Bubble Name

Supplies needed:

Font - Cumulus HERE

Eye candy 5 Impact

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 5th March 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 blank canvas 100 x 100

preset shapes - ellipse

foreground null, background (color of choice)

Hold down the shift key and draw out a

circle so it covers as much of your canvas

as possible

convert to raster layer

copy

Open blank canvas 700 x 500

paste as new layer

close the first canvas without saving

select all, float, defloat

eye candy 5 Impact - glass with the following settings

Deselect

selection tool, circle, feather 12

draw a circular selection in the middle

of your circle but only about half as big

adjust, brightness & contrast

brightness 53, contrast 27

Deselect

Duplicate your circle as many times as 

there are letters in your name

hide them all but the first one

text tool - Cumulus font - size 64

type out the first letter of your name in uppercase

in a different shade of your circle color

position the letter in the middle of 

your circle, convert to raster

dropshadow 0,0,50,8, black

merge down with your circle

repeat for the remaining letters of your name

each one on a seperate circle

once you have your done them all, position 

them slightly overlapping each other in a wavy line so it

spells out your name

You could move them up or down the layers if you wish.

once you have them arranged how you like them

dropshadow each circle 2,5,50,8, black

merge visible

preset shapes tool - ellipse

foreground null, background a lighter shade of your circle color

draw out between 3 & 5 circles over the top of 

each other to make a cloud shape, convert to raster

select all, float, defloat

contract by 10

selections, modify, feather 10

invert

adjust brightness & contrast

brightness -39 contrast 27

deselect

repeat but make the 2nd cloud a different shape

position both clouds under your name to your liking

dropshadow the clouds

preset shapes tool - ellipse

draw out around 20 tiny circles in varying 

sizes and colors (to match your tag of course)

convert to raster

lower opacity to 40

duplicate

image, mirror & flip

position one to the left and one to the right

under your name but above the clouds

dropshadow

merge visible

crop and save your tag as png

Here are a couple more examples made by the members of my forum 

Daydreaming

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Kajenna

which you can purchase from Pics for Design

My Scrapkit - Daydream

Font of choice

Eye candy 4

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st February 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 blank canvas 700 x 250

copy and paste paper  11 as new layer

image rotate, left 90

drag down so the swirly leaves are showing nicely along the top of your tag

copy and paste element 58

resize by 60

eye candy 4 - corona

13, 21, 100, 23, 0, 100

color #daebfb

draw only outside selection checked

duplicate layer

flip, mirror & rotate the 2 layers as desired

so they are across your canvas nicely

merge together

copy and paste element 61

rotate left 59

position bottom right corner

copy and paste element 57

rotate left 45, position bottom right corner

so the stem is coming from the corner

apply corona effect as before but change 

glow width to 5

copy and paste wordart 7 (or your choice)

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste paper 21

invert, delete

deselect

delete wordart layer

position along the bottom of tag and to the left slightly

make copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit

position to your liking, 

change blend mode to screen

drag down layer palette to just above the merged small dandelions

Add name, copyright and license number

new raster layer

floodfill with light blue

select all, contract by 2

delete

deselect

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Spring

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Alehandra Vanhek

which you can purchase from Pics for Design

Scrapkit - Spring Wedding from Melissaz Creationz

My template 9 HERE

My mask 123 HERE

Font - GramophoneNF & 1 other of your choice

Eye candy 5

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 19th February 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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NOTE:  There will be a lot of "select all, float, defloat"

in this tutorial, so I will abbreviate it to SAFD

Open template, shift D to duplicate, close original.

delete credits layer

resize all layers 85

then canvas size 700 x 700

make bg layer active

copy and paste paper 09 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

make swirl layer active (raster 7)

SAFD

copy and paste paper 02 as new layer

invert selection

delete

invert

delete original layer

new raster layer

expand by 3

floodfill white

deselect

dropshadow 0,0,50,3,black

On each of the following layers 

raster 3, 4, 5, 2 & 6

SAFD

paste paper 02 as new layer

invert

delete

deselect

delete original layer

Circle layer

SAFD

copy and paste paper 04 as new layer

invert

delete

paste tube as new layer

position to your liking within the selection

delete

deselect

change blend mode to luminance (legacy)

delete original circle layer

grey 1, grey 2 & rectangle layers

SAFD

paste paper 07

invert

delete

deselect

repeat for grey 3

but use paper 09, resized by 50

back to your rectangle layer

SAFD

paste your tube 3 or 4 times

across the rectangle

invert

delete on each tube layer

deselect

merge the tube layers together

change the blend mode to screen

copy and paste element 03

duplicate, flip

position one above top right rectangle

and the flipped one above bottom right rectangle

dropshadow 2,5,50,8,black

copy and paste element 11

resize by 60

position under the glittered rectangle layer

so its poking out beneath it but still within

the circle below

dropshadow 2,5,50,8,black

dropshadow all glittered layers

delete white bg layer

merge visible all other layers

text tool

Gramaphone font, size 72, black

type out the word SPRING, right across the 

rectangle in the middle

drag it out so it fills the rectangle before

converting to raster

SAFD

on merged layer, promote selection to layer

Keep selected and create a new raster layer above the text layer

eye candy 5 Impact - glass with the following settings

65, 100, 0, 10, 20, 50, 41, 0, 12, 2

inside selection checked

glass color white

deselect

delete text layer

on promoted selection layer

change blend mode to multiply

(duplicate if you like it a bit darker)

Add name in the empty bottom right rectangle

add copyright and license information

merge visible

save as png.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Barb Jensen

which you can purchase from her store HERE

Fonts - Great Victorian Swashes & Distant Stroke HERE and HERE

Eye Candy 4

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 6th February 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 blank canvas 700 x 250

copy and paste tube as new layer

duplicate several times and position 

all over your canvas so there are no gaps

merge visible

adjust - blur - motion blur

angle 61, strength 100

repeat 

duplicate layer

selection tool - rectangle, feather 0

draw out a rectangular selection from top to bottom

anywhere on your tag,

invert

delete

deselect

Image, mirror

change blend mode to burn (or whatever suits your tag)

copy and paste tube as new layer

move to one side of your tag (let or right, its your choice)

dropshadow 2,5,50,8,black

duplicate tube

image mirror

change blend mode to screen

lower opacity to around 75

(With the tube I used, I copied the dragon arm tattoo

and pasted as a new layer, then positioned it in the

bottom left corner of my tag)

Now move the "burn" rectangle layer to the top

of your layer palette

duplicate

image, rotate, left 90

use your deformation tool to squash it down so its thinner

and drag it out from one side so its longer

Position the vertical rectangle halfway across your tube

position the horizontal rectangle across your tube about 3/4

of the way down it, going off the edge of your tag

but not right to the bottom of the tag, leave enough room for borders

new raster layer

floodfill with color of choice

select all, contract by 6

delete

expand by 2

invert

floodfill black

invert

expand by 2

invert floodfill with 1st color again

deselect

Add name

Great Victorian Swashes, size 72

light color from your tag

type out your name

convert to raster

Add a nice inner bevel

Add a gradient glow, use the fat setting but 

change the colour from white to a lighter shade 

of the same color you used for the name

glow width 3

opacity 75

dropshadow

Change font to Distant Stroke, size 48

color black

type out your name again

add the same gradient glow as before

opacity 100

dropshadow

position this name on top of the first one

Add copyright and license information

merge all, flatten

save as jpg

Dream

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Enys Guerrero

which you can purchase from CDO store

My Minikit - Dare to Dream

My Mask 152 - HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th January 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 blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

copy and paste paper 4 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

copy and paste element 3

resize by 50

position off center to the left

copy and paste element 2

resize by 50

position bottom right of cage

copy and paste element 13

resize by 50

position slightly right and down in front of the previous element

copy and paste element 15

resize by 35

rotate left 32

position along the bottom of the cage

copy and paste element 20 

resize by 30

position just in front of the cogs and tape

bottom right corner of the cage

copy and paste element 19

resize by 20

position just to the left of the previous flower

copy and paste element 4

resize by 50

rotate left 32

position in front of flowers

Open paper 2

selection tool - rounded rectangle - feather 0

draw out a square selection in the middle of the paper

copy

close paper

Make your mask layer active 

paste the square you just copied

select all, float, defloat

contract selection by 30

delete

If your square is too big, resize it to fit your tag nicely

you want it to fit nicely behind all the other elements

without sticking out too much

rotate right 22

magic wand, click inside your frame

expand selection by 5

copy and paste your tube

position to your liking

invert selection 

delete

deselect

drag your tube below your frame

change blend mode to lumincance (l)

duplicate

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to soft light

dropshadow all elements and frame

2,5,50,8,black

Add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Your Story

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of 

Misticheskaya, which you can purchase from Pics for Design

Quickpage from Feli Designs HERE

my masks 137 & 141 HERE

Filter Factory G - Xaggerate

Font - Diane De France HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st January 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 quickpage

shift D to duplicate

close original

Resize by 19

duplicate layer twice for a total of 3

rename them 1,2,3 from bottom to top

hide layer 1

On layer 3

image, mirror & flip

move so the hole in the middle is completely covered

merge down

Effects - Filter Factory G - Xaggerate

apply Miz_mask 137

merge group

unhide layer 1

drag this layer to top of layer palette

apply Miz_mask 141

merge group

make bottom layer active

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit

duplicate

drag to top of layer palette

using your selection tool or eraser

remove the bottom half of the top tube

so it looks like it is sitting behind 

the flowers, but in front of the ribbon

You can also remove any parts of the bottom tube

that are poking out too much.

dropshadow bottom tube

Add name, copyright and license information

merge visible

save as png

Wish Big

Supplies Needed:

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

which you can purchase from Pics For Design

My Template 91 HERE

Mask of choice

Font of choice

Eye candy 5

Eye candy 4

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 29th January 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 template

shift & D, close original

delete credits layer

Resize all layers to 700 x 700

Layer 3

Select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

floodfill with a fore/back gradient using two colours from your tube

Linear, repeats 0, angle 0

copy and paste tube

position to your liking

invert selection

delete

change blend mode to luminance (L)

deselect

delete original layer

On each full star layer (4, 6, 8, 9, 10)

select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

flood will with color/gradient/paper of choice

Eye candy 5 Impact - Glass - apply your favourite setting

deselect

delete original layers

Layer 5 & 7

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste tube

position so the entire star is filled

(you may have to paste your tube more than once)

invert selection

delete

invert 

apply glass 

deselect

delete original layers

Small stars layer

colorize to suit your tag

add noise - Uniform, Monochrome checked, 65

apply glass

eye candy 4 - gradient glow

Apply a fat white setting to all the stars

dropshadow 2,5,50,8, black

to all star layers

WA layer

select all, float, defloat, 

floodfill with color/gradient of choice

deselect

delete original layer

dropshadow WA Back

Paste tube at top of layer palette

resize as necessary

dropshadow

make white background active

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient

sunburst repeats 1

apply mask of choice

merge group

dropshadow layer 2

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png