Be Yourself

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 Jamie Kidd which you need a license to use.  

At the time of this tutorial she is at CDO, my tube came from  CILM

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Live, Laugh, & Love a PTU kit by Digital Indulgence 

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Jumping Jacks

Mask of your choice

Plugins: No outside plugsins

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 with a white background

Open arrow circle resize 75%, then again by 80%

Take your freehand  selection tool set on point to point and click around the middle wire all the way around, where it ends at the top and the heart is, just draw the line out through the heart and back to the beginning of the wire on the other side. 

When you get to your starting point, double click

Open paper 13, copy and paste as a new layer between the frame and white background

selections, invert, click delete on the keyboard, leave selected.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, erase the bits that hang over the bottom.

Now we'll add our elements, check my tag for placement

Ribbons 2 resize 45% rotate left 25

Label resize 45%

Flower 2 resize 175% drag to the bottom

Birds on a branch resize 45%

crop and resize

add your copyrights and credits 

add your text and save

femme Fatale

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.  

At the time of this tutorial the tube was a preview of tubes that are coming soon. However,

the tube should be in the store very soon after this post goes up. If you don't see it in the store, check back in a day or so. It's called 2013 Pinup Girl

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  High Maintenance, by Inzpired Creationz, which used to be a PTU kit, but now is FTU

Femme Fatale template by Brutal Designs

Font of choice, I am using Scriptina

Mask: Vix big mask 1

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 credits layer & teal dotted line

Resize the template to about 650 x 650 then change the canvas size to about 850 x 850. 

Add a new layer, flood fill with white, and send that layer to the bottom.

Fill the layers with papers, to do this make sure the layer you want to fill has been clicked on in your layer palette. 

Click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, modify, invert, open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, 

click delete on your keyboard.

Delete the original template layer

Some layers, like the frames, you may just want to flood fill with a color from your kit. To do this, click on the layer in your layer palette, add another raster layer above it,

click inside the shape with your magic wand, and flood fill it with your color

Delete the original template layer

I am using the following on each layer:

White circle bottom & top & teal noisy circle frame use paper 9

blk square bottom and grey square top & grey bottom rectangle use paper 8

Teal octogon top & bottom use paper 4

Grey rectangle top use paper 10

Blk circle, use paper 1

Now go back to the big circle in the middle of the template, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert

open your tube, mirror it, copy and paste as a new layer, and arrange in the circle, once it's where you want it, click delete on your keyboard. Drop the opacity to about 50

Now copy and paste your full tube and arrange on the right side. 

If you are using the same tube as me, I resized her about 45%

Drag the word art layer up so it's over the tube

Add a new raster layer above the white background, make a gradient using two colors from your kit (I used red and black) repeats on 4, angle on 30, flood fill this layer and apply your mask.

Now we'll add our elements. Please check my tag for exact placement.

Doggy 1 resize 55%

Purse 1 resize 55%

Wallet resize 40%

Bow 1 resize 30%

Star charm resize 50%

Champagne resize 60%

Camera resize 40% mirror

Makeup 2 resize 80%

Eye shadow resize 30%

Blush resize 55%

Nail polishes resize 45%

Lipstick resize 40%

Ribbon 3

Perfume 2 resize 40%

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Radio Girl

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.  

At the time of this tutorial the tube was a preview of tubes that are coming soon.

If the tube isn't in the store, it will be there within a day or two of this tutorial posting

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Radio Top Girl, by Sandy's Design, which matches the tube

It is also coming soon to Arthur's store and will be released as soon as the tube is.

Font of choice, I am using Rat Infested Mailbox

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 with a white background

Open frame 3, copy and paste as a new layer, click inside it with your magic wand

selections, modify, expand 3

Open paper 12, copy and paste as a new layer, 

invert, click delete on your keyboard, drag the paper below the frame

deselect

Open Cityscape, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange behind frame.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer. If you use the same one as I did, 

I resized mine by 72%

Add your elements. Check my tag for exact placement

Cd case 1 & 2, resize both by 25%

Bracelet 1 resize by 25%

Satin ribbon2 resize 80%

Halftone 2 resize 120%

Glitter 2, arrange on right, duplicate & mirror

Sparkles 3, arrange behind paper & frame but above city

Sparkles 1

crop & resize
add your copyright and credits
add your text and save

Urban Girl

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. 

At the time of this tutorial, the tube was a preview of tubes that are coming soon to the store,

the tube should be available within 1-2 days after this tutorial is posted 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the Sensual Afro kit by Scottish Butterfly which is available in 

Arthur's store 

Template 174 by Addictive Templates

Font of choice, I am using Rat Infested Mailbox

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 your template, shift D to duplicate

Delete raster 10 layer

Resize to about 650 x 650 pixels

then change the canvas size to about 850 x 850 pixels

Fill the layers with papers, to do this make sure the layer you want to fill has been clicked on in your layer palette. 

Click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, modify, invert, open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, 

click delete on your keyboard.

Delete the original template layer

Some layers, like the frames, you may just want to flood fill with a color from your kit. To do this, click on the layer in your layer palette, add another raster layer above it,

click inside the shape with your magic wand, and flood fill it with your color

Delete the original template layer

I used these papers for each layer

Raster 5, use paper 10

Raster 6 & 7, use paper 6

Raster 2, use paper 7

Raster 1, use paper 1

Raster 3 & 4 use paper 2

Raster 8 & 9 use paper 5

On the two round layers, make the first one active, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert

open your close up tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange inside the circle frame,

click delete on your keyboard, change the blend mode to Luminance(L) drop the opacity to about 60.

Do the same for the other circle, but mirror the tube.

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

Now we'll add our elements, see tag for exact placement

Cityscape, drag down so it's just behind the circle layers and above 

the back rectangle layers in the layer palette

Stardust

Spray paint resize 40%

Can resize 40%

Perfume resize 40%

crop and resize

add copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Wishy

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 Roman Zaric which you need a license to use.  

At the time of this tut, this tube is a preview of tubes that are "coming soon" to the store

it should be out within a day or two of the date of this tut

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  the matching scrap kit "Wishy" by Rissa's Designs

which will also be coming soon to Roman's store.

MC_Misfit Template 1 by Melissa, available at the Creative Misfits Creations blog.

Font of choice, I am using Daniel Script

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: Alien Skin 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 your template, shift D to duplicate, close the original

Delete the following layers: Raster 3, Merged (the top one), Raster 5

Fill the layers with papers, to do this make sure the layer you want to fill has been clicked on in your layer palette. Click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, modify, invert, open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard.

For layers that have noise, or the checkerboard looking layer, instead of clicking with your magic wand, go to selections, select all, float, defloat, then invert and copy and paste your paper or add a new layer and flood fill with a color of your choosing.

These are the papers I used

Raster 7 & Raster 2, use paper 2

Raster 1, paper 7

Merged layer just above raster 7 (the long rectangles at the top and bottom) fill with white 

add noise, monochrome, uniform at 75

For the merged layer, just above the two middle squares, fill with black

Raster 6 fill with #b41e1f

Raster 4 leave as is

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, if you're using the same one I am, resize by 50%

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

City scene arrange on top, behind the rectangle and frame, erase the bits that stick out beyond the edges

Silhouette add a gradient glow with the width of 5, white

I erased her hand where it was sticking out on the left

Sign, resize 45%

Speakers, resize 45% mirror, add gradient glow of 6 change the colors to white and #b41e1f

Minipod resize 35%

Martini resize 35%

Paddle resize 55%

Handcuffs resize 45% rotate left 45

Make a gradient with the foreground set at #b41e1f and the background on black 

set on Linear, angle 35, repeats 3

Add a layer above the white background layer, flood fill with your gradient

apply your mask

crop & resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Cool Summer

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 Cool Summer, a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designz, available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice 

Mask of your 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 pixels with a white background.

Open frame 1, copy and paste as a new layer, rotate by 90, 

resize 85 %

Click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify 3, invert

Open paper 13, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard, leave selected

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, erase the bits that hang out of the frame where you don't want them.

Now we'll add our elements. Check my tag for exact placement

Flower 5

Snow cone, resize 35%

Strawberry resize 30% rotate left 20

Melon, resize 20% rotate left 90

Popsicle 2, resize 20% rotate right 20

popsicle 1, resize 20% rotate left 20

Sunglasses resize 25%

Rainbow, resize 50%

add your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

Steampunk Love

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 Steampunk Love, a PTU by Scottish Butterfly Creations

Font of choice, I am using Carpenter Script

Mask: WSLMask 84

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 850 x 850 with a white background

We're going to start with our elements first and build a frame. 

Use the following and check my tag for placement reference.

Element 51, place across the bottom

Element 30, place over element 51, near the bottom of it

Element 57, place on the right, below the other layers but hanging out on the right side

Duplicate and mirror element 57

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the middle of the frame, erase any bits that hang out where you don't want them.

Element 35, arrange on left, duplicate & mirror, lower the one on the right just a little bit

Make sure to drag this layer below the others in the layer palette

Element 3, resize 45%, arrange on left

Element 13, resize 45% arrange on left

Open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer, just above the white background layer

Apply your mask

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

I Love Nerds

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.  

At the time of this tutorial this tube was a preview of "coming soon" to the store tubes and is not in the store.

It should be available within a day or two of this tut being posted.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using I Love Nerds by Killer Kitty's Killer Kreations,

which is a PTU scrap kit that is also coming soon to Ismael Rac's store. It will be in the store at the same time the tube is released.

Font of choice, I am using Dagobert

Mask: WSLmask84

Plugins: Alien Skin 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

Click inside all the white areas in the frame with your magic wand, selections, 

modify, expand 3, selections, invert.

Open paper 11, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%

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

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%, take your eraser tool and erase where you don't want it hanging over the frame. Deselect.

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

smudge

nerdy scatter - add gradient glow of 3, white to make it pop a bit

iPod, resize 40%

Glasses 2, resize 40%

paper flower, resize 40%

Star 1, resize 45%, rotate right 10

Sparkles

kitty, resize 45%

Add paper 3 just above the white background layer, apply your mask

Crop & resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

Eat Your Heart Out

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 Roman Zaric which you need a license to use.  

At the time of this tutorial the tube is a preview of tubes that are "coming soon" to the store

It should be available in the next day or two if it's not there when you do this tut.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching scrap kit Gillian, by Killer Kitty's Killer Kreations,

which is also coming soon to Roman's store. 

Font of choice, I am using Dahling Script and Impact for the word art & then Dearest script for the name

Mask: WSLMask84

Plugins: Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow for the name (optional)

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 with a white background

Copy and paste paper 10 as a new layer, apply your mask.

Open choco-heart, copy and paste as a new layer, rotate left 25, arrange toward top left

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 50%

Melted heart, rotate right 50, arrange on the right

Chrome heart arrange on the right

Deco heart, arrange across the bottom, resize 115%

Splatter smudge, arrange across bottom between deco heart and chrome heart

Add the words Eat Your Heart Out

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

Bling

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.  

At the time of this tutorial, this tube was not yet released and is coming soon to Arthur's store.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching kit, Bling Bling Babe by Kandii Popz, which will also be available in Arthur's store once the tube is released. 

Font of choice, I am using Prowler 

Mask: wsl mask 84

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 resize 70%

Take your freehand selection tool set on point to point and left click on each of the top outside corners of the chain links until you get all the way around. Once you get back to the beginning, double click 

It should look like this:

Open paper 4, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard.

Then take your eraser and erase the bits of paper showing between the links at the top, like this:

Open your close up tube, mirror it, copy and paste as a new layer,

arrange in the frame, click delete

Open your main tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize about 70%.

Add your elements, see my tag for placement.

Sneakers, resize 60%

boombox, resize 60, rotate right 25

cell phone, resize 55%

zipped heart, resize 60%, rotate left 25

dollar sign, resize 60%, rotate right 25

Open paper 8, copy and paste just above the white background layer,

apply your mask

add wire just above that, rotate right 25

string 2, resize 45%

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Dream a Better World

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 Aiden by PolkaDot Scraps available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.  

Font of choice, I am using Beautiful ES

Mask of your choice

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 850 x 850 white background

Open frame 2, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%

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

Open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in frame,

click delete on your keyboard.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 50% if you're using the same one as me

arrange on the frame so she's sitting on the bottom portion.

Now we'll add our elements. Please check my tag for exact placement.

Leaves 1, rotate left 65, resize 45%, duplicate, mirror

Leaves 2, rotate right 85, resize 65%

Flowers 1, mirror, resize 75%

Flowers 3, 2, & fabric flowers 3, resize to various sizes and arrange along the leaves

Frame 5, drag it all the way down to just above the white background and erase the bits that go over the top of the frame. Just have it showing along the sides and bottom

scalloped swirl

Fillagre

Splash 2

Tag strips, rotate 25 to the right, resize 55%, drag between some of the flowers layers

wa

Wire

Fabric Flower 3&4, leave full sized and have them showing over the top of the frame, drag down below

all the other layers except the yellow flower frame layer and the greenish dots (splash 2) layers

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

American Muscle

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 Tony Tzanoukakis, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching scrap kit by Rissa's Designs called American Muscle, which is also available in Tony's store.  

Font of choice, I am using Radius

Mask of your 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 1000 x 750 pixels with a white background.

Open frame 3, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%

duplicate, move the copy over and down and leave them just overlapping in the middle.

Click inside with you  magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3, invert

Fill the frames with papers 4 & 6 by copy and paste the papers into the frames, and clicking delete on your keyboard.

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

If you're using the same tube as me, I resized mine by 40%

Arrange in the middle of the frames.

Open America word art, copy and paste as a new layer

arrange over the bottom of the tube

star tree arrange on the right

Open blocks, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%

Open start dangle, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 30%, duplicate

arrange them over the letter in the america word art

Heart, resize 45% rotate left by 30 arrange on the left

Add paper 7, just above the white background layer. 

Add your mask.

Crop, resize

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text and save

Hot Summer

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 Tony Tzanoukakis which you need a license to use.  At the time of this tutorial this tube is a preview of a tube that is coming soon and not available in the store. It will be available in a day or so.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the scrap kit that matches the tag which is also coming soon to Tony Tzanoukakis' store

It's called Hot Summer by Irish Princess Designs 

Font of choice, I am using Carrington

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

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 950 x 850 pixels white background

Open paper 4, copy and paste as a new layer, apply your mask to this. 

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer. If you're using the same one as me, resize about 35%

Add the following elements, see my tag for placement

Board fence resize 115%

sand, duplicate a few times and move around to cover across the bottom

blanket

Lighthouse, resize 40%, drop opacity down to 70 so it blends into the mask

Sandcastle resize 40%

Chair, resize 55%

Umbrella, resize 60%

Drink resize 45%

Boombox, resize 30%

Beach bag, resize 35%

Beach ball resize 25%

Flowers, resize 25%

Crop & resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save!

Sand & 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 Ismael Rac which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designz called Sandy Toes, available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps  

Font of choice, I am using Scriptina

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

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 900 x 900 pixels with a white background

Open frame 1, copy and paste as a new layer

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert

Open paper 9, copy and paste as a new layer

click delete on your keyboard.

Leave selected

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the frame, click delete

Deselect, change the blend mode to Luminence(L)

Paste your tube again, resize by 60% arrange in front of the frame

Open paper 5, copy and paste as a new layer, apply your mask.

Pull the mask up a little toward the top of the tag, duplicate & flip, then pull that layer down a bit

Now for the elements. Check my tag for exact placement.

net

sand, resize 80% duplicate a couple times and arrange around the bottom

Greens resize 75% arrange on the right, duplicate, mirror, pull this one back to the right & arrange,

merge together, duplicate, mirror, duplicate again, arrange higher on left

Sand dollar, resize 40%

Shell 3, resize 40%

Shell 4, resize 40%

Rope, rersize 60%

Coral resize 30%

flower 2, resize 50%

bird, resize 50%

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Mermaid Girl

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, Ocean Blue by Pimp'd Designz, available at 

Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Riesling

Mask: gemsmasks217 from Gems Taggin Scraps

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 850 x 850 with a white background

Open window element, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 135%
Use your selection tool set on circle, click in the center of the window with your mouse
hold the mouse button down and drag it out until the marching ants go all around the clear part of the window and just a tiny bit into the brown frame.
If it's off slightly, no worries, you can move the paper when we get done so it lines up in there better.
Selections, invert
Open paper 4, copy and paste as a new layer click delete on your keyboard.
deselect and move your paper a little if any white shows around the inside of the window frame

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by about 55%

Open paper 5, copy and paste as a new layer, apply your mask, make sure to have this on the bottom, just above the white background layer

Add your elements, check my tag for placement

sand resize 50%
wave 01
rock resize 45%
shell 1 resize 35%
clam resize 20%
seaweed, put on left, duplicate, mirror, duplicate the one on the right, resize by 60% duplicate that one and
drag it to the left side, duplicate that one and mirror

bottle, resize 45%
dolphin resize 85%
fish resize 45%
jellyfish resize 45%
bubbles arrange between two layers of seaweed on right
print 1 arrange between two layers of seaweed on right

Crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save

Pretty Denise

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.  

This tube was not yet in the store when I posted this tut, but it will be available very soon

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching scrap kit for this tube, which is also coming soon, and will be in the Ismael Rac store as soon as the tube is.  The kit is called 2013 Pretty Denise and is by Sandy's Design

Font of choice, I am using Marguerite

Plugins: Visman Extravaganza Transmission

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 pixels with a white background

Open frame 2, copy and paste as a new layer, rotate right by 90

Click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2

Open paper 2, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard,

leave selected

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

Deselect. Change the blend mode on the tube to Luminence(L)

Hide the white background layer, merge visible, unhide white background layer.

Duplicate your framed layer twice

Rotate one to the left by 30, and one to the right 30

merge the two duplicates together, blur gaussian by about 45

Apply Visman Extravaganza with the following settings top to bottom:

6

0

40

Copy and paste your main tube, resize by 50% if you are using the same as me

Now we'll add elements. Check my tag for exact placement reference:

glitter

fluffy, resize 45%

shoe 1, resize 45%

perfume 1, resize 45%

eyeshadow 1 resize 45%

lipgloss resize 45%

lipstick 2 resize 18%

Ribbon 3 resize 50%

fan 1 resize 40%

Crop and resize

add your copyrights and credits

add your text and save

Party in the USA

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 Party In the USA a FTU kit by Sweet Tooth Studio, available at Scrap Candy 

Template 182 by Addictive Templates

Font of choice, I am using BodieMF Flag

Plugins: Xero Radiance, 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 your template, shift D to duplicate it and close the original.

Delete Raster 1 layer & raster 11

Change the canvas size to about 900 x 900 or 1000 x 1000 depending on how much room you like to have to work around in.

To fill the layers with papers, make the layer active in your layer palette, click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, invert,

open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard.
Deselect and delete the original raster layer of the template.

To fill the layers that have noise on them (raster 10 & copy of raster 10) you will have to make it active in your layer palette, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert, then go ahead and copy and paste your paper and click delete on your keyboard.

I used the following papers on the following layers:

Copy 2 of raster 2, Raster 8, & raster 4, use paper 5

Raster 3, use paper 2

Raster 6 & copy of raster 2, use paper 6

Raster 5 & raster 2, use paper 4

Raster 7, use paper 8

Raster 9 & copy of raster 9, use paper 10

Raster 10 & copy of raster 10, use paper 6

add noise to these two layers, monochrome, uniform, 100

Add your main tube and arrange in the middle. Resize it by about 60% if you are using the same one as I am

click on one of the front square layer (raster 9 or copy of raster 9 layer that you filled with paper 10)

selections, select all, float, defloat, invert.

Copy your tube and paste it into the frame, arrange it where you want, click delete on your keyboard.

Deselect. Duplicate the tube, on the top layer, blur, gaussian blur 3, change the blend mode to soft light.

On the bottom layer apply Xero Radiance with the default settings.

Do the same for the other square layer on the other side.

Now just add your elements. Check my tag for exact placement.

Element 20, resize 95%

Element 22, resize 75%

Element 25, resize 55%

Element 16, rotate right 90

Element 14

Element 5, resize 45%

Element 23, resize 65% rotate right 90

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save 

On my name I used background #4364a4 foreground #ab2315,

then apply gradient glow with a width of 5 and the color set on white

Liberty For All

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 Bookworm Dezines called Liberty For All 

which is available at Scrap Candy.

Tracy's Template #47 at Freebie Friends Scraps and More

Font of choice, I am using

Plugins: Alien 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 your template, shift D to duplicate, delete Tracy.F Designz layer

Resize it so the longest end is 600 pixels wide, it will be about 600 x 402 pixels (just make sure that lock aspect ratio is checked and it will automatically resize the height the same proportions as the width)

Resize the canvas to about 850 x 650 so you have room to work.

Add a new layer, flood fill it white and send it to the bottom, just so we can see our work better.

To fill the layers with papers, make the layer active in your layer palette, click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, invert,

open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard.

Fill the following layers with these papers:

Circle: paper 12

Square 1: paper 5

Square 2: paper 5

Square 3: paper 9

Square 4: paper 6

Add your tube, if you use the same one as I did, I resized mine by 50%

Now we'll add our elements. Check my tag for exact placement.

Element 8 , resize it 50% and then 90%, (I used gradient glow on this set at width 10 and the colors white and #c11c20)

Element 5, resize 50%

Element 29

Element 7, resize 85%

Element 19, resize 25%, rotate left 15

element 27

Crop and resize

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text and save