Faes and Flowers Tut

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on the 16th day of June 2011 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.
Things Needed:
Tube of choice: I am using the work of the talented Caron Vinson which you can purchase at CDO ; though I bought mine at the former CILM.

Kit of choice: I am using the kit called Clear Day from Sugarkissed Designs

Let’s Begin:

1. Open a new transparent image 650 x 650 we will call this our working image (we will definitely be resizing later.)
2. Open SK_CDay_El22.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
3. Open SK_CDay_El02.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
4. Move over to the left hand side of Element 22 until satisfied with the placement
5. Duplicate this layer
6. Image—Mirror
7. Now move this top layer to the bottom
8. Highlight raster 2
9. Click in the center of the circle using your magic wand to select inside the frame
10. Selections—Modify—Expand by 10
11. Open paper of choice ( I used paper 5) and paste as a new layer on our working image
12. Selections—invert
13. Hit delete on your keyboard one time
14. Selections—Select none
15. Move this layer beneath the circle frame layer
16. Now repeat steps 11-15 with each of the squares (using papers of your choice)
17. Now all of our frames should have papers in them
18. Highlight our very top layer
19. Open SK_CDay_El24.png
20. Resize by 85%
21. Paste as a new layer on our working image
22. Move to the top of our frame
23. Image—Duplicate
24. Image—Flip
25. Merge layer down
26. Duplicate again
27. Image—Rotate making sure all layers is Unchecked by 90 degrees
28. Merge layer down again
29. Now move this layer to the very bottom and add a drop shadow
30. My drop shadow settings are -5, 5, 25, 2 shadow on new layer Unchecked
31. Open SK_CDay_El30.png
32. Resize by 50%
33. Paste as a new layer and slightly rotate to your liking with your deform tool
34. Crop off the excess so that it is not covering our middle frame
35. Once happy add a drop shadow ( I used the same one as before)
36. Duplicate
37. Image—Flip
38. Now you will have to move this one up to fit at the bottom of the frame
39. Open SK_CDay_El35.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
40. Move to your liking
41. Now open SK_CDay_El34.png and move to the flower and move below the flower layer
42. Open SK_CDay_El29.png and resize by 50%
43. Paste as a new layer and place to your liking
44. Add your tube or tubes at this time ( You will have your main tube and then one in each of the frames)
45. Once satisfied make sure all layers have a drop shadow…
46. Merge all layers visible
47. Resize by 75% all layers checked
48. Go to image—canvas size
49. Make your canvas size 500 x 500 with the center button ticked
50. Open SK_CDay_El32.png and paste as a new layer
51. Now send this layer to the bottom
52. Add your name and of course your copyright layer and we will now call it done!!
Hope that you like the results…. Export as a .png and I would love to see your results!!

Hugs,
Carmin

Angels Breath Tut

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on the 9th day of June 2011 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.
Things Needed:
Tube of choice: I am using the work of Zindy Nielsen which you can purchase from here.
Kit of choice: I am using the kit called Angels Breath from Heartfelt Perfections which you can purchase from here.

Let’s Begin:

1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 600 we will call this our working image
2. Now open frame 3 OR 4 the choice is yours. I will be using both. (if you want to use both continue here or skip to step )
3. On both frame layers go to :Image , Resize 25%
4. Copy both and paste as a new layer on our working image
5. Now you want to set your selection tools to :
Freehand Selection: Point to point Mode: Add/Shift Feather: 5
6. Now you want to select parts of your top frame with your selection tool
7. When happy with the parts you have selected hit delete on your keyboard one time
8. Selections- Select None
9. Merge all layers visible
10. Image resize by 75% making sure all layers is not checked
11. Now select the center of our frame with your magic wand
12. Selections- Modify- Expand by 10
13. Open paper of choice and resize by 45% TWICE
14. Now paste as a new layer on our working image
(I used paper 4)
15. Selections-invert- delete
16. Selections – Select None
17. Move raster one below our frame layer
18. Add your tube at this time
19. Add drop shadow of your choosing to your tube
20. Open Beads and Beads 2
21. Resize them by 25% and then again by 50%
22. Paste them on our working image and place them to your liking (or look at the sample tag for placement)
23. Now move your beads to the bottom...beneath all of the other layers
24. Open hearts.png
25. Resize by 25%
26. Paste as a new layer on our working image
27. Move below our tube layer
28. Place to your liking
29. Now duplicate and mirror so it’s on the opposite side
30. Now duplicate again and rotate by 45% place to your liking
31. Duplicate one more time and mirror again
32. Once happy with the placement of your hearts add a drop shadow
33. Open Bow Dangle and resize by 25%
34. Paste as a new layer on our working image
35. Move this to the top
36. Place the bottom of our frame/tube and add a drop shadow
37. At this point I am satisfied with my tag but if you want feel free to add more elements
38. Add your copyrights and text at this time
That’s it we are done with our tag
Export as a .png and walla our new tag is complete
I hope you like your finished tag, I would love to see your result

Thank you Bobbie

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you so much Bobbie!! I love my new layout... I am happy with the change and I cant thank you enough....

Hugs,

Carmin

Obsessed

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on the 27th day of May 2011 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.
Things Needed:

• Tube of choice: I am using the work of Misticheskaya from picsfordesigns.com I chose to use the EMMA tube for this tut…
• Plugins : Photo Effex- Scan Lines
• Kit of choice: I am using the kit called Obsession by Sugar Kissed which you can purchase from her store Here

Let’s Begin:
1) Open a new transparent image 600 x 600 (we can resize later)
2) Open tube of choice and minimize for now
3) Open SK_Obsession_El42.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
4) Open SK_Obsession_El43.png and also paste as a new layer on our working image
5) Open SK_Obsession_El44.png and also paste as a new layer on our working image
6) Move one of these to the top of our image and the other two on the bottom to form a triangle so to speak.
7) Now Click inside each one and add paper of choice to each one
• For the pink one I used paper17
• For the purple one I used paper06
• And for the black one I used paper05
8) Now you can clip pieces out with your selection tool to make it look like the circle frames are entwined
9) Add a drop shadow to each frame
10) Paste your tube as a new layer in the center of our “triangle”
11) Add drop shadow of choice at this time to your tube
12) Open SK_Obsession_El26.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
13) Clip out pieces to make it look like its actually clipping the frames and add drop shadow of choice
14) Open SK_Obsession_El26.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
15) Now you want to place this somewhere to make it look like it is fastening your tube to the background (look at mine for reference) clip out parts again to make it look like it is actually a pin in the works ;)
16) Open SK_Obsession_El31.png and paste as a new layer on our working image
17) Place to your liking and drop shadow
18) Duplicate and put again on the opposite side
19) Okay at this point I will say add any additional elements of choice simply because at this point it makes a nice tag… though I added a couple more…
20) Now close off your tube layer
21) Merge the rest of your layers visible
22) Duplicate your bottom layer
23) Now highlight the bottom new bottom layer
24) Adjust Blur Gaussian Blur by 10
25) Now apply your photoeffex scanlines at default settings
26) Now add your copyrights and text of choice
27) Now that’s it… (sometimes I like to keep it simple) lol
28) Add anything else at this time that you wish to have before exporting as a png…
Thank you for trying my tutorial….

Hugs,
Carmin

Spring Photos

This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on the 15th day of May 2011 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.

Things Needed:
Plugins: Xero- Fritillary
3 Tubes of choice: I am using the talented Barbara Jensen which you can purchase from her site here.
Kit of choice: I am using the PTU kit called Summer Cottage by Wicked Princess Scraps which you can purchase here.

Let’s Begin:
1.) Open a new transparent image 650 x 250
2.) Open Paper of choice I used Paper 9
3.) Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
4.) Place to your liking
5.) Open another paper of choice I used Paper 6
6.) Rotate paper 90 degrees left all layers checked
7.) Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
8.) Again place to your liking
9.) Set your top paper layers blend mode to hard light
10.) Plugins- xero- Fritillary at default settings
11.) Open circle frame resize by 50%
12.) And again by 90%
13.) Copy and paste the frame as a new layer
14.) Now open circle frame 2
15.) Resize by 50% and paste as a new layer
16.) It should line up within the other frame
17.) Now duplicate the purple frame
18.) Resize by 85% and move to the right and place to your liking
19.) Duplicate this layer
20.) Image- Mirror
21.) Now move these two layers below our other frame layers
22.) Highlight layer 3
23.) Now open WP_SC_BEADEDSCATTER.png and resize by 50%
24.) Paste as a new layer on our working image
25.) Move to the bottom left corner of our image
26.) Duplicate –Image—Mirror
27.) Now merge this layer down
28.) Duplicate again
29.) Now Image- Flip
30.) Add a drop shadow of your choice to the bead layers
31.) Now highlight layer 4 (which should be your top layer)
32.) Open the single rose and resize by 30%
33.) Copy and paste as a new layer
34.) Image- Flip
35.) Now paste to the right of our middle frame
36.) Duplicate
37.) Image Mirror
38.) Again add the drop shadow of your choice
39.) Now open flower of choice to place in the center of our roses
40.) Now this step is optional-
You can add a paper of your choice to the center of your frames or you can leave them open
I chose to use papers to add additional color to the tag
41.) Now moving on we are going to add our tubes of choice to our working image
42.) Once satisfied add drop shadow of choice to all 3 tubes
43.) Merge visible
44.) Add a new raster layer and fill with color to match your tag
45.) Selections- Select all – Modify- Contract by 2
46.) Hit delete on your keyboard one time
47.) Now again add drop shadow of choice to this layer
48.) Add your copyrights and text of choice
49.) Merge visible and Export as a JPG
That’s it we are finished. I hope you like your results and I would love to see your results!
Feel free to share your results with me.

Hugs,

Carmin