Christmas Night ~ CT Tag

 

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Beautiful Christmas Scrapkit by

Kathy's PSP Designs

called 'Christmas Night' found HERE

Thank you Kathy ♥ 

Please check out her entire blog HERE

Tube by Keith Garvey purchased

at CDO estore 362-1

Kopona Mask 38 HERE

Mura's Meister ~ Copies

Drop shadow of choice

Font 'Christmas Wishes'

Remember when resizing elements to Sharpen once only

[Shortcuts:  d/s ~ deselect; D/S ~ Drop shadow; NRL ~ new raster layer]

Add D/S as you go.

*~ Let's get started ~*

1. Open 800 x 800 px new transparent image

Flood fill white.

Open Mask 38 png r/s 30%

C/P

Select all, float, defloat, add NRL

open paper 2, copy, paste-into-selection. d/s

Delete original mask. 

Resize masked paper 95%

2. Add el 50, c/p move to right side

el 17, r/s 40%, apply Mura's Meister Copies 

Encircle: 17, 60, 60

NRL

Using selection tool ~ circle 

draw out a selection approximately

514 x 514 px

open paper 1, paste into the selection

contract selection 20 pixels

press delete, d/s

Apply 3D effects ~ inner bevel with these settings:

 bevel 2, width 4, 

smoothness 10, depth 6, ambience 5, shininess 20

 colour white, angle 130, intensity 50, elevation 30

Object ~ align ~ center in canvas

If you have issues making the above,

you may d/l my circle frame below:

Using magic wand, tolerance 10, feather 0,

click inside circle frame you created

expand selection by 5,

on layers palette, select the mura's copied layer below

and press delete on keyboard to remove excess within circle frame. d/s

D/S circle frame with heavy setting:  4/-4, 75, 10 blur

and select 'add shadow on new layer'

 

3.  Open el 91, C/P r/s 120% Smart Size, sharpen

select circle frame layer, click inside with magic wand, expend by 5

select wreath layer, press delete, d/s

add el 40, r/s 65%, place on right side of frame

Using magic wand, click inside circle frame, expand by 5 px

revert back to el 40 and press delete. d/s

Open el 20, r/s 80% C/P

placing slightly upward and to right of tag

Using selection tool, circle

draw a circle on top of element 20

to act as fill layer below this frame.

NRL

open paper 5, C/P

invert selection, delete and d/s

Again, be sure this layer is below element 20.

4. Open main tube. if using same tube,

r/s tube 75%, mirror & C/P above paper 5 layer

duplicate tube, move copy above frame layer (el 20)

To give appearance tube is behind the deer & white pine boughs,

simple erase portions of the copied tube

above frame. Note:  Be careful to not erase any part of tube

that is sitting on the black frame of element 20.

5. Decorate your tag with elements of choice:

el 47 ~ 75%, place below copy tube

(you may need to erase portion of el 47 that extends inside tube layer)

el 61 ~ 70% place along bottom

el 104 ~ 70%

el 18 ~ 25%, duplicate, arrange

el 33 ~ 30%

el 57 ~ 33%

el 99 ~ 35%, duplicate, arrange

5. On layers palette, select the masked paper layer,

Select Crop tool, select crop opaque

Crop tag before resizing to 700 px. or size of choice.

 

6.  Add copyright, url, license & Name

Hope you enjoy your Christmas creation!

Stranger Things CT Tag CCD

*click on tag for original version*

I'm EXCITED to announce I'll be creating tags & tutorialsfor ~ Curious Creative Dreams ~ My first creationuses the brilliant mini kit called Strange Creaturesavailable for purchase at Digital Obsession Store HEREThis 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♥

BeWare Monsters

PTU Tube by Maryline Cazenave 103-3 of CDO 

FTU tagger scrapkit by Miggins:

SYHO Blog Train October HERE

 Thank you Miggins

**Please visit her blog for more treats**

Mizteeque's Miz_Mask_374 HERE

Grab the PNG ~ 4th down

My PNG Mask:  WWMask 01a & 02a HERE

Wordart by Dee's Sign Depot HERE

Plugin: Filters Unlimited 2.0 ~ PhotoAging

Font of choice

Drop shadow used -4, 4, 55, 10, black

Add D/S as you go with exceptions as stated.

Remember when resizing elements to sharpen.

*~ Let's get started ~*

1. We are going to spend a bit of time making a tagback for this tut:

Open new Image 725 x 700 px transparent

Flood fill white

Open Miz_Mask 374 R/S 85% C/P

Move upward & to left Rename ~ Mask

Select all float, defloat, add new RL, 

Open Paper 5, C/Paste into the selection, d/s

Move downward & to right, Rename ~ Mask 03

Select Mask layer again, select all, float, defloat, add new RL

Open paper 2, C/Paste into the selection. d/s

Rename Mask 02

Open WWMask 01a C/P Rename Mask 01

Move to upper left

Note:  Arrange layers in this order starting from bottom:

white bg ~ close for now

Mask

Mask 01

Mask 02

Mask 03

Merge the above layers visible

Image ~ Decrease colour depth ~ 2 Colours ~ grey values, ordered dither ~ OK

Copy then UNDO 

Paste as top most layer

Using magic wand, click on outer white area, delete, d/s

Rename this Dither

Move it above the Mask layer on layer palette

Close Mask 02 layer

Open WWMask 02a PNG C/P move upper left

Select all, float, defloat, add new RL

Open Paper 5, C/Paste into the selection d/s

close original mask beneath it.

Using lighten/darken tool, softly lighten with brush sz 100, 75 hardess & opacity

the very top edge of Mask 04 layer. 

Your tagback should look something like this:

2. Now that I confused you, we can start making the tag. :+)

elem 28 ~ 65%

elem 33 ~ 65% D/S -15, 10, 50, 10 Black

elem 5 ~ 50%

elem 24 ~ 50% duplicate 3 or 4 times, arrange as brick wall, merge them together

then colourize using Filters Unlimited 2 ~ PhotoAging ~ 103,131,145 

elem 38 ~ 50%

elem 3 ~ 40%, dup & mirror

elem 16 ~ 65%

elem 10 ~ 25% D/S  -10, 10, 55, 5 black

elem 27 ~ 50%

elem 22 ~ 18%

elem 29 ` 15%

elem 1 ~ 70%

Select all, float, defloat, add new RL, open paper 21, C/Paste into the selection, d/s

Change blend mode to Overlay

Add tube of choice R/S, see reference tag

elem 26 ~ 50%

elem 23 ~ 20%

elem 11 ~ 20%

Wordart 50 % Add a 3 px border on new layer in colour # f9efe7, merge together WA & border

Change blend mode to soft light, duplicate

Add any other elements of choice

3.  If you wish to resize tag, do so now.

Add copyright, url & license

Close white bg, crop merged opaque

save as a PNG

Thank you for trying this tut!

xo

CT Tag for Kathy's PSP Designs

 

A CT tag I wanted to share with you.

The tube is by Andreea Cernestean 33-3

found at CDO estore  One of my favourite tubes and stores.

The PTU kit is by Kathy's PSP Designs

called "BeWitched"

What a brilliant kit!  Some unique elements and of course 

Halloween kits are my favourite to work with. :+)

Thank you Kathy ♥

The animation was purchased at CDO estore

created by Rebel Dezigns

Package 140 ~ animation 420

Writing a tutorial for this tag

would be long-winded as I colourized

the animation to match the mist on the witch's cauldron

and tweaked the cauldron itself.

My goal was to make the tube appear ghost-like.

Love the result.

♥

November Rain

Click on image above to see Full Size

In this Photoshop tutorial I used the artwork of Elena Dudina available for purchase at CDO

Anyone wishing to use the same image in their own personal creation

MUST have the proper license for that image

These mini-kits below are from the November Rain Passion 4 Scrapz Blog Train

1. FTU Kit by Savage Dezines called November Rain

Optional Texture HERE

& 2. Mini-Kit by Miggins

called November Rain

Font Agile Script Calligraphy

Note: No dropshadows were applied to any of the elements

Open kit 1 - element 9, resize 75%

Enlarge - Canvas size 750 x 677 px

We will resize later 

Open Kit 1 -element 12 - 20%

C/P bottom left of image

Kit 2 - element 11 - resize 50% C/P

Kit 1 - element 8 - 50% C/P

kit 1 - element 4 - resize 70% C/P; arrange - send to bottom layer

Use pick tool/deformation tool to resize further if needed

Open Kit 2 - element 1 C/P below

wordart/cluster element & arrange

Open tube of choice - resize 65%

C/P, duplicate - change blend mode to 'Screen'

leave original tube as normal

Open Kit 2 - element 10 resize 15%

C/P above wordart cluster

within small green circle

Select 'Screen' layer of copy of tube

create 'New' adjustment layer - Hue & Saturation

Change sliders to Hue +12, Saturation - 38, Lightness +5

This layer saturates the tube to match the elements in the tag

Merge 4 bottommost layers

(tree, green flower, yellow tagback & brush)

If you used a white background, close background before merging

Select screen layer of copy of tube

I added a pattern to give the tube & elements texture

& a softened variance to the overall image

Open pattern supplied, C/P

use deformation tool to cover entire

area of tag or duplicate pattern instead

change blend mode of pattern to 'overlay'

back to merged layers

use magic wand to select area 'outside' of the merged layer

return to pattern layer and press delete on keyboard

Deselect

*Be sure this pattern layer is below the Hue/Saturation layer*

On the pattern layer, use the eraser tool sz 150, hardness 50

erase any part of the pattern you do not wish to show through

eg. yellow area - on right side of tube

Add copyright, license & url of image

Add Name

Merge visible, crop 'merged opaque'

& save as a PNG

Hope you are having a great day!

 

Autumn Shows

In this PSP tutorial I used the artwork of Enamorte

available for purchase at CDO

Anyone wishing to use the same image in their own personal creation

MUST have the proper license for that image

FTU Cluster Frame Element by IEZombie Graphics HERE

Stars & Moon Element by IEZombie Graphics HERE

Fall Leaves in PNG HERE

Brushes of choice

I used Photoshop dandelion seed brushes HERE & broken mirror brushes HERE

unfortunately these brushes will not work in PSP

if you happen to have Photoshop CC, you may create a new black image,

using white as foreground, load brushes & paint with tool brush on new layer

Save as a PSD then open in PSP.

Autumn WordArt by myself supplied below

Click on Wordart to open in new window, then right click to save

Font Futuristic Fixed Width

Open Cluster frame in PSD format (layers), resize to 650 px in height if desired

Close off layers 2 & 3

Open Stars & Moon Element

with selection tool, draw a freehand selection around

the Stars only - promote to new layer & deselect

Copy this promoted layer onto the main cluster frame

paste lower left of frame, then move below Layer 1

Sharpen with Unsharp Mask setting: 1, 55, 5, luminance checked.

Open tube of choice, resize as required

If using same tube, resize to 500 px in height

C/P above Layer 1

Using soft setting of brush tool, erase the hard bottom 

edge of your tube layer

change blend mode of tube to 'soft light'

& duplicate

Add wordart supplied below C/P

Add favourite bevel to WA if desired

D/S with setting 1/1/65, 3 blur Black

Open Leaves, resize 25%, C/P on left side of cluster frame

D/S

Add new raster layer - name this layer - brushes

Add brushes of choice in colour white

with no drop shadow

Add copyright, license & url of image

Add Name

Merge visible, crop 'merged opaque'

& save as a PNG

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutoria!

Autumns Gentle Touch

In this PSP tutorial I used the artwork of Anna Marine

available for purchase at CDO

Anyone wishing to use the same image in their own personal creation

MUST have the proper license for that image

FTU Mini-kit called Fallin' For You by PinkPaperPeppermints

Two masks used in this creation.

One by Kim Broedelet

found HERE

and dragonfly mask 875 by Heidi of PspMask HERE

Autumn WordArt by Dray of Creative Misfits featured on their Blog

Font 2Peas Gingersnap

Open new image 650 x 650 px transparent

flood fill white

open in elements folder, paint splatter

resized to 625 px in height

C/P above white background

mirror this splatter

Open yellow solid paper, resize 650 px

C/P above splatter,

apply dragonfly mask875, merge group

Open golden leaf 2, resize 30%

C/P & arrange

Open tube image, preferably one of face or close-up,

press shift + D to make duplicate.

Close original tube

On duplicate of tube, find layer - new mask layer - from image,

locate Kim Broedelet mask & apply.

Merge group. C/P above leaf layer on working image

Change blend mode to 'luminance 'L'

duplicate this tube layer, change blend mode to 'soft light'

and apply blur: gaussian blur setting: 25 

Open butterfly cluster, resize 25%, C/P

open blue heart element, resize 26% 

C/P, rotate left 17 degree, sharpen,

change blend mode to 'overlay'

Open wordart, merge the 3 words of choice

in my example, I chose 

"Autumns gentle Touch"

C/P , change blend mode to 'screen' or one of choice

and drop opacity to 51%

Add copyright, license & url of image

Add name

Close white background layer, merge visible, crop merged opaque

& save as a PNG

I hope you enjoyed this!

 

 

 Scary Halloween

In this PSP tutorial I used the artwork of Enys Guerrero

available for purchase at CDO

Anyone wishing to use the same image in their own personal creation

MUST have the proper license for that image

FTU Scrapkit called Scary Halloween by ElFairy Scrap

Supplies available at 4-shared or MediaFire

(i do not know where i obtained these supplies.

if they belong to you, please let me know so i may properly credit you)

WordArt by myself HERE

Font Blood Omen

Open new transparent background 650 x 650 px

Flood fill white

open cluster from supplies

C/P, move slightly upward

On this tag sample I used the .jpg images

by Enys Guerrero

Open main image resized 75%, C/P behind cluster frame

and arrange behind larger picture frame.

Using rectangle selection tool, draw selection

around image, invert & delete excess image. Deselect.

Do the same for the smaller picture frame

open image, resized 105%

C/P behind cluster smaller picture frame

to capture the 'eyes' of the witch

Using rectangle selection too, draw selection

inside this smaller picture frame, invert & delete to remove excess.

Deselect. 

Add following elements from scrapkit, adding D/S & sharpen

as you layer each element

005ef, use freehand selection tool to select a few bones beneath urn

to exclude the urn, deselect. resize 30%

020ef resize 30% 

024ef resize 25% & again 40%

026ef resize 25%, mirror

043ef resize 40% 

052ef resize 25-30%

055ef, resize 25% & again 40%

069ef (rotate 90 deg to right)

C/P pumpkins from supplies, resize 75%

open mask provided, minimize

To make masked layer,

activate white background layer,

add new raster layer, selections, select all

copy paper 081ef from scrap kit

paste 'into' the selection. Deselect.

Layers - New mask layer - from image

locate mask & apply. Merge group.

Add any other elements of choice

to make it original to you.

Add wordart, resize 75%, D/S 2/2/100,3 color black

Add copyright of image used including license # & url

Add name with your favourite bevel, D/S

Close white background, merge visible

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

I would love to see your results.

Please leave a link to your tag

in the comments.