Magic of Christmas

This tutorial was written on November 11, 2010 and is of my own imagination. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is pure coincidence. Please do not use the same images/tubes that I have unless you hold the appropriate license to do so.

Supplies Needed:

Kissed by Cari's wonderful Magic of Christmas scrap kit which can be purchased here. Thank you for allowing me to use this awesome kit girlie!!!!!!!

Tube of choice. I am using the wonderful artwork of Renee Biertempfel. You can see more of her work and purchase her tubes at CILM.

Jasc Animation Shop 3

Becky Mask 22

Waterlily font

My Snow here.

Tramages Tow The Line filter here

Alien Skin Eye Candy5 Impact Chrome for your name if you like.
Ok .. let's get rockin'!!!!!

Open a 700x700 blank canvas and flood fill with white if you desire.

Open a couple of ribbons of choice. Paste as new layers and resize as needed. Rotate one 90 degrees. Move one to the top of the canvas and the other to the side. See mine as a reference. We're going to make our frame from these ribbons.

Open a corner ribbon of choice. I used corner1. Resize as needed and paste as a new layer. Move to the top left of your canvas.

Merge the corner ribbon and your two flat ribbons together. Duplicate/Mirror/Flip.

TaDa! lol you have your frame.

Grab your selection tool and make a selection around your frame like so:


Open a paper of choice. I used paper1. Paste as a new layer and apply the mask with these settings:


Merge the group.

Selections/Invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard. DO NOT deselect just yet.

Open another paper of choice. Paste as a new layer. Hit the delete key. Selections/None.

Move this paper down under your masked layer.

Highlight the mask layer in your layer palette. Apply Tramages Tow The Line with these settings:


Open the tree and resize as needed. Paste as a new layer and move to the bottom right of your tag. Move this layer under your frame layer.

Open one of the Ice. Resize if needed. Paste as a new layer.

Open one of the hanging decorations. Resize. Paste as a new layer and move to the left top corner.

Open one of the word arts. Resize as needed. Paste as a new layer and place to your liking.

Open your tube of choice. Paste as a new layer and place where you like.

Drop shadow any and all layers now if you like.

Add your copyright/license information now in a clear and legible font.

Add your name using your favorite font. You can add the chrome effect using thse settings if you like:


I also added an inner bevel to the name with these settings:


Ok .. now .. close off the bottom two paper layers and merge visible the rest.

Reopen the paper layers.

Once again grab your selection tool and make a selection around the frame area of your tag like so:


Selections/Invert

Now comes the hard part :)

Open Animation Shop.

Back to PSP

Open the Snow file that I included above.

Copy frame 1. Back to your working canvas. Paste as a new layer above your paper layers and below your framed tag.

Copy frame 2. Paste as a new layer.

Repeat for the next 8 layers of show.

Once you have all 10 layers pasted onto your working canvas start at the top and work your way down to the first layer of snow. Hit the delete key on your keyboard for each layer.

Selections/None.

Close off snow layers 2-10.

Highlight your framed tag layer. Copy.

Back to AS.

Paste as a new Animation. Back to PSP.

Close off snow 1 and open snow 2. Copy.

Back to AS.

Paste After Current Frame. Back to PSP.

Repeat the above steps for the other 8 layers of snow.

In AS, File/Save As/ and use these settings:





And that's it! Hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.

Hugz

Autumn Thoughts

This tutorial was written on November 11, 2010 and is of my own imagination. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is pure coincidence. Please do not use the same images/tubes that I have unless you hold the appropriate license to do so.

Supplies Needed:

Kissed By Pix Autumn Splendor which can be purchsed here. Thank you so much Pixie for allowing me to use this awesome kit.

My film frame here.

Mura Meister Clouds which I uploaded to my 4Shared here.

Becky Mask 22 which you can get here.

Font of choice. I used Rob Leuschke Lavishly Yours.

Here are the colors that I used in this tag.




Ok .. let's get rockin'!!

Open a 700x700 blank canvas and flood fill with white if you prefer.
Open a paper of choice. I used paper 3 from the Autumn Splendor kit. Resize as needed. Paste as a new layer.

Apply your mask with these settings:



Merge group. Move to the top right a bit. Image/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip.


Open my film frame. Paste as a new layer. Rotate by 90 degrees.
Selections/Float/Defloat.

Open a paper of choice. I used paper 9a. Paste as a new layer and then hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/None.

With your selection tool make a selection around the frame like so:



Open another paper of choice. I used paper 7. Selections/Invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Invert again and apply Mura Meister Clouds with these settings:



Selections/None.

You can delete the original frame layer now.

Open a couple of the leaves. I used Leaves6 and Leaves3. Resize as needed. Paste as new layers. Mirror one of the leaf layers and move to the top right corner of the frame. Resize the other leaf down a bit more and mirror it. Move it on top of the other leaf like so:



Merge down. Duplicate/Mirror/Invert.

Open the tree and resize as needed. Paste as a new layer and move towards the bottom right of the frame. Now I actually duplicated this and moved one copy on top of the frame layer and selected different portions of the tree to erase so that it looked as if the tree was winding through the film sides. This is entirely up to you.

Open your tube of choice. Paste as a new layer and move under your frame layer.

Open a bow of choice. I used Bow2. Resize as needed and paste as a new layer. Move to the top center of the frame.

Open three different flowers of choice. Resize as needed. Paste as new layers and move to the bottom left of the frame. Be sure to resize the middle and top flowers down a bit more so as they stack on top of each other. See my tag as a reference.
Open a brad of choice. Resize. Paste as a new layer and move to the center of the flowers.

Open one of the bags. I used bag3. Resize. Paste as a new layer. Rotate to the right by 25. Move down under your paper layers. See my tag as a reference.

Open ribbon of choice and resize as needed. Paste as a new layer. Move to the top of your layer palette and rotate as needed. See my tag for reference.

Drop shadow any and all layers that you like.

If you're going to resize then do so now please.

Add your copyright/watermark in a clear and legible font.

Add any text that you like now.

And ... that's it! Hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial!

Hugz!

Southwest Longing

Southwest Longing




This tutorial was written on October 28, 2010 and is of my own imagination. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is pure coincidence. Please do not use the same images/tubes that I have unless you hold the appropriate license to do so.

Supplies Needed:

Tubes of choice. I am using the artwork of J W Baker. I had purchased his work while he was still with CILM.

Native Southwest scrapkit by Cari which can be purchased here. Thank you so much Cari for allowing me to use this awesome kit!!!!!!

Becky Mask 23 which can be downloaded here.

Font of choice. I used Totem.

Ok ... Let's get rockin!!!!!

Open a 700x700 blank canvas and flood fill with white if desired. We can resize later.

Open a frame of choice. I used frame 6. Paste as a new layer. Make a selection around your frame like so:



Open a paper of choice. Paste as a new layer. Selections/Invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard. DO NOT deselect.

Open your first tube of choice. Paste as a new layer. Move into place and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/None.

Open a second frame of choice. I used frame 1. Paste as a new layer. Resize by 50%. Rotate to the left by 25. Move to the lower left corner of your main frame. Duplicate/Mirror.

With your freehand selection tool make a selection around your frames like so:



Selections Invert.

Open another paper of choice. Paste as a new layer and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections none.

Open your second tube of choice. Resize as needed and rotate to the left 25 degrees.

Make another selection on the left frame. Selections/Invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections none.

Repeat the above steps for the other frame.

Open another paper of choice and send to the bottom of your layer palette. Apply the mask with these settings:



Merge group.

Open the flowers. Paste all three as new layers. Resize as needed and rotate to your liking. Merge them together and move then down in the layer palette so that they are just above the mask layer. See my tag as a reference.

Open the beads. Paste as a new layer and move to the top right of the main frame.

Open the feather. Paste as a new layer. Resize by 50 twice. Grab your freehand selection tool and make a small selection on the quill portion like so:



Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/None.

Open both of the pots. Paste as new layers. Reize both by 20. Place on the lower right side of the frames. See my tag as a reference.

Open the necklace. Resize as needed. Move over to one of the pots (see my tag). Grab your freehand selection tool and make a selection on the necklace like so:



Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections None.

Open the arrowhead. Paste as a new layer and resize by 50. Move towards the left of your tag. See mine as a reference.

Add your name using your font of choice.

Drop shadow any and all layers that you like.

If you're going to resize do so now.

Add your copyright/watermark information in a clear and legible font.

And that's it! Hope you liked doing this tutorial.

Hugz

Totally Garv Christmas



This tutorial was written on October 26, 2010 and is of my own imagination. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is pure coincidence. Please do not use the same images/tubes that I have unless you hold the appropriate license to do so.

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice. I am using the sexy artwork of Keith Garvey. To see more of his work then please stop by My PSP Tubes.

Totally Tiffany scrapkit by ~ Kissed by Pixie which can be purchased here. Thank you so much for allowing me to use this great kit Pixie!!! Much Love!!!!

Eye Candy Nature Fire

Font of choice. I used Mea Culpa

Ok ... let's get rockin!!!!

Open a 700x700 blank canvas and floodfill with white. We can resize later.

Open KBP_TTC_PaperFrame4. Paste as a new layer on your blank canvas. Rotate 45 degrees right or left.

Open KBP_TTC_PaperFrame3. Paste as a new layer. Duplicate. We'll come back to this layer in a moment.

Grab your selection tool and make a selection around your top PaperFrame3 like so:



Selections/Invert

Open a paper of choice. I used KBP_TTC_Paper3. Paste as a new layer. Hit the delete key on your keyboard.

Open another paper of choice, I used KBP_TTC_Paper2 and paste as a new layer. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Change the Blend Mode to Luminance.

Open your tube of choice. Paste as a new layer and move in between the two PaperFrame3 layers.

Using your eraser tool remove any portions of the top frame layer that you want in order to expose any parts of your tube layer that you want.

Open a tree of choice. I used KBP_TTC_Tree2. Paste as a new layer and resize by 70 twice. Move this layer down below your first (lower) PaperFrame3.

Open the candle and paste as a new layer. Resize as needed and move to the lower right hand corner of the frame. With your freehand selection tool carefully make a selection around the wick like so:



Apply Eye Candy Nature Fire with these settings:



Open KBP_TTC_SilverSpray and paste as new layer. Resize if you like. Rotate to the right 45 degrees and move to the upper right hand corner of the frame. Move this layer to the bottom of your layer palette.

(See my tag as a reference) Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

Open KBP_TTC_LaceHeart3 and Open KBP_TTC_LaceHeart2. Paste LaceHeart3 as a new layer and then paste LaceHeart2 as a new layer. Resize LaceHeart2 by 80%. Paste LaceHeart3 as another layer and resize by 50%. (Can resize as you like if they are still too large) Merge the three layers together. Rotate to the left 45 degrees and move to the top left corner of your frame. Move this layer to the bottom of your layer palette.

Open a doodle of choice. I used KBP_TTC_Doodads1. Paste as a new layer and move to the top right corner of your canvas. Duplicate/Mirror/Flip. Move these layers to the bottom of your layer palette. See my tag as a reference.

Open a DangleBulb of choice. I used KBP_TTC_DangleBulbs2. Paste as a new layer. Resize as needed. Move to the upper right of your frame. See my tag as a reference.

Open a bow of choice. I used KBP_TTC_GiftBow3. Paste as a new layer. Resize as needed. Move to the top right of your frame. See my tag as a reference.

Add your copyright/license information in a clear and legible font.

Pick a couple of colors from your tag to set as fore/background. Grab your text and using your fave font add whichever name you'd like. Add a drop shadow to all layers that you'd like.

That's it! Hope you enjoyed doing this tut!!!

Huggz
Nickie

New Tuts

If all goes well then I should have a new tut up either Wednesday or Thursday so keep your eyes open.

Hugzz

Saying Thank You

I wanted to say thank you to Pixie and Cari of Team Kissed for accepting me on to their Creative Team. Hopefully within a week I'll have a couple of new tutorials up.

Also ... keep your eyes open for some of my older tutorials. I will be putting a few of them from time to time along with some of my templates.

Sending an early Happy Halloween to everyone!!!

Luv and Hugz

Making a Comeback

I am seriously thinking of making a comeback and writing tutorials again. Just need to get some things re-installed and look around for some really nice kits to use. Hope to see some old faces again and maybe some new ones. For the time being I'll be hosting my tuts here .. if I really get rolling again then I'll create a site for them.

Huggerz
Nickie