Brush Strokes

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - preferably one that has multiple sized layers

I Love Arthur Crowe tubes for this reason

You can purchase them from his store HERE

Font of choice

Filter - Brush Strokes which you can download HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 27th January 2016

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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

d/s = dropshadow 

Open blank canvas 700 x 250

floodfill with gradient made from two colours from your tube

sunburst, repeats & angle 0

c/p close up tube

position to your liking in middle of tag

change blend mode to Luminance

duplicate

On bottom tube layer

effects, brush strokes, crosshatch

stroke length 13

sharpness 6

strength 1

On duplicate tube layer, change blend mode to screen

lower opacity on both tube layers to around 50

c/p medium tube

position to far left

c/p small tube

position to far right

d/s medium and small tubes

2,5,50,8,black

preset shapes tool, rectangle

gradient, linear, angle 45, repeats 2

draw out a slim rectangle right across your tube

from left to right and towards the bottom of the tag

(but not right at the bottom, leave a gap)

convert to raster

duplicate

hide first rectangle

on duplicate, select all, float, defloat

contract by 7, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

c/p small tube again 3 or 4 times

position across your tag

merge the tube layers together

on duplicate rectangle

select all, float, defloat, invert

now hit delete on your keyboard on each of the tube layers

apply the brush strokes, crosshatch filter

same settings as before

change blend mode to luminance legacy

unhide first rectangle

change blend mode to whatever looks good on your tag

I used multiply in my first example and duplicated the rectangle to make it slightly darker

new raster layer

floodfill with single color from your tube

select all, contract by 3

hit delete

deselect

Add name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

To make matching Avatar

Selection tool, custom selection

top & left 0

right 150

bottom 200

edit selection

position the red box on your tag where you like it

edit selection

copy

paste as new image

add the single colour border like we did for the banner

add name, copyright, license info

merge all flatten

save a jpg

Here is another example

Diagonal Lines

Supplies needed

Tube of choice - I am using the very cute artwork of Laguna

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Filters :

Muras Meister - copies

Carolaine & Sensibility

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow

You can find all the filters HERE 

Fonts - Typographer Caps & Close to you

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 19th January 2016

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill with gradient made from two colors from your tube

linear, angle 45, repeats 3

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize if necessary

apply muras meister copies, wallpaper rotate, default settings

Apply Carolaine & Sensibility filter 

CS-BRectangles

control 0 - 17

control 1 - 18

control 2 - 164

control 3 - 128

Selction tool, custom selection

top 0, left 0, right 700, bottom 250

Image, crop to selection

duplicate the C&S layer 3 times for a total of 4 

rename them from bottom to top 1,2,3,4

hide  2,3 & 4, 

working on the layer 1

selection tool, rectangle, feather 0, mode Add

select around several of the squares randomly

across the tag

apply C&S CS-DLines

control 0 - 40

control 1 - 5

change blend mode to Lumincance Legacy

unhide layer 2

repeat CS-DLines but change control 1 to 8

change blend mode to Lumincance Legacy

unhide layer 3

repeat CS-DLines but change control 1 to 11

change blend mode to Lumincance Legacy

unhide layer 4

repeat CS-DLines but change control 1 to 14

change blend mode to Lumincance Legacy

deselect

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize and position to your liking

dropshadow

duplicate bottom gradient layer

layers, arrange, bring to top

select all, contract by 4

hit delete on your keyboard

Add name

I used Typography Caps for the Initial and Close to you for the remainder of the name

I then applied a gradient glow and dropshadow

Add license & copyright information

hide layers 2,3 & 4 again

Copy merged

Open animation shop

paste as new animation 

back to psp

hide 1, unhide 2

copy merged

back to AS

paste after current frame

repeat for layers 3 & 4

make sure your arrow is selected in AS

hold down the shift key and click on frames 2 & 3

copy

now click on frame 4 

paste after current frame

click on Animation on the top toolbar and click on reverse frames

now when you play your animation the diagonal lines should look 

like they are going in and out

save as gif

Be Curious!

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Zlata M which 

you can purchase from Pics for Design

Scrapkit - Tainted Cupcake from K4 HERE

My wordart HERE *Warning* this wordart contains offensive language

Mask of choice

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 9th January 2016

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely 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

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient made from two colors from your tube or the kit 

linear, repeats 6, angle 45

apply mask

merge group

c/p frame 06 

c/p zippered heart 02

resize by 50

rotate right 11

position bottom right corner of the frame

duplicate 

resize by 50, image mirror

position just above first heart on the pink bit

Duplicate, image mirror

position bottom left of first heart

dropshadow all 3 hearts 2,5,50,8, black

merge hearts together

c/p lips 04

resize by 50

rotate left 11

position top right corner of frame

drag this layer below the hearts layer

d/s

c/p cupcake 03

resize by 30

position to the left of the hearts

d/s

make mask layer active

c/p tube as new layer

duplicte twice, hide these duplicates

position face inside middle frame

make frame layer active

magic wand, feather 0, select inside the middle frame

expand by 2

invert selection

hit delete on your tube layer

deselect

repeat for the two duplicated tube layers

but resize them by 70 

position one in the left frame and one in the right frame

Merge all 3 tube layers together

Change blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

duplicate

adjust blur, gaussian blur, 10

change blend mode to Hard light (or whatever looks good on your tag)

Paste tube again, drag to the top of the layer palette

resize to fit 

position slightly to the left of center

d/s

c/p "Judgemental" wordart (the plain black one)

resize by 70

select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient we used at the start

linear, angle 0, repeats 0

Add your favourite inner bevel or glass effect

deselect

Add fat white gradient glow

d/s

position to your liking

Add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png.

Happy New Year -2016

Supplies needed:

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

which you can find HERE

My Supplies HERE

My mask 083 HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st January 2016

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

copy and paste cluster as new layer

(I have included two in the supplies, use whichever you prefer)

copy and paste frame as new layer

drag below cluster

rotate left 11

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position to your liking

erase any parts that are showing outside of 

frame on the left

your tube should now look like its coming out from

between the frame and the cluster

dropshadow frame and tube 4,6,44,8,black

copy and paste wordart as new layer

resize and position to your liking

dropshadow

make background layer active

copy and paste paper as new layer

apply mask

merge group

duplicate and merge down

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png

Tina's Winter

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artowrk of Trinita

which you can purchase from Pics for Design

Scrapkit - Tina's Winter from Pink Paradox Productions

Mask HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on December 6th 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

Copy and paste paper 1 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

copy and paste paper 29 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

resize by 95

change blend mode to luminance

c/p element 87

rotate right 90

c/p element 82

resize by 40

position to the left

make top mask layer active

select all, float, defloat, 

selections invert

make trees layer active

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

c/p tube as new layer

resize as necessary 

position to the right 

c/p elements of choice

resize to fit and place

to your liking

I used 10, 68, 69, & 77

dropshadow all elements and tube

2,5,50.8,black

c/p element 88

resize by 40

rotate right 90

Add  your name, license and copyright information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png

Christmas Ribbon

Supplies Needed:

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

which you can purchase from Pics for Design

Scrapkit - Christmas Bliss from twisted summertime Designs

My Template HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on December 20th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open template, Shift & D to duplicate

close the original

make the black layer active

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste paper 8 as new layer

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

delete black layer

make purple layer active

repeat above steps with paper 3

Make the yellow layer active

repeat above steps with paper 7

copy and paste element 42 as new layer

resize by 60

image, mirror & flip

position to the left

copy and paste element 13 as new layer

resize by 60

image, mirror

rotate right 21

position to the left on top of fir

copy and paste element 32 as new layer

resize by 60

rotate right 6

position the left on top of the flowers

copy and paste element 45 as new layer

resize by 20

position at end of christmas tape

Now lets make our canvas a little larger

Image, Canvas size, 800 x 800

copy and paste tube as new layer

make the top red layer active,

select all, float, defloat, invert

hit delete on your tube layer

deselect

change blend mode to luminance (legacy)

paste tube again

resize to your liking (mine was 35%)

image mirror

and position to your liking 

dropshadow all layers

2,5,50,8,black

Add your name, copyright and license information

merge visible

crop and save as png

Vintage Christmas

Supplies needed:

tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Maxine Gadd

when she was selling at CDO

Supplies HERE

Font of choice

Filters - Muras Meisters - copies, 

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient glow

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on December 9th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

copy and paste tube as new layer

muras meister - copies - wallpaper rotate, default settings

duplicate

image, gaussian blur 8

set blend mode to soft light or screen (whatever looks best to your eye)

merge down

apply mask 

merge group

Add fat white gradient glow

dropshadow 0,0,50,8, black

paste tube again

erase the bottom of the tube so it looks like the top of the tube is coming through the frame

copy and paste snowflake scatter as new layer

copy and paste wordart as new layer

resize by 70

position towards the bottom of your tag

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with a fore/back gradient using two colours from your tag

deselect

apply fat white gradient glow

dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black

delete original wordart layer

Add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png