Thanksgiving

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice, I am using several tubes from Arthur Crowe

which can be purchased from his store HERE

My template 66 HERE

Scrapkit - Clementine by Tickled Pink Studio

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on November 20th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open template, duplicate and close original

delete credits layer

Make lge Oval active

Select all, float, defloat,

copy and paste paper 14 as new layer

resize by 22

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

repeat the above instructions for the following layers

layer 1 - paper 2

layer 2 - paper 2

layer 3 - paper 5

Make layer 5 active, select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with an orange/purple gradient 

linear, angle 45, repeats 4

deselect

delete original layer 5

Repeat for layer 6 but do not deselect

Now copy and paste your tubes(s)

resize and position inside the selection to your liking

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard on each tube layer

deselect

Merge the tube layers together

change blend mode to Luminance(l)

make purple oval active

copy and paste flower 3 as new layer

resize by 8

position top center (so its poking out from behind the other rectangles)

copy and paste flower 4 as new layer

resize by 8

position so its overlapping the first flower

copy and paste leaf 2

resize by 15

position behind flowers, rotate slightly to the left

copy and paste leafy branch 

resize by 15

rotate slightly to the left, position next to the first leaf

duplicate both flowers and both leaves

and flip and mirror them both

make top right rectangle active

copy and paste bunting as new layer

resize by 8

position on top of rectangle

copy and paste flair 6 as new layer

resize by 8

position on left hand end of bunting

make background active

copy and paste scatter as new layer

resize by 20

position top left (so its showing from behind the purple oval)

duplicate 3 times and flip, mirror, rotate to your liking.

dropshadow all layers 2,5,50,8,black, except Luminance tubes

copy and paste main tube as new layer

resize to fit

position bottom left, so its sitting nicely between the two left hand circles

but make sure it is under your wordart layers

dropshadow as before

make wordart active

select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

floodfill with same gradient we used earlier

deselect

delete original wordart layer

add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Frosty

Supplies Needed: 

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Maxine Gadd

you can purchase her tubes from CDO Store

Scrapkit - Christmas Magic from Cakes Creations

Font - Can't Write Quickly in Winter

Filter - Muras Meister - Copies

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on November 5th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800 

Copy and paste scene 1 as new layer

resize by 70

copy and paste snow 1 as new layer

make scene 1 active

select all, float, defloat

selections invert

make snow layer active

hit delete on your keyboard 

deselect

copy and paste flower 1 as new layer

resize by 15

repeat muras meister, copies

image, rotate, left 17

copy and paste snowflake 1 as new layer

resize by 40

muras meister, copies, encirlce, change shift X & Shift Y to 60

copy and paste bells as new layer

resize by 40

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position slightly to the right

dropshadow flowers, snow, bells and tube

2,5,50,8, black

dropshadow snowflakes as before but change opacity to 25

Add name, copyright and license information

merge visible

crop and save as png

Xmas Shape

Supplies needed

Scrapkit of choice

Font of choice

Eye candy 5 - Impact - Glass

My shape - click to open full size and save to your computer

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on November 8th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800 

copy and paste my shape as new layer

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste paper as new layer

selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard

keep selected

copy and paste several elements of choice

and hit delete on your keyboard each time

to delete any overhanging bits

When happy with your elements, 

invert the selection again, 

new raster layer

effects, eye candy 5 - Impact - Glass

with the following settings

new raster layer,

selections, expand by 4

floodfill with a colour/graident of choice

adjust, add noise 85, uniform, monochrome checked.

selections, contract by 8, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

layers, arrange, send to bottom

hide glass layer

merge visible all other layers

Text Tool

type out your name or initial (doesnt matter what color)

convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, 

make your shape layer active, right click in the layer palette

and promote selection to layer

deselect

delete the text layer

On the promoted selection layer 

apply the following inner bevel twice

you can now move your text to your liking within the shape

or leave it where it is, its upto you!

Unhide the glass layer

copy and paste any other elements you wish

to decorate the shape

dropshadow 2,5,50,8,black

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Here is another example

Giving Thanks

Supplies needed :

Tube of choice - I am using the awesome artwork of Elias Chatzoudis

which you can find HERE

Scrapkit from Sweet as Honey HERE

My Mask 99 from my blog HERE

Font - Grandma's Garden

My Wordart - Save from bottom of post

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on October 31st 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Note:  c/p = copy and paste as new layer

d/s = dropshadow

Open blank canvas 800 x 800 

floodfill white

c/p paper 4 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

c/p autumn leaves

rotate right 30

position at bottom of mask layer

c/p cornucopia 

resize by 60 

position bottom right 

c/p turkey 1

resize by 60

position in the middle at the bottom

c/p apples-1

resize by 60

position to the left of the turkey

drag this layer below the turkey layer

c/p acorns

resize by 60 twice

position bottom right

just on top of cornucopia

c/p sparkles-1

position on top of all other elements

D/s all elements except sparkles

2,5,50,8, black

c/p tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position to the left

drag tube layer below all element layers

d/s

c/p my wordart

resize by 80

position top right next to your tube

Add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Corona

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice - I am using the dark elf tube from No Flutter

Font of choice

Filters - Eye candy 4, corona

Muras Meister, copies

Xero, Fritillary

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on October 13th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 750 x 250

copy and paste tube as new layer

Effects - Muras Meister, Copies

Wallpaper, Rotate default settings

if there are gaps in your copied result, 

duplicate the layer, image flip & mirror

merge down

adjust, blur, motion blur

strength 100, angle 225

repeat

duplicate

effects, Xero, Fritillary

granularity 5, aggression 73, tesselation 24, variation 39

selection tool, circle, feather 0, mode Add

draw out 4 or 5 circle selections, some going off the edge of the canvas if you like

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

effects, eye candy 4 corona

glow width 17, flare size 9, stretch 100

waver 23, blur 0, overall opacity 82

color, choose one that matches your tag (mine was light purple)

draw only outside selection ticked

copy and paste tube again 

position to your liking in the middle of your tag

duplicate

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 8

set blend mode to screen

preset shapes tool, rectangle, background color one that matches your tag

draw out a slim rectangle from left to right across the middle of the tag

convert to raster, change blend mode to overlay

drag this layer below your circles

merge all

new raster layer

floodfill black

select all, contract by 2

hit delete

deselect

Add your name and copyright information

merge all (flatten)

Save as  jpg

To make matching avatar

selection tool, custom selection

top & left 0, right & bottom 200

edit selection, use your move tool to position the red box

to your liking on your tag

edit selection, copy

deselect

paste as new image

new raster layer

floodfill black

select all, contract by 2

deselect

add name and cr again

merge all 

save as jpg

Courage

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey

which can be purchased from his store HERE

Scrapkit - Pink for Hope from Manipulated by Magik

My Mask 93 from my blog HERE

My wordart - save from bottom of post

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on October 13th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

copy and paste paper 11 as new layer

apply mask 

merge group

copy and paste frame 2

resize by 80

copy and paste fan 

resize by 60

position on top of frame at the join

copy and paste dove 

resize by 60

position on top of fan so the tail feathers

are just above the rosebud

copy and paste perfume bottle

resize by 40

position to left of fan so handle is just touching the edge of the fan

drag this layer below the fan layer

copy and paste roses 

resize by 50

position on top of perfume bottle but under the fan so the 

white rose is just visible

Make mask layer active 

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize if necessary and position boobies 

in the left side of the frame

erase any parts showing outside of frame

paste tube again and position face in right

side of frame, erase any parts outside of frame

dropshadow all elements except the fan

hide background and mask layer

merge visible

open hidden layers

move merged layer down to the bottom of the mask

copy and paste sparkles as new layer

position on top of merged layer

copy and paste tube again

postion under merged layer to the right

dropshadow

copy and paste wordart as new layer

position to the left above the frame

add a white gradient glow

and a faint dropshadow 2,5,20,10,black

add name, license and copyright information 

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Feels like Halloween

Supplies needed:

Tube(s) of choice - I am using 3 tubes from Jonathon Raya

Spooky wallpaper of choice - there are some good ones HERE

Wordart (save from bottom of post)

Font of choice - I am using Jellyka Saint-Andrew Queen HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on October 4th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

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open blank canvas 750 x 400

copy and paste spooky wallpaper of choice as new layer

preset shapes tool, rectangle, 

background colour, black

draw out a rectangle in the top left corner

convert to raster

duplicate, image, mirror

dupiclate, position this 3rd rectangle 

in the middle of the other two

make rectangle 1 active

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste 1st tube as new layer

position inside the rectangle to your liking

selections, invert

hit delete on your keyboard

selections, invert

expand by 2

new raster layer, floodfill white

deselect

drag white rectangle below the tube and black rectangle

Repeat this two more times with the other

two rectangles and two other tubes

dropshadow each white rectangle 

2,5,50,8,black

New raster layer at top of layer palette

flood fill white

select all, contract by 2

hit delete

deselect

preset shape tool, rectangle, 

foreground colour to white, line size 2

background colour null

draw out a rectangle from left to right

in the space between the tubes and the bottom of the tag

convert to raster

magic wand, feather 0

click inside the rectangle

new raster layer, floodfill white

lower opacity to 25

Make bottom layer active (the one under your wallpaper layer)

floodfill with a gradient made from two colours from your tubes

mine was red and blue, linear, angle 132, repeats 0

Change blend mode on Wallpaper layer to luminance (L)

Back to the top of your layer pallete

copy and paste wordart as new layer

position inside the rectangle at the bottom, to the left

add a gradient glow of choice, one that matches your tag

Add your name & copyright information 

merge all

save as jpg

Framed

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Very Many

which can be purchased in the store HERE

Taggers Inn Exclusive Scrapkit "Autumn Expired" 

You will need to be an active member of Taggers Inn to use the same kit

Mask 92 from my blog HERE

Font - Beaked Tyrant HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on October 3rd 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p paper 2 as new layer

apply mask 

c/p cluster frame as new layer

resize by 90

c/p element 21 as new layer

resize by 60

position under frame to the left

erase any parts showing inside the frame

c/p tube as new layer

position so face shows nicely inside the frame

erase any parts showing outside of frame

change blend mode to luminance (l)

duplicate tube

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to hard light

dropshadow all elements and original tube layer 

(not the duplicate)

2,5,50,8, black

Add name, license and copyright information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Frightfully Delightful

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice - I am using two halloween themed tubes from Elias Chatzoudis HERE & HERE

3rd Cluster frame down from Melissaz Creationz

Mask set 90 from Rachel Designs

My wordart HERE

Font - Jellyka Castles Queen HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on September 27th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

OK Lets begin!! 

A quick and simple one this week !!

Open cluster frame, duplicate and close original

Image, resize by 80

new raster layer below frame

flood fill with black/orange gradient, linear, angle 45, repeats 1

apply mask of choice from the pack - I used mask 3

copy and paste tubes as new layers

position to your liking in front of the frame

dropshadow tubes and frame 2,5,50,8, black

Add wordart of choice - I used "Frightfully Delightful" 

and added an orange/black gradient glow

Dropshadow

Add name, license and copyright information 

merge visible

save as png.

Autumn Witch

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Arthur Crowe

you can purchase his work HERE

Scrapkit Golden Days of Autumn by Golddust

Mask 093 from my blog HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on September 19th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

OK Lets begin!!

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

flood fill white

copy and paste paper 8 as new layer

apply mask 93 

merge group

copy and paste window as new layer

resize by 60

copy and paste tree 1 as new layer

resize by 60

position behind window to the right

erase any parts showing on the inside of the window

and the trunk from  under the window

make window layer active

copy and paste gold leaf scatter 5 as new layer

position along the bottom of the window

copy and paste dry flowers as new layer

position along bottom of window

copy and paste acorns 2 as new layer

position top left of window

copy and paste lamp as new layer

position to the left so its just overhanging the left window

copy and paste pumpkin 2 & 3 as new layers

resize by 40

position bottom left of lamp

copy and paste bird as new layer

resize by 60

postion to the right so its sitting on the dry flowers

dropshadow all elements

2,5,50,8, black

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position above window frame but below all other elements

and in front of the right window

dropshadow

add name, copyright & license information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Always With You

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Spazzd Art

which can be purchased from the store HERE

Scrapkit Purple Fragrance Freebie  from Lilas Design, 

Mask of choice

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on September 5th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

copy and paste element 16 as new layer

resize by 22

c/p element 22 as new layer

resize by 22

position bottom left corner

c/p element 2 as new layer

resize by 15

position middle bottom

duplicate, position on top of purple rose

then drag it down the layer palette so its under the rose

c/p element 12 as new layer

resize by 18

position along left hand side, under the white lace flower

duplicate

image, rotate right 90

position along bottom of frame

c/p element 1 as new layer

resize by 18

position left hand side on top of element 12

make purple rose layer active

duplicate

resize by 40

move along the bottom so its showing out from behind the lace flower

Dropshadow all the elements 2,5,50,8,black

hide frame and white background layer

merge visible

unhide hidden layers

duplicate the cluster

image, mirror, 

image, flip

resize by 60

reposition so its on the top right corner of the frame

make white background layer active

c/p paper 2

resize by 22

apply mask of choice

c/p tube of choice

resize as necessary

position so the face shows nicely in the frame

erase any parts of tube showing outside the frame

c/p wordart 1

resize by 22

add a white gradient glow

dropshadow

rotate right 90

position along right hand side

add name and copyright information

delete white layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Blue Moon

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Zindy

You can purchase her tubes from her store HERE

Scrapkit - By the Moonlight from Digicats

My Mask 83 HERE

Font of choice - I am using Angelface

My wordart - at the bottom of this post, right click and save

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on September 1st 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

OK lets begin!

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

copy and paste paper 12 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

Copy and paste element Fairy Dust as new layer

Copy and paste element Fairy Moon as new layer

resize by 70

adjust, hue & saturation, colorize, Hue 132, Saturation 87

copy and paste element Cloud as new layer

resize by 70 position at bottom of moon

colorize as before

duplicate, image, mirror

duplicate again, resize by 70

position at top point of moon

copy and paste tube as new layer,

resize to fit nicely so it looks like its sitting 

on top of the bottom clouds

freehand selection tool, feather set to around 14

make a selection along the bottom of your tube

hit delete several times so it looks like your tube

is sitting "in" the cloud

deselect

copy and paste my wordart as new layer

position to the left of the moon

dropshadow all layers except the mask and Fairy Dust

2,5,50,8, black

Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Dream It - Forum Exclusive

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful FTU artwork of Cris Ortega

Scrapkit - What dreams may come  

This kit is a Taggers Inn forum exclusive, you will need to be an active member to download

My Mask 95 HERE

My Template 61 HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on August 27th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

OK lets begin!

Open template, shift D to duplicate, delete credits, close original

We are going to be doing the following steps on several layers

with different papers

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste paper as new layer

resize by 60

selections invert, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

delete original layer

Layer 7, paper 9

Layer 6, paper 3

Layer 5, paper 1, resize by 60 twice

Layer 2, paper 9

Now add a white gradient glow to each of those layers

then dropshadow 0,0,50,11,black

Delete layers 1,3 & 4

make the semi circle layer active, 

select all, float, defloat,

selections contract by 5

selections invert, 

copy and paste tube as new layer, resize by 60

position so it fits nicely inside the selection then hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

change blend mode to multiply

duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to dodge and lower opacity to around 68

copy and paste element 18 as new layer

rotate left by 90, resize by 60

drag down below the semi circle layer

dropshadow, 2,5,50,8, black

copy and paste element 23

rotate left by 90, resize by 60, image mirror

position just below the flower

dropshadow as before

copy and paste element 34

resize by 40, position just above the flower

dropshadow 

make WA layer active

select all, float, defloat, 

copy and paste paper 3 as new layer

selections invert

hit delete

deselect

delete original WA layer

dropshadow WA Back layer

make bg layer active

copy and paste paper 8 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

move up slightly so it shows under the tag

duplicate, move down so it shows

If you wish, duplicate the flower and ivy elements 

a couple of times and drag down the layer palette 

to just above the mask layer. 

Position so they  are showing from underneath the bottom ribbon layer

Add name and copyright information

delete bg layer

merge visible

save as png

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Another beautiful example by Blanca

Simply Beautiful

Supplies Needed: 

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Nocturne, which can

be purchased from Pics For Design

Supplies HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on August 20th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

open blank canvas 800 x 800 

floodfill white

preset shapes tool - rectangle - line width 25 foreground color black, background null

hold down the shift key and draw out a square in the middle of your canvas

objects, align, center in canvas

convert to raster

duplicate, resize by 80

rotate left 11

position top left of original square

duplicate, image, mirror

position bottom right of original square

Drag original square to top of layer palette

magic wand, feather 0, click inside the top square, expand by 3

c/p tube as new layer, position face inside frame

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

duplicate, adjust, blur, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to overlay

deselect

Merge down, and drag tube layer below frame

make top left frame active

magic wand, click inside frame, expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill with a gradient made from two colors from your tube

c/p tube as new layer, position to your liking

selections invert, hit delete on your keyboard

invert selection again,

effects, edge effects, enhance more, change blend mode to luminance (L)

duplicate, gaussian blur 5, change blend mode to overlay

deselect

drag frame above floodfilled and 2 tube layers

repeat the above steps for the bottom right square but resize your tube by 60

Add your favourite dropshadow to each frame layer

Hide white background layer, merge visible all other layers

unhide white background

Add the rose elements to your liking, dropshadow

Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png

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below is a beautiful example made by Blanca