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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Always Tea Time

his tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 22nd May 2019 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
Written in PSP9 other versions should work just as well


supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics For Design
Scrapkit - Keys, Clocks & Madness from Pink Paradox Productions
Mask - 0031 from Viviennes Paintbox
Font of choice


Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 63
apply mask
merge group

Frame 13
resize 30
mirror (I know its now back to front - bear with me here)
select all, float, defloat, on mask layer - copy
deselect
paste as new layer, mirror (see! now its back the right way round)
delete original frame layer
image effects - offset H85 V-65
change blend mode to multiply, duplicate

el 306
resize 25
move up and left a little

hide white background layer

merge visible the remaining layers
unhide background layer

This is what you should have now


el 284
resize 50
position bottom left
duplicate
move to right

el 198
resize 40
position bottom right

el 295
resize 40
position bottom right

el 294
resize 40
position bottom left 

el 177
resize 40
drag down to just above merged layer
position towards the top

copy and paste tube
resize 20
position behind the black and white humps

I used the following elements, but you can use different ones if you wish

el 1 - resize 20
el 103 - resize 20
el 50 - resize 20
el 52 - resize 10
el 68 - resize 10
el 82 - resize 20
el 40 - resize 10 - rotate right 110
el 41 - resize 10
el 106 - resize 10
el 108 - resize 10
el 142 - resize 20
el 5 - resize 30

add your name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png


Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Diamond


his tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st May 2019 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
Written in PSP9 other versions should work just as well


supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Maxine Gadd
which I purchased from CDO but she is no longer selling there 
My Scrapkit - Diamond HERE
My Miz_Mask_292 HERE 
Hexagon pattern - click to open and save to your computer

Font of choice



Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

paper 14 - apply mask - merge group
duplicate a couple of times and them merge them all together
resize by 90

frame 2 - resize 37 - position top left
duplicate, mirror - reposition so just the edges are overlapping
merge down

paper 11 - move down under frames 
on frames layer, magic wand - feather 0 - Mode (add) click inside both frames
expand by 4 - invert selection - on paper layer hit delete

paste your tube - resize to fit in the left frame - delete
deselect
duplicate the tube - mirror - merge down - blend mode overlay
duplicate again
paste the hexagon pattern - resize 12 - position over left tube - blend mode overlay
lower opacity to 58 - duplicate - mirror

hide white bg layer & mask layer - Merge visible - unhide layers

el 36 - resize 50 - position in middle of frames
el 17 - resize 30 - position bottom left - duplicate, mirror
el 12 - resize 30 - position bottom left so its cover the stems of the previous flower - duplicate - mirror
duplicate again - position behind frames in the middle
duplicate 4 more times and rotate/flip/mirror and position around the frames
el 15 - resize 25 - position bottom left between the flowers
el 24 - resize 40 - position in front of lantern
el 49 - resize 25 - position in front of flowers bottom left
el 7 - resize 20 - position bottom middle - duplicate several times and position to your liking
in amongst the other elements

copy and paste tube under elements but above merged frame layer
erase any that is showing under the elements
dropshadow

add name, copyright & license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png


Enys Steam


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st May 2019 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
Written in PSP9 other versions should work just as well


Supplies needed:
Tube of choice - I am using the incredible artwork of Enys Guerrero
which you can purchase from CDO HERE
Scrapkits - I am using 2 from Pink Paradox Productions
Miz_Mask_306 & Miz_Mask_307 HERE
Font of choice

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NOTE:  ES = Elegant Steampunk kit - SM = Steam Mystique kit


open blank canvas 650 x 800
floodfill white

c/p ES paper 7
apply Miz_Mask_306
merge group

c/p ES paper 6
apply Miz_Mask_307
merge group

merge the 2 mask layers together
adjust - sharpness - sharpen more

c/p ES el 99 - make a circular selection just around the clock face
invert, delete - resize 55 - blend mode multiply, lower opacity to 76
duplicate, change blend mode to burn

c/p ES el 96 - carefully erase the chain
now place it under the two clock faces
on one of the clock layers
select all, float, defloat
on the pocket watch layer hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
dropshadow 2,4,30,11,black

c/p SM el 158 - resize 40 position along the hinge of the pocket watch
duplicate, mirror and line up the stems so one rose head is slightly lower than the other
merge down, dropshadow
duplicate, mirror, rotate right 18

duplicate again, rotate left 100, move to bottom of mask layer

c/p SM el 19 - resize 20 - position bottom middle
c/p SM el 42 - resize 20 - position just to the left of the hat
c/p SM el 50 - resize 22 - position in front of hat
c/p ES el 64 - resize 20 - position just under the right corner of the box
c/p SM el 60 - resize 17 - position to right of book
c/p ES el 6 - resize 20 - duplicate a couple and position to your liking
c/p ES el 44 - resize 25 - position in front of left back corner of box

Make the horizontal rose layer active

c/p tube - resize 80 - erase any that is sticking out from behind the roses
duplicate - adjust blur - gaussian blur 8 - change blend mode to soft light

c/p ES el 102 - resize 30 - position behind tube to the right
c/p ES el 111 - resize 15 - position behind tube to the left, duplicate, mirror

Adjust your elements and any others you may wish

add name, copyright and license information
delete white background layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

Monday, 20 May 2019

Green with Envy

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th May 2019 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
Written in PSP9 other versions should work just as well


Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Jasmine Beckett Griffith
which you can purchase from CDO HERE
My Scrapkit - Peridot HERE
Miz_Mask_310 HERE
Font of choice


open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

copy & paste paper 5 as new layer
apply Miz_Mask_310
merge group
duplicate
merge down

copy & paste frame 2 as new layer
resize 60
rotate right 90

Dont forget to dropshadow as you go

Below Frame layer
el 42 - resize 25 - image effects, offset H-50 V10 - blend mode luminance legacy
el 34 - resize 50 - offset H170 V65 - duplicate, rotate left 90, offset H-296 V-177

On top of frame layer
el 35 - resize 50 - top left 
el 59 - resize 50 - bottom right
el 22 - resize 20 - bottom right
el 28 - resize 20 - on top of previous flower but up a little
el 27 - resize 20 - bottom left of previous flower
el 10 - resize 30 - position behind the last two flowers
el 9 - resize 25 - offset H-50 V-92
el 2 - resize 20 - bottom right of previous bottle
el 6 - resize 20 - bottom middle
el 31 - resize 20 - bottom middle but to right of previous flower
el 40 - duplicate - merge down - move down to bottom of tag
el 45 - resize 40 - duplicate a couple of times and position around your tag under the other elements

paste tube as new layer - resize to fit
position just above frame layer and slightly to the right

add name, copyright and license information
delete white background
merge visible
crop and save as png


Thursday, 2 May 2019

A Bird in the Hand


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd May 2019 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
Written in PSP9 other versions should work just as well

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice  - I am using the stunning artwork of Misticheskaya which
can be purchased from Pics For Design
Scrapkit - Berry Kissed by Pink Paradox Productions
Mask - 0060 & 0062 from Viviennes Paintbox
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 24
apply mask 0062
merge group
resize 85

paste paper again
apply mask 0060
merge group
resize 85
mirror

move the first mask layer up and left a little
move the 2nd mask layer down and right a little
merge the 2 mask layers together

Frame 8 - resize 50 - move up and left a little
c/p tube, drag under frame, erase any that is showing outside the frame
change blend mode to luminance legacy
duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 13, change blend mode to multiply

el 64 - resize 30 - position to the right of the frame but overlapping it a little
el 5 - resize 20 - mirror - position on top right of clock
el 44 - resize 30 - position bottom right of clock
paste tube again as top layer
resize to fit nicely to the right of your frame but not completely covering the elements
el 82, 83 & 84 - resize all 20 - position around the feet of the tube
el 9 - resize 30 - position in front of the flowers
el 110 - resize 30 - rotate right 90 - position along bottom of tag so the stem touches the bottom right corner of the cage
el 102 - resize 40 - position on top of tree
el 41 - resize 20 - position to right of cage, in front of stem
el 54 - resize 20 - position just in front of bottles
el 36 - resize 25 - position to right of bottles
el 30 - resize 20 - position in front of bottles and mannequin
el 46 - resize 10 - position in front of books

I also duplicated a couple of the flowers and the butterfly and positioned to my liking around my tag

add name, license and copyright information
delete white background layer
merge visible
crop and save as png