Faith Hope Courage

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th October 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 a gorgeous tube from Arthur Crowe

you can purchase similar from his store HERE

This is very much a "make it your own" tut

you will need a scrapkit of your choice, one that contains

several different flowers, in any color

and a round mask and font of your choice.

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p  paper of choice

apply your mask

merge group

c/p several different flowers and resize to fit

duplicate, flip, mirror and position around the edge of the mask circle

to your liking, add some other elements of choice

colorize if necessary

dropshadow all your elements

c/p your tube

resize to fit

position in the middle of your tag 

make sure the bottom of your tube in beneath the flowers

at the bottom of the tag

dropshadow

c/p wordart (from bottom of this post)

position across the bottom of your tag

add some sparkles

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png

click on the 'very faint' image above to open full size  

and save to your computer

BCA

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe

which can be purchased from the store HERE

My supplies HERE

Font of choice

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Open supplies

shift & D to duplicate the template

close original

layer 2, select all, float, defloat, 

c/p paste paper 1, resize 70, invert, delete

deselect

delete original layer 2

layer 4, repeat same as layer 2 but with paper 2

layer 6, select all, float, defloat, 

new raster layer, floodfill with pink/white gradient

linear, angle 49, repeats 2

keep selected

copy and paste large tube as new layer, 

invert selection, delete

deselect

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate

adjust blur - gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to screen

lower opacity on both tube layers to around 50

copy and paste smaller tube as new layer

mirror, position to your liking

c/p the roses, position along the bottom of the large oval

erase any of the tube sticking out from the bottom of the roses

c/p clouds, position across the flowers

on BCA layer, select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with pink

new raster layer

effects - eye candy 5 impact - glass 

with the following settings

expand selection by 2

back on the BCA layer, floodfill white

deselect

copy and paste sparks, move down a little

Add your dropshadows

Add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Rock Chick

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st April 2018 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

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the awesome artwork of  Arthur Crowe

You can purchase this tube from the store HERE

Scrapkit - Bad Girl Glamour by Pink Paradox Productions

My mask Miz_mask 247

Font of choice

Wordart (save from bottom of post)

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Dont forget to dropshadow as you go along

I use 2,5,50,13, black

Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 39

apply Miz_mask 247

merge group

dupliate, mirror and flip

move down a little

merge masks together

frame 3, resize 40

frame 12, resize 40

adjust, colorize, hue 25, sat 112

element 193, resize 40, mirror, move to top of tag

element 143, resize 40

drag below frames, erase any that is showing outside of the frame

change blend mode to luminance legacy

element 111, resize 40, bring to top

move it down to the bottom of the tag, 

carefully erase the top right end of the keyboard

so it looks like it is disappearing behind the frames

element 64, resize 20, mirror and flip, position so it mostly covers the 

other end of the keyboard

element 60, resize 20, rotate right 90, position behind money

element 17, resize 25, position bottom right

element 39, resize 30, position behind the briefcase to the right a little

element 43, resize 20, position in front of case and bottle

element 53, resize 20, rotate right 32, position bottom middle

element 199, resize 30, rotate right 32, drag down layer palette to just above mask layer

position at bottom of mask

make notes layer active, c/p tube, resize to fit

c/p wordart, resize 50, adjust, sharpness, sharpen more, position at bottom of tag

I added a black gradient glow to mine

add your name, copyright & license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

(click to open and save to your computer)

Autumn Decor

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st September 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 artwork of Arthur Crowe

which you can purchase from his store HERE

My Template 103 HERE

An autumn image - A nice selection HERE

Filters - Penta.com

Eye Candy 4000

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Open template

shift & D to duplicate

close original

delete credits

Layer 1

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient using 2 colors

from your image

sunburst, repeats 2

deselect

selection tool - custom selection

left 440

top 67

right 550

bottom 630

effects - penta.com - dot & cross

default settings

deselect

Layer 2

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with light color from your gradient

deselect

effects - penta.com - jeans

amount 5, width 7

delete original layer

Layer 3

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with dark color from your gradient

deselect

effects - penta.com - dot & cross

default settings

delete original layer

layer 4

select all, float, defloat

copy and paste your image as new layer

reposition to your liking but still within the selection

invert

delete

deselet

delete original layer

Layer 5

select all, float, defloat

paste your image again

resize 60 reposition so still inside the selection

invert

delete

deselect

delete original layer

add a gradient glow to each layer 

worked on so far, using a color that

matches your tag

On the circle layer, after adding the gradient glow

select all, float, defloat

expand by 4

new raster layer

floodfill with light color

add noise, 100, random & monochrome checked

deselect

Layers, arrange, move down

On each dots layer

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with a color to match your tag

deselect

delete each original dot layer

dropshadow each layer

0,0,50,8, black

Copy and paste tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely inside the large 

image rectangle

Add name, copyright & license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Some more examples made by the wonderful members of Taggers Inn

Pirate Ahoy!

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe

You can purchase this from his store HERE

Scrapkit - Surf n Turf from Horseplays Pasture

My mask 167 HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st June 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 6

apply mask

merge group

duplicate, image, mirror

copy and paste element 51

arrange the mask layers so one is moved

up a little and one is moved down a little

copy and paste element 69

resize 60, rotate right 23

drag below element 51, position so

large palm is showing to the left of the rings

erase any parts of the palm showing inside the rings

c/p element 56

resize by 40

position to the right of bottom ring

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p element 73

resize by 40

drag to top of layer palette

position bottom left of bottom ring

c/p element 48

resize by 30

position bottom right of bottom ring

c/p element 17

resize by 20

position on top of sand spilling from bucket

c/p element 18

resize by 40

position behind shell

duplicate, mirror

drag down behind bucket

c/p close up tube as new layer

ensure it is just below the rings layer

duplicate twice

position so a different part of each tube

is showing inside the rings

and erase any parts showing outside the rings

merge the 3 tube layers together

change blend mode to luminance

paste regular sized tube at top of layer palette

resize to fit nicely 

position to the right of the rings slightly

dropshadow tube and all elements 2,5,50,8,black

Add your name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible 

crop and save as png

Vintage Beauty

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice I am using the awesome artwork of Arthur Crowe

which can be purchased from his store HERE

FTU scrapkit Vintage from Dreamland Designs

Font Soulmaker in the Mountains

Eye candy 5 Impact

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 22nd December 2016 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 20 as new layer

preset shapes tool - rectangle, line width 12

foreground colour dark brown, background colour null

draw out a rectangle in the middle of your canvas

convert to raster

Eye candy 5 Impact - Chrome

reflection map - Abstract - Penny

leave all other settings at default

magic wand, click inside your rectangle

expand selection by 3

invert selection

on paper layer, click delete

deselect

copy and paste lantern as new layer

resize by 50

position top right corner of frame

copy and paste dress form as new layer

resize by 15

position bottom left corner of frame

copy and paste flower as new layer

resize by 50

rotate right 90

position bottom left, erase the stem

copy and paste flowers 2 as new layer

resize by 15

image, flip

drag below the dress form

copy and paste flowers as new layer

resize by 35

rotate right 90

position bottom left, between the dress form

and the flower

copy and paste chicken wire as new layer

drag down under the paper so a little is 

showing outside the edge of the paper

duplicate, image, mirror

duplicate, rotate right 90, position so it can

be seen beneath the flowers

duplicate, image, mirror & flip

make frame layer active

magic wand, click inside the frame

expand by 3

make paper layer active

copy and paste tube as new layer

invert selection

hit delete

deselect

Change blend mode on tube to luminance legacy

duplicate

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 7

change blend mode to screen

reduce opacity to around 75

dropshadow all layers except, paper and blurred tube

2,5,50,8,black

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background

merge visible

save as png

Be Mine - forum set

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe

you can purchase his tubes from his store HERE

A tube with several sizes is preferable 

Fonts of choice - I used Century Gothic and Inspiration

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 21st January 2016

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

floodfill with gradient made from two colours from your tube

linear, angle 0, repeats 0

c/p small tube

 move to right slightly, so its just off center

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p medium tube

move to far right

duplicate,

image, mirror

merge all tubes together

change blend mode to lumincance

duplicate

adjust blur, gaussian blur 8

change blend mode to screen

merge visible

new raster layer

floodfill white

layers, arrange, send to bottom

lower opacity of merged layer to between 60 - 65

Effects, Texure effects, blinds

width 3, opacity 30, color white, horizontal checked

c/p close up tube 

resize if necessary, but ensure it is still larger than other tubes

d/s 2,5,50,8,black

merge visible

preset shape tool

heart

line width 1

foreground color light one from your tube

draw out a tiny heart

convert to raster

copy

paste as new selection next to the first heart

repeat paste 3 more times so you have a line of 5 hearts

position bottom left corner of tag

duplicate, image, mirror

merge down

d/s 2,2,50,3,black

using century gothic font, size 16

background color the same as your hearts

type out "BE MINE"

convert to raster

duplicate

position above hearts

merge visible

new raster layer

floodfill with gradient you used at the start, but change the

angle to 45, repeats to 5

select all, contract by 3

hit delete on your keyboard

add name, license and copyright information

merge all

save as jpg

To make matching Avatar

custom selection tool

top & left 0, right & bottom 200

selections, edit selection

move red square to a point on your tag that you like

edit selection

copy

paste as new image

add same border as we did for the banner

add name, license & copyright info

merge all 

save as jpg

Brush Strokes

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - preferably one that has multiple sized layers

I Love Arthur Crowe tubes for this reason

You can purchase them from his store HERE

Font of choice

Filter - Brush Strokes which you can download HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 27th January 2016

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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

d/s = dropshadow 

Open blank canvas 700 x 250

floodfill with gradient made from two colours from your tube

sunburst, repeats & angle 0

c/p close up tube

position to your liking in middle of tag

change blend mode to Luminance

duplicate

On bottom tube layer

effects, brush strokes, crosshatch

stroke length 13

sharpness 6

strength 1

On duplicate tube layer, change blend mode to screen

lower opacity on both tube layers to around 50

c/p medium tube

position to far left

c/p small tube

position to far right

d/s medium and small tubes

2,5,50,8,black

preset shapes tool, rectangle

gradient, linear, angle 45, repeats 2

draw out a slim rectangle right across your tube

from left to right and towards the bottom of the tag

(but not right at the bottom, leave a gap)

convert to raster

duplicate

hide first rectangle

on duplicate, select all, float, defloat

contract by 7, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

c/p small tube again 3 or 4 times

position across your tag

merge the tube layers together

on duplicate rectangle

select all, float, defloat, invert

now hit delete on your keyboard on each of the tube layers

apply the brush strokes, crosshatch filter

same settings as before

change blend mode to luminance legacy

unhide first rectangle

change blend mode to whatever looks good on your tag

I used multiply in my first example and duplicated the rectangle to make it slightly darker

new raster layer

floodfill with single color from your tube

select all, contract by 3

hit delete

deselect

Add name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

To make matching Avatar

Selection tool, custom selection

top & left 0

right 150

bottom 200

edit selection

position the red box on your tag where you like it

edit selection

copy

paste as new image

add the single colour border like we did for the banner

add name, copyright, license info

merge all flatten

save a jpg

Here is another example

Happy New Year -2016

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice.  I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe

which you can find HERE

My Supplies HERE

My mask 083 HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st January 2016

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

copy and paste cluster as new layer

(I have included two in the supplies, use whichever you prefer)

copy and paste frame as new layer

drag below cluster

rotate left 11

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position to your liking

erase any parts that are showing outside of 

frame on the left

your tube should now look like its coming out from

between the frame and the cluster

dropshadow frame and tube 4,6,44,8,black

copy and paste wordart as new layer

resize and position to your liking

dropshadow

make background layer active

copy and paste paper as new layer

apply mask

merge group

duplicate and merge down

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png

Thanksgiving

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice, I am using several tubes from Arthur Crowe

which can be purchased from his store HERE

My template 66 HERE

Scrapkit - Clementine by Tickled Pink Studio

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on November 20th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works is entirely coincidental

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Open template, duplicate and close original

delete credits layer

Make lge Oval active

Select all, float, defloat,

copy and paste paper 14 as new layer

resize by 22

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

repeat the above instructions for the following layers

layer 1 - paper 2

layer 2 - paper 2

layer 3 - paper 5

Make layer 5 active, select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with an orange/purple gradient 

linear, angle 45, repeats 4

deselect

delete original layer 5

Repeat for layer 6 but do not deselect

Now copy and paste your tubes(s)

resize and position inside the selection to your liking

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard on each tube layer

deselect

Merge the tube layers together

change blend mode to Luminance(l)

make purple oval active

copy and paste flower 3 as new layer

resize by 8

position top center (so its poking out from behind the other rectangles)

copy and paste flower 4 as new layer

resize by 8

position so its overlapping the first flower

copy and paste leaf 2

resize by 15

position behind flowers, rotate slightly to the left

copy and paste leafy branch 

resize by 15

rotate slightly to the left, position next to the first leaf

duplicate both flowers and both leaves

and flip and mirror them both

make top right rectangle active

copy and paste bunting as new layer

resize by 8

position on top of rectangle

copy and paste flair 6 as new layer

resize by 8

position on left hand end of bunting

make background active

copy and paste scatter as new layer

resize by 20

position top left (so its showing from behind the purple oval)

duplicate 3 times and flip, mirror, rotate to your liking.

dropshadow all layers 2,5,50,8,black, except Luminance tubes

copy and paste main tube as new layer

resize to fit

position bottom left, so its sitting nicely between the two left hand circles

but make sure it is under your wordart layers

dropshadow as before

make wordart active

select all, float, defloat,

new raster layer

floodfill with same gradient we used earlier

deselect

delete original wordart layer

add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Autumn Witch

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Arthur Crowe

you can purchase his work HERE

Scrapkit Golden Days of Autumn by Golddust

Mask 093 from my blog HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on September 19th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

OK Lets begin!!

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

flood fill white

copy and paste paper 8 as new layer

apply mask 93 

merge group

copy and paste window as new layer

resize by 60

copy and paste tree 1 as new layer

resize by 60

position behind window to the right

erase any parts showing on the inside of the window

and the trunk from  under the window

make window layer active

copy and paste gold leaf scatter 5 as new layer

position along the bottom of the window

copy and paste dry flowers as new layer

position along bottom of window

copy and paste acorns 2 as new layer

position top left of window

copy and paste lamp as new layer

position to the left so its just overhanging the left window

copy and paste pumpkin 2 & 3 as new layers

resize by 40

position bottom left of lamp

copy and paste bird as new layer

resize by 60

postion to the right so its sitting on the dry flowers

dropshadow all elements

2,5,50,8, black

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position above window frame but below all other elements

and in front of the right window

dropshadow

add name, copyright & license information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png.

Curious Sparkle

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Arthur Crowe

You can purchase his tubes from his store HERE

Scrapkit - Curious from Scrappy bit of Fun

Sparkly Animation 514 from Scrappy bit of Fun

Font of choice - I used New Romantics

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on June 12th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p background 002

c/p flower 011

effects, muras meister, copies, encircle, change the number to 6

c/p flower 009

resize by 60

effects, muras meister, copies, encircle, change the number to 11

selection tool, circle, feather 0

draw out a circle from the centre of your canvas to halfway

across the pink flower cirlcle.  Make the blue flowers layer active

hit delete, so none of the blue flowers are showing in the center

of the pink flowers

deselect.

Make pink flowers layer active

c/p flower 001b

position to bottom left of tag

c/p frame 004

image, mirror, resize by 60

position bottom right of tag

c/p flower 014

position bottom middle of tag

c/p tube

resize if necessary

drag down 3 layers so its below the elements, but above the flower frames

erase any of the tube that is showing below the elements

dropshadow all layers

2,5,50,11, black

resize by 70, all layers checked

add name - Font New Romantics, size 48, color blue from your tag

I added some noise and a white gradient glow to mine then a dropshadow

add copyright information

merge all flatten

copy

Open Animation Shop

paste as new animation

click duplicate button until you reach 17 frames

then click the paste after current frame button once for a total of 18 frames

open SimoneAni514-MNG

Select all (ctrl & A)

copy

click on tag

Select all (ctrl & A)

paste into selected frames

click on your tag to add the animation

save as gif