Lavender Dreams-tutorial

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on Sept 22, 2011 and any resemblance is purely coincidental. I use 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. Thank you!

Things Needed:

Tube/Image of choice: I am using a tube from the talented Anna Marine which you can purchase from CDO
Kit of choice: I am using a PTU Kit from Created by Jill called Finding Neverland which you can purchase here
Plugins: Muras Meister Copies and Tramages- Tow the Line

Let’s Begin:

1. Open a new image 600 x 600 ( this we will call our working image and you can resize later if you choose to do so )
2. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_frame4.png and resize by 80% twice
3. Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
4. Adjust- Sharpen
5. Using your magic wand click in the center of our frame
6. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_paper03.jpg and paste as a new layer on our working image
7. Place to your liking
8. Selections- invert
9. Hit delete on your keyboard one time
10. Select None
11. Now move this paper layer below our frame
12. Open your tube and resize if necessary
13. Paste as a new layer on your working image and place to your liking
14. Okay now we have our tube in place and the rest will fall in place “around the tube”
15. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_framewrap2.png and resize by 50%
16. Rotate to the left “all layers”
17. Now copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
18. Now place to your liking and crop off the excess images
19. Add a nice drop shadow now to your tube and the ribbon
20. I used 0, 0, 100, 10, black
21. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_string.png and resize by 50%
22. Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image move towards the top of our frame
23. Once happy with placement duplicate image flip and you might have to move this one a bit
24. Once content Merge the two rope layers together and send to the bottom so that it’s behind the paper and frame
25. Add a drop shadow again but change the blur to 4 instead of 10
26. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_greenery.png and resize all layers by 40%
27. Image rotate by 90 degrees to the left all layers
28. Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
29. Move around and place to your liking (you will have to duplicate to have it coming from more than one area) look at my tag for placements, but again it depends which tube you use.
30. Add a nice drop shadow to the greenery
31. From here I will let you choose what other little elements you add; I added flower 2 in a couple spots
32. Okay are we ready to move on?
33. Okay merge all layers visible
34. Duplicate this layer
35. Highlight the bottom layer
36. Open your Muras Meister Copies with these settings :

37. Now lower the opacity between 30 to 40
38. Apply Tramages- Tow the line with the settings of :
Control 0: 24
Control 1: 54
Control 2: 48
Control 3: 9
39. Open CreatedbyJill_FindingNeverland_petals.png and resize by 75% twice
40. Now paste as a new layer and place to your liking BETWEEN the two layers
41. Add a nice drop shadow once again
42. Merge all layers visible once again
43. Resize now if you choose to do so
44. Add your text and of course add your copyrights
That’s it we are done with this tag. I hope that you like your results and I would personally love to see your results if you wouldn’t mind sending them to me I will even put them on my blog!! My email is theycallmetig@yahoo.com so don’t be shy share your results!!!

Thank you

I want to say thank you to someone special... Thank you so much for the very touching Blinkie in honor of my Mom. I cant begin to express how much this means to me I absolutely love it.. Thank you from the bottom of my heart...I don't know if you want to stay anonymous so you don't end up bombarded but I really appreciate you taking the time to make me something so touching.... Thank you so so much!!!

hugs and love,

Carmin

Simply Broken

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on Sept 13, 2011 and any resemblance is purely coincidental. I use 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. Thank you!

Things Needed:
Tube/Image of choice: I am using a tube called Gone with the Wind from the very talented Zindy Nielsen which you must have a license to use and can purchase from her store here

Kit of choice: I am using a PTU Kit from Schnegge called My Broken Heart which you can purchase here

Let’s Begin:
1) Open a new transparent image 700 x 600 (we can resize later if need be)
2) Open frame10_mbh_Schnegge.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
3) Using your magic wand click inside our frame
4) Selections- Modify- Expand by 8
5) Open paper03_mbh_Schnegge.png (or paper of choice) and resize by 70%
6) Paste as a new layer on our working image
7) Move this layer BELOW our frame layer
8) Once satisfied with placement go to Selections- Invert
9) Now hit delete on your keyboard and select none
10) Open your tube at this time and paste as a new layer
11) Place to your liking and crop in places necessary
12) Add a nice drop shadow to your tube layer at this time
13) I used 0,0,100,5 black with Shadow on New layer UNCHECKED
14) Open doodle02_mbh_Schnegge.png and resize by 70%
15) Paste as a new layer on our working image
16) Place to your liking along the bottom of our frame
17) Duplicate this layer
18) Image- Flip
19) Now you will have to move up just a tad
20) Once happy add our drop shadow to both doodle layers
21) Open heart10_mbh_Schnegge.png and resize by 50%
22) Paste as a new layer and place to your liking
23) Add our drop shadow again
24) Open tag01_mbh_Schnegge.png and resize by 50%
25) Image mirror
26) Place to your liking or look at my tag for reference
27) Open leave05_mbh_Schnegge.png and resize by 30%
28) Now we want to paste as a new layer and move over to our bow
29) Place to your liking duplicating and placing where needed
30) Open flower05_mbh_Schnegge.png and resize by 60%
31) Paste as a new layer and place over our leaves and ribbon (look at my tag for reference)
32) Add any additional elements that you want at this time
33) Merge visible at this time
34) Add the glitter01_mbh_Schnegge.png as a new layer and move it beneath your tag
35) Once happy merge visible again
36) Resize at this time if you choose to do so
37) Add your copyrights and text and you are done!!!

Fetching Roses

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on Sept 6th 2011 and any resemblance is purely coincidental. I use 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. Thank you!


Things Needed:

Tube/Image of choice: I am using the fabulous work of Fetch Art which you can get purchase from Scraps and Crap

Kit of choice: I am using a PTU Kit from Created by Jill called A Little Sweeter which you can get here

Plugins: None Needed

Template/Mask: Template9 by Deb here off on the left hand side you can find her bundles as zips

Let’s Begin:

1)      Open the template in PSP

2)      Duplicate the template and close the original

3)      Now delete the copyright layer on this template

4)      Highlight our frames layer

5)      Go to Selections- Float

6)      Selections- Defloat

7)      Now open a paper of choice from the kit (I chose paper10)

8)      Paste as a new layer

9)      Selections- Invert

10)   Hit delete on your keyboard one time

11)   Select None

12)   Add a drop shadow of your liking to the paper layer frames ( I used 0,0,75,3.00 black)

13)   Now delete the layer named frames so we don’t have stray edges sticking out

14)   Now repeat steps 5-13 for the Circles, Bars, and Rectangle layers on our template using different papers for each

15)   On the circles I used paper 08, for the bars I used paper04,  and on the rectangle I used paper 05, also I didn’t put a drop shadow on the rectangle layer

16)   Do not deselect on the rectangle layer

17)   Open your tube and place to your liking within the selected rectangles

18)   Once happy hit delete on the keyboard one time

19)   Select none

20)   Change this layers opacity to Luminance legacy and lower the opacity to your liking

21)   I chose 48% and applied our previous drop shadow

22)   Now merge the mask layers by right clicking and choosing merge group

23)   On this mask layer go to selections- select all

24)   Selections- float, Selections defloat

25)   Open a paper of your choosing (I used paper 09) and paste as a new layer

26)   Go to selections Invert and again hit delete on your keyboard

27)   Select none

28)   Now delete the original mask layer

29)   This should leave a faded paper layer that was in the shape of the mask

30)   I lowered the opacity of this layer to 74%

31)   Open your frame wrap of choice and resize by 50% ( I used the frame wrap1)

32)   Open the grate and resize by 75%

33)   Paste as a new layer and move just above our mask layer

34)   Open flower 2 and resize by 50% and again by 75% and paste as a new layer

35)   Place one on the top left corner just above the circle

36)   Add a nice drop shadow and now duplicate

37)   Image- Mirror

38)   Image- flip and move just a tad to your liking on the other circle

39)   Open Foilage1 and resize to your liking

40)   Paste as a new layer moving below our top roses  and line up with the arch of our grate

41)   Duplicate

42)   Image rotate 90 % to the right all layers Unchecked

43)   Image mirror

44)   Now if you would like the same greenery on the bottom roses please repeat steps 39-43

45)   Once satisfied with the placement of the foliage add a nice blurry drop shadow to make the greenery just pop.

46)   Now I added a couple hearts here and there and the white doves for a finishing touch

47)   Highlight the top layer

48)   Open your tube again (resize if necessary) and paste as a new layer

49)   Move to one side of your tag and add a nice drop shadow

50)   Add your text and COPYRIGHTS!!!

51)   If you wish for export as a JPG do so now, If you wish to export as a PNG please remove the bottom layer called background. This will remove the white background and allow you to export on a transparent background.

 Are we content with how the tag looks at this point? I would love to see your results feel free to email me with them, theycallmetig@yahoo.com

 Hugs and Love,

 Carmin