Elegance

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.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Tearful Love, a PTU kit by Alika's Scraps, available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Little Miss Priss

Plugins: No outside plugins

Some things that are done over and over I am going to abbreviate as follows:
O/C/P = Open copy and paste an element or paper
C/S/I = Click inside with magic wand, selections, invert


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 850 x 850 white canvas
O/C/P as 110 frame
C/S/I, selections, modify, expand 2
O/C/P paper 13, drag below frame layer, click delete on your keyboard,
leave selected.
O/C/P your close up tube, arrange in frame, click delete on your keyboard.

Add your elements checking my tag for placement
as70, duplicate, mirror, merge down the two layers together, drag below frame & paper, resize 115%
as81, resize by 70%  & again by 60%
as87, resize 55%
as85, resize 45%
as107 resize 45%
as115 resize 45%
as93 resize 30%
as72 resize 45%
as95 resize 50%
as82

Crop and resize
Add your copyrights and credits as needed
Add your name or other text.

Janesko Dreamer

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 Jennifer Janesko which you need a license to use. I got my tubes at CILM when they were open, but she is now at CDO.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Dreamer, a PTU kit by PolkaDot Scraps, available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Digs My Hart

Plugins: Mura Meister Copies

Some things that are done over and over I am going to abbreviate as follows:
O/C/P = Open copy and paste an element or paper
C/S/I = Click inside with magic wand, selections, invert


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 850 x 850 white background.

O/C/P frame 1, resize 80%
C/S/I, O/C/P paper 2, click delete on your keyboard,
leave selected, O/C/P your tube as a new layer,
and arrange inside the frame. Click delete on your keyboard.


Orb 1 & orb 2, O/C/P and arrange side by side at the top of the tag, merge down, resize by 80%
Apply Mura Meister Copies with the following settings:

Drag it down so it surrounds your frame. Duplicate, mirror and merge down.

Now we'll add our elements. Look at my tag for placement

Sparkle 1 arrange over top of frame and tube.

Clouds, resize 55%

Umbrella, resize 75%

Flowers 1, 2 and 3, resize by varying amounts and arrange along the bottom

I resized them all somewhere around 25-35%

Ribbon 1, resize 80% arrange through the flowers

Berry, resize 20% arrange on bottom with flowers

Scatter, resize 55% rotate right 20

Bird, resize 25%

Crop and resize

Add your copyrights and credits as needed

Add your name and save

Ascension of Angels

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  Michael Calandra, which you need a license to use.  At the time I got my tube, he was with MPT, but now he's with CDO.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit Ascension by Designs by Sarah that you can buy at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Beautiful ES

Mask: DBV Mask 111

Plugins: Xero Porcelain

Some things that are done over and over I am going to abbreviate as follows:
O/C/P = Open copy and paste an element or paper
C/S/I = Click inside with magic wand, selections, invert
C/S/M/E= Click inside with magic wand, selection, modify, expand

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!

On each element after you get it resized and placed we will duplicate it, on the top copy adjust, blur, gaussian 3, change blend mode to soft light.

On the bottom copy apply Xero Porcelain with the default settings except set the blue to zero

I did not do this with the real see through type elements like the scatters, moon, sun, etc

Open a new canvas 750 x 750 with a white background

O/C/P frame 3 resize 75%

C/S/M/E 2 selections invert

O/C/P paper 8 selections, invert click delete on your keyboard and deselect

O/C/P  your tube, arrange in the middle area

Now for the elements:

O/C/P scatter 1 drag this layer to the bottom and arrange on the right

O/C/P moon 1, arrange on the right side just above scatter 1

O/C/P cloud 2, resize 75% arrange above the frames layer across the bottom

O/C/P sun arrange over top left of frame resize 80%

O/C/P halo resize by 20 then 80% arrange over your tube if your tube doesn't have a halo

O/C/P feather 1 resize 20% arrange on the bottom

You may want to duplicate and resize this and arrange them around the tube

O/C/P ribbon 5, resize 45% arrange on right side on frame

O/C/P paper 17 drag it down just above your white background

Apply your mask.

crop, resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

Add your name and save

Kinky

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.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Digitial Indulgence called 50 Shades

Font of choice, I am using CAC Shishoni Brush

Mask: Vix big Mask 1 

Plugins: No outside plugins

Template by Brutal Designs it's the one that says "Tough Outside Girly Inside"

Some things that are done over and over I am going to abbreviate as follows:
O/C/P = Open copy and paste an element or paper
C/S/I = Click inside with magic wand, selections, invert
C/P = copy and paste as a new layer


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 template shift D to duplicate, close original

Change template size to 850 x 850

Flood fill the background layer with white.

Delete the following layers: credits, word art 1, word art 2, purple rec top, lt grey rec top

Fill the different layers using different papers by clicking inside with magic wand, selections, invert, open the paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard. 

Make sure the circle in the middle is selected, open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard. Change the blend mode to Luminance(L). Lower opacity to about 80

Open your main tube, C/P arrange along the bottom. If you're using the same tube as I did, I resized by about 70%

Add elements:

Explicit Content resize 70%

label resize 45%

Flower resize 15% then 50%

Lips resize 80% lower opacity to 60%

Mask resize 65%

Champagne bottle resize 45%

Whip resize 45% rotate right 25

Paddle resize 40%

add paper 1 just above the white background and apply your mask.

i wanted a little bit more mask showing around the top and bottom so after applying the mask and merging the group I then clicked on my Mesh Warp tool and grabbed a few of the little squares on it and pulled them down, up or over to drag the edges of the mask where I wanted.

Crop and resize

Add your copyrights and credits

Add your name and save

Song of the Sea

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  Arthur Crowe which you need a license to use.  This particular tube is a forum exclusive made for the ACDiva forum.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit Melody of the Sea by Designs by Sarah, available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Carpenter Script

Mask: Gemsmask172 from Gems Taggin Scraps

Plugins: No outside plugins used

Some things that are done over and over I am going to abbreviate as follows:
O/C/P = Open copy and paste an element or paper
C/S/I = Click inside with magic wand, selections, invert


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 850 x 1000 with a white background. 

O/C/P paper 10 apply your mask

O/C/P arch, resize 75% pull slightly to the left

O/C/P boat, arrange to the right of arch

O/C/P fish 2, arrange behind the arch
O/C/P plant 7 arrange in front of the arch
O/C/P plant 11, resize 55% arrange over top edge of ship
O/C/P your tube, arrange it in front of everything
O/C/P bubbles resize 55% arrange over ship
O/C/P chest, resize 40% arrange on left near arch
O/C/P sand2 arrange underneath tube
O/C/P dolphins resize 40% arrange on top left
O/C/P fish 5 arrange in the middle of the tag by arch & ship, below the bubbles layer

O/C/P swirls 1, resize 40% arrange in front of ship

O/C/P string ray, resize 40%  arrange on bottom right

O/C/P  flower, resize 45% arrange in front of mermaid,

duplicate, resize by 75% arrange slightly left

O/C/P sea plant 1 resize 45% arrange in front of chest

Crop and resize

Add your copyrights and credits as needed

Add your name and save!

Nightlife

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 Arthur Crowe, which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching Sensual Afro kit available at Arthur Crowe's store. The link provided for the kit goes to the tube & kit set.

Font of choice, I am using Lighthouse 2, Gelatina Elemente,

Mask of choice.

Plugins: Eye candy 4000 Gradient Glow


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 850 x 850 white background.

Open cityscape, copy and paste as a new layer. Apply Gradient glow with the default settings but change the color to yellow then grab the little marker, drag to the right a ways and click on the color to make the second color white.
Disco ball copy and paste as a new layer, drag below city. Apply gradient glow but change the glow width to 15

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80% arrange on the right.


add the following elements
heart,  resize by 75% arrange on left on buildings
paint can, resize by 30% arrange on left bottom
stardust, arrange on right
can, resize 30% arrange on bottom right
Kicks, resize 35% arrange on bottom right
Nail polish, resize by 30% arrange bottom right
Bag, resize by 40% arrange on bottom right
Ribbon, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange on the bottom
and erase the bits that hang over where you don't want them.

Copy and paste a paper  just above the white background, apply your mask.

Apply your text.
Crop and resize.
Add your copyrights and credits as needed
Add your name then save

Sexy Tanktop

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.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the PTU kit Sexy Tanktop to match the tube which are also available at Rac's store.   At the time of this tut, both the tube and scrap kit are previews and won't be available for a few days.

Template02_CC by Addictive Templates. It's the second one on the page.

Font of choice, I am using Gelatina Elemente

Plugins: Mura Meister Tone


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 the template, shift D to duplicate.
Delete the following layers: Raster 4, Raster 17 & Raster 16

Resize to 650 x 650 then change the canvas size to 850 x 850 and flood fill the background with some color that will contrast with the kit and the template so you can see what you are doing. I used grey.

Fill the layers by clicking on them in the layer pallet to make active, click inside it with your magic wand, selections, invert, open the paper, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange, click delete on your keyboard. Deselect then delete the original layer on the template leaving only your paper layers.

I used the following for each layer:
For layers 8 &10, use paper 7
Raster 14, use paper 5
Raster 3 & 6, use paper 1

Now take all the white frame layers and fill them with a color that will contrast with the paper you used.
For example, raster 2 & 5 I used #ad85c1.
To do this, make the layer active by clicking on it in your layer pallet, then click inside the shape with your magic wand. Add a new layer, flood fill with your color, then deselect and delete the original layer.

Do this for layers 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 & 13 picking a color you like for the frame.
I used the purple for all of them, then green for the frame around the big rectangle.
After filling each layer go back and add some noise to them.
Adjust, add remove noise, add noise, uniform 45%, monochrome selected.

On raster 12, click inside it with your magic wand.
Apply Mura Meister Tone with the following settings:

then deselect.

Make raster 15 active, click inside each of the squares with your magic wand, selections, invert. 

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange it in the first square, click delete on your keyboard. 

Repeat for each of the other 2 squares.

Once you get all 3 done, merge together and duplicate.

On the top layer, adjust blur, gaussian by 3. Change the blend mode to soft light.

On the bottom layer, adjust hue and saturation, change both to 0.

Add your main tube, arrange on the right side.

Now for the elements. 

Flowers, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 65%, arrange on the left

Skull resize by 65%

Pomflower, resize by 55%, arrange on the right, duplicate, resize by 65%, arrange on left

Tanktop resize by 60%, arrange on bottom left

Flower branch, resize by 60%, mirror, arrange on top left

Bow 2, resize 60%, arrange over end of flower branch

Hearts, resize by 60%, arrange above the two left squares in the middle area

Butterfly, resize 45% rotate left by 20 arrange top left

Rainbow dust, arrange on each corner

Crop and resize

Add your copyright and credits as needed

Add your name and save.

Cupcake Cutie

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  Pinup Toons, which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Cupcake, a PTU kit by Designs by Sarah, which is available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Yummy Cupcakes

Mask:  WSLMask84

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 850 x 850 white background.

Open frame 1 copy and paste as a new layer.
Click inside with a magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2.
Ope paper 7, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard, drag this layer below the frame layer, deselect.

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

Add any elements you'd like. Check my tag for placement reference.
I used:

word art 1, resize by 75%
Ribbon 3 resize 85%
Flower 1, resize 35%, duplicate mirror
Cupcake 3, resize 35%
Cupcake 2, resize 35%
Candy 1 resize 20%, duplicate and mirror
Star gem resize 55%, duplicate and mirror
Cherries, resize 25%, duplicate and mirror
Star 1, resize 25%, duplicate mirror
Candy 2, resize 57% rotate left by 20, duplicate, mirror
Button 1, duplicate, mirror

Crop and resize
Add your mask
Add your copyright and credits as needed
Add your name and save

Chilipepper's Fiesta

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  Alicia Mujica, which you need a license to use.  This particular tube is an exclusive tube for the ACDiva forum.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Fiesta, by Designs by Sarah, which you can get at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Sala de Fiesta

Mask of choice

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 850 x 850 white background.

Open frame 4, copy and paste as a new layer. Click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 2, invert.
Open paper 3, resize 75% click delete on your keyboard, drag below your frame layer, leave selected.
Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the frame, click delete on your keyboard.
Deselect.
Lower the opacity of the tube to about 77

Open frame 1, copy and paste as a new layer. Adjust hue and saturation, colorize. Change hue to 18 saturation to 244.
Click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, invert.
Open paper 2, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard, drag it below the frame.
Merge down. Resize by 60% two times
Arrange at the bottom left of the green frame, see my tag for reference.

Add the following elements:
Flower 3, resize by 30%
Mini flower 2, resize 45%
Bow 1, resize 75%
Ribbon 1, resize 75%
Sombrero resize 35%
Lime resize 25%
Maraca resize 30%
pepper 1 resize 35%
Pepper 2 resize 35%
Tequila resize 45%
Shot resize 40%

Crop and resize.
Add your mask
Add your copyright and credits as needed and your name then save.

Sweet Spring Kiss

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 licence to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Sweetly Sprung, a PTU kit by Alika's Scraps, which you can find at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Heart Temp #1 by Athena which you will find on the Creative Misfits blog.

Font of choice, I am using Scriptina 

Mask: Vix big Mask 18

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 your template, shift D to duplicate, close the original.

Delete the following layers: ©, mask, all hearts frames and backs.

Unhide the white background layer, resize to about 640 x 640 then change the canvas size to 850 x 850.

This gives us some room to work.

Fill layers Back 1, 2, 3, and 4 with papers. I used papers 1, 3, 7 and 8.

Do this by making the layer active, click inside it with the magic wand,

selections, invert, copy and paste the paper, click delete on your keyboard.

Deselect the layer and delete the original template layer. 

Next we will change the color of the frames layer. To do this, choose which color you would like to make them. Right click with your mouse on the black frame, left click on the papers on the color you'd like to make the frame. Make your color replacer tool active, then just go over the frame and it will change the color of the frame.

Once done with that, click on adjust, add/remove noise, add noise, uniform, 40, monochrome checked.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize if needed. Mine needed to be resized by about 45%.

Erase the parts that hang over where you don't want them.

Now add the elements you'd like. Check my tag for placement. I used:

as04

as08

as20, resize 75%

as24, resize 40%, rotate left 20

as07, mirror rotate right 30

as23

as17 on top and bottom

as15, resize 50%

as21, resize 35%

as06

Add a new raster layer above the white background.

Flood fill with #fab2c9 and add your mask.

Crop, resize, add your credits/copyrights

add your name and save.

Coming soon........

New tube Sexy Luck with matching kit coming soon to Ismael Rac's store!

U Make Me

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 Elias Chatzoudis which you need a license to use. The store I got my tube from has closed, and he now has his own independent store, which is linked above when you click his name.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using U Make Me Smile, a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designz

Font of choice

Mask: of choice

Plugins: Xero Porcelain

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 850 x 850 white background.

Open frame 4, copy and paste as a new layer.  Rotate left by 90.

Click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 3, selections, invert.

Open paper 10, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard, drag it below the frame layer. Leave selected

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer above the frame. Arrange it, then duplicate it. Drag the duplicate below the frame, hide the copy.

Now take your eraser tool and erase the parts of the tube that are hanging outside the frame where you don't want it. I erased what was hanging below the frame and to the right of the frame. Deselect.

Unhide the duplicate copy, take your eraser tool and erase the parts that you don't want showing.

You have the bottom copy there, so you don't have to be super careful to go pixel by pixel to erase.

If you are adding a drop shadow to your tube, ONLY apply it to the bottom tube.

Now just add the elements you'd like. Look at my tag for placement.

I used the following:

Flowers 02 and 03 resize, duplicate several times and arrange around the tag

Do the same for the gems, see tag for reference

bird, resize 45%

Swarkle 1, arrange across the bottom

Use both greens, resize to 45%, the one that is sideways, rotate to the left by 90. arrange on left side

When I got done placing all the elements, I hide the frame, background and tube, and then merge visible the elements, then duplicate, on the top layer, gaussian blur 3, change the blend mode to soft light and apply xero porcelain with the default settings except blue to 0. Then unhide the other layers.

Add your paper, just above the white background, apply your mask

crop and resize

add your credits and copyrights as needed

add your text and save

Garden of Eve

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 Arthur Crowe, which you need a license to use. I bought my tube at PSP Tubes Emporium which is no longer open. You can purchase his tubes now from his independent store here.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  Eve's Garden a PTU kit by Alika's Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Remachine Script

Mask: Vix Big Mask 19

Plugins:  Xero Porcelain

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 850 x 850 white background.

On each of the elements, unless otherwise noted, duplicate the element, on the top element adjust blur, gaussian 3, change the blend mode to soft light, then on the bottom element, apply Xero Porcelain with the default settings except change the blue to 0. If you don't want to do it with each individual element, you can wait until you get certain areas of the tag done, like the right side, merge all of those together, then go ahead and duplicate that and apply the setting above to it.

For placement of elements, see my tag.

Open as31, copy and paste as a new layer, click inside it with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 3. Selections, invert.

Open paper 5, arrange in the frame, click delete on your keyboard, leave selected.

Open your close up tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the frame, click delete on your keyboard, deselect.

as02, copy and paste, arrange on the right side, near the top of the frame.

as17, copy and paste, mirror, resize by 65%, arrange on the right side, drag layer below frame layer.

as12, resize 65%, arrange on the right so it looks like the owl's sitting on it

as41, resize by 45%, arrange on bottom right near the jar

as11, resize by 45%, rotate left by 90, arrange on top right, duplicate, drag this layer lower, merge them together.

Open your main tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the middle of the tag.

as35, resize by 30% arrange on the right side

as37, resize by 60% arrange on bottom left, duplicate, resize by 75% mirror, rotate right 30, arrange a little higher on the left side, duplicate this one, resize by 75%, rotate left 30

Duplicate and resize the flowers, mirroring some, and arranging along the left side

just as we did above for the hearts. For the flowers, if I resized 35% or something really small like that, 

I did not resize that same amount, I did the second and third resize by 75 or 85%

as09, resize by 75%, mirror, arrange on left

as38, resize by 35%, arrange on the left

as19, resize by 75% arrange on the left, when I duplicated this one, I did not resize it

Open paper 6, copy and paste as a new layer, open your mask and apply it to the paper.

Crop and resize, add your copyright and credits

Add your name or text and save