Blue Christmas

This tutorial was written by me Carmin of, Carmins Chaos on this 16th day of November. Any resemblance is completely coincidental and definitely not intended. Please do not copy my tutorials and claim them as your own, nor do I allow my tutorials to be translated.
Things needed:

Kit: Winters Solace by Kylaras Kreations which you can buy here
Tube of choice: Im using the work of Suzanne Woolcott which you can buy here
Please do not use her work without a license.

Mask of Choice

1. Open a new Image 600 x 600
2. Open a lace of choice and resize by 50%
3. Duplicate 3 times and rotate 2 of them to make a square frame
4. Once happy with your frame merge visible
5. Open paper of choice
6. Paste as a new layer
7. Crop excess off ( all that’s outside our newly made frame)
8. Move this layer below our frame
9. Paste your tubes as new layers resizing if needed
10. Place to your liking
11. Add trees of your choosing moving them behind your tubes
12. Now paste the road sign resize to your liking
13. Move to the left of our frame
14. Open your bow of choosing and resize by 50 %
15. Place at the bottom and center
16. Open brad of choice and resize by 60%
17. Place in the center of our bow
18. Open the tree branch and resize by 50%
19. Place to your liking to make an arrangement with those three elements towards the bottom of our frame ( but move the branch below the bow)
20. Look at my tag for reference
21. Once happy with placement merge all visible
22. Now resize by 65%
23. Open paper of choice
24. Paste as a new layer and move to bottom
25. Apply your mask of choice and merge the group
26. Add any additional elements of your choosing at this time
27. Add your copyrights
28. And export as a PNG
29. That’s it your finished

Was Updating

I was updating all my tutorials but heck some of the scrappers are gone so maybe I will just go forward from here.... I have alot going on in life that just seems to want to keep me down anyhow. My health is driving me nuts..I have Fibro and Lupus and I tell you what some days are a real challenge. So onward and upward.... the best I can anyhow....

Pretty In Punk

This tutorial was written by me Carmin of, Carmins Chaos on this 14th day of May. Any resemblance is completely coincidental and definitely not intended. Please do not copy my tutorials and claim them as your own, nor do I allow my tutorials to be translated.Things needed:

Things Needed:

• Template 7 from Scrapity Scrap and More which can be found Here
• Misunderstood PTU Kit from Toxic Desirez which can be purchased from Dazzling Scraps
• Tube of choice I am using the wonderful work of Jose Cano which must be purchased with a license from MPT Please do not use his work without obtaining the proper License
• Plugins: Penta Jeans

Let's Begin:
• Open SSAM_Tag Template 7.psd
• delete the copyright layer
• highlight Raster Layer 2
• Selections-select all- float- defloat
• Selections- Invert
• Open paper of your choice ( I used Paper36.png)
• Paste as a new layer
• Hit delete once on your keyboard
• Select-None
• Delete raster layer 2 now
• Highlight raster 4
• Selections- Select All- Float- Defloat
• Open another paper ( I used paper1.png)
• Highlight raster 5
• Repeat steps 1 thru 5 (for rasters 5,6, and 8)
• Now go back thru and drop shadow all layers
• I used the following drop shadow 0,0,75,5 Black
• Okay now onto adding our elements and things
• Open Beaded String 1.png
• resize by 50%
• Paste as a new layer and put to the left side of our image hanging from our bars
• Repeat with Beaded String 2.png but Image - mirror
• Now paste on the right side hanging from the bars
• Highlight our top layer
• Open ribbon3.png and resize by 75%
• Paste as a new layer
• Drop shadow
• Add Noise Gaussian, Monochrome Checked 55%
• Open Star 3.png resize by 50% and paste to your liking on our working image
• Open Bow 4.png and paste as a new layer
• Resize by 65% and paste as a new layer beneath our black star
• At this point paste any extra elements you would like to include
• (the possibilities are endless with this amazing kit)
• Open your tube and paste as a new layer
• Once happy with your tube placement and elements Merge all layers visible
• Duplicate this layer
• Adjust Gaussian Blur 15
• Send this layer to the bottom
• Apply Penta- jeans plugin with default settings
• Lower the opacity of this layer to 50%
• Merge visible once again
• Now add your artist copyrights
• That's it we're finished.

Pinup U

This tutorial was written by me Carmin of, Carmins Chaos on this 17th day of May. Any resemblance is completely coincidental and definitely not intended. Please do not copy my tutorials and claim them as your own, nor do I allow my tutorials to be translated.
Things needed:
Template 43 by Ginas Gems Here
Make a Wish PTU Kit by Lady Saphira which you can purchase from Your Scrap Addiction
Tube of choice… Im using the wonderful work of © Pinuptoons which you can purchase with a license at the CILM. Please do not use his work without a license.


1. Open the template Delete the copyright layer,Bracket 1, bracket 2 and white background layers
2. Highlight rectangle 1
3. Selections- select all- float- defloat
4. Open paper of choice
5. (I used paper 15)
6. Paste as a new layer
7. Selections- invert and hit delete on your keyboard once
8. Repeat steps 2-8 for rectangle 2 using the same paper
9. Highlight rounded rectangle layer
10. Selections- select all- float- defloat
11. Open another paper of choice
12. I used paper 16
13. Paste as a new layer
14. Selections- invert and hit delete on your keyboard once again
15. Select none
16. Highlight Rounded rectangle stripes layer
17. Selections- select all- float- defloat
18. Open another paper of choice
19. I used paper 17
20. Paste as a new layer
21. Selections- invert and hit delete on your keyboard once again
22. Highlight circle layer
23. Selections- select all- float- defloat
24. Open another paper of choice
25. I used Paper 3
26. Paste as a new layer
27. Selections- invert and hit delete on your keyboard once again
28. Highlight bracket one layer
29. Selections- select all- float- defloat
30. Open paper of choice ( I used paper 3 again)
31. Paste as a new layer
32. Selections- invert- hit delete once again on the keyboard
33. Highlight- Bracket 1 stripes
34. Selections- select all- float- defloat
35. Open paper of choice
36. I used paper 1
37. Selections- invert hit delete on your keyboard
38. Highlight Bracket 2 Layer
39. Selections- select all- float- defloat
40. Open Paper of choice ( I used paper 16 again)
41. Selections-invert hit delete once again on the keyboard
42. Selections- select none
43. Delete the following layers
• Circle
• Bracket Shape 2
• Bracket 1 Stripes
• Bracket 1
• Rounded Rectangle Stripes
• Rounded Rectangle
• Rectangle 2
• And Rectangle 1
44. Now our layers from top to bottom should be Raster 5, Raster 8, Raster 7, Raster 6, Raster 4, Raster 3, Raster2, and our bottom layer Raster 1.
45. Drop shadow all layers EXCEPT 8
46. I used the following settings 0, 0, 75, 2.50 Color: Black shadow on new layer UNCHECKED
47. Now drop shadow Raster 8 but instead of 2.50 use 5.00
48. Open bow1.png and bow2.png resizing both by 50%
49. Copy Bow 1 and paste as a new layer on our working image placing it in the center of our bracket frame
50. Copy Bow 2 and paste as a new layer on our working image placing it in the center of bow 1
51. Drop shadow both bows
52. Open leaves4.png
53. Resize by 50%
54. Copy
55. Highlight Raster 5
56. Paste our leaves as a new layer and move to the right of the frame
57. Duplicate this layer
58. Image mirror
59. Place in its proper place on the other side of the frame
60. Drop shadow both layers
61. Open the tube you are going to use at this time and resize if necessary
62. Paste tube above Raster 5
63. And crop off the bottom excess of the tube so it looks like the tube is coming out of the frame
64. Add drop shadow to your tube
65. Type saying of your choice to fill the two rectangles
66. Merge all layers visible
67. Add any additional elements of your choosing at this time
68. That’s it we are finished….
69. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial…

Love Blooms

This tutorial was written by me Carmin of, Carmins Chaos on this 17th day of May. Any resemblance is completely coincidental and definitely not intended. Please do not copy my tutorials and claim them as your own, nor do I allow my tutorials to be translated.Things needed:

Promise nothing PTU Kit by Pretty Eyes’ Creations which at the time could be purchased from Scrappin Dollars
Tube of Choice: I am using the work of Keith Garvey purchased with License from MPT
Muras Miester Copies plugin
Vix_Mask147 found here
Lets begin:
1. Open a new image 650 x650
2. Open forgetmenot4.png
3. Resize by 20%
4. Paste on to our new working image
5. Resize again by 75%
6. Apply Muras Miester – Copies- with the following settings:
Encircle, 16, 50, 50, 0, 100, -25, 100, 0, 100, 0, 0, 30, 0
7. Open forgetmenot1.png
8. Resize by 10%
9. Paste on our working image
10. Repeat the Muras Meister – Copies again
11. Now line the flowers up the pink flowers just over the centers of the violet flowers
12. Select raster 2 and click inside flower frame with magic wand
13. Selections—Modify—expand by 10
14. Paste paper 24 as a new layer
15. Selections- invert
16. Hit delete on your keyboard
17. Move this layer BELOW our flower frame layers
18. Open the blue confetti and resize by 30%
19. Paste as a new layer on our working image
20. Resize by 50 % again
21. Muras Meister tiling angle
22. Click raster 4 and click in the transparent area with our magic wand
23. Selections –invert
24. Now select raster 5 and hit delete on the keyboard
25. Change the opacity to Luminance legacy
26. Adjust add remove noise
27. Add Noise 55% Gaussian dotted and monochrome checked
28. Paste your tube at this time
29. Add drop shadow of your choosing
30. Merge visible
31. Paste paper layer of choice as a new layer
32. Move to bottom
33. Apply mask Vix_Mask147
34. Add copyrights
35. Add any additional elements of your choosing at this time
36. You're finished!!!!

Shades Of Pink

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on the 6th day of November 2010 and any resemblance is purely coincidental. I used PSP 9, but any version should work. I do not allow my tutorials to be translated and please do not claim them as your own. If you would like to share the tutorial please send a link to my blog.

Supplies needed:
• Tube of Choice: Im using a tube from Anna Liwanag which you can purchase at MPT
• Scrap Kit of choice: I am using Strawberry Mint a PTU Kit from Kris of Mystical Illusionz which you can purchase from here.

1. Open a new image 625 x 625 we can resize later
2. Open a bead frame of your choosing
3. Resize the bead frame by 65%
4. Paste as a new layer on our working image
5. With your magic wand click in the center of our frame
6. Selections—Modify—Expand by 2
7. Open paper of choice and paste as a new layer
8. Selections—Invert
9. Hit delete on your keyboard
10. Repeat this with the outer portion of our frame using a different paper
11. Now drop shadow your frame 0,0, 100, 3 black
12. Open the tulips resize them by 35%
13. You can resize two of them again by 85% and then place to your liking rotating two of them
14. Open a bow of your choice and resize by 40%
15. Paste as a new layer and move to the center of our tulips
16. Drop shadow your flowers and your bow
17. Add a couple roses of choice you will have to resize to your liking
18. Merge visible
19. Add copyrights and text of choice

Not a very complicated tut but I loved the outcome….