Little Princess

For this tutorial you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro, any version 7 and above should work. I am using PSP X. Artist tube of your choice. I am using the cool artwork of AV Phibes, who is one of the March featured artists at AMI. Get her work HERE. WSL_mask84 from WeeScotsLass. Eye Candy 4000 Marble, MuRa Meister Copies, Eye Candy 3.1 glow (optional, for the glow around name text) Let's get started! Open a new canvas, size at about 700x700 with a white background. You can crop it at the end if it's too big. Open your tube. Take two colors from your tube, I used #a5a9ad (foreground) from her shoes and #ae59a5 (background)from her lips. Now, click on your foreground color and choose "other" then choose gradient. Choose the rectangular Style one, then click on the arrow by the color box and scroll down until you see foreground/background fading and choose that. Angle set to 0 repeat set to 1, click ok, then flood fill a new raster layer on your canvas. Now, open your mask, and apply it by going to Layer, New Mask Layer, From Image. Once applied, on your layers palette, delete the mask layer, click ok to the pop up box, and then merge the group. Make black your foreground and close off your background color. Take your preset shapes tool set at rectangle, width as 6 and draw out a tall, thinnish rectangle (see mine for reference). Convert to raster layer. Apply eye candy 4000 marble to the rectangle. Change the bedrock color to black and the vein color to #ae59a5. Click on the random seed a few times til you find something you like, or just leave it, completely up to you. It all looks about the same, you're just changing the placement of the purplish veins by clicking random seed. Take your magic wand and click inside the rectangular layer, add a new raster layer below it and flood fill with #dda3c9. Leave selected. Now take your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize if necessary. Erase the bits that hang over your rectangle frame. Draw out another, smaller, rectangle to the right of your larger one, as above. Follow the same steps to apply the filters and fill the inside. I used a lighter shade of pink on my smaller rectangles. Once done, merge the layers together and duplicate, then mirror the duplicate so it goes to the right side. Take your text tool and with a nice pixel font or something that looks good in tiny print, write out "Little Princess" or some other text. Rotate it to the left by 90, objects, align, center in canvas, and convert to raster layer. Apply MuRa Meister copies, down at the bottom where it says "preset menu" click on that, scroll down and change to tiling. Now change the tile gap to 2 and click ok. Hide that layer for a moment. Merge the two small outside rectangles, and then take your magic wand and click inside one, hold down the shift key and click inside the other. Selections, modify, expand by 2. Now unhide your text layer, selections, invert, and on the text layer, hit delete on your keyboard. Change the blend mode to burn and lower to opacity to around 60. Now just add your ©info, your name, delete the white background layer, crop and resize if necessary. Save as a .png file so that it's transparent. (I used a glow of 5, fat, white around my name text on mine).

Home Sweet Home

For this tutorial you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, but any version 7 and above should work fine. Scrap kit Sweet Pea by Wicked Princess Scraps. You can find it HERE. Fonts used: Weltron Urban, Aquarelle Let's get started! Open a new 700x700 white canvas. Open the button frame element, copy and paste as a new layer and resize by 70%. Click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 5. Open paper 11, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert and on the paper layer, click delete on your keyboard and deselect. Drag the paper layer below the frame layer add a drop shadow to the frame layer. Open the castle element, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 50%, drag it between the paper and frame layers, add a drop shadow. Using #d7647a take your text tool and make the paper background layer active. Write the words Home Sweet Home as a vector layer and then convert to raster. Hide the white background layer and merge visible. Unhide the white background layer. Resize the merged layer by 80% and duplicate. Drag the top layer down a little and to the right. Open the curtain element, copy and paste as a new layer, drag it so that the layer is just above the bottom merged layer. Resize by 75% and add a drop shadow. Rotate the other merged layer to the right by 15. Open the Sweet Pea tube element. Copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 60% and add a drop shadow. Arrange her in the middle of the two frames. Open the laced journal note element, copy and paste as a new layer, drag it to the bottom. Open the star comet, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 50% and drag it below the tube layer, duplicate and on the duplicate copy mirror it and arrange it to the them as shown, add a drop shadow. If you don't like how the little pieces hang over each other at the bottom, you can take your eraser tool and erase some of the bits. Open the faded heart element, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange it to the left so it's showing around the bottom blue heart how you like it, then drag it below the bottom blue heart journal layer. Open the double heart bow layer, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 20% and arrange it on the bottom right side of in the star, add a drop shadow. Duplicate and mirror. Add your credits and/or copyrights as needed. Add your name. Delete the white background, crop and resize as needed. Save as a .png so it's transparent.

Happy Easter

For this tut you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro. I am using PSP X but any version PSP & and higher should work for you. A scrap kit of your choice. I am using Easterlicious by Stargazers Musings. You can purchase it at AMI. A tube of your choice. I am using the wonderful artwork of Ismael Rac which you can also purchase at AMI. Plugins DSB Flux Linear Transmission Fonts used: WhoopAss & Vivaldi Let's get started. Open a new 700x700 canvas with a white background in psp. Open paper 9, right click on background, click other, then click pattern, search for that paper and set that as your background. Take your preset shape tool set on elipse and then at the top in your toolbar click on draw circle and draw out a decent sized circle on your canvas. Objects, align, center in canvas and then convert to raster layer. Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 4, add a new raster layer below your blue layer, flood fill with #ffcece, selections, modify expand by 10. Open paper 8, set that as your foreground pattern, add a new raster layer below that pink layer, and flood fill with the yellow paper pattern. Deselect. Go back to your pink layer, adjust, add/remove noise, and check, uniform, monochrome and have the amount set at 40%. Add a drop shadow of your choosing to the yellow layer. I used 1, 1, 40, 2. Make the blue center circle layer active again, selections, select all, float, defloat, open your closeup of your tube (if you have one, if not, just resize your tube to fit the circle and be sure to sharpen it after you resize)copy and paste as a new layer. You may have to resize even if you have a closeup. Selections, invert, click the delete key on your keyboard and deselect. Change the blend mode of your tube to luminance and the opacity to around 45%. Hide your white background layer and merge visable all layers and unhide your white background layer. Duplicate your merged layer. On the bottom layer, adjust blur, gaussian blur set at 20. Now on that same layer, apply DSB Flux Linear Transmission with the settings as follows: Slice Size 7, Offset 6, Blend 50, Direction Vertical. After you apply that, duplicate that layer and rotate to the left by 90. Open paper 1 and set that as your foreground pattern, set your background to null. Take your preset rectangle shape with the width set to 6 and draw out a smallish square then convert to raster layer. Take your magic wand and click inside the left square, selections, modify, expand by 3 add a new raster layer below it and flood fill with white. Open your tube, copy and paste it as a new layer, arrange it so whatever part you want showing is in the square, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard. Deselect, add a drop shadow to your frame and merge the frame and tube layer together. Merge the frame, tube and white background layer together and then duplicate that merged layer and mirror it. Drag it over to the right a little. Open paper 4 and do the same as the above 2 steps to make 2 frames with tubes in them. Rotate one of your frames to the right by 12 and one to the left by 12. Arrange them how you like across the bottom of the circle. I then merged the 4 together as one layer. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Drag it below the square frames layer, add a drop shadow. If you have some of your tube showing below the frames, take your eraser tool and erase those bits. Put any elements you'd like on your tag. I used the tulips, cracked egg, butterfly and the bunny, all resized at 35% and added a drop shadow. Add your copyright information. Add your text and name. Crop down, hide the white background layer and save as a .png if you want it transparent. My blog, for some reason keeps showing the white background even after I save as a .png, but it should be transparent on forums, etc.

Geisha

For this tutorial you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, but any version should work. Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Camilla Drakenborg, which you can purchase at AMI. Scrap kit of your choice. I am using a PTU kit called Geisha by Juicy Bits which you can also purchase at AMI. A mask of your choice. I am using Beckymask23, her site is closed, so I can't link to a download. Use it if you have it or just find another mask you like! Font of your choice. I am using Bonzai Let's get started! Open frame 3, resize by about 90%, then change the canvas size to 700x700 so that you have room to work. Add a new raster layer, drag it to the bottom and flood fill with white. Back on your frame layer, click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 5. Open a paper 19, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard, leave selected, drag the paper below your frame layer. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer and duplicate it. Drag the original below your frame layer, and hide the duplicate layer. Take your eraser tool and erase the bits that hang below your frame. Deselect and add a drop shadow to your tube. Unhide the top tube layer and take your eraser tool and erase the parts you don't want showing over your frame. Your bottom tube will show through so you don't have to be real careful where you erase. Add a drop shadow to your frame. Open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer, drag it down so it's just above the white background layer. Open your mask, go to layers, new mask layer, from image, then in the drop down box, scroll down and click on the mask. Delete the mask, then merge the group together. Resize if you find it's too big or too small for your tag. Add any elements you'd like to your tag. Add your name and copyright info. For my name, I used the Bonsai font, background at #790000, foreground at #336e6a with the stroke set to 2, and then I added a glow with the width of 3 and then added a drop shadow. Crop down and resize as necessary. Hide the white background layer and save as a .png file for it to be transparent.

Riot Vixen

For this tutorial you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, but any version should work. Template 333 by Missy at Divine Intentionz. Tube of choice. I am using the awesome artwork of Ismael Rac which you can purchase at AMI. Scrap kit of your choice. I am using Vinyl Vixen by Juicy bits which you can purchase at AMI. A mask of your choice. I am using one by Boundless Bliss (grunge mask 1)and I can no longer find her site. I'm not sure if her TOU allow sharing. You can use that one if you have it, or find one that you would like to use instead. Font of your choice. I used Pushkin. Let's get started! Open your template, delete the top "by Missy" layer. Resize by 85% and then change the canvas size to 650x650. Open paper 8. Make the circle 4 layer active and click inside it with your magic wand. Copy and paste the paper as a new layer, arrange it how you want in the circle, selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard, leave selected. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer and arrange it how you want it in the circle. Take your eraser tool and erase the parts that hang over the bottom of the circle. Deselect, add a drop shadow to your tube and delete the original circle 4 layer. Make circle 2 active, click inside it with your magic wand, add a new raster layer, flood fill with #880306, deselect and delete the original circle 2 layer. Make the thin rectangle layer active and click inside it with your magic wand. Open paper 9, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange it in the rectangle, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard. Deselect and add a drop shadow. Delete the original rectangle layer. Do the same for rectangle 2 layer, except don't do the drop shadow. Add a drop shadow to the rectangle 1 layer. Make small circle 1 layer active, click inside it with your magic wand. Add a new raster layer, and flood fill with #880306. Deselect. Apply the blinds effect (found in texture effects) with the following settings: width 6 opacity:50 light from top and horizontal both checked color black. Delete the original circle layer. Do the same for small circle 2. Add a drop shadow to both small white circles. Make the word art layer active. Set the background to #de4497 and the foreground to #880306. Now take the color replacer tool and drag it over the word art. The pink will change to red. Open paper 4, copy and paste as a new layer, bring it to the bottom. Open the mask, go to layers, new mask layer, from image, and in the drop down box, search for your mask. If you are using the same one I am, make sure you have invert mask transparency checked. Delete the maks, and merge the group. Resize the mask if you'd like. I resized mine by 90%. Add any other elements you'd like to it. I added a doodle and a glitter. Add your copyright and credits as needed, and your name. Crop and resize and then save. If you want it to be transparent, then save as a .png.

Magically Delicious

For some reason, blogspot is taking my transparent .png tags and showing a white background!!! grrrrr For this tutorial you will need the following: Paint Shop Pro, any version should work, I am using PSP X. St Patricks Template 01 by Artmama. We had a template challenge over at the Ismael Rac Stalkers forum and she made the templates for that. You can join the forum and get it, or you can head on over to our blog, Xeracx Stalker Creations, and pick it up there. Her's is the first set, just click on her name to go to her download. Scrap kit. I am using a PTU kit by Kat NKDA called Clover and Gold, which you can purchase at AMI. Tube(s) of your choice. I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac which you can also purchase at AMI. Plugin: Xero Radience Mask of choice. I am using Gemsmask21, but I don't have any info anymore about where to download it. You can use any rounded mask. Let's begin! Open the template, delete the top layer, resize to 575x575 pixels, then change the canvas size to 650x650 so you have some room to work. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with white and send it to the bottom to help you see what you're working with (we'll delete it in the end). Make the square layer active, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert. Open a paper, copy and paste as a new layer, make sure the paper layer is active, and hit delete on your keyboard. Open a tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the square how you want it, and on the tube layer, hit delete on your keyboard. Duplicate the tube. On the top layer, adjust, blur, gaussian blur set at 3, change the opacity to soft light. On the bottom tube layer, apply Xero Radience with the factory settings. Delete the original square layer. Make the circle layer active, selections, float, defloat, invert, open another paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard. Delete the original circle layer. Make the rectangle layer active, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, arrange it over the far left frame and click delete on your keyboard. Do the same for the next 3 areas. If any of your tube falls over into the next section, when you get done, deselect and take your eraser tool and erase what goes outside the rectangle space your tube is in. Change the blend mode on each of these tubes to Luminance. Open your full sized tube, copy and paste it so that it's just above the square frame but below the clouds layer. Add a drop shadow. Copy a paper and paste as a new layer, drag to the bottom. I used paper 8 because it was white with a gray design on it, and that way just the design shows. Open your mask in psp. Go to layers, New mask layer, from image. In the scoll down box, look for your mask. Click ok. Delete the mask and merge the group. Mine wasn't showing very well, so I duplicated it twice to make it darker then merged all the mask layers together. You can duplicate yours as many times as you need to make it dark as you'd like it. Add any other elements to the tag you'd like. Add your name. I used Cry Unical and made the background #2a952a, the foreground white, and the stroke set to 3. Then convert to raster layer and add a drop shadow. Add your copyright info. Crop your image, delete the white background layer if you added one to work with it, save as a .png file so it's transparent. You're all done!