Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Sensual

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 28, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Template 17 by Judith here

Plugins
Eyecandy 4 HSB Noise
Screenworks Dot Screen

The tubes I used are by Keith Garvey, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from PTE here


Open template, shift D to duplicate.  Close original
Resize to 20%
Delete credit layer

Activate paper 2 and floodfill with a green pattern

Floodfill paper 1 & Line 1 with a pink pattern
On paper 1 Apply eyecandy HSB Noise, default settings, change pattern to smooth fractual

Floodfill line 2 with a green gradient or color
Apply eyecandy HSB Noise, same settings as above

Activate large circle
Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds, width 5, opacity 20, color black, horizontal UNchecked

Apply same blind effects on photo 1 & 2, change width to 4 and check horizontal

On frames 1 & 2 apply inner bevel using bevel #3 width 3

Activate one of the frame layers
Using your magic wand click inside the frame
Expand 3
Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Invert your selection
Delete
Deselect

Repeat for the other frame

Add a drop shadow to the branch layers

Floodfill Swirl with green, add a drop shadow
Apply screenworks Dot Screen

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your © info & name

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

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Glitter Kitty

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 28, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Glitter frame 1 by Lacarolita here

Mask here

Plugins
Xero Porcelain
DSB Flux Bright Noise
Eyecandy 4000 HSB Noise

The tube I used is by Melissa Dawn, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from CDO here


New transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later
Floodfill with white

Add a new raster layer
Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply mask
Merge group
Add drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10
Effects>Texture Effects>Sculpture>Select a pattern of your choosing

Paste frame as a new layer
Resize to 50%
Duplicate
Rename these layers to animation 1 & 2
On animation 1 apply Eyecandy HSB Noise, default settings except change pattern to smooth fractal
Repeat on animation 2, clicking on the random seed button

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Add drop shadow
Apply xero porcelain
Duplicate
Rename these layers to animation 3 & 4
On animation 3 apply dsb flux ~ Intensity at 45, Direction on Mix
Repeat on animation 4 changing the Intensity to 50

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info, text & name

Animation:

Hide animation layers 3 & 1
Merge visible
Copy and paste into animation shop

Undo your merge
Unhide layers 3 & 1
Hide layers 2 & 4
Merge visible
Copy and paste after current in animation shop

Leave frame properties at the default of 10

Save as gif and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Country Western Night

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 27, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Two Tons of Steel by Teresa at Randys Sin here

Mask 250 by Vix here

The tube I used is by Keith Garvey, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from PTE here


New transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later
Floodfill with white

New raster layer
Select all
Paste paper 2 into selection
Deselect

Apply mask
Merge group
Add a drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10

Paste piano stairs as a new layer
Resize to 50%
Position near the left side
Add drop shadow

Paste old microphone as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Add drop shadow

Paste drums 1 as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position near the lower left
Add drop shadow

Paste speaker 2 as a new layer
Resize to 20%
Position near the bottom right
Add drop shadow

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Add drop shadow

Paste tickets 1 as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position over the bottom of your tube
Add drop shadow

Paste live music as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position near the speaker
Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info & name

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you liked my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)

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Result by Crys
Result by Kaye


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Purrfect

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 26, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Template1 Purrfect here

Flower here

Plugins
Mura Meister Cloud
Xero Fritillary
Xero Porcelain
Screenworks Boxed Dot
Graphics Plus Tinted Glass
Graphics Plus Cross Shadow
DSB Flux Bright Noise

Animation Shop

The tube I used is by Melissa Dawn, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from CDO here

Open template, shift D to duplicate.  Close original

Delete credit layer

Activate layer 1
Floodfill with a color from your tube
Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings

Activate layer 12
Select all
Float, defloat
Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Invert your selection
Delete
Deselect
Add a drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10
Apply xero porcelain, default settings

Activate layers 2
Floodfill with a gradient which will look nice with your tube
I had mine set on radial, angle 45, repeats 12
Apply Mura's filter meister Cloud, change bg color to match your gradient, set on hard light, leave everything else at default
Repeat on layers 4 & 6

Activate layer 5
Floodfill with a color from your tube
Apply xero fritillary, change the variation to 8, leave everything else at default settings

Repeat on layers 1 & 3

Floodfill layer 12 with the same color you just used
Apply screenworks boxed dot

Activate layer 13
Floodfill with your gradient
Apply inner bevel using bevel #6 width 3
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance

Paste lily as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position near the bottom left
Move this layer to below layer 9
Apply xero porcelain, default settings
Apply graphics plus tinted glass, default settings
Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings
Duplicate
Apply DSB Flux Bright Noise, intensity at 40 and direction set on Mix
Activate the other lily layer
Apply bright noise changing the intensity to 45
Rename these layers animation 1 & 2

Activate layer 9
Floodfill with your gradient
Effects>Texture Effects>Select Grid

I tried to floodfill the wordart but it didn't look very good so I deleted the layer and added the word Purrfect
I used Impact size 72
Objects>Align>Horizontal 
Add drop shadow

Activate your top layer
I changed the font size to 48 and added the word Meow
Rotate left 30
Add drop shadow

Add your © info & name

Hide animation 1, merge visible
Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge
Unhide animation 1
Hide animation 2
Merge visible
Copy & paste after current in animation shop
Leave frame properties at default of 10

Save as gif and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tut

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)




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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Sizzling Summer Forum Size

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 22, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Sizzle Summer here

The tube I used is by Dean Yeagle, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from CDO here

New transparent canvas 800x400, we will resize later
Select all
Paste paper 6 into selection
Deselect

Paste sand element 1 as a new layer
Move to the lower left
Duplicate & merge down
Add a drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10

Paste sand 2 as a new layer
Position on the right side near the top of the sand

Paste seashells 1 as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position lower right
Add drop shadow

Paste palm tree 3 as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position on the left side
Add drop shadow

Paste pebbles 1 as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position lower left
Add drop shadow

Paste parrot 1 as a new layer
Resize to 15%
Position somewhere on the tree
Add drop shadow

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Add drop shadow

Paste an umbrella element as a new layer
Resize to 35%
Position so it's covering your tube (refer to my tag)
Add drop shadow
Move this layer to below your tube layer

Paste grass 2 as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position on the left side
Add drop shadow
Duplicate and move over a bit to the right
Merge down
Duplicate & mirror

Paste grass 3 as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position near your tube
Add drop shadow
Duplicate
Move to the left a bit
Merge down
Duplicate & mirror

Paste fern 1 as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position at the bottom center
Add drop shadow

Paste birds as a new layer
Resize to 80%
Position near the upper right
Add drop shadow

To cover the bare behind on my tube I used flower 5 and resized it to 10%, added a drop shadow and moved below the grass 3 layer

Paste drink 1 as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position near your tube
Add drop shadow

Paste sun as a new layer
Resize to 15%
Position upper right
Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your © info and text

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)

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Result by Dixie


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Butterfly Babe Forum Size

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 21, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Plugins Needed
Filters Unlimited 2 Image Enhancement>Color Booster
Filters Unlimited 2 Noise Filters>Background Noise
Xero Porcelain

Mask 3 here

The tube I used is by Elias Chatzoudis, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from PTE here

New transparent canvas 700x300, we will resize later
Floodfill with a light color from your tube

Add a new raster layer
Floodfill with a darker color from your tube

Apply mask
Merge group
Apply Filters Unlimited 2 Image Enhancement>Color Booster using default settings
Apply Filters Unlimited 2 Noise Filters>Background Noise using default settings

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Position on the left side
Add a drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10
Duplicate & mirror
Luminance legacy & opacity at 50 on the right side one

Activate the left tube layer
Apply xero porcelain, default settings

Add text, I used Impact size 60
Effects>Cutout Change opacity to 85
Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info & name

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Forest Magic

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 14, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Forest Magic here

Plugins
Graphics Plus Cross Shadows
Tramages Cirquelate (You will need to import tramages into filters unlimited)

The font I used is Leaf1

The tube I used is by Jason Patterson, you will need a license to use which you can purchase at PTE here

New transparent canvas 700x550, we will resize later
Floodfill with a green gradient
I used radial, angle 45, repeats 12
Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings
Apply tramages cirquelate, default settings

Paste archbench as a new layer
Resize to 45%
Add drop shadow, I used 5, 5, 75, 10

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Add drop shadow

Paste pond as a new layer
Resize to 50%
Position bottom center
Add drop shadow

Paste grass as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position on the lower left
Add drop shadow
Duplicate 2 times
Place side by side
Merge these 3 layers
Duplicate 2 times
Mirror one of the layers
Position the other one at the bottom center and move this layer below the pond layer

Paste grass 2 as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position near the lower left corner
Add drop shadow
Duplicate & mirror

Paste swans as a new layer
Resize to 60%
Position on the pond
Add drop shadow

Paste tree as a new layer

Position on the left
Add drop shadow
Move this layer to below the archbench layer

Paste frog as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position near the swans
Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info & text

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)

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Results by Vickie & Nelly


Result by Dixie



Have a Lovely Day

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 13, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Background scenery
Tiger tubes

Sqirlz Water Reflections, a free program which you can download here

Animation Shop

The tubes & background I used are by Dan Richards.  You will need a license to use which you can purchase here

Open your background image, shift D to duplicate
Close original

Paste your tubes as new layers
Resize as needed

Add your text and © info

Merge all layers

Resize to a normal tag size of your preference

Save

Do Not Close

Open your Sqirlz program
Open the image you just saved

Click on the circle located at the upper left side
Click your way around the water
When you get to your starting point, right click
You'll see lines around the water

Now, look at the tool bar at the top, you want to click on the icon that looks like waves

Click on Motion Type E
Leave everything else at the default settings
Click on the yellow arrow
You'll now see your animation

Click on where it says gif
Click ok
Name & click ok
click ok

Open up your animation in animation shop
Go back to psp and add your name
Copy & paste your name into animation shop
Multiply until you have at least as many frames as your animation has
Select all on both your name and the animation
Drag the first frame of the name onto the first frame of your animation & let go
View your animation to make sure it turned out ok

Leave the frame properties at the default of 10

Save as gif and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)


Summer Fun ~ Forum

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on June 7, 2011
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Summer Feeling here

The tubes I used are by Elias Chatzoudis.  You will need to purchase a license to use which you can get from PTE here


New transparent canvas, 800x400.  I'm making this for a banner contest, thats why its so large but we will resize later
Select all
Paste paper 16 into selection
Deselect


Paste car as a new layer
Resize to 75%
Position at the right bottom
Add a drop shadow, I used 5,5, 75, 10

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Position on top of the car
Add drop shadow

Paste tree as a new layer
Resize to 60%
Position on right side
Add a drop shadow
Duplicate & mirror

Paste pool as a new layer
Resize to 65%
Position lower left
Add drop shadow

Paste beachball as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position in the pool
Add a drop shadow

Paste your 2nd tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Position on the pool

Paste flipflop as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Rotate left 45
Add a drop shadow

Paste grass 1 as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position on lower left
Add drop shadow
Duplicate 3 times and position in various places along the bottom

Do the same with grass 2 except duplicate only 2 times
Position in between the grass 1

Paste umbrella as a new layer
Resize to 85%
Move layer to below your #2 tube
Add a drop shadow

Paste flower 4 as a new layer
Resize to 40%
Position on the bottom
Add a drop shadow
Duplicate
Mirror

Paste drink 2 as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position on the car
Add a drop shadow
Duplicate and position on the side of the pool

Paste butterfly 2 as a new layer
Resize to 35%
Position on edge of pool
Add a drop shadow

Repeat with butterfly 1 positioning on the car

Resize all layers to 60%

Add your text and © info

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial

Hugs

:)


Trouble ~ Forum Size

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Mar 15, 2011
For more information read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Plugins
Graphics Plus Cross Shadow
Xero Fritillary
Tramages Wee Scratches (You will need to import tramages into filters unlimited)
Corner Accent here

The tube I used is by Keith Garvey.  You will need a license to use which you can purchase here

New transparent canvas 750x375, we will resize later
Floodfill with a gradient, I used purple angle 45 repeats 5
Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings

Using your rectangle shapes tool, foreground null background black, draw out a square
Align center
Rotate either direction 45
Resize if needed
Convert to raster
Duplicate
Resize to 93%
Floodfill with a gradient, I used purple angle 0 repeats 0
Apply xero fritillary using default settings changing the top & bottom #s to 8
Select all>float>defloat

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Invert your selection
Delete
Deselect
Luminance Legacy

Paste corner as a new layer
Resize to 30%
Position in lower left corner
Apply inner bevel using bevel #3 width 1
Apply drop shadow 5,5,75,10
Duplicate & mirror
Merge down
Duplicate & flip
Merge down

Add your text & name

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info

Save as jpg and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)


Purple Diva ~ Forum

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Mar 1, 2011
For more information read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit Lilac Twist here

Plugins
Graphics Plus Cross Shadow
Xero Fritillary

The tube I used is by Wendy Gerber.  You will need a license to use which you can purchase here

New canvas 750x350, we will resize later
Floodfill with a color from your tube
Apply graphics plus cross shadow, default settings
Apply xero fritillary, default settings changing the top & bottom #s to 8

New layer, send to top
Select all
Paste paper 7 into selection
Contract 6
Delete
Deselect
Apply inner bevel using bevel #3 width 1

Using your rectangle shapes tool, foreground null, draw out a rectangle, refer to my tag
Align center
Convert to raster
Select all>float>defloat
Paste paper 3 into selection
Deselect

Paste flower doodle as a new layer
Resize to 65%
Position on the right

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed
Position on the left of your rectangle

Paste butterfly 3 as a new layer
Resize to 25%
Position top center

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info, text and name

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Garv's St Patricks Party

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Feb 26, 2011
For more information read my TOU

Supplies Needed
Scrapkit With A Little Luck here

You will need 3 tubes by 1 artist.  

The tubes I used are by Keith Garvey.  You will need a license to use which you can purcahse here

This is a full size kit so we are resizing papers before pasting them so they dont look distorted

Open paper 10, resize to 20%.  Copy and close

New transparent canvas 700x550, we will resize later
Select all
Paste your resized paper 10 into selection
Deselect

Paste your tubes as new layers
Resize if needed

Open paper 18
Resize to 20% and close

New layer
Select all
Paste your resized paper into selection
contract 10
Delete
Deselect
Apply inner bevel using bevel #3 width 1

Paste element 30 as a new layer
Resize to 20% and position bottom center

Paste element 28 as a new layer
Resize to 10% then again to 80%
Move below the fence layer
Duplicate & mirror

Paste element 41 as a new layer
Resize to 10%
Position left side of fence
Duplicate & mirror

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © and name

Merge all layers

Save as jpg and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your result, just email it to me

:)

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Tut result sent in by Vickie
Thanks Vickie!