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Saturday 28 October 2017

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








Saturday 21 October 2017

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




Monday 16 October 2017

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