Dancing Queen

Supplies needed;

Dancing/Dancer Tube(s) of choice, One with different sized layers works well

I am using the gorgeous artwork of Arthur Crowe

You must have a license to use the same tube as me 

Supplies HERE

Filters - Muras Meister, copies

Tramage, Pool Shadow

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 24th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p tube as new layer

muras meister, copies, wallpaper rotate, default settings

adjust blur, motion blur, angle 127, strength 100

repeat

Tramage, pool shadow, default settings, or to your choosing

duplicate this "paper" layer twice

rename paper layers 1, 2, & 3

c/p frame

resize by 70

rotate right 90

duplicate twice

rename frame 1, frame 2 & frame 3

frame 1 rotate right 6

frame 2 rotate left 3

frame 3 rotate left 6

position so frame 1 is in the middle

frame 2 on the left

and frame 3 on the right

slightly overlapping each other 

Now in your layer palette, drag paper 3 up so its under frame 3

drag paper 2 up so its under frame 2

and paper1 should be under frame 1

Hide the top 4 layers

frame 1 active

magic wand, feather 0

click inside the frame, expand by 2, invert

on paper 1 hit delete

deslect

Unhide paper 2 and frame 2

click inside frame 2, expand by 2, invert

on paper 2 hit delete

deselect

repeat for frame/paper 3 layers

make paper 3 active, select all, float, defloat

c/p close up tube, position inside frame to your liking

invert, hit delete

deselect

make paper 1 active, select all, float, defloat

c/p medium sized tube, (or same tube as before and resize by about 70)

position inside frame to your liking

invert, hit delete

deselect

Now add a drop shadow to all the frame layers

2,5,50,8, black

c/p curved stitches

duplicate, image mirror, position so they are across the bottom half of your frames 

delete white background layer

merge visible

c/p full length tube as new layer

position over frame 2

dropshadow as before

c/p wordart to right of full lenghth tube

colorize/fill to match your tag

c/p crown (its made to fit round the Q)

dropshadow wordart & crown

c/p ballet slippers

resize by 40

colorize to suit your tag

position to your liking

dropshadow

Add name and copyright/license information

merge visible

save as png

Below are some more examples that the members of Taggers Inn made

TeAmo

Supplies needed;

Tube of choice, I am using the gorgeous artwork of

Anna Rigby - tube included in supplies

Texture HERE

Supplies HERE

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This tutorial written by Mizteeque on May 16th 2015

Written in psp9, but any version should work

Any similarity to other works is purely conincidental and unintentional

Open supplies and place mask in mask folder

Open blank canvas 600 x 600

floodfill with a linear gradient

angle 0, repeats 0

foreground #622b3e  background #b491a7

invert checked

copy and paste texture as new layer

set blend mode to Luminance (l)

copy and paste post card as new layer

resize by 50

rotate left 26

position bottom left corner so some of it

is outside the canvas

set blend mode to luminance

dropshadow 2,5,50,18,black

copy and paste image as new layer

position to the right so only the

nose and mouth are showing

freehand selection tool

feather 120

select along the contours of her hair

hit delete on your keyboard 2 or 3 times

deselect

duplicate

on duplicate select round the bottom

half of the image (shoulder & hair) upto

the chin

hit delete 2 or 3 times 

deselect

On bottom image layer set blend mode to multiply

on top image layer set blend mode to luminance (l)

apply same dropshadow as before to both image layers

copy and paste word art as new layer

position top left corner

dropshadow 0,0,100,18,white

New raster layer

Apply some nice brushes if you desire

merge all flatten

image, add borders, 180, symmetric, black

promote background to raster layer

apply mask, make sure invert is checked

merge group

Selection tool

Rectangle, feather 0

select around the black flowery bits on either

side of the tag and delete

image, rotate, clockwise 90

apply mask again

merge group

rotate, counterclockwise 90

add name and copyright information

merge visible

crop and save as png

Boxed in

Supplies needed: 

A free wallpaper/image/photo of choice

A sitting or laying down tube of choice

I am using the beautifl artwork of Very Many which 

you can purchase from either Pics for Design or the Very Many Store 

EC4 Shadowlab

Font of choice

Supplies HERE

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This tutorial written by Mizteeque on April 26th 2015

Written in psp9, but any version should work

Any similarity to other works is purely conincidental and unintentional

OK lets begin!!

Open template supplied

Open your chosen image

rec 1 active

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

copy and paste image into selection

deselect

rename this layer image 1

make your image active

image, flip

so its upside down, copy

rec 2 active

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

paste into selection

deselect

lower opacity to around 70

rename this layer image 2

Flip your image back the way it should be

rec 3 active

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

copy and paste image into selection

deselect

lower opacity to 70

rename this layer image 3

repeat for rec 4

rename this layer image 4

Make image 1 active

select all, float, defloat

selections, modify, selection selection borders

4 inside

floodfill with silver pattern of choice

deselect

Repeat for all other image layers

copy and paste chains as new layer

position so they fit nicely from the top of image one

down to the corners of image 2

You may need to use your deform tool to squish

image 2 & rec 2 up/down so the chains fit right

hide background layer & chains layer

merge visible

unhide

copy and paste tube as new layer

position to your liking

Effects - EC4 shadowlab

Center offset Direction 329, Center offset Distance 28

Opacity 76, blur 24, perspective blur 0, color black

draw outside selection checked.

Add name and copyright information

merge visible

crop and save as png

thats it your done!!

Here are some more examples

 made by Blanca

Made by Bee

Sexy

Supplies needed: 

Tube(s) of choice - I used several Keith Garvey tubes

you can purchase these from his store HERE

Scrapkit of choice - I am using Raspberry Splash by Tiny Turtle Designs 

which is currently on sale @71% off!! (please dont think you have to go and buy it though, please use any kit you wish)

Mask & Font of choice

Penta - Jeans

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This tutorial written by Mizteeque on May 9th 2015

Written in psp9, but any version should work

Any similarity to other works is purely conincidental and unintentional

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

Open paper of choice

selection tool, circle, feather 0

hold down the shift key and click in the centre of the paper

draw out a large circle

copy

deselect and close paper

Paste circle as new layer onto your canvas

Select all, float, defloat, contract by 30

new raster layer, 

floodfill with a contrasting colour

Add noise, Gaussian, monochrome, 60

Selections contract by 30 again

open paper 2 of choice

copy and paste as new layer

selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

Text tool, foreground black, line style solid, stroke width 2, vector

background null, Aharoni font (or other blocky font of choice)

type out the word SEXY in caps

then use the nodes to stretch it right across the middle of your circles

so it hangs off either side (left & right) a little

convert to raster 

Magic wand tool, feather 0, mode Add,

click inside each of your letters

selections, expand by 2

new raster layer

floofill with a fore/back gradient made from black and the other main colour from your tag

effects, penta, jeans, default settings

Keep selected

copy and paste your tube(s) as new layer(s) 

and position inside your letters to your liking

selections invert, hit delete on each tube layer

deselect

merge down until all tube layers are merged onto one layer

change blend mode to screen

make text outline active, add noise as before

dropshadow, 0,0,85,8,black

hide all layers except the text outline, tubes, jeans

merge visible

Copy and paste your main tube as new layer

drag this down under your merged text layer

make top circle active, select all, float, defloat, 

selections invert, 

make tube active and erase any parts poking out at the bottom of the circle

deselect

dropshadow as before

Add some favourite elements

make white background layer active

copy and paste a contrasting paper as new layer

apply your favourite mask

merge group

Add your name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Hopping Into Spring

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using two rabbit tubes from FTU artist Lia
Template HERE
Scrapkit (no longer available)
Font of choice
Mask HERE


This tutorial written by Mizteeque on March 29th 2015
Written in psp9, but any version should work
Any similarity to other works is purely conincidental and unintentional

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OK lets begin!!

Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer
d/s = dropshadow

1. Open template, shift & D to duplicate, close the original
delete font & info layers
Image, canvas size, 800 x 800
raster 1, floodfill white
c/p paper 1
apply mask, merge group
resize by 110

2. top dark green layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
open paper 10 c/p
hit delete, deselect
delete original layer

3. repeat for bottom dark green layer

4. repeat for top creme square & bottom creme square
but use paper 9 and position so a piece of the rainbow
is showing in each square
delete original layers

5. repeat for top plum square & bottom plum square
but use paper 7 and position so a flower is showing
in each square
delete original layers.

6. repeat for top & bottom rings again with paper 7
delete original layers.

7. repeat for Pink oval layer, use paper 4

8. repeat for light green circle layer again use paper 4
before deselecting c/p tube, hit delete
deselect, change blend mode to luminance

9. c/p 2nd tube
layers - arrange - move to top
d/s 25,50,8, black

10. font plum layer
select all, float, defloat, invert
c/p paper of choice (I used paper 7 again)
hit delete, deselect
delete original layer

11. c/p butterflies
resize by 60
d/s
position top left corner of tag

12. On the two ring layers
select all, float, defloat, expand by 2
new raster layer, floodfill with #fbc5c5
deselect, drag layer below the ring
d/s

13. d/s all template layers we filled with papers
0,0,50,8,black

14. Delete white background
merge visible, resize by 85
Add name and copyright information
save as png.


Here are some examples that the wonderful members of Taggers Inn made

Bloom

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful art of Alex Prihodko
you can purchase from Pics For Designs
Scrapkit - Toadilly Spring from Tashas Playground
My template click to open full size and save

font of choice


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on March 22nd 2015
Written in psp9 but any version should work
Any similarity to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

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Open blank canvas 650 x 350

c/p paper 1

c/p element 1,2 & 5
resize all by 50
position bottom left corner in a cluster arrangement

c/p element 17
rotate right 17
position top left corner
slightly off the canvas

duplicate
image, mirror
position right hand side
slightly off the canvas

c/p element 9
position so top of swirl is in the
top right corner
slightly off the canvas

d/s all elements 2,4,30,8, black
merge all elements together

c/p rectangle template

magic wand
tolerance 10, feather 0
mode Add
expand by 2
click inside each rectangle
on elements layer, hit delete

Keep selected

c/p tube
position in far right rectangle
selections, invert
hit delete

c/p tube again
Mirror if you like
position in the two far left rectangles
hit delete

add tube again
resize by 40
position in middle rectangle
hit delete
duplicate and close off the duplicate

add tube one more time
resize by 60
position in the last rectangle
hit delete

Merge tube layers together except the duplicated one
change blend mode to luminance

unhide duplicate tube layer

make rectangle layer active
d/s as before

c/p wordart
resize by 45
image, rotate left 90
position inside far left rectangle
change blend mode to luminance
d/s as before

New raster layer
floodfill white
select all
contract selection by 2
hit delete
deselect

c/p element 17 again
resize by 45
d/s and position where you like

Add name and copyright information

Merge all flatten

save as jpeg

To make a matching avatar

selection tool
custom selection
top & left 0
right 100
bottom 200
edit selection
move the red square over one of the rectangles
edit selection
copy
deselect

Paste as new image
new raster layer
floodfill white
select all, contract by 2
hit delete

add name and cr
merge all flatten


Thats it your done !!

Fly me to the Moon

Supplies needed:

Font of chocie
My supplies HERE


his tutorial was written by Mizteeque on April 5th 2015 
Written in psp9 but any version should work 
any similarity to other works is purely coincidental and unintentional

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OK lets begin !!

Open moon image
image, canvas size, 700 x 300
new raster layer
floodfill white
drag layer under moon image

copy and paste tube as new layer
on top of moon layer
resize by 50
move to the left slightly
dropshadow 2,4,50,8,black
duplicate twice

Magic wand
tolerance 15, feather 1
select the white flame on top tube
add noise, uniform, monochrome, 76

close top tube
make middle tube active
add noise, change number to 67

close middle tube
make bottom tube active
add noise, change number to 72
deselect

make moon image active
select all, float, defloat
expand by 4
new raster layer
floodfill white
deselect
drag layer under moon image

select all, float, defloat,
expand by 1
new raster layer
floodfill black
deselect
drag under white layer

copy and paste wordart as new layer
Layers, arrange, bring to top
position on top edge of tag

Add name and copyright information.

copy merged

Open Animation shop
paste as new image

back to psp
close bottom tube, open middle tube
copy merged

back to AS
paste after current frame

back to psp
close middle tube, open top tube
copy merged

back to AS
paste after current frame

save as gif