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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Easter Bunny

For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Alicia Mujica, Easter 2018 Special Edition tube 4
which you need a license to use.
Scrap kit of choice. I am using Alicia's matching kit Easter 2018 Font of choice, I am using Mask: Vix Big Mask 1
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.
Plugins:
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 2 copy and paste as a new layer 
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 1, resize 900 pixels copy and paste as a new layer under the frame
click delete on your keyboard
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 35%
arrange in your frame
add the following elements
element birdhouse resize 35% then 45% arrange on bottom left
element cluster 1 resize 35% then 85% arrange on bottom left

open paper 1b, resize 900 pixels copy and paste as a new layer under the frame
Apply your mask by opening your mask in psp,
click layers, new mask layer, from image, find mask in drop down menu
click it, merge group, resize if necessary
I duplicated mine about 4 times and merged together to make it darker
crop and resize
add your text and save

Monday, March 26, 2018

Easter Time






For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.

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

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Easter Time by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me
available at the following stores:
Designer Scraps
Mystical Scraps
Scraps N Company

Font of choice, I am using

Mask: WSL_Mask362

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 900 x 900 pixels with a white background


open element 113 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
Copy and paste your mirrored tube as a new layer, 
arrange in frame, click delete on your keyboard
Change the blend mode to Luminance(L)

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 30%, then 90% arrange on right

Add the following elements
element 18 resize 30% arrange by tube on bottom right
element 13 resize 30% then 45% arrange to left of element 18
element 45 resize 65% arrange on top right of frame, duplicate, mirror, merge
element 92 resize 45% arrange below lights on right, duplicate, mirror

element 87 resize 40% arrange behind tube on left side
element 20 resize 30% arrange in front of tube, near bottom, center
element 14 resize 25% & 40% arrange by bunny
element 53 resize 40% arrange behind tube on right, duplicate, mirror
arrange behind tube on left

element 64 resize 55% arrange behind element on left side, just above the frame
element 115 resize 70% arrange between flowers and frame layers at top

Copy and paste paper 5 above the white background layer
Open your mask
Layers, new mask layer, from image
find your mask in the drop down box, apply
merge group
resize 85%


crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save
To make into a forum set:
Banner 600 x 250
Copy and paste merged tag
resize 125% crop
add frame
Avatar
250x 250
copy and paste merged tag, arrange, crop

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Easter - Alicia Mujica

New tag using the artwork of Alicia Mujica,

The scrap kit is also by Alicia Mujica, called Just Be
This tag uses the same tube
the kit is Easter 2018 by Alicia Mujica

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Irish Fantasy



For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Eugene Rzhevskii which you need a license to use. 
This tube was a free loyal customer tube for February 2018 for Pics For Design customers
I've linked above to his other artwork 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Irish Fantasy by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me
It's available at the following stores:
Designer Scraps
Mystical Scraps
Scraps N Company

Font of choice, I am using

Mask: WSL_Mask246 by Wee Scotslass Creations




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 element 63 copy and paste as a new layer 
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 8 copy and paste as a new layer 
click delete on your keyboard

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 50%
arrange in the frame, erase the parts that hang out of the frame

Add the following elements
element 107 resize 70% arrange on bottom left
element 17 resize 40% arrange by element 107
element 16 resize 65% arrange behind the pot of gold
element 99 resize 75%, mirror, arrange below & to the right of element 16
element 53 resize 30%, mirror, arrange by pot of gold
element 18 resize 45% duplicate a couple times, arrange behind pot of gold

open paper 2 copy and paste as a new layer
open your mask, 
layers, new mask layer, from image,
find your mask in the drop down box, apply, merge group, resize 90%


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

Monday, March 12, 2018

Easter Hop




For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Alicia Mujica
Rabbit Special Edition tube which you need a license to use.
Scrap kit of choice. I am using Easter Hop by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me
available at the following stores:
Designer Scraps
Scraps & Company

Font of choice, I am using Digs My Hart
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 element 55 copy and paste as a new layer 
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3, selections, invert
open paper 3 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 65%
arrange in your frame, click delete on your keyboard
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 45%, mirror
arrange in your frame, taker your eraser tool and erase
the bits you don't want showing outside of your frame, deselect
open element 2 copy and paste as a new layer,
resize 40%, arrange on the left, bottom, between the tube & frame

open element 23 copy and paste as a new layer, image, mirror, horizontal
resize 65%, rotate left 30, arrange on the left, bottom, between the tube & frame
duplicate, drag one below the tube, leave one above
on the top one, erase the bits that show over the nest
add drop shadow to the bottom one

open element 16 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 45%
rotate right 70

open element 5 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%
rotate left 90
arrange under the flower, erase what shows too far below, duplicate, mirror


open element 17 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%, mirror
arrange below & left of the nest layer at the to side, mirror
resize 85%, arrange to the right of that layer

open element 7 copy and paste as a new layer, arrange below tube layer on right side

open element 68 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%
arrange below element 17

open element 4 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 30%
arrange by nest

crop and resize
add your text and save

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Easter - Alicia Mujica




New tags using the artwork of Alicia Mujica, Easter Special Edition tube 1

Scrap kit also by Alicia Mujica, Easter 2018



The forum set above and tag below were made with the same scrap kit,
the tube was also from Alicia's 2018 Easter Special Edition set, tube 3