Take a Picture

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Stan Dudin

which is an exclusive over at Pics for design - any tube with a camera should do though

my scrapkit Hollywood

Supplies HERE

Font of choice

Animation Shop

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th June 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

new raster layer

floodfill with a fore/back gradient 

made from 2 colors from your tube

sunburst, repeats 3

apply mask

merge group

resize - aspect ratio unchecked

width 90, height 110

c/p phone frame as new layer

magic wand, feather 0, click inside phone

expand 3

floodfill with same gradient as before

deselect

c/p tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely inside phone frame

erase any that is outside of the phone frame

dropshadow tube and phone frame

merge phone, tube and gradient together

c/p spotlight as new layer

resize 15

position over flash on camera

c/p element 14

resize 50

magic wand, feather 0,

click inside one of the frames of the film strip

expand by 2

c/p tube

resize to fit

position to your liking, invert, delete

deselect

repeat for the next two frames of the film strip

merge film strip and tube layers together

dropshadow

rotate left 5

position along bottom of phone

c/p element 19 as new layer

resize by 70

position bottom right corner, under film strip

c/p element 20

resize 25

rotate right 5

position bottom right under light legs

c/p element 36

resize 40

duplicate a couple of times

and position just above mask layer to your liking

C/P wordart

add name, license and copyright information

copy merged

Open Animation Shop

paste as new animation

back in psp hide the spotlight layer

copy merged

in AS paste after current frame

change frame properties to 150 on this frame only

save as gif

Darkest Night - Forum set

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Olga Fomina

which can be purchased from CDO

The Darkest Night Sampler from Gothic Inspirations

Eye Candy 4 - Corona

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 11th June 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 250

c/p paper 5 as new layer

stand on bg layer

select all, crop to selection

c/p rose as new layer

resize 20

position bottom left corner

c/p fern as new layer

resize 30

rotate right 130

drag below rose

c/p leaves as new layer

resize 30

rotate left 90

position beneath rose

open scatter

select round one of the flowers

c/p as new layer

drag below fern

close scatter

dropshadow the elements and merge them together

duplicate several times

rotate, flip & mirror to your liking

and position around the edge of your canvas

c/p moss as new layer

duplicate 2 or 3 times

resize each one between 60 - 40 and 

position between the flower clusters to your liking

c/p sparkles as new layer

resize 60

duplicate, flip & mirror

position one to the left and one to the right

c/p glitter as new layer

drag down to just above the paper layer

position along the bottom edge of your tag

duplicate, flip

merge down

effects, eye candy 4, corona

glow width 10, flare size 8, stretch 100, waver 23

blur 3, overall opacity 100

color #9daab9

c/p lamp as new layer

resize 30

position to the right

c/p tube as new layer

just above paper layer

resize to fit if necessary

position to the left of your tag

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to burn and lower opacity a little

(or whatever looks good on your tag)

Merge all

new raster layer

floodfill with a dark color from your tag

select all, contract 2

delete

deselect

Add name, license and copyright information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

To make matching Avatar

custom selection

left & top 0, right 150, bottom 220

edit selection, use your move tool to

position selection to your liking

edit selection

copy

deselect

paste as new image

add border as before

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg