Monochrome Angel

supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using a beautiful Angel from Zindy

You can purchase a license to use her tubes from Her store here

My Monochrome Scrapkit HERE

Mask of choice - I used this one HERE

Font of choice

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OK lets begin!!

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

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black

open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

c/p paper 5

apply mask

merge group

c/p frame 2

resize by 60

using your deform tool, resize your mask layer

so it fits nicely with your frame

I rotated by 90,  duplicated and flipped & mirrored it

c/p element 39

resize by 60

rotate left 30

c/p tube close up

position to left of frame

erase excess poking out from behind frame

change blend mode to screen

(or luminace if using a coloured tube)

c/p tube above frame layer

resize to fit

position to right

d/s

d/s frame and scatter element

Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

Merge visible

Crop

save as png.

Thats it your done!!

This tutorial written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2015

Any resemblance to other works in purely coincidental and untintentional

Diamond Beauty

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful Skull & Rose tube from Arthur Crowe

You can purchase a license to use his tubes from his Store Here

My scrapkit - A Hint of Goth HERE

mask(click to open full size)

Filters - Eye candy, Gradient Glow 

Tramage, Moving screen

Font - Times New Roman

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OK lets begin!!

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

d/s = dropshadow

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

preset shape tool - Diamond

choose 2 colours from your tube (I used red & black)

and make a fore/back gradient

linear, angle 45, repeats 3

draw out a large diamond in the middle of your canvas

convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p tube

position inside selection

hit delete on your keyboard

new raster layer

selections expand by 4

floodfill with one of your gradient colours

add noise, 54, gaussian, monochrome

deselect

drag this layer down below your original diamond

close off white background

merge visible

Add a fat white gradient glow

d/s 0,0,50,8,black

duplicate

resize by 70

rotate left 13

move up to top left of tag

duplicate 

image, mirror

merge down

drag this layer below original diamond

Tramage - moving screen 

frequency - 16

highlights - 18

amount - 131

mode - 64

addative 1 - 133

addative 2 - 24

lightener - 13

transparency - 0

repeat

c/p element 4

resize by 60

position left from bottom point of diamond

along left edge

duplicate

image mirror

c/p element 16

resize by 30

postion on bottom point of diamond, very slightly to the right

duplicate

image mirror

c/p element 15

resize by 30

rotate right 90

position on top of two red roses

c/p element 18

resize by 60

rotate right 8

drag down below diamond and to the right so it pokes 

out from behind it

duplicate

image mirror

drop shadow all elements 

2,5,50,8, black

make white background active

c/p paper 9

apply mask 

merge group

Add name

I used Times new roman, size 28, black

add a white gradient glow

d/s

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop & save as png.

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd March 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Irish Pup

Supplies needed:

Animal Tube of choice - I am using the cute puppy by Kajenna 

You can purchase this tube from Pics for Design

My St Pattys Day scrapkit HERE

Mask 63 HERE

Font of choice I am using P22 Kilkenny HERE

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OK lets begin!!

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

d/s = dropshadow 4,6,50,8,black

Open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

c/p element 38

resize by 40, move to the left sightly

duplicate and hide this layer for now

d/s original clover layer 4,6,50,8,black

c/p element 37

resize by 150

c/p tube, resize to fit your tag

I moved mine down under the hill layer

and positioned to the right slightly

d/s

c/p element 5

rotate left by 60

using your deform tool

squash it down a bit

then hold down ctrl and hover over the top left node

and drag inwards a bit

d/s 

c/p element 20

resize by 40

position to the right

d/s

c/p element 9

resize by 34

position right just in front of harp

d/s

c/p element 11

resize by 70

position so it looks like its coming

from the harp, move this layer down

to just above the white background layer

Now remember that duplicated clover we hid

unhide it 

resize by 80

image mirror and bring it up to just under

your harp layer, position so its poking out

from behind the harp

d/s 

make your background layer active

c/p paper 9

apply mask

merge group

duplicate mask layer at least 4 times

(its a bit faint otherwise)

Merge all mask layers together and

using your deform tool bring the bottom of the

mask up a bit

Add your name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.

thats it your done!!

Here are some more gorgeous examples made 

by the wonderful members of my forum Taggers Inn

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 22nd February 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Dark Passion

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Jennifer Janesko

You can purchase her tubes from CDO

My Cluster HERE

A dark red scrap paper (optional)

Mask HERE

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper as new layer (or floodfill a new layer with a dark red colour)

apply mask 

merge group

resize by 80 and move to the left a little

duplicate

image mirror, image flip

merge the two mask layers together

c/p cluster frame as new layer

c/p close up tube

drag below your frame layer

position to your liking in the right side of the frame

erase any extra showing on the outside of the frame

change blend mode to hard light

c/p tube as new layer

position to your liking in the left hand side

of the frame, but leave the head above the frame

erase the bottom half of the tube, the bit sticking out

below the frame 

duplicate tube

Drag duplicate above frame layer

erase the bottom half of the tube layer

and any bits that hide the cluster

Dropshadow the bottom tube layer

2.5,50,8, black

Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

Merge visible

Crop and save as png

Thats it your done!!

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 7th February 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Bloomin' Spring

Supplies needed:

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

You can purchase his tubes from his store Arthur Crowes Factory

My Bloomin' Spring scrapkit HERE

Font of choice 

Eye Candy - Gradient glow (optional)

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OK lets begin!!

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

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

flood fill white

c/p element 2,

dropshadow 25,4,30,15, black

c/p paper 3

c/p element 13

resize by 60

d/s 2,5,50,8, black

magic wand

click inside the frame

expand selection by 5

invert

on paper 3 layer hit delete 

deselect

Make curled torn paper layer active

c/p elements 20, 25, 17 & 14

resize by 60

position around top left hand corner of frame

sticking out slightly, to your liking

drop shadow these elements 2,5,50,8, black

Make frame layer active 

c/p elements 15, 19, 24, 

resize by 40

c/p elements 8 (resize 30), 6 (resize 20)

position bottom right corner of frame

to your liking, you may wish to mirror 

and/or rotate some of them a little

try to end with the white flower on top

so it hides the stems of the others

d/s as before

c/p element 42 (or 43,44,45 whichever you like most)

resize by 30

position on at bottom of cluster of flowers

d/s

c/p element 36

position so it flows from bottom left of frame

across the flowers

erase the extra bits so that only 3 'bloomin springs' are left

add a pink gradient glow or a pink dropshadow 0,0,100,5,pink & repeat

c/p element 22

resize by 60

position top left of frame

Make paper layer below frame active

c/p tube

erase any parts sticking out from behind the frame

change blend mode to burn

duplicate change blend mode to hard light

Add your name and copyright information

delete white background

merge visible

save as png

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 11th February 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

Everybody Needs Somebody

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using Black Pearls tube from the delightful Zindy

you can purchase her tubes from her store Zindy Zone

Wordart of choice - I used THIS freebie from Escape From Reality

Font of choice - I used Century Gothic

Filters: 

Penta.com - jeans & VTR2

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient glow

Toadies - What are you

Xero - Radiance

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OK lets begin!!

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

d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8,black

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

preset shapes tool

rectangle, background colour a light one from your tube

draw out a long rectangle vertically in the middle of your canvas

convert to raster

duplicate

resize by 80

move to the left so there is a gap between the two rectangles

duplicate, image, mirror

duplicate

resize by 60 (do not move)

duplicate, image, mirror

now add a white gradient glow to each rectangle layer

make large rectangle active

select all, float, defloat, contract by 3, invert

c/p tube 

position to your liking and hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

make left medium rectangle active

select all, float, defloat, contract by 3, invert

c/p tube, resize by 80

hit delete, deselect

duplicate tube, image, mirror

layers, arrange, move up

make right small rectangle active

select all, float, defloat, contract by 3, invert

c/p tube

hit delete, deselect

duplicate tube, image, mirror, 

layers, arrange, move up

now go back and d/s all your rectangle layers

make first tube layer active (the main one)

effects, penta.com - jeans default settings

duplicate

effects, xero, radiance default settings

make left medium tube active

change blend mode to luminance legacy

effects, penta.com - vtr2

distance 49, width 1, contrast 169, ghost 0

repeat for right medium tube

choose your wordart 

c/p as new layer, position to your liking

select all, float, defloat, 

new raster layer

floodfill with a gradient made from two colours from your tube

new raster layer

expand selection by 1

floodfill with a dark colour from your tube

deselect

layers, arrange, move down

add a white gradient glow to the dark outline and d/s

delete original wordart layer

delete white background layer

merge visible

duplicate

effects, toadies, what are you

default settings

layers, arrange, move down

add your name and copyright

merge visible

crop and save as png

Thats it your done!!

Tutorial written by Mizteeque on 25th Jan 2015

Written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional