Vix's Scrap Tag Tutorials
Tutorials for Tags made with Scrapkits
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Tag Tutorial - FTU - Box of Gorjussness
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tubes/Close Ups of your Choice - I'm using some tubes by Suzanne Woolcott aka Gorjuss who as of 14th March 2013 will no longer be selling tubes.
Thank you for all the gorgeous goodies over the years, Suzanne and best wishes with the new adventures!
My license to use these particular tubes is from the now closed AMI - so if you don't have these or any of Suzanne's work, then use a different set of tubes instead.
Scrapkit - I'm using an amazing freebie scrapkit called "Because of You" by Mirella @ A Space Between HERE
I love this kit, it is superb so when you download it, please take a moment to leave some love for the fab creator - thank you xx
Mask of Choice - I'm using my own mask called Vix_Mask363 which can be found amongst my older masks at my tutorial site HERE
No Filters Required - this is a real copy and paste tut...yeah!
BUT! Not that slap dash yannow :p
You'll need some experience of using the Selection Tool for this tutorial,
so not really one for tagging beginners - some tag experience, using layers and selections knowledge is desirable :)
Font of your Choice - I'm using Masterics Personal Use font
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Open a New Image in PSP - 700 x 600 pixels
Add a New Layer
Floodfill White
Open Element25 - the Box Shelves
Resize 25%
C&P
Place to the centre left of the tag canvas
Open Element 15 - the leaves and flowers
Image, Resize 20%
C&P
Place as mine top left of the tag canvas
Open Element 16 - the dangling leaves and flowers
Resize as before, C&P and place top right
Open Element 24 - the bi-coloured leaves branch
Resize as before etc etc and place on the bottom of the box
Image
Flip
Image
Mirror
Place as mine on the left side of the box
and move this element layer below the box layer in the LP
Duplicate
Image
Flip
and move this 2nd leaves layer up the tag area and place lined up as mine with
the gap in the leaves and flowers
I'm not going to keep saying C&P, you know that by now lol!
So, from here on in, just assume that when I've said Resize, the next thing you do is to Copy and Paste the resized element
Marvellous!
OK then
Open Element29 - the lilac
Resize at 10%
Place as mine on the tag canvas
and move to line up with the bottom edge of the box
Open Element 26 - the faded leaves swirl brushy element
Resize 15%
Place as mine on the top right area of the tag and line up as I've done
Move down the LP so it's just above the White Background
Open Element 7 - the bow ribbon
Resize 15%
Place lined up as mine
Open Element 5 - the pinky flower
Resize 3% - yup, that's 3%
Place as mine on the tag canvas above the ribbon layer in the LP
Open Element 45 - the ribbony bow
Resize 15%
Place on the tag canvas lining up the flat side on the left of the ribbon
with the left side of the box edge and slightly over it but not much lol!
- zoom in and drop the opacity of the ribbon layer if you need to see it better
Once lined up as liked, duplicate this ribbon layer
Move one of the layers down the LP so it's below the top left leaves and flowers element from right back at the beginning of the tut
And move the next one (if not already) so it's positioned beneath the top swirly purple ribbon layer in the LP but above most of the others
OK?
Now take your eraser tool on this top ribbon layer and erase the ribbon which covers the line of the leaves and flowers element
Happy with all the placements so far? Check against my tag to see if you've got an exact or close approximation -have you? Yaaaay! Excellent.
SO now - Right click on the box shelves element layer and choose View, Current Only
This is where we do something different to C&Ping only - oh yes!
Take your Selection Tool, you want it on Freehand Selection - Point to Point - Add
with a Feather of 3
Zoom in to about 200% so you can see better and you want to Select the top back section of
the box - don't include the sides or shelf area - you just want the back panel
I started at the top left and went along the top and down the side then back along the bottom and up to meet the start point. Go steady and use the box as your guide
OK?
Once selected, Selections, Load/Save Selections, SAVE Selection To Alpha Channel, Save then Selections None
Repeat this sequence for the bottom back panel of the box too and Save your 2nd selection, Selections None
Right then
Once you've done this, the choice is yours!
You can either paste lots of tubes within the 2 selection areas, or you can have a close up in both, same top or bottom or different (same artist and license though, o'course loL!)
OK, so let's do the top selection first
Selections, Load/Save Selection, Load Selection from Alpha Channel
Load
And there's your first selection once more
Fill the selected area with tube/tubes/close up of choice
Make sure these layers are just above the Box layer in the LP
Once happy with Placement, Selection, Invert and Hit Delete twice on each of your tubes layers
Selections None
Once you've done this - change the Blend Mode of your tube or tubes layer to Soft Light or similar
Repeat this step for the lower selection - when you go into Load Selection, use the drop down menu on the left and look for your 2nd Selection and load that one
Then repeat the last step/s
Once done and you're happy
Right Click on the Box layer in the LP once more and choose View, ALL
Happy with how everything is looking? Hope so!
Final touches....
Open Paper4 (or whichever you'd prefer)
Resize 15%
C&P (aaargh, I can't help it, it's a disease loL!)
Position this paper layer above all the others and then apply a favourite mask to it - I used my mask called Vix_Mask363
Apply your mask and move it just above the White Background in the LP - duplicate it if you want a stronger effect
Open a full bodied seated tube to compliment your other ones and place over on the rightish of your tag and then apply a good dropshadow of choice
I used
-3
5
45
15.84
Black
(you need these sorts of angles to not shadow underneath the tube which if it's seated, would look floaty and weird)
Apply this same shadow to the Box layer
To all the elements on the "front" of the box - apply the same shadow but change the last settings to Opacity 36 and Blur 7.92
For the elements behind the box - ie. the two branches on the left side
Same shadow but change the Opacity and Blur to 22 and 2.97
Don't shadow the Mask/s or the top right brush swirl layer
Finally -
Use a colour from your tag so far or White like me - and apply your name in a favourite font of choice and place it over the ribbon area to the left and apply the same shadow but change to 15.00 and 2.00
Add your artist copyright info, URL and any license needed along with your "Tag by..." etc
Crop the excess canvas
Delete the White Background Layer
Save as PNG
All done!
Thanks for looking and have fun trying xx
This tutorial was written on the 13th March 2013 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
trying to come up with things which I've never done before and therefore
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended, completely coincidental
and bleddy astonishing!
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Tag Tutorial - PTU - Pink Patty
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube - I'm using Patty by Verymany which can be purchased from Scraps and the City HERE
Scrapkit - A fabulous kit by Bibi's Collection called Just Dance - you can purchase it HERE
Xero Graphics Greyscaler and Radiance
Font - Bebas Neue from HERE
Scripty Font of Choice
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Open a New Image in PSP
700 pixels wide by 550 pixels high
Add a New Raster
Floodfill White
Open BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (4)
The flower trail swirl
Resize this element 70%
Copy and Paste as a New Layer on the tag canvas
Place horizontally in middle of the canvas if needed
then Image, Flip
Open BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (3)
The branch doodle swirl
Resize 40%
C&P
And place so the left start point of the doodle is by the large purple
flower within the previous layer - see my screenshot for guidance
Open BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (48)
The pink circle dots
Resize 80%
C&P
Line it up as mine - see screenshot
Making sure you're on the top layer of the Layer Palette
(ie. the pink circle dots are highlighted blue on the right)
Hide the White Background layer for the moment
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Unhide the White Background Layer
And using Move Tool, Move the merged layer up the tag canvas
making sure you don't touch the edge of the tag canvas
Then
Duplicate
Image
Flip
Image
Mirror
OK
Open BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (48) - the frames
Resize 80%
C&P
Make sure this layer is above the others in the LP
Place centrally to the tag
Then
Open BIBIJUSTDANCE PAPERS (12)
Resize the paper 15%
C&P
and place under the frame layer
Using whatever method you prefer - Magic Wand Selection, or Erase etc
Delete the paper outside of the framed area
I used Magic Wand Selection Delete with an Expand of 5
Then Invert and hit delete on the paper layer
Now, let's get the tube and close up placed so we can then concentrate
on the final element placements
Place your close up image in the left frame area on a new layer
Resize as prefered and then once more, do a Selection Delete to get rid
of the over-lapping image
Place your tube on the right side - I resized my tube 60%
Once placed as you'd like it
Duplicate the tube layer
On the top copy
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00
then
Xero Graphics - Greyscaler on the default settings
then
Xero Graphics - Radiance on the default settings
then
in the Layer Palette on this layer, change to Soft Light and drop the Opacity to 60
Now, activate the tube layer below this
by clicking on it
then right click and View, Current Only
then click on the Visibility Toggle (the eye with the no entry sign) on the
above Soft Light layer to unhide it
then on the main tube layer, right click once more and Layers, Merge Visible
Right click once more
View, All
Duplicate the tube layer
Move one just above the frame layer
and one just under it (above the paper)
Hide the top tube layer
Using Magic Wand Selection - select the inner frame area
Selections, Modify, Expand by 5
Selections, Invert
And take your Eraser tool on a hard strong setting and erase the bottom parts of the tube which stick out below the frame area
(ie. in this instance, the skirt and legs)
Once deleted, Selections None
Now unhide your Top tube layer
and repeat the erase of the skirt and legs area and any other areas that you'd like - I erased so the bow of the frame was showing "above" the tube and now, you'll see she's poking out of the frame - s'nice innit!
This will probably be the last time I explain this method so in future, refer back to this tutorial if you need a refresher (or, I'll probably pop it in the Glossary over on the right lol!)
(I've worked out that repeating myself over and over again is one of the things that puts me off tutorial writing - after 7 years it can be a little..well, samey lol!)
OK
Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube layer only
I used
4
-4
43
17.82
Black
Repeat the Duplicate, Blur, Xero Graphics etc method for the close up layer if liked - I did but I didn't drop the Opacity, kept it at 100
Apply a shadow to the bottom close up layer too
So then,
Crop your Canvas to 700 x 550
then
Image,
Canvas Size
and go up to 700 x 600 with a central placement
Now on the White Back layer
Floodfill once more with White
Open the BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (51)
The Winged Heart
Resize, 60%
Place under the frame and paper layers in the LP
Central to the tag area - see mine for line up placement
Open the BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (50)
The butterfly heart assortment
Resize 60%
C&P
Place as mine
Open the BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (58)
The pink rose
Resize, 40%
C&P
Place as mine
Open the BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (74)
The striped heart
Resize 60%
C&P
Place as mine
Open the BIBIJUSTDANCE ELEM (69)
The butterfly
Resize 60%
C&P
Image, Mirror
Place as mine on the rose
OK Now
With your Materials Palette (the two top colour boxes on the right of PSP)
Have the Foreground Stroke Properties on Black
and the background fill properties on Nothing
With your Text Tool activated
Find the Bebas Neue font
with a Stroke of 2.00
Creating it as a Vector (always a Vector - well, unless stated otherwise hehe!)
Type out what you'd like
I went for Girly Girl
Then once you've applied
Stretch it to the size you'd like
See mine for guidance
Once you've done that
Convert to Raster
Now
Once you've done that -
Using Magic Wand
Click inside each of the letters to select them
Selections, Modify, Expand by 1
then use a nice contrasting paper from the kit
I went for BIBIKJUSTDANCE PAPERS (10)
Resize 47%
C&P
Then
back to the main tag canvas and our selection area
Paste as a New Layer
Using Move Tool, adjust the paper 'til you're happy with placement
then
Selections, Invert and hit Delete on the Paper layer
Make sure this paper fill is below the black outline font layer
Back to the Black outline font layer
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast and move your Brightness up to 255
(ie. we want to change the Black to White)
Done?
Cool
Ok now on this layer
Adjust, Add Noise and find the Factory Defaults (which on my PSP is
Random, 50, Monochrome not ticked)
Apply
And on this outline layer
Apply a dropshadow of
2
-1
36
3.96
Black
Now merge this layer down to the Paper Fill layer below it
Duplicate
Position as mine on the bottom right of the tag
then
Move both of these layers down the LP so they are where you'd like them
I moved my top one down to just below the winged heart
and the bottom one - well, I kept it where it was :D
OK
Now finally
Add the dropshadow to the elements
I used the same dropshadow that I used on the tube earlier, but you choose
what you'd like
Add to all elements except the merged backgroundy layer we made at the beginning and the two wordart layers we just made
Now add your name as liked
I went for a scripty font in White
and add your artists © info, URL and any scrapkit props you may like to add
Crop once more
Delete the white back
Save as PNG file for optimum quality
Oh, you're done!
Thank you for looking and if you have a go making it - enjoy!
This tutorial was written on the 6th March 2013 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
trying to come up with new things which I've never done before and therefore
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended, completely coincidental
and bleddy astonishing!
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Tag Tutorial - PTU - Enjoy the Ride
This tag uses one of my favourite ever tubes by Barbara Jensen - it never fails to
inspire me!
And this is another tag inspired by a song by Nik - Enjoy the Ride!
Check out his superb album "Ei8ht" from all good music sites
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube of Choice - I'm using "Sheer" by Barbara Jensen - an oldie but a very goodie!
See Barb's site for her beautiful tubes and don't use without a license...'cos that's just mean! (ok, it's also illegal too but yannow!)
Scrapkit of Choice - I'm using a PTU mini kit by the superb designer, Kristin Aagard @ Scrap Orchard
The kit is called Enjoy Life and you can purchase it HERE
Mura Meister Copies
Toadies What Are You?
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Font of Choice
This tut uses a method in PSP to make a mask - eeks! So, this isn't really for
beginners to tag making, but see how you get on...
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Open a New Image in PSP
650 x 600
Add a New Layer
FF White
Open the KAagard_EnjoyLife_Word_EnjoyTheRide file
Image, Resize 30%
Edit, Copy
Edit, Paste as a New Layer
(C&P for short!)
Right click on this layer in the Layer Palette (LP)
Duplicate
Hide the top one
Click on the bottom one in the LP to activate it
Go to Mura Meister Copies - Star Cluster preset
and change the Shift X and Shift Y sliders to 40 each
OK to Apply
Like the placement? Good
If not, Undo and go back in and do it again
You'll get a slightly different placement each time
so fiddle 'til you like it
Add a Dropshadow of
4
-4
43
17.82
Black
Now
Open KAagard_EnjoyLife_Frame1
Resize 15%
C&P
Above all the other layers
Open KAagard_EnjoyLife_Paper3
Image, Resize, 15%
C&P
Move down under the frame layer
And click inside the frame area and Use Magic Wand to do a Selection Delete
Expand by 3
then Invert and hit Delete to get rid of the excess paper
Now copy and paste your chosen tube
Use either a close up and fill the frame area
or a tube and do a double tube layer
(one above and one below the frame) and
erase the top and bottom as needed
Oh, girlies (and guys!) I've done it a thousand times
Check out my previous tuts to see the method
if you're not sure, but if you've done my tuts for
years, you'll be familiar with it hehe xx
Open the EnjoyLife_Heart
Image, Resize 15%
C&P
Place wherever you have a gap in the background wordart arrangement
Repeat if liked
and free rotate these heart layers 15% either to left or right, whichever you'd like
Open the EnjoyLife_Bubbles1
Resize to 15%
C&P
Place over the top of the tube area
Line up to how it looks good for your chosen tube
Repeat this with the _Bubbles2 file
And erase any that you'd like to remove (if any overlap where you don't want them)
Open the Enjoy_Life_Stitches
Resize 15%
C&P
Place just above the White Background layer
Open a few of the Flower files
Resize to 10%
C&P
Place as many or as few as you'd like on the tag canvas
It was at this point I decided I wanted to recolour the red
elements of the tag to match the red from my tube
So I did
If you'd like to do the same, just hover your Dropper tool over the colour
you'd like to swap to
Then go to the Materials Palette and find the Hue and Saturation value
then off to Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize and place the
two numbers in there
I did this for the hearts and the wordart layer
Now
Add a Dropshadow of
4
-4
43
17.82
Black
to all the layers except the bubbles and stitches
(and the tube which you shadowed earlier!)
Unhide the original wordart strip layer we hid at the beginning of the tut
Place where it suits your tag
Recolour if liked and apply the same shadow
On the stitches layer
add a drop shadow of
0
0
35
7.00
Black
Now take your font of choice
and using the Text tool
with both colour boxes on Black
and a Stroke of 1
Type out your name
Covert to Raster then
move down the LP
to where you'd like it
I placed mine just above the frame layer
Now Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Look for the Preset called Neon Outline
and move the Glow Width slider all the way down to 3.00
OK to apply
and then apply the same larger dropshadow we used earlier
Hide the White Background
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Duplicate the merged tag layer
Activate the bottom layer
and then in the Materials Palette
change both of your colour boxes to White
then
Go to Toadies - What are You?
And apply the default settings - 20 and 20
Now
Copy this Layer
and Paste as a NEW IMAGE
On this new Image
Image, Decrease Colour Depth, 2 Colours
and
Have the Palette Component on Grey Values
and
Reduction Method as Ordered Dither
OK to apply
and then
Image, Negative Image
Ooooh look, you've got a mask hehe!
Leave this image for now
Back to our working canvas
DELETE the Toadied layer
Pick two colours from your tag
I went for yellow and green
Make a FG/BG Gradient on the settings you like
I went for Linear on 45 with a 2 repeat
Add a New Layer
Floodfill with this gradient then
Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image
In the Source Window dropdown box
Choose your mask image you just made
and have the Create Mask from
Source Luminance selected
Invert Mask Date not ticked and hit OK
Ta-da!
There's your mask!
It's a little big for the tag - it touches the sides and we
don't want that (looks naaaaasty!) so
Layers, Merge, Merge GROUP
and you should see your mask layer is now all on one layer in the LP
So now
Image, Resize
90%
All Layers Not Ticked as we only
want to resize the mask layer
You can close the mask image you made now as we're done with it
Now finally
Add your artist and scrap designer (if applicable) information
Crop the canvas if liked (take care not to chop any of your tag)
and delete the White Background layer
Save as a PNG
All done! xx
Note: if you like to make lots of tags for others, don't add the Name layer
when I do - simply add it after you've done the mask addition xx
This tutorial was written on the 28th February 2013 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
painstakingly trying to come up with new things which
I know I've never done before and therefore
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended, completely coincidental
and would bleddy astonishing!
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Tag Tutorial - FTU - The Sky's The Limit
Another Nik inspired tag - check out this beautiful song HERE
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Close Up or Tube of Choice - I'm using "Butterfly" by Alex Prihodko which should be purchased
if used in a tag - you can get it HERE
Cloud Tubes - by Rainbow Coffi which you can get from PSP-Playground HERE
Look for Cloud Formation and Cloud Formation 2
Angel Mini Freebie Kit - by Candy's Treats - a gorgeous FTU mini from Diane which you can get HERE
Please leave some love if you download it
Masks needed are
My mask called BigMask_019 - you can download the zip of my masks HERE
and also
Chelle's mask called WSL_Mask196 which you can get from her site HERE
Xenofex 2 - Little Fluffy Clouds
Xero Graphics Greyscaler and Radiance
Penta.com Colour Dot
Font of Choice
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Open a new image in PSP
550 x 175
Floodfill White
Change the two Material Palette boxes to White as well
Now
Add a new Layer
and go to Xenofex 2 - Little Fluffy Clouds
on the default settings
(If you haven't got this filter - not to worry, just
floodfill with some sky blue colour or use a sky paper etc)
OK to apply
Open the Rainbow Coffi tube called Cloud Formation
Copy and Paste and place to the left of the tag canvas
then
Open Cloud Formation 2
and
Copy
And paste as a new layer on the tag canvas to the right
See my tag for positioning reference
OK
Now choose your Close Up image of choice
Copy and paste your image as a new layer on the LP
Place this above the cloud layer
Make sure it's not so massive that you can't see any of the blue sky behind
so resize now if needed
Duplicate it
and
On the top copy
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10.00
then
Apply Xero Graphics - Greyscaler on the default settings
and then Radiance on the default settings
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light
Now crop to canvas size
and then
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Now
Selections All
Selections, Modify, Contract and choose 5
Selections, Invert
and then go to Penta.com - Colour Dot on the default settings
Apply
Keep Selected
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
Selections None
If this effect doesn't show up much for you then
change the Blend mode of this layer to Burn or something else
that shows up on your colour scheme/chose tube area
Layers, Merge Visible
Now
Image
Add Borders
And add a 1 pixel black border (symmetric ticked) and then a 1 pixel White Border
OK
Layers
Promote Background Layer
then
Image
Canvas Size
and let's whack it up to a big tag size!
700 x 600
Add a New Layer
Floodfill White
Move to the bottom of the Layer Palette
Open the Candy's Treats Paper called ct-paper 7
Image, Resize, 70%
Copy and Paste as a new layer above the white background
and
Apply the WSL Mask called WSL_Mask196
(apply it as Fit to Layer not Canvas)
Layers, Merge Group
Open the ct-lace
Copy and paste as a new layer above the Mask layer
Open the Glitter Circle
Copy and Paste above the previous 2 layers (mask and lace)
Open the ct-clouds
Copy and Paste
Position as mine and make sure these are above the mask
layer but below the glitter circle in the LP
Duplicate
Image
Flip
Image
Mirror
Open the ct- flower cluster
Copy and Paste
Position to the bottom of the tag area
Duplicate
Move this next one and position as liked
I mirrored my one
When happy with the placements
Move both of these layers down below the tag layer
Keep going, you're doing great!
Open the candy's treats Angel halo
At the top of the LP, paste as a new layer
Move over to the right hand side of the tag layer area
Position exactly as mine and
Once happy with the placement
Duplicate this layer
move the duplicate down the LP below the tag layer
On the top halo layer
Erase the top right corner section so it looks like the halo is emerging
and apply a subtle dropshadow to the bottom halo layer only
Add a new layer above the White Background
Floodfill with a darker colour to compliment your tag
and apply
Vix_BigMask019 to it
Layers, Merge Group
Ready for some finishing touches?
Cool
Ok
Take a favourite scripty font and in the same colour we used for the last
mask, type out your wording and name layers
Apply
Subtle Shadow as liked
(I used a subtle shadow - see my previous older tuts for the settings)
Now shadow the two flower layers the same
and also the tag layer
And now add your artist information
and crop to 674 wide by 589 high
Delete the White Background layer
Save as a PNG
All done! :)
Thanks for looking, have fun trying and enjoy!
This tutorial was written on the 27th February 2013 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
painstakingly trying to come up with new things lol so
I hope I did and therefore
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental
and would bleddy astonishing!
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
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Monday, 25 February 2013
Tag Tutorial - FTU - These Tears
This tutorial was inspired by my current listening choice - the superb album "Ei8ht" by Nik Kershaw
I make no attempt to hide my Nik mania having loved him and his
music since 1984 and his most recent album has gradually worked it's way
into my heart
And that's good news. If I'm inspired - I tag and also tut!
So, I hope to be similarly inspired by other tracks on there.
Wanna know what I'm on about? Check out Spotify or Amazon
Anyway, if you'd like to make this tag?
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube/Close Up/Image of Choice - I'm using "Angel Tears" by Zindy S D Nielsen which can
be purchased from Zindy's tube shop HERE
A few scraps - I'm using a FTU kit by the fabby Kittz called "Misfit Style" and it's available
from the Misfits blog HERE
Please take a moment to leave some love if you download it - thank you
My Wordart - HERE
Mura Meister Copies
Toadies - What Are You?
Both of these filters are freely available on the Internet
Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow
Not a freebie, so don't worry if you haven't got this
Font of your Choice
_________________________
Open PSP
Change your Materials Palette (the two colour boxes) to White #FFFFFF
Now, open a new image canvas in PSP
250 pixels wide by 100 pixels high
So, you've got a rectangle canvas
Excellent
Open your chosen Image or Close Up tube
Copy the image
Paste as a New Layer on the small canvas
OK, so
Position your tube within the small rectangle as you like it
Once you've positioned
Right click on this layer in the Layer palette and hit Duplicate
and on the new top layer in the Layer Palette
Adjust, Blur, RADIAL BLUR on the default settings
now change the Blend Mode of this layer in the LP to Soft Light
or similar - something that compliments your tube
Now
Image
Add Borders
2 on all settings
White
Symmetric ticked
OK to apply
then
go back in and set 1 on Black
then once more
3 on White
and finally
2 on Black
So, that's 2 - White
1 - Black
3 - White
2 - Black
OK?
Coolio!
Layers, Promote Background Layer
and
then
Image
Canvas Size
and change to 450 wide by 300 high
with the image we've got in the middle and a transparent background
So you should still have the "tube/image" on your Clipboard
So, Paste this once more as a new layer in the LP
Make sure it's underneath the current tag layer we've been playing with
Move it over to the Right side of the Canvas
(If you've used a huge image - just paste where it looks best and improvise with the
next few steps)
Once you've pasted over to the right
Right click in the LP
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Hide the rectangle tag layer for the moment
Layers, Merge Visible the two tube image layers
then
Duplicate this layer
and
on the bottom one
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur on 40.00 - yup, 40.00
then
Effects, Texture Effects - Mosaic, Antique
on the default settings
Add a new Raster Layer to the tag canvas
Move this down to the bottom of the LP
and
Floodfill with White
then
Add another layer above this
and floodfill with Black
Back to the merged tube images layer
Duplicate
and on the top one
Adjust and once more apply the Radial blur setting we used earlier
and again, change the Blend Mode to Soft Light or similar
then
on the lower version of this layer
Add the following drop shadow
4
-4
43
17.82
Black
Make sure the rectangle tag layer is hidden still
and now Layers, Merge Visible all the other layers
Back to the Layer Palette, you should now only have 2 layers
the small tag layer we made
and the Merged layer we just did?
Cool - on we go
Duplicate the rectangle image layer
and on the top copy
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling
and apply the Default Setting
which should be as follows
Tiling Method - Corner
Direction - Bidirectional
Transition - 50
and
Corner Style - Linear
OK to apply
and then apply the drop shadow we used earlier
Now
Image
Add Border
and apply the sequence we used earlier - the Whites and Blacks
Once you've done this
Layers, Promote Background Layer once more
then
Image, Canvas Size and once again, we're upping it - this time
650 wide and 600 high
Now, duplicate the tag layer
and on the bottom one
(Make sure that both your Materials Palette boxes are on White)
Effects - Toadies - What are You?
and change the sliders
Top slider (X-dose) to 30
and
bottom one (Y-dose) to 15
Now add a new Raster Layer
and floodfill it with White
Move to the bottom of the LP
Back to the Toadies layer
Duplicate it
On the bottom one
Image, Free Rotate
Left, 90 degrees
then
Image, Resize, 80%
All Layers Unticked
Duplicate this resized layer
Mura Meister Copies
Look for the Preset called Wave (Horizontal)
and change the Number slider at the top to 1
Yup, we just want one :)
Click OK to apply
and then resize this layer 80%
Then
Duplicate it
and Mirror it
OK, we're getting towards the end
On the main tag layer at the top
Duplicate this one again
and Apply the Mura's once more to the duplicate one
Move this under the main tag layer
But don't duplicate it or mirror it
Now, apply the same dropshadow we used before to both of these tag layers
OK, now find a black and white scrapkit you'd like to use - or use the one I did
And I used
MS-2 - the butterfly - resized to 50%
MS-9 - the doodled frame - used as is and moved
down the Layer Palette to just above the Toadied layers
then positioned as mine over on the bottom left
Duplicate this and move the duplicate to the top right as mine
MS-44 - the rose - resized to 70% twice, then placed as mine
and sharpened
Apply the same dropshadow we used before to the rose and butterfly but
NOT the frame layer
Now the final bits
Open my Wordart I've provided
Copy and place as liked on the tag canvas
Then find a lovely scripty font to add your name with
I used Angilla Tattoo
with a contrasting colour - no stroke
and then applied a Gradient Glow to it
Now add your artist information
Crop the tag to remove the excess area
Delete the White background layer
Save as a PNG
All done!
Hope you enjoyed this simple tut xx
This tutorial was written on the 25th February 2013 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Tag Tutorial - PTU - Bones and Beauty
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube - I'm using a beautiful and haunting one by
Jasmine Becket-Griffith, licensed via Creative Design Outlet(CDO)
If you'd like to use the same tube in your tag, you can purchase it HERE
Scrapkit I'm using a fab Inspired By mini-kit that was made to compliment the same tube. It's by my friend, Chichi
and it's also available from the CDO site HERE
You can - of course - use a tube and scrapkit of your choice
Mask - one of mine called Big Mask 19 which you can get HERE
Mura Meister Copies
Xero Graphics Greytinter
Font of your choice
____________
Open a New Image in PSP
700 x 600
FF White
Copy and Paste your chosen tube
Then
Open - Frame
Image, Resize 40%
C&P
Duplicate the tube layer
Hide the main copy for now
and
Position the duplicate within the frame area as liked
and then
Click inside with Magic Wand to activate the frame inner
Selections, Modify, Expand by 4
Selections Invert
And hit Delete on the tube layer
Make sure this is below the frame layer in the LP
Now, duplicate this selected tube layer
and on the top one, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00
and change the Blend Mode to Overlay
and on the bottom tube layer
Xero Graphics - Greytinter on Overall Tint slider at 100
Apply
Open one of the Papers you'd like, position within the frame inner area
and repeat the Selection Invert Delete process for the paper layer
and now the blurred tube layer too
Make sure this paper layer is below the frame and tube area layers
and finally add a subtle dropshadow of choice to the frame layer
I used 2, 0, 33, 5.00, Black
Now, making sure that the Main tube layer and the White Background are
hidden
Layers, Merge Visible
Unhide the White Background but keep the main tube layer hidden for the moment
So
Duplicate your frame layer
and on the top copy
Apply Mura Meister Copies on these settings of mine
Now unhide the main tube and move up to the Top of the LP
and check for placement of your tube against mine
We want the Copies to compliment the tube position
so if yours doesn't - then undo, go back and jiggle the
Copies settings
Once happy with the stretch and placement - apply and
move the tube up to the top
Duplicate the copies layer
Image
Flip
Open the Moon element
Image, Resize, 60%
C&P
Line up with the batwing of the tube to the right of the middle tag canvas
See my tag for ref
Move this moon layer down the LP so it's just above the White Back
Duplicate
and on the bottom copy - Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 5.00
Open the Bat
Image, Resize 20%
C&P
Place as mine at the top of the tag area
Open the Tombstones
Resize 50%
C&P
Place as mine over to the right
move down the LP so it's below the tube layer
Open the Tree
Resize 80%
C&P
Place as Mine over to the middle right
Position within the LP so it's below the tube layer
but above the two Mura's layers
Reposition the bat layer now if liked
Remember the spare frame layer we had?
Move this right up the Layer Palette so it's at the top
Duplicate once more, and hide one
then
place in the centre of the tag
Now
Mura Meister Copies, and apply these settings
Now position as mine over the moon area
and change the Blend Mode of this layer to
Hard Light
and drop the Opacity of this layer to 50%
and unhide the other frame layer
Image, Resize, 60%
Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen if needed
Repeat the Copies settings you just applied to the other one
and also apply the same Greytinter settings as we did earlier
And position as mine
Open the Wordart2
Resize 60%
C&P
Place as mine over to the bottom right
and move down below the tube layer
Open Paper 5
Don't resize the paper just
Edit Copy
and then Edit, Paste as a New Layer
Move down below all the layers except the White Background
then
Crop to the current tag canvas size of 700 x 600
and
on this layer, apply my Mask called Vix-BigMask019
Layers, Merge Group and move the mask layer slightly over to the right a little
Duplicate
Image
Flip
and move this down a little so it peeks out from the bottom of the assorted elements and tubes - take care it's not touching the edge of the tag canvas
Activate the tube layer once more
Duplicate
And apply a Gaussian Blur overlay as liked
I used 2.00 blur and Soft Light
and apply Xero Greytinter to the bottom tube copy
Now apply a favourite dropshadow to the elements and tube layer
(don't shadow the framed Mura layers or the wordart -
they were all shadowed already)
I used
-2, 3, 23, 8.91, Black
Now finally
Add your name in a font of choice and finish of choice
Add your copyright information and/or license number
Crop
Delete the White Background
Save as a PNG file
Tag!
Hope you enjoyed this tut xx
This tutorial was written on the 23rd of October 2012 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or PTU tube sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Tag Tutorial - PTU - Nightlife
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube of Choice - I'm using one of my favourites by Barbara Jensen which you can purchase at SATC
Taggers Scrapkit - Nightlife by Gemini Creationz - which you can purchase from SATC
Xero Graphics
Mura Meister Copies
Xenofex 2
Eye Candy 4000
Although this is a copy and paste style tutorial, experience in using the filters and understanding of PSP layers etc will be required :)
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Open a New Image in PSP - 700 wide by 600 high @ 72dpi
Add a New Layer
Floodfill White
Open the gemini_nightlife_cots file (the dots image)
Resize 50%
Copy
and Paste as a New layer on the tag canvas
And apply Mura Meister Copies on this setting
Now move the layer over to the right of the tag canvas as mine
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Down
Open your chosen tube
Resize as needed then copy and paste
Position centrally to the tag so you know where the
final position will be
Leave for now, we'll adjust it later
So...
Open the gemini_nightlife_fandangle
Image, Resize 50%
Copy and Paste
Place as mine on the top left of the tag area
Right click the layer in the layer palette and
choose Duplicate
then
Image
Flip
Merge these two layers together
Right click and duplicate again
then
Image
Mirror
Now, using your Dropper tool
Select a yellow shade from the yellow area of the fandangle layer
Place this colour in your top box (Foreground) area of your Materials Palette
Have your Background on Nothing
Now, Preset Shape Layer
Look for Rectangle
Set it to Line Style Solid and Width on 10
Now
Using the dotty layer as a guide, draw out your Rectangle - you want it
to be touching the black and white swirls of the fandangle layer
Draw it out and then when you're happy with sizing, Convert to Raster layer
Jiggle to adjust positioning if needed and once happy, move this Rectangle layer
BELOW the merged swirly fandangle layer in the LP
On this rectangle layer
Adjust, Add/Remove Noise
and choose Add Noise
Uniform, 10
Monochrome ticked
OK
Click inside the Rectangle layer using your Magic Wand on the usual settings
which are Add, RGB Value, 0 Tolerance and 0 Feather
So, click inside then Selections, Modify, Expand by 3
Selections, Load/Save Selection and choose SAVE Selection to Alpha Channel
Click Save
Keep Selected
Now add a new Layer just above the dots layer
but below the rectangle layer
and floodfill the selected area with Black
Keep Selected
Add a New Layer
Click on the Airbrush tool
Have it on these settings
Make sure your colour in the Foreground is WHITE
and then click to the top left area of the selected rectangle area
and draw your airbrush down the right, like a single swag finishing behind your tube
Then, over to the top right area of the selection
and swoop back to the left with the airbrush
(You'll end behind your tube each time)
OK?
Hope I explained that clearly :)
So, you should end up with a brush area that almost looks like lit up areas?
Cool!
With your area still selected
Copy and Paste your tube
one to the left and one to the right
and position under the rectangle layer but above the airbrush layer
Selections, Invert and hit Delete on both tube layers
Now
Selections, None for now...and in fact, it turns out we don't need
the saved selection, but never mind eh!
OK
Change the blend mode of both tube layers to Overlay
then
Xero Graphics, Radiance on the default settings
Note:
If you don't like the finished effect on your tube, then don't use the Xeros OR
change the Blend Mode of your tube cutout layers to suit the tube you use
Open the gemini_nightlife_stagelights
Image, Resize, 50%, All Layers Ticked
Copy
Paste this light as a new layer on the tag canvas
Move it below the tube layer
and line up the right side of the lights with the bottom right of the rectangle
Zoom in to see it better and line up like this...
OK
Duplicate this layer
Image
Mirror
Now this one doesn't line up properly so again, zoom in
and line up with the bottom left side of the rectangle...
OK
Now duplicate this layer
Image
Flip
And move this light UP until it "mirrors" the positioning of the lower one
and you can still see the tube underneath
Then
Duplicate this light layer
Image
Mirror
And once more, it's not a perfect mirror, so move this light layer over to the right
so it lines up with the outside of the rectangle area
Phew!! :)
OK, so that's those positioned - if you're happy with the positioning you
can merge those light layers together to one layer
Open the gemini_nightlife_feathertickler
Image, Resize 80%
Copy
Paste as a New Layer on the tag canvas
Move over to the left
Line up with the edges of the rectangle/lights
Duplicate
Move over to the right and line up as mine
Open the gemini_nightlife_halftone
Image
Resize 50%
Copy
Move over to the left side of the tag canvas
Move this layer down the Layer Palette
to just above the White Background layer
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Open the string_hearts
Image, Resize, 50%
Place as mine over to the left
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Line up as mine
Open the armina_fabric_flowers6b
Resize this flower image 20% (Image, Resize, 20%, All Layers Ticked)
Copy this image
Paste as a New Layer on your tag canvas
Place it to the left side at the top of the string hearts as mine
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Down
Duplicate
Image
Flip
Adjust if needed
Open the path
Image, Resize, 50%
Copy
and paste as a new Layer
Move over to the right at the bottom of the tag
And move down the Layer Palette so it's just above the Dots layer
See mine for placement
Duplicate
Image
Mirror
Layers, Merge, Merge Down so both paths are on one layer
Duplicate
Image
Flip!
And adjust up or down as needed, if needed
Back to the tube layer (yes, we got there in the end lol!)
Duplicate
And on the top layer
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 2.00
then
Xero Graphics, Radiance
Apply the default settings
then change the Blend Mode to Soft Light, and then
change the Opacity of this layer to about 60%
On the Bottom tube layer
Add a Dropshadow of
And apply it again (total 2 times)
Now
Right click on the bottom tube layer in the Layer Palette
View, Current Only
then Unhide the upper tube layer
Right click on the Bottom tube layer again and choose, Merge, Merge Visible
You basically want both tube layers merged onto one layer
Done that?
Excellent
OK
So now, click View, All so you can see all the layers again
But hide the Tube layer for now
then
Onto the bottom path layer
Take your Magic Wand and click on all the black areas of the bottom path layer
Once all of them are selected
Selections, Promote Selection to Layer
then
Xenofex 2 Constellation on these settings of mine...
Selections None
Repeat this step for the top path layer
OK
Keep your tube hidden for the moment
Now for your Text tool
Choose the font - I used Desigers on Size 72 and colour Black
Type out the word you'd like
Convert to Raster Layer
Position to compliment the path edge
then
Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow on the default setting EXCEPT change the colour to
match the yellow shade we've been using
Apply
OK
At this point, I erased the bottom of my tube which was protuding
I did this using my Selection Tool, on Rectangle with a Feather of 5
Chose the area that I wanted erased
then hit Delete a few times
OK
So now
Apply the dropshadow to all the element layers except the halftone and dots layers
Then
Finally - add your name in a font of choice
I used White, Dr Carbfred and applied the shadow twice
Add your Artist cr info
Delete the White Background layer
Crop to size and save as a PNG
All done! :)
Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial and have fun making your tags xx
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This tutorial was written on the 6th of August 2012 by Vix
It is a tutorial written as I went along this morning
and any potential similarities to other tag tutorials that
may be available is wholly unintended and completely coincidental.
Any items supplied to use to create your own tag with this tutorial are supplied
in good faith - if I have used something not intended
for usage in this way, please contact me via email.
Any items created by me for the purposes of this tutorial MAY NOT be used in
any other tag tutorials or for PSP Supplies you create (wordart, brushes, masks, templates, kits)
Links to tube/scrap blogs or sites are added either through necessity or creator courtesy,
and it is entirely up to the individual (ie. You!) if you choose to visit these sites and/or download/purchase from them.
Scraps used in my tutorials that I've obtained from PTU purchased scrap kits are NOT supplied
in my tutorials supplies.
This website is intended for educational/entertainment purposes only
NO linking to my tut examples, screen shots, files or graphics permitted
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI
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