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
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI

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

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

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

Tag Tutorial - PTU - Very Merry

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

SUPPLIES NEEDED

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

SO - you'll need

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


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

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



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

No other Filters needed

_______________________


Open a New Image in PSP

700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White



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

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag - middleish

Open

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

C&P

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

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

Lining it up as mine for positioning


Now

Open your Tube/Close Up Combo

Get the full bodied tube

C&P

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

Now

Open the Middle sized tube

C&P

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

Now

Duplicate this tube layer

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

Hide the top copy of the tube for now

Apply a nice dropshadow to this Bottom tube layer

I went for

1

6

12

2.00

Black

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

Click inside the botton frame area (the middle bit)

Selections

Modify Expand by 3

Selections

Invert

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

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

Selections None

Unhide the Top copy of this tube

Apply the same shadow then

Taking your Eraser again

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

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

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

OK, now for some papers within the frame

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

To do this - and I'm gonna shorthand it

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

Then

Don't Invert

Just take your chosen paper/s

C&P

Position within the selection

Now, Selections, Invert

Hit Delete on the Paper layer within the LP

Selections None

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

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


OK
So looking like mine?

Eeeeeeeeexcellent!


So now,

Take your largest version of your tube

C&P

Place over to the right of the tag canvas

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

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

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

then do :)

I used

0

0

50

21.78

Black

(Big and Smudgy Central Shadow)

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


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

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

outside of the tag canvas...

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

So, BEFORE you crop - Go to

Image, Canvas Size

and go to Width 750 x Height 600

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

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

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

see a flippin' shadow line or iffy cropped bit.

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

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

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

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

OK

Back to the tut...


*Open the Paper - Vix-MC-P7

C&P

Just above the White Back in the LP

Do another crop to canvas size

Now

Open Vix-MC-E27 - one of the scatters

C&P

Place over on the right of the tag as mine

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

Duplicate

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

over to the left of the tag canvas area

Again, Position as Mine

Now move both of these layers down the LP

so they're just above the Mask layer

OK

Now open Vix-MC-E74 - the wordart

C&P

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

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

Then

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


Now taking your Magic Wand again

Click inside the three strip areas of the frame

Selection Modify Expand as before

Then

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

So

the Mask Layer

The Wordart Layer

the two Scatter Layers

Once they've been deleted - Selections None

Now add a nice shadow to the frame layer

I used

1

1

52

2.00

Black

OK

Open Vix-MC-E23 - the sparkles

C&P

Place above all the other layers in the LP

and position as mine


Final bits now...

Add a dropshadow to your main tube and the tree

I used

-1

5

27

12.00

Black


Add your name in a font and style of choice

Place where you prefer

And

then add your Artist CR info and URL etc

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

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

I got down to 691 x 570

and

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

Merge all layers Visible

and

Save as a PNG file


Ta-daaaaaa!!

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

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

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

SUPPLIES NEEDED


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

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


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

Xero Graphics - Radiance

Eye Candy Gradient Glow - optional


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

Open a New Image in PSP - 700 x 600

Add New Layer

Floodfill White


Open the file Vix-E3 (The Black frame)

C & P

Position in the centre of the tag canvas


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

Image

Resize

80% Smartsize

Copy

and Paste as a new Layer above the frame layer


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

Image

Resize

50% Smartsize

Copy

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

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Now Move BOTH of these ribbon layers

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


Open my paper Vix-P2 (the green one)

Image

Resize

86%

Copy

and Paste

as a new Layer

Click with your Magic Wand inside both of the frame sections

Selections

Modify

Expand

4

Selections

Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections

None

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


Open vix-E29 (the baubles)

Image

Resize

60%

Copy

Paste on the left side of the tag canvas

Line it up to the top of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror



Open the Celine tube

Edit

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

It'll be massive - hooray! lol!!

So place on the left side of the tag canvas

Under the frame layer

Line up as Mine

Use Magic Wand once more - and do the same selection

as before

and hit Delete on the tube layer

Selections

None

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

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


Now

Paste the tube again

And this time

Resize the tube

60%

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

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

Duplicate the tube layer

on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

Xero Graphics - Radiance

on these settings



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



Open the SkyScraps-CD-pp6 (Paper)

Image

Resize

75%

(So the paper should be 600 x 600 now)

Now

Apply my mask to the Paper

Then

Copy the Masked Paper

Paste as a new layer on the Tag canvas

Place it on the left side just above the White Background

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Now open Vix-E41 (the scatter)

Copy

Paste over on the right side

Move in to position as mine

Duplicate

Move that layer over to the left

Move both scatter layers down the LP so

they're just below

the Paper frame fill layer


Open the file Vix-E34 (the holly)

Copy

Place as mine on the left side of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Flip


Make sure both of these layers are

just below the main tube layer in the LP


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

Copy

Paste over to the left side of the tag canvas

Move this layer in the LP

down to just above

the Mask layers

Place as mine

Duplicate

Move the duplicate over to the top right as mine


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

Copy

Paste as a New Layer

just above the ornament layers

and place as mine

Duplicate

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

See my tag again for reference :D


OK

Nearly there!


So now

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

Delete the White Background layer

Apply a favourite drop shadow to any element that

doesn't already have one

I used a subtle one for the holly and ribbons

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


Now finally

Add your name in a font and style of choice

Shadow it

and then add your Artist Info

Save as PNG

That's it

All done and I hope you enjoy your tag xx

Tag Tutorial - Rockaria - PTU

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

SUPPLIES NEEDED

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


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

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

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


______________________



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