Monday, 17 October 2016

Fall Fae


Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of 
Jasmine Beckett-Griffiths, you can purchase this from CDO
Scrapkit - Autumn is here from Elli's Bilderwelt
Mask - Miz_Mask_148 - Here
Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th October 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 x700
floodfill white

c/p element 77 
rotate left 90
duplicate twice
move one to the left and one to the right
and the original one up slightly

c/p element 04
resize by 50
rotate left 90
move to the left
duplicate, image mirror

c/p tube
resize as necessary so it fits
nicely in the middle of your elements

c/p element 11
resize by 40
position bottom right

c/p elements 49 & 50
resize by 15
position to the left of the acorns

c/p element 52
resize by 70

c/p element 09
resize by 25
position to left of conkers

c/p element 78
resize by 60
position behind conkers and acorns
I colorized to suit my tag better

c/p element 69
resize by 30
position to the left
duplicate
image, mirror

c/p element 75
drag down to just above the white background
position to the left so just the feathery fronds
are showing.  Duplicate and move to the right
erase any that is showing from below the rest
of the tag

d/s all layers 2,5,50,8, black
hide white background layer
merge visible

c/p paper 05 above white background
apply mask
merge group
reposition merged layer so its in the middle of the mask layer

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

Floating!



Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Zindy Nielsen
You can purchase the same tube from her shop HERE
Floating on Air mini sampler from Gothic Inspirations
Mask - Miz_Mask_142
Font of choice


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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th September 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

c/p cluster frame
resize by 80

c/p smudge
resize by 60
image, mirror
drag below cluster and move the right slightly

c/p cluster cloud
resize by 60
position top left, so butterflies are showing 
in the middle of your tag

Make white background layer active
c/p paper 4
apply mask
merge group

using your deform tool, squash the mask down a little
duplicate
image, mirror & flip
merge down

make cluster cloud layer active

c/p tube as new layer
position to the right, so you can see a portion of it in the frames
and the top of your tube is coming out above the frames
erase any that is showing below the frames
Change blend mode to screen (or what looks good with your tube)

make cluster layer active

c/p candle
resize by 35
position bottom left of cluster
d/s 2,5,50,8,black

c/p brush
resize by 35
position just in front of candle 
d/s

c/p leaf2
resize by 40
image, mirror
position in front of brush
d/s

c/p wind 
resize by 70
position along bottom of cluster
d/s 

c/p bling 2
resize by 80
rotate right 90

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


Autumn Joy


Supplies needed:




Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of ZlataM
You can purchase the same tube from Pics For Designs
Scrapkit - Autumn Joy HERE
Mask - Miz_Mask_141
Font of choice 
Wordart - Save png file from bottom of this page

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th September 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 PP04 as new layer
apply mask, merge group


copy and paste embellie 18 as new layer
resize by 80


c/p embellie 17
resize by 50
position top right corner of frame
and drag below the frame, erase any part showing
inside the frame


c/p embellie 19
resize by 60, position top right corner of frame
on top of tree, erase any part of the clock
showing inside the frame


c/p embellie 17
resize by 80
position along bottom edge of frame


c/p embellie 07
position on top of mushrooms


c/p embellie 05
resize by 50
position top left corner of frame


c/p embellie 03
resize by 50
position left side of frame


c/p embellie 13
resize by 50, position bottom right corner of frame


c/p embellie 23
resize by 60


c/p tube
resize and position to your liking
You may wish to move some of your elements up or down
the layer palette so you tube sits within them 


make mask layer active
c/p tube again (or a close up version)
erase any that is showing outside of the frame
change blend mode to luminance
duplicate
adjust, blur, gaussian blur 8
change blend mode to overlay
reduce opacity of both tube layers to around 50


copy and paste wordart as new layer
position to your liking

Dropshadow all elements layers except the sparkles
2,5,50,8,black

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




Monday, 9 May 2016

Its a Dogs Life!



Supplies needed:

tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Laguna
which can be purchased from Pics For Design
Supplies HERE
Filters : Muras Meister - Copies

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st May 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 supplies and place selection file in your selections folder

Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

choose a colour from your tube 
set as foreground colour, background to null
preset shapes tool, circle, width 25, create as vector
draw out a circle in the middle of your canvas
Objects, align, center in canvas
convert to raster

duplicate this circle twice
position one to the left and down slightly
and the other to the right and down slightly
drag both under the to circle in the layer palette

now make the top circle active
magic wand, feather 0
click inside the circle 
expand by 4
new raster layer, floodfill with gradient of choice (something that matches your tag)
drag this layer below the circle layer
deselect

text tool - visitor TT2 font, size 14, anti alias off, colour black
type out your phrase, I used "its a dogs life!"
convert to raster
muras meister, copies, tiling angle, default settings but change tile gap to 3

on your gradient layer, 
select all, float, defloat, invert
hit delete on your text layer
deselect

On left circle, magic wand, click inside the circle
expand by 4
new raster layer, floodfill with colour of choice
copy and paste your tube as new layer
position and resize as necessary
selections invert
hit delete on your keyboard
drag colour layer and tube layer below the left circle
change blend mode on tube layer to luminance (legacy)

repeat for the right circle but use a different colour to floodfill
and resize tube to a different size

dropshadow all 3 circle layers 2,5,50,8, black

hide white background and merge visible

New raster layer
Load/save selection from disk
Load Miz_filmstrip2 selection
floodfill with colour of choice (I used the same colour as my circles)
deselect
position at bottom of circles, 
rotate left 5

magic wand, Mode Add, feather 0, tolerance 10
click inside the first filmstrip frame
new raster layer, expand selection by 2
floodfill with gradient of choice
copy and paste tube, resize as necessary
position inside the selection to your liking
selections invert, delete
deselect
change blend mode to Difference
drag filmstrip layer to the top of your layer palette

repeat with the other 4 frames of the filmstrip
dropshadow filmstrip

hide white background & merged circles
merge filmstrip layers together
duplicate, image, mirror
unhide all other layers

copy and paste tube one last time
resize and position to fit
dropshadow

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


Fairy pixelated




Supplies needed:

Tube of choice preferably one with a nice bit of patterning on it
 I used the beautiful work of Misticheskaya which 
can be purchased from Pics For Design
Filters : Xero, Fritillary
Kiwis Oelfilter - Guck Mal
Muras Meister - Copies
These filters can all be found Here


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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th April 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 your tube
shift & D to duplicate, close original
lasso selection tool, point to point, feather 11ish
roughly select around the body of your fairy
just leaving the wing(s), and hit delete
deselect

(if using a tube with patterning select round the patterned bit)

Open blank canvas 700 x 200
copy and paste the wing(s) (or pattern) as new layer
Muras meister - copies - wallpaper rotate default settings


Kiwi Oelfilter - Guck Mal 
all settings to 128
duplicate this layer 

selection tool, ellipse, feather the same as before
draw out a fairly large selection in the middle of your canvas
hit delete
deselect


Still on the duplicate layer 
Xero - Fritillary
Granularity 5, agression 67, tesselation 23, variation 55


Magic wand, feather still the same
click inside the empty part of the layer
copy and paste tube as new layer
selections invert
delete
deselect


New raster layer
floodfill with color of choice
select all, contract by 2
delete
deselect


add name and copyright information
merge all flatten
save as jpg


to make a matching avatar

custom selection tool
top & left 0
right 150, bottom 175
selections, edit selection
move the red box to a part of your tag that you like
edit selection 
copy
deselect

paste as new image
add a 2 pixel border like we did for the banner
add name and cr if necessary

merge all flatten
save as jpg

Love you Forever



Supplies needed:


A Personal photo/image - I am using a photo of my handsome sons
but it could be an image of mum/dad/sibling/pet anything you like 
as long as its personal to you
My Template 79 HERE
My supplies HERE


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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 7th April 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 template
shift D to duplicate, close original
delete credits layer

on the following layers

select all, float, defloat
paste as new layer
invert
hit delete
deselect
delete origial template layer

Layers 1, 6 - Paper 1
Layers 4 & 8 - Paper 2
Layers 2, 3 & 9 - Paper 4
Layers 5, 10, 12 & 13 - Paper 3
Layers 7 & 11 - paper 5

Make layer 14 active
select all, float, defloat
paste your own image as new layer
resize to fit
selections, invert
hit delete to get rid of any excess
deselect
rotate left 5

Copy and paste red leaves as new layer
resize by 40
position where layer 15 is located then delete layer 15

Copy and paste blue leaves as new layer
resize by 40
position same place as red leaves but rotate to your liking
adjust - sharpness - sharpen more

Copy and paste red rose as new layer
resize by 10
position on top of leaves
duplicate, image, flip, 
position below first rose

Copy and paste blue rose as new layer
resize by 25
position in middle of two red roses

dropshadow leaves and roses
2,4,50,8, black
merge leaves and roses together

duplicate the rose cluster
move to the where layer 16 is positioned, delete layer 16, 17 & 18

copy and paste heartwings
resize by 15
dropshadow
position where the top circle frame intersects with your image
rotate to the right slightly
duplicate
position where the bottom circle frame intersects with your image
rotate to the left

dropshadow all template layers 
0,0,50,8, black

Make Background layer active
copy and paste wordart as new layer
resize by 60
position to the right and up a bit so it can be seen from under the rest of the layers
add white gradient glow
dropshadow

make top layer active
copy and paste wordart 2 as new layer
resize by 80
position to your liking
apply white gradient glow
dropshadow

Add your name and copyright info (if you took the photo add your own name)
delete white background
merge visible
crop and save as png


another example I made, this one is of me and my hubby on our wedding day 

Friday, 6 May 2016

Moments



Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the Gorjuss arwork of Suzanne Woolcot 
which is no longer available to purchase as tubes unfortunately
A sitting tube is best for this tutorial
Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow
My supplies HERE

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th April 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

Open one of the images supplied
custom selection

top 129, left 132, right 389, bottom 673
copy & deselect

Paste onto your canvas as new layer
select all, float, defloat, contract by 18
hit delete on your keyboard
deselect

inner bevel

bevel 2, width 10, smoothness 25, depth 10
ambiece -11, shininess 35, color white, angle 225
intensity 35, elevation 60

Copy one of the images supplied
paste as new layer
resize by 75
drag below your frame layer
position so a part of the image you like is showing inside the frame

On frame layer
magic wand, feather 0, click inside the frame
expand by 4
invert
on image layer, hit delete
deselect

dropshadow the frame 
2,5,46,9, black

copy and paste hot air balloon 
as new layer
resize by 40
dropshadow as before

paste again 
resize by 20
adjust, hue and saturation, hue map
drag the first slider down to a color of your choice

dropshadow

Position balloons to your liking on your tag

copy and paste tube as new layer
resize to fit nicely on your tag
position so its sitting over the bottom left corner of your frame
dropshadow

copy and paste wordart as new layer
resize by 40
position to your liking
eye candy 4 - gradient glow
add a fat white gradient glow, change the width to 3
dropshadow

new raster layer
flood will with a gradient made from two colors from your tag
linear, angle 45, repeats 4
apply mask
merge group
drag mask layer down to just above your white background
you may wish to use your deform tool to stretch and/or squish it to
fit nicely around your tag

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