Tag Tutorial - Christmas Magical - PTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using a seasonal one

Artwork © Jennifer Janesko

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have

Scrapkit - I'm using "Christmas Magic" by Clarey which is gorgeous

and PTU

If you'd like it, please visit Clarey's store HERE

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Xero Graphics Greytinter

Mask - Vix_Mask434 HERE

You can choose to do this tag animated - or not :)

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The Usual except 650 wide and 600 pixel canvas

then

Open Frame 2

C&P

Image, Resize 80% (all layers not ticked)


Open Paper 8

C&P

Sandwich between the two frame layers

in the LP

and

Do a Magic Wand

Selection Delete with an Expand of 8

and Delete the excess paper


Open Paper 11

Repeat as above (put this paper above

the other one in the LP)


Now take your Lasso Tool

on Selection Type Point to Point

Mode: Add

Feather and Smoothing 0 and Anti Alias ticked

and draw out a zig zag line across the paper circle

and encompass the rest of the layer - you can start over

at the circle frame and work from left to right - then go over the top of the circle paper

and join up back at the left

(see my tag to get an idea of the zig zag)

Then

on this paper layer

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Glow Width 3.00 Soft Corners 0 and Overall Opacity 100

Apply


Now

C&P your chosen Christmassy tube

Place this at the top of the layers

and where you'd like it to be on the tag

then

Duplicate

on the top layer of tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

change the Blend Mode to Overlay

and

on the bottom tube layer

Apply Xero Graphics Greytinter

Right click on the Greytintered tube in the LP

View, Current Only

then

unhide the Top tube

and

right click again and Merge, Merge Visible

and merge the two tube layers together

then

right click again - View, All

and duplicate the tube

move one down to below the zig zag paper


Now apply a dropshadow to the bottom one

Something like

Vertical -2

Horizontal 6

Opacity 38

Blur 7.25

Black

and hide the top tube

Take your Eraser and erase the part of the tube

that sticks out under the frame

Unhide the top tube

and erase some of that

so it looks like she's coming out of the frame behind

the paper

and then

apply the same shadow to the zig zag paper


Open the fairy lights from Clarey's kit

C&P

Move down the LP to between the frame and zig zag paper layers

Apply a shadow of 0, 0, 35.00


Open Bow 1

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place on the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open the Gifts 1 and 3

Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine

Shadow the same as the fairy lights


Open Glitter Doodle 4

C&P

Move up the tag canvas to just near the bows as mine

Shadow as before


Open Glitter Doodle 1

C&P

Place under the bows as mine

Shadow as before


Open Holly

Resize, 30%

C&P

Place on the left of the pressies

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Place as mine

and shadow both


Open Paper 12

C&P

Apply my Mask - Vix_Mask434

and move down the LP to just above the White back

Add a shadow to the frame now - something like 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black

then

Add your name in a prefered font and style of choice

I used CK Constitution, Black fill, No Stroke

and applied the same Gradient Glow as the zig zag paper

then

Shadow as the elements

Crop the Canvas now

and

add your Artist info etc

If you want an animated tag, read on

If you're happy as it is - then delete the White Back and

save as PNG

IF you're animating - read on...


Duplicate the fairy lights layer twice to total 3 layers


Hide the top two layers

and we're starting on the bottom one

Zoom in if you need to see better

So,

Now

On the furthest fairy light to left

With Magic Wand on Tolerance of about 30

Click inside the light to get the colour selected - might take a few clicks and

don't worry about selecting the white bit in the middle

then skip the next bulb and go for the middle one

Select as before

So, you should now have two bulbs selected

Now go to

Adjust, Brightness and Contrast,

and have the Brightness on 20

and Contrast on 5

OK

Selections None

and

Hide this layer

Unhide the 2nd layer up

Now

Select the next two (the 2nd from left and the one after the middle one)

and

repeat the Brightness etc

Hide

and finally

Select the last bulb on the right

and repeat as above


OK

Hide the top two lights layers

then

Edit, Copy Merged

take to Ani Shop

Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP

Hide the bottom lights layer

and unhide the middle one

Edit, Copy Merged as before

Take to Ani Shop

and Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP

and hide the middle lights

Unhide the top ones

and repeat as above


So, now in Ani Shop

We've got 3 frames

Click on Frame 1

Edit, Select All

then

Animation, Animation Properties,

change to Opaque, White

then

Animation, Frame Properties

and have the speed on 30

View, Animation

and Save As gif :D

Hope you enjoyed this tut and I wish you

a very blessed and Merry Christmas

xx

Tag Tutorial - Winter Cutie - PTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using a cute one by Elias Chatzoudis
@ MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - It's called "Winter Bliss" by my
mate Clarey :D She rocks and this kit is
gorgeous! If you'd like to purchase it, please
go HERE for more details

Masks - HERE and HERE

No filters required

This tut is short-handed, ie. I've explained quickly what
I've done, so people familiar with my tut processes should
be fine :D xx

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The Usual

then

Open rectangeframe3

Resize 80%

C&P


Open wintertree

Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine to the left of the frame

Duplicate

Move one tree under the frame

Dropshadow the bottom tree - 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

then

Hide the top tree and

Click inside the frame with Magic Wand

and Do a Selection Delete on the bottom tree layer

Expand by 5

and hit Invert

but use your eraser to take away the

treepot at the bottom

Selections None

then

Unhide the Top tree

and erase the treepot so it looks like

the tree is coming out of the frame


Open Paper 9

C&P

Move down the tag canvas a little

then repeat the Selection Delete process

but this time, you can just hit Delete on the paper layer once you've inverted the

selection



Open Paper 8

C&P

Move down the LP to just above the White Back

and apply my Mask 434

Layers, Merge, Merge Group


Open Paper 3

C&P

Move to just above the last mask layer

and apply my Mask 435

Layers, Merge, Merge Group


Open bauble1

Resize 80%

C&P

Place on the right of the frame

Dropshadow as before


Open snowflake4

Resize, 60%

C&P

Place as mine and dropshadow


Open wiredflowers

Resize 60%

Drop down the LP to just above the masks

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open curlyribbon1 and 2

C&P

Place where liked above the wireflowers layer

and dropshadow as before


Open snowdust1

Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine


Open snowdust2

Resize 70%

C&P

Place just above the wireflowers in the LP

and at the top of the tag canvas as mine



Open the tube you've chosen to use

C&P

Resize as needed

Place where looks best

Duplicate

and move under the frame layer

Add a dropshadow to the bottom one

and repeat the Selection Delete Erase process

Once you've done this

Apply the same shadow to the frame layer

and the wireflowers


Add your name as liked and any words you might

want to use too - I used Palatino Linotype and two

colours from the tag and put winter at the top

and wonderland at the bottom lol!

Crop the canvas

Add your artist info

Delete the White Background

and

save as .PNG

Hope you like xx

Tag Tutorial - Christmas Comfort - PTU

Tube of Choice - I used one of the Christmas gifts by Keith Garvey from last
year @ MPT. However, I think this tube is now available to
buy if you'd like to use the same

Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using "Holiday Wishes" by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
I used this in my last PTU tut, but I said at the time, it's packed
full of goodies perfect for taggies...and I wasn't kidding lol!
If you'd like to purchase the kit, go to Jessica's blog for more
info HERE

Mask - by me HERE

Wordart - by me HERE

Xenofex 2 Constellation

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The Usual

then

Open the WindowWSnow

Resize 80%

C&P

Place centrally


Open Candles2

Resize 20%

C&P

Place on the left of the windowledge

Duplicate

Place on the right

Then

Drop both of these layers below the Windows layer

(The snow is on the window, so we're outside looking in :D)


Open the Pine Garland

Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine at the top of the window

Then

Dropshadow

0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black


Now

Take your Magic Wand

Click outside of the Window

Modify and Expand the Selection by 6

then

hit Delete on the Pine Garland layer


Open my Wordart

C&P

Place on the window frame

and apply the same shadow as before if liked


Open TreePine

Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine over to the left of the window

and

move it under the window frame in the LP

Apply Xenofex 2 Constellation on these settings;




Hit Random Seed to get the placement you'd like

then

and apply the same shadow as before

and do the same delete process as used for the Garland


Open Paper17

Resize 70%

C&P

Place under all the layers

and repeat the process for deletion of outside excess


You can - if you'd like - decorate your tree

with some of the candy canes etc

Resize them as needed

But, I didn't do this as I thought looked cool as it was :)


Open your chosen tube

C&P

Place as you'd like

Dropshadow

then drop down below all the layers to just above the tree

and

repeat the delete process


Open Paper7

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place just above the White Background

and

apply my Mask 434

then

Erase the parts of mask that show under the bottom of the window ledge


Open the Snowflake Frame

Resize 75%

C&P

Place just above the mask layer

and dropshadow as before

And again, delete the small part of frame that shows under the window ledge


Don't dropshadow the Window though xx


Last touches...

Open Holly2

Resize, 15%

C&P

Place to the right of the windowledge

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Shadow as before


Finally, add your name in a style and font of choice

and

Add your artist info (and scrapkit designer info if required)

Crop the canvas to a more taggy size

Delete the White Background

and

save as .PNG

OR!!!

If you want to add an animated snow effect to the tag, then do so now

and save as a .GIF

Have fun and Merry Christmas xx

Tag Tutorial - Christmas Love - PTU

Close Ups of Choice - I used two from Keith Garvey
These can be obtained from MPT

Scrapkit - I'm using a fantastic Christmas kit by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
It's PTU and called "Holiday Wishes" and packed with tons of goodies for lots
of Christmas tags, I love it, thank you Jess hun xx
If you'd like to buy it, please visit GI for more details

My Masks - Vix_Mask434 which can be right clicked and saved from
my other blog HERE and Vix_Mask147 which you can get from my
tut site HERE

Wordart by me HERE
It's a PNG file so should be no background on your downloaded one

Xero Graphics GreyTinter


Xenofex 2 Constellation - optional


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The Usual - except make the tag canvas 650 wide x 600 pixels

then

Open Frame4

Resize 70%

C&P

Place centrally to the canvas

So let's get this frame filled so we can fill the tag with goodies :D


Open two tubes of choice - facial close ups or large tubes if prefered

I used close ups

Then C&P

Place as liked

then use a Selection Delete with an expand of 14 - yes really lol! - and

Invert and delete the excess tube/s

and Crop the canvas to it's current size 650 x 600

then

Duplicate the tube layers

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 2.00

and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

and

then

on the bottom tube layer - apply Xero Graphics Greytinter on the default settings


Paste a Paper from the kit - I used

Paper18 - resized to 70%

Move the paper under the tubes and repeat the Selection Delete as before

as you just want this paper as a background frame fill

(There is a space in the bottom middle of the frame - but this will be sorted in a minute lol!)


Open Paper 7

Resize as before

C&P

then apply my mask - Vix_Mask434

and

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

now open Paper 10

Resize and C&P as before

but this time - apply Mask...yeah, my mask 147 again hehe, I think

it compliments a lot of tags so I'm using it again, but feel free to use

a different one of your choice

and Merge Group as before

then

move the 2nd mask down the LP so it's under the 1st mask layer


Back to the elements...

Open Bow2

Resize 50%

C&P

and place in the bottom middle of the frames

Open the Candles - gorgeous!

Resize 25%

C&P

Place on the left side of the frame

Duplicate

and move the duplicate over to the right of the frame


open CandyCanesWBow

Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine


Open the Leaves Fern

Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine on the right


Open the Bow (it matches the one on the Candy Canes)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place as mine over the Leaves


Move the candles layers to the top of the LP


Open the Pine Garland

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine just above the frame layer


I also added a subtle Constellation effect to the Leaves layer - but this is optional


Now add some dropshadows where you'd like

I added a drop of 2, 2, 45.00,

to

Leaves

Candy Cane

Bow

Bow 2 (the gold one)

Pine Garland

then

I added a dropshadow of 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black to the Frame layer


Open my Wordart

C&P

Place as Mine


Then add your Name as liked

Add your Artist info

and then

Crop the tag again and

Delete the White Background

and

Save as .PNG

Tag Tutorial - Girly Girl Two - PTU

Tubes of Choice - I used a couple by the fab Elias Chatzoudis
His work is PTU and should be purchased from MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - "It Girl" by my pal Clarey, it's her first
kit in a while and it's v.cool :D Love it hun, thank you xx
If you'd like to purchase it, you can get it from her shop HERE

Mask - WSL_Mask220 by Chelle, it's a fave of mine :D
Can be downloaded by visiting Chelle's tut site which
is linked in Cool Supplies over on the right

Mura Meister Copies

Font of Choice
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The Usual

then

Open White Square Frame

50%

C&P


Move to top left of canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open flower1

C&P

Place in the centre

and

Mura Meister Copies - on Encircle

but change the Number slider to 6

Move down below the frames layers


Over to the papers

Open Paper 10

C&P

Place in the top left frame area

Open Paper 12

C&P

Place in the bottom right frame area

Using Magic Wand with a Selection Delete of with an expand of 6

Delete the excess paper/s

and move the top left paper and frame layers down

the Layer Palette so they are below the bottom right ones


Open Paper 3

C&P

Apply WSL_Mask220



Now

Open eyeshadow

Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine


Open Lipstick

C&P

Place as mine


Open Mascara

Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine


Open Phone

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as Mine


Open Varnish

C&P

Place as mine


Take your two face tubes

Resize as needed - I went down about 80%

You want the paper fills to show as well

C&P your tubes

Shadow as liked

and then

use the same Selection Delete with an expand of 6

to get rid of the excess tube/s


Open Glitter Splat 2

Image Resize 40%

C&P

Move to the top right

and move down under the flower layer in the LP

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open Ribbon1

Resize 80%

Move to the top middle of the canvas

Line up as mine and

then move down the LP to just above

the flower layer

Duplicate

Image

Flip


Now add a dropshadow to all element layers

except the papers and mask

Shadow of 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black


Then Crop the canvas

and add your Name in a style or font of choice

I used a glitter fill for the stroke - Stroke of 2.00 and

Black fill for my name and then shadowed as before

then

Add the artist info

and delete the White background

and save as .PNG

All done :D

Thanks for Looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Girly Girl One - PTU

Tube of Choice - I am using a gorgeous one by Keith Garvey
which is PTU and can be purchased from MPT

Scrapkit - PTU - a fantastic new kit from Clarey called "It Girl"
Gorgeous! And can be purchased from Clarey's shop HERE

Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask177 which can be downloaded
from her tut site which is linked in Cool Supplies

Xero Graphics - Greytinter

VM Extravaganza - Transmission

Font of Choice

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The Usual

then

Open heartframe1

60%

then

C&P

Place to the top left of the centre of the canvas


Repeat for heartframe2 and place as mine


Open WireHearts

C&P

Place as mine

Erase the excess wire on the top and bottom if liked

I used a small eraser on a round setting on 25 then changed to 5 when

I got closer to the hearts


Open Paper12

C&P

Move under all the other layers

and Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask177


Duplicate the Mask layer

and on the bottom layer

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10.00

then

VM Extravaganza, Transmission,

Line Width 3

Offset 2

Contrast 40

OK to Apply



Open Papers 9 and 11

C&P

Place as liked within the heart frames

then using Magic Wand

do a Selection Delete with an expand of 4

and delete the excess papers


Open glittersplat1

60%

C&P

Place as mine on the bottom right of the tag

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Open the tube you've chosen to use

Resize as liked

and C&P

Place where looks best then

Duplicate the tube

and on the top layer

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 3.00

Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

and

on the Bottom tube

Xero Graphics Greytinter

and change to the settings and Apply to the tube


Add Dropshadow of

0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black


Open tinysparkleoverlay

Resize 90%

C&P

Drop down the LP to just under both tubes


Now add a dropshadow of

2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black to all the element layers except

the sparkles and paper layers


Now

Add your Name in a colour and font of choice

Dropshadow as before

Add your Artist info

On a Layer above the White Background

Floodfill with a colour from the tag

and taking care not to crop the sparkles

Crop the canvas now to a more taggy size

and then delete the colour fill and White Back layers

and save as Transparent .PNG

Thanks for Looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Sparkly Elegance - FTU (Time Limit)

Tube Close Up of Choice - I'm using one by Barbara Jensen

which you can get from her site HERE (Over 18's only as the site

contains artistic nudity)


Scrapkit - "Framboise" by Latham, Lya and digiscrap.ch HERE

It's a FULL SIZED Collab from www.digiscrapbooking.ch and at

the time of writing (25th Nov)it was a freebie to download...so be quick!

If it is PTU when you see this tutorial, then I'm sorry 'bout that and

if you really want to do this tutorial, then you'll need to purchase it...or

not do the tut lol xx


Mask - I'm using WSL_Mask220 by Chelle Weescotslass which

you can download from her tut site which is linked over on the right

under Cool Supplies


Mura Meister Copies


Scripty Font of Choice


This tag is for Chas, who writes amazing tuts and makes
gorgeous tags :)

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The Usual

then

Open Lya Design (19)

Image, Resize, 20% SS

C&P

Move to the top left-ish of the tag canvas

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Line up as mine on the bottom right


Open latham_element36 - (ribbon and leaves)

Image, Resize 10% SS

C&P

Place as mine


Open latham_element32

Resize 5% (yup, small!)

C&P

Place UNDER the element 36 as mine


Open Lya Design (p4) a stunning paper!

Image Resize 15%

C&P

Place just above the White Background in the LP

and apply Mask - Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group on the mask layer

and

then Duplicate the mask layer


open latham_element25 (it's in the other folder)

Image, Resize, 10%

C&P

Line it up under the ribbon and leaves element on the right


Open latham_element20

Resize 10%

C&P

Line up as mine under the previous elements (not the frames though)


Open latham_element19

Resize 10%

C&P

Move to the top of the LP

(Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top)

and

apply a dropshadow 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00

and then

Mura Meister Copies

set to

Star Cluster preset and change the Shift X and Shift Y sliders to 64

OK to Apply

and once applied, Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

and move under all the elements in the LP except the frames


Open latham_element37

Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine lined up with the top left frame

and move down the LP

so it's under the scattered gems


Now let's fill the frames and then finish off with a few

more elements lol!

OK - choose a paper

I used

latham_papier8

Image, Resize 15%

C&P

Do a Selection Delete with an Expand of 8 on the frame layer

and delete the paper excess

Selections None


So now your frames have a paper fill

so choose your image/close ups to use


I chose to use just one

and placed it in the bottom frame

I also duplicated, blurred and soft light on the Top tube

and applied Xero Greytinter to the bottom tube

and also a drop shadow

then

did a Selection Delete as before


Tip: I also deleted two of the gems that were covering

her eyes lol!


Now for some shadows

See which elements you think need a shadow and add one

I used

-3, 5, 17, 3.00 Black to the berries, lavender, gems and cherry blossom


Open Lya Design (5)

Image, Resize

30%

C&P

Place as mine

I placed one under the gems in the top frame area

and then

Pasted again and placed over the bottom of the curtain


Tip: you may want to floodfill the White Back

with a dark colour so you can see where the white sparklies are

You don't want to chop them off when done - so

I tend to do this so I can check lol - once checked, you can change back to White


Crop the canvas now to a more taggy size and take care

not to chop off the white sparklies or shadow edges

On the Frames layers,

Apply a shadow of 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black


Now taking a favourite scripty font, type some wording that

applies to the tag and place on the top left as mine

and add a subtle shadow (the one I added to the gems first will do)

Then

use a colour from the tag and Stroke of 1

and add the name

Then Shadow as before

Add your artist info etc

and

Delete the White Background

All done :)

Thanks for looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Flaky - FTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using one of the wintery ones

Artwork © Jessica Dougherty

If you'd like to use the same tube, it must be purchased via CILM

However, feel free to use what you'd like to use instead


Scrapkit - FTU - a gorgeous wintery one by Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures

called "Snoeflake" - thanks hun xx

If you download it, please leave a little love

Mask - by Chelle @ weescotslasscreations - called WSL_Mask117
You can download it from Chelle's tut site which is linked in the
Cool Supplies section of this blog

Mura Meister Copies



The Usual

then

Open bg

Image, Resize, 75% SS

C&P

Crop to the canvas size 600 x 600

then apply Chelle's mask WSL_Mask117

Layers, Merge, Merge Group


Open ribbonframe

Image, Resize, 80%

C&P

Place centrally if not already there


Open the bg again

Resize 60%

C&P

Place under the ribbonframe layer

and do a Selection Delete with an expand of 5


Open bench

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine


Move under the ribbonframe

and apply a shadow of

0, 7, 17, 30.00, Black

and

Select and expand again using magic wand on the ribbonframe

then

Hit Delete on the bench layer

Selections None


Now add your tube - resized as you like

I resized 90% and made it look like she's sitting on the bench :D

Apply same drop as before to it


Open hangingflake3

70%

C&P

Place on the left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Move both under the tube layer in LP

and apply 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black

Open string3

40%

Place in the centre of the left flake

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Shadow both as before

and make sure both are below your tube layer


Open the icecones

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Apply same shadow as before

Move under the ribbonframe in the LP

Leave for the minute as we'll do a mass delete in a sec...


Open flower4

50%

C&P

Apply same shadow

then

Place centrally and go to

Mura Meister Copies

look for Encircle

Change the Shift X and Shift Y slider to 60

and the ANGLE slider to -10

Click OK to apply


Move down under the ribbonframe and icecones in LP

Open ribbon3

C&P

Move over to the right a bit

so the bottom of it is lined up with the bottom know

in the ribbonframe

Place above the flowers layer

but below the icecones

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

then

Image, Free Rotate

Left, 90 degrees

then

move up the tag a bit

then

add the dropshadow to both of these


Now using Selection Delete with the same expand

Delete the flowers that are in the frame

and the ribbons that are in the frame

then

Selections Invert

and Delete the icecones that are OUTSIDE of

the frame


Now apply a shadow to the ribbonframe layer

I used 0, 0, 40, 10.26 Black


Open snowflakes

80%

C&P

Place just above the bg layers

and line up as mine on the left

(there should be a flake placed between the trees on the left and the flowers and ribbonframe -

if you get that, you'll be lined up as mine is)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip


Now, add your name as liked and a phrase/saying if liked too

I used Century Gothic, Black

48 for the phrase and 72 for my name and stretched it, subtle shadow as before

then your artist copyright info

Crop the Canvas

and

Delete the background

and save as a transparent .PNG

All done :) Hope you enjoy xx

Tag Tutorial - Decisions - FTU

For this tag, you will need...

Tube of Choice - I'm using one of my faves
Artwork © Jessica Dougherty
If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

Scrapkit - FTU - Alone by Bel Vidotti
This kit is available from her blogsite HERE
Thank you Bel for your fab kits x

Mask of Choice - I'm using Chelle's WSL_Mask220 which you
can get from Chelle's tut site - link is in my Cool Supplies section

Mura Meister Copies - optional

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The Usual (except this time the width is 650 pixels)


Open alonee39 bv (Envelope)

C&P

Move over to the left of the tag canvas


Open alonee48 bv (Frame)

80%

C&P

Line it up over the Envelope as mine


Choose one of the flowers

I used alonee33 bv

50%

C&P

Move to the top right of the frame

and down the LP to underneath it


Choose another coloured flower

Repeat as above and move over to the left of the first

flower

Choose another

Repeat as above and place on the bottom left


Open alonee44 bv (the heart element)

50%

C&P

Place as mine


Choose one of the papers

I used alonep14

85%

C&P

Move under the frame layer

and

Using Selection Tool, set to Rectangle

Draw out a selection over the frame

then

Selections Invert

Delete the excess paper


Open alonep19 bv

85%

C&P

Place above the White Background in the LP

and

Apply the WSL_Mask220

Layers, Merge, Merge Group


Open alonep18 bv

85%

Copy

then

Draw out another Selection rectangle

on the left of the frame area

Paste

Selections Invert

Delete

Move down below the Frame


Open alonee42 bv

C&P

Place under the Frame layer

and above the Papers

Line it up with the edge of the 2nd paper section as mine

then

Erase the excess chain which hangs outside the top

and bottom of the frame

(My eraser settings are in the Glossary of Terms section over on the right)

Merge the Chain and 2nd Paper section together


Open your tube

Size if needed

C&P

Place where you want it to be within the Frame

Duplicate

and Move

one down below the Frame, Chain and 2nd Paper section layers in the LP

and apply a shadow to the bottom one

I used 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black

Hide the top one for now

Take your eraser again

and delete the excess tube which hangs

outside of the left and bottom of the frame

Unhide the top tube

and erase as needed so

the tube is emerging from the frame layer

(See my tag for ref)



Apply any extra elements that you might like

to use

I used one of the Teardrops 20%

then Mura Meister Encircle

with the X Shift on 70

and the Y Shift on 60

and then moved this under the frame and paper layers

Flower Branch 60%

Butterfly 30%

and I applied a dropshadow of 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

to the Butterfly, Flowers, Flower Branch, Chain and

Heart Element

and

To the Envelope and Frame layer

Apply the same shadow as the tube



Crop the Canvas now

to remove the excess canvas not needed


Add any wording you'd like to add - text brush or similar

and your name


Add Artist info

Delete White Background

and

save as transparent .PNG

All done :)

Tag Tutorial - Sweetly - FTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful one by Ismael Rac who's
work is available for PSP usage from his store HERE

Scrapkit - FTU - A gorgeous one by Mere @ Scraps by Mere
The kit is called Rouge Delight and can be downloaded
from her blog. Please leave some love if you do xx

Mask of Choice - I used my mask 147 (yes...again hehe!)

Mura Meister Copies

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The Usual

then

Open RougeDelightFrame2

C&P

Place centrally on the tag canvas


Open Frame4

90%

C&P

Place under the frame in the LP

and line up as mine


Open Paper4

C&P

Place under the frame and above the doodle frame in the LP

then

do a Selection Modify Expand by 20

and Delete the excess paper


Open Paper1

C&P

above the other paper layer

Move down the tag canvas

so that the top two thirds of the inner frame is black paper

and bottom third is red

Repeat the Selection Delete for this paper


Back to the Elements

and open the RicRac1

C&P

Merge this Ric Rac down

onto the Red paper segment

And apply a dropshadow of

Minus 10, 10, 30.00, 7.00 Black

Then

Once more, click inside the frame layer

and do a Selection Delete on the merged red paper and ric rac layer


Open your chosen tube now

Paste as a new layer

move over to the right of the tag

and move under the frame and red paper layers

but above the rest

Duplicate

and move above all the other layers


on the Bottom one

Apply a dropshadow of minus 5, 5, 30.00, 7.00 Black

Hide the top one for now

On the bottom one, take your eraser on a medium sized hard setting

and erase the tube that sticks out from the bottom of the main tag area

Unhide the top tube

and

Erase the same again and this time take it right up

to the ric rac area

and erase so the tube looks as though it's

coming out of the frame behind the paper and ricrac layer

Nifty eh?! lol...well, I've always liked it hehe

OK


Open Rouge Delight Flower6

C&P

Place centrally in the tag canvas if not already

and

Mura Meister Copies

Look for the Encircle preset

then

Apply


Move this layer down the LP

to just above the White Background

Make sure the doodle frame layer is above it

and on the flower layer

apply a shadow of

0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black


Open Star2

C&P

Place as mine



Open the Tag 1

C&P

Image, Free Rotate, Left 90

then

Move it down below the star layer in the LP

and

take your eraser

and erase the part of the tag that shows

on the other side of the the star

then

Open Paper 6

C&P

Move down the LP to just above the White Background

and apply a favourite mask

I used my mask 147


Crop the canvas now so you

can see what your final size is

Also gets rid of any excess paper or tube that

might be lurking

then

Apply the drop you used for the tube

to the Star and Tag layers

Apply the shadow that you used for the flowers Encircled layer

to the Frame layer now

And finally

Add your name as liked and your artist copyright info as needed

Delete the White Back

Save as .PNG

Enjoy your tag!

Tag Tutorial - Fearless - PTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using a free one from the fabby Zindy :)

If you'd like to use the same - go to her site HERE

and download from the Free Tubes page


Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using Dark of the Night by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
Thank you hun, love the colours of this kit


Mask - Chelle's Mask WSL_Mask145 from her site weescotslass which is
linked in my Cool Supplies section

Xenofex 2 Constellation

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The Usual

Open FrameBlue

Image, Resize, 70% SS

C&P

Place in the middle of the tag canvas


Open FrameDesign2

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette under the Frame


Open Paper2Blue

Image, Resize 70% SS

C&P

Move under the original frame layer in the LP

Clicking inside the Frame layer with Magic Wand

do a Selection Delete with an Expand, Modify of 7

and Delete the paper that's outside of the Selection

Selection None



Open Paper10Blue

Resize as before

C&P

Apply Chelle's mask WSL_Mask145

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Then move down the Layer Palette so it's

just above the White Background

and maybe using Move tool, jiggle the placement

a litte to compliment the FrameDesign layer


Open your Chosen tube or image now

C&P

Place within the frame area (under it)

Resize if needed

Apply a favourite shadow (if your image fills the frame area, don't lol!)

and

Repeat the Selection Delete process to remove the excess tube


Open GemBlue

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine on the top left of the frame

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Duplicate and Flip each of the top gems

So you have 4 corner placement like mine



Open Flower3

Image Resize 40%

C&P

Place on the left side

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Now add a dropshadow of choice to the flowers and gems layers

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black


Add a larger, more blurry dropshadow to the frame layer

I used 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26, Black


Now, click on the Frame Design Layer

And using Xenofex 2 Constellation

Look for the It's Full of Stars preset

then change the Overall Star Density to 1

and make sure that Keep Original Image is Selected

OK to apply

then

add a v.subtle dropshadow to this layer

Something like 0, 0, 35.00, 3.00


Open WordartDarkPlain

Image, Resize, 50%

C&P

Place as mine

and apply the same shadow used for the elements


And then perhaps add some extra wording

"I will not fear the"

and shadow as liked


Add your name as prefered and shadow

Add your artist copyright info etc

Crop the tag canvas

Delete the White Background

and save as a transparent .PNG

All done :)

Tag Tutorial - Ready for Romance - FTU

For this tag, you'll need...

Tube and Image/Close Up of Choice - I'm using the fab work of Mr Keith Garvey
To use the same - please visit MPT for more details

Scrapkit - FTU - "Night Passion" by Doris Nilsa @ Scraps Dimensions
To get the kit, go HERE and please leave a little thanks when you
take it xx

Mask - by Chelle, WSL_Mask148 - can be downloaded from her site HERE

Xenofex 2 Constellation - not a free filter

Xero Graphics Greytinter - free filter

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The Usual


Open NP Doodle Big

C&P

Place on the canvas


Open NP Butterfly1

Image, Resize 10%

C&P

Place as mine


Open NP Old Clock

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place as mine


Open your Close Up

C&P

Paste as a new layer

over the Clock

Xero - Greytinter on the default settings

then

Drop the Opacity

so you can see the clockface underneath

and

take Magic Wand with a Feather of 2

Click outside the Clock face on the clock layer

then

back to the Close Up layer

and hit Delete twice

Selections None


Now Drop the Opacity a bit more on your Close Up layer

I went down to 34


Paste your tube as a new layer now

and move over to the right of the tag

Either resize if needed or

Erase some of the tube if needed

I wanted to keep my tube large

but still wanted the background to show so

just see what it looks like for you


Once you've placed your tube

Xero Greytinter as before

and

Shadow of your choice


Note: If you, like me, keep the tube

largish, but erase the bottom

Use NP Ruffle, Resize 60%

and paste this as a new layer

over the tube layer

so it hides the erased bottom :)


Open the Champagne Bottle

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine


Open Flute Glass

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place as Mine

Duplicate

and move the other one over to the right


Open Paper 4

Resize 75%

C&P

And Move down the layers to

just above the White Back

Apply Chelle's mask 148

Layers, Merge Group

and

Image, Resize 90%

and move down the tag canvas a bit if needed

then

on the Mask layer

Xenofex 2 Constellation

Look for the Preset called It's Full of Stars

and Drop the Overall Star Density to 1

and

make sure in the Background Fill section

that Keep Original Image is chosen

OK to apply


Open the Rose

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine


Now

Apply a shadow to the

Rose

Bottle

Butterfly

Ruffle

Use, 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black

On the Clock layer

use 0, 0, 40.00, 10.26 Black


Now

Using Black Fill and No stroke

Take a favourite font

and add some words behind your tube


I used

Ready for Romance (!) lol!

But use whatever you like

and then dropshadow

1, 1, 20.00, 2.00 Black

for the words

Not too blurry :)


OK

Now your name

Shadow as liked


and add artist info as needed etc


Crop the tag now to elimate some of the no longer needed space

Delete White Back

Save as .PNG

Have fun!

Tag Tutorial - Obsession - FTU

I am happy to admit, I love Twilight. In fact, it's Edward
who I love hehe. So this gorgeous kit just screamed Twilight
at me. Hence this tag :)

For this, you will need...

Tube or Image of your Choice - I'm using a free - yaaars free lol! -
tube by the fantastic Zindy - get it from her site HERE if you'd
like to use the same

Scrapkit - FTU and it's a complete stunner! It's part
of the Fangtastia blogtrain and this part was created
by Kirsty - it's superb hun, thank you xx
Get it from her blog HERE and please leave some love
if you take it.

Masks - both by me - Vix_Mask307 and Vix_Mask336
both of which can be downloaded from my tut site HERE

That's it - no filters as this kit is so lush it
doesn't need any help hehe xx
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The Usual

then


Open KISM_Fangtasia_Frame2

Image, Resize, 80% Smartsize

C&P

Place centrally to the tag canvas


Open Fangtasta-Paper2

Image, Resize 75% SS

C&P

Move under the Frame layer

Apply my mask Vix_Mask336

Layers, Merge, Merge Group

Move the mask layer up and slightly to the left

Duplicate Mask layer

Move the duplicate down and slightly to the right


Open Fangtasia-Paper10

Image Resize as before

C&P

Take your Selection Tool, on Freehand Selection, Point to Point

and draw around the inner circle part

Once you've got a circle selected

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the paper layer


Open your chosen tube, or image

C&P

Place where it looks best for you

Duplicate

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00 on the top one

and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light

then

Apply a dropshadow to the bottom tube layer (if needed)

and use Selection again to delete the excess


Open Feather1

C&P

Place as mine

(move it down the Layer Palette so it's under the paper fill layer

but above the masks layers)


Open the FeatherSplatter (stunning!)

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Tip: for the Moment, floodfill the Background Layer BLACK

so you can see what you're doing but floodfill White when you

see this ***

Move the FeatherSplatter over to the Top left

take care not to touch the edges of the canvas

Once placed,

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Now, move both of these layers down the LP

so they're just above the Masks layers

Jiggle them about if necessary so the flecks aren't touching the canvas edge

***

Open GlitterRosePetal-1Shad

Image, Resize, 80% SS

C&P

Place as mine

then

take your Eraser tool on a hard small setting

and erase any of the petals that are overlapping

too much of your tube/image

(I used my eraser on a square setting, Size 102, Hardness 100, Step 5, Density 100, Thickness

100, Rotation 0, and Opacity 100 - this setting is good for leaving nothing behind lol - I

then erase some of the petals that were over Bella's face)


Open GlitterSplatter-1

Image, Resize 90%

C&P

Move down the layer palette to just above

the masks layers


Open Heart3

C&P

Place as mine

Move it under the Petals layers



Open Light1

Image, Resize 30% SS

C&P

Line up under one of the petals over on the right



Open Paper1

Image, Resize 75%

C&P

Drop this layer below all the others

except the White Background layer

and

apply

my mask Vix_Mask307 to this paper layer

and merge group


Open Glitter2

Image, Resize 75%

then

Go to your Materials Palette

and find the KISM_Fangtastia-Glitter2

Move this to the Background Box

Have your Foreground box on Black, 2.00 Stroke

And taking a favourite font of choice

Type out a word to go with your tag

As I'm using Edward and Bella, I used Forever

Type it out

Stretch if needed

and

Convert to Raster

Take care to move this word down the Layer Palette

so that it's below the Petals and Frame layers


Now on the Heart, Word and Light layer

Apply a dropshadow of

0, 6, 35.00, 7.00 Black

or choose one of your own favourites to use


For the Frame layer

0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black


Now add your name in Black fill, No Stroke

in a scripty font of choice

I used my full name - for once lol!


Apply your artist info now

Don't forget, if you use Zindy's free tube

and you DON'T have a ZZT license - then use zzt free art

as well as her Copyright info


Crop the excess canvas now - though there isn't much

to crop as there's lots of lovely scattered bits, so take care when chopping!

Delete the background layer

and save as transparent .PNG for

optimum quality

Enjoy!

Tag Tutorial - My Gift - PTU

You will need...

Tube/Close Up of Choice - I'm using one © Jennifer Janesko
If you'd like to use the same, you can purchase it from CILM
Alternatively, use one of your choice or a freebie :)

Scrapkit - PTU - It's mine lol. It's called Frozen
Beauty and can be purchased for a quid (£1.00) HERE

Optional: Mask of Choice - I used my mask Vix_Mask307
which can be downloaded from my tut site HERE

Font of Choice

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Open a New Image in PSP - 650 x 600 (we'll crop
later but if you need it smaller, then
start much smaller and resize elements as needed)

Add New Layer

Floodfill White

Open the FrameHeartPearl

C&P

Paste as a New Layer

Place centrally in the tag canvas


Open FrostedLeaves

C&P

Move down the tag canvas to line up as mine have

done on the bottom left

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

And now move both of these down the Layer Palette below the pearl frame


Open the FrostedLeaves2

C&P

Place as mine on the top left of the pearl frame

Duplicate

and repeat the Mirror Flip as before

Move both of these layers

down the Layer Palette to below the pearl frame


Open LeavesSwirl

C&P

Place as mine

and move down to under the pearl frame


Open WireFence

C&P

Place as mine to the bottom left

and move down below all the other layers

apart from the White Back


Now over to the Papers and choose one to use - I used

Paper8

C&P

Place just under the Pearl Frame Layer

Hide for now


On each of the elements - except the pearl frame

Add a Dropshadow

I used

0, 6, 35.00, 7.00 Black


Now click inside the Pearl Frame with Magic Wand

and do a Selection Delete with a Modify, Expand of 10 on

all of the element layers except Pearl Frame

Don't Deselect

Selections Invert

Unhide the Paper Layer

and hit Delete to get rid of the excess paper

Selections None


OpenGiftRibbonBow2

C&P

Place under the Pearl Frame layer

as mine

Duplicate

and

move one of the ribbon layers up

above the Pearl Frame Layer

On the bottom one, apply the same shadow as before

and on the top one

Erase the hard edges that

overlap the Pearl Frame

on the top one (and if any is showing outside the edges

of the Pearl Frame on the bottom one, erase them too)


Open your chosen close up or tube

C&P

Shadow and delete using Selection Delete as before


Back to the kit

Open one of the gift boxes

C&P

Place as mine and shadow as before


Open the DropletHeartStrings

C&P

Place as mine on the left

Paste again and place on the right

No need to shadow these


Open Sparkles2

C&P

Place as mine and then

move down the Layer Palette if liked

I did :)

then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open the Winter wordart

Image, Resize 70% Smartsize

C&P

Place as mine

and add a subtle dropshadow

I used 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black


Optional: I also used another Paper

Paper15

C&P

and applied my mask - Vix_Mask307 to it

and placed just above the White Back

but this is optional

Now

Add your Name in a font and style of

your choice

and apply the same subtle shadow as before

Crop the tag canvas now

apply the Artist info

and delete the White Background and save as a .PNG

Thanks for looking xx

Tag Tutorial - Wanna Be Good - FTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using an outstanding new one by the
eternally generous and awesomely cool Ismael Rac
If you'd like to purchase to use in your own tag,
visit AMI for more details

Scrapkit - a superb freebie! Part of a collab, this
part I've used is by Butter aka ButterflyFlutterby
The kit is called "Good Girls Gone Bad" and it's fabulous.
Download from her blog HERE
and please leave some love if you take it xx

Mask of Choice - I used my mask Vix_Mask147, yes again! lol!

Xero Graphics Greytinter

Font of Choice

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Open a New Image in PSP - 650 wide by 600 high

Add New Layer

Floodfill White


Open Frame6

Image, Resize, 80% Smartsize

C&P

Place centrally to the tag canvas


Open the Large/Close Up tube

C&P

Place under the frame layer


Open Paper 20

Image, Resize 75%

C&P

Place under the other layers on the tag canvas


Repeat this with Paper 8

but place so half of it is showing behind the big tube

within the frame layer

(see my tag for reference)



Now Duplicate the Tube layer

and on the top copy

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur 2.00

then change the blend mode to Overlay

and then

on the bottom copy

Xero Graphics - Greytinter

on the default settings

and apply a favourite dropshadow of choice

to this Greytinter'd tube


Now, use Selection Tool

Rectangle

And stretch it out around the central part of the frame

and include the part of the star and halos bit

that shows the frame contents too

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the two paper layers

and the two tube layers

Selections None


Open Paper 10

Resize as before

C&P

Place under the other layers

and apply a favourite mask of choice

(I'm using - yeah again lol! - my mask Vix_Mask147)



Open Glitter Splatter 3

Image, Resize 30%

C&P

Place on the top right of the tag

Move down the layers

to just above the mask layer

and then

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and move back over a little

See my tag for reference regarding placement



Open the Guitar colour of your choice

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine


Open the Musical Notes that

correspond to your guitar colour

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place over to the top left as mine


Open RibbonSplatter2 (or one to suit your colour scheme)

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place on the tag canvas

and move down the layer palette

to above the Glitter Splatters layers


Optional - Open the Wordart 2

Image, Resize, 60%

C&P

Place as mine


Now

C&P your chosen tube - actual size

or resize as liked/needed

Repeat the duplicate, blur and Xero effect as for

the larger tube


Apply dropshadow of choice to all

the elements

except the Mask layer

or any of the layers you feel don't need it


Crop the tag canvas now

and

add your name in font/style of choice


Add your artist info and any

other info required

Delete the White Back

and save

your work as a transparent PNG

and thank you for trying me tut :) xx

Tag Tutorial - Witch Time - PTU

Tube of your Choice - I'm using one of my absolute favourites

from a couple of Hallowe'ens ago - it's Tabitha by the wonderful

Keith Garvey

His work is PTU and can be obtained via MPT



Scrapkit - I'm using a gorgeous PTU kit called "Eerie Hauntings" by
Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations - thank you hunny xx


Masks - Chelle's WSL_Mask220 and my mask Vix_Mask147

Both are freely available from our respective tutorial sites :)


Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow


Font of Choice


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The Usual

then


Open Paper 4

Image, Resize, 71%

C&P

then

using Crop Tool - crop to the canvas size 600 x 600

then

Apply Chelle's mask WSL_220

Layers, Merge Group


Open Paper 6

C&P

and repeat the above steps

Make sure this mask layer is above the first one


and now either Drop the Opacity on the 2nd mask layer to about

59 or

change the Blend Mode to Overlay


then (optional)

Open Paper 7

Same as before but this time

apply my mask Vix_Mask147

and

move this masked layer below all the others

apart from the White Background


Open the MoonWBats

Image, Resize, 35%

C&P

Place as mine


Open Tree2

C&P

You'll see it over hangs the current canvas size so

Select the small clumps of grass that you

can see are seperate from the main tree

using your Selection Tool on Freehand (Lasso) Point to Point

Select around them

and then Edit, CUT

and you'll see them disappear

Edit, PASTE

and there they are again :)

So, now you can move the tree into position

and not lose any of the cool grass clumps or have

to resize the tree

Move into position as mine


Open the Witches Sign

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as if nailed to the tree as mine



Open your Chosen tube now

C&P

Place as liked

and finish with an effect or dropshadow of your choice


Now

Dropshadow all the elements except

the mask layers

I used 2, 2, 45, 5.00 Black



Open the Bulbs

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

and place on the tree

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

and line up as mine

Duplicate the ones you just duplicated

and move this set up the tree

then duplicate the first ones

and move this set down the tree loL!

Don't dropshadow these

and Tip: take your eraser tool on a small, soft setting

and "blend" the edges of the single string of bulbs string into the tree more



Optional - open the cute wee rat - a raaaaat lol!

And resize 30% and C&P if you'd like

Shadow as before


Open Ghost1

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Place as mine


Now take your chosen font

Black fill and no stroke

and then

add a Gradient Glow finish of your choice if liked

and dropshadow as before


Crop the canvas now

and

save as a transparent .PNG file

Thanks for looking

and

if you do the tut - enjoy! xx

Tag Tutorial - Forgiven - FTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful one from the artwork of Anne Stokes

www.annestokes.com


Scrapkit - a fantastic freebie by Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations called "Life's Blood"



Xenofex 1 Constellation
(not the very popular Xenofex 2, but the earlier version called Xenofex 1)



Fonts of your choice


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The Usual - EXCEPT, if able/allowed in your forum,

650 wide by 600 height

I did for my example, so if you stick to 600 x 600 then adjust the following

resizes as needed xx


Open Parchment

C&P

Place centrally if your paste hasn't already


Open your tube

Keep Large

C&P

Move over to the left of the parchment layer

Apply a favorite dropshadow to your tube

then

Click outside the Parchment with Magic Wand on

0 Tolerance and 4 FEATHER - yeah, I know, Feather for once lol!

Then

On the tube layer, hit Delete 3 or 4 times

Selections NONE

and on the tube layer

Change the Blend Mode to Screen/Overlay/Multiply/Hard Light or similar

(When you change the Blend mode, watch the edges of the tube

effect, and choose one that "blends" nicely at the edges of the Parchment layer -

or if you like the effect but it takes the tube right up to the edges, use a soft

eraser setting and erase sections of the tube and blend it)

I had mine on Hard Light and blended it - see below for my eraser settings


Now, open the Parchment Cluster

C&P

Place it over the other layers, and line it up exactly on the right side

so it matches the Parchment

layer and sandwiches the tube in between :)

Now, take your Eraser tool on a nice blending setting

Something like Size 140, Hardness 23, Step 5, Density 77, Thickness 100, Rotation 0 and Opacity 36

and

then, Erase the Parts of the Parchment Cluster that compliment the tube placement

You'll also need to erase (if you placed your tube as mine)

the wire on the top of the parchment cluster layer, but you

can leave the one on the right


Right,

Now Paste your tube again and

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move it over to the right of the parchment layers

Hide for now


Open the Frame Black

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Move over to the Top right area of the Parchment layers area

(See mine for ref)

and make sure it's above the other layers


Now, change your Magic Wand to 0 Tolerance and 0 Feather

Click inside the Frame

and do a Selection Delete with an expand of 4

on the smaller tube

Selections Invert

Add a New Layer under the smaller tube layer

and floodfill Black or a colour to suit the tag

Selections None


Open the Candle

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine to the left of the tag



Open the Casket

Image, Resize 60%

C&P

Place as mine



Open the Keys

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place lined up with the black frame as I've done


Open the Grunge Tagback

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Move down the Layer Palette under all the other layers

Place as mine



Open the Rose

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine


Now

Apply the following dropshadow to all the element layers

EXCEPT the Parchment Cluster (the layer with the skulls)

and none of the tube layers

Dropshadow 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black


Now crop the tag canvas - I managed to get down to 630 x 550

and

now add your name and any phrase you may want to add

I used "Forgiveness is the Key..."

and...well, my name, obviously lol!


Add your copyright info and

any other info you may need


Optional - If liked,

Duplicate your Parchment Cluster layer

and on the top copy

Apply Xenofex 1

Constellation on these settings...



And you'll see it change on your tag, just adds a nice little touch :)

I've used this effect my own tags for years, and love it hehe xx

If it's too much, erase some of the effect with your eraser tool again.


Now,

Delete the White Background

and

save your work as a transparent PNG


Thanks for looking and if you have a go,

enjoy your tag :) xx

Tag Tutorial - Rock Chicks Can Love Pink - FTU

To make this tag, you will need...

Tubes/Close Ups of your choice - I'm using some gorgeous ones by
© Keith Garvey
To purchase Garv's work to use in your own PSP tags - see MPT

Scrapkit - FTU called Rock Baby by Vicki and Tamie @ Pink Pleasures
Absolutely stunning kit, loved it girls, thank you xx
If you download it, please leave a little love

Mask - Vix_Mask147 - available from my tut site HERE

Wordart - by me HERE (Please don't use this for any other purpose
other than your personal tag making - thank you xx)

Mura Meister Copies

Xero Graphics Abstractor

Both these filters are freeware and readily available from the Net

______________________


The Usual

or for a bit of le difference! try 650 x 600


Open ele70 (Black Frame)

Image, Resize 60%

C&P


Place on the tag canvas towards the bottom...ish

See my tag for placement


Open RB_pp2 (Pink Paper)

Image, Resize 85%

C&P

Move down under the Black Frame layer

Duplicate the paper and hide one for now

Click inside the frame with Magic Wand

and do a Selection Delete (Expand by 4)

on one of the papers


Now duplicate the frame layer


and Image, Free Rotate, Left 20 degrees

Move this across so the bottom left corner

lines up with the other bottom left corner on the unrotated one...um...

does that make sense? Hope so, see my tag for ref

And move this rotated one down the Layer Palette

under the Original Frame and paper

Open RB_pp9

Resize as before

C&P

Move down under the rotated frame layer

and do another Selection Delete


Back to the unrotated original frame layer

Duplicate

And on the duplicate

Image, Rotate, Free Rotate 10 degrees to the Right this time

and move it so the bottom left point is just slightly offcentre

to the one underneath (the middle straight one)


Take another paper - you choose this time lol

and Resize and Selection Delete as before

Now move these two down below the straight frame and paper fill


Taking shape!

OK

Unhide the dark pink paper copy

and take a mask of your choice or use my good ol' Mask_147

(It seems to suit a lot of tags and I'm very proud I made it lol!)


Now take your chosen tube/s or close up/s or

a combo of both

I used three close ups for inside the frames

On each one working on the left and right frames

C&P your close up

Place it under the corresponding frame layer

Selection Delete the excess tube

and Apply Xero Abstractor to the tube

(you may need to hit Reset to get it to work when in Xero)

then

Once applied, Change Blend Mode of the tube to Overlay or Soft Light

I used Overlay on my two tubes

then

On the central frame

I used a close up of the main tube I'm going to use

C&P

Selection Delete as before

But this time

Duplicate the tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

and then

Apply Abstractor to the top tube

and drop the opacity of this top layer to 30 or thereabouts

(Additional, if like mine you're using the actual tube too, C&P

and place that now so you can see what you're doing)

I duplicated, blurred and abstracted that one too :)

Then add a favourite dropshadow to the main tube if using one

I used my usual at the moment - 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black


Now then, back to the scrapkit for some more elements...


RB_ele49 (white sparkles)

C&P

Move to the top of tag and line up (see mine for ref)

Duplicate

Image

Flip

Jiggle them around to get your prefered placement

(You may need to hide the White Back for the mo, to see what you're doing)

Open RB_ele2 (pink satiny rose)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place on the left frame (see mine for ref)

Duplicate

Image

Mirror


Open RB_ele35 (black glitter splat)

C&P

Move it over to the left of the tag and line up as mine

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

Move these two layer down the Palette to just above the mask


RB_ele62 (the diamond stars)

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Move to the centre of the middle frame layer

Mura Meister Copies

Encircle

But change the Shift X slider to 80

and

the Shift Y slider to 65

Apply

and if needed, Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen

and move down the Layer palette to just above the Black glitter splats


Open the Wordart I've provided for this tut

C&P

Place where you'd prefer it to go or where I've got mine :)


Now, add shadow of 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00 Black to

all the frames, the elements - except the sparkles, glitter splats

and mask layer

But, on the Glitter Splats layers - add a 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00 Black dropshadow

on the Sparkles layer, 0, 0, 20, 5.00 Black dropshadow

and No shadow on mask layer!


Finally, add your name in a font and style of your choice

Add your copyright and artist info


Crop the tag canvas

and

Delete the White background and save as transparent .PNG

Tag Tutorial - Not Poisonous - FTU

For this tag, you will need

Tube Close Up of Choice - I'm using a gorgeous tube by © Ismael Rac

which I purchased @ AMI


Scrapkit - FTU - Poison Rock Girl by Bel Viddoti

Available for download from her blog HERE

I've seen this one around so I know it's not "new" but

it's fairly new to me, and I think it's cool :)

Note: Bel's TOU very kindly state that she does not

require credit on tags, thank you for that xx


My Mask - Vix_Mask363
which you can get from my tutorial website on the Goodies page


Mura Meister Copies


Penta.com Colour Dot


Xero Graphics Greyscaler


Start with The Usual

then


Open the frame07

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place centrally in the tag canvas


Open Paper 15

C&P

Place under the frame layer

Open Paper05

Repeat as above

but

Move the paper over on the left side - see my tag

to get the idea of where you line it up

Add a Dropshadow to this paper

2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

Then take Magic Wand

Click inside the frame and

do a Modify Expand 4 Selection Invert Delete

on both paper layers


Open the Close up (or just the face of a very large tube)

C&P

Move it under the striped paper layer

but above the other paper layer

within the frame


Duplicate the tube

On the top tube layer - Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

and on the bottom tube layer - Xero Greyscaler

on the default settings

Then back to the top layer

and change the Blend Mode to Overlay

Nifty, eh! lovely and moody effect -

It's like Minxy's method, but with a slight twist lol!!

Now

Selection Delete the tube excess outside the frames

like you did for the Papers.


Open Paper20

Resize as before

C&P

Move below the other layers to

just above the White Back

and Apply my mask - Vix_Mask363

Layers, Merge Group

then apply Penta.com Colour Dot

on

Value 100

Distance 2


Open the star03

Image, Resize 25%

C&P

Place centrally in the canvas

Bring to Top so you can see it

Repeat this with the star05

so this pink one will be above the black one

Now

Image

Mirror

the pink one only

and then move it down slightly over to the left

so the two stars should compliment each other

Apply a dropshadow to each star - I used 2, 2, 45, 5.00, Black again

then

merge the star layers together

and now

Effects, Mura Meister Copies

Encircle

and change the X and Y Sliders to 65

Apply

and then move into place to compliment the middle

section of the tag

then

Duplicate the stars layer

and move one right down the Layer

Palette to just above the Mask layer


Now take your Eraser and on the top one

Carefully erase from top right

down the edge

to just over from the staple bit of the frame on bottom right

See my tag for ref

Take care when erasing shadows etc


Now add the same shadow to the frame layer


Open one of the bows

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine and shadow as before


Open the wire

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Move it over and line it up top left as I have

done so it's just touching the butterfly from the mask layer

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

and move both these wire layers down

to just above the mask layer

and apply shadow as before


Open one of the wordarts

I used Poison

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Now, place on the tag under wire layers

lined up with the frame at the top

and apply the same shadow


Add your name in a font and style of your choice


Apply any artist info required


Crop the tag canvas

and

save as a transparent PNG (delete the White Back when ready)


That's it - hope you enjoy

Tag Tutorial - Have a Spooky One - FTU

For this tag you will need...


Tube of Choice - I'm using a beautiful Hallowe'en tube by

© Barbara Jensen


Scrapkit - I'm using Spooky mainly, but one element each from It's Fall and Rock N Roll

All FTU by Bel Vidotti - and are available for download from her blog HERE

Note: Bel's TOU state that she does not require credit on tags :)


Masks - Vix_Mask365 and Vix_Mask147

Both by...well, me lol! And are available from my
tutorial website on the Goodies page HERE


Mura Meister Cloud

Xenofex 2 Constellation

___________________________

Do the usual

then

Open e51 (the black dual frames)

Image, Resize 70%

(a little note, when I say to resize Images that are not

on the current tag canvas - then please assume Resize All layers is ticked...fankees xx)

C&P

Place centrally but towards the bottom of the main tag canvas

You need to leave room for your tube to go in the frame as mine

OK



Open e14 (the fence)

C&P

Place under the Frame layer and move

down so the black edges meet

and the fence looks like part of the frame

Leave this for now we'll do some deleting etc in a mo...


Open e16 (the tree)

Image, Resize, 70%

C&P

Place as mine over to the middle of the left frame

and above the frame layer


Right, let's sort the papers and stuff and then come back

to some more elements and tube...

So

Go to the Papers

and get

p25

Image, Resize, Change to Pixels from Percent

and make it 600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Move down the tag canvas to just above the White Back

and

Apply my Mask 365

Layers, Merge Group

Duplicate Mask layer


Open p30

Resize as before

but don't C&P yet - first, go to

Mura Meister Cloud

look for the Fog preset in the

dropdown menu

and change the Amount slider to 55

Apply

Now, C&P

above the other two mask layers

and apply my Mask_147

Layers, Merge Group

Move this mask layer a little if needed

I moved it down the tag canvas a bit


Open p28

Resize as before

C&P

above the other paper layers

and position within the two frames

Magic Wand on the usual settings

Click inside the frames

Selections, Modify Expand by 6

Invert and hit Delete on the paper layer

Selections None


Right, now then - we're whizzing off to some of Bel's other

kits for some elements :) So go to It's Fall

and find ifel19

(The owl on the branch)

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

and place as mine above the other layers


Now, whip over to her Rock N Roll kit

and find GlitterGel04

Image, Resize 60%

Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colourize

Hue 11 and Saturation 172

C&P

Place as mine on the top right

Duplicate

Image

Mirror

Image

Flip

and move these two gel layers

below the frames and paper layer

Jiggle the placement around a little if liked - I did :)

Back to Spooky kit

Open e31 (orange bow)

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place on the bottom left as mine


Now then, our tube

Open it

C&P

Place over on the right hand side frame

and

then when placed

as liked, move under the fence and frame layer

Note: you can add any tube effects you may use to it now, perhaps

one of the ones in my other tuts (Blessed or Spookyluscious)

Duplicate the tube

Move a copy above the fence and frame layer

Apply a dropshadow to the bottom tube layer if liked

and also

apply to the fence layer too...

Now

take Magic Wand again

Select and Modify as before (right frame only)

then

Selections, Invert

BUT

Take your Eraser tool

on a smallish but hard setting

Size 60

Hardness 100

Step 5

Density 100

Thickness 100

Rotation 0

and

Opacity 100

Hide the top tube

and on the bottom one

Erase any tube that is sticking out under the frame layer

at the bottom

Go right up to the Selected part

Selections None

Now reselect both the inner frames

and modify expand as before

and this time

Now

Activate the Fence layer

and

simply

Selections Invert and

Hit Delete

then

Selections None


Unhide the top tube

Take your eraser again

and erase any parts you want/need to

so your tube looks like it's coming out of the frame and under the fence too

It might be fiddly and you may need to hit Undo if you erase too much etc

So have a few goes and get a result you like

You may need to change the eraser to a gentler setting -

Change the Hardness to 25 if needed

NOTE: If this is far too fiddly and you have problems getting a good erase result

then, delete the fence layer entirely and just have the tube coming out of the frame

using the same erase process as above.


OK

On the Tree layer

Xenofex 2 Constellation

Star Size 2.00

Size Variation 100

Edge Star Density 3.00

Overall Star Density 0

Overdrive 100

Twinkle Amount 75

Twinkle Rotation 45

Apply


Now apply a dropshadow to the tree layer

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black


Apply same shadow to Owl, GelGlitters, Bow

and Frame Layers


Finally,

Add your name taking a colour from the tag as

your fill, Black 2.00 stroke

and apply with shadow too


Add some wording if liked too - Happy Hallowe'en or

similar :)


Then

Artist Copyright info

Crop the tag canvas as liked


and

guess what...yup, delete the White back

and save as transparent .PNG


Have fun blogettes!!

Tag Tutorial - Blessed - PTU

Tube of Choice - I'm using one

Artwork © Jennifer Janesko

If you wish to use the same tube you must purchase it from CILM

However feel free to use whatever you have in your tube collections


Scrapkit - PTU - I'm using a beautiful kit by Jessica

@ Gothic Inspirations. The kit is called "Autumn's Blessings"

Thank you hun xx


Mask - Chelle's mask WSL_219
available for download from her tut site HERE

Font of your choice

No other filters required for this tut...for once lol!

_________________________


The Usual

then

Open Paper 2

Image, Resize, change to Pixels and resize

600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Apply the Mask to this Paper layer

Layers, Merge Group



Open Frame 3

Image, Resize, 80%

C&P

Place centrally to the tag


Open Paper 1

Image, Resize 600 x 600 pixels

C&P

Move it down the Layer Palette

below the Frame and above Mask Layer


Take your Magic Wand on 0 Tolerance and Feather

Click inside the Frame layer

Selections, Modify, Expand by 6

Selections, Invert

and hit Delete on the Paper Layer

Selections None


Open the Glitter Bling

C&P

Place above the Mask layer but below the others


Open the Grass

Image, Resize 80%

C&P

Place as mine on the left of the frame


Open the Leaves 2

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Line them up as mine


Open the Candle 3

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place over the leaves as mine is


Open the Sunflower 1

Image, Resize 20%

C&P

Place as mine on the top right


Open the Tree 2

Image, Resize 70%

C&P

Now place so the bottom of the tree is lined up with the

bottom of the candlestick

then

Move the tree down the Layer Palette so it's behind

the Paper and Frame but

above the Bling and Mask


and open Wordart Autumn

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine


Open your chosen tube

C&P

Place within the frame

above the paper layer

and under the frame layer


Duplicate

and on the

top tube

Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 2.00

then

change the Blend Mode to Soft Light or Overlay etc


Now

Using Magic Wand as before

Delete the excess tube on both tube layers

and apply a subtle dropshadow to the bottom copy

of the tube

I used 0, 0, 35.00, 7.00


So - add a dropshadow to all the elements except the Bling, Paper and Mask layers

I used 2, 2, 45.00, 5.00, Black

on the Bling Layer I used the previous dropshadow

and used no dropshadow on the Mask or Paper layer


Now

Open Badge Leather 2

Image, Resize 40%

C&P

Place as mine under the elements on the left but

above the frame layer etc


Open Glitter Trail

Image, Resize 50%

C&P

Place as mine above the other layers

Line up where you like it

and use the subtle shadow if you'd like



Then finally,

Crop the Canvas to it's current size 600 x 600

or use Crop Tool and bring it in to crop where you

like - I got down to

578 x 585 pixels

Crop


Add your Artist Info etc

and

finally, your name in a font and style of your choice

Delete the White Background

and

save your work as a transparent PNG file

(If your forum is coloured, and most of the ones I'm in are lol!)

Hope you enjoyed this tut

Thanks for Looking xx

This tutorial was written 21st October 2009 by Vix
It is a tag designed from a scrapkit and any possible
similarities to other tag tutorials that may
be available is wholly unintentional and completely coincidental.
All of my tutorials are registered with TWI.