30% SS

C&P

Place on the right of the frame as mine

So this layer will be at the top of the LP

Open owl

Resize as for cat

then

C&P

and place as mine with his little claws

overhanging the frame

Again, he'll be above the other layers in the LP

Open pumpkin1

Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine over on the left of the tag

Open pumpkin3

Resize as before and place as mine

Open spider

Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine

Open candle

Image Resize 20% SS

C&P

Place as mine - IF you use the same tube as me, you'll need to erase the tube's candle

Now

Open the Sparkles 1 2 and 3

Place as liked just above the Masked Layer in the LP

Resize if needed/liked

If any stick out under the frame layer at the bottom - erase them

Open the Wordart I've provided for this tutorial...ONLY!

C&P

Line it up as mine

and

Move it down the layer palette (LP) to just below the Haunted House layer

Now

Tube - Shadow 2, 2, 50, 5.00 Black

Apply this same shadow to pumpkins, spider, candle, cat and owl

House - 0, 0, 40, 10.00 Black

Apply this same shadow to frame and fence layers

Now add your name in a font and style as liked

And place it over the right side above the ghost's head :)

Dropshadow as for the tube

Add your artist info now

then

Go to Crop Tool

And clicking on the Nodes, move the crop inwardly taking care

not to crop any shadow, mask etc

Tick to Crop

then

Delete White Background

and

Save as a PNG

All done!!

Enjoy :) xx

This tutorial was written on 5th October 2010

Tag Tutorial - Clareycakes - PTU

2010-10-05T09:48:00.005+01:00

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube of Choice - I used a PTU one by Suzanne Woolcott aka gorjuss

Scrapkit - Cupcake Party Tag Kit by Clarey - you can purchase it HERE

Xenofex 2 Rip Open

Mura Meister Copies

Mask of your Choice - a rectangular one would be good

************************

OK - We're going to make a nice big tag :D So if you need to start
smaller - cool, just adjust the following sizings as in proportion to your start size :)

The Usual - but make it a 650 x 600 pixel New Image

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open roundframe1 from Clarey's kit

C&P

Resize 80% Smartsize

Using Magic Wand on your usual selection settings - see my Glossary of Terms section over on the right if you're not sure what settings to use

Click inside the roundframe1 and Selections, Modify, Expand by 6

then find the paper12

Image, Resize 86% Smartsize

C&P on the tag canvas

Place as liked within the frame

Selections, Invert, Delete

Selections, Invert

and then find paper6

Resize as before

C&P

But, move this down the tag canvas

so it's just under halfway up the frame centre - see my tag for ref

Once happy with placement - repeat the Selections, Invert and Delete

Selections, None

Now, move both of these paper layers down the LP

so both are under the frame layer

Whole paper nearest the bottom

So, on the pink half filled paper layer

Take your Freehand Selection Tool

Have it set to 3 Feather - Add - Point to Point

And select the top horizontal edge of the paper

Start at the left side - go across the top of the pink paper area and slightly beyond

then back over to the left side again to join it - jaggedy as you like - from one

side of the paper to the other

See this example below to show you how I selected it

Keep Selected

then

Xenofex 2 - Rip Open and apply the following settings

So now, see the gorgeous cupcakes that come with this kit?

We're going to stuff our pink paper pocket with cakes! :D

Choose which you'd like to go with the tube you're using

Resize the cakes 50% or so, make them different sizes if prefered

then

C&P

Move down the LP so they're below the Pink Paper layer

and place as liked

Once happy with placement of the cakes

Apply a dropshadow of your choice to them to give some depth

I used 0, 0, 40.00, 10.00, Black

Then, open paperflower3

C&P

Then

Go to Mura Meister Copies - look for the Encircle Preset

and change the X and Y Sliders to 70 each

Apply

Open paperflower6

C&P

Image Free Rotate, 90 degrees to the right

then move this flower - over the tag canvas so it's lined up with

the pink flower on the middle of the left side

Move down the LP so it's below it

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Line up on the right side

Duplicate this flower on the right

Image

Free Rotate, LEFT, 90 Degrees

And place as mine under the top central flower

Duplicate this one

Image

Flip

Now

Open a chosen paper to go with your tag so far - I used Paper11

Don't Resize this one

just C&P

then

Crop to canvas size 650 x 600 tick crop tool

Make sure the paper is just above the white background

then

Take your mask of choice - a rectangle shaped dimension one would be best, and then apply

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Now open your chosen tube

C&P

Place as liked

Add effects as liked and shadow as prefered :)

Now on the flowers and frame layer

Apply a dropshadow as liked

I used the same one I did for the cupcakes earlier

Open scatterswirl2

Image

Resize 60%

C&P

Now

Line this swirl up with the top right area of the mask layer

See my tag for reference

Now

Move the swirls down the LP to just above the Mask Layer

Duplicate

Image

Flip

Image

Mirror

Now merge these two layers together

and apply a subtle shadow

I used

2

0

16

1.98

Black

Add your name in a colour and font of choice

Apply a Bevel or (as I did) a SuperBladePro preset

and

Shadow as before

Apply any other bits you might like to use - I added some sparkles which I love at the moment, am obsessed with sparkles lol!

Now, add your artist info

and Crop the tag canvas

I got down to

623 x 546

Then

Delete the White Background

and

save your work as a PNG file - so it's transparent backed

and when posting in your forums, will not have a white background :)

Hope you enjoyed this simple, copy and paste tut - simple, maybe...but effective? I think so hehe xx

This tutorial was written on 1st October 2010 by Vix
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI

Tag Tutorial - When Irish Eyes - PTU

2010-03-07T13:34:00.002Z

Tubes/Images of your Choice - I'm using a Tube and Close up

Artwork © Jennifer Janesko

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have

Scrapkit - A superb St Pats kit by my pal Clarey called "Luck of the Irish"
It's PTU and available from her store HERE

Xero Graphics Radiance

Mask of your Choice - I used one of my own Mask403

__________________

Open a New Image in PSP - 650 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

then

Open clarey_luckoftheirish_stamp frame2

C&P

Place centrally in the tag canvas

Image, Resize 70%

then

Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize,

and then change the Hue to 65 and the Saturation to 105

Now

Move this stamp frame over to the top left of the canvas

Leave plenty of room on the top left and middle left though

Duplicate the frame layer

Image, Free Rotate, Right 20 degrees

then

move down the tag canvas to place as mine

Open Paper 4

C&P

Place under the rotated frame in the LP

then use Magic Wand on the usual selection settings

and do a Selection Delete with an Expand of 4

Open Paper 7

C&P

Place under the first frame in the LP

and repeat the Magic Wand Selection Delete as before

Open your Chosen Tube/Image/Close up

C&P

Place on the tag canvas

and move between the chosen frame and paper in the LP

so it's sandwiched in between - then

on the Image/Tube/Close Up layer

Apply Xero Radiance on these settings...

Strangeness - 103

Charm - 73

Truth - 82

Beauty - 131

Apply a favourite dropshadow if using a tube

then

use Selection Delete as before to get rid of the excess tube

Repeat for the other frame with either a close up or

different tube/image of your choice

This time, I didn't add the Radiance as my image was so light already

Open shamrockofshamrocks1

Resize 90%

C&P

Move down the LP so it's just above the White Background

Open Paper 9

C&P

Place below the shamrocks layer in the LP

and

Apply Vix_Mask403 to the Paper layer

Open the Emerald Glitter

Resize 60%

C&P

Move to the top right of the tag canvas

(see mine for placement)

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Move both of these Glitter layers down the LP so that the bottom left on

is below the shamrock layer but above the masked paper layer

and the top right one is above the shamrock layer

Open curledribbon

60%

C&P

Line it up with the top of the straight frame (see my tag for placement)

then

Duplicate the ribbon

Image, Free Rotate, 20 degrees right

and place along the bottom of the rotated frame

Open the potofgold

Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine

Open shamrockdecoration

50%

C&P

Place as mine

Now add dropshadows to the two frames

I used

0, 0, 38.00, 10.00 Black

Then, on the elements - I used 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black

Now crop the tag canvas to remove any excess paper or tube/image that may be outside the canvas

and

add your name in a style and font of your liking

I used a glitter fill and added the name to the pot and used

the element dropshadow

Finally,

Add your artist info

Delete the White Background and

Save as PNG

Hope you enjoy and if you celebrate St Patrick's Day - have a happy one!

Tag Tutorial - Viva - PTU

2010-02-25T12:12:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a gorgeous one by Ted Hammond

Artwork © Ted Hammond

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have in your collection

Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using the superb "Sin City" by Jessica over @ Gothic Inspirations - thank you sweetie xx

Please go HERE for more details

Background Image of choice - preferably a Las Vegas shot - I used one
from Stock Xchng www.sxc.hu - I used Las Vegas as the search word
and found one I liked by getjustin on (I think) about Page 6 or so.

Two masks by Chelle WeeScotsLass - Mask 145 and 220

Xero Graphics - Pastellise

Xenofex 1 - Shower Door

(both of these filter plug ins are freely available from the Net)

Lokas Shadow (optional)

Sparkles of Choice also optional

Font of Choice - I used a FontDiner.com font called Loungy

________________________________

OK - so
The Usual, a new Canvas in PSP

I used 680 x 600 (nice and big but if you'd like to start smaller

or you have forum restrictions where you post, then just adjust as needed and

do the same for the following element percentages too)

Then

C&P your chosen tube as a New Layer

Place centrally to the tag canvas, resize if needed

then hide the tube layer for now

Open Paper5

Leave for the moment

Now, open the Nightlife photo/image you've chosen to use - a landscape image

works better than a portait one

IF you've used the same one as me, resize image 30%

then

C&P as a new layer on our tag canvas(ideally you

want the image size to be not as massive as the canvas, but

large enough to take the mask) just above the White Background

Now unhide your tube so we can build the tag around it

Now

On the Background image,

Use Chelle's mask WSL_Mask145

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Make sure it's below your tube layer

then

duplicate the mask layer

and on the bottom copy,

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur by 10

then

go to Xenofex 1 - Look for Shower Door

and apply the Collage preset from the drop down menu

Now duplicate the untouched mask layer again

and on the top copy

Apply Xero Graphics Pastellise - on these settings of mine

Hope you get the same effect as me - you shouldn't have any extra background

added to the layer - if it's applied right, the preview window hopefully will show

as mine

Anyway, once applied

Change the Blend Mode of this mask layer in the LP to either Soft Light or Overlay -

whichever you prefer

So you should have 3 masked layers

the Top one in the LP should be the Pastellised one

the middle should be the untouched mask one

and the bottom should be the Shower Doored one

Yes?

Cool!

OK

Duplicate your tube layer

and

On the top one - apply Pastellise as we did for the mask layer

Same settings

but this time

Change the Blend Mode in the LP to Burn or similar, we want a nice darkened effect

OK?

Cool

Now, let's element this baby up lol!

Open Vegas Sign

Image Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine

Open Dice 2

50%

C&P

Place to the right of your tube

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open Scatter Bling

70%

C&P

Place to the left of the tag as mine

Move this down the LP below all the mask layers

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open Poker Chips

30%

C&P

Place to the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open Money

50%

C&P

Place to the right of the tag as mine

just under the right dice layer

Then

Open Money Bag

40%

C&P

Place above your tube layer

and duplicate

Use to cover any half body or leg chop off from your tube

or (in my case) the furry carpet (yikes! lol!)

Anyway, use it as mine, but don't mirror image the bag

Just duplicate and move over as needed

Now - remember our paper from way back? lol!

Go to Pattern (in the Materials Palette, next one along from Colour/Gradient)

Find the Money Paper - but change

the Scale to 40

See my settings here

Click OK

and you should now have the Pattern in your Foreground (or Background) box

Good

So add a New layer just above the White Background

and Floodfill this new layer with your Money pattern :D

OK

Now you can close the Paper - we're done with that

And

On this money layer

Apply Chelle's Mask - WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

and

Duplicate this layer for added emphasis

Now then - dropshadows!

One of the best finishing touches for any tag imho :D

So...

Don't shadow any of the mask layers

but for all the elements use

2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

Apply to all elements

and

On your bottom copy of your tube - not the Pastellised one

Apply

a favourite dropshadow that you'd usually use for tubes

I used one from Lokas Shadow called Flat Faint Shadow (it's a preset in there)

Now, crop the canvas again to the size you'd like it (it

also helps to get rid of any overhangs, if there are any)

I just cropped to the size it is - 680 x 600

Add your Artist info now and if using photo/image
that needs a courtesy mention, add that too.

And if liked, add some sparklies you may have

I added a New layer

and looked in my Picture Tube tool and found Sparkle (dunno if

it's a preset or one that I obtained but I used that)

and placed various sizes of it to compliment the Sparkle Bling layers

I also used some other sparkles I had :D Improvise with what you have

and see what you like

then

finally -

Using one of the fabulous Font Diner retro Vegas style fonts

(I used Loungy)

I added the name in a glitter fill and black stroke

Place in the blank space top right

and added the element dropshadow

All done :D

Hope you enjoy xx

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This tutorial was written on 25th February 2010 by VixIt is a tutorial based on a tag of my own design created
this morning and
any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
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.
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI

Tag Tutorial - Sweet Love - PTU

2010-02-09T13:17:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a cutie by Suzanne Woolcott

If you'd like to use the same - please visit her site HERE

Scrapkit - PTU - a completely gorgeous one called Love is In the Air by my pal Clarey

You can purchase it from her store HERE

Masks - 445 and 446 by me :) Both are available to save from my blog HERE

Toadies - What Are You

Penta.com - Colour Dot

__________________________________

The Usual - but make the canvas size 650 x 600

If you'd like a smaller tag, adjust your canvas size accordingly

and the same goes for the following resize percentages

Adjust to what you'd need instead...

OK

Open the Chocolates

C&P

Place to the middle left of the canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the SW tube (if you're using a different tube, adjust placement to suit your tag)

C&P

Place as mine

Open the HeartFrame2

80%

C&P

Place as mine

under the other layers and above the White Background

Change both colour boxes to White

and

Duplicate the Heart Frame

Apply Toadies - What are You on

the default settings

then

Penta.com Colour Dot on

the default settings

Make sure this frame is below the original frame in the LP

Duplicate the chocolate box layers

and repeat the Toadies and Penta for the bottom copies

BUT

Change the X-Dose slider in Toadies to 10 from 20

Click inside the non Toadied heart frame with Magic Wand

Selections, Modify, Expand by 5

Open Paper 9 - or another delicious one of your choosing

C&P

Move between the two heart frame layers

and do a Selection Delete on the Paper layer

Selections None

Crop the canvas using Crop Tool - Snap Crop Rectangle to: Merged Opaque

(Should be the same size as your canvas)

Just above the White Background

C&P Paper 7

then

Apply my mask - Vix_Mask446 to it

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

and move across the canvas to line up with the heart frame a little more

See my placement for reference

Open the Cupcake

Resize 20%

C&P

Place to the left in front of the chocolates

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open Flower 6

70%

C&P

Place as mine to the left of the tag at the top left

of the heart frame then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open another of the flowers

70%

C&P

Image

Flip

then place in the centre of the heart frame as mine

Open another of the flowers

Resize as before

C&P

Image

Mirror

But, move this over to the left of the tag and place underneath the

left side flower

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and

move these under the chocolate box layer (the non Toadied one)

in the LP

Use Dropper Tool

Choose a colour from the tag

Place in Background Material Palette colour box

Have Foreground on Nill

Type out your name in a font of choice

Stretch out to fit where liked

then

Apply a simple and subtle dropshadow to it

I used 0, 0 ,35, 7.00 Black

and now

on the Cupcake, Chocs and

the flowers layer - add a shadow of

2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black

or a shadow of your choice

and on the heart frame, apply a shadow like

3, 3, 54, 7.00 Black

or one of your choice

and on the tube layer - shadow as prefered

Add your Artist info now

Crop the canvas

Delete the White Background

and

save as a PNG

All done xx

Tag Tutorial - Christmas Magical - PTU

2009-12-19T14:10:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a seasonal one

Artwork © Jennifer Janesko

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have

Scrapkit - I'm using "Christmas Magic" by Clarey which is gorgeous

and PTU

If you'd like it, please visit Clarey's store HERE

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Xero Graphics Greytinter

Mask - Vix_Mask434 HERE

You can choose to do this tag animated - or not :)

_______________

The Usual except 650 wide and 600 pixel canvas

then

Open Frame 2

C&P

Image, Resize 80% (all layers not ticked)

Open Paper 8

C&P

Sandwich between the two frame layers

in the LP

and

Do a Magic Wand

Selection Delete with an Expand of 8

and Delete the excess paper

Open Paper 11

Repeat as above (put this paper above

the other one in the LP)

Now take your Lasso Tool

on Selection Type Point to Point

Mode: Add

Feather and Smoothing 0 and Anti Alias ticked

and draw out a zig zag line across the paper circle

and encompass the rest of the layer - you can start over

at the circle frame and work from left to right - then go over the top of the circle paper

and join up back at the left

(see my tag to get an idea of the zig zag)

Then

on this paper layer

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Glow Width 3.00 Soft Corners 0 and Overall Opacity 100

Apply

Now

C&P your chosen Christmassy tube

Place this at the top of the layers

and where you'd like it to be on the tag

then

Duplicate

on the top layer of tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

change the Blend Mode to Overlay

and

on the bottom tube layer

Apply Xero Graphics Greytinter

Right click on the Greytintered tube in the LP

View, Current Only

then

unhide the Top tube

and

right click again and Merge, Merge Visible

and merge the two tube layers together

then

right click again - View, All

and duplicate the tube

move one down to below the zig zag paper

Now apply a dropshadow to the bottom one

Something like

Vertical -2

Horizontal 6

Opacity 38

Blur 7.25

Black

and hide the top tube

Take your Eraser and erase the part of the tube

that sticks out under the frame

Unhide the top tube

and erase some of that

so it looks like she's coming out of the frame behind

the paper

and then

apply the same shadow to the zig zag paper

Open the fairy lights from Clarey's kit

C&P

Move down the LP to between the frame and zig zag paper layers

Apply a shadow of 0, 0, 35.00

Open Bow 1

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place on the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the Gifts 1 and 3

Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine

Shadow the same as the fairy lights

Open Glitter Doodle 4

C&P

Move up the tag canvas to just near the bows as mine

Shadow as before

Open Glitter Doodle 1

C&P

Place under the bows as mine

Shadow as before

Open Holly

Resize, 30%

C&P

Place on the left of the pressies

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Place as mine

and shadow both

Open Paper 12

C&P

Apply my Mask - Vix_Mask434

and move down the LP to just above the White back

Add a shadow to the frame now - something like 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black

then

Add your name in a prefered font and style of choice

I used CK Constitution, Black fill, No Stroke

and applied the same Gradient Glow as the zig zag paper

then

Shadow as the elements

Crop the Canvas now

and

add your Artist info etc

If you want an animated tag, read on

If you're happy as it is - then delete the White Back and

save as PNG

IF you're animating - read on...

Duplicate the fairy lights layer twice to total 3 layers

Hide the top two layers

and we're starting on the bottom one

Zoom in if you need to see better

So,

Now

On the furthest fairy light to left

With Magic Wand on Tolerance of about 30

Click inside the light to get the colour selected - might take a few clicks and

don't worry about selecting the white bit in the middle

then skip the next bulb and go for the middle one

Select as before

So, you should now have two bulbs selected

Now go to

Adjust, Brightness and Contrast,

and have the Brightness on 20

and Contrast on 5

OK

Selections None

and

Hide this layer

Unhide the 2nd layer up

Now

Select the next two (the 2nd from left and the one after the middle one)

and

repeat the Brightness etc

Hide

and finally

Select the last bulb on the right

and repeat as above

OK

Hide the top two lights layers

then

Edit, Copy Merged

take to Ani Shop

Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP

Hide the bottom lights layer

and unhide the middle one

Edit, Copy Merged as before

Take to Ani Shop

and Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP

and hide the middle lights

Unhide the top ones

and repeat as above

So, now in Ani Shop

We've got 3 frames

Click on Frame 1

Edit, Select All

then

Animation, Animation Properties,

change to Opaque, White

then

Animation, Frame Properties

and have the speed on 30

View, Animation

and Save As gif :D

Hope you enjoyed this tut and I wish you

a very blessed and Merry Christmas

xx

Tag Tutorial - Winter Cutie - PTU

2009-12-05T10:26:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a cute one by Elias Chatzoudis
@ MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - It's called "Winter Bliss" by my
mate Clarey :D She rocks and this kit is
gorgeous! If you'd like to purchase it, please
go HERE for more details

Masks - HERE and HERE

No filters required

This tut is short-handed, ie. I've explained quickly what
I've done, so people familiar with my tut processes should
be fine :D xx

________________________

The Usual

then

Open rectangeframe3

Resize 80%

C&P

Open wintertree

Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine to the left of the frame

Duplicate

Move one tree under the frame

Dropshadow the bottom tree - 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

then

Hide the top tree and

Click inside the frame with Magic Wand

and Do a Selection Delete on the bottom tree layer

Expand by 5

and hit Invert

but use your eraser to take away the

treepot at the bottom

Selections None

then

Unhide the Top tree

and erase the treepot so it looks like

the tree is coming out of the frame

Open Paper 9

C&P

Move down the tag canvas a little

then repeat the Selection Delete process

but this time, you can just hit Delete on the paper layer once you've inverted the

selection

Open Paper 8

C&P

Move down the LP to just above the White Back

and apply my Mask 434

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Open Paper 3

C&P

Move to just above the last mask layer

and apply my Mask 435

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Open bauble1

Resize 80%

C&P

Place on the right of the frame

Dropshadow as before

Open snowflake4

Resize, 60%

C&P

Place as mine and dropshadow

Open wiredflowers

Resize 60%

Drop down the LP to just above the masks

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Open curlyribbon1 and 2

C&P

Place where liked above the wireflowers layer

and dropshadow as before

Open snowdust1

Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine

Open snowdust2

Resize 70%

C&P

Place just above the wireflowers in the LP

and at the top of the tag canvas as mine

Open the tube you've chosen to use

C&P

Resize as needed

Place where looks best

Duplicate

and move under the frame layer

Add a dropshadow to the bottom one

and repeat the Selection Delete Erase process

Once you've done this

Apply the same shadow to the frame layer

and the wireflowers

Add your name as liked and any words you might

want to use too - I used Palatino Linotype and two

colours from the tag and put winter at the top

and wonderland at the bottom lol!

Crop the canvas

Add your artist info

Delete the White Background

and

save as .PNG

Hope you like xx

Tag Tutorial - Christmas Comfort - PTU

2009-12-04T12:28:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I used one of the Christmas gifts by Keith Garvey from last
year @ MPT. However, I think this tube is now available to
buy if you'd like to use the same

Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using "Holiday Wishes" by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
I used this in my last PTU tut, but I said at the time, it's packed
full of goodies perfect for taggies...and I wasn't kidding lol!
If you'd like to purchase the kit, go to Jessica's blog for more
info HERE

Mask - by me HERE

Wordart - by me HERE

Xenofex 2 Constellation

____________________

The Usual

then

Open the WindowWSnow

Resize 80%

C&P

Place centrally

Open Candles2

Resize 20%

C&P

Place on the left of the windowledge

Duplicate

Place on the right

Then

Drop both of these layers below the Windows layer

(The snow is on the window, so we're outside looking in :D)

Open the Pine Garland

Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine at the top of the window

Then

Dropshadow

0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black

Now

Take your Magic Wand

Click outside of the Window

Modify and Expand the Selection by 6

then

hit Delete on the Pine Garland layer

Open my Wordart

C&P

Place on the window frame

and apply the same shadow as before if liked

Open TreePine

Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine over to the left of the window

and

move it under the window frame in the LP

Apply Xenofex 2 Constellation on these settings;

Hit Random Seed to get the placement you'd like

then

and apply the same shadow as before

and do the same delete process as used for the Garland

Open Paper17

Resize 70%

C&P

Place under all the layers

and repeat the process for deletion of outside excess

You can - if you'd like - decorate your tree

with some of the candy canes etc

Resize them as needed

But, I didn't do this as I thought looked cool as it was :)

Open your chosen tube

C&P

Place as you'd like

Dropshadow

then drop down below all the layers to just above the tree

and

repeat the delete process

Open Paper7

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place just above the White Background

and

apply my Mask 434

then

Erase the parts of mask that show under the bottom of the window ledge

Open the Snowflake Frame

Resize 75%

C&P

Place just above the mask layer

and dropshadow as before

And again, delete the small part of frame that shows under the window ledge

Don't dropshadow the Window though xx

Last touches...

Open Holly2

Resize, 15%

C&P

Place to the right of the windowledge

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Shadow as before

Finally, add your name in a style and font of choice

and

Add your artist info (and scrapkit designer info if required)

Crop the canvas to a more taggy size

Delete the White Background

and

save as .PNG

OR!!!

If you want to add an animated snow effect to the tag, then do so now

and save as a .GIF

Have fun and Merry Christmas xx

Tag Tutorial - Christmas Love - PTU

2009-12-03T11:40:00.002Z

Close Ups of Choice - I used two from Keith Garvey
These can be obtained from MPT

Scrapkit - I'm using a fantastic Christmas kit by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
It's PTU and called "Holiday Wishes" and packed with tons of goodies for lots
of Christmas tags, I love it, thank you Jess hun xx
If you'd like to buy it, please visit GI for more details

My Masks - Vix_Mask434 which can be right clicked and saved from
my other blog HERE and Vix_Mask147 which you can get from my
tut site HERE

Wordart by me HERE
It's a PNG file so should be no background on your downloaded one

Xero Graphics GreyTinter

Xenofex 2 Constellation - optional

___________________________

The Usual - except make the tag canvas 650 wide x 600 pixels

then

Open Frame4

Resize 70%

C&P

Place centrally to the canvas

So let's get this frame filled so we can fill the tag with goodies :D

Open two tubes of choice - facial close ups or large tubes if prefered

I used close ups

Then C&P

Place as liked

then use a Selection Delete with an expand of 14 - yes really lol! - and

Invert and delete the excess tube/s

and Crop the canvas to it's current size 650 x 600

then

Duplicate the tube layers

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 2.00

and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

and

then

on the bottom tube layer - apply Xero Graphics Greytinter on the default settings

Paste a Paper from the kit - I used

Paper18 - resized to 70%

Move the paper under the tubes and repeat the Selection Delete as before

as you just want this paper as a background frame fill

(There is a space in the bottom middle of the frame - but this will be sorted in a minute lol!)

Open Paper 7

Resize as before

C&P

then apply my mask - Vix_Mask434

and

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

now open Paper 10

Resize and C&P as before

but this time - apply Mask...yeah, my mask 147 again hehe, I think

it compliments a lot of tags so I'm using it again, but feel free to use

a different one of your choice

and Merge Group as before

then

move the 2nd mask down the LP so it's under the 1st mask layer

Back to the elements...

Open Bow2

Resize 50%

C&P

and place in the bottom middle of the frames

Open the Candles - gorgeous!

Resize 25%

C&P

Place on the left side of the frame

Duplicate

and move the duplicate over to the right of the frame

open CandyCanesWBow

Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine

Open the Leaves Fern

Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine on the right

Open the Bow (it matches the one on the Candy Canes)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place as mine over the Leaves

Move the candles layers to the top of the LP

Open the Pine Garland

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine just above the frame layer

I also added a subtle Constellation effect to the Leaves layer - but this is optional

Now add some dropshadows where you'd like

I added a drop of 2, 2, 45.00,

to

Leaves

Candy Cane

Bow

Bow 2 (the gold one)

Pine Garland

then

I added a dropshadow of 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black to the Frame layer

Open my Wordart

C&P

Place as Mine

Then add your Name as liked

Add your Artist info

and then

Crop the tag again and

Delete the White Background

and

Save as .PNG

Tag Tutorial - Girly Girl Two - PTU

2009-11-29T14:34:00.003Z

Tubes of Choice - I used a couple by the fab Elias Chatzoudis
His work is PTU and should be purchased from MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - "It Girl" by my pal Clarey, it's her first
kit in a while and it's v.cool :D Love it hun, thank you xx
If you'd like to purchase it, you can get it from her shop HERE

Mask - WSL_Mask220 by Chelle, it's a fave of mine :D
Can be downloaded by visiting Chelle's tut site which
is linked in Cool Supplies over on the right

Mura Meister Copies

Font of Choice
________________________

The Usual

then

Open White Square Frame

50%

C&P

Move to top left of canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Open flower1

C&P

Place in the centre

and

Mura Meister Copies - on Encircle

but change the Number slider to 6

Move down below the frames layers

Over to the papers

Open Paper 10

C&P

Place in the top left frame area

Open Paper 12

C&P

Place in the bottom right frame area

Using Magic Wand with a Selection Delete of with an expand of 6

Delete the excess paper/s

and move the top left paper and frame layers down

the Layer Palette so they are below the bottom right ones

Open Paper 3

C&P

Apply WSL_Mask220

Now

Open eyeshadow

Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine

Open Lipstick

C&P

Place as mine

Open Mascara

Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine

Open Phone

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as Mine

Open Varnish

C&P

Place as mine

Take your two face tubes

Resize as needed - I went down about 80%

You want the paper fills to show as well

C&P your tubes

Shadow as liked

and then

use the same Selection Delete with an expand of 6

to get rid of the excess tube/s

Open Glitter Splat 2

Image Resize 40%

C&P

Move to the top right

and move down under the flower layer in the LP

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Open Ribbon1

Resize 80%

Move to the top middle of the canvas

Line up as mine and

then move down the LP to just above

the flower layer

Duplicate

Image

Flip

Now add a dropshadow to all element layers

except the papers and mask

Shadow of 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black

Then Crop the canvas

and add your Name in a style or font of choice

I used a glitter fill for the stroke - Stroke of 2.00 and

Black fill for my name and then shadowed as before

then

Add the artist info

and delete the White background

and save as .PNG

All done :D

Thanks for Looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Girly Girl One - PTU

2009-11-29T14:24:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I am using a gorgeous one by Keith Garvey
which is PTU and can be purchased from MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - a fantastic new kit from Clarey called "It Girl"
Gorgeous! And can be purchased from Clarey's shop HERE

Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask177 which can be downloaded
from her tut site which is linked in Cool Supplies

Xero Graphics - Greytinter

VM Extravaganza - Transmission

Font of Choice

______________________________

The Usual

then

Open heartframe1

60%

then

C&P

Place to the top left of the centre of the canvas

Repeat for heartframe2 and place as mine

Open WireHearts

C&P

Place as mine

Erase the excess wire on the top and bottom if liked

I used a small eraser on a round setting on 25 then changed to 5 when

I got closer to the hearts

Open Paper12

C&P

Move under all the other layers

and Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask177

Duplicate the Mask layer

and on the bottom layer

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10.00

then

VM Extravaganza, Transmission,

Line Width 3

Offset 2

Contrast 40

OK to Apply

Open Papers 9 and 11

C&P

Place as liked within the heart frames

then using Magic Wand

do a Selection Delete with an expand of 4

and delete the excess papers

Open glittersplat1

60%

C&P

Place as mine on the bottom right of the tag

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Open the tube you've chosen to use

Resize as liked

and C&P

Place where looks best then

Duplicate the tube

and on the top layer

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 3.00

Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

and

on the Bottom tube

Xero Graphics Greytinter

and change to the settings and Apply to the tube

Add Dropshadow of

0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black

Open tinysparkleoverlay

Resize 90%

C&P

Drop down the LP to just under both tubes

Now add a dropshadow of

2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black to all the element layers except

the sparkles and paper layers

Now

Add your Name in a colour and font of choice

Dropshadow as before

Add your Artist info

On a Layer above the White Background

Floodfill with a colour from the tag

and taking care not to crop the sparkles

Crop the canvas now to a more taggy size

and then delete the colour fill and White Back layers

and save as Transparent .PNG

Thanks for Looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Sparkly Elegance - FTU (Time Limit)

2009-11-25T16:16:00.005Z

Tube Close Up of Choice - I'm using one by Barbara Jensen

which you can get from her site HERE (Over 18's only as the site

contains artistic nudity)

Scrapkit - "Framboise" by Latham, Lya and digiscrap.ch HERE

It's a FULL SIZED Collab from www.digiscrapbooking.ch and at

the time of writing (25th Nov)it was a freebie to download...so be quick!

If it is PTU when you see this tutorial, then I'm sorry 'bout that and

if you really want to do this tutorial, then you'll need to purchase it...or

not do the tut lol xx

Mask - I'm using WSL_Mask220 by Chelle Weescotslass which

you can download from her tut site which is linked over on the right

under Cool Supplies

Mura Meister Copies

Scripty Font of Choice

This tag is for Chas, who writes amazing tuts and makes
gorgeous tags :)

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The Usual

then

Open Lya Design (19)

Image, Resize, 20% SS

C&P

Move to the top left-ish of the tag canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Line up as mine on the bottom right

Open latham_element36 - (ribbon and leaves)

Image, Resize 10% SS

C&P

Place as mine

Open latham_element32

Resize 5% (yup, small!)

C&P

Place UNDER the element 36 as mine

Open Lya Design (p4) a stunning paper!

Image Resize 15%

C&P

Place just above the White Background in the LP

and apply Mask - Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group on the mask layer

and

then Duplicate the mask layer

open latham_element25 (it's in the other folder)

Image, Resize, 10%

C&P

Line it up under the ribbon and leaves element on the right

Open latham_element20

Resize 10%

C&P

Line up as mine under the previous elements (not the frames though)

Open latham_element19

Resize 10%

C&P

Move to the top of the LP

(Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top)

and

apply a dropshadow 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00

and then

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set to

Star Cluster preset and change the Shift X and Shift Y sliders to 64

OK to Apply

and once applied, Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

and move under all the elements in the LP except the frames

Open latham_element37

Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine lined up with the top left frame

and move down the LP

so it's under the scattered gems

Now let's fill the frames and then finish off with a few

more elements lol!

OK - choose a paper

I used

latham_papier8

Image, Resize 15%

C&P

Do a Selection Delete with an Expand of 8 on the frame layer

and delete the paper excess

Selections None

So now your frames have a paper fill

so choose your image/close ups to use

I chose to use just one

and placed it in the bottom frame

I also duplicated, blurred and soft light on the Top tube

and applied Xero Greytinter to the bottom tube

and also a drop shadow

then

did a Selection Delete as before

Tip: I also deleted two of the gems that were covering

her eyes lol!

Now for some shadows

See which elements you think need a shadow and add one

I used

-3, 5, 17, 3.00 Black to the berries, lavender, gems and cherry blossom

Open Lya Design (5)

Image, Resize

30%

C&P

Place as mine

I placed one under the gems in the top frame area

and then

Pasted again and placed over the bottom of the curtain

Tip: you may want to floodfill the White Back

with a dark colour so you can see where the white sparklies are

You don't want to chop them off when done - so

I tend to do this so I can check lol - once checked, you can change back to White

Crop the canvas now to a more taggy size and take care

not to chop off the white sparklies or shadow edges

On the Frames layers,

Apply a shadow of 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

Now taking a favourite scripty font, type some wording that

applies to the tag and place on the top left as mine

and add a subtle shadow (the one I added to the gems first will do)

Then

use a colour from the tag and Stroke of 1

and add the name

Then Shadow as before

Add your artist info etc

and

Delete the White Background

All done :)

Thanks for looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Flaky - FTU

2009-11-18T15:23:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using one of the wintery ones

Artwork © Jessica Dougherty

If you'd like to use the same tube, it must be purchased via CILM

However, feel free to use what you'd like to use instead

Scrapkit - FTU - a gorgeous wintery one by Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures

called "Snoeflake" - thanks hun xx

If you download it, please leave a little love

Mask - by Chelle @ weescotslasscreations - called WSL_Mask117
You can download it from Chelle's tut site which is linked in the
Cool Supplies section of this blog

Mura Meister Copies

The Usual

then

Open bg

Image, Resize, 75% SS

C&P

Crop to the canvas size 600 x 600

then apply Chelle's mask WSL_Mask117

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Open ribbonframe

Image, Resize, 80%

C&P

Place centrally if not already there

Open the bg again

Resize 60%

C&P

Place under the ribbonframe layer

and do a Selection Delete with an expand of 5

Open bench

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine

Move under the ribbonframe

and apply a shadow of

0, 7, 17, 30.00, Black

and

Select and expand again using magic wand on the ribbonframe

then

Hit Delete on the bench layer

Selections None

Now add your tube - resized as you like

I resized 90% and made it look like she's sitting on the bench :D

Apply same drop as before to it

Open hangingflake3

70%

C&P

Place on the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Move both under the tube layer in LP

and apply 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black

Open string3

40%

Place in the centre of the left flake

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Shadow both as before

and make sure both are below your tube layer

Open the icecones

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Apply same shadow as before

Move under the ribbonframe in the LP

Leave for the minute as we'll do a mass delete in a sec...

Open flower4

50%

C&P

Apply same shadow

then

Place centrally and go to

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look for Encircle

Change the Shift X and Shift Y slider to 60

and the ANGLE slider to -10

Click OK to apply

Move down under the ribbonframe and icecones in LP

Open ribbon3

C&P

Move over to the right a bit

so the bottom of it is lined up with the bottom know

in the ribbonframe

Place above the flowers layer

but below the icecones

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

then

Image, Free Rotate

Left, 90 degrees

then

move up the tag a bit

then

add the dropshadow to both of these

Now using Selection Delete with the same expand

Delete the flowers that are in the frame

and the ribbons that are in the frame

then

Selections Invert

and Delete the icecones that are OUTSIDE of

the frame

Now apply a shadow to the ribbonframe layer

I used 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black

Open snowflakes

80%

C&P

Place just above the bg layers

and line up as mine on the left

(there should be a flake placed between the trees on the left and the flowers and ribbonframe -

if you get that, you'll be lined up as mine is)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Now, add your name as liked and a phrase/saying if liked too

I used Century Gothic, Black

48 for the phrase and 72 for my name and stretched it, subtle shadow as before

then your artist copyright info

Crop the Canvas

and

Delete the background

and save as a transparent .PNG

All done :) Hope you enjoy xx

Tag Tutorial - Decisions - FTU

2009-11-14T13:52:00.003Z

For this tag, you will need...

Tube of Choice - I'm using one of my faves
Artwork © Jessica Dougherty
If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

Scrapkit - FTU - Alone by Bel Vidotti
This kit is available from her blogsite HERE
Thank you Bel for your fab kits x

Mask of Choice - I'm using Chelle's WSL_Mask220 which you
can get from Chelle's tut site - link is in my Cool Supplies section

Mura Meister Copies - optional

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The Usual (except this time the width is 650 pixels)

Open alonee39 bv (Envelope)

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag canvas

Open alonee48 bv (Frame)

80%

C&P

Line it up over the Envelope as mine

Choose one of the flowers

I used alonee33 bv

50%

C&P

Move to the top right of the frame

and down the LP to underneath it

Choose another coloured flower

Repeat as above and move over to the left of the first

flower

Choose another

Repeat as above and place on the bottom left

Open alonee44 bv (the heart element)

50%

C&P

Place as mine

Choose one of the papers

I used alonep14

85%

C&P

Move under the frame layer

and

Using Selection Tool, set to Rectangle

Draw out a selection over the frame

then

Selections Invert

Delete the excess paper

Open alonep19 bv

85%

C&P

Place above the White Background in the LP

and

Apply the WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Open alonep18 bv

85%

Copy

then

Draw out another Selection rectangle

on the left of the frame area

Paste

Selections Invert

Delete

Move down below the Frame

Open alonee42 bv

C&P

Place under the Frame layer

and above the Papers

Line it up with the edge of the 2nd paper section as mine

then

Erase the excess chain which hangs outside the top

and bottom of the frame

(My eraser settings are in the Glossary of Terms section over on the right)

Merge the Chain and 2nd Paper section together

Open your tube

Size if needed

C&P

Place where you want it to be within the Frame

Duplicate

and Move

one down below the Frame, Chain and 2nd Paper section layers in the LP

and apply a shadow to the bottom one

I used 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

Hide the top one for now

Take your eraser again

and delete the excess tube which hangs

outside of the left and bottom of the frame

Unhide the top tube

and erase as needed so

the tube is emerging from the frame layer

(See my tag for ref)

Apply any extra elements that you might like

to use

I used one of the Teardrops 20%

then Mura Meister Encircle

with the X Shift on 70

and the Y Shift on 60

and then moved this under the frame and paper layers

Flower Branch 60%

Butterfly 30%

and I applied a dropshadow of 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

to the Butterfly, Flowers, Flower Branch, Chain and

Heart Element

and

To the Envelope and Frame layer

Apply the same shadow as the tube

Crop the Canvas now

to remove the excess canvas not needed

Add any wording you'd like to add - text brush or similar

and your name

Add Artist info

Delete White Background

and

save as transparent .PNG

All done :)

Tag Tutorial - Sweetly - FTU

2009-11-14T11:13:00.004Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful one by Ismael Rac who's
work is available for PSP usage from AMI

Scrapkit - FTU - A gorgeous one by Mere @ Scraps by Mere
The kit is called Rouge Delight and can be downloaded
from her blog. Please leave some love if you do xx

Mask of Choice - I used my mask 147 (yes...again hehe!)

Mura Meister Copies

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The Usual

then

Open RougeDelightFrame2

C&P

Place centrally on the tag canvas

Open Frame4

90%

C&P

Place under the frame in the LP

and line up as mine

Open Paper4

C&P

Place under the frame and above the doodle frame in the LP

then

do a Selection Modify Expand by 20

and Delete the excess paper

Open Paper1

C&P

above the other paper layer

Move down the tag canvas

so that the top two thirds of the inner frame is black paper

and bottom third is red

Repeat the Selection Delete for this paper

Back to the Elements

and open the RicRac1

C&P

Merge this Ric Rac down

onto the Red paper segment

And apply a dropshadow of

Minus 10, 10, 30.00, 7.00 Black

Then

Once more, click inside the frame layer

and do a Selection Delete on the merged red paper and ric rac layer

Open your chosen tube now

Paste as a new layer

move over to the right of the tag

and move under the frame and red paper layers

but above the rest

Duplicate

and move above all the other layers

on the Bottom one

Apply a dropshadow of minus 5, 5, 30.00, 7.00 Black

Hide the top one for now

On the bottom one, take your eraser on a medium sized hard setting

and erase the tube that sticks out from the bottom of the main tag area

Unhide the top tube

and

Erase the same again and this time take it right up

to the ric rac area

and erase so the tube looks as though it's

coming out of the frame behind the paper and ricrac layer

Nifty eh?! lol...well, I've always liked it hehe

OK

Open Rouge Delight Flower6

C&P

Place centrally in the tag canvas if not already

and

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Look for the Encircle preset

then

Apply

Move this layer down the LP

to just above the White Background

Make sure the doodle frame layer is above it

and on the flower layer

apply a shadow of

0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black

Open Star2

C&P

Place as mine

Open the Tag 1

C&P

Image, Free Rotate, Left 90

then

Move it down below the star layer in the LP

and

take your eraser

and erase the part of the tag that shows

on the other side of the the star

then

Open Paper 6

C&P

Move down the LP to just above the White Background

and apply a favourite mask

I used my mask 147

Crop the canvas now so you

can see what your final size is

Also gets rid of any excess paper or tube that

might be lurking

then

Apply the drop you used for the tube

to the Star and Tag layers

Apply the shadow that you used for the flowers Encircled layer

to the Frame layer now

And finally

Add your name as liked and your artist copyright info as needed

Delete the White Back

Save as .PNG

Enjoy your tag!

Tag Tutorial - Fearless - PTU

2009-11-14T10:53:00.003Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a free one from the fabby Zindy :)

If you'd like to use the same - go to her site HERE

and download from the Free Tubes page

Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using Dark of the Night by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
Thank you hun, love the colours of this kit

Mask - Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask145 from her site weescotslass which is
linked in my Cool Supplies section

Xenofex 2 Constellation

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The Usual

Open FrameBlue

Image, Resize, 70% SS

C&P

Place in the middle of the tag canvas

Open FrameDesign2

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette under the Frame

Open Paper2Blue

Image, Resize 70% SS

C&P

Move under the original frame layer in the LP

Clicking inside the Frame layer with Magic Wand

do a Selection Delete with an Expand, Modify of 7

and Delete the paper that's outside of the Selection

Selection None

Open Paper10Blue

Resize as before

C&P

Apply Chelle's mask WSL_Mask145

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Then move down the Layer Palette so it's

just above the White Background

and maybe using Move tool, jiggle the placement

a litte to compliment the FrameDesign layer

Open your Chosen tube or image now

C&P

Place within the frame area (under it)

Resize if needed

Apply a favourite shadow (if your image fills the frame area, don't lol!)

and

Repeat the Selection Delete process to remove the excess tube

Open GemBlue

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine on the top left of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Duplicate and Flip each of the top gems

So you have 4 corner placement like mine

Open Flower3

Image Resize 40%

C&P

Place on the left side

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Now add a dropshadow of choice to the flowers and gems layers

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

Add a larger, more blurry dropshadow to the frame layer

I used 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black

Now, click on the Frame Design Layer

And using Xenofex 2 Constellation

Look for the It's Full of Stars preset

then change the Overall Star Density to 1

and make sure that Keep Original Image is Selected

OK to apply

then

add a v.subtle dropshadow to this layer

Something like 0, 0, 35.00, 3.00

Open WordartDarkPlain

Image, Resize, 50%

C&P

Place as mine

and apply the same shadow used for the elements

And then perhaps add some extra wording

"I will not fear the"

and shadow as liked

Add your name as prefered and shadow

Add your artist copyright info etc

Crop the tag canvas

Delete the White Background

and save as a transparent .PNG

All done :)

Tag Tutorial - Ready for Romance - FTU

2009-11-13T11:15:00.002Z

For this tag, you'll need...

Tube and Image/Close Up of Choice - I'm using the fab work of Mr Keith Garvey
To use the same - please visit MPT for more details

Scrapkit - FTU - "Night Passion" by Doris Nilsa @ Scraps Dimensions
To get the kit, go HERE and please leave a little thanks when you
take it xx

Mask - by Chelle, WSL_Mask148 - can be downloaded from her site HERE

Xenofex 2 Constellation - not a free filter

Xero Graphics Greytinter - free filter

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The Usual

Open NP Doodle Big

C&P

Place on the canvas

Open NP Butterfly1

Image, Resize 10%

C&P

Place as mine

Open NP Old Clock

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place as mine

Open your Close Up

C&P

Paste as a new layer

over the Clock

Xero - Greytinter on the default settings

then

Drop the Opacity

so you can see the clockface underneath

and

take Magic Wand with a Feather of 2

Click outside the Clock face on the clock layer

then

back to the Close Up layer

and hit Delete twice

Selections None

Now Drop the Opacity a bit more on your Close Up layer

I went down to 34

Paste your tube as a new layer now

and move over to the right of the tag

Either resize if needed or

Erase some of the tube if needed

I wanted to keep my tube large

but still wanted the background to show so

just see what it looks like for you

Once you've placed your tube

Xero Greytinter as before

and

Shadow of your choice

Note: If you, like me, keep the tube

largish, but erase the bottom

Use NP Ruffle, Resize 60%

and paste this as a new layer

over the tube layer

so it hides the erased bottom :)

Open the Champagne Bottle

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine

Open Flute Glass

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place as Mine

Duplicate

and move the other one over to the right

Open Paper 4

Resize 75%

C&P

And Move down the layers to

just above the White Back

Apply Chelle's mask 148

Layers, Merge Group

and

Image, Resize 90%

and move down the tag canvas a bit if needed

then

on the Mask layer

Xenofex 2 Constellation

Look for the Preset called It's Full of Stars

and Drop the Overall Star Density to 1

and

make sure in the Background Fill section

that Keep Original Image is chosen

OK to apply

Open the Rose

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine

Now

Apply a shadow to the

Rose

Bottle

Butterfly

Ruffle

Use, 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

On the Clock layer

use 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

Now

Using Black Fill and No stroke

Take a favourite font

and add some words behind your tube

I used

Ready for Romance (!) lol!

But use whatever you like

and then dropshadow

1, 1, 20.00, 2.00 Black

for the words

Not too blurry :)

OK

Now your name

Shadow as liked

and add artist info as needed etc

Crop the tag now to elimate some of the no longer needed space

Delete White Back

Save as .PNG

Have fun!

Tag Tutorial - Obsession - FTU

2009-11-12T16:54:00.003Z

I am happy to admit, I love Twilight. In fact, it's Edward
who I love hehe. So this gorgeous kit just screamed Twilight
at me. Hence this tag :)

For this, you will need...

Tube or Image of your Choice - I'm using a free - yaaars free lol! -
tube by the fantastic Zindy - get it from her site HERE if you'd
like to use the same

Scrapkit - FTU and it's a complete stunner! It's part
of the Fangtastia blogtrain and this part was created
by Kirsty - it's superb hun, thank you xx
Get it from her blog HERE and please leave some love
if you take it.

Masks - both by me - Vix_Mask307 and Vix_Mask336
both of which can be downloaded from my tut site HERE

That's it - no filters as this kit is so lush it
doesn't need any help hehe xx
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The Usual

then

Open KISM_Fangtasia_Frame2

Image, Resize, 80% Smartsize

C&P

Place centrally to the tag canvas

Open Fangtasta-Paper2

Image, Resize 75% SS

C&P

Move under the Frame layer

Apply my mask Vix_Mask336

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Move the mask layer up and slightly to the left

Duplicate Mask layer

Move the duplicate down and slightly to the right

Open Fangtasia-Paper10

Image Resize as before

C&P

Take your Selection Tool, on Freehand Selection, Point to Point

and draw around the inner circle part

Once you've got a circle selected

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Open your chosen tube, or image

C&P

Place where it looks best for you

Duplicate

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00 on the top one

and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

then

Apply a dropshadow to the bottom tube layer (if needed)

and use Selection again to delete the excess

Open Feather1

C&P

Place as mine

(move it down the Layer Palette so it's under the paper fill layer

but above the masks layers)

Open the FeatherSplatter (stunning!)

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Tip: for the Moment, floodfill the Background Layer BLACK

so you can see what you're doing but floodfill White when you

see this ***

Move the FeatherSplatter over to the Top left

take care not to touch the edges of the canvas

Once placed,

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Now, move both of these layers down the LP

so they're just above the Masks layers

Jiggle them about if necessary so the flecks aren't touching the canvas edge

***

Open GlitterRosePetal-1Shad

Image, Resize, 80% SS

C&P

Place as mine

then

take your Eraser tool on a hard small setting

and erase any of the petals that are overlapping

too much of your tube/image

(I used my eraser on a square setting, Size 102, Hardness 100, Step 5, Density 100, Thickness

100, Rotation 0, and Opacity 100 - this setting is good for leaving nothing behind lol - I

then erase some of the petals that were over Bella's face)

Open GlitterSplatter-1

Image, Resize 90%

C&P

Move down the layer palette to just above

the masks layers

Open Heart3

C&P

Place as mine

Move it under the Petals layers

Open Light1

Image, Resize 30% SS

C&P

Line up under one of the petals over on the right

Open Paper1

Image, Resize 75%

C&P

Drop this layer below all the others

except the White Background layer

and

apply

my mask Vix_Mask307 to this paper layer

and merge group

Open Glitter2

Image, Resize 75%

then

Go to your Materials Palette

and find the KISM_Fangtastia-Glitter2

Move this to the Background Box

Have your Foreground box on Black, 2.00 Stroke

And taking a favourite font of choice

Type out a word to go with your tag

As I'm using Edward and Bella, I used Forever

Type it out

Stretch if needed

and

Convert to Raster

Take care to move this word down the Layer Palette

so that it's below the Petals and Frame layers

Now on the Heart, Word and Light layer

Apply a dropshadow of

0, 6, 35.00, 7.00 Black

or choose one of your own favourites to use

For the Frame layer

0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black

Now add your name in Black fill, No Stroke

in a scripty font of choice

I used my full name - for once lol!

Apply your artist info now

Don't forget, if you use Zindy's free tube

and you DON'T have a ZZT license - then use zzt free art

as well as her Copyright info

Crop the excess canvas now - though there isn't much

to crop as there's lots of lovely scattered bits, so take care when chopping!

Delete the background layer

and save as transparent .PNG for

optimum quality

Enjoy!

Tag Tutorial - My Gift - PTU

2009-11-12T09:33:00.002Z

You will need...

Tube/Close Up of Choice - I'm using one © Jennifer Janesko
If you'd like to use the same, you can purchase it from CILM
Alternatively, use one of your choice or a freebie :)

Scrapkit - PTU - It's mine lol. It's called Frozen
Beauty and can be purchased for a quid (£1.00) HERE

Optional: Mask of Choice - I used my mask Vix_Mask307
which can be downloaded from my tut site HERE

Font of Choice

________________________

Open a New Image in PSP - 650 x 600 (we'll crop
later but if you need it smaller, then
start much smaller and resize elements as needed)

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open the FrameHeartPearl

C&P

Paste as a New Layer

Place centrally in the tag canvas

Open FrostedLeaves

C&P

Move down the tag canvas to line up as mine have

done on the bottom left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

And now move both of these down the Layer Palette below the pearl frame

Open the FrostedLeaves2

C&P

Place as mine on the top left of the pearl frame

Duplicate

and repeat the Mirror Flip as before

Move both of these layers

down the Layer Palette to below the pearl frame

Open LeavesSwirl

C&P

Place as mine

and move down to under the pearl frame

Open WireFence

C&P

Place as mine to the bottom left

and move down below all the other layers

apart from the White Back

Now over to the Papers and choose one to use - I used

Paper8

C&P

Place just under the Pearl Frame Layer

Hide for now

On each of the elements - except the pearl frame

Add a Dropshadow

I used

0, 6, 35.00, 7.00 Black

Now click inside the Pearl Frame with Magic Wand

and do a Selection Delete with a Modify, Expand of 10 on

all of the element layers except Pearl Frame

Don't Deselect

Selections Invert

Unhide the Paper Layer

and hit Delete to get rid of the excess paper

Selections None

OpenGiftRibbonBow2

C&P

Place under the Pearl Frame layer

as mine

Duplicate

and

move one of the ribbon layers up

above the Pearl Frame Layer

On the bottom one, apply the same shadow as before

and on the top one

Erase the hard edges that

overlap the Pearl Frame

on the top one (and if any is showing outside the edges

of the Pearl Frame on the bottom one, erase them too)

Open your chosen close up or tube

C&P

Shadow and delete using Selection Delete as before

Back to the kit

Open one of the gift boxes

C&P

Place as mine and shadow as before

Open the DropletHeartStrings

C&P

Place as mine on the left

Paste again and place on the right

No need to shadow these

Open Sparkles2

C&P

Place as mine and then

move down the Layer Palette if liked

I did :)

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the Winter wordart

Image, Resize 70% Smartsize

C&P

Place as mine

and add a subtle dropshadow

I used 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black

Optional: I also used another Paper

Paper15

C&P

and applied my mask - Vix_Mask307 to it

and placed just above the White Back

but this is optional

Now

Add your Name in a font and style of

your choice

and apply the same subtle shadow as before

Crop the tag canvas now

apply the Artist info

and delete the White Background and save as a .PNG

Thanks for looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Wanna Be Good - FTU

2009-10-28T14:55:00.002Z

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

________________________

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

Tag Tutorial - Witch Time - PTU

2009-10-28T09:47:00.001Z

Tube of your Choice - I'm using one of my absolute favourites

from a couple of Hallowe'ens ago - it's Tabitha by the wonderful

Keith Garvey

His work is PTU and can be obtained via MPT

Scrapkit - I'm using a gorgeous PTU kit called "Eerie Hauntings" by
Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations - thank you hunny xx

Masks - Chelle's WSL_Mask220 and my mask Vix_Mask147

Both are freely available from our respective tutorial sites :)

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Font of Choice

______________________

The Usual

then

Open Paper 4

Image, Resize, 71%

C&P

then

using Crop Tool - crop to the canvas size 600 x 600

then

Apply Chelle's mask WSL_220

Layers, Merge Group

Open Paper 6

C&P

and repeat the above steps

Make sure this mask layer is above the first one

and now either Drop the Opacity on the 2nd mask layer to about

59 or

change the Blend Mode to Overlay

then (optional)

Open Paper 7

Same as before but this time

apply my mask Vix_Mask147

and

move this masked layer below all the others

apart from the White Background

Open the MoonWBats

Image, Resize, 35%

C&P

Place as mine

Open Tree2

C&P

You'll see it over hangs the current canvas size so

Select the small clumps of grass that you

can see are seperate from the main tree

using your Selection Tool on Freehand (Lasso) Point to Point

Select around them

and then Edit, CUT

and you'll see them disappear

Edit, PASTE

and there they are again :)

So, now you can move the tree into position

and not lose any of the cool grass clumps or have

to resize the tree

Move into position as mine

Open the Witches Sign

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as if nailed to the tree as mine

Open your Chosen tube now

C&P

Place as liked

and finish with an effect or dropshadow of your choice

Now

Dropshadow all the elements except

the mask layers

I used 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black

Open the Bulbs

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

and place on the tree

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and line up as mine

Duplicate the ones you just duplicated

and move this set up the tree

then duplicate the first ones

and move this set down the tree loL!

Don't dropshadow these

and Tip: take your eraser tool on a small, soft setting

and "blend" the edges of the single string of bulbs string into the tree more

Optional - open the cute wee rat - a raaaaat lol!

And resize 30% and C&P if you'd like

Shadow as before

Open Ghost1

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine

Now take your chosen font

Black fill and no stroke

and then

add a Gradient Glow finish of your choice if liked

and dropshadow as before

Crop the canvas now

and

save as a transparent .PNG file

Thanks for looking

and

if you do the tut - enjoy! xx

Tag Tutorial - Forgiven - FTU

2009-10-27T16:53:00.002Z

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful one from the artwork of Anne Stokes

www.annestokes.com

Scrapkit - a fantastic freebie by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations called "Life's Blood"

Xenofex 1 Constellation
(not the very popular Xenofex 2, but the earlier version called Xenofex 1)

Fonts of your choice

_____________________________________

The Usual - EXCEPT, if able/allowed in your forum,

650 wide by 600 height

I did for my example, so if you stick to 600 x 600 then adjust the following

resizes as needed xx

Open Parchment

C&P

Place centrally if your paste hasn't already

Open your tube

Keep Large

C&P

Move over to the left of the parchment layer

Apply a favorite dropshadow to your tube

then

Click outside the Parchment with Magic Wand on

0 Tolerance and 4 FEATHER - yeah, I know, Feather for once lol!

Then

On the tube layer, hit Delete 3 or 4 times

Selections NONE

and on the tube layer

Change the Blend Mode to Screen/Overlay/Multiply/Hard Light or similar

(When you change the Blend mode, watch the edges of the tube

effect, and choose one that "blends" nicely at the edges of the Parchment layer -

or if you like the effect but it takes the tube right up to the edges, use a soft

eraser setting and erase sections of the tube and blend it)

I had mine on Hard Light and blended it - see below for my eraser settings

Now, open the Parchment Cluster

C&P

Place it over the other layers, and line it up exactly on the right side

so it matches the Parchment

layer and sandwiches the tube in between :)

Now, take your Eraser tool on a nice blending setting

Something like Size 140, Hardness 23, Step 5, Density 77, Thickness 100, Rotation 0 and Opacity 36

and

then, Erase the Parts of the Parchment Cluster that compliment the tube placement

You'll also need to erase (if you placed your tube as mine)

the wire on the top of the parchment cluster layer, but you

can leave the one on the right

Right,

Now Paste your tube again and

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move it over to the right of the parchment layers

Hide for now

Open the Frame Black

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Move over to the Top right area of the Parchment layers area

(See mine for ref)

and make sure it's above the other layers

Now, change your Magic Wand to 0 Tolerance and 0 Feather

Click inside the Frame

and do a Selection Delete with an expand of 4

on the smaller tube

Selections Invert

Add a New Layer under the smaller tube layer

and floodfill Black or a colour to suit the tag

Selections None

Open the Candle

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine to the left of the tag

Open the Casket

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine

Open the Keys

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place lined up with the black frame as I've done

Open the Grunge Tagback

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette under all the other layers

Place as mine

Open the Rose

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine

Now

Apply the following dropshadow to all the element layers

EXCEPT the Parchment Cluster (the layer with the skulls)

and none of the tube layers

Dropshadow 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

Now crop the tag canvas - I managed to get down to 630 x 550

and

now add your name and any phrase you may want to add

I used "Forgiveness is the Key..."

and...well, my name, obviously lol!

Add your copyright info and

any other info you may need

Optional - If liked,

Duplicate your Parchment Cluster layer

and on the top copy

Apply Xenofex 1

Constellation on these settings...

And you'll see it change on your tag, just adds a nice little touch :)

I've used this effect my own tags for years, and love it hehe xx

If it's too much, erase some of the effect with your eraser tool again.

Now,

Delete the White Background

and

save your work as a transparent PNG

Thanks for looking and if you have a go,

enjoy your tag :) xx

Tag Tutorial - Rock Chicks Can Love Pink - FTU

2009-10-23T09:44:00.004+01:00

To make this tag, you will need...

Tubes/Close Ups of your choice - I'm using some gorgeous ones by
© Keith Garvey
To purchase Garv's work to use in your own PSP tags - see MPT

Scrapkit - FTU called Rock Baby by Vicki and Tamie @ Pink Pleasures
Absolutely stunning kit, loved it girls, thank you xx
If you download it, please leave a little love

Mask - Vix_Mask147 - available from my tut site HERE

Wordart - by me HERE (Please don't use this for any other purpose
other than your personal tag making - thank you xx)

Mura Meister Copies

Xero Graphics Abstractor

Both these filters are freeware and readily available from the Net

______________________

The Usual

or for a bit of le difference! try 650 x 600

Open ele70 (Black Frame)

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place on the tag canvas towards the bottom...ish

See my tag for placement

Open RB_pp2 (Pink Paper)

Image, Resize 85%

C&P

Move down under the Black Frame layer

Duplicate the paper and hide one for now

Click inside the frame with Magic Wand

and do a Selection Delete (Expand by 4)

on one of the papers

Now duplicate the frame layer

and Image, Free Rotate, Left 20 degrees

Move this across so the bottom left corner

lines up with the other bottom left corner on the unrotated one...um...

does that make sense? Hope so, see my tag for ref

And move this rotated one down the Layer Palette

under the Original Frame and paper

Open RB_pp9

Resize as before

C&P

Move down under the rotated frame layer

and do another Selection Delete

Back to the unrotated original frame layer

Duplicate

And on the duplicate

Image, Rotate, Free Rotate 10 degrees to the Right this time

and move it so the bottom left point is just slightly offcentre

to the one underneath (the middle straight one)

Take another paper - you choose this time lol

and Resize and Selection Delete as before

Now move these two down below the straight frame and paper fill

Taking shape!

OK

Unhide the dark pink paper copy

and take a mask of your choice or use my good ol' Mask_147

(It seems to suit a lot of tags and I'm very proud I made it lol!)

Now take your chosen tube/s or close up/s or

a combo of both

I used three close ups for inside the frames

On each one working on the left and right frames

C&P your close up

Place it under the corresponding frame layer

Selection Delete the excess tube

and Apply Xero Abstractor to the tube

(you may need to hit Reset to get it to work when in Xero)

then

Once applied, Change Blend Mode of the tube to Overlay or Soft Light

I used Overlay on my two tubes

then

On the central frame

I used a close up of the main tube I'm going to use

C&P

Selection Delete as before

But this time

Duplicate the tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

and then

Apply Abstractor to the top tube

and drop the opacity of this top layer to 30 or thereabouts

(Additional, if like mine you're using the actual tube too, C&P

and place that now so you can see what you're doing)

I duplicated, blurred and abstracted that one too :)

Then add a favourite dropshadow to the main tube if using one

I used my usual at the moment - 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

Now then, back to the scrapkit for some more elements...

RB_ele49 (white sparkles)

C&P

Move to the top of tag and line up (see mine for ref)

Duplicate

Image

Flip

Jiggle them around to get your prefered placement

(You may need to hide the White Back for the mo, to see what you're doing)

Open RB_ele2 (pink satiny rose)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place on the left frame (see mine for ref)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open RB_ele35 (black glitter splat)

C&P

Move it over to the left of the tag and line up as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Move these two layer down the Palette to just above the mask

RB_ele62 (the diamond stars)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Move to the centre of the middle frame layer

Mura Meister Copies

Encircle

But change the Shift X slider to 80

and

the Shift Y slider to 65

Apply

and if needed, Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

and move down the Layer palette to just above the Black glitter splats

Open the Wordart I've provided for this tut

C&P

Place where you'd prefer it to go or where I've got mine :)

Now, add shadow of 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black to

all the frames, the elements - except the sparkles, glitter splats

and mask layer

But, on the Glitter Splats layers - add a 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black dropshadow

on the Sparkles layer, 0, 0, 20, 5.00 Black dropshadow

and No shadow on mask layer!

Finally, add your name in a font and style of your choice

Add your copyright and artist info

Crop the tag canvas

and

Delete the White background and save as transparent .PNG

Tag Tutorial - Not Poisonous - FTU

2009-10-22T09:17:00.002+01:00

For this tag, you will need

Tube Close Up of Choice - I'm using a gorgeous tube by © Ismael Rac

which I purchased @ AMI

Scrapkit - FTU - Poison Rock Girl by Bel Viddoti

Available for download from her blog HERE

I've seen this one around so I know it's not "new" but

it's fairly new to me, and I think it's cool :)

Note: Bel's TOU very kindly state that she does not

require credit on tags, thank you for that xx

My Mask - Vix_Mask363
which you can get from my tutorial website on the Goodies page

Mura Meister Copies

Penta.com Colour Dot

Xero Graphics Greyscaler

Start with The Usual

then

Open the frame07

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place centrally in the tag canvas

Open Paper 15

C&P

Place under the frame layer

Open Paper05

Repeat as above

but

Move the paper over on the left side - see my tag

to get the idea of where you line it up

Add a Dropshadow to this paper

2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

Then take Magic Wand

Click inside the frame and

do a Modify Expand 4 Selection Invert Delete

on both paper layers

Open the Close up (or just the face of a very large tube)

C&P

Move it under the striped paper layer

but above the other paper layer

within the frame

Duplicate the tube

On the top tube layer - Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

and on the bottom tube layer - Xero Greyscaler

on the default settings

Then back to the top layer

and change the Blend Mode to Overlay

Nifty, eh! lovely and moody effect -

It's like Minxy's method, but with a slight twist lol!!

Now

Selection Delete the tube excess outside the frames

like you did for the Papers.

Open Paper20

Resize as before

C&P

Move below the other layers to

just above the White Back

and Apply my mask - Vix_Mask363

Layers, Merge Group

then apply Penta.com Colour Dot

on

Value 100

Distance 2

Open the star03

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place centrally in the canvas

Bring to Top so you can see it

Repeat this with the star05

so this pink one will be above the black one

Now

Image

Mirror

the pink one only

and then move it down slightly over to the left

so the two stars should compliment each other

Apply a dropshadow to each star - I used 2, 2, 45, 5.00, Black again

then

merge the star layers together

and now

Effects, Mura Meister Copies

Encircle

and change the X and Y Sliders to 65

Apply

and then move into place to compliment the middle

section of the tag

then

Duplicate the stars layer

and move one right down the Layer

Palette to just above the Mask layer

Now take your Eraser and on the top one

Carefully erase from top right

down the edge

to just over from the staple bit of the frame on bottom right

See my tag for ref

Take care when erasing shadows etc

Now add the same shadow to the frame layer

Open one of the bows

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine and shadow as before

Open the wire

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Move it over and line it up top left as I have

done so it's just touching the butterfly from the mask layer

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

and move both these wire layers down

to just above the mask layer

and apply shadow as before

Open one of the wordarts

I used Poison

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Now, place on the tag under wire layers

lined up with the frame at the top

and apply the same shadow

Add your name in a font and style of your choice

Apply any artist info required

Crop the tag canvas

and

save as a transparent PNG (delete the White Back when ready)

That's it - hope you enjoy

Tag Tutorial - Have a Spooky One - FTU

2009-10-22T09:06:00.003+01:00

For this tag you will need...

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful Hallowe'en tube by

© Barbara Jensen

Scrapkit - I'm using Spooky mainly, but one element each from It's Fall and Rock N Roll

All FTU by Bel Vidotti - and are available for download from her blog HERE

Note: Bel's TOU state that she does not require credit on tags :)

Masks - Vix_Mask365 and Vix_Mask147

Both by...well, me lol! And are available from my
tutorial website on the Goodies page HERE

Mura Meister Cloud

Xenofex 2 Constellation

___________________________

Do the usual

then

Open e51 (the black dual frames)

Image, Resize 70%

(a little note, when I say to resize Images that are not

on the current tag canvas - then please assume Resize All layers is ticked...fankees xx)

C&P

Place centrally but towards the bottom of the main tag canvas

You need to leave room for your tube to go in the frame as mine

OK

Open e14 (the fence)

C&P

Place under the Frame layer and move

down so the black edges meet

and the fence looks like part of the frame

Leave this for now we'll do some deleting etc in a mo...

Open e16 (the tree)

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Place as mine over to the middle of the left frame

and above the frame layer

Right, let's sort the papers and stuff and then come back

to some more elements and tube...

So

Go to the Papers

and get

p25

Image, Resize, Change to Pixels from Percent

and make it 600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Move down the tag canvas to just above the White Back

and

Apply my Mask 365

Layers, Merge Group

Duplicate Mask layer

Open p30

Resize as before

but don't C&P yet - first, go to

Mura Meister Cloud

look for the Fog preset in the

dropdown menu

and change the Amount slider to 55

Apply

Now, C&P

above the other two mask layers

and apply my Mask_147

Layers, Merge Group

Move this mask layer a little if needed

I moved it down the tag canvas a bit

Open p28

Resize as before

C&P

above the other paper layers

and position within the two frames

Magic Wand on the usual settings

Click inside the frames

Selections, Modify Expand by 6

Invert and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections None

Right, now then - we're whizzing off to some of Bel's other

kits for some elements :) So go to It's Fall

and find ifel19

(The owl on the branch)

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

and place as mine above the other layers

Now, whip over to her Rock N Roll kit

and find GlitterGel04

Image, Resize 60%

Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize

Hue 11 and Saturation 172

C&P

Place as mine on the top right

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

and move these two gel layers

below the frames and paper layer

Jiggle the placement around a little if liked - I did :)

Back to Spooky kit

Open e31 (orange bow)

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place on the bottom left as mine

Now then, our tube

Open it

C&P

Place over on the right hand side frame

and

then when placed

as liked, move under the fence and frame layer

Note: you can add any tube effects you may use to it now, perhaps

one of the ones in my other tuts (Blessed or Spookyluscious)

Duplicate the tube

Move a copy above the fence and frame layer

Apply a dropshadow to the bottom tube layer if liked

and also

apply to the fence layer too...

Now

take Magic Wand again

Select and Modify as before (right frame only)

then

Selections, Invert

BUT

Take your Eraser tool

on a smallish but hard setting

Size 60

Hardness 100

Step 5

Density 100

Thickness 100

Rotation 0

and

Opacity 100

Hide the top tube

and on the bottom one

Erase any tube that is sticking out under the frame layer

at the bottom

Go right up to the Selected part

Selections None

Now reselect both the inner frames

and modify expand as before

and this time

Now

Activate the Fence layer

and

simply

Selections Invert and

Hit Delete

then

Selections None

Unhide the top tube

Take your eraser again

and erase any parts you want/need to

so your tube looks like it's coming out of the frame and under the fence too

It might be fiddly and you may need to hit Undo if you erase too much etc

So have a few goes and get a result you like

You may need to change the eraser to a gentler setting -

Change the Hardness to 25 if needed

NOTE: If this is far too fiddly and you have problems getting a good erase result

then, delete the fence layer entirely and just have the tube coming out of the frame

using the same erase process as above.

OK

On the Tree layer

Xenofex 2 Constellation

Star Size 2.00

Size Variation 100

Edge Star Density 3.00

Overall Star Density 0

Overdrive 100

Twinkle Amount 75

Twinkle Rotation 45

Apply

Now apply a dropshadow to the tree layer

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

Apply same shadow to Owl, GelGlitters, Bow

and Frame Layers

Finally,

Add your name taking a colour from the tag as

your fill, Black 2.00 stroke

and apply with shadow too

Add some wording if liked too - Happy Hallowe'en or

similar :)

Then

Artist Copyright info

Crop the tag canvas as liked

and

guess what...yup, delete the White back

and save as transparent .PNG

Have fun blogettes!!

Tag Tutorial - Blessed - PTU

2009-10-21T11:31:00.008+01:00

Tube of Choice - I'm using one

Artwork © Jennifer Janesko

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have in your tube collections

Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using a beautiful kit by Jessica

@ Gothic Inspirations. The kit is called "Autumn's Blessings"

Thank you hun xx

Mask - Chelle's mask WSL_219
available for download from her tut site HERE

Font of your choice

No other filters required for this tut...for once lol!

_________________________

The Usual

then

Open Paper 2

Image, Resize, change to Pixels and resize

600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Apply the Mask to this Paper layer

Layers, Merge Group

Open Frame 3

Image, Resize, 80%

C&P

Place centrally to the tag

Open Paper 1

Image, Resize 600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Move it down the Layer Palette

below the Frame and above Mask Layer

Take your Magic Wand on 0 Tolerance and Feather

Click inside the Frame layer

Selections, Modify, Expand by 6

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the Paper Layer

Selections None

Open the Glitter Bling

C&P

Place above the Mask layer but below the others

Open the Grass

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine on the left of the frame

Open the Leaves 2

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Line them up as mine

Open the Candle 3

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place over the leaves as mine is

Open the Sunflower 1

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine on the top right

Open the Tree 2

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Now place so the bottom of the tree is lined up with the

bottom of the candlestick

then

Move the tree down the Layer Palette so it's behind

the Paper and Frame but

above the Bling and Mask

and open Wordart Autumn

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine

Open your chosen tube

C&P

Place within the frame

above the paper layer

and under the frame layer

Duplicate

and on the

top tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

change the Blend Mode to Soft Light or Overlay etc

Now

Using Magic Wand as before

Delete the excess tube on both tube layers

and apply a subtle dropshadow to the bottom copy

of the tube

I used 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00

So - add a dropshadow to all the elements except the Bling, Paper and Mask layers

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

on the Bling Layer I used the previous dropshadow

and used no dropshadow on the Mask or Paper layer

Now

Open Badge Leather 2

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine under the elements on the left but

above the frame layer etc

Open Glitter Trail

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine above the other layers

Line up where you like it

and use the subtle shadow if you'd like

Then finally,

Crop the Canvas to it's current size 600 x 600

or use Crop Tool and bring it in to crop where you

like - I got down to

578 x 585 pixels

Crop

Add your Artist Info etc

and

finally, your name in a font and style of your choice

Delete the White Background

and

save your work as a transparent PNG file

(If your forum is coloured, and most of the ones I'm in are lol!)

Hope you enjoyed this tut

Thanks for Looking xx

This tutorial was written 21st October 2009 by Vix
It is a tag designed from a scrapkit and any possible
similarities to other tag tutorials that may
be available is wholly unintentional and completely coincidental.
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI.

Tag Tutorial - Do I Scare You? - FTU

2009-10-20T16:13:00.003+01:00

Tube of Choice - I'm using one by © Cane Hoyer which

can be found @ MPT

Scrapkit - I'm using a fabulous FTU kit by Digicats (and Dogs)

http://digicats.blogspot.com - Thank you xx

It was part of a superb Fangtasia Blog Train and at

the time of this tutorial going up, it was freely available at

her blogsite HERE

Note: if it's not available when you come to do this tut, I can't actually
do anything about that xx But hopefully, it'll be up for a while :)

Mask - yup, it's Chelle's WSL_Mask220 which is fantastic!
If you haven't got it, you can get it at Chelle's site HERE

Xenofex 2 Lightning

Filters Unlimited 2 - Photo Aging Kit

Additional scraps if liked or needed.
I used some cool GelGlitters from Bel Vidotti.
And yes, I managed to get her on my tag credits too...but
I think I'm drawing at the line at no more that two
scrap designers in my tag credits!?! lol!!!
Otherwise this is going to start getting completely daft
(just my own opinion, lovely folks xx)

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Right then ladies, the usual first...need a remind?

OK - New Image, 600 x 600 pixels, Add New Layer, Floodfill White

then

Floodfill a new layer with Black and another colour

of your choice Gradient

I used Red and Black Foreground/Background gradient

Angle 45 and Repeats 3

Floodfilled the layer

and then

I went to Filters Unlimited 2, Photo Aging Kit, Old Colour and applied that

to the layer

Open DCD_Fog

Image, Resize, 75% Smartsize

C&P

Move over to the Left side of the tag

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Merge the two fog layers together

Important: Crop to the canvas size as there will

be excess fog outside the canvas and

the mask won't apply properly if this happens

So, now

Apply Chelle's fabby mask WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge Group

and also

apply this mask to the Floodfilled layer

Open Spooky Tree 5

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Position as mine

Open Tombstone 02

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Position as mine

Open the Leaves Border

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Make sure it's above the tree layer but below the tombstone layer

Position lined up over the tree at the bottom

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and apply the Old Colour filter to both of these layers

Open Skull Candle Black

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Position as mine

Now at this point, add any more bits and bobs you

might like to use

I added some Gel Glitter by Bel Viddoti to this tag of mine

which I obtained from a fantastic kit she made for a challenge over @ Creative Misfits

and which - I believe - is still on both her blog and the Misfits blog too.

But, use what you have at your disposal if you'd prefer or have something

that will go well with the theme.

Right then, add a dropshadow to all of the element layers

(Don't add it to the fog or masked floodfill layer)

I used my current fave of mine - 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 but

it's pretty gopping so you might want a more subtle one.

You choose :)

OK

Now

Let's add some lightning to the fog layer

do this by activating the fog layer

Then

Xenofex 2 Lightning

look for the preset Old Horror Movie

and

Drop the Arc Thickness Slider to 10

and click on the Glow tab in there

Drop the flash size to 0

Now, you'll need to move the position of the Lightning before you apply

so in the big Preview

Left Click and hold on the top left start point of the lightning

and now drag it down so it's more on the Fog layer bit?

cool huh!? lol!!

Do the same to the bottom right end point of the lightning (you find this by moving the

small preview square which is outlined in red)

Click OK to apply

See what it looks like?

Is it in the right place for you?

Mine was just behind the tree so the start point was nice and hidden

IF it's not - simply click Undo in PSP

then go back into Xenofex and retry your placement and apply again

You can add it a couple of times for emphasis if you'd like

or perhaps a couple of flashes in different places

Whatever you'd like - see what looks best :)

OK

Last bits now...

Add your tube

Resize and place where looks best

Finish off the tube in a style of your liking

(Missy Minx, I can't stop using your way babes lol!!)

and add a shadow of your choice

Now add your name in a spooky font and finish of choice

I used a purchased glitter fill which I can't share - sorry xx

But, see what you've got in your stash and add your name

And apply dropshadow as before

Now add artist copyright info etc

Crop the canvas

Delete the White

and save as Transparent PNG

Finished! Hope you

enjoyed my tutorial

Tag Tutorial - Spookyluscious - FTU

2009-10-20T12:25:00.000+01:00

Tube of Choice - I'm using a gorgeous one by Ismael Rac

His artwork is available for purchase via AMI

Scrapkit - FTU kit by Ziggy called Trick or Treat

Download from her blog HERE

Thank you for the fabby kit

Mask - by Chelle WeeScotsLass - Mask_220

Wordart - by me HERE

Penta.com Colour Dot

Xero Graphics Greyscaler

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)

Open a New Image in PSP - 600 x 600 pixels

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open Frame 4

Image, Resize 50% Smartsize

C&P

Move more centrally to the tag canvas

Open Paper 2

It's fabby!

Image, Resize, 75% Smartsize

which should make the paper 600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Move down below the frame layer

Load Mask - WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge Group

on the Mask Layer

Penta.com - Colour Dot

Value 45 - Distance 6

OK

Open Paper 1

Resize as before

Paste as a New layer under the frame and above the mask

Use Magic Wand to click inside each of the frame layer inner parts

Selections, Modify, Expand by 6

Selections, Invert

and on the Paper 1 layer - hit Delete

Selections None

Now, take your tube or chosen tubes

C&P each one on a new layer

Place the tube/tubes within the frame layer

Shadow if liked

then

Use Magic Wand Delete as before

Duplicate each tube layer

on the top copy Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light or Overlay (I used Overlay)

But to get the effect I've got

on the bottom copy of the tube

Go to Xero - Greyscaler

on the default settings

Note: This setting is possible thanks to Ismael's very cool TOU which

allows colour changes this way - thank you Ismael, you're amazing!

If you are using tubes that are more strict in what colour changes or shade changes

are allowed (MPT's or CILM's or such like) check first before doing this Greyscaler effect.

If you're not allowed to do so - then don't greyscale it, leave it as it is.

Now, Ismael's Lady Pumpkin comes with little pumpkins to use

So, I used one of them

But you can use the one supplied in the kit or another of your choice

Place as mine

I also applied the same effect as my tubes to this layer

Open the Candy

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place to the right of the tag canvas as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Dropshadow 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black

Open Button 1

Image, Resize, 30%

C&P

Place on the right as the sweeties

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Same shadow

Open Bat 2

Image Resize as before

C&P

Place to the left as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Shadow as before

Apply the dropshadow to the frame layer too

Open the Spookyluscious wordart I've provided

C&P

Line up and place as mine

Apply a Eye Candy Gradient Glow if liked

and

shadow as before

Add your name in a font style of choice

Place where suits

Add your cr info etc

Crop the tag canvas to

get rid of excess overlay from tubes or anything else

You may well need to do this, 'cos I had to. I had

lines left over at the side from the shadow of the tube which remained

after I Magic Wand Deleted the excess tubes. And nothing can ruin

a tag more than that!

Anyway...

Delete the White Background

and

Save as a transparent PNG

Thanks for Looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Halloweeny Sweetie - FTU

2009-10-20T10:47:00.000+01:00

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful Halloween version of Barb's work :)

Artwork © Barbara Jensen and used with license

Please go to Barb's site for more info on obtaining her tubes (note: her site has some adult content)

Scrapkit - FTU called Muwahahahaha by Creative Intentionz
You can download it from her blog

Mask - Vix_Mask147 - it's still my most popular mask to date :D

Thanks to everyone who has used and enjoyed it xx

If you don't have it already - go to my tutorial site

and look at the Goodies page, Masks

Mura Meister Copies - freely available on the Net

Xenofex 2 Constellation (optional) - not a free filter

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Open a New Image - cop a guess how big?

600 x 600 pixels! Yeeeeees lol!

Then what?

That's right - add a New Layer

and floodfill White

Oh, never let it be said I'm nothing if not constant lmao!

Sorry, having a funny 5 mins...right...on we go...

Open Paper 13

Image, Resize and change to Pixels as opposed to Percent

then resize 600 x 600 Pixels

C&P

Then Apply my Mask - Vix_Mask147

to this paper layer

Layers, Merge Group

Open Balloon 1 (the black balloon)

Image, Resize (change it back to Percent from Pixels)

40% Smartsize

C&P

Position in the centre of the tag canvas

then

Mura Meister Copies

Have it on the Encircle preset

and change the Shift X and Shift Y sliders to 65

and the Number slider to

11

Apply

Open the Jack O Lantern

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Position over to the left of the tag canvas (see mine for ref)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the Beware Sign

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Move over to the left and below the Jack O Lantern layer

Open your chosen tube

C&P

Make sure it's above the balloon frame layer

Duplicate

and move the duplicate down below the balloon frame layer

in the Layer Palette

Add a good dropshadow to the bottom tube (hide the top tube for now)

then

using Magic Wand

Click inside the Balloon frame layer

Selections, Modify, Expand by 6

Selections, Invert

and

Taking your Eraser tool

Erase the bottom tube where it's at the bottom of the tag canvas (you

might want to hide the Balloon frame layer so you can see what you're doing)

Selections None

Unhide the Balloon Frame layer and top tube layer

and now, on the top tube layer, erase the legs of your tube so it looks

as though it's coming out of the frame :D This is a method very

familiar to my tutorial site followers lol! But hey! It works hehe xx

Right then, some finishing touches...

On the Balloon Frame Layer

Xenofex 2 Constellation on the Glimmer Preset

but change the Star Size to 2.00

and the Overall Star Density to 1

and

(optional)

Open one of the Sweets elements (I used Sweet 4)

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

then Apply the Mura's as before

then

Move down the Layer Palette to just above the Balloon Frame

and then

erase the couple of sweeties at the bottom between the Jack O Lanterns

Now on all layers except tube and mask layers

- apply a drop shadow of

2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

Now, crop the canvas

Apply your name in a spooky font and style of your choice

(I use a glitter fill which I can't supply - sorry xx)

then shadow as before

Now,

add your Artist/Copyright information

and

save your work as a Transparent PNG (delete the White Background)

All done xx

This tutorial was written on 20th October 2009 by Vix
It is a tutorial based on a tag of my own design created
this morning and
any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
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.

Tag Tutorial - Hellaciously Angelic - PTU

2009-10-19T17:14:00.000+01:00

For this tutorial, I used -

Tube - by Ted Hammond which I purchased @ CILM
Artwork © Ted Hammond
If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM
However feel free to use whatever you wish xx

Scrapkit - PTU kit called HellScream by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
Thanks hun xx
I've written this tut with this kit in mind, but if you don't have it,
feel free to improvise with kits at your disposal :)

Eye Candy 4000 HSB Noise

Font of your Choice

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Open a New Image in PSP

600 x 600 pixels

Add a New layer

Flood Fill White

Open the Parchment Piece

Now...before we go any further, I shan't sport with your intelligence

by continuously repeating the phrase "Copy and Paste"

I'll drive meself bonkers if I do that!!!

So,

If and when you see the initials

C&P

Then you'll know what I mean :)

So, Open the Parchment Piece

C&P

Place centrally to the tag canvas if not already placed there

Duplicate layer by right clicking in the Layer Palette and hitting Duplicate

On the Bottom Copy

Image, Free Rotate 10 degrees to the right

Duplicate the Top copy (the straight one)

and on the Middle parchment layer - Image, Free Rotate, 20 degrees to the left

Back to the kit

Find - Backdrop Pattern (It's the first element you come to)

And it opens at 71% size

So, we're going to resize

Note: Please note that ALL my resizing that I do is SmartSize option in PSP

I never use Bicubic Sample, maybe I should...but I don't lol!

Anyway - once you've opened the backdrop

Image, Resize 70% Smartsize ALL layers ticked

(again, this is something I do all the time unless I say otherwise. I'm just

putting this in now so I don't end up repeating meself like a soddin' parrot

*cackle*)

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette to just above the White Background and line up as mine

Duplicate

Image

Flip

Image

Mirror

Now, on each of these backdrop layers

Go to Eye Candy 4000 and apply HSB Noise

by hitting Reset to Factory Default

and you should get a nice assorted colour setting on the backdrop

Do this again for the other copy of backdrop

Open Cluster 2

C&P

Position as Mine on top left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the Drunes

Image Resize 30%

C&P

Place to the left of the tag as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open the Glitter 1

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move it down the Layer Palette under

the Drunes and Cluster

but above the Parchment pieces etc

Now, open the SkullCabl (the candles on stand element)

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag canvas

below the Drunes layers

and position as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Open your chosen tube to use

C&P

Resize as needed

Place where looks best

Feel free to add an effect to the tube layer

(I know blur overlays/soft light is popular at the moment - I love it lol!)

Now then - dropshadows

For the Parchment piece layers - use 1, 1, 40, 10.26, Black

For all other elements (except the Glitter and Backdrop layers) - 0, 0. 35.00, 7.00, Black

and for the tube layer

Add a favourite tube shadow of your choice

Finally

Add your name in a font style of your choice

Shadow as liked too

Apply Artist Copyright info etc

Crop the canvas if needed

Delete the White Background

and save your tag as a transparent .PNG

Enjoy your tag and thanks for looking xx

This tutorial was written on 19th October 2009 by Vix
It is a tutorial based on a tag of my own design and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
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. So please do not ask, 'cos the answer will be no.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted