October Fright

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 October Nights, a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designs

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Jeans de Nimes

Mask: Boundless Bliss Grunge Mask 1, she no longer has her site

so I can't link, if you don't have this mask, any mask you like will work

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 frame 2 copy and paste as a new layer 

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

open  copy and paste as a new layer 

layer  use paper

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

open paper 7 copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard

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

Change the blend mode to Luminance (L) and drop the opacity to 75

Paste your tube again, resize 50% arrange on the left of the frame

Now add elements

Spell book resize  30% arrange on bottom center of frame

skulls resize  55% arrange on right, erase the skull on the far right, duplicate & mirror

feather resize  75% arrange on right, below other elements, duplicate & mirror

cross resize  55% arrange on right

spider web resize  55% arrange on right

Add paper 2 just above the white background and apply your mask.

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Fangs

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, which is a store collab by Grunge & Glitter, called Wicked 
I linked to the page that has all the parts of the collab, I am just using the Grunge and Glitter part for this.
These are available at http://www.pimpmytagswithscraps.com/store/

Font of choice, I am using Sick Capital Vice

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!

Banner:

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

open paper 3 copy and paste as a new layer 

dead tree arrange on far right
moon resize 45% arrange on far right, top corner behind the tree layer

open tube copy and paste as a new layer resize 80% and arrange on right, above the tree layer

bats arrange across top, behind tube, erase the ones over the tree
magic arrange on right, just below tube layer

make the white background layer active, selections, select all
modify, set selection borders at 4
add a new raster layer at the top & flood fill with #a6cd5b

Avatar:
Open a new 200 x 200 canvas (or whatever size your forum allows) with a white background
Copy and paste your background from your tag to your avatar canvas
copy and paste the moon, place it on the left
copy and paste the bats, place across the top
copy and paste the tube, place on the right

Make the white background layer active, add a border the same way we did above

add your copyright and credits as needed on each

add your text and save

Dia de los Muertos

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 Alehandra Vanhek which you need a license to use,

available at Pics For Design (PFD)

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit by Designs by Sarah called Dia de los Muertos 

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Sold Out

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow for word art (optional)

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 1 copy and paste as a new layer 

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 5, selections, invert

open paper 2 copy and paste as a new layer 

click delete on your keyboard, leave selected, 

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 45%

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

Now for the elements:

sugar skull 1  resize 45% arrange on bottom in the middle

sugar skull 3 resize 30% arrange on right, a little way up the side of the frame

sugar skull 4 resize 30% mirror arrange on left side of frame partway up

flower 3 resize 45% arrange on one side of the bottom skull, duplicate, mirror

fjower 1  resize 30% arrange above the other flower, duplicate, mirror

leaves resize 30% arrange behind flowers on right, duplicate, mirror

word art 1 resize 60%  arrange above the middle skull add gradient glow

print 3 arrange behind frame & paper

print 2 resize 105% arrange bdhind print 3

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Fall Fancy

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, Fall Fancy by Pimp'd Designz 

Available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Cinnamon Cake

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 your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 40% if using the same one as me

For the elements, I used the following, you can check my tag for exact placement if you'd like.

twig 2, resize 45%   arrange by pumpking, duplicate, mirror

pumpkin (the one that came with the tube) resize 45% arrange to the right & behind the tube

flower 3 resize 40% arrange in front of left pumpkin, duplicate, move by right pumpkin,

duplicate & resize 75% arrange on left in the twig

Twig resize 40% arrange between pumpkins, duplicate arrange around tag

leaf 1, resize 25% arrange behind one of the flowers, duplicate a couple times, arrange around tag

leaf 2  resize 25% duplicate a couple times, arrange around the tag

leaf 3 resize 35% arrange in front of pumpkin on right, duplicate, mirror arrange over other pumpkin

umbrella resize 45% arrange on left below all the layers

mushrooms resize 15% duplicate, arrange in a couple of the empty spots in tag

acorns resize 25% arrange in a couple empty spots in the tag

pincone resize 35% arrange in an empty spot around pumpkins

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Scare Fest

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, Emo Scare Fest by Inzpired Creatitonz

which you can find at Pimp My Tags With Scraps  

Font of choice, I am using Alice In Wonderland

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 your tube, copy and paste as a new layer 

cauldron resize 70% arrange to the left of tube

gravestone resize 65% arrange to the right of cauldron

cat 2 resize 65% arrange to the right of gravestone

cross arrange behind cat

flower 3, arrange behind cauldron and tube

cocktail 3 resize 50% arrange by cauldron & gravestone

spatter arrange behind tube

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Hocus Pocus

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 limited edition bonus tube that was available between August 13 to September 13, 2013

with a $10 purchase she is no longer available, but you could use another witch tube

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Hocus Pocus by Inzpired Creationz

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps 

Font of choice, I am using Nevermore

Mask of your choice

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 for name (optional)

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, check my tag for exact placement if you'd like

Grave 1 resize 85% arrange slightly left of the center

Grave 3 resize 85% arrange to the right of grave 1

Grave 2 resize 85% arrange to the right of grave 3

Book on stand arrange in front of grave stones

Cauldron 1 resize 65%  arrange to the right of stand

Grass arrange on the left, duplicate & mirror, drag the copy layer below the cauldron layer

Leaves resize 85% arrange in front of cauldron, duplicate, mirror

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55% if you are using the same one as me

Add paper 4 right above the white background and add your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Sable's Autumn

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 by Inzpired Creationz called A Country Autumn 

This kit is available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Love Is A Many Complicated Thing

Mask: WSL Mask 84

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  copy and paste as a new layer Frame 4 resize 85% 

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

open paper 6 copy and paste as a new layer click delete on your keyboard and deselect

Open your tube, arrange over the frame

Now we'll add our elements, you can check my tag for a better idea of placement

branch 3 resize 85% arrange on bottom left, duplicate, mirror

branches 1 resize 65% arrange on bottom left, slightly higher t

han the other branches (between tube & frame layers)

flower 2 resize 40% arrange on bottom left, duplicate a few times and arrange around tag

Flower 4 resize 35% arrange just above & behind flower 2 on left, duplicate & arrange around tag

Flower 3, resize 35% arrange on bottom left, duplicate & arrange around tag

Flower 9 resize 35% arrange on bottom in middle, duplicate & arrange around tag

Ribbon 1  resize 35% arrange on left, duplicate & mirror

Pincones resize 35% arrange on the bottom in the middle

Button 2  resize 40% arrange on the top left

Butterfly, resize 40% arrange on  left

Ladybug, resize 35% arrange on left

Copy and paste paper 12 as a new layer right above your white background

and apply your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright 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

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

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

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

City Swag

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 City Bling by Inzpired Creationz

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps  

Font of choice, I am using Razing

Plugins: Alien Skin 4000 Shadow Lab - use on whatever elements you like & your tube

I used the following setting on my elements 

direction 315

then top to bottom:

28.80

100

20.16

0

black

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.

Let's get started!

Banner:

Open a new canvas 600 x 250 pixels, white background

Open paper 14, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 75%

Open city scene 1, copy and paste as a new layer

Open car 3, resize 50% arrange on left

Open word art, resize 50% add drop shadow 5, 5, 100, 10

Cocktail 1, resize 30% use same drop shadow as on word art

Make your white background layer active, click on your crop tool

crop to layer opaque 

then selections, select all, float, defloat, modify

set selection borders 3

add a new raster layer at the top and flood fill with a metallic gradient that looks good with your tag

Add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Avatar:

Open a new canvas 150 x 150 or larger if the forum you are using allows it, some do 200 x 200 

copy and paste the city scene and your tube, arrange how you like

add a border as we did on the banner

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Prima Ballerina

For this tutorial you will need the following:

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

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

I bought my tube when she was at PTE but she is now an independent artist.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Prima Ballerina, a PTU kit by Inzpired Creationz,

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Honeybee

Mask: gemsmask217 from GemsTaggin Scraps

Plugins: No outside plugins used

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 with a white background

Open frame 3 copy and paste as a new layer

Take your freehand selection tool set at point to point and go just inside the inside frame edge, once you get back around to the beginning, double click.

Selections, invert

Open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard, make sure this is below your frame. Deselect

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

I erased the marionette strings on mine where they went above the top of the frame and over the black flowers

Open roses 1 and roses 2, resize by 50% copy and paste as a new layer,

arrange on the canvas, duplicate a few times and arrange

mirror and rotate as needed

Add the following elements, checking my tag for placement:

 Eiffel tower resize 45%, rotate right 15, erase the bit that hangs over the black flower so it looks like it's going behind it

Dress form, resize 40%  rotate right 15

ballet slippers 1, resize 40%

brooch, resize 40%

swirly tree, arrange on left, drag that layer so it's between the flower layers, erase any bits that are over things you don't want them to be over, like the ballet slippers, etc

bird, resize 40%

Open paper 20, copy and paste as a new layer just above the white background, apply your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Back 2 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  Keith Garvey which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  PTU kit, Back to School  - Pink by Designs by Sarah  

available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using  C.A. Gatintas

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!

 Open a new canvas 1000 x 850 with a white background

Open board 1, copy and paste as a new layer move up a little on your canvas

Open desk, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 70% arrange on the right.

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

Open paper 4, copy and paste as a new layer, drag it over so its edges line up at the top and left, duplicate
and drag it over so that it lines up with the far right edge of the paper on the left, merge them together,
duplicate and drag it down so that it lines up on the bottom.
Now apply your mask.
You can just enlarge it if you want, I just didn't want the pattern in the paper to be so big.

Add the following elements, see my tag for exact placement
Books 1  resize 35%
backpack resize 35%
notebook, resize 20%
calculator resize 20%
stapler, resize 20%
ruler, resize 40%
Pen resize 20%
scissors resize 40%

word arts 1, 2, & 3 resize each by 50%
add a gradient glow with a width of 6 and make the glow pink & white

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

Genie In a Bottle

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, Genie in a Bottle by Designs by Sarah available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font of choice, I am using Mandala

Mask: gems mask 19 from Gems Tagging Scraps. 

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

Check my tag for exact placement of elements

Open backdrop town, copy and paste as a new layer

Open bottle label 2, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange behind the town

Open your close up tube, copy and paste over the label layer, drop opacity to 24

erase bits that show where you don't want them to

Open frame 5, arrange behind the label layer

Lamp 1, resize 50%

smoke 2, resize 50%

magic 2, arrange between the city and the closeup tube layer

butterfly, resize 30%

sword resize 65%

Diamond, resize 65%

Open paper 9, copy and paste just above the white background layer, apply your mask

Crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Alaina's Dream

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.  

Collab template 4 by Deb & Tammi available at Creative Misfits Creations blog.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Magical Dream a PTU kit by Inzpired Creationz  available at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Penabico

Mask: Horseplay's Pasture Mask 27

Plugins: no ourside 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 your template, shift D to duplicate, close the original.

Delete Raster 7, 10, 12 and copy of  Vector 11

Change the cavas size to something like 950 x 850 so you have more 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, like the frames or dotted lines, you may just want to flood fill with a color from your kit. To do this, click on the layer in your layer palette, add another raster layer above it,

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

Delete the original template layer

I used these papers for each layer:

Raster 3 & 5 use paper 3

Raster 2 & 4 use paper 1

Raster 6 use paper 2

Raster 1 use paper 11

Raster 11, 9 & 8 use paper 5

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange on your tag, and erase the bits the hang over where you don't want them.

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

Branch 1, resize 65% duplicate, mirror, duplicate again and drag over toward the empty area in the bottom middle

Rose 1, resize 28% duplicate a few times and arrange around on the leaves

Flower 2, resize 31% duplicate and arrange around on the leaves

Flower 4, resize 28% duplicate and arrange around on the leaves

Bow 1, resize 55%, duplicate & mirror

Bow 2, resize 60%

Bird resize 30%

Fairy dust resize 50%

scattered petals drag layer below tube and above template layers

Doodle 1 drag just below scattered petals layer

Lanterns, resize 75% arrange on left just under the tube, duplicate & mirror

Open paper 12, copy and paste as a new layer just above the white background layer and apply your mask

My mask wasn't quite dark enough so I duplicated it a couple times and merged the layers together.

Crop & resize

add your copyrights & credits as needed

add text and save

Angel & Fireflies

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 Night Flies , a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designz 

Font of choice, I am using Dreamed About You

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!

For the banner: 

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

Open paper 13, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the canvas where you want it.

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

Open vine 2 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 65% arrange on the left

Open lights 1 copy and paste as a new layer, drag it below the tube and arrange it

Open jar, resize 35%, arrange behind the vine on the left

Open lightening bug, resize 20%, duplicate a few times and arrange where you like around the banner.

Click on the white background layer, selections, select all, modify, select selection borders, 3

Add a new raster layer at the top of the layer palette and flood fill the selection with #687997 or another color from your tube or kit that goes well with it.

Add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

For the avatar:

Open a new canvas 150 x 150 (or whatever size the forum you are using it on allows) with a white background

Now we will just copy stuff from the banner tag and paste it into the avatar and arrange it.

Copy these items:

paper background

vine

fireflies

Click on the white background and add a frame along the edge of your avatar using the same steps we did above for the banner.

Add whatever copyright info you need

Add your text and save