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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Ebony





Snaggable versions of this tag in my Fotki album

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 Souldesigner (Ebony tube) which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching PTU kit by Niqui's Designs, also called Ebony. 

Font of choice, I am using Sweet Pea

Plugins: No outside plugins




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

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


Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

Open element 26 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 75%, rotate left 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, deselect

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

Now add your elements:
element 31 resize 35% arrange on the right side of frame, duplicate, arrange on top left side
element 52 arrange behind frame and background paper
element 42 resize 175% arrange behind wire
element 53 rotate left 90 arrange on bottom over tube layer
element 68 resize 65% rotate left 90, arrange on bottom left below tube layer
element 10 resize 85% arrange just between the frame layer & the wire layer


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

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Sunflower Wishes






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 PinUp Toons (PinUpToons-216-3)
which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit ScrapMonti_IB-MelissaDawn-14-1 by Monti 

Font of choice, I am using Gigi

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  copy and paste as a new layer, resize 90%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2
make a new raster layer below the frame, make sure you are on this layer
open paper 7 copy and paste into selection, deselect

add the following to your tag:
element 22 resize 80% arrange across bottom of the frame
element 5 resize 80% arrange on the right side of the frame under the grass layer
add your tube on the left side of the wishing well

element 26 resize 55% arrange on bottom left side of frame
element 6 arrange on the right side of the frame element, below the well, erase what shows under the grass at the bottom, duplicate & mirror

element 4 resize 40% arrange behind the tube, between tube and the well layers
element 21 resize 38% arrange on the right side of the well
element 30, flip & arrange between the frame & background paper

element 10 resize 20% arrange in frame
element 8 resize 20% arrange in the frame by the beehive 
element 23 resize 20% rotate left 35 arrange on bottom left


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

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Peep Show





Snaggable versions of this tag in my Fotki album

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 PinUp Toons which you need a license to use.  
This tube is the April 2015 Bonus tube only available in the month of April 2015 with a $10 purchase of PinUp Toons tubes from CDO

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Peep Show, a PTU kit by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me 

Font of choice, I am using DJB Carly Sue Got Married

Plugins:  No outside plugins




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

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


Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer

Open element 90 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 14 copy and paste as a new layer 
click delete on your keyboard,

Copy and paste your close up tube as a new layer
arrange in your frame
click delete on your keyboard
change the blend mode to Luminance(L)

Now add the following elements:
element 13 resize 75% arrange on bottom right side of frame
element 125 resize 65% mirror & arrange behind grass layer
element 7 arrange on left, below element 125
element 34 resize 35% arrange on the right side of the grass
element 40 resize 35% arrange on left side of tube
element 103 resize 95% arrange on right, below frame, duplicate, flip, mirror, merge together


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