Monday, December 8, 2014

Warm Me Up!


This tut was written for those with a basic knowledge of psp.
I am using the awesome artwork of  Keith Garvey .
You need a license to use this art work. Please do not use without a license.

 You can find this art at his Store  HERE
 
Supplies Needed
I used PSPX...but any of them should work.
Lavender Winter Kit by Baby Dragon  HERE
Rocked by Rachel Mask Set 3_2 HERE
Font Karine aime les chocolats
 
Drop Shadow usually V2 H2 50 black

Open a new image 800 x 800 or a size you prefer.
This is a short and sweet tut.

Paste paper 8, apply your mask, delete and merge group, adjust your mask to fit your tag.

Paste frame 2, free rotate either left or right, resize to 90%.
Click inside with your magic wand, expand by 4, paste paper 8, move below frame, invert, delete, but do not deselect yet, paste your close up tube, delete and now select none.
Duplicate your tube, Gaussian blur at 4, change the blend mode to hard light and merge down.

Paste element 10 below the paper layer, resize to 90%, erase the part on the right side, then duplicate, flip and mirror.
Being on the frame layer, paste element 16, resize to 85% and place at the bottom part of the frame, duplicate, flip and mirror.

Paste element 15 below the paper layer of the frame, resize to 85%, move up toward the top more, duplicate, flip and mirror.
Erase some of the ones on the sides that are overlapping the other one.

Being back on the top layer, paste your tube on the right side.

Paste element 28, resize to 90%, move to just above the mask layer and up some, duplicate and flip, always adjust to your liking.

Resize element 27 to 55%, place on the left side.
Resize element 01 to 35%, place below the bear on the left.
Resize element 26 to 50% and place below the bear and cupcake layer on the left.

Add any other elements that you would like, once happy, close off any background and merge visible.
Resize first, then add your Copyrights and name and that's it.
 
Hope you enjoyed doing this tut.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Snow Flake Fairy

 
This tut was written for those with a basic knowledge of psp.
I am using the awesome artwork of  Carolina Seabra.
You need a license to use this art work. Please do not use without a license.
 You can find this art at her Store  HERE
Supplies Needed
I used PSPX...but any of them should work.
 Scrap Snow Buddies by Kittz Kreationz  HERE
 Rocked by Rachel Mask Set 2_1  HERE
Filters
Mura Meister Copies
Font I used was Lazy Dog

Drop Shadow usually V2 H2 50 black
 
Let's get started
*Remember to add your drop shadow as you go along*

Open a new image 800 x 800 or a size you prefer.
This is an easy peasy one.

Paste frame SB-51, resize to 85%, click inside with your magic wand, expand by 5, paste paper SB-6, invert, delete.
Paste SB-12, resize to 95%, apply Mura Meisters Copies-Encircle, move below the paper layer of the frame now.
Drop shadow with a dark blue on this one.
New raster layer, move to the bottom, fill with a color of choice, apply your mask, delete, merge group.
Adjust your mask to your tag.

Being back on the top layer, paste your tube and place in the center.
Paste SB-7,  move below the tube layer and down, duplicate, flip and move back down and below the first snow layer, line the ends up, then being on the top layer of the snow erase some of the dark part so the line does not show, then merge down.
Resize SB-17 to 55% and place on the left side of your tube.
Resize SB-22 to 55% and place by the knee of your tube.
Resize SB-35 to 70%, free rotate to the left at 5 degrees and place below the bear on the left side.
Resize SB-37 to 70%, free rotate to the right at 10 degrees and place on the right side.
Resize SB-50 to 50% and place on the right in front of the sign.

Resize SB-32 to 25%, duplicate and place on the right how you would like them.

Resize SB-12 to 15%, duplicate a few times and place on the snow where you like.
Then duplicate one of them again, resize to 80% and place in a couple more areas.
Paste a new SB-12 and resize it to 25%, duplicate however many times you like and place around the frame snowflake at the top area.
Give it your own touch on how to place them, take some of the smaller ones from before and place along with them.

Add any other elements you would like.

 Once happy with it all, close off any backgrounds, merge visible.
I added the xero filter Clarity once I merged, this is optional, you may like to just sharpen your tag.
Resize first, then add your copyrights and name.
That's it
Hope you enjoyed doing my tut.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Christmas Gifts

This tut was written for those with a basic knowledge of psp.
I am using the awesome artwork of  Very Many.
You need a license to use this art work. Please do not use without a license.
 You can find this art at Verymany Tubes  HERE
Supplies Needed
I used PSPX...but any of them should work.
 Scrap CCAM by Designs by LK  HERE
 Rocked by Rachel Mask Set 2_1  HERE
Filters
Mura Meister Copies
Xero- Soft Vignette
Font I used was Close to You

Drop Shadow usually V2 H2 50 black
 
Let's get started
*Remember to add your drop shadow as you go along*

Open a new image 800 x 800 or a size you prefer.
Paste frame 2, duplicate, resize to 75%, mirror, flip and move down, adjust the frames to your liking, erase the part of the larger frame showing inside the small frame, then merge the frames together.

Click inside each frame separately, paste paper 12, move so the snowflakes are in the frame, invert and delete. Do this again for the smaller frame.

Paste the bells, apply Mura Meister Copies-Encircle, move below the paper layer of the frames, resize to 90%, move up to the larger frame, duplicate, mirror, flip, resize to 80% and move to the smaller frame, duplicate again and mirror.

Paste the bells in the smaller circle, resize to 75%, moving below the frame layer.

Paste your tube, mirror and adjust in the larger frame, click inside the frame with your magic wand, expand by 5,  invert and delete, select none.
Duplicate, Gaussian Blue at 4, change the blend mode to screen or one you prefer.
Apply the xero filter, Soft Vignette with these settings.
Elliptical,  Sharp checked,
Foreground color, Diagonal Dots,
1, 1, 1, 255

Paste your tube on top of the frames, resize to 55%, if using the same one I am and place off center a bit.

Paste the tree on the right side, below the paper layer of the frames.
Paste the house below the tree layer and place how you like.

Resize the presentsbear to 85% and place on the left side.

Resize the Christmas Pudding to 40% and place by your tube.

Resize the cocoa cup 2 to 50% and place by the Christmas Pudding.

Paste and resize the gift boxes to 70%, place below the tube layer on the right, duplicate, mirror and move back over to the right and above the first gift boxes.

Resize the wordart Joy to 55% and place in front of your tube layer.
Resize the sleigh cookie to 50%, place on the right between the gift boxes layers.
Resize the gingerbread man to 40%, place below the cocoa cup on the left.

Adjust all your elements to your liking.

Paste paper 8, apply your mask, move to the bottom and adjust to fit your tag.

Add any other elements you would like.
 
Once happy with it all, close off any backgrounds, merge visible.
I added the xero filter Clarity once I merged, this is optional, you may like to just sharpen your tag.
Resize first, then add your copyrights and name.
That's it
Hope you enjoyed doing my tut.

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Monday, December 1, 2014

All Spruced Up for Santa




This tut was written for those with a basic knowledge of psp.
I am using the awesome artwork of  Arthur Crowe.
You need a license to use this art work. Please do not use without a license.
 You can find this art at his Store  HERE
Supplies Needed
I used PSPX...but any of them should work.
 Scrap The Naughty List by Fab Designz  HERE
You have to join her FB Fan Club first but well worth it.
Template #135 by DD HERE
MPM Mask 95 HERE
 WSL_Mask 84  HERE
Filters
Xero-Radiance and Soft Vignette
EyeCandy4000-Gradient Glow
Font I used was TheNautiGal

Drop Shadow usually V2 H2 50 black
 
Let's get started
*Remember to add your drop shadow as you go along*

Open the template, hold the shift key and hit the d key to duplicate, close the original, delete the credits.
Go to Image, Canvas size and make it 800 x 800 or one you prefer.
Paste paper 5, apply Mask 95 first, delete and merge group.
Paste paper 20, apply mask 84, delete and merge group, adjust your mask to fit your tag later.
Merge the top red rectangle down with the bottom one, paste paper 2, invert and delete, also delete the template layer too, select none.

Merge the bottom gold strip layer down with the top gold layer, paste paper 22, invert delete.
Select top crème square, paste paper 16.
Merge the Top and bottom green circles,  paste paper 1.
Select the white rings, add a new layer, fill with red, add noise at 40%.

Paste framefab1 over the red circle part. Add noise at 40% to the
red circle part.

Select the gold circle, Paste paper 12, invert, delete .
Paste your close up resize first if needed, invert and delete.
Change the blend mode to screen or one you prefer.
Apply the xero filter-Radiance.
Then apply the Soft Vignette with these settings
Elliptical, Foreground color, Diagonal Dots,
3, 2, 0, 255

Select the gold rectangles, apply EyeCandy4000-Chrome with these settings
Reflection Map-Outdoor.tif,
10.80, 50, 50, 0, 72, Inside Marquee checked
 and recolor to your liking, I did mine in green.

Select the crème rectangles, add noise at 40% or paste a paper of choice.

Resize your tube, if using the same one I am, I resized mine to 75%, place on the left side, move below the wordart layers, duplicate, move to the top and erase the leg area covering the wordart.

Paste the filmstrip below the tube layer and change the blend mode to hard light.
Select inside with your magic wand, expand by 4, paste paper 9, invert, delete, do not deselect yet, paste your tube how you like in each frame of the strip, then delete the excess of each one, then merge your tubes together. Duplicate, Gaussian blur at 4, change the blend mode to overlay or whatever you prefer, merge down.

Paste MsClaus sexy legs of choice, mirror, resize to 75%, move below your tube layer, duplicate, move to the top and erase the part covering the wordart.
Select each of the wordart and add a fat white gradient glow using EyeCandy4000, 3, 25 ,100
Resize the Christmas Cocktail to 45% and place on the left side.
Resize the Christmas lips to 20% and place on the right bottom side, free rotate to the left at 7,  all layers unchecked.

Add the sparkle layer below your second tube layer.
Paste the splat layer, and move to the bottom layer just above the mask layer and then up to the left top, duplicate, mirror and flip.
Back on the top layer, resize the candy canes to 45% and place by the glass on the left.
Paste the holly, move just above the mask layer and at the bottom on the left, duplicate and mirror.
I took the snowflakes and place them on the green paper in the filmstrip and erase the parts I did not want showing and move them around to my liking in other areas.

Add any other elements you would like.
 
Once happy with it all, close off any backgrounds, merge visible.
I added the xero filter Clarity once I merged, this is optional, you may like to just sharpen your tag.
Resize first, then add your copyrights and name.
That's it
Hope you enjoyed doing my tut.

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