Personal photo

For this tutorial you will need

Dreamland Designs FTU scrapkit Fantasy Life
Font of choice
Becky_mask023 HERE
A personal photo of your choice
could be your hunni, your children,
your furbaby or even a pic of yourself




Ok lets begin!!




Open blank canvas 650 x 650
floodfill white

copy and paste purple doodle 2 as new layer
position down and to the left a little

copy and paste purple bow ribbon as new layer
resize by 70%
rotate right 16
move down on top of doodle

copy and paste babys breath as new layer
resize by 70%
rotate right 90
move down so its on top of ribbon and then drag this layer
below the ribbon layer

copy and paste pruple flower as new layer
resize by 30%
move down so its in the ring of the ribbon
duplicate, move left and up slightly

copy and paste sparkles as new layer
position on top of all the other layers
duplicate and move up slightly so it sits just above the other layers

Dropshadow flowers, doodle, and babys breath,
3.5.50.11.black

make white layer active
copy and paste paper 15 as new layer
apply becky_mask023, make sure fit to layer is checked
merge group

Now open your personal photo
shift D to duplicate and close the original
Image, resize
change percent to pixel and make the width no more than 500
resample using Bicubic
lock aspect ratio checked
resize all layers checked

right click in your layer palette and promote background to raster layer
Now apply the same mask as before, but check fit to layer this time
merge group

copy and paste as new layer just above the mask layer on your tag
resize to fit if necessary -
you dont want any of your photo sticking out the bottom!!
change blend mode to luminance (l) and lower opacity to around 75-80

Add whatever text is appropriate for your photo
Add your own copyright
delete white background layer
Merge visible
save as png

Easter Colors

For this tutorial you will need:


3 tubes of choice - I am using 2 fairies and an easter tube from Joel Adams
Butterfly Kisses Freebie add on Let it be Beautiful
My supplies HERE
font of choice
Mask of choice
EC4 Gradient glow





OK lets begin!!


Open blank canvas 700 x 700

copy and paste paper 01 as new layer
apply mask
merge group
resize by 85%

copy and paste frame as new layer
resize by 70%

copy and paste wordart as new layer
position on frame

copy and paste mesh as new layer
drag this layer below the frame layer

copy and paste doodle as new layer above frame
resize by 70%

copy and paste butterfly01 as new layer
resize by 30%
rotate left slightly using your deform tool
position top left corner of frame

copy and paste flower01 as new layer
resize by 30%
position bottom right corner of frame
duplicate, image mirror
move so it overlaps first flower

Make frame layer active
magic wand
click inside top left square
selections expand by 3

copy and paste pink fairy as new layer
position so face is showing in selection
selectioin, invert, hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
drag tube layer below frame
duplicate, image mirror and position in bottom left hand box

back to frame
select inside the top pink box this time
expand selection by 3
copy and paste blue fairy as new layer
invert, hit delete
deselect
drag below frame layer
duplicate, image mirror and position in bottom right hand box

chance blend mode of all four tube layers to luminance (l)

copy and paste easter bunny tube as new layer
drag to top of layer palette

copy and paste my easter eggs as new layer
resize by 70%
position bottom left

dropshadow all layers except 4 small tube layers and mask layer
I used 3,5,50,11, black

add your name, copyright and license information
merge visible
save as png.

Garden Gang

For this tutorial you will need:

My Scrapkit The Garden Gang
My wordart HERE
Mask 75 from WeeScotsLass
Tube of choice - I am using one of Joel Adams cute lil fairys



Ok lets begin!!

Open blank canvas 650 x 650
floodfill white

copy and paste Miz_GG-paper as new layer
apply WSL_mask75
merge group

tube tool
find the lawn tube that comes with psp
dot a few of them so it looks like a lawn

copy and paste tube as new layer
resize by 80%
position on lawn

copy and paste elements (22) & (24) as new layers
resize both by 30%
position bottom left
rotate one slightly to the left

copy and paste elements (30) & (31)
resize both by 30%
position bottom left

copy and paste element(11) as new layer
resize by 30%
position top left
duplicate
image mirror
move down a little

copy and paste element (10) as new layer
resize by 30%
positon bottom right on lawn

copy and paste elements (2) & (3) as new layers
resize by 20%
position in front of pots

copy and paste element (4) as new layer
resize by 20%
position in front of other apples

dropshadow all layers except mask layer
3.5.50.13.black

delete white background layer
merge visible

copy and paste wordart as new layer
colorize to match your tag

I selected all, float, defloat
new raster layer,
floodfilled with gradient made from two colors
from my tag
deselect
add noise 75%
Add white gradient glow
resize by 60%
dropshadow and position top right
delete original wordart

Add name, copyright and license information
merge visible
save as png.

Thats it your done!!

Thank you for trying my tutorial, I would love to see what you make xx

Muddy Spring

For this tutorial you will need

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Elias Chatzoudis
Muddy Spring scrapkit - This is exclusive to The Creative Chicks
please feel free to pop over and register
Mask of choice


Ok lets begin!!


Open blank canvas 650 x 650
floodfill white

copy and paste paper 8 as new layer
apply mask
merge group

Open paper 2
selection tool - circle
draw out a selection from the middle
copy and paste as new layer on your tag
close paper without saving

Mine was quite large so I resized by 60%

Select all, float, defloat
contract by 38
hit delete on your keyboard
Deselect

copy and paste flower 2 as new layer
resize by 70%
rotate right by 70
position at bottom of frame
duplicate
image, mirror

copy and paste flower 1 as new layer
resize by 40%
position on top of flowers
duplicate
image, mirror


copy and paste bow as new layer
resize by 40%
position in middle of flowers

copy ans paste tin as new layer
resize by 40%
position bottom left

Copy and paste watering can as new layer
resize by 40%
position bottom left in front of tin

copy and paste dragonfly as new layer
resize by 40%
position top right of frame

make frame layer active
magic wand, click inside frame
selections, expand by 4
new raster layer
floodfill with fore/back gradient made
from #37545c and #e3e1c9, angle 45, repeats 3
deselect
drag this layer below your frame

copy and paste tube as new layer
I had to colorize mine as it didnt match my tag, here are the settings I used
Adjust, hue & saturation, Hue map


Dropshadow all layers except mask
3,5,50,11, black

Add name using the Alpha brads - I resized by 25% and dropshadow as before

Add copyright and license information

Delete white background layer
merge visible
Save as png.

Thats it your done!!
Thank you for trying my tutorialxx

Puurfect

For this tutorial you will need:

My template - Miz_Template_35
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Al Rio
Scrapkit - Platinum Club from Scraps by Jessica
Filters - Penta.com - Jeans, EC4 Gradient glow



OK lets begin!!




Open template, delete tou layer

The instructions for adding papers to this template
will be the same all the way through so I will explain
it in the first step and then you just need to repeat
with the named layers and papers.

layer 1, select all, float, defloat, invert
copy and paste paper 5 as new layer
hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
delete original template layer

Layer 2 - Paper 4
Layer 4 - paper 013
Layer 5 - paper 3
Layers 7 & 8 - paper 4


Layer 3 & 10 - select all, float, defloat
New raster layer,
floodfill with black
deselect
delete original layers

Layer 6 - select all, float, defloat,
new raster layer
floodfill with a red/black gradient - sunburst, repeats 0, invert unchecked
copy and paste your tube as new layer - (I resized mine by 150% but if you
have a close up tube I would suggest using that here)
selections invert, hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
delete original templater layer 6

change blend mode on tube layer to hard light
Penta.com - Jeans default settings

Now on layers 7 & 8 (the grey squares)
select all, float, defloat
copy and paste as new layer
selections invert
hit delete

I mirrored my bottom one

change blend mode on both to luminance (l)

Layer 9 - select all, float, defloat,
new raster layer
floodfill with same gradient as before
adjust - add nosie 34% gaussian and monochrome checked
deselect
delete original layer

repeat for 'Puurfect' wordart layer but change the noise level 75%

copy and paste tube as new layer and lay along the top of the wordart
dropshadow tube 3,5,50,11,black


Now add a white gradient glow to all template layers
dropshadow as before including the wordart background
then go back and add another dropshadow -2,-2,50,6,black (but not the wordart background)

copy and paste flower 3 as new layer, resize by 30%, position between the 2 grey squares on the left
duplicate and move down slightly
copy and paste flower liplastic flower 1 as new layer, position between the two other flowers
copy and paste multiglitterstar as new layer, position between the flowers to your liking
copy and paste bow2 as new layer, resize by 30% and position on top of the flowers
Dropshadow flowers and bow and star.

make background layer active, copy and paste blingingstars1 as new layer
move up slightly so it shows behind your template
duplicate, image, mirror & flip
dropshadow

make the noised rectangle across the middle your tag active
copy and paste bliningstars2 as new layer, resize by 80% and rotate
so it lays along the rectangle,
dropshadow

Add your name, copyright and license information
delete white background layer
merge visible
save as png
Thats it your done!!

Thank you for trying my tutorial, I would love to see your creations xx