Friday, April 21, 2023

Spring Vibes

Artist Tube by Alehandra_Vanhek
purchased from Very Many Artists
FTU Scrap kit Miggins
Scrapping YHO Blogtrain April ~ Blossom by Blossom
found HERE
Thank you Miggins ♥
This is such a beautiful kit!
*Please check out her entire blog HERE
MizMask291 by Mizteeque HERE ~ d/l the .jpg
Word Art 'Spring Vibes' HERE
Font Janelotus Demo
D/S of choice
Sharpen once when resizing


1. Open new transparent image 725 x 700 px
Flood Fill white
Add NRL, select all
Open PP7, C/Paste into the selection. d/s
Apply mask to this paper. Merge group.
 Open frame 35 ~ 85%
C/P, select all, float, defloat, add NRL
Open PP2, C/Paste into the selection. d/s
Edge Effects ~ Enhance More
Merge down.
Duplicate frame
On Original frame, Image Effects ~ Offset -10 & -10
Adjust Blur ~ Gaussian Blur ~ 7
Drop opacity to 55%
*this blur will replace a drop shadow*

2.  On 'top' copy of frame, using magic wand, settings : tolerance 10, feather 0
click inside all 3 circles of frame
by holding 'shift' on keyboard, expand selection by 5 px
Open PP4, C/Paste into the selection. 
Invert selection ~ do not deselect
Rename this layer 'paper fill'
Open main tube of choice, C/P tube concentrating on placing tube 
inside the top & right side circles.
Press delete.  Erase any part of tube
that sits inside the lower left circle.
In this circle, C/P place elem 28 ~ 50% (mirrored)
Place this flower in lower left circle & press delete to remove excess.
d/s
Duplicate flower, change blend mode to soft light on copy
Add D/S to original flower layer.

Select main tube layer, change blend mode to Luminance Legacy
Duplicate, change blend mode to soft light
& duplicate again.
Sharpen original tube layer.

3.  Elem 16 ~ 75% C/P as uppermost layer
*see reference tag*
On Materials Palette, close foreground colour
change background to #865ea8
Using Rectangle tool (preset shape), set Horizontal radius to 15 & vertical radius to 15
Draw out a horizontal thin line
approx. 600 x 10 px
Convert to raster layer. 
Effects ~ Weave:  1,2,20, white, white, fill gaps checked.
Duplicate this horizontal line.
Image ~ Offset:  -12,  - 15
Merge down.  Rename this layer: Lines
*see reference tag for placement*
Using rectangle selection tool,
draw out rectangle selelection to remove flower stems
as seen below:


4. Duplicate the 'Lines' layer, rotate 90 deg to left
& arrange
above masked layer


5.  To decorate tag, add elements of choice or as below:

elem 22 ~ 50%
elem 8 ~ 50%, duplicate, mirro
elem 8 ~ 100%, duplicate, mirror ~ 85%
elem 2 ~ 50%, duplicate, mirror & move slightly upward
elem 23 ~ has large drop shadow which I opted to remove
by using magic wand (same settings), click on each shadowed edge
around flower, delete. d/s
C/P above flower, rotate 15 deg to right
elem 42 ~ 15%, duplicate, mirror, r/s another 50%
elem 40 ~ 50%, dup & mirror (erase stem)
elem 17 ~ 40%, dup & mirror
elem 33 ~ 25%
Word Art of choice ~ erase credit
C/P as topmost layer
Change colour of WA if desired
by select all, float, defloat, add NRL
Make gradient with two colours of choice
angle 45, repeats 0
flood fill the selection
expand the selection by 3 px
Add NRL, flood fill white. d/s
Move white layer below your Word Art
then deleting the original word art.
Add D/S of choice or
as mine
5, -8, 30, 10 blur, colour black
Add D/S to any other elements if desire
except frame layer.


6.  Add copyright, URL, watermark & name to tag
Delete white bg layer, merge visible, crop ~ merged opaque
and save as a PNG.

I hope you enjoy your result. ♥



Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Elfish Whispers CT Tag CCD

*click on image to see full size* 
CT Tag for Curious Creative Dreams ~ Elfish Whispers
Scrapkit available at


contains 124 elements, 20 AI elements, 22 Papers & 10 Frames




Friday, April 14, 2023

Stranger Things CT Tag CCD


*click on tag for original version*

I'm EXCITED to announce I'll be creating tags & tutorials
for ~ Curious Creative Dreams ~
 My first creation
uses the brilliant mini kit called Strange Creatures
available for purchase at Digital Obsession Store HERE
This mini kit contains 75 elements, 15 AI elements,
6 frames & 15 papers. 
Bonus:  On Sale Now


Also featuring the stunning Art by Yuriko Shirou
of Creative Design Outlet
&
Animation by Simone found at Scrappy Bit of Fun

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Do All Things With Love

Artist Tube by Lorri Kajenna
purchased from Pics For Design
PTU Scrap kit Manipulated by Magik
called Romance in Red HERE
Love the elements in this kit ♥
Thank you Magik ♥

Mask Allison's Addictions Mask_26
Word Art by myself HERE
Plugin: Mura's Meister ~ Copies
Font 3 Grammes 5
D/S setting: 3, -3, 50, 5 black

Let's go...

1. Open new transparent image 800 x 800 px
Flood Fill white
Add NRL, select all
Open PP3, C/Paste into the selection. d/s
Apply mask to this paper. Merge group.
Drop opacity to 44.

2. Open Frame 7, C/P
Using magic wand, click inside this heart frame
expand selection by 5 px, 
Add NRL, open PP8, C/Paste into the selection. d/s
Sharpen more. Move paper below frame layer.

3. Open el27 ~ 30% C/P above frame layer
Use Mura's Meister ~ Copies:  #23, Shift X & Y at 60

Open el86, C/P, rotate 90 deg to right
Using magic wand, click inside all four squares inside frame.
Expand by 3 px, add NRL
Open PP2, C/Paste into the selection. d/s

4. Using magic wand, select red frame layer, top square window
click inside, expand by 3, invert
open main tube, resize 30%, C/P
Place desired portion of tube within selection, delete. d/s
Change blend mode to luminance legacy.
Do same for next 3 windows of frame 
using different portion of tube for each.
Duplicate each of these mini tube layers,
change blend mode of top layer to soft light or screen, whichever looks best;
play with the settings. 

5.  Open el 8, C/P
rotate 90 deg to left, arrange below paper layer of red frame
on left side. Duplicate, mirror.
For delicate lace layers use this D/S setting:
3/-3/25/10 blur, black
Open el 10, resize 75%
C/P above red frame. Duplicate, mirror
Place original swirl above lower portion of frame
and copy of swirl above upper portion of frame. D/S each.
Effect ~ edge effects ~ enhance on each of these swirls

6. Open main tube, resize 25-30%
C/P above red frame layer
Add elements of choice to make it your own creation
el 7 ~ 50%
el 95 ~ place above masked layer to upper left,
duplicate, mirror horizontal, mirror vertical
arrange to peek out on right
el 99
el 26 ~ 40%, duplicate, mirror horizontal, then vertical

This Kajenna tube comes with a hibiscus flower
resize 25-30%, C/P, duplicate & mirror

el 11 ~ 50% erase top portion of chain, sharpen
el 98 ~ 85%
el 13 ~ 50%

Add drop shadows to any elements of choice
If resized, sharpen once.

4.  Resize entire image to your liking
Add supplied word art D/S
Drop opacity to 67

5.  Add copyright, URL, watermark & name to tag
Delete white bg layer, merge visible, crop ~ merged opaque
and save as a PNG.

This being a quick tutorial for you.
xo

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Easter Time Cluster Frame


Another Easter Cluster frame to share made with a
beautiful kit by sylvie of sylly creationz called 'Easter Time'
found HERE
The cluster can be downloaded on Artistic Tag Passions Blog
*scroll down to last post*



Easter Spring Cluster Frame


Wanting to share with you a Cluster Frame 

created using Kathy's PSP Design

scrapkit called TL Easter/Spring Blog Train kit

Found HERE

The Cluster is available for download on ATP Blogspot HERE

as a challenge on Artistic Tag Passions Forum. *Scroll down to second last post*