I LOVE WaterMelon Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Elias Chatzoudis Scrap used Fresh Summertime by BabyCakes Scraps Font of choice I used Pea Andrea Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, (you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open bcs_paper_three c/p as a new layer, image resize by 90% apply mask of choice, I used WSL_Mask297 Open bcs_dot_frame_plain and c/p as a new layer resize this by 50% now duplicate this layer, on the original one go image rotate to the right by 12% and move over to the right of the canvas, on the duplicated layer go image rotate to the left by 12% arrange to your liking, Now lets open bcs_seeds, c/p as a new layer above your mask layer resize by 70% arrange up and to the left duplicate this and mirror this and move down a bit, Now open bcs_gel_word_four c/p this as a new layer and resize it by 50% and bring this layer to the top, arrange to your liking, Now lets open bcw_watermelon_seed, c/p as a new layer resize by 35% duplicate and mirror or flip your choice, now open bcs_watermelon_half_slice_bitten and c/p as a new layer resize this by 25% and then image rotate to the left by 12% now lets open bcs_watermelon_wedge, c/p as a new layer and resize this by 30% image rotate to the left by 120% arrange with your other watermelon slice, Now open bcs_glass_button_brad_seven c/p as a new layer and resize by 80% Now grab your magic wand and click inside one of your frames, selections modify expand by 8 and then selections invert,Open a paper of choice, I used bcs_paper_ten in one frame and bcs_paper_eleven in the other frame, select none add your tube or tubes of choice, when your are satisfied with your elements and placements add a dropshadow of choice,hide your white background layer and merge visiable. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Just a Spring Day Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Free Tube from Zindy S. D. Nielsen Scrap used Swing Into Spring by Scrappin D'signz Font of choice I used Mon Amour Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white,(you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open swing into spring_frame c/p as a new layer resize this by 65%, now open swing into spring_flower5 c/p as a new layer resize this by 65% move over to the right bottom of your frame, now open swing into spring_flower9 c/p as a new layer resize by 60% move over top of the branches, now duplicate this, go to the original layer and image rotate free rotate to the left by 9% and move it over just a bit now open swing into spring_flower2 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 35% and move up to the top left of your frame, now open swing into spring_flower6 c/p as a new layer, image mirror and the image free rotate to the right by 9%, resize this by 35% and move it below your BIG flower layers, now duplicate this and mirror it, now free rotate to the left by 90% arrange to your liking, now open swing into spring_grass3 go to the white layer below your frame, and c/p as a new layer, image resize this by 85% now grab your magic wand and click INSIDE your frame opening, selections modify by 8 selections invert, go back to the grass layer and hit delete, LEAVE selected now open swing into spring_paper1 c/p as a new layer BELOW the grass layer, resize this by 75% arrange to your liking, hit delete and deselect. I also use this same paper as the mask background layer, resizing it by 85% and using mask (Becky Mask 022) Now lets open swing into spring_petals and c/p as a new layer right above your mask layer, resize it by 65% and arrange to your liking now open swing into spring_leaves3 c/p as a new layer above your frame layer and below the yellow flower in the top left, resize this by 45% and arrange to your liking, now open swing into spring_ribbon3 c/p as a new layer right above your frame layer, image mirror and then rotate free rotate to the right by 45% image reszie by 65% and arrange behind all the flowers, now open swing into spring_scattered leaves and c/p as a new layer moving this layer below your frame, arrange to your liking and also resize this by 80% now open swing into spring_butterfly and c/p as a new layer bringing this to the top, resize this by 65% and image rotate free rotate to the left 24% I also duplicated the swing into spring_petals and resized this by 45% rotated to the right by 28% and lined it up on the far left of my frame (RIGHT above the mask layer) duplicate it and flip the duplicated layer to fill in that space. now add a tube of choice and a drop shadow of choice to all elements, hide your white background layer and merge visiable. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Rainbow Sherbert Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Jennifer L. Nilsson Scrap used Summer Sorbet By Baby Cakes Scraps Font of choice I used Boingo and also Blanchard Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white,(you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open BCS_rectangle_frame and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 70% click inside the frame, selections modify expand by 5 selections invert, open BCS_Paper_C c/p as a new layer (below your frame) image resize by 70% hit delete, leave selected, open BCS_Tree c/p as a new layer, image resize by 70% move over towards the right of your tag, hit delete, leave selected, now open BCS_Rainbow, c/p as a new layer, resize this by 40% (or what ever you like) hit delete leave selected still, and turn the opacity down on this layer to 55% open BCS_Sun, c/p as a new layer, resize this by 38% now you can select none, on the sun layer, go image mirror and arrange to your liking, Open BCS_Doodle, c/p as a new layer, move this down to right above your white layer, move up and to the right of your tag, now duplicate and go image mirror and then image flip, Open BCS_Paper_J c/p as a new layer RIGHT above your white layer, go layer, load mask from disc and apply a squarish mask. I duplicated and then mirrored and flipped mine, I turned the opacity down to 55% on each mask layer. Now open BCS_Bluebird, BCS_Yellow Bird and BCS_Pink bird, c/p each as a new layer, resize each by 15% and arrange to your liking, now open BCS_Butterfly_C and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 25% image rotate this to the left by 21% now image mirror and place on the top right of your frame, open BCS_Paper_Butterfly and c/p as a new layer resize this by 15% arrange to your liking, Open BCS_Butterfly_A c/p as a new layer and resize this by 25% and arrange to your liking, Now open BCS_Wordart_A and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 25% Now I used Eyecandy gradient glow with these settings below on my frame, the doodles, the word art, and my name (applying it two times on each thing) Note the paint can positions in the second screen shot I added a drop shadow after applying the gradient glow with these settings 2-2-50-5.00 black. Now you can add a tube of choice or you can leave your tag as is. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Woodland Faeries Tube of choice, I used The darling fairies in the scrap and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used My Magical World by Aussie Scrap Designs Font of choice I used TheNautiGal by Rob Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, ( you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open Mushroom_House and c/p as a new layer, duplicate and resize by 50% move this over to the right just a bit and line up the bottom edges, Now open Mail box c/p as a new image resize by 40%, place over towards the left of your canvas, now open grass1 c/p as a new layer, image resize by 40% 2 times, place around the base or your mushroom houses and your mailbox, duplicate the layer and mirror a few time until you are satisfied with the amount you like. Now open reed 1 and reed 2 c/p each as a new layer and resize each 2 times by 40% again duplicate a few times and place to your liking around your houses and your mailbox. now go to your white background layer and add a new layer, grab your psp lawn tube and place a few "stamps" here and there until you are satisfied with your "lawn" now again go to your white background layer and add a new layer, I grabbed my selection tool and switched it over to rectangle and drew out a rectangle a little larger than the lawn in width and from behind the lawn and up above the mushrooms (this will be your sky) flood fill this selected area (ON the new layer) with #d7ddf9 select none, now apply a round mask of choice, now open your hyacinths elements, I used all three, and c/p as a new layer, I resized these by 40% 2 times and placed them between my houses, Open the ladder and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 65% and place it up against the larger of the mushroom houses, Open the bridge and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 65% move this layer below your mailbox layer and place behind the mailbox. now open the rainbow and c/p as a new layer right above your mask layer, now duplicate this layer and merge down, duplicate once again and merge this down. now mirror this and place part of the way behind your mushroom house. now add a drop shadow of choice to your elements, I only added to the mushroom houses, the bridge , the ladder and the mailbox. now add your tubes of choice, add a drop shadow of choice to your tubes and hide your white background layer and merge visiable. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Just Day Dreaming Tube of choice, I used artwork Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Fantasy Land By ScrappingMar which you can get HERE or HERE Font of choice, Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, ( you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work)Open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(33) c/p as a new layer, image resize by 20% smartsize and move up and to the left of your work area, Now Open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(49) c/p as a new layer and resize it by 70% and move it towards the bottom of your work area, Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(48) c/p as a new layer and resize by 60% I moved mine over towards the left side of my tag in front of the fence. Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(46) c/p as a new layer, and arrange this layer to where it is right above your white layer, resize by 40% and move it up towards your little village, Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(66) c/p as a new layer resize it by 55% move it over towards the right side of your fence, I placed mine in front of the fence you can leave it behind your fence if you like (this is your tag) Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(45) c/p as a new layer resize it by 25 % and place it in front of your tree trunk, I duplicated this a couple times and place a few along the fence line and a couple along the bench feet, I resized those (in front of the bench by 50%) Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(60) c/p as a new layer resize by 50% and place it down towards the bottom of your tag, so it looks like your bench and fence is in the grass. Duplicate it and mirror it , I place these behind my fence area, now duplicate again and move it down a bit so it is in front of the fence layer and behind the bench layer, now duplicate and mirror this (you should have 4 layers that are grass) 2 layers are right above the white layer and 2 layers are above your fence layer, now lets open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(58) c/p as a new layer and resize it by 35% . now lets open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(4) c/p as a new layer right above your white background layer, resize this by 85% now add a mask of choice to this layer, I used a round mask, you can add more elements to your tag if you like I added one of the darling umbrellas' resizing it by 25% I also added the pretty little rainbox resizing it by 55% and placing this layer right above my mask layer, I added 2 of the little fairies resizing them by 10% and placing them near the little fantasy village, now you can add your tubes of choice and a drop shadow of choice, I did not use a drop shadow on the "grass/lawn" or the rainbow area's but I did put one on all other elements . when you are satisfied with all your placements etc, hide your white background layer and merge visiable, I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Fantasy Flower Garden Tube of choice, I used artwork by Elias Chatzoudis and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Fantasy Land by Scrapping Mar HERE or HERE Font of choice, I used Chachi Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, ( you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work)Open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(6) element and c/p as a new layer, resize it by45% smartsize, do the same with FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(2) element and FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(3) element. Arrange them so they look like a small bunch of flowers, (use my tag as an example) Now Open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(44) and c/p as a new layer, resize by 65% move it towards the bottom of your tag and the left, duplicate it and then image mirror, Line them up so it looks like my tag above, Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(53) c/p as a new layer and resize it by 50% move this layer down below all layers (right above your white layer) and move it over so it is behind one of your flower frames so it looks like the stem of theframe. I duplicated this and then image mirror and then free rotate to the left by 12% so it looks like more leaves, stems to the other frames. Now open FantasyLand_ScrappingMar(4) c/p as a new layer right above your white layer and resize it by 90%. Add a mask of choice, I used a round mask. Now grab your magic wand and click inside one of your flower frames, go selections modify expand by 5 and copy and paste a tube of choice. go selections invert and hit delete, keep selected and choose a paper of choice from the kit that compliments the tube and c/p as a new layer hit delete, move these below the frame you are working on ONLY. Do this same thing for each of your flower frames, now add a drop shadow of choice to your tubes and frames. Now hide your white background layer and merge visiable. (I resize my tag before adding my copyright info because it stays sharper this way) Add the copyright info and your name and save your tag to your prefrence. I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

another example using Elias Chatzoudis tubes

Just A Little Sassy

Tube of choice, I used artwork by Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Dusky Night by Nette's Nightowl Works you can purchase this kit HERE Font of choice, Template I used is template 110 by Yvette at Essence of Creativity Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open Template 110 by Yvette, duplicate and close the original, image canvas size and resize to 750x750 unhide the white background layer and refill with white, I deleted the word art on my tag. (which is layer 9 on the template) go to raster layer 1 (large black circle) select all float defloat selections modify smooth I have mine set at 10 in each box (this should take care of those jaggady edges you sometimes get on templates) invert. Open paper stripe5 and c/p as a new layer, hit delete and select none. now delete the original circle layer. Now select raster layer 2, repeat as above using paper 7. delete the original layer. Go to raster layer 4 and repeat, this time us paper 5, delete the original layer. Go to raster layer 5 and repeat your selection process again, this time use paper stripe1, delete the original template layer. leave the original template raster layer6 as is. got to raster layer 3 and go through your selection process again, open paper stripe1 and c/p as a new layer, hit delete and select none delete the original layer. Now on this same layer,select all float defloat modify contract by 18 go effects texture effects weave, use these settings Below,

color #e6e3dd in your boxes. select none, now add a drop shadow of choice to your layers. Open flower2 and c/p as a new layer, resize by 30%, place to your liking or use my tag as an example. Do the same with flower3. open textflower2 and c/p as a new layer resize by 20% arrange to your liking. open pretty butterfly2 and c/p as a new layer, resize it by 20% and place to your liking,. Open pretty butterfly 1 c/p as a new layer and resize it by 20%, add a drop shadow of choice to these elements you just added. Now open Sassy and c/p as a new layer, image mirror and move her over to the right side of your tag, I resized her by 90%. add a drop shadow of choice. I added a little word art to example one in layer6 that is set to soft light using Bankgothic mt bt, this is your choice to add this or not. when satisfied with your placement of everything hide the white background layer and merge visable. as always resize your tag before adding your copyright info this will make it stay clearer. Add the proper copyright info and your name to the tag and save as to your preference.

In my second example I selected my raster layer 4 (the dark inner boxes) select all float defloat, selections invert and pasted my tube in the box, hit delete. make sure this is below the raster layer6 that is set to soft light, change your blend mode to screen on the tube layer, and lower the opacity to 50% select none, duplicate and mirror and place this in your bottom box again making sure it is below the raster layer6 that is set to soft light. when you are satisfied with your element placement etc. hide the white background layer and merge visiable, as always resize your tag before adding your copyright info this will make it stay clearer. Add the proper copyright info and your name to the tag and save as to your preference. I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Where do your Dreams Take you? Tube of choice, I used artwork by Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Zoe's Magical Garden by Soxsational Scraps you can purchase this kit HERE Font of choice, I used SassyFrass and Will&Grace Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, open TW-ZMG-paper2 c/p as a new layer and add a mask of choice, I useda round mask. Now open TW-ZMG-Window and c/p as a new layer, image resize by 75% Now grab your magic wandand select inside the window frame, (each section) now selections modify expand by 5 add a new layer and flood fill black.select none, add your tube ( a laying down tube works best, but you can do other variations like example 2), Now open TW-ZMG-vine2c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer so it is on top of the window frame, duplicate and rotate by 90% line the 2 ends up, now duplicate and resize this by say 40% and arrange to your liking, duplicate this layer and rotate to the left by 90%. Open TW-ZMG-Flower9 c/p as a new layer, resize by 18% do the same with TW-ZMG-Flower8 and with TW-ZMG-Flower7 arrange your flowers all over your vine, I placed one where the vines meet. Now open TW-ZMG-Fea1 c/p as a new layer and resize by 18% Do the Same with TW-ZMG-Fea2 and TW-ZMG-Fea3 arrange to your liking. Now open TW-ZMG-Bug2 c/p as a new layer and resize by18% and place on the window seal, I duplicated mine and put one on the top of the window as well. now open TW-ZMG-Bug 1 c/pas a new layer and resize by 15% and place to your liking or use my tag as an example. Now open TW-ZMG-Tree House and c/pas a new layer, arrange this layer to where it is RIGHT above your window layer, mirror and resize by 45% and place on the opposite side of where you have your vines going up the window. On example one I used TW-ZMG-Magical Bling2 on my black background area, if you want to do this as well, grab your magic wand and select outside your black layer, c/p the bling and resize it by 50% and place to your liking hit delete to get rid of any excess hanging outside the window area, arrange layer so it is RIGHT above the black layer, and below your tube layer. Now add a drop shadow of choice to your elements, I used a subtle shadow on some parts and a stronger shadow on others. This is your choice. Now when satisfied with your placement of your elements etc. hide your white background layer and merge visiable. I always resize my tags before adding the copyright info so it is much clearer this way.add your name and save your tag to your preference. I hope you enjoyed this tut as much as I enjoyed writing it smiles christy Ü

The Magical Garden

Tube of choice, I used artwork Jennifer L. Nilsson and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Zoe's Magical Garden by Soxsational scraps you can purchase this kit Aussie Scrap Designs Font of choice, Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new Image 750x750 flood fill white (I always start with a large canvas to have room to play with)open TW-ZMG-hill and c/p as a new layer, move it down towards the bottom of your image, layer duplicate and on the originallayer go adjust blur gaussian blur 12.00. open TW-ZMG- Tree House and c/p as a new layer, move over the the left side of you grassy hill, I resized mine by 80% Open TW-ZMG-Grass and c/p as a new layer, resize by 50% move over to the left side and cover the bottom edge of your treehouse and the grassy hill, layer duplicate and image mirror, there will be a little gap between them if you resize like I did I duplicated the layer once more and moved it over the empty space, also trying to line up the bottom edge as well, Open TW-ZMG-Paper3 and c/p as a new layer right above your white background, resize it by 73% and add a round mask of choice, I turned the opacity down on this layer to about 60% this is your choice if you want to or not, Open TW-ZMG-Vine2 and c/p as a new layer, move it to the left behind your tree house now do the same with the TW-ZMG-Vine1 I mirrored this one and moved it down a bit, and cropped off what was showing below my grass, open TW-ZMG-Fea3, c/p as a new layer, arrange bring this layer to the top, image resize by 20% and image mirror I have her watering one of the flowers near the top of the tree house. Open TW-ZMG-Fea2 and c/p her as a new layer, Image resize by 25% arrange to your liking, Open TW-ZMG-Flower6 c/p as a new layer image resize by 25% arrange this to your liking, Open TW-ZMG-Clouds2 and c/p as a new layer, image resize by 45% duplicate this and mirror, arrange them to your liking, I used my Hue Map to colorize mine, if you want yours to look like that use these settings across the board, 198/323/317/312/321/323/323/300/335/338 saturation shift 11,lightness shift 0 open TW-ZMG-Sun2 and c/p as a new layer, image mirror and image resize by 43% I placed it behind one layer of my clouds and above the other layer, like it is peeking out. Open TW-ZMG-Flower 5 and c/p as a new layer, I put this over to the right hand side of my tag, I did not resize this one and it is up in the clouds a bit, you can add any other elements that you like to your tag, or Tubes of choice, Add a drop shadow of choice to your elements, I did not add one to the clouds or grass, (I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer), add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü