Christmas Cheer

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 29th November 2020, in psp9 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

any similarity to any other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Alex Prihodko 

which you can purchase from PicsForDesign 

Christmas Scrapkit of choice (you will need a red paper and some greenery at least in the kit) 

Mask of choice Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 

700 x 700 floodfill white

c/p paper of choice 

apply mask 

merge group

open red paper and choose it as your background pattern 

in your materials palette, foreground null

preset shapes, circle, line width 0 

hold down the shift key and draw out a circle in the middle of your canvas 

objects - align - center in canvas 

convert to raster 

select all, float, defloat, 

expand by 5 

new raster layer 

floodfill with red 

add noise 100%, gaussian, monochrome 

repeat noise 

deselect 

drag below the red paper layer merge the two layers together

dulplicate twice, 

resize both duplicates by 80 

move one up and left, 

move the other down and right 

making sure the large frame is still on top and in the center

magic wand, feather 0, 

click inside the large frame 

expand by 5 

c/p paper of choice, 

invert, 

delete 

deslect, 

drag paper below frame

make left small circle active 

c/p some greenery/tree

repeat for right small circle 

add other elements of choice above the greenery 

but below the large center frame

add your tube resized to fit nicely on top of all other layers 

add some wordart if you wish 

add your name, license and copyright information 

delete white background layer 

merge visible 

crop and save as png

Xmas Ella

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 14th November 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya 

which you can purchase from PicsForDesign 

Scrapkit - Vintage Winter from GOF designs HERE 

Mask chmask_fecnikek (4) HERE 

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 400 x 300 

c/p paper 3 

 c/p tube, 

resize to fit position to the left of the canvas 

duplicate adjust - blur - gaussian blur 6 

change blend mode to screen 

duplicate & mirror both tube layers 

new raster layer flood fill with color of choice 

add noise, 100, uniform 

select all, contract by 2, 

delete, 

deselect 

merge all

I will call this canvas "tuberec" for the purpose of this tutorial 

put this aside for a moment we will come back to it 

 Open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white 

 c/p paper 6 

apply mask 

merge group 

 open blank canvas 500 x 500 

c/p paper 3 

selection tool - circle, feather 0 

draw out a selection to cover the entire center of the canvas 

copy & close the canvas without saving 

 paste as new layer on top of mask 

select all, float, defloat 

new raster layer 

flood fill with color of choice 

add noise 100%, uniform 

contract selection 5, 

delete 

deselect 

 go back to tuberec - copy paste as new layer on top of circle on main canvas

 c/p element 20, 

resize 40, 

 duplicate twice, 

mirror one of them place in a line under tuberec, 

but so some is poking out from behind the top of it 

c/p tube, 

resize to fit, 

position in center of tag 

 element 39, resize 25, 

duplicate several times, 

position along bottom of tuberec but on top of main tube 

I used elements 4, 11, 25, 33, 38, 59, 73, 89 & 106 resized and positioned

 along the bottom of your tag to your liking 

covering the bottom of the tube 

 add name, license and copyright information 

delete white background layer 

merge visible 

crop and save as png

Christmas Joy

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 5th December 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

Supplies needed:

tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of  VeryMany

which can be purchased from the store Very Many Tubes

Scrapkit - As The Wind Blows from Horseplays Pasture

My frame (save from bottom of post)

Mask of choice

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 15, apply mask

c/p frame, resize 30

c/p the following elements under the frame layer

elements 12, 46, 61, 18, 22, 21 - all resized by 50

duplicate, mirror, flip, rotate as you see fit

and make a cluster of the elements around the frame

dropshadow all elements

Make frame active

magic wand, click inside the frame, expand by 5

click delete on each element layer

invert selection

c/p tube close up as new layer just under the frame layer

resize as necessary, position to the left side of the frame

delete

deselect

change blend mode to hard light

duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 8, change blend mode to screen

c/p full tube above frame layer

resize as necessary

elements 18, 19, 26, 34, 37, 38, 66, 

(and anything else you would like to use)

resized appropriately and position along the bottom of

the tag to your liking

dropshadow all elements

add some wordart if you wish

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

(click to open full size and save)

Pink Christmas

 

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 28th November 2020, in psp9 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

any similarity to any other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Alec Rud

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Scrapkit - Rennies Winter from Pink Paradox Productions

(this was a FTU kit but the site is now closed so please use whatever you have)

Mask of choice

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 14

apply mask

merge group

frame 9, resize 30, rotate left 6, move up the canvas a little

el 60, resize 30, position top right corner, drag under frame

duplicate, mirror & flip and move just under bottom left corner of frame

el 61, resize 40, position top left corner, duplicate, mirror and flip

move to just under bottom right corner of frame

el 59, resize 30, rotate right 20, position along bottom of frame

duplicate, flip, rotate left 30, position along top of frame

make frame layer active

magic wand, feather 0, mode add

click inside the frame, expand by 3

now click on each of the element layers and hit delete

deselect

add dropshadow to all elements

hide white background and mask layers

merge visible

unhide white background and mask layers

magic wand, click inside the frame again, expand by 3

invert selection

c/p tube, resize as desired, position face in the selection

delete

deselect

duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 8

change blend mode on original tube to hard light

change blend mode on blurred tube to screen

paste tube again, mirror, resize as desired (I resized 20)

and moved my tube just to the right of the frame

duplicate

gaussian blur 8, blend mode overlay

dropshadow as you go along

el 20, resize 28,

el 47, resize 20,

el 37, resize 20,

el 30, resize 15

el 22, resize 22

make a cluster across the bottom of your tube/tag with the elements

I duplicated the poinsettia and placed one behind the sleigh

add any other elements you wish

el 72, resize 40

add a nice gradient glow and dropshadow

add your name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

Crop and save as png

crop and save as png

Lighthouse

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st July 2020, in psp9 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

This tag was inspired by an image I saw on pinterest, there was no copyright or artist details to credit

the supplies I have either made myself or are various items I have collected 
over the years and are © free as far as I am aware
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Supplies Needed:

HERE

My mask - Miz_Mask_284 

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p ocean b/g

move right a little

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

resize 120

adjust-blur-motion blur-angle 0, strength 100

Now activate your raster deform tool

use the following settings

mode • scale
pivot x • -346
pivot y • 256.50
position x • -495
position y • -20
scale x(%) • 135.86
scale y(%) • 70
perspective x • 0
perspective y • -62.04
shear • -31.02
angle • 0

now on original mask layer,

select all, float, defloat, invert

then back to the blurred layer and hit delete a couple of times

deselect

c/p book

move down a little

c/p seapages

position on top of book
covering the text on the pages

c/p rocks

position on left page

c/p lighthouse

resize 60

position on rocks

duplicate rocks

mirror

layers-arrange-bring to top

position in front of bottom of lighthouse

and erase a little to make it look like the 

lighthouse is sitting among the rocks

c/p lightbeam

position so its coming from the top of the lighthouse

drag down layer palette so its beneath the lighthouse layer

lower opacity to around 80

c/p sailboat

layers - arrange-bring to top

resize 12

position on right page, so its in the lightbeam

c/p seagull

resize 12

position to your liking high in the sky 

now make your mask layer active

duplicate and drag it above your book layer

freehand selection tool, feather 35ish

draw out a selection around the top 3/4 of the mask layer

hit delete a few times 

deselect

reposition if necessary to make it look like the book edge is in the ocean

add your name

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Liberty

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st June 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Misticheskaya

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

My Scrapkit - Stars and Stripes

My Mask - Miz_Mask_345

Font of choice

Filter - Penta.com - Jeans

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 11

apply mask

merge group

resize 70, duplicate

move one up and left a little 

move the other one down and right a little

merge down

c/p el 58

resize 50

position top left

the following elements are all pasted below the frame

we will erase any parts showing inside the frame later

el 47, resize 15, duplicate twice, position around the frame to your liking

el 35, resize 40, duplicate, flip, mirror, position to your liking

el 19, 20, & 55, resize 20, duplicate, position to your liking

drop shadow all the above elements 2,4,50,9,black

now make frame layer active, 

magic wand, feather 0

click inside frame, expand selection by 5

now hit delete on each element

keep selected

c/p tube as new layer,

position so face is in the selection, hit delete, 

deselect

duplicate tube, 

adjust - blur - gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to screen

effects - penta.com - jeans - default settings

c/p tube again

layers - arrange - bring to top

resize to fit nicely 

position in middle of tag

I used the following elements and positioned to my liking

around the bottom right area of the tag

drop shadow all elements as before

el 75, resize 30

el 73, resize 15

el 69, resize 15

el 56, resize 30

el 35, resize 40

el 16, resize 24

el 23, resize 10

el 36, resize 15

el 25, resize 10

wa4, resize 30

wa3, resize 20

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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Here are some more examples made by the incredible members
of my forum Taggers Inn

By Shell

By Wally

by Jenn

by Carolyn

Wish

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 13th May 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies HERE & HERE

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p tagback as new layer

select all, float, defloat

invert selection

c/p DandelionWallpaper (we will call this DW )

resize 29 (position so the right dandelion is in the middle of your frames)

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

duplicate (we will call this DWD)

c/p frame as new layer

selection tool, point to point, feather 0

click around the outside edge of your frame

invert selection

on your DWD layer

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

make DW layer active

selection tool, freehand, feather 35

draw a rough selection around the dandelion

invert,

promote selection to layer

then hit delete on the DW layer

deselect

lower opacity of promoted layer to 50

lower opacity of DW layer to 64

On DWD layer, adjust, hue/sat/light 

make sure all values are set to zero then change 

just the saturation level to 40

make frame layer active

c/p stitches

resize 60

lower opacity to around 80

duplicate x 2

position 1 along the top of the frame

position 2nd across the middle fold of the frame

and the 3rd across the bottom edge of the frame

c/p dandelion seeds

resize 50

dropshadow, 2,2,40,2,black

position top right

c/p dandelion clump

resize 70

position at bottom of frame

same dropshadow as before

select round and c/p wordart

add your name

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Forest Elf

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful "Forest Elf 3" from Very Many

Font of Choice

My supplies HERE

Filters

 L en K Zitah HERE

Graphics Plus HERE

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Open blank canvas 700 x 500

floodfill with gradient made from 2 colors from your tube

new raster layer

floodfill white

apply mask

merge group

merge visible

copy

open blank canvas 700 x 250

floodfill with gradient

paste as new layer, change blend mode to luminance legacy

effects - graphics plus - horizontal mirror default settings

Merge Visible

copy and paste shape as new layer

select all, float, defloat, 

on raster 2, promote selection to layer

deselect

delete shape layer

on promoted layer

effects - L en K Zitah, 5,10,0,60,60,60,0,30

copy and paste misted image

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize and position to your likeing

new raster layer, floodfill with gradient

select all, contract by 3

delete

apply favourite bevel

add name, license & copyright information

merge all

save as jpg

Steamin' Along

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 3rd January 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using 'Steampunk 7' from VeryMany

Scrapkit - 'Steamin Along' from Tagcatz Design (8th kit down)

Mask 6 from Fecnikek Valentine pack

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 4

apply mask

merge group

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p el 11

hit delete

deselect

change blend mode to overlay

el 29, move down below the mask layer

and down the canvas a little so its showing 

just under the mask a tiny bit

frame 3, resize 40, top right corner

el 39, resize 30, top left corner

el 28, resize 30, position on bottom of frame 3, 

el 34, resize 30, layers - arrange - move down, repeat

image effects - offset - H-134, V26

duplicate, offset - H110, V-168

el27, resize 20, offset - H78, V-122

c/p tube under frame, resize to fit

erase any that is showing outside the frame

change blend mode to overlay

paste tube again, bring to top of layer palette

resize to fit, erase the bottom of the tube if necessary 

so its not overhanging the bottom of the tag.

el 28, resize 40, rotate right 90, position at bottom of tube

el 47, resize 20, bottom left of tube

el 26, resize 15, bottom right of tube

el 25, resize 15, place in front of previous element

add another other elements you like

add name, license & copyright information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png

Precious Valentine - forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 3rd January 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

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 

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Any scrapkit or elements of choice (I used a valentine kit)

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 250

c/p paper of choice

resize to fit if necessary

c/p several flowers

resize to fit

duplicate, mirror, flip, rotate

each one a few times and position

across the bottom of the canvas to 

your liking

d/s each one

(I used 5 different flowers, and duplicated each one at least 3 times)

repeat with some greenery

place within the flowers to your liking

hide the paper layer

merge visible

duplicate, mirror

move the layer up around 40/60 pixels

layers - arrange - move down

add any other elements you wish

c/p tube, resize to fit

position between the two flower layers

new raster layer

flood fill with a gradient made from two colors from your tag

linear - angle 45, repeats 15

select all, contract 5

delete

deselect

effects - texture effects - blinds

width 2, opacity 60, color dark one from your tag

horizonal checked

repeat but uncheck horizontal

magic wand, click inside the frame

flood fill white, contract 2

delete

deselect

add name, license and copyright information

merge all

save as jpg

Make a matching avatar if you wish

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Some more examples made by the members of my group 

I just love how they are all so different!

by Gigi

By Lisa

By Kathy

By Deeva

Vintage Valentine

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th December 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

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 Jennifer Janesko

which I purchased from CILM when it was open but you can now 

purchase from CDO

My Mask 288

My Supplies HERE

My Wordart (save from bottom of post)

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p flower cluster 1, resize 15

muras meister - copies - encircle

number 15, shift x & y 70

c/p flower 2, resize 30

repeat muras

rotate left 5

layers - arrange - move down

c/p frame, resize 38

magic wand, feather 0, click outside the frame

expand by 3, invert selection

on both the flower layers hit delete once

deselect

c/p flower cluster 2, position bottom left

paste tube as new layer

resize and position as necessary

erase the bottom of the tube so it looks like

it is coming out from the frame

d/s

c/p paper

apply mask, merge group

resize 108

move down layer palette to just above the white background 

c/p wordart

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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(click to open full size and save)