Pirate Cove

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 Derzi from Beehive Studio which you need a license to use. 

This tube is Elfie the Witch Pirate and she comes with different outfits for Elf, witch & pirate

and each outfit also has several choices to change up their clothing

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Shiver Me Timbers by Hania's Design. 

This kit was made to match this tube

Font of choice, I am using Pirates Bay

Mask: DVB Mask 111 by Designs by Vaybs

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 paper 8

apply your mask and merge group

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 45%

arrange  in the center area of the sand

Now add the following elements:

element 1 resize 65% mirror & arrange on bottom right, behind tube layer

element 41 resize 45% arrange to the right of and behind the boat layer

element 61 resize  45% mirror & arrange on rock, duplicate, resize 65% drag below other vine

element 36 resize  45% arrange on rock

element 42 resize  45% arrange to the left of the boat, behind the tube layer

element 45 resize  65% arrange in front of chest and boat

element 77 resize 40%  mirror & arrange on right, erase the bits that show over the tree

element 35 resize 40% arrange to the left of and behind tube

element 19 resize  35% arrange in front of and left of the brown barrel

element 29 resize 35% arrange in front of barrels

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

Elfie Fae

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 Derzi at Beehive Studio which you need a license to use. 

This tube is Elfie the Witch Pirate, and she has many choices for outfits, witch, pirate, fairy and you can even change up how each outfit looks as well.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Elfie 1 by Tiny Turtle Designs, which was made to

match the fairy layer of Derzi's tube

Font of choice, I am using 2 Peas Giggle

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1 by VixPSPPlugins:
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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:
element 21 resize  85% arrange in the center

element 84 resize  45% arrange on the left side of element 21

element 93 resize  35% arrange behind and to the right of element 21

element 22 resize  75% arrange behind and left of element 21, duplicate & mirror

element 81 resize  75% arrange behind the other elements in the top center 

copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 35% arrange on the left

element 92 resize  55% arrange beside your tube

element 23 rotate right 72 arrange behind everything on the left, duplicate & mirror

element 97 arrange in the top center between the two flower elements

element 101 resize  35% then 90% mirror & arrange on left

element 29 resize  25% mirror & arrange at top

Add paper 13 above the white background

apply your mask and merge group

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

Maddy Pumpkin

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio which you need a license to use. 

This tube is called Maddie Pumpkin and she has several layers with different outfit choices to chose from.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Fall Flowers by Tiny Turtle Designs. 

This kit is the matching kit for this layer.

Font of choice, I am using KG Manhattan Script

Mask: WSL84 by Weescotslass Creations mask links on right sidebar, part way down the page

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 101 copy and paste as a new layer resize 130%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, 

add a new raster layer above the white background, make sure you are on that layer

edit, paste into selection
copy and paste your tube as a new layer, selections invert,

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

deselect

add the following elements:

element 121 arrange on bottom right

element 104 resize  65% arrange to the left of element 121

element 69 mirror & arrange below and left of element 104

element 88 arrange on right, just above frame, duplicate & mirror, merge together

element 29 resize  20% arrange on  right, duplicate 3x and mirror some and resize some, arrange on the

left side of the frame

element 91 resize  25% arrange in the flowers on the bottom

add paper 4 above the white background

apply your mask, merge group

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

Garden Melody

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 Ninaste - Beehive Studio (Melody tube) which you need a license to use.  This tube has several layers with different color choices and matching assessories.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Tiny Turtle Designs called Melody 1 made to match this layer of the tube. This kit is really nice because it's got floral element and ocean elements so you can make your tag with either theme and have plenty of each type of element.

Font of choice, I am using Peanut Butter Cookies

Mask of your choice - a floral mask is nice for this one

(sorry, I couldn't find a name of who made this one or any TOU in this file to figure out where I got it, so I can't give you a link to get it)

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 1000 pixels with a white background

open element 2 copy and paste as a new layer 

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 1 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard,

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

change the blend mode to Luminance(L) drop the opacity to around 45
deselect

 Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 60%

 Add the following elements

element 10 arrange behind tube on left

element 9 arrange behind element 10 on the right

element 21 resize  45% arrange by the tube on the bottom

element 24, mirror, rotate left 30 arrange on left side, erase the curly part at the bottom,

mirror, merge the 2 together

 element 4 arrange at top below the blue leaves layer

element 102 resize  60% arrange on top right, duplicate & mirror

element 66 resize  55% arrange on bottom right, below the leaves, rotate right 20

element 166 resize  60% arrange below element 66 and slightly to the right

element 28 resize  45% arrange by tube at the bottom

 element 142 resize  35% arrange by barrel

element 25 resize  35% mirror arrange on bottom right

element 29 resize  20% arrange over little bird cage

 element 7 resize  35% rotate right 20 arrange so it looks like they're coming out of the basket

element 57 resize  30% arrange at the top in the flowers

add paper 1 above the white background layer resize 140%

apply your mask

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

Ocean Melody

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 Ninaste - Beehive Studio (Melody tube) which you need a license to use.  This tube comes with several layers for different color choices and to add or remove accessories.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching kit for this tube layer, Melody by Hania Design

Font of choice, I am using Into The Wild

Mask: WSL Mask82
Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 1000 pixels with a white background

open element 98 copy and paste as a new layer resize 115%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 9 copy and paste as a new layer arrange in the frame
click delete on your keyboard,
copy and paste element 57, arrange in  the frame, click delete on your keyboard, deselect

 Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% arrange at the bottom of the frame

 

Add the following elements 

element 84  arrange across the bottom under your tube

element 24 resize  65% arrange on right side of frame, below tube layer

element 80 resize  85% arrange on left side of frame, duplicate, resize 70% drag to the right side

element 20 arrange on left side below other layers, duplicate, mirror, drag up

element 32 arrange on left side under the grass layer

element 28 resize  80% arrange on top of the grass layers on the left

element 44 resize  50% arrange on bottom by the tube

element 60 resize  80% arrange behind pail by tube

element 9 resize  55% arrange behind pail layer by tube

element 34 arrange on right side, duplicate, resize 55% arrange a little below the original

element 50  arrange on left side

element 12 resize  35% duplicate arrange around the ship in the bottle element

element 31 resize  65% arrange in the leaves & grass on  right side

element 79, open it, shift D to duplicate, close the original

take the crop tool and crop out all but the top board, copy and paste to your tag

take your eraser tool and erase any bits of rope that might still be there at the bottom

resize 150% arrange at the top of the frame

add paper 7 above the white background, resize 150%

add your mask
duplicate several times until it's as dark as you want & merge them all together

resize 105%

crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text onto the board at the top of the frame and save

Beach Doll

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 Derzi - Beehive Studios (Fairy Doll tube), which you need a license to use. 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Summer Girl, a PTU kit by Hania Design

Font of choice, I am using Dear Joe 6

Mask of your choice

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 your tube as a new layer, resize by 65%

Add the following elements:
element 5 arrange below the tube layer, duplicate, mirror drag the duplicate up, merge together

element 30 resize  125% arrange on the right, duplicate 2x, drag one to the left of the original, mirror the other, line them up and merge together

element 55 resize 55% arrange by the right side of the fence

element 18 resize  60% arrange on left side of tube

element 80 resize  50% arrange in front of tree

element 35 resize  35% arrange to the left of the sand castle

element 72 resize  45% arrange near the fence on the left

Add paper 7 above the white background and apply your mask


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

Fairy Doll

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  Derzi-Beehive Studio (Fairy Doll tube)

which you need a license to use.  This cute little tube has several choices of clothing options, accessories, like gloves & cat ears, and she has a layer that is for the beach! So you can use her for fairy tags or summer tags

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

Font of choice, I am using Rosewood

Mask: Horseplay's Pasture Mask 27

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 to your tag
element 23 arrange on the right

element 15 arrange just to the left of and behind 23, duplicate, mirror, drag copy to the left

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 75% arrange in the center

element 120 arrange on bottom left, duplicate 3x and drag to the right

duplicate 2x and drag above each of these layers

element 106 arrange on the left, above the other grass, duplicate & mirror

element 61 resize  55% arrange on the right side of the tube

element 52 resize  55% arrange on left

element 104, mirror, resize  45% arrange on left side of 52

Add paper 9 above the white background layer

apply your mask

I duplicated it about 5 times to make it darker

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

Enchanted Fairyland

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 Ninaste - Beehive Studio (Daisy Fairie)  

which you need a license to use. 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, My Little Magic Fairy World by Graphics of Fantasy (sonia)

available at Graphics of Fantasy Store and at Pics For Design

Font of choice, I am using Blissful Thinking

Mask of your choice

Plugins: no outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 5 copy and paste as a new layer resize90%
click inside with your magic wand, add a new raster layer below the frame layer, 

make sure you're on that layer
open paper 4 copy and paste into selection, selections, invert

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize 65%, arrange on the right side of frame, 

take your eraser tool and erase where it hangs over the bottom of the frame

add the following elements:
element 60 resize  80% arrange along the bottom of the frame on left, duplicate & mirror

element 93, mirror & arrange on the bottom right

element 62 resize  55% arrange on bottom left

element 58 resize  35% arrange on the left side, almost to the top of the frame

element 40 arrange behind frame on right, duplicate & mirror

element 74 resize  50% arrange on bottom left, duplicate & mirror

element 31 resize  50% arrange between rocks & castle on left, duplicate & mirror

element 22 resize  35% arrange on bottom left, behind grey rocks

element 97 resize  45% arrange on bottom right

add paper 2 above the white background

apply your mask

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

Sexy Nurse

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio (USA Pride tube) which you need a license to use. I am using the USA Navy layer of this tube. It has several options of dresses, USA Flag, Canada Flag, USA Navy, USA Soldier, and Nurse.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Sexy Nurse by Hania Design, made to match this layer of the tube. 

Font of choice, I am using Coughy Machine

Mask: Monti's blinds 1 mask

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 96 copy and paste as a new layer

change the color by going into Hue & Saturation and changing them both to 255
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 2 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard, leave selected

Copy and paste your tube as a new layerarrange in your frame
erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them

 Add your elements:

element 55 resize  25% rotate right 20 arrange on bottom right

element 1 arrange on bottom left

element 5 resize  60% arrange on bottom right, in front of hospital sign

element 92 resize  45% arrange between kit and hospital sign on bottom

element 25 resize  25% arrange to the left of the kit

element 35 resize  45% arrange behind ambulance on left

element 16 resize  65% arrange to the right of the amubulance

element 42 resize  45% arrange above the kit

element 53 resize  45% arrange to the right of the kit

Add paper 2 above the white background

apply your mask

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

Sailor

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio (USA Pride tube) which you need a license to use. I am using the USA Navy layer of this tube. It has several options of dresses, USA Flag, Canada Flag, USA Navy, USA Soldier, and Nurse.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Fourth of July by Hania's Design

Font of choice, I am using American Dream

Mask: Monti's Blinds 1 mask  just scroll down the page a little bit.

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 116 copy and paste as a new layer resize 85%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
paper 1 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard, leave selected

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 85%

erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them

Add the following elements: 

element 79 mirror arrange behind frame and background paper, mirror, arrange on the right

take your eraser tool and erase the sand part of it

element 3 resize  50% arrange on bottom right

element 18 resize  85% arrange behind the other element on bottom right

element 57 resize  40% arrange on top of the other 2 elements on bottom right

element 25 mirror & arrange just above the frame layer

element 10 arrange across bottom

element 37 arrange just above the sand layer

element 68 resize  40% arrange on bottom left

element 11 resize  41% arrange on bottom left

add paper 9 above the white background
apply your mask

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

USA Nurse

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio (USA Pride tube) which you need a license to use.  This tube is VERY versitile, it comes with color choices for hair, a USA flag layer, a Canadian flag layer, a nurse layer, a USA Navy and USA soldier (camouflage) layers, so it will work well for a variety of tags.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a FTU kit by Wicked Princess Scraps called Adam's Heart

Font of choice, I am using Coughy Machine

Mask: Vix big mask 18

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 to your canvas
Hospital resize  75% arrange on the right, just up above the center of the canvas

ambulance resize  75% arrange on the left in front of hospital

bed resize  60% mirror arrange on right, in front of hospital

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% arrange in the center

clipboard resize  65% rotate left 20 arrange behind ambulance

heart 1 resize  65% arrange behind clipboard and hospital

wheelchair resize  65% arrange on the left in front of the ambulance

IV resize  55% arrange to the right of the wheelchair

jar resize  65% arrange in front of wheelchair and IV

pill pack resize  35% arrange to the left of the jar

syringe resize  35% rotate left 90 arrange in front of jar & pill pack

kid 8 resize  40% arrange at the end of the bed

bear resize  40% arrange at the end of the bed

pill bottle resize  30% arrange between bear & kid 8

love pills resize  30%  rotate left 20 arrange to the left of the other pill bottle

Set your background on your color palette to #b40000 and foreground to white

set the gradient to linear angle 45 repeats 4

add a new raster layer above the white background, flood fill with the gradient

add your mask

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

Firecracker Goldie

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 Derzi at Beehive Studio, (Goldie USA) 

which you need a license to use. 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, July Celebration by Tiny Turtle Designs.

This kit was made to match several tubes of Ninaste and Derzi at Beehive Studios, and it's great for all your 4th of July tags.

Fourth Of July Template 1 by Melissaz Creationz

Font of choice, I am using Animated


Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 and close the original
Delete the following layers: Raster 3, Raster 12

I resized the canvas by 800 x 800 pixels to make a little working room.

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

Fill the following layers with papers or colors (I listed them in order from the bottom up)

Raster 2 use paper 78

Copy of Raster 2  use paper 78

(Dark Grey Rectangles) Merged use paper 12

(Light grey rectangles) Merged use paper 16, add noise using the following settings:

add/remove noise, add noise, random, monochrome, 50

(Stars) Merged use paper 10 add a gradient glow, width 3 in white

Raster 5 use paper 34

Raster 11 use paper leave as is

Raster 7 use paper 28

Raster 8 use paper 28

Raster 9 use paper 28

Raster 4 use paper 16 add the same noise settings to this layer

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% arrange in the center of the template
 

 Add the following elements:

element 32 resize 20% arrange on top right

element 24 resize  25% arrange by the tube's feet, arrange below the tube layer, duplicate

drag the duplicate above the tube layer, and erase the parts that go over the tube's feet

This way it looks like it's behind her legs, but in front of her seat.

element 28 resize  25% arrange to the right of the purse

 

(Light grecrop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save

USA Lolly

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio, which you need a license to use. 

The tube I am using out of this pack of tubes is USA Lolly. There are 3 different tubes in this pack and each one has several layers with different options on their clothing.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, July Celebrations by Tiny Turtle design.

This kit was made to match all of the 4th of July tubes at Beehive Studios. You can use it with them or any other 4th of July tube you might have.

Font of choice, I am using Peanut Butter Cookies

Mask: Dangerously Delicious Designz Patriotic Mask 4

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 95 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 12 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard, deselect

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% move slightly right

Now add the following

element 81 resize  35% arrange on bottom left

element 20 resize  25% arrange on bottom left

element 12 resize  25% arrange above the cakes

element 46 resize  80% arrange across the bottom below the cakes layers, 

erase what sticks out past her shoes

element 21 resize  25 % rotate left 25 arrange above & behind cakes and balloons layers

element 132 resize  35% arrange behind & below the balloon layers

element 53 resize  20% arrange at the top of the star

element 141 resize  30% arrange at the bottom in front of the tube

element 158 arrange on the rightt, below star frame and background

element 159 mirror and arrange on left, duplicate & drag down

 Add paper 20 above the white background

apply your mask, resize 80% 

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

Candy Pearl

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 Ninaste - Beehive Studio (Black Pearl) which you need a license to use.  This layer is the Candy Pearl layer of the tube. This tube comes with several different color choices and different options to take away or add clothing or accessories.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Candy Pearl by Tiny Turtle Designs. This kit was made to 

match this layer of the tube by Ninaste.

Font of choice, I am using Animated

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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

paper 23 above the white background, 

click on the white part of the paper with your magic wand, click delete on your keyboard, deselect

element 123 resize 115% arrange in center

your tube  resize  45% arrange on the right side of the castle

element 113 arrange behind castle so it looks like it's coming out above the small turrets on each side

element 84 mirror arrange across bottom

element 144 resize  20% arrange on the left side of castle, duplicate, mirror, resize 80% arrange below original, merge together, duplicate and drag to the right

element 96 resize  80% arrange on left behind castle

element 131 resize  70% mirror, arrange on top right, duplicate, drag down

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

Black Pearl

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 Ninaste from Beehive Studio (Black Pearl) which you need a license to use.  This tube has several color choices, options to add or remove parts of her outfit and the little whirly things she's holding. :)

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit Black Pearl by Tiny Turtle Designs made to match this red and black layer of the tube. 

Font of choice, I am using High Boat

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 with a white background

open element 7 copy and paste as a new layer

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

create a new raster layer below the frame

open the first paper 1 (the one that is a flowery black border) copy and paste into selection

add a new raster layer under that layer

open the second paper 1 and copy and paste that into selection on the layer you just made

selections, invert, open your tube, mirror it, copy and paste as a new layer

resize 80%, arrange in the frame, take the eraser and erase everything below the frame

Now add the following elements:

element 15 resize  85% arrange behind the oval frame, erase what shows at the bottom
duplicate & flip

element 101 arrange on the left side in the middle below the other layers, duplicate & mirror

element 70 resize  65% rotate right 15 arrange on bottom left

element 24 resize  22% arrange on left side about half way up

element 26 resize  22% mirror, arrange on right side, a little over half way up

element 68 resize  25% arrange under butterfly

element 52 arrange on the right side, and then erase most of it, you just want it showing
beyond the frame a bit

copy and paste paper 31 above the white background, resize 115%
apply your mask


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

Princess Pearl

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 Ninaste of Beehive Studio (Black Pearl) which you need a license to use.  The layer I am using is called Princess Pearl and she is one of the color choices of the several customizations available for this tube. There are many layer choices that you can change colors and what clothing is on her.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit called Crazy Beautiful by Amy Marie's Kits

Font of choice, I am using Lisbon Script

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 800 pixels with a white background

Open element 18 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 10 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, arrange in frame, click delete on your keyboard, deselect

change the blend mode to Luminance(L)

Hide the white background, merge visible, duplicate,

rotate the original layer to the right 12

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 50% arrange on right
 

Now add the following elements

 element 85 arrange to the right of and behind your tube

element 48 resize  35% arrange at the base of the #85 element

element 26 arrange along the bottom of the frame

element 3 arrange on the left side of the frame

element 14 resize  80% arrange below the #3 layer and drag it up so it shows above the flowers

duplicate, resize 80%  2x, arrange a little lower on the left, duplicate, arrange a little lower on the right of the #3 flowers

element 58 mirror arrange below all the flowers on the left, I erased some parts that were over the face of the tube in the frame because it didn't look right

element 1 rotate right 30 arrange on left, below all the flower layers, duplicate

resize the duplicate by 90% erase all but the top couple sections of flowers, arrange down in the 

bottom left corner

add paper 8 above the white background

apply your mask

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

Patriot

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 Ninaste at Beehive Studio which you need a license to use. 

This tube is called USA Pearl and she's a special layer of Black Pearl tube. For a limited time, you spend

at least $3 in the store and you can get her free!

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Patriotic Pearl by Tiny Turtle Designs which was made to 

match this layer of the tube.

Template 273 from Millie's PSP Madness

Font of choice, I am using Keyboard Patriot, I set the background red, foreground white with stroke

set on 2 for my name text

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 and close the original
Delete the following layers: Raster 1, 6, 7, 8, 9

Change the canvas size to 950 x 850 to give yourself some room to work

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 for each layer

layer 1 use paper 1

layer 2 use paper 21

layer 3 use paper 47

layer 4 use paper 40

layer 5 use paper 22

layer 10 use paper 21

layer 11 leave as is

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 50%, arrange on the right

 Now add the following elements:

element 121 resize  50 arrange to the right of your tube

erase where his feet look like they're standing on her shoes

element 32 resize  45% rotate right 90 arrange behind the tube on the bottom right

element 30 resize  35% arrange above the blue heart

 element 20 resize  25% arrange on the left side of the template's star layer

element 168 resize  65% rotate right 12 arrange above the USA

element 36 arrange on left, duplicate & drag duplicate to the right

element 75 resize  45% arrange on top right, duplicate a few times and arrange around the tag

element 83 resize  35% arrange below USA & Statue Of Liberty

element 11 resize  15% arrange just to the left of the tube on the bottom

element 12 resize  20% arrange behind and to the left of the other cupcake

element 58 resize  30% arrange behind the red cupcake

element 55 resize 30% arrange behind the blue cupcake

element 64 resize  40% arrange behind the flowers

element 63 resize  20% arrange on top right

 element 66 resize  55% arrange just above the blue star layer of the template

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

Sea Lovers

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 Derzi from Beehive Studios, Sea Lovers, which you need a license to use.
This tube can be used with just the girl tube, just the boy tube, or both of them together. There
are also several color choices for you to pick from. 

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit In the Kingdom of Depth by Graphics of Fantasy

Font of choice, I am using Virginia Sky

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: No Outside Plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 1000 pixels with a white background

open frame 5 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2,
add a new raster layer above the white background
open paper 2 make sure you are on the empty raster layer you just made
copy and paste into selection, then deselect

open your tubes, copy and paste both as a new layer, resize each to 65%
arrange the boy on the left and the girl on the right

Now we'll add our elements, you can check my tag for an example where to put things

element 8 arrange on the top left, duplicate & mirror
element 6 55% arrange on bottom right, duplicate & mirror
element  20 arrange on bottom left, under the frame & background layer, duplicate & mirror
element 13 resize 80% arrange on the bottom in the center
element 53 resize 55 % arrange on bottom to the left
element 56  arrange above the water background, change blend mode to Luminance (L) and drop to 70% opacity
element 12 arrange just above the frame on the right

add paper 1 above your white background
add your mask
Mine was a little too dark, so I lowered the opacity to 50

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

Lady 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 Ninaste at Beehive studio (Ladybug Tube) which you need a license to use. 
This tube has several layers with different hair and clothing color choices and wings in different colors, so it
is very versitile to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit,Ladybug Garden by Amy Marie Kits

Font of choice, I am using 2Peas Champagne

Mask: of your choice

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 23 copy and paste as a new layer, rotate right 90 resize 90%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 15 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard,leave selected


Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 76%
arrange in your frame
erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them

Now we'll add our elements, you can check my example tag for reference

element 12 arrange on far right side of frame
element 118 resize  85% mirror, rotate left 12 & arrange along the bottom
element 132 mirror & arrange on the bottom
element 79 resize  75% arrange on right side, just above element 12 layer
element 83 arrange below the other layers on the right side
element 9 arrange just above the frame layer on the bottom
element 6 resize  15% arrange in the flowers on the bottom left


add paper 11 above the white background
apply your mask

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

Spring Boy

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 Derzi at Beehive Studio, which you need a license to use. 

This tube is called Spring Boy and he's part of the Flower Blast Collection which comes with 7 Chibbies tubes

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  a PTU kit Flower Blast Collection, by Tiny Turtle Designs

made to match the whole Flower Blast Collection by Derzi.

Font of choice, I am using Piranha

Mask: Boundless Bliss Grunge Mask 1 (site no longer available but she allows links to the mask)

Plugins: No outside plugins used
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 your tube as a new layer, resize by 75%

Now we'll add the elements & you can check my example tag for a good idea of placement

element 124  arrange on the bottom left, duplicate & mirror

element 131 resize  65% arrange on right, behind grass layer

element 76 arrange on the left

element 122 arrange to the right of and behind the house

element 159 arrange on right, behind fence layer

element 33 resize  25% duplicate once & mirror the duplicate, arrange them along the fence

element 149 resize  30% arrange in the front of the grass and flowers at the bottom right

element 139 resize  65% arrange on the left

element 172 arrange behind the fence on the right 

element 209, resize 15% arrange by the flowers along the fence,

duplicate, mirror it, resize 60%, duplicate it

resize the duplicate 75% duplicate it

resize the duplicate 75% and mirror it, arrange them how you like

 Copy and paste paper 30 above the white background

apply your mask

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