Seaside Breeze ~ CT Tag

 

CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

Scrapkit  ~ ''Seaside Breeze" available

at CCD Store HERE

Artist Tube by Very Many of Very Many Tubes

Tube of the same name.

A Gorgeous nautical scrapkit. I love this colour combination. 

110 Elements including AI, 12 frames and 20 papers.

Thank you Stu ♥

Note:  The word art and mask layer was created by myself

specifically for this tag.

Steampunk Crow

 

CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

Scrapkit  ~ ''Steampunk Girl" available

at CCD Store HERE

Tube by Kajenna of PicsForDesign

called Edmund HERE

I loved working with this kit but then again I love Steampunk.

123 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 24 papers.

Thank you Stu ♥

Lilac Spring

CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

Scrap kit ''Spring Bouquet" available

at CCD Store HERE

Tube by Very Many Tubes 

called Steampunk 102  HERE

Simply gorgeous spring scrap kit with

100 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 25 papers.

Thank you Stu ♥

Fairy Dream ~ CT Tag

 

CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

Scrapkit  ~ ''Fairy Castle" available

at CCD Store HERE

Tube by Very Many Tubes

called White Elf 3  HERE

A beautiful fairy scrapkit with

100 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 20 papers.

Thank you Stu ♥

Forest Elf ~ CT Tag

 

 CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 An Elfish Forest scrapkit  ~ ''Forest Elf 24" available

at CCD Store HERE

A stunning fantasy forest elf scrapkit

104 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 20 papers.

Relive your fantasies with this creation.

Thank you Stu ♥

Delicate Easter ~ CT Tag

 

 CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 Easter AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Delicate Easter' available

at CCD Store HERE

Stunning tube by Misticheskaya available for purchase at

Misticheskaya Store HERE

'Delicate' is the perfect attribute for this Easter scrapkit.

107 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 20 papers.

An Inspiring Easter kit for the holiday.

Thank you Stu ♥

Celestial Forest ~ CT Tag Tutorial

 

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Stunning Celestial PTU Scrapkit by

Kathy's PSP Designs

called 'Celestial Forest' found HERE

Thank you Kathy ♥ 

Please check out her entire blog HERE

Beautiful Goldwasser Art Tube included in this kit!

Template 904 by Millie found HERE

Plugin:  Mura's Meister ~ Copies

Optional:  EyeCandy 5 ~ Impact ~ Glass

MizMask_093 by Mizteeque HERE (third down on right)

Gold pattern fill HERE (place this in your patterns folder)

Be sure to direct file location in PSP to your patterns folder.

Drop shadow of choice

Font FoglightenNo07calt for word art

Font 'Le Tarot' a pay font, for name.

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

Add D/S as you go.

1. Open template 904, press Shift D, close original.

Delete credits, layers 4, 10,11,12, &14.

Open paper 4, duplicate, change blend mode to multiply.

Merge down. Copy

Add NRL above white bg on working template, select 'all'

Paste the paper into the selection. d/s

Apply MizMask_093. Merge Group.

Resize this 115% smart size.

2.  Select all, float, defloat layer 1, NRL

open paper 8, c/paste into the selection. d/s. Sharpen

Apply Eye Candy 5 ~ Glass: clear setting

Add element 11 ~ 75%, move to right

Select all, float, defloat layer 2, NRL

open paper 5, c/paste into the selection. d/s

Sharpen, Apply same Glass setting.

Add element 34 ~ 40%, duplicate, change blend to 'multiply', merge down

Erase the the stem. Copy

Paste on top layer of template

Apply Mura's Meister ~ Copies:  Encircle - 30, 60, 55

Layers: send to bottom

then move this leaf circle above layer 3. Close layer 3.

Add element 80 ~ 75%, rotate 90 deg to left, all layers checked.

Copy, paste to far right of tag, sharpen, duplicate, mirror

Open layer 3, move above elements 80

Select all, float, defloat, NRL 

Open paper 2, copy/paste into the selection. Sharpen

Keeping the selection, modify contract by 6 px

NRL, open paper 8, copy/paste into the selection. d/s Sharpen

Close layer 3.

3.  Open element 88, draw a selection around the tiny star

on bottom right, copy. Paste as new layer 

on very top of template.

Using Mura's Meister copies, setting:  31, 65, 55 Sharpen

Move this star layer above the last paper 8 layer we created in step 2.

Rename this layer:  Circle of Stars

Select float defloat layer 5, NRL open paper 1, copy paste into the selection. d/s

Sharpen.

Open element 95 ~ 15%, use High Pass Sharpen

setting:  10, 70 strength, hard light. Repeat. Copy

paste on working image top left.

Open element 84 ~ 75% C/P, move upward & slightly to right

Open element 85 ~ 50%, C/P move left, above layer 6, sharpen

Select all float, defloat layer 6, NRL

Copy element 22, paste into the selection. d/s  Sharpen

close layer 6. 

4.  Open element 20 ~ 75%, C/P Select all, float, defloat

using effects, texture effects, sculpture, find Gold pattern fill

settings:  sz 100, depth 20, color white, angle 315, intensity 50, elevation 30

apply. Sharpen 

element 16 ~ 70% C/P to left, duplicate, mirror

element 51 ~ 50% C/P move to right of tag

*see reference tag*

Layer 7 and layer 9, change both to color black

using brightness/contrast -255,0

Apply same glass effect to each of these layers.

5.  Select all float, defloat layer 8, NRL

Open element 8, draw a rectangular section as below:

copy. Paste into the selection on working template. d/s Sharpen.

Apply glass effect.

Select 'Circle of Stars' we created earlier.

copy, paste as a "new Image"

draw a selection around two stars as seen below:

copy & paste onto working image over glassed layer 8 fill

but  not over the black glassed layer.

*see reference tag*

6. Using font FoglightenNo07calt

sz 16, fill color #d8b280

Type words:

keep your eyes 

on the stars. 

Apply texture sculpture Goldpattern fill as before.

Type words:

and the stars

in your eyes

Apply texture sculpture as above.

7.  Float, defloat layer 13, NRL

open element 4

copy, paste into the selection. d/s Sharpen

element 38 ~ 75%

element 9 ~ 75%

duplicate, mirror

element 41 ~ 75%

element 99 ~ 30%

duplicate, mirror

element 14 ~ 75%, repeat

element 62 ~ 25%

element 13 ~ 42% mirror, rotate 3 deg to right

duplicate, mirror, resize 85%, sharpen both

element 66 ~ 20%

Goldwasser tube ~ 85%

Adjust brightness/contrast: Levels

setting: 12, 134, 255, RGB

Using sharpen tool, sz 25,

tap the eyes on the tube once or twice.

Instead of adding a dropshadow to the tube,

duplicate tube, on original - add gaussian blur of 1

then merge down copy of tube to the blurred layer.

I did this dropshadow effect to the stones as well.

Select tube layer, right click & select

"Merge Visible to New Layer"

This places a merged copy above the tube layer.

Sharpen this layer using:

Adjust sharpness, unsharp mask setting:

1 radius, 64 strength, 4 clipping,

luminance only checked.

8. Close white bg. Resize all layers to size or your liking.

Add copyright information

Add name

and save as a PNG.

Thank you for trying this tutorial.

xoxo

Santa's Helper ~ CT Tag

 

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 Stunning AI Scrapkit  ~ available

at CCD Store HERE

Beautiful New Tube by 'Very Many called 'Sant's Helper 10' 

available HERE

An exceptional Christmas Scrap kit that includes

112 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 20 papers.

An absolute joyful kit to work with!

Peppermint Kisses ~ CT Tag

 

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Peppermint Kisses' available

at CCD Store HERE

Stunning tube by Very Many called Vienna available for purchase

at Very Many Tubes

A Stunning Christmas Scrap kit that includes

103 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 16 papers.

All kits 'on sale' this month.

Absolutely LOVED working with this scrapkit.

Thank you Stu ♥

Note:  Word Art not included in kit

Foxy Winter

 

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Foxy Winterland' available

at CCD Store HERE

Stunning tube by Amber called Foxy available for purchase

at VM Artists store

A whimsical Wintery Scrap kit that includes

110 Elements including AI, 10 frames and 20 papers.

All kits 'on sale' this month.

A must have for your scrapping portfolio.

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!

Chilly Christmas ~ CT Tag Curious Creative Dreams

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Christmas Mood' available

at CCD Store HERE

Beautiful New Tube by 'Nocturne' available at Pics For Design

An exceptional Christmas Scrap kit that includes some 

elegant elements to work with. 

112 Elements including AI, and 20 papers.

All kits 'on sale' this month.

* You don't want to miss out. *

Wicked Angels

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Wicked Angels' available

at CCD HERE

Tube by Carolina Seabra available for purchase HERE

An older scrap kit but wicked nonetheless and includes:

60 Elements and 10 papers

All kits 'on sale' this month.

Vampire Queen ~ CT Tag

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Vampire Queen' available

at CCD HERE

Tube by Goldwasser available for purchase HERE

Word Art by myself 

Animation by Simone of Scrappy Bit of Fun HERE

A brilliant, Vampirish Scrap kit that includes:

104 Elements including AI, 10 frames

and 20 papers. All kits 'on sale' this month.

Dark Angel ~ CT Tag Curious Creative Dreams

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Darkest Queen' available

at CCD HERE

Tube by Laguna available for purchase at Pics For Design

Word Art by myself 

supplied at bottom of post.

The colours of this scrapkit are amazing. It includes:

96 Elements including AI, 10 frames

and 18 papers.

Nightmare Alley Girl ~ CT Tag

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  CT Tag for 

Curious Creative Dreams

 AI Halloween Scrapkit  ~ 'Nightmare Alley' available

at CCD HERE

*animations not included

What an amazing scrapkit to work with and just in time for Halloween!

88 Elements including AI Generated elements/tubes, 8 frames

and 15 papers.

CT Tag ~ Mechanical Steam

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  CT Tag for Curious Creative Dreams

Artist Tube ~ Very Many

available for purchase HERE

 AI Steampunk Scrapkit  ~ 'Mechanical Steam' available

HERE

Steam animation by Scrappy Bit of Fun

Love, love this Steampunk scrap kit which includes

90 Elements including one AI Generated Tube, 8 frames

and 16 papers. A unique steampunk kit for your collection.

CT Tag Dark Whispers

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  CT Tag for Curious Creative Dreams

Artist Tube ~ Goldwasser.Art available at 

Pics For Design 

 Haunting AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Dark Whispers' available

HERE

Leaf animation by Scrappy Bit of Fun

Spider Animation coloured by myself

Another favourite of mine is Gothic/Halloween

and this kit won't disappoint you.

125 Elements including AI elements, 6 frames

and 20 papers. A must for your Halloween collection.

CT Tag Delicate Steam

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  CT Tag for Curious Creative Dreams

Artist Tube ~ Celinart Pinup available at 

Paper Dolls Scrap Store HERE

 Stunning Steampunk AI Scrapkit  ~ 'Delicate Steam' available

HERE

A favourite of mine is Pink and Black

and this kit won't disappoint you.

128 Elements including AI elements, 10 frames

and 20 papers. A must for your collection of steampunk scrapkits.

Secret Enchantress ~ Katharine

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  CT Tag for Curious Creative Dreams

Artist Tube ~ VM Artists ~ Katharine

Available HERE

 Amazing Scrapkit  ~ 'Secret Enchantress' available

HERE

Beautiful animation by Sophisticat Simone 382

available HERE

This most Enchanting kit has 104 elements including AI elements,

10 frames & 20 papers. The elements are 

simply stunning!

*Note:  The word art was created by myself.