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