Sweet Like Candy - Forum Set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 12th January 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Tube of choice - Preferrably one with a close up

I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis

which can be purchased from CDO although mine was 

purchased from MPT when it was open.

Font of choice

Filters - Penta.com, Muras Meister, Tramage

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open blank canvas 700 x 250

c/p large tube
muras meister - copies - wallpaper (rotate), default settings

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 15

penta.com - jeans - 22, 4

duplicate

image effects - offset - H-145, V0

Tramage - gradient/spokes ratio maker, 168

image effects - offset - H145, V0

selection tool, custom selection
top & left 0, right 495, bottom 250
delete
deselect

duplicate, image mirror
selection tool, rectangle, feather 16-20 (ish)
draw a small vertical rectangle just covering the sharp edge
hit delete several times
deselect

c/p large tube
position so she covers the edge of the left spokes
d/s 
change blend mode to screen

c/p small tube
mirror and position so she covers the edge of the right spokes
d/s

custom selection - left 0, top 30, right 700, bottom 60
new raster layer, floodfill with a color from your tag
deselect
duplicate
image, flip
merge down, 
change blend mode to mulitply (or what looks good on your tag) and drag below your small tube

text tool - font of choice - color white
type out SWEET LIKE CANDY (or other saying/words of your choice)
 several times until it fits across the tag
and inside one of the small rectangles we just made.
convert to raster
d/s
change blend mode to overlay and drop opacity to around 60
duplicate and position one in each of the rectangles

merge all
new raster layer
floodfill with a color from your tag
select all, contract by 3, delete

add name, copyright and license information
merge all
save as jpg


To Make Matching Avatar

custom selection
top & left 0
bottom & right 175
selections, edit selection, move to a part of your tag that you like
edit selection, copy, deselect

paste as new image
new raster layer
floodfill with same border color
select all, contract by 3, delete
deselect,
add name, cr and license
merge all
save as jpg

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Here are some more examples 

Crowning Love

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 26th January 2019 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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Tube of choice, I am using the stunning artwork of VeryMany 

which you can purchase from her store HERE

Scrapkit - Dear Valentine by Verena Designs

(I have had this kit in my files for the longest time and cannot find where it can now be purchased)

Mask 1 from MaskSet31 by Rachel Designs

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p tube 

effects - muras meister, copies - wallpaper rotate - default settings

adjust - blur - motion blur - angle 135, strength 100

repeat blur

apply mask

merge group

elements 05, 09, 14, 23, 24, 32, 36, 40, 41 & 55

c/p all elements on to canvas

resize and position to your liking

use my tag as a reference if you wish

c/p tube, above the frame

resize as necessary

erase any that is showing outside the frame

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png

I also made a matching avatar for mine

Princess Castle

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th January 2019 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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Tube of choice, I am using the stunning artwork of VeryMany 

which you can purchase from her store HERE

Scrapkit - Forest Fairy by Pink Paradox Productions

Mask 044 from Vivienne's Paintbox

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

new raster layer

select all

paste paper 7 into selection

deselect

apply mask

merge group

resize 90

Dropshadow as you go 2,5,40,10,black

element 55, resize 40

element 122, resize 50, mirror, position behind castle

paste tube on top, resize 30

element 65, resize 40, position under tube just poking out the bottom

element 47, resize 30, position to right of tube

element 25, resize 20, position at bottom of mailbox

element 40, resize 30, position left of tube

element 35, resize 20, position on top of skirt to the left

add another other elements you wish and rearrange layers to suit

Add name, copyright & license information

delete white background

Merge visible

Crop and save as png

Elven Arch

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th January 2019 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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Tube of choice, I am using the stunning artwork of VeryMany 

which you can purchase from her store HERE

Scrapkit - Forest Fairy by Pink Paradox Productions

Mask 041 from Vivienne's Paintbox

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 750 x 750

floodfill white

new raster layer

select all

paste paper 8 into selection

deselect

apply mask

merge group

resize 90

Dropshadow as you go 2,5,40,10,black

element 51 resize 50

element 63 resize 50, position at bottom of arch

element 66 resize 50, position below arch, erase parts that are showing outside the arch

element 56 resize 20, position below the grass a little. Butt up to the to the left edge of the arch

paste tube on top resize 40, position slightly to the right so you can see the 

castle a bit behind her head

element 70 resize 50, position at the bottom, go back and erase any of the dress 

that is showing under the grass

element 109 resize 22, position to the left

element 23 resize 22, position to the right

freehand selection tool, feather 13, draw a small selection along the bottom edge of the glass

bottle, hit delete twice, deselect.  

This softens the edge of the glass and makes it look like its "in" the grass

element 26 resize 22, position in between the glass bottle and the mushrooms

element 105 resize 50, position just above mask layer around the arch

Add any other elements you wish, rearrange your layers to suit

Add name, copyright and license information

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png

Piggin' Christmas

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice -  I am using the 'oh so cute artwork of Laguna 

which you can purchase from Pics For Design

My Mask 003 HERE

Scrapkit Gingerbread Wishes from Pink Paradox Productions

Font of choice

Filters - Muras Meister - copies

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 15th December  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

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 18

apply mask

merge group

resize by 115

c/p element 92

resize 30

muras meister - copies - encircle

change shift x & Y to 60

change angle to 22

d/s

c/p frame 2

resize 60

image flip

magic wand, click inside the frame

expand by 5

on the muras layer, hit delete

deselect

d/s

c/p element 92 above frame layer

resize 40, rotate right 36

image effects, offset, h145, v-120, trans/custom clicked

d/s

c/p element 91

resize 30

place under the red flowers

d/s

c/p element 17

resize 40

image, mirror

offset, h-60, v-182

d/s

c/p element 106

resize 50

offset, h-175, v30

d/s

drag below the book

c/p element 115

resize 50

place on top of tree

(you may wish to rotate it a little to the left)

duplicate, merge down

c/p element 36

resize 30

offset, h-183, v-111

d/s

make frame layer active

c/p tube

resize 25 if using the same tube as me

or to fit if using a different tube

position to your liking

d/s

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

New Year Kisses

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Alex Prihodko
which you can purchase from Pics For Designs

My Scrapkit - New Year 2018 HERE

Mask of choice

Font of choice

NYKTag (save from bottom of post)

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 14th November 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

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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 13, apply mask, merge group

Dont forget to dropshadow as you go 2,5,40,10,black

element 55, resize 85, move it up and left a little
element 7, resize 50, position bottom left of frame
element 22, resize 90, position next to the bottle
element 29, resize 30, position bottom right of frame, slightly overlapping gold cone
element 39, position in front of previous elements
element 35, resize 40, position behind crown to the right slightly
c/p NYKTag position bottom right of tag, rotate left 5
element 56, resize 40, position behind NYKTag

c/p tube just above mask layer, position so face is in the middle of the frame
erase any tube that is outside of the frame, change blend mode to luminance
duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 6, change blend mode to screen
lower opacity to 62 on both tube layers

make crown layer active, paste tube again, resize to fit
(60 if using the same as me and mirror)
position to the right of the tag
erase any showing below the NYKTag.

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

(click to open full size and save to your computer)

Christmas Stocking!

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - a leggy tube wearing stockings is best for this tut

I am using the gorgeous artwork of Barbara Jensen

Scrapkit - Silver Bells from Pink Paradox Productions

Mask #153 HERE

Font of choice

Supplies HERE

Animation Shop

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 10th November 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

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 18

apply mask

merge group

c/p paper 39

resize 50

c/p frame 6

resize 50

move paper layer up a little so you can see some

of the snow on the ground

on frame layer, magic wand, mode add, tolerance & feather 0

click inside the frame, expand by 3, invert

on paper layer, delete

deselect

hide frame layer

copy merged

open Animation shop

paste as new animation

duplicate frame until you have 30 frames

open snow animation

edit - select all

edit - copy

back to your canvas

edit - select all

edit - paste into selected frame

position so the snow is in the circle

and click once

Now it may get complicated so concentrate and stay with me here

on the snow animation

click on the first frame

hold down shift and click on the 10th frame

edit - cut

now click on the last frame (20)

edit - paste after current frame

edit - select all

edit - copy

back to your canvas

edit - paste into selected frame

position in the circle but slightly more to the left

click once

back to the snow animation

repeat above steps

until you paste onto your canvas, this time move it 

slightly to the right

click once

Now leave this canvas here, while we go back and finish our tag in psp

You can close the snow animation now, without saving

Now back to psp

unhide frame

c/p element 66 under frame, resize 15

image effects - offset - h 81, v-108, custom & transparent checked

duplicate and move across to the left side so the 

right hand edges match up to make a whole fence

merge down

c/p tube as new layer above frame

resize 70

image effects - offset - h-120, v0

selection tool - circle, feather 30

draw out a circle from the little fingernail

on the right hand out to the outer edge of the frame

invert

hit delete on tube layer 2 or 3 times

deselect

c/p element 57, resize 40, position at bottom of tube 

c/p element 52, resize 40, position to the right of the bucket

c/p element 63, resize 60, position on left, drag under the bucket layer

c/p elements 86, 87 & 99, resize 20,

position to your liking across the top to hide

any harsh straight edges of the tube still showing

c/p word art

make sure all your elements have a dropshadow and 

are positioned to your liking

add your name, copyright and license information

now hide the white background, mask & paper layer

copy merged

now back to AS

paste as new animation

duplicate until you have 30 frames

edit - select all

edit - copy

on your canvas that we left here earlier

edit - select all

edit - paste into selected frame

line it up so the inner edge of the frame

is lined up with the edge of the circle

click once

save as gif