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