Fairy Dusk

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 The Hunter, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Fairy Dusk by Amy Marie Scraps. 

Font of choice, I am using Stonehenge

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!

Banner Tag

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 pixels with a white background

Open paper 9, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in frame so the top of 

the paper runs along the top of your canvas.

Copy and paste your tube, resize it about 65% arrange on the left

add the following elements

element 23, resize 70% arrange on left

element 120 arrange on bottom right

element 13, arrange behind tube on right

element 98, resize 55%, arrange on right

element 16, resize 55% arrange on right

element 27, arrange on right

click on the white background layer, 

select all, float, modify, set selection borders 3

add a new layer to the top, flood fill with #c9d29b

Add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Avatar

Open a new canvas 200 x 200 (or whatever size your forum uses)

Copy & paste the paper from the tag to the avatar

Copy and paste the tube from the tag to the avatar

Add a border by following the same directions as the border for the tag

Add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Miss Cane

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 is a preview of a tube Ismael has revamped and will be out in the store very soon

(within a day or two of this tut being written)

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Misty Lynn's Creations, 

called Miss Cane which matches the tube

and will be in Ismael Rac's store as soon as the tube is also released.

Template 298 by Millie's PSP Madness

Font of choice, I am using Scriptina

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 layers CR and 11

Resize the template 538 x 600 pixels or something close to that

Then resize the canvas to about 800 x800 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,  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 the following papers on each layer

Layer 1 use paper 17

Layer 2 use paper 18

Layer 3 use paper 18

Layer 4 use paper 8

Layer 5 leave as is

Layer 6 use paper 17

Layer 7 flood fill with #885922

Layer 8 use paper 8

Layer 9 use paper 8

Layer 10 use paper 1

Open your tube, resize 50%, arrange on template, erase the bits that hang out where you don't want them

Add the following elements:

element 33, resize 50%

element 13, resize 50%

element 9, resize 40%

element 16 resize 40%

element 30, resize 40%

element 21, resize 35%, rotate left 45, mirror

element 20, resize 35%, rotate left 45, mirror

element 15, resize 35% duplicate, arrange under both sets of flowers

crop & resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

For the Love of Coffee

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.  

He's now at CDO, but he was at CILM when I got my tubes.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Morning Coffee by Amy Marie Scraps. 

Template 286 by Millie's PSP Madness

Font of choice, I am using Auburn

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

Change the canvas size to something around 900 x 850 pixels just to have extra space to work.

Delete Raster 1 & 2 layers & the word art layers

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, 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 the following papers for each layer: 

Layer 1  use paper 21

Layer 2 use paper 7

Layer 3 use paper 5

Layer 4 use paper 7

Layer 5 use paper 21

Layer 6 use paper 3

Layer 7 leave white, just add a drop shadow

Layer 8 use paper 5

Layer 9 use paper 21

Layer 10 use paper 6

Layer 11 use paper 6

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

element 80 on right side

element 52 across the top, below the rectangle template layer

element 27, resize 55% arrange just behind the tube, on the left

element 31, resize 40%

element 23, resize 55%

element 24, resize 50%

element 22, resize 55%

element 35, resize 30%

 element 34, resize 60%

element 84, resize 60%

element 30, resize 50%

element 2, arrange behind the muffins, cups, coffee pot, etc

crop & resize

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text and save

Ismael Rac contest!

There is a contest in Ismael Rac's facebook fan page and you can win some free tubes. 

Check it out!

Go to his page for details. 

School Of Rock

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 tube, called Rock School, is coming soon to Arthur's store and should be there within a day or two of this tutorial being posted.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Rock School by Kizzed by Kelz, a PTU kit which will be available in Arthur Crowe's store

as soon as the matching tube is also available. 

Font of choice, I am using Dagobert for the "school of"

& Sick Capital Vice for the name

Plugins: Eye Candy Gradient glow (optional on word art)  

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

Copy and paste frame, resize 130%

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3

invert. Copy and paste paper 11, paste below the frame, 

click delete on your keyboard, leave selected.

Copy & paste your tube, resize 75%

erase the bits that hang over the bottom, deselect.

Add the following elements, see my tag for exact placement:

guitar

amp, resize 65%

piano stairs

cap, resie 30%

Tie, resize 30%

wordart resize 40%

Star reszie 35%

star swirl, arrange on upper left, duplicate & flip, merge down together, 

duplicate & mirror

Add the words school of in dagobert and place it above the word art that says ROCK

I used a gradient glow of 4 in white on the word arts

Crop & resize

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text and save

Lady P.

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 is a revamp of the 2010 Lady Pumpkin tube and is coming soon to Ismael's store.

It should be in the store within a day or two of this tut being posted.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using 2013 Lady Pumpkin Revamp by Irish Princess Designs,

this is a kit to match the tube and will be released as soon as the tube is. 

Font of choice, I am using Rat Infested Mailbox

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 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

Open house, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange on the left

Open moon, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 50% place behind house on right

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize 50% & mirror

Copy and paste trail, arrange below tube

Copy and paste tree, resize 60% arrange on right, below tube

broom, resize 60% arrange by tube

copy and paste bear, resize 45% arrange below tube layer, by house

clouds, resize 60%, arrange just above the moon layer

bat, resize 40% arrange over moon

Guy, resize 40% arrange by bear

Kitty, resize 30% arrange by tube

crow, resize 25% arrange on the tree

Paste paper 2 above the white background layer

apply your mask, delete it in the layer palette merge group

lower the opacity to about 60

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Sex Appeal

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.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching scrap kit called Marge 2 by Misty Lynn's Creations, also available at Roman's store. You can get the kit & tube combo HERE and you can get just the kit HERE 

Font of choice, I am using  Carpenter script

Mask: WSL84 from Wee Scots Lass Creations, the links to her masks are on the right side of her blog

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 element 2 copy and paste as a new layer

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

open paper 6, paste above the white background, click delete on your keyboard.

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

arrange in the frame, erase the bits that hang out where you don't want them.

Add the following elements:

element 14 resize 25%

element 15 resize 35%

element 29 resize 45% erase the parts that go over her hand

element 27, resize 45%

element 32, resize 35%

element 31 resize 25%

element 12, resize 25%

Element 3, arrange on left bottom, duplicate, mirror

copy & paste paper just above the white background, add your mask

delete the mask, & merge group

The mask was a little small for my tag, so I resized it 115%

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Mayhem

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 Melissa Diaz, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, called Mayhem by Bits N Bobs 

Font of choice, I am using Rat Infested Mailbox

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Shadowlab (only for tube inside frame) 

use regular drop shadow on everything else

& Eye Candy 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 pixels with a white background.

Open element 6, copy and paste as a new layer, 

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3

selections, invert. Open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer below the frame,

click delete on your keyboard, leave selected.

Open one of your tube, copy and paste inside frame, once you have arrange it where you want,

click delete on your keyboard and deselect.

Apply shadow lab with the following settings top to bottom

Center Offset 315

Offset distance 28.8

Opacity 100

blur 20.16

Perspective blur 0

draw only outside selection checked

color black

Drop the opacity of the tube layer to 70

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

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

element 32, resize 125% place just above white background

element 35, resize 125%, place below element 32

element 71, place across the bottom

Element 20, resize 70%

apply a gradient glow of 6 in white

Element 81

Crop & resize

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text and save

Mermaid

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.
I purchased my tube at PTE when he was there, he now has his own independent store.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Merfish by Pimp'd Designz

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Impact & Beautiful ES

Plugins: No outside plugins needed

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'll crop it at the end, this just gives room to work.

With the font set on Impact, type out the word MERMAID in all caps. Any color will work.

Now use your magic wand and click inside the letters

Open paper 13, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the letters, selections, invert

click delete on your keyboard.

You can also do this by setting the paper as your background by clicking background, go to patterns

and choose the open paper. I didn't do this though, because it will use the whole paper and I wanted to only use the darker portion at the bottom. 

Either way will work. It just depends on how you want it to look.

Selections, invert, modify, expand 3, 

add a new layer below the paper layer, flood fill with a color from your tube or kit. 

I used #5ca8dc from the mermaid's tail

Delete the first text layer we did.

on the blue layer, add/remove noise

add noise

uniform

monochrome

65%

merge the two text layers and add your drop shadow

Place your tube on top of the word

add your elements check my tag for when I placed them

sand, place on right, duplicate & mirror

water, place so it looks like it's dripping off her onto the word

fish, resize 40%

starfish 2, resize 35%

starfish, resize 30%

shell 2 resize 30%

coral, resize 30%

sand dollar, resize 30%

flower 2, resize 25%

crop & resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

Green Fairy

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  Bits N Bobs, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  a PTU kit by Bits N Bobs called Back to Nature 

Font of choice, I am using Digs My Hart

Plugins: AAA Frames Foto Frame

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!

Banner Tag:

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 pixels with a white background.

Open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 70%, arrange in canvas

Add your tube, arrange to the left

add the following

BTN23, resize 55%

BTN47 resize 55%

BTN61 resize 60%

BTN10 resize 60%

BTN25 resize 60%

BTN46 resize 60%

BTN, resize 25%, then another 90

You might want to go to adjust, sharpness, sharpen because we resized it so much

BTN48 resize 40%

We will make the avatar first, then come back and finish the tag

Avatar:

Open a new canvas 200 x 200 pixels with a white background

You might want different dimensions based on what your forum allows for avatars.

add the following items from your tag into your avatar:

background paper

tube

hummingbird

Now we'll hop back to the tag:

Merge visible, add your frame using AAA Frames Foto Frames using the following settings:

(click image for larger view)

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text

save

Now back to the avatar:

Merge visible

add the same filter for the frame, but change the width to 5

add your copyrights and credits as needed

add your text

save

Sweet Steampunkk

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, (The Steampunk)which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Sweet Steampunk a PTU kit by Inzpired Creations

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Billion Stars

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, resize 80%

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

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

click delete on your keyboard

Copy and paste your tube resize 85% arrange in frame, 

erase the bits that hang out where you don't want, deselect

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

Tag 1, rotate left 90 resize 75%

Roses 4, resize 75% arrange on left, duplicate, mirror

flower 2, resize 35%, arrange on right, duplicate & mirror

flower 4, resize 35% arrange on right, duplicate & mirror

Leaves 4, reszie 35%, arrange on left, duplicate & mirror

clock 2, resize 35% arrange on left, under the flowers & leaves

button 2 arrange on right under frame & paper inside frame

glasses resize 40% arrange on right

ribbon 3, resize 30% arrange on right, duplicate, mirror

boots, resize 30% arrange on right

feather, resize 45% arrange on left, duplicate and drag the duplicate a little lower

Crop & resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

The Dance

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, Princess In Me by Alika's Scraps

which is part of a scrap collab by several designers at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

You can find the other links to other parts right on her page below the description of the kit. 

Font of choice, I am using KG God Gave Me You

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 pixels with a white background

Open as1, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 70%

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer

if you're using the same tube as me, resize 45%

Open a new layer right above the white background

flood fill with #9e8bff, apply your mask, delete it and merge group

resize it by 90%

Add your elements, check my tag for placement:

as10, resize 75%, duplicate, mirror

duplicate, resize 60% duplicate & mirror

as9, arrange behind flowers, duplicate, mirror

as08 colorize by changing Hue & Saturation both to 0

Change brightness to -255 and contrast to -58

resize it 40%,  erase the part that goes over 

the boobs, over her left arm, and across her knee, so it looks like it's wrapping around her

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Aloha Beach

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.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Mermaid Dream by Inzpired Creationz

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps  

Font of choice, I am using Sneaker Hunting

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!

Banner Tag

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 pixels with a white background

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

place sand 1 across the bottom of the canvas

Palm tree 1 on the left side

Posts on the right, resize 45%

Parrot, resize 45% place on posts

wave, resize 75%

Place your tube in the center

flowers resize 30%

Starfish 1 resize 20%

place paper 12 just above your white background

Make your white background layer active

selections, select all, modify, set selection borders, 4

Add a new raster layer at the top and flood fill with a color from your kit or tube

Add your copyright and credits as needed

Add your text and save

Avatar:

Open a new canvas 200 x 200 pixels with a white background. You might want to do yours 

a different size depending on what the forum you will be using it in allows

We will just be taking layers from the banner tag, and pasting them into the avatar:

Copy and paste the background paper as a new layer

Copy the wave from the tag, add as a new layer in the avatar canvas

Make a frame for the avatar the same as you did for the banner

Add your copyright and credits as needed

Add your text and save

Fairy Costume

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 matching kit for Ismael's Fairy Costume tube. 

It's by Wicked Creationz (link for kit only) and is available in Ismael's store.

Link for kit & tube

This kit is a new kit to match the tube.

Template 38 by Millie's PSP Madness

Font of choice, I am using Digs My Hart

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 pixels with a white background

Open element 35, rotate left 90, resize 85%

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3

selections, invert

Open paper 10, copy and paste as a new layer below the frame

click delete on your keyboard, leave selected

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

take the eraser tool and erase any bits you don't want showing over the frame

then deselect

Add the following elements, checking my tag for exact placement:

Element 27, resize 95%

Element 14, resize 90%, erase the ones that are over the sides of the frame

Element 10, resize 65%

Element 12, resize 30%

Element 22, resize 35%

Element 4

Open paper 9, copy it above the white background and apply your mask.

Coral Mermaid

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, Coral by Inzpired Creationz

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using 2Peas Rock Star

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 900 x 1000 pixel, white canvas

Add the following, you can check my tag for exact placement

Dolphin 1, arrange in middle on left

Dolphin 1, arrange in middle on right

Cloud, arrange on top left, duplicate, mirror

Clouds 2, pull up so it's over top of the 2 cloud layers, in the middle

Sand 3, arrange in front of the dolphins on the left, duplicate, mirror

Sand 2, arrange in front of sand 3, on left, duplicate, mirror

merge both sand 2 layers together, duplicate, flip, drag down in front of original sand 2

Open your tube, arrange in the middle of the sand

Lighthouse, resize 80% arrange in middle behind mermaid

sand castle resize 60% arrange on left

Grass 2, resize 70%, duplicate a few times and arrange around the tag, maybe resize some 

Seagull, resize 40%

Flamingo, resize 55%

Flowers, resize 30%

Starfish, resize 55%

Shells 2, resize 55%

Shell 2, resize 55%

Crop & resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Happy Birthday Kimberly!

Today is Kimberly aka Bookworm Dezines birthday, 

so I'm doing a birthday tut for her using one of her kits!

Happy Birthday Kimberly!!!

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 Spring Party, a PTU kit by Bookworm Dezines

available at Scrap Candy 

Tag Template 272mpm by Millie at Millie's PSP Madness

Font of choice, I am using Kanno

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 your template, shift D to duplicate, close the original

Delete raster 1 & 7 layers

change the canvas size to about 800 x 800 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

I used the following papers to fill each layer:

Layer 5, paper 12

Layer 4, paper 5

Layer 3, paper 15

Layer 2, paper 3

Layer 1, paper 13

Layer 6, paper 7

On layer 6 after filling with paper, leave selected, selections, modify, expand 2 add a new layer, flood fill with a color from your kit or tube, expand 2 more, add another layer, flood fill with white.

Make the top circle layer active, selections, select all, float, defloat, invert

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 60%

take the eraser tool and erase the bits that hang out where you don't want them

Add the following elements checking my tag for reference

Element 2, resize 75%

Element 7, resize 80%, duplicate, resize 85% colorize by changing Hue to 127 and Saturation to 110

Element 17

Element 35, resize 40%

Element 8, resize 45%

Element 12, resize 30%

Element 5, resize 30%

Element 36, resize 30%

element 34, put just above the tube layer

I erased a few of the yellow stars from element 34 that looked too far away from the rest of the elements.

paste paper 1 just above the white background

add your mask

crop and resize

add your copyrights and credits

add your text and save

Back To School

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 tube is a preview of artwork coming soon to his store and will be available

within a day or two of the date this tut is posted

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching scrap kit, Beauty Back To School, by Creation by Sanie

which is the matching scrap kit for Arthur's tube and will be released in Arthur's store as soon as the tube is released 

Font of choice, I am using Impact

Mask: KBH_2013_Mask 31 by Kaci at Creative Misfits 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 850 x 850 pixels with a white background.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 75%

add the following elements, checking my tag for exact placement:

Chalkboard, arrange in middle on left, duplicate, drag to right, drag the duplicate layer below the original layer in your layer palette. merge down

college block 01, rotate left 25 arrange on right below chalkboard

College block 2 rotate right 25 arrange in middle below chalkboard

duplicate & move the duplicate to the left, erase what shows over the top

Notebook 3, arrange on left below the other layers

cut corner tag, resize 75% arrange over tube legs

school house, resize 65%, rotate right 25, arrange under cut corner tag on right

teacher's desk resize 65% place on left

world globe, resize 65%, rotate left 25, place on left

briefcase 1 resize 40% arrange on right

Schoolbooks, resize 50% arrange on right

paper clips, resize 45% arrange on top left

Place paper 11 just above the white background, apply your mask, delete it and merge group

crop & resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Beachcomber

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, Beachcomber by Inzpired Creationz

which is available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Wednesday

Mask: SDMask 8 from Scraps Dimensions

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 pixels with a white background

Add the following elements checking my tag for exact placement

Fence

Sign 3, resize 70% arrange on left of fence

Netting, resize 60% arrange on right side of fence, duplicate & mirror

arrange it so it looks like it's hanging on the fence

sand 1, duplicate twice, arrange two across the front of the fence and move one

so that it is in the middle and below the fence layer

palm tree, mirror arrange behind fence

 Grass 1 & grass 2, resize 45% duplicate a few times and arrange around tag

message in a bottle 1 resize 30%

seashells in a bag, resize 45%

Poses resize 45%

sea shells 2, resize 40%

flowers 2 resize 30%

Add paper 6 above your white background

apply your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as necessary

add your text and save

Blue Romance

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  Alex Prihodko, which you need a license to use,

available at Pics for Design 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Blue Romance, 

a PTU kit by Bookworm Dezines, available at Scrap Candy  

Font of choice, I am using Cutie Pop

Mask: SanCircleMask4 from Creative Misfits Creations blog

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 pixels with a white background

Open paper 2, apply your mask, copy and paste as a new layer to your canvas

Open element 21, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 85%

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

resize it around 45%, arrange it over the frame element.

We're going to put elements around the frame and pretty much cover it up.

I just used the frame so that I had a reference where to put my flowers & other elements

and somewhat retain the oval shape. As we go along, please refer to my tag for placement reference.

I used the following elements:

element 27, resize 75% rotate right 25, duplicate, mirror

now go back to your tube, and any bits of tube that hang below the flowers where you don't want them, take your eraser tool and erase it

I mainly just erased the bits of leg that were hanging out.

Element 36, rotate left 25, arrange on top left, duplicate & mirror (drag below tube)

I then erased the bits that were above her head, because I didn't like how it looked

Element 19, resize 45%, duplicate a few times and arrange around the frame,

some over and some above the current layers of flowers

Element 20, resize 35%

Element 6 resize 25%, duplicate a few times, arrange around frame, mirror some

Element 26, resize 35%

Element 8, resize 30% duplicate

(I put one on the right & one on the left of the tube to fill some empty spots. On the right, just above her elbow and on the left just above her hip)

Element 14, across the bottom, below some of the layers

Crop & resize

add your copyrights and credits

add your text and save