Roly Poly

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on April 22, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Paw Print by me here

Flower by me here

Plugins

Mura Meister Copies

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

Cybia Screenworks

DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used Mitizee (PTE5791) is by Mrs Homer Lynn, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

I bought this tube a few days ago & was trying to figure out what to do with it.  I finally opened it up & sat here looking at it trying to decide what to name it.  As I was looking I realized how "fluffy" she is lol.  I have a cat named Miss Audrey who is fat & I sometimes call her Roly Poly and it just popped into my mind lol

Mrs Homer Lynn has ftu scrapkits & tubes here

Her kits are awesome!

The font I used is called Tamborine

I used size 72

For more paw print dividers go to my other blog

Open a new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Floodfill with with a color from your tube

Paste your paw print as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Apply mura meister copies

Tiling>gap 4

Change layer properties to overlay

Add drop shadow

Merge down

Duplicate 2 times

Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

Repeat on other 2 layers changing the 2 bottom #'s to 118 & 108

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Activate your rectangle shape tool

Foreground set to your bg color, background null, width 25

Draw a frame around your tube

Align center

Add an inner bevel

Using your magic wand click inside your frame

Expand 3

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a lighter shade of your color

Deselect

Move to below your tube layer

Apply cybia screenworks canvas mesh

Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

Add drop shadow to your frame

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 50, mix checked

Paste your flower as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with your color

Change layer properties to overlay

Merge down

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Position on a corner of your frame

Duplicate, mirror & merge down

Duplicate, flip & merge down

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide animation 2 & 3

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 1 & unhide #2

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 2 & unhide #3

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with ATT Sharon & the tut name in the subject line

You'll find my email blinkie on your left

:)

Result by Kaye W

Paw Prints

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 20, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Paw Print Bling by Karen here

Plugins

Eyecandy 5 Textures Animal Fur

Eyecandy 5 Impact Chrome

Grapics Plus Cross Shadow

Xero Porcelain

The tube I used Looking for Trouble is by Mrs Homer Lynn, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 930x475, we will resize later

Apply Eyecandy Textures Animal Fur

Change settings to Calico Smooth

Change pattern to Leopard

Apply Graphics Plus Cross Shadow using default settings

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position on the left side

Apply Xero Porcelain using default settings, twice

Add drop shadow

Activate your preset shapes tool

Draw out a heart

Apply Eyecandy Impact Chrome

Change settings to Gold, small edge

Change reflection map to abstract penny

Resize all layers to 65%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Merge all

Copy & paste into animation shop

Duplicate until you have 3 frames

Select all

Open your pawprint bling

Resize to 35%

Delete frame 1

Select all

Drag frame 1 of bling onto frame 1 of your tag

Repeat

Resize again to 75% & repeat

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Result by Kaye W

Blog Blinkie

This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 13, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Making a blinkie for your blog is not as difficult as it looks.  I taught myself how to do it by studying various blinkies and then just playing around

So go ahead and give it a try!  Its fun!  You don't have to use a tube, you can use just accents if you want

Supplies Needed

Animation Shop

Your Imagination

Plugins

Any of your choice

The tube I used Looking For Trouble is by Mrs Homer Lynn, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 300x150, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color, pattern or gradient of your choice

Apply any effects you wish

Paste your tube as a new layer if you're using one

Resize as needed & add a drop shadow

Add the name of your blog one word to a layer

Make your font large, if not you won't be able to see it after resizing

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your top layer

Add a new raster layer, name this layer Curtain

Floodfill with a color, gradient or pattern of your choice

Add your © info

Copy your curtain layer & paste into animation shop

Effects>Insert Image Transition

Effect>Curtains

Click on Customize

Check horizontal & Opening

You'll now have 11 frames

View the animation

Activate frame 1, select all

Back to psp

Delete the curtain layer

Unhide the first word of your blog & hide the other words

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Duplicate until you have 11 frames

*Activate frame 1 & select all

Grab the curtain by the first frame and drop onto the first frame of your blinkie

View your animation

Don't worry about the speed yet, we'll take care of that later

Re-activate the curtain animation, press CTRL Z to bring the curtain back

Activate frame 1 & select all

Back to psp

Hide the first word and unhide the 2nd

Merge visible

Activate frame 11

Copy & Paste after current in animation shop

Multiply frame 12 until you have 22 frames

Activate frame 12, while holding down the shift key click on frame 12 & 22, this will select frames 12 thru 22

Drag the curtain to frame 12

View your animation*

Keep repeating these steps from * to * until you have all your words in, add 11 frames for each word you add

I set the frame properties at 30 on the closed curtain frames & 75 on the open curtain frames.  10 on the rest

Resize your animation to 50%

Save a gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Spring Fever

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on March 12, 2012

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Spring Fever by me here

The tube I used Looking For Trouble is by Mrs Homer Lynn, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Select all

Paste paper 4 into selection

Paste your tube as a new layer

Add drop shadow

Paste fence as a new layer

Position at the bottom of your tag

Add drop shadow

Paste tropical bloom as a new layer

Resize to 75%

Position near bottom left of fence

Add drop shadow

Repeat with another tropical bloom of another color, twice (I resized this one to 60%)

I mirrored the 3rd one

Merge these 3 layers

Add another drop shadow

Duplicate

Resize to 75%

Position in front of the right side flowers

Paste berries as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Add drop shadow, twice

Paste another berries, resize to 40%

Add drop shadow twice

Repeat with another berries

Merge these 3 layers

Position between the tropical flowers

Paste butterfly as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Add drop shadow

Rotate left 25

Position near the left side

Duplicate & mirror

Paste bow as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position near the center of the fence

Add drop shadow

Paste ladybug as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position near the top of the fence center board

Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Result by Kaye W