In Remembrance

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Frank Munoz which you need a license to use.

Font of choice, I am using  Daniel Script

Plugins:
Mura Meisters Copies
Xero Fritillary
Xero Radiance


Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.


Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 white background

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer
apply Mura Meisters Copies Wallpaper Rotate using default
settings except change the top number to 28

Adjust blur, gaussian blur 20
Adjust blur radial blur with the following settings
blur type twirl
strength 100
twirl degree 0
eliptical checked
horizontal offset 30
vertical offset 40
protect center 10

Duplicate and hide the top layer.

On the bottom layer, apply texture effects fine leather with the following settings:
color #dcdcdc
angle 30
blur 40
transparency 250
number of furrows 40
length of furrors 4

Apply Xero Radiance default settings to this bottom layer

On the top layer, apply Xero Fritillary default settings except change the bottom number to 15
Change blend mode to soft light.

Add your tube.

Add your copyright/credits, your text and your name then save

Circle It

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Snapshot Ninja Photography, which you need a license to use.  

Font of choice, I am using Zebra

Plugins: Mura Meister Copies

Xero Porcelain & Fritillary

Eye Candy 4000 Shadowlab

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 600 x 250, white background.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer.

Apply Mura Meister Copies, wallpaper rotate with the default settings.

Adjust blur, motion blur with the radius set to 47, strength at 100, repeat and duplicate.

On the bottom layer adjust, blur, radial blur with the following settings:

Twirl

Strength 100

Twirl degrees 0

Eliptical checked

horizontal offset 0

vertical offset 0

protect center 10

Effects, edge effects, enhance more, repeat

Apply Xero Porcelain default settings

On the top copy, apply Xero Fritillary using the default settings, but change variation to 15.

Change the blend mode to Soft light.

Choose a color from your tube as your background color and white as the foreground.

Go to the gradients tab, and select circular, angle 0 and repeats at 20.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your gradient.

Effects, texture effects, weave with the following settings:

Gap size 2

width 14

opacity 15

all the colors set to white

fill gaps checked

Now apply effects, texture effects, blinds with the following settings:

width 2

opacity 20

color black

horizontal and light from top checked

Change the opacity of this layer to soft light

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, arrange on the right.

Apply Eye Candy Shadow Lab with the following settings top to bottom

225

28.80

100

20.16

0

color black

draw only outside selection checked

Leave your colors set how you used them for the gradient. 

Use your preset shapes tool set on rectangle width at 4 

and draw out a rectangle just below the center of the tag and all the way from the left side to just behind the tube.

Make sure you are on the white background layer, click selections, select all, float, defloat

modify, set selection borders set at 3

Add a new raster layer at the top and fill the selection with your gradient.

Drag your tube to the top.

Add your copyright/credits & your name then save.

Hope Whispers

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac, which you need a license to use.
I got my tube when I was a member of his forum and he was doing special tubes for the Stalker of the Month members. He then moved the tube to his store, but I don't see it there anymore.
You can find several other special BCA tubes at his store here.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  a PTU kit by Lexi Creationz Scrapz called Hope Whispers, which you can find at Designer Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Monster Paparazzi

Mask of your choice, I'm using WSL84 by Weescotslass Creations

Plugins: No outside plugins used


Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.


Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 750 x 750, white background.

Open frame 3, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 70%.
Click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 3.
Open paper 6, copy and paste as a new layer, drag between the white background
and the frame, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard and leave selected.
Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange.
Take your eraser tool and erase the bits you don't want showing
over your frame. Deselect.

Add elements, I used:

Flower doodle, resized by 80%
Corset, resized by 45%, rotate left by 12
Shoes, resized 38%, mirror
Nail polish, resized 25%
Lipstick, resized 25%
Cupcake 2, resized 25%
Kitty, resized 35%
Charm 1, resize by 50%

Add your mask.

Crop and resize.

Add your copyright and name, then save

Autumn

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey, which you need a license to use. I got my tubes at PTE when he was there. He now has his own independent store.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Honored Scraps called Harvest Moon.

Font of choice, I am using House Sitter's club

Mask: VixMask260

Plugins: No outside plugins used

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 750 x 750 white background.

Open element 23, copy and paste as a new layer.

With your magic wand set to Add(Shift) click inside each of the squares.

Selections, invert.

Open paper 6, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard,

drag it below the frame layer, leave selected.

Open one of your tubes, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the frame,

click delete on your keyboard. Leave selected.

Open your other tube, do the same as above, arranging in the other side

of your frames. Deselect.

Hide the white background layer, merge visible.

Rotate to the left by 8.

Open element 3, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange along the bottom of the frame.

Open element 10, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange below the "autumn" element

along the bottom left. Duplicate, image mirror.

Open element 2, resize by 35%, copy and paste, move to the bottom right.

Do the same with elements 39 & 40, except resize by 30%, arrange on

bottom left.

Open element 50, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 45%,

arrange behind the frame, in the middle.

Open paper 6, copy and paste as a new layer, just above the white background.

Apply your mask.

Open the mask in psp, go to Layers, new mask layer, from image,

find the mask in the drop down box, click on it

click ok, delete the mask,

click ok, then merge group.

drop the opacity of the mask layer to about 65%

Resize the mask layer to about 85%.

Crop, resize, add your copyright & name, then save!

Devil Girl In the City

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Kim Draper, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using New Age Outlaw, a PTU kit by Wicked Princess Scraps.
There are blinkies along the left side of the blog so you can go to whichever store you'd like to purchase the kit.

Font of choice, I am using Strangeworld

Plugins: No outside plugins

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!


Open a new canvas 750 x 750 white background.

Open frame 2, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 70%.
Click inside it with your magic wand, selections, invert.
Open paper 9, copy and paste as a new layer,
click delete on your keyboard, drag the paper below the frame.
Leave selected.

Open cityscape 2, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 80%.
Click delete on your keyboard & deselect.

Hide the white background, merge visible. Unhide white background.
Move the frame over slightly to the right.

Open metal frame. Copy and paste as a new layer,
resize by 35%.
Click inside all 3 of the parts of the frame with your magic wand
having it set to add/shift.
Open paper 5, copy and paste as a new layer,
click delete on your keyboard, drag paper below frame.
Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer,
between the paper and metal frame.
Arrange where you want, click delete on your keyboard.
Deselect.
Change blend mode to luminance(L)

Hide the square frame and white background,
merge visible, unhide hidden layers.
Resize the metal frame layer to 70%.

Copy and paste the tube again, resize by 75%
mirror, arrange on the left side.

Add any elements you'd like. I used:
Cycle 1, resize by 70%
Fencing, rotate right 45, resize 80%
Stack money, resize by 30%
Spiked skull, resize by 30% then 80%
Poker chips, resize by 20%

Crop, resize
Add your copyright & name then save.