Rock Hard

this tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 6th July 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarities to other works is purely conincidental

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Very Many

which you can purchase HERE or HERE

Scrapkit - Feel the Rock HERE

mask of choice

Font of choice - I am using Baker Script

Filter - Penta.com, Dot & cross

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OK Lets begin!!

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

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

1. Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

2. c/p paper 11

apply mask

3. c/p frame 06

resize by 69

4. c/p winged heart element3

resize by 69

move to the bottom of the frame

d/s

5. c/p music scatter

resize by 69

move below frame layer

and down a bit so its under your heart

d/s

6. make frame layer active,

magic wand, click inside the left square of frame

selections, expand by 4

c/p tube, position so face shows inside selection

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

repeat for right square

merge tube layers together

and move under your frame

filters - penta, dot & cross

default settings

change blend mode to hard light

7. c/p tube again,

resize to fit and position in middle of tag but

under the winged heart

d/s

8. c/p staffdoodle

resize by 50

position to top right corner of frame

d/s

9. c/p keyboard

resize by 30

postion to bottom left of frame

d/s

10. c/p flame 01

using your deform tool, squish it left & right so it

fits right across your frame

position under frame layer and inline with the top of the frame

duplicate

change blend mode on bottom flame to hard light

change blend mode on top flame to screen

11.  make top layer active

c/p skull01

resize by 30

position to the bottom right corner of frame

d/s

12. d/s frame

13.  Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Striped

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of VeryMany

you can purchase from PicsForDesign or the Very Many Store

Some sparkles 

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 31st 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental

Open blank canvas 700 x 200

copy and paste tube as new layer

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under original tube, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 1st duplicate, lower opacity to 56, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 2nd duplicate, lower opacity to 46, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 3rd duplicate, lower opacity to 36, position to the right slightly

Merge all tube layers

position so the smallest one is against the right hand side of your tag

new raster layer, floodfill white

layers arrange, send to bottom

preset shape tool, rectangle, background colour one from your tube

draw out a slim rectangle from left to right right across canvas

convert to raster layer, position towards top of tag

duplicate x 2 and position one in the middle of the tag and one toward the bottom

so you have 3 thick stripes across your tag

merge the 3 stripes together

select all, float, defloat, expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill with another colour from your tube

add noise, random, 46, monochrome checked

deselect

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize 150

position to left 

change blend mode to screen

Add some sparkles here if you wish

Add name and copyright information

merge all flatten

new raster layer

floodfill with the 2nd colour from your tube

select all, contract by 4, hit delete

add noise as before

merge all flatten 

save as jpg

to make matching avatar

custom selection tool

top & left 0, bottom & right 150

selections, edit selection, position the red square on your tag where you like

edit selection, copy

deselect

paste as new image

add border like we did for the banner

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Another example by Blanca

Dancing Queen

Supplies needed;

Dancing/Dancer Tube(s) of choice, One with different sized layers works well

I am using the gorgeous artwork of Arthur Crowe

You must have a license to use the same tube as me 

Supplies HERE

Filters - Muras Meister, copies

Tramage, Pool Shadow

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 24th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p tube as new layer

muras meister, copies, wallpaper rotate, default settings

adjust blur, motion blur, angle 127, strength 100

repeat

Tramage, pool shadow, default settings, or to your choosing

duplicate this "paper" layer twice

rename paper layers 1, 2, & 3

c/p frame

resize by 70

rotate right 90

duplicate twice

rename frame 1, frame 2 & frame 3

frame 1 rotate right 6

frame 2 rotate left 3

frame 3 rotate left 6

position so frame 1 is in the middle

frame 2 on the left

and frame 3 on the right

slightly overlapping each other 

Now in your layer palette, drag paper 3 up so its under frame 3

drag paper 2 up so its under frame 2

and paper1 should be under frame 1

Hide the top 4 layers

frame 1 active

magic wand, feather 0

click inside the frame, expand by 2, invert

on paper 1 hit delete

deslect

Unhide paper 2 and frame 2

click inside frame 2, expand by 2, invert

on paper 2 hit delete

deselect

repeat for frame/paper 3 layers

make paper 3 active, select all, float, defloat

c/p close up tube, position inside frame to your liking

invert, hit delete

deselect

make paper 1 active, select all, float, defloat

c/p medium sized tube, (or same tube as before and resize by about 70)

position inside frame to your liking

invert, hit delete

deselect

Now add a drop shadow to all the frame layers

2,5,50,8, black

c/p curved stitches

duplicate, image mirror, position so they are across the bottom half of your frames 

delete white background layer

merge visible

c/p full length tube as new layer

position over frame 2

dropshadow as before

c/p wordart to right of full lenghth tube

colorize/fill to match your tag

c/p crown (its made to fit round the Q)

dropshadow wordart & crown

c/p ballet slippers

resize by 40

colorize to suit your tag

position to your liking

dropshadow

Add name and copyright/license information

merge visible

save as png

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