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