GET UR GEEK ON tutorial & snags

just made this tag using artwork by Elias Chatzoudis

I bought my tubes from MPT but they are now available from Elias's own site HERE

scraps used Get ur Geek on by me HERE
Extra's to snag are in my fotki  HERE

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OPEN A NEW CANVAS  650 X 650 PIXELS

open up background 1 duplicate and then move them side by side

open up yellow arrows
 line up then duplicate then go to image - mirror

open up geek word art from the kit

now open up frame4 from the kit
resize by 80%  using smartsize

duplicate arrange 1 to the top left and 1 to the bottom right

 next click inside the top frame with your magix wand tool
hold down the shift key while you click inside each box
go to Selections- modify- Expand- by 2
open up paper 6 from the kit, resize by 80%
copy and paste onto your canvas as a new layer

once happy with placement go to selections invert and hit delete key to remove the excess

do the same for the bottom frame
go to selections none


then select 1 box with your magic tool again

copy and paste tube onto your canvas as a new layer

once happy with placement go to selections invert and hit delete key to remove the excess
keep doing this untill all boxes are filled
then go to selections none

go to layers merge down x3 so that all your boxed images are on the same layer now
now change the blend mode to the tube layers to either screen or hard light
whichever you think looks best


add a drop shadow to the frame layers

open up yellow ribbon from the kit
resize by 80% using smartsize
copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas
add a drop shadow


now add tube of choice
add a drop shadow


add copyright and your name
font I used is College semi condensed

New Years

for this tutorial I am using a template from Missy at DIVINE INTENTIONS

I used tag template no 47.

download it from her blog here

NEW YEARS WORD ART FREE FROM MY BLOG

mask used was by Kris at Paintshopstop no 51

Font used was Crooked

artwork used was Jennifer Janesko you can purchase her tubes now from CDO

SUPPLIES INCLUDED glitter tiles and mask HERE

FREE New Years scrap kit made by me HERE

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UNZIP ALL THE SUPPLIES

Place the mask in your masks folder before you begin...

open up the template, delete the watermark by missy layer and the white background layer

then go to iMAGE - CANVAS SIZE and use these settings

next make sure you are on the rounded rectangle bit 2 layer and go to Layers - merge down

this will merge the 2 rounded edges of the template togther on 1 layer.

open up CT-paper5
and copy and paste as a new layer - move to the bottom by going to Layers - arrange - send to bottom
now its time to apply the mask...
go to Layers - Load/save mask - load mask from disk with these setttings

then go to layers Merge Group

NOW click on the rounded edges layer that you merged earlier on, and 

go to Selections - select all, - selections - modify - expand by 1

then copy and paste CT-paper7 into selection
Selections none - add a drop shadow using these settings

 

now copy and paste the red glitter spill as a new layer, and resize using smartsize 

by 70% and arrange to the left..

then duplicate this layer and go to Image Flip and arrange to the right.

now merge down and add a drop shadow using the same settings as before.

now time to glitter the frames..
open up the glitter tile i provided in suplplies...for this tut i ised Silver, leave it open in psp...

now make sure you are on layer Frame 1
select the frame by going to Selections - select all - float

then go to Selctions - modify - expand by 1

and then choose your paintbucket tool and for the forground of your material palette (where you would normally change the colour of your text) click on the patterns tab and find your glitter tile.

use these settings and click ok...

 

now just floodfill your frame with the glitter.
go to selections none add a drop shadow as before then

repeat this process for all 3 frames....

now now its time to add your images....

make sure your background frame1 is your active layer go to Selections - select all

then copy and paste as a new layer the image of your choice ,

go to Selections invert and hit the delete key.

then selections none ..

repeat this process for all 3 frames - go to merge down twice so that all 3 images are on the same layer

then slide this layer with all the images underneath the frames. 

add a bow or ribbon of choice from the kit.

i resized mine by 70% using smartsize and added the same drop shadow as before

and with your selection tool just delete the excess.

now add the new years word art, i resized mine by 70% using smartsize then go to Adjust Sharpness - sharpen and again added the same drop shadow.

add the atist © and your name 

Then just save as a png. and your are done!..thanks for trying my tutorial 

here is another tag using the same kit this time

using the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott you need to purchase her tubes from

her site HERE 

Candied Hearts

 

For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of ELIAS CHATZOUDIS
you can purchase his tubes from PTE

for this tutorial you may need a basic knowledge of PSP
I am using PSP9 but any version will do
scrap kit is my Candied Hearts freebie available HERE
my blog is HERE
mask used was by weescotslass Mask261 download from her blog
, look tot he left side under my masks HERE
Font used for my name was Carpenter, its a PTU one.
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Download supplies and unzip them, place mask in your masks folder
now we are ready to begin......
open a new canvas 550 x 550
copy and paste the pink animal print paper from the kit as a new layer onto your canvas
now apply the mask by
going to to Layers - Load save mask from disk ..select the WSL_Mask261
with the following settings.

now go to Layers - merge group

copy and paste the clouds from the kit and arrage to the left

open up frame 4 from the kit, resize using smartsize by 80%

now select your magic wand tool, and click inside the frame

now go to Selections - modify - expand by 8 , click ok.

copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer, once you are happy with placement, got to selections invert and hit the delete key to remove excess..

then go to selections none.

duplicate the tube layer, then change the blend mode to soft light and merge down to merge the 2 layers

now slide the merged tube layer beneath the frame layer.

now add your full length tube of choice, if using the same elias tube as i did, then resize by 80% using smartsize , add a drop shadow. and arrange to the left.

copy and paste 'LOVE2' word from the kit, arrange to the bottom

do the same with the word 'sweet', add a drop shadow of choice.

now make sure that your tube is placed nicely behind the words...

now add the flower2 from the kit resize 70% see my tag for placement.

now open up the lips, rotate left by 20%

simply by going to image - rotate - free rotate left and change the number to 20.

 

then resize by 50% and copy and paste as a new layer

now add your name with a font of choice

i used carpenter font size 72, background red foreground null

then and the artists copyright

if you are happy save it as a either a jpg or .png and your are done!

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of Elias Chatzoudis
This is a pay to use artist so you should not use this artists work without purchasing the
appropriate licence to do so - From PTE HERE

you will need PSP,

*optional* eye candy 4000 - shadowlab, you can always just add adrop shadow of choice...

Toonish Font get it free HERE

Opposites Attract scrap kit by me get it FREE from my scraps HERE

dont forget to check out my blog for freebies HERE

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you will need to Unzip the supplies 

OPEN A NEW CANVAS 600 x 600

copy and paste the black circle frame from the kit , resize by 90%

using the magic wand tool - click inside the circle

select modify expand by 2 and copy and paste selections the paper called paperswirlTexttured4 from the kit as a new layer.

then go to selections invert and hit the delete key to remove the excess.

slide the paper underneath the frame

copy and paste string2 from the kit

add the following drop shadow with shadow lab

 

if you dont have shadow lab , no worries just add a drop shadow with a lot of blur..

so something like vertical 5 horizontal 0 opacity 78 blur 10

add the gems from the kit, no need to resize.

add the staples

then add ribbon10 from the kit, resize by 70% then go to

Adjust Sharpness - sharpen

then add the following shadow using shadowlab

 

add a couple of flowers from the kit, resize by 40% and add a drop shadow to each
 add a tube of choice, i used the same drop shadow using shadowlab as before.

 add your name i used Toonish font set to 48 background fill set to black and foreground fill set to a light blue from the tube, set to stroke 2

add a drop shadow...add the artists ©

Save your tag as a JPEG  or a PNG and your done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial.
I hope you enjoyed it

IN YOUR DREAMS

This scrap tag tutorial was written by me Diane Knight 

on 27th March 2010 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental

For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey this is a LTD edition tube
you can purchase his tubes from PTE these days

for this tutorial you may need a basic knowledge of PSP

mask 206 by WEESCOTSLASS download from her site HERE

Scrap kit used is Fairytale by me which you can purchase from Digital Chaos or Twilight Scraps

my scraps blog is HERE

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first add the mask to your masks folder....

open up fairytaleCluster7 from the kit,

now open up a paper of choice from the kit, i used paper1

copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas

go to Layers - arrange - send to bottom

now apply a mask of choice , i used WSL_Mask206

do this by clicking on Lyers - load/save mask - load mask from disk check your settings are the same as mine if you want the same look.

 
click load. then Layers - merge group

add a tube of choice, resize if needed,
now slide this one beneath the frame then add a drop shadow, then duplicate the tube and slide this one above the frame.
now we will make it appear like she is coming out of the frame...on the top tube layer just erase the bottom part of the tube to just above the bottom of the frame.
ok now click on the bottom tube layer to activate it and just erase any of the tube thats poking out at the bottom beneath the flowers
ok hopefully you are with me so far...

this kit comes with some word art, so we are gonna use some of that too...so open up the in your dreams glitter text from the kit, resize by 80% then go to Adjust - sharpness - sharpen, now copy and paste onto your greenery
now open up the Fairytale greencluster, i wanted to add more greenery, as if the text was nestled in it...
resize by about 40% then copy and paste onto your canvas to the left side then duplicate it , mirror and flip it and arrange to the ride side.
then i just added a couple of additional flowers from the kit resized by 40% and add a drop shadow to each.
add your Artist © and your name and save as a . png if you want a transparent background or a jpg for a white background.
the tag below was made from the same kit, using the same method but using different elements and a different tube.

Love Garv - blend

*old tut moved from my tut site* 

this is an old school style of tutorial, no scraps no templates

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For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey
you can purchase his tubes from PTE

for this tutorial you may need a basic knowledge of PSP but i try and make them easy for beginers to understand
you will need PSP, i use PSP9
Plugins :

MuRa's Miesta - Copies
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - IMPACT - Bevel
Penta.com - Jeans

gradient of choice, loads of niice gradient can be found at Nansons Place
and 2 or 3 tubes 
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add your new gradients to your gradients folder on your computer

(cos if your anything like me you grabbed the lot lol)

Lets begin......
open canvas 600 x 600
floodfill with white
Add a heart shape using the preset shape tool
draw out the heart shape with a gradient of choice as your background fill, foreground should be null.
if you do not have the heart shape tool a heart shape brush or template will work just as good.
now rotate the heart right by approx 10- 15 whatever looks good to you.

now add tubes of choice, i used the same keith garvey tube 3 times, arrange them over your shape as you like,

once happy with placement, change the blend mode to screen for ALL 3 tubes, by going to Layers - properties - a pop up box will appear change the blend mode from normal to screen

Make a final check you are happy with placement then merge down all 3 tubes

by going to layers - merge down (twice)

next make sure the shape layer is selected and go to

Selections - select all - float then selections invert,

make your tube layer the active layer and hit the delete key on your keyboard.
this should remove all your excess tube hanging over your shape.

selections none to remove the marching ant selection.

now duplicate the merged tube layer , this will make it brighter, if its too bright turn down the opacity a bit. it really depends what tube and what gradient you use...so go with what looks best to you.

close of your white background by clicking on the eye in your layers and merge visable.

now to apply apply the jeans effect, with PENTA.COM pluginso you go to Effects - Plugins - Penta - Jeans see below for setting in my screenshot

 

then duplicate the the heart and add a bevel,

  go to Effects - Plugins -  Eye candy 5 -impact -  bevel  with the following settings:

 

before clicking ok change the lighting tab as folows

 

click ok

almost there...i hope you are following ok so far....

on your bottom heart layer we are going to add the
MuRa's Miesta - Copies filter for the background...

 

click ok

back to your top heart layer that you addef the bevel to...

add a drop shadow you like - Effects - 3d effects - drop shadow

now we are going to add the dotted lines, so clic on your pen tool then back to your material pallette:

foreground should be the the colour / gradient you want and background should be null.

choose a custom line style from the drop down box, i chose the diamond one on width 4

settings Below, 

make sure the straight mode is selected.

and simply click and drag your line across the canvas making a straight line.
then arrange to liking
convert to raster by going to layers - convert to raster

add a drop shadow , i used the settings below

add your name or text

on the top tag i used Miss Lankfort font with the same gradient for my backgrond fill and white set at 2 as my foreground colour.

on the bottom tag i used Gothikka font with the same gradient for my backgrond fill and white set at 2 as my foreground colour.

add the artist © information

save your tag and your done.

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 the tag below is another example made using the exact same method but without the bevel plugin or the copies filter and a different colour gradient and I used a rectangle shape instead of a heart I hope you can see the different looks you can get from this one tutorial

Golden Brown - blend tut

*old tut moved from my old site* 

This blend tag tutorial was written by me Diane Knight on 20/02/08 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental
For this tut I am using the fantastic artwork of Jennifer Janesko
you can purchase her tubes from CDO.

you will need PSP,
Plugins :
Alienskin xenofex 2
VM Extravaganza - Transmission
gradient of choice, gradient from Nansons Place
I used Copper Polish from set 3b.
and 2 or 3 tubes 
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add your new gradients to your gradients folder on your computer

(cos if your anything like me you grabbed the lot lol)

Lets begin......
open canvas 480 x 260
floodfill with white then add a new raster layer and floodfill with the gradient of your choice. I used Copper Polish from set 3b.
and settings as below....
 
go to Effects - Plugins - Alienskin xenofex 2 - constellation
and apply the following settings.

 

now copy and paste as a new layer the 1st tube you are going to use...

go to Selections - select all - Selections Float - selections modify - feather and change the value to 25.

click ok ...

then back to selection - invert and then press the delete key.
this should have made the edges of the tube slightly faded.

do this for each tube you use.

deselect by clicking on - Selections none

ok now arrange them on your canvas as you like...

add a new raster layer and floodfill with the same gradient as before...
but this time change the layer blend mode to Colour legacy

*for those that dont know* you do this by going to Layers - Properties and change the settings in the pop up box that appears..use the settings below.

 

now we want to add a border add a new raster layer and floodfill again with the same gradient.

now go to selections - select all then selections modify - contract and input the value 10 in the pop up box that appears...then hit the delete key.

Selections NONE.

now add a drop shadow you like - Effects - 3d effects - drop shadow ..i used the following settings.

*optional* top tag has this effect the bottom one hasnt.
if you want the line effect across your tag then on each tube layer go to Effects - Plugins - VM Extravaganza - Transmission
and use the following settings 

 

add your name and the artist © information

save your tag and your done.

below is another tag made using the same method and a different gradient i also missed out the plugins.......xx 

Fun & Flirty - blend tut

*old tut moved from my tut site*

This tag tutorial was written by me 20/02/07 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental

I am using the artwork of Dean Yeagle you can get his tubes from CDO
however you can use any tubes you like...

tubes and a mask of choice....

I used a heart shaped one 'VIX_MASK13 from here thanks Vix hun x...

again you really could use any shape you like, once you know how ;)

once you have chosen a mask to use, make sure it is placed in your masks folder in PSP for use later.
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Open raster a new canvas 500x 500
Flood fill with white
Choose 3 or 4 tubes of you liking , and arrange them on your canvas

I added the the middle tube last so it was on the top layer and placed it slightly lower than the other 2
now go to Adjust - hue and saturation - colourise

adjust the hue and saturation both to '0' on for all tube layers

 

all tubes should now be grey...

X out your white background layer
(hide the visability of this layer on your layers menu by clicking on the eye symbol - As you do not want to merge this layer yet)
now merge visible Layers

* Important - now make your white filled layer visable again * 

Add a new layer and flood fill with a colour or Gradient of your choice

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE A GRADIENT TRY HERE FOR A GOOD TUT ON IT

I used Foreground HTML no:#400040 and Background HTML no: #e1cfb7

now you have your gradient colours choose these settings for your gradient

floodfill your canvas then change the blending node to Burn
as shown below

by going to Layers - Properties - Burn

 

MERGE ALL
Reduce opacity to around 70

Layers - LOAD/SAVE MASK- Load mask from disk
Select your mask in the dropdown with the following settings

Click OK

Right click on your layers and merge group.

now go to Effects - Texture effects– WEAVE
with these settings

Merge all again

Using the Crop Tool select just the head shots - copy and paste as a new image
As shown below 

Select this as your fill for your text in the pattern section of background fill instead of a colour and make the foreground the dark purple you used before.

Add your text using a chunky font and stretch out to a nice size so that you see the faces in your words.

I used Berlin Sans FB Demi on the folowing settings

Add a drop shadow I used v2 h2 opacity 60 blur 3 colour #3a283a

hope you enjoyed this tutorial xx

Faded Danger - no scraps tut

*old tut moved from over from my tut site*

This animated tag tutorial was written by me Diane Knight on 08/05/07 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental

you will need PSP AND ANIMATION SHOP
fantastic artwork by Mitch Foust, you will need his permission to use his art, if you do not have it then just use a different tube.
Please take the time to check out his deviantart site. HERE

supplies HERE

bn machine font HERE

For this tut you will need Winrar to open the supplies
PSP, and Animation Shop
No outside filters or plugins needed

  

Unzip my supplies and open in PSP

open a new canvas 600 x 600 and flood fill with the colour white

*If using my template and tube skip ahead to step 2*

STEP 1

*if you want to use a different tube and colours then all I did to make the background was 
select the rectangle preset with the following colours selected:

Background #3d3b45 - Foreground #e6e1d5 -line width 5

I clicked the magic wand inside the rectangle and added some brushes to make an interesting background. Then deselect your magic wand. or go to selections none

Add a drop shadow of V2 - H2 - opacity 47 - blur 8 - colour black

That’s the background done.*

Skip to Step 3

Step 2

*Step 2 Copy and paste the template provided… 

Step 3

type the word "Dangerous"
I used BN Machine font with the following colours:

Background #3d3b45 - Foreground #e6e1d5 - size 50 - stroke 2

Position over the top of your rectangle...

Step 4

Now add your tube resize as needed:

Add a drop shadow of V2 - H2 - opacity 47 - blur 8 - colour black

And your name at the bottom or whatever you want it to say.
Add the same the same drop shadow as before

Add your ©

So you should have something that looks like this now: 

 ok, now onto the animation: this is just one way to do this type of animation I may show you other ways another time.....
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Click on the layer that your tube is on
and lower the opacity of the tube down to "0"

This is done by sliding the little arrows down the bar until you hit 0

(See screen shot below:) You shouldn’t be able to see the tube now…
Edit -  copy merged and paste
into Animation Shop...

Back to PSP

slide your opacity up to 20
Edit - Copy merge and paste - after current frame - in Animation Shop

Back to PSP

slide your opacity up to 40
Edit - Copy merge and paste - after current frame - in
Animation Shop 

 repaeat again at 60%

then again at 80%

then again at 100%

Still in Animation Shop
go to Edit – Select All

Then...

Edit - Copy  - then Edit and paste as new animation

Now go to Edit – Select AlL

With everything selected go to Animation - Reverse Frames

Then go to Edit - copy then click on your original animation and
Edit -  paste after current frame:

You should now have an animation 12 frames long.
The girl (or the tube you chose) should fade in and out when you view the animation

Almost done -
go to Edit - Select all
Then Animation – Frame Properties and a pop up box will appear
Change the display time from 10 to 40:

Save your animation as a gif and your done!