Spring is in the air

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Jasmine Beckett-Griffith

you can purchase this tube from CDO

Font of choice

My supplies HERE

Filters used -  Mystic Nights, Xero, Eye Candy5 Impact, Muras Meister, 

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open blank canvas 700 x 400

select all, copy and paste Pansy into selection

deselect

adjust blur, gaussian blur 23

duplicate

edge effects, enhance more

repeat

selection tool, custom selection

left 0, top 125, right 700, bottom 275

invert, delete

invert,

new raster layer

floodfill #ebed8c

contract 1

delete

deselect

using your raster deform tool

drag the left and right nodes outside

the canvas so the lines disappear off

the edge of your canvas

On original layer

effects, Mystic Nights, frosted glass

radius 16

effects, xero, fritillary

granularity 5, agression 30, tesselation 10, variation 2

back to top of layer palette

copy and paste squares as new layer

MurasMeister Copies - Line, change amount to 3

all other settings default

Magic wand, feather 0, mode Add

click inside each of the large squares

expand 1

copy and paste Pansy as new layer

invert, delete, invert

effects, art media effets, brush strokes

softness 31, bristles & width 10, opacity 50,

Length & density 7, Angle 234, color #505050

deselect

back on your squares layer

magic wand, same settings, 

click inside the small squares in the middle

copy and paste pansy again

move down a little so a different part is showing in the squares

invert, delete, invert

effects, eye candy 5 - Impact, Glass

add your favourite glass setting

deselect

drag squares to top of layer palette

duplicate

magic wand, click inside the small squares again

expand 2

floodfill with the same yellow as the outline

deselect

effects, reflection effects, feedback

opacity 100, intensity 75, horizontal 0, vertial 100

image flip

drag down to just above your merged layer

lower opacity to 25

back to top of layer palette

copy and paste PansyMist as new layer

resize 70

effects, image effects, offset

horizontal -160, vertical 75

custom & transparent checked

duplicate

on original gaussian blur 11

change blend mode to screen

copy and paste pansy mist again

image, mirror

move to bottom right corner

change blend mode to screen

lower opacity to 34

copy and paste wordart as new layer

position bottom left

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely between the middle and right hand box

dropshadow

new raster layer

floodfill with the same yellow

select all, contract 2

Add name, copyright and license information

merge all

save as jpg

Here are some more examples made the members of my forum Taggers Inn

Made by Mary

Made by Blanca

Made by Deeva

Happy New Year 2018

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Alex Prihodko

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Scrapkit - Green-Gold from Fecnikek

Mask 3 from Brutal Designs

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 2

resize 22

apply mask, merge group

c/p paper 3, 

resize 22

apply mask, merge group

merge down with first mask layer

c/p element 97, resize 60

c/p element 46, resize 50

magic wand, feather 0, click on the outside

dark green edge of the clock, 

invert

delete

deselect

now click inside the circle

expand 3

on element 13, delete

deselect

merge the two together

c/p element 46 again

resize 30

position bottom left of frame

element 62, resize 26

element 58, resize 60

place both in front of clock

element 43, resize 22

image, mirror

bottom right of other elements

element 13, resize 30

behind all other elements

element 18, resize 40

make frame layer active

c/p tube, resize to fit 

erase any that is showing outside of the frame

Dont forget to dropshadow your elements, frame and tube

Add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

White New Year

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies Needed:

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

which can be purchased from either Pics for Design or Very Many Tubes

My supplies HERE

Font HERE

One other Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

preset shapes tool

rectangle, line width 10, foreground color white

draw out a small square in the middle of the canvas

convert to raster

c/p cluster as new layer

resize 50

position bottom left of frame

text tool

The Queen, size 72, color white

type out "new"

convert to raster, position top left

of frame/cluster

type out "year"

convert to raster, position bottom right

corner of frame

merge the two words together

select all, float, defloat, 

expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill with gold glitter

deselect

drag below white layer

add your favourite bevel to the white words

and the frame

dropshadow the glitter words, the frame and the cluster

c/p tube as new layer

resize and position inside frame

dropshadow

add name, copyright and license information

merge visible

crop and save as png

Here are some more example made by the members of my forum Taggers Inn 

Made by Gigi

Made by Deeva

Made by Wendy

Made by Suzie

I'm Ready for 2018

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 25th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beatiful artwork of Nocturne

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

you can purchase this from Pics for Design

Cluster 3 HERE from Dreamworld Design

My Mask 203

Other supplies HERE

Font of choice

I used paper 23 from This Kit but any black and gold paper/gradient could be used

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 23 as new layer

resize by 70

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

image, mirror & flip

move down a bit

c/p cluster 3 as new layer

resize by 60

erase as much of the frame as you can

you dont have to be exact as we are going to cover

any bits left

c/p gold frame

resize by 60

position under cluster and to the right a little

duplicate

move down and to the left so its showing under the

cluster at the bottom

c/p black flower

resize by 20

position at the bottom, covering any frame that is left

d/s

c/p glitter ball

resize 20

position under the black flower but to the right a little

d/s

c/p "im ready for 2018" layer of WA 2018

position along bottom of tag

Make cluster active

c/p tube as new layer

resize to fit

erase any that is showing at the bottom of your tag

and make sure that part of the tube is covering any

frame that is left showing on the cluster

d/s

c/p gold sparkles

resize 60

duplicate 

rotate, mirror, flip both layers

until you have them positioned to your liking

adjust, sharpeness, sharpen more, twice on both layers

d/s

reposition anything you wish now

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

save as png

To Make The Avatar

Open blank canvas 200 x 200

copy your finished tag

paste as new layer on avatar canvas

position so some of the cluster is showing

c/p large "2018" from WA 2018

paste as new layer

resize to fit

new raster layer

select all

floodfill with a gold color

contract selection by 2

hit delete on keyboard

deselect

add noise, 100% gaussian, monochrome

add name

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Here are some more examples made by the members of  Taggers Inn

Made by Deeva

Made by Suzie

Silver Bells

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice, one with a close up is good

I am using the beautiful artwork of Alex Prihodko which can be 

purchased at Pics For Design

Supplies Here

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Open supplies

open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

copy and paste paper as new layer

apply mask

merge group

preset shapes, ellipse

width 20, foreground set to foil pattern

background null, 

draw out a small circle in the middle of your canvas

align, center in canvas

convert to raster

adjust, brightness & contrast

B54, C15

adjust, sharpen more

repeat brightness

duplicate

position side by side, but make one slightly

higher than the other and just overlapping slightly

erase the part of the bottom one that is showing

inside the top one

merge down

magic wand, feather 0, mode Add(shift)

click inside both parts of the frame

expand by 4

paste paper again

invert, delete

deselect

drag paper layer below frame layer

c/p swirl

resize by 60

position along bottom of frame

c/p berries

position on top of swirl

c/p fir

resize 40

position below swirl but to the left

duplicate, image, mirror

move so it is poking out from behind the swirl

c/p diamond circle

resize 40

image effets, offset

H-68, V54 transparent

duplicate

offset, H146, V-155

merge down

drag down to just above your mask layer

c/p snowflake swirl

resize 70

duplicate twice and flip &/or mirror 

to show some of the snowflakes to your liking

c/p silver bells

resize 30

drag to top of layer palette

position at the end of the berries stalk

c/p ribbon

position behind silver bells

Make frame layer active

magic wand, click inside the left one

expand by 4

c/p your close up tube

invert

delete

invert

duplicate tube

adjust blur, gaussian blur 9

deselect

change blend mode on bottom tube to luminance legacy

change blend mode on top tube to screen

change opacity of both tube layers to 58

drag tube layers below frame layer

c/p tube above frame layer

but below all other elements

resize to fit nicely over top of empty frame

dropshadow, tube, elements and frame

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

save as png

Merry Christmas

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 19th November  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

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

you will need a PFD license to use the same tube as me.

My template 108 HERE

Scatter - save from the bottom of the page

Font of choice

Filters - Penta.com, AAA foto frames

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Open template

shift & d to dupliate and close original

delete credits on duplicate

bg layer

floodfill with white/red gradient

linear, angle 0, repeats 0

copy and paste scatter as new layer
resize as necessary

dropshadow

change blend mode to dodge

copy and paste tube 

resize 150

position to the right

change blend mode to burn

drop opacity to around 50

You may wish to reposition your scatter

at this point

layer 3

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer, floodfill with same

red/white gradient as before but change

angle to 90

keep selected

copy and paste tube as new layer

invert selection

delete

deselect

change blend mode to luminance legacy

dropshadow

repeat for layer 4

but resize tube by 60

layer 1

adjust, colorize

hue 255, saturation 255

layer 2 

repeat colorize

WA layer

add noise 100%

uniform, monochrome checked

merge visible

effects, aaa foto frame

width 20, opacity 50, 

all other settings default

selection tool, custom selection

left & top 15, right 685, bottom 285

invert

(if for some reason the selection is not close to the rectangle made by the 

foto frame filter, then contract by 3 or 4 to get it closer)

effects, penta.com, color dot

change distance to 6

deselect

add name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Click to open scatter full size and save to your computer

Here are some more examples made by the members of my forum Taggers Inn

Made by Gigi

Made by Suzie

Made by Mary

A Black Night

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 27th September 2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

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

Which can be purchased from her store HERE

Scrapkit - A Black Night by Chaos Priestess

Font of choice

Filters - Toadies & Filter Factory Gallery V

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

copy and paste FrameEL02

resize by 80

magic wand, feather 0, mode add

On frame layer, click inside each frame

expand by 2

copy and paste paper07

invert selection

delete

copy and paste tube as new layer

position to your liking, delete

deselect

drag frame layer above paper and tube layers

add dropshadow to frame

hide white bg layer

merge visible

duplicate

on bottom merged layer

effects, toadies, what are you, default settings

effects, FF Gallery V, Ommadawn, 

cell width/height 12

copy and paste glitter splat2

resize by 50

position to the left behind the frame

duplicate, mirror & flip

copy and paste glitter splat1

resize by 50

rotate right 90

position so its showing just under middle frame

make top layer active

copy and paste chain el01

resize by 50

position on corner of right hand frame

dropshadow

copy and paste ribbon el01

resize 60

rotate right 90

position along edge of left hand frame

dropshadow

copy and paste heart el02

resize by 30

rotate left a little

position bottom left corner of middle frame

dropshadow

Add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Some more examples made by the fabulous members of Taggers Inn

Autumn Decor

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st September 2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

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

which you can purchase from his store HERE

My Template 103 HERE

An autumn image - A nice selection HERE

Filters - Penta.com

Eye Candy 4000

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Open template

shift & D to duplicate

close original

delete credits

Layer 1

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient using 2 colors

from your image

sunburst, repeats 2

deselect

selection tool - custom selection

left 440

top 67

right 550

bottom 630

effects - penta.com - dot & cross

default settings

deselect

Layer 2

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with light color from your gradient

deselect

effects - penta.com - jeans

amount 5, width 7

delete original layer

Layer 3

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with dark color from your gradient

deselect

effects - penta.com - dot & cross

default settings

delete original layer

layer 4

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste your image as new layer

reposition to your liking but still within the selection

invert

delete

deselet

delete original layer

Layer 5

select all, float, defloat

paste your image again

resize 60 reposition so still inside the selection

invert

delete

deselect

delete original layer

add a gradient glow to each layer 

worked on so far, using a color that

matches your tag

On the circle layer, after adding the gradient glow

select all, float, defloat

expand by 4

new raster layer

floodfill with light color

add noise, 100, random & monochrome checked

deselect

Layers, arrange, move down

On each dots layer

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with a color to match your tag

deselect

delete each original dot layer

dropshadow each layer

0,0,50,8, black

Copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely inside the large 

image rectangle

Add name, copyright & license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Some more examples made by the wonderful members of Taggers Inn

Moment

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 16th October  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Enys Geurrero

which can be purchased from CDO

Scrapkit A Moment in Time from Pink Paradox Productions

Timeline mask 22 from Moonbeams and Spiderwebs

Font of choice - I used Inspiration

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open blank canvas 700 x 259

floodfill white

copy and paste AMIT_papers

apply mask

merge group

copy and paste frame 5

resize 31

Image effects, offset

horizontal 120, vertical -67, transparent 

copy and paste element 92

resize 31

position on top of frame so it

follows the curve

(yes it will disappear off the bottom of the canvas)

copy and paste element 61

resize 20

Offset, H 195, V 17

drag below the frame

erase any that is showing inside the frame

copy and paste element 50

resize 20

Offset, H -10, V -75

drag to top of layer palette

copy and paste element 31

resize 20

Offset, same as last time

drag below the frame

erase any that is showing inside the frame

copy and paste element 104

resize 70

rotate left 90

drag to top of layer palette

copy and paste element 100

resize 60

rotate left 90

Offset, H & V -102

drag below frame

erase any showing inside frame

copy and paste element 101

resize 25

rotate right 90

Offset, same as last time

copy and paste element 80

resize 25

rotate left 71

Offset, H -102, V -68

layers, arrange layers, move down

copy and paste element 84

resize 25

Offset, H-78, V-68

Make the blue flowers on top of frame active

duplicate, image, mirror

make frame layer active

copy and paste tube 

drag below frame

resize as necessary to fit inside frame

erase any that is showing outside of the frame

change blend mode to luminance legacy

dropshadow all layers except the sparkles and mask

delete white background layer

merge visible

duplicate

Image, flip

Image, canvas size 800 x 800

On original merged layer

Offset, H 0, V 88

On duplicated layer

Offset, H 0, V -170

reduce opacity to 54

using your deform tool

drag the bottom middle node up to at

least half its original size

then holding down the CTRL key

drag the bottom left node out to the edge of your canvas

add name, copyright and license information

Merge visible

crop and save as png

Cute Halloween

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th September 2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

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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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using a FTU tube from No Flutter

Scrapkit - Cute Halloween by Jojo HERE

Mask of choice - I used mask 84 from Wee Scots Lass

Font of choice - I used Creepy Girl

Muras Meister - copies

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Lets make a frame first!

Open paper 8

selection tool, circle, feather 0

draw out a large circle in the middle of the paper

copy

close paper without saving

open blank canvas 700 x 700

paste as new layer

select all, float, defloat,

contract by 25

delete

deselect

add your favourite inner bevel

magic wand, feather 0

click inside the circle

expand by 3

c/p paper 1

invert selection

delete

invert again

contract by 20

delete

deslect

inner bevel as before

open paper 3

selection tool, circle 

draw out a tiny circle in the middle

copy

close without saving

paste as new layer on your canvas

inner bevel as before

effects - muras meister, copies - encircle

you will need to play with the top 3 settings 

until you have a circle of joined green dots that show

just outside your orange circle - the aim is to make

a scalloped border

My settings were 49, 87, 87

Merge visible

thats your frame made

open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

c/p paper 3

apply mask

merge group

c/p frame we just made

resize if necessary

You can save frame for other projects or close it now!

c/p element 50

drag below frame

erase any that is showing from behind the frame

add noise, 100, random, monochrome checked

c/p element 7

resize 60

position bottom left

c/p element 44

resize 30

position just to the right of the bag

c/p element 10

resize 60

position to the right of the spell book

c/p element 8

resize 60

position at the bottom in the middle

c/p element 3

place on pumpkin bucket

c/p element 45

position top left

Make frame layer active

c/p tube 

resize as necessary

erase any that is showing under the elements

d/s all elements, tube and frame

Add name, copyright and license information

delete white background

merge visible

save as png