Alice

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the gorgeous artwork of Laguna

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

My FTU scrapkit ALICE

My Mask HERE

Font of choice - I am using Alice in Wonderland

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on August 10th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

Open blank canvas 800 x 800

copy and paste element 8 as new layer

apply mask

merge group

copy and paste all four Ace playings cards as new layers

resize each by 60%

rotate each card to the left

from bottom to top, 5, 10, 15, 20

dropshadow each card 2, -1, 50, 9, black

merge visible

resize by 60

copy and paste element 29 as new layer

position to the right

copy and paste element 28 as new layer

move to the right slightly

copy and paste element 33 as new layer

resize by 30

position on seat of throne

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize as necessary

position to left

copy and paste elements 30 & 31

resize by 40

position in front of tube

copy and paste element 26

resize by 40

position on floor in front of throne

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

You may wish to resize your mask layer by 110

Add name and copyright information 

Merge visible

Crop and save as png

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Below are some examples the fabulous members of Taggers Inn made 

Blooming Beauty

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice I am using the gorgeous artwork of Misticheskaya

which can be purchased at Pics For Design

Scrapkit The Canary & the Flamingo

Mask 010 from my blog HERE

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on July 14th 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 

floodfill white

c/p paper 6

apply mask 010

merge group

resize by 80

c/p element 33

resize 50

rotate left 45

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p element 35

resize by 40

c/p element 28

resize by 60

rotate left 30

duplicate, image, mirror

c/p element 11

resize by 40

dropshadow all elements

2,5,50,8, black

merge all elements together

and position cluster at bottom of mask

c/p tube

drag below cluster

resize if necessary

erase any parts showing below the cluster

dropshadow

Add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Perspective

The example above is made by Deeva a member of Taggers Inn


Supplies needed:

Tube of choice

The example uses the gorgeous artwork of Zindy

you can purchase from her store HERE

Scrap paper of choice to match your tube

My template HERE

SimoneAni398-fairydust HERE

Filters 

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow

Penta.com - Color dot & Dot and Cross

Animation Shop

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on July 5th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

Open my template

Make rectangle layer active

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p paper of choice, resize if necessary, hit delete

c/p tube, position to the right hand side of the rectangle,  hit delete

deselect

merge tube down with paper

delete original rectangle layer

effects - eye candy 4, gradient glow

change glow width to 3, on color tab choose Fat settings

dropshadow 2,5,50,10,black

make circle layer active

select all, float, defloat, 

new raster layer

floodfill with a fore/back gradient made with two colors from your tab

angle 35, repeats 2

effects - penta.com - dot and cross default settings

deselect

effects - eye candy, gradient glow same settings as before

dropshadow as before

erase any parts of the circle that are showing on top of the rectangle

the aim is to make it look like the rectangle is coming through the circle

delete original circle layer

make doodle layer active

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with same gradient as earlier

deselect

effects - penta.com - color dot, default settings

effects - eye candy 4, gradient glow as before

dropshadow as before

delete original doodle layer

Add your name and copyright information

merge visible

copy

Open Animation Shop

paste as new animation

duplicate to 16 layers

Open SimoneAni398-fairydust

select all (ctrl & A) copy

make tag active, select all

paste into selected frames

click to place

save as gif

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

I Believe!

Supplies needed:

Fairy tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Anna Fesenko

you can purchase these from PicsForDesign 

My supplies HERE

Filters

Penta.com - Jeans & Vtr2

EyeCandy4 - Gradient Glow

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on June 8th 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely coincidental

Open blank canvas 750 x 250 

preset shapes tool

rounded rectangle, background color white, foreground null

draw out a rectangle to pretty much fill your canvas

convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p greenbg as new layer

move up a little so the sparkly bits show

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

Delete the white rectangle

effects - penta.com - vtr2 default settings

image rotate, clockwise 90

repeat vtr2

image rotate, anticlockwise 90

c/p tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely

position to left hand side

duplicate

image, mirror

Merge down

duplicate

adjust blur, gaussian blur 3

change blend mode to hard light

change blend mode of original tube layer to luminance legacy

Make rectangle layer active

select all, float, defloat, invert

on tube layer hit delete on your keyboard

Invert selection

Selections, modify, select selections border, inside 5

new raster layer

floodfill with a color/gradient of choice

adjust, add noise, uniform, 70, monochrome

deselect

preset shapes tool, rectangle, make a fore/back linear gradient

using a dark & light colour from your tube, angle 45, repeats 2

draw out a slim rectangle across the bottom of your tag

but leaving a small gap at the very bottom

convert to raster

drag this layer below your border layer

effects - penta.com, jeans default settings

change blend mode to screen

text tool, 

using a nice scripty font, size around 28/30 and a light color from your tube

type out "I beieve in Fairies" 3 or 4 times, whatever fits

effects - ec4 gradient glow, I used the fat settings but

changed the colour to the dark color from my tube and the size to 3

change blend mode to hard light

c/p sparks as new layer

To make matching avatar

Open blank canvas 200 x 200

draw out rounded rectangle to almost cover the canvas

convert to raster

select all, float, defloat, invert

then copy and paste each layer from your banner, positioning

to your liking as you go and hit delete on each one

except the border layer and the text layer

invert selection

modify, select selections border same settings as before

new raster layer

floodfill and add noise as before

deselect

Add Name and copyright information to both banner and avatar

merge visible

save as png

Chequered

Supplies needed:

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

you can purchase from PicsForDesign 

I used 4 different tubes from the same artist

Some sparkles (emo kits are a good place to find sparkles)

Penta.com, Jeans

Checkered Tile HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 31st 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental

Open checkered tile

floodfill tool set to pattern, choose the checkered tile, angle 0, scale 100

Open blank canvas 700 x 200

Custom selection tool

top & left 0, right 160, bottom 200

floodfill the selection

deselect

duplicate

image, mirror

Merge down

Magic wand, feather 0, click between the checkered parts

new raster layer, floodfill with dark grey

expand the selection by 3, 

new raster layer, floodfill black
deselect
drag black layer below grey layer

preset shape tool, rectangle, foreground color white, line width 9

hold down the shift key while drawing out a small square, convert to raster

duplicate x 3 for a total of 4 frames

On each one in turn

Magic wand, click inside, expand by 3, 

new raster layer, floodfill with black/white gradient, repeats 0 angle 45

drag this layer below your frame,

copy & paste tube 1 as new layer, resize as necessary, selections invert, hit delete

deselect

duplicate tube layer, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3, change blend mode to hard light

on original tube layer, change blend mode to luminance (l)

dropshadow the frame 2,5,50,8,black

merge frame, both tube layers and gradient layer together

hide this frame

(dont worry we are going to move them into place in a minute!!)

Repeat for each of the remaining 3 frames using different tubes

rename each frame layer 1,2,3,4

frame 1 - rotate, left 10, position top left, drag down to just above checkered layer

so it pokes out from under the black layer

frame 2 - rotate, right 8, position bottom left, leave it above the grey layer

frame 3 - rotate, right 12, position top right, leave it above the grey layer

frame 4 - rotate, left 7, position bottom right, drag down to just above checkered layer

so it pokes out from under the black layer

make grey layer active

penta.com, jeans, default settings

select all, float, defloat, invert

copy and paste one of your tubes again

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect,
change blend mode to luminance (l) 

duplicate tube, adjust, blur, gaussian blur 3

change blend mode to hard light

add dropshadow to bottom tube layer lower opacity to 70

Adding some sparkles between the two tube layers looks quite effective if you like

Add name and copyright information

Merge all flatten

new raster layer

floodfill with white,

select all, contract by 3, hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

add noise, 100, gaussian, monochrome checked

merge all flatten

save as jpg

For the Avatar

Make a square selection on a part of the banner that you like

copy

paste as new image

add border as we did for the banner

add name and cr

merge all

save as jpg

Rock Hard

this tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 6th July 2014

written in psp9 but any version should work

any similarities to other works is purely conincidental

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Very Many

which you can purchase HERE or HERE

Scrapkit - Feel the Rock HERE

mask of choice

Font of choice - I am using Baker Script

Filter - Penta.com, Dot & cross

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OK Lets begin!!

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

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

1. Open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

2. c/p paper 11

apply mask

3. c/p frame 06

resize by 69

4. c/p winged heart element3

resize by 69

move to the bottom of the frame

d/s

5. c/p music scatter

resize by 69

move below frame layer

and down a bit so its under your heart

d/s

6. make frame layer active,

magic wand, click inside the left square of frame

selections, expand by 4

c/p tube, position so face shows inside selection

selections invert

hit delete on your keyboard

repeat for right square

merge tube layers together

and move under your frame

filters - penta, dot & cross

default settings

change blend mode to hard light

7. c/p tube again,

resize to fit and position in middle of tag but

under the winged heart

d/s

8. c/p staffdoodle

resize by 50

position to top right corner of frame

d/s

9. c/p keyboard

resize by 30

postion to bottom left of frame

d/s

10. c/p flame 01

using your deform tool, squish it left & right so it

fits right across your frame

position under frame layer and inline with the top of the frame

duplicate

change blend mode on bottom flame to hard light

change blend mode on top flame to screen

11.  make top layer active

c/p skull01

resize by 30

position to the bottom right corner of frame

d/s

12. d/s frame

13.  Add name and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png.