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Showing posts with label Graziela Mendes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graziela Mendes. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Oh Christmas Tree

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Merry Christmas by Graziela Mendes
Font of choice I used StudioLetteringSwing
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,
I Like to have room to work, this is your choice,
My tuts are written using this size image

open gmendes_MerryChristmas_paper12 resize by 19%
c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice, I used
WSL_Mask315

Now lets open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element01 c/p
as a new layer, resize by 22% and move towards the left
of your mask, now open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element31
c/p as a new layer and resize by 27% and then rotate to
the right by 5% grab your magic wand and click inside the
frame opening and expand by 9 now invert, now open
gmendes_MerryChristmas_paper05 resize by 19% and
then c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete and
leave selected, open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element41
c/p as a new layer again below the frame, resize by 21%
hit delete and select none, now lets open
gmendes_MerryChristmas_element23 c/p as a new layer
bring to the top and resize by 16% and then rotate to
the right by 9 I duplicated and mirrored mine, now open
gmendes_MerryChristmas_element22 c/p as a new layer
place below the top greenery layer and resize by 11 then
rotate to the right by 18% now lets open
gmendes_MerryChristmas_element05 c/p as a new
layer, bring this to the top and then resize by 11
and then rotate to the right by 76%, I pasted it
again and resized by 13% and rotated to the left
by 9%, open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element03
c/p as a new layer right above the frame layer, resize
by 17% and then mirror, I placed mine close to the
tree that is peeking out, open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element56
c/p as a new layer right above the greenery layer
resize by 20% Now open gmendes_MerryChristmas_element18
I changed the hue and saturation to 0 and then used
the manual color correction tool to make it red (and also
added a gold version) to my tag, I c/p pasted as a new
layer above the greenery and resized by 18% then rotated
it to the right by 26% I pasted the gold version resized
the same and then rotated it to the right by 20% and
then mirrored it, I also added element 55 resize to 11%
with my other ornaments, when you are happy with
your tag, add a dropshadow of choice and a tube
or tubes of choice, hide the white background layer
and merge visible.

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
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Saturday, May 28, 2011


Imagination

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap used Imagination by Graziela Mendes
Font of choice I used Julietrose Std
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 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open gmendes_imagination_paper02 resize by 18%
and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice I used
DBV Masks 133

Now lets open gmendes_imagination_frame01 c/p as a
new layer, resize by 20% now rotate to the right by 6%
grabe your magic wand and click inside the frame opening
expand by 9 and then invert, open gmendes_imagination_paper08
resize by 18% and c/p as a new layer below the frame and
hit delete select none, now lets open gmendes_imagination_leaves01
c/p as a new layer, arrange below the frame and paper and
resize by 30% and place towards the left of the frame
duplicate and resize by 75% move this down just a bit
Now duplicate again and then rotate to the left by 55%
I duplicated again and then flipped it, arrange all so they
are peeking out the left of the frame, now duplicate once
more and bring this to the top, place along the edge of
the bottom of the frame, I duplicated and then mirrored
this again, it is alot of greenery but fills the tag great I feel
Now lets add a few flowers I used flower 03 resize by 15%
and placed this at the top left below the frame and paper,
I also used paperflower_05 this layer was brought to the
top and resized by 15%. I duplicated mine a few times, rotating
and positioning them along the greenery, Now I added
paperflower_03 resized by 16% and placed with the others
along the bottom of the frame, and duplicated and resized
once by 80% Now open gmendes_imagination_bead1
c/p as a new layer, arrange between 2 flower layers,
and resize by 45% and scatter a couple around your
flowers, Now open gmendes_imagination_ribbon01
c/p as a new layer, arrange to below the white flower layers
but above the beige flowers, resize by 20% and then rotate
to the left by 75% Now open gmendes_imagination_ribbon02
c/p as a new layer right above the other ribbon, resize by
18% and then mirror and rotate to the left by 90% arrange
with the other ribbon, Now open gmendes_imagination_flower01
c/p as a new layer, arrange to right above the frame layer and
resize by 20% I placed it towards the bottom right of the frame
using the selection tool I selected what I did not want showing
and deleted it, I duplicated and then mirrored this, a few times
and placed a couple up the edge of the left of the frame
Now open gmendes_imagination_butterfly02 c/p as a new
layer, resize this by 16% and then mirror and then rotate
to the right by 20% and place at the top right of the
frame, now add a dropshadow of choice and a tube
of choice, hide the white background layer and merge
visble.

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
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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Seaside Fun

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Fishes by Graziela Mendes
Font of choice I used 2 Peas Beef Broccoli
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 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open gmendes_fishes_paper05 resize this by 17% c/p
as a new layer and apply a mask of choice, I used
Bev mask, Not sure what number it is or where I got
this mask but in circular mask will work,

Now lets open gmendes_fishes_element 13 c/p as a new layer
and resize this by 20% now turn the opacity down to about 65%
on this layer, open gmendes_fishes_frame 01 c/p as a new
layer and resize this by 35% arrange so it is "hanging" from the
net, now lets grab our magic wand and click inside the frame
opening and expand by 9% now invert, now lets open
gmendes_fishes_paper12 resize this by 17% and c/p as
a new layer below the frame layer, and hit delete, select none
now open gmendes_fishes_element10 c/p as a new layer
and bring to the top, resize this by 35% and place towards
the left of your frame, now open gmendes_fishes_element02
c/p as a new layer and resize this by 15% place this layer
below the other greenery layer and place it with it, now open
gmendes_fishes_bubbles01 c/p as a new layer, arrange this
to right above the mask layer and resize by 15% now duplicate
and merge the two, then duplicate again this time move one
of them up and to the left and one down towards the right
now lets open gmendes_fishes_star c/p as a new layer
arrange this layer to right above the net layer and resize
by 15% I place 3 of these on my net, mirroring one of them
Now open gmendes_fishes_element19 c/p as a new layer
and bring to the top, resize by 15% and place with your
seaweeds, Now add a dropshadow of choice and a tube
or tubes of choice, hide the white background layer and
merge visible. (I did not dropshadow the bubbles on my tag)

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
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Butterflies and Daisies Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Little Flowers In My Kit by Graziela Mendes
This kit is not in store yet will be released on March 18th!!! Font of choice Adios Script Pro 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 gmendes_a-little-flowers_papers 09 resize by 19% and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice I used WSL_Mask 4, I duplicated my mask and then moved one up a bit and one down a bit, Now lets open gmendes_a-little-flowers_frame 01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 30% and then rotate to the left by 15% Now open gmendes_a-little-flowers_leaves 01 c/p as a new layer move below the frame layer and resize by 18% now rotate to the right by 15% now duplicate and resize this by 77% now mirror and then rotate to the left by 18% place with your other leaves, now lets open gmendes_a-little-flowers_flower05 c/p as a new layer, (below the frame still) and resize by 35% and then mirror, now duplicate, resize by 75% and flip, place one near the bottom left and one near the top right of the frame now grab your magic wand and click inside the frame openings, expand by 9 and then invert, now open gmendes_a-little-flowers_papers 05 resize by 19% and c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete and select none now let open gmendes_a-little-flowers_ribbon 02 c/p as a new layer move this layer to right above the mask layer and resize by 32% now open gmendes_a-little-flowers_ribbon flower 02 c/p as a new layer (again right above the mask layer) mirror and then resize by 40% duplicate and flip and resize by 80% place the daisy over top these 2, now lets open both of the butterflies (gmendes_a-little-flowers_Butterfly 01 and 02) c/p as new layers, these layers will be at the top, resize by 35% and place to your liking, I duplicated mine 2 times and scattered a few around and resized these by 80% (this is your tag do as you like) when you are happy with your tag add a dropshadow of choice and a tube or tubes of choice, hide the white background layer and merge visible. 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
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Apple of my Eye Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used Amore by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used LD Delightful 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 gmendes_amore_paper07 resize this by 19% c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice I used 44-Kris (I am not sure where to find this mask so if you know please let me know so I can give credit where it is due!) Open gmendes_amore_frame01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 21% now duplicate and then rotate to the left by 19% now click inside the frame opening and expand your selection by 9% now invert the selection open gmendes_amore_paper04 resize this by 19% and c/p as a new layer below each frame, hit delete and select none Now open gmendes_amore_flower01 c/p as a new layer right above the mask layer and then resize this by 34% place near the bottom left area of the tag, now open gmendes_amore_ribbon03 c/p as a new layer bring this to the top and resize by 17% and place near the bottom of the tag, now lets open gmendes_amore_bow07 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 10% and arrange on your ribbon. now lets open gmendes_amore_button01 c/p as a new layer and resize by 30% place in the center of your bow. now open gmendes_amore_tag01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 24% and "hang" it on the top right of the bottom frame, when you are happy with your tag add a dropshadow of choice to your elements and a tube or tubes of choice, hide the white background layer and merge visible. 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
Monday, August 16, 2010
Dreaming Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Caron Vinson Scrap used Dream by Graziela Mendes Font of choice Dagobert 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 gmendes_dream_paper09 resize this by 80% c/p as a new layer, add a round mask of choice I used Artmama's mask 06 merge group, (you may have to use the raster deform tool to strech this out so
that it shows from behind the next mask layer) now open gmendes_dream_paper08*
resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and apply a round mask of choice,
I used Artmama Mask 07 merge group now you can do as I did
and change the color of the paper with hue and saturation using the setting below Now grab your magic wand, click outside the top mask layer, selections invert, open gmendes_dream_element03 c/p as a new layer resize this by 20% hit delete, leave selected, now change the color of this
with the same settings as above Now open gmendes_dream_sparkle 01
c/p as a new layer and resize by 20% duplicate and move over to the
left duplicate once more (you want to fill the mask area) now hit delete on each layer to rid yourself of the excess outside the mask.
Now lets open gmendes_dream_element 04 image mirror now c/p as a new
layer and resize this by 13% arrange on one of the waves, (use my tag as a guide)
now open gmendes_dream_cloud 01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 24%
arrange towards the top of the mask area, Now open gmendes_dream_star 01
c/p as a new layer, resize this by 20% now image rotate to the right by 6%
move up towards the clouds, I also used hue and saturation to change the
color on this, changing the lightness up a bit and the saturation down a bit
(you can play with the sliders to get the results you like) Now lets open gmendes_dream_element 02 c/p as a new layer resize this
by 20% arrange to the left of the mask and make it touch one of the stars,
now open gmendes_dream_string07 c/p as a new layer and resize this
by 18% arrange down by your waves, duplicate and mirror this and then flip it, now open gmendes_dream_ribbonbeads 01 c/p as a new layer and resize by 18% arrange with your strings, Now open
gmendes_dream_star 02 c/p as a new layer move this to right above
your mask layer resize by 9% arrange to look like a star duplicate and move the other over away from it, Now add a dropshadow of choice to your elements, I only added one to the star string, ladder, boat, strings and starfish "stars" Now add a tube of choice to your tag, when you are happy with everything hide the white background layer and merge visible. 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
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Delicate Beauty Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used Delicate Spring by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used LHF Wade Grotesque Casual Swash 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 gmendes_delicatespring_paper17 resize this by 18% add a mask of choice, I used BflyFlbyMask4 Open gmendes_delicatespring_frame01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 20%, now duplicate this layer on the original frame rotate to the left by 7% move it up just a bit, Now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_ribbon 01 c/p as a new layer bring this layer to the top resize this by 23% arrange it to where it at the top right of your frame, duplicate this and then mirror, arrange it right below the other ribbon (use my tag as a guide) now I changed the color and brightness of my ribbon see screen shots below Now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_ribbon 02 c/p as a new layer move this layer to right above your mask layer resize this by 23% arrange so it sticks out a little on the right of your tag, I used the same settings on this ribbon as I did on the other ones, Now grab your magic wand and click inside your frame, modify expand by 8 selections invert, open gmendes_delicatespring_paper 03 resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and hit delete select none and move this layer below your frame. Now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_leaves 01 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 20% now rotate this to the right by 12% Move this layer down below your frame layers but above your big ribbon layer, duplicate and mirror this and bring it back over with the other leaves move one up a little Now we want to duplicate this again and go image rotate to the left by 90%, arrange towards the bottom of the frames, duplicate again and flip and arrange it back with the leaves at the bottom, use my tag as a guide, Now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_tag 01 c/p as a new layer bring this layer to the top resize this by 15% arrange so it looks like it is stapled to the bottom frame, Now open gmendes_delicatespring_bucket 01 c/p as a new layer resize by 15% arrange towards the right of the tag, paste again this time resize by 12% arrange with your other bucket, now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_flower 01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 18% arrange with your buckets, paste it again this time resize by 14% arrange with your other flower, now lets open gmendes_delicatespring_flower04 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 14% and arrange with your other 2 flowers, now add a drop shadow of choice to your elements and a tube of choice, when you are happy with your tag, hide the 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
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Daisy's In My Pocket Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Blue and Blue by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used Big Boy and 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 gmendes_blue-and-blue_paper 12 resize by 18% smartsize c/p as a new layer and add a mask of choice, I used artmama's mask 06 Now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_sequin 01 c/p as a new layer and resize by 30% rotate to the right by 9% I changed the color a bit using hue map this is up to you if you want to or not, Now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_string 01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 16% and arrange to your liking, now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_leaves 01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 23% layer duplicate and then image mirror and rotate to the left by 18% arrange these together, use my tag as a guide Now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_denimpocket 01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% now image rotate to the left by 18%, Now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_flower 02 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 24% I used hue map again to colorize my daisies, if you want yours this color use the setting below Duplicate your daisy 2 times and arrange to your liking, I made sure one was inside the pocket, Now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_tag and c/p as a new layer resize this by 15% again place this in your pocket, now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_heart 01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 12% image rotate to the right by 18% and arrange to your liking, Open gmendes_blue-and-blue_clip 01 c/p as a new layer resize this by 30% duplicate and then mirror, and rotate to the right by 12% lay them to gether towards the bottom of the pocket, now lets open gmendes_blue-and-blue_staple 01 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 12% I placed one to hold the heart string, then I duplicated this and put one in the right eyelet of the pocket and then image duplicate and then mirror and rotate to the right by 9% and place in the other eyelet, Now add a dropshadow of choice to your elements, and a Tube of choice, when you are happy with your placement of your elements and your tube 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
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Framed Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Jessica Galbreth Scrap used Magic Garden by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used Affair 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 gmendes_magic-garden_paper04 resize this by 19% c/p as a new layer, now apply a mask of choice I used WSL_Mask258 Now lets open gmendes_magic-garden_element16 c/p as a new layer and resize by 54% now let's open gmendes_magic-garden_element02 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 40% and image mirror place at the bottom left of your frame, now lets open gmendes_magic-garden_element04 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 40% and move this layer below your frame layer and move it up and to the right of the frame, now duplicate this layer and bring it up above your frame layer, resize by 70% and then flip, place behind the flower at the bottom left now lets open gmendes_magic-garden_element06 and c/p as a new layer, image resize by 40% move this up and to the right of your frame, and arrange this layer to right above your mask layer, and make it peek out from behind your flower there, Now grab your magic wand and click inside your frame layer, make sure to select all the opening, selections modify expand by 8 then selections invert, open gmendes_magic-garden_paper12 and resize by 19% c/p as a new layer below your frame and above the flower and leaf and mask layers, hit delete, select none Now lets open gmendes_magic-garden_element31 and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 30% now mirror this and then go image rotate free rotate to the right by 70%. arrange it right above your mask layer peeking out the right side of the frame. Now you can add a tube of choice, and a drop shadow of choice to your elements,when you are happy with your tag hide your white background 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

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Fairy's In the Greens Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Colorful by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used Refreshment Stand 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 gmendes_colorful_paper07 resize this by 19% smartsize and c/p as a new layer, add a round mask of choice,I used WSL_Mask133 Now lets open gmendes_colorful_element 11 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 40% layer duplicate and image flip, and then image mirror, you may need to line them up just a bit, then merge these 2 leaf frames together, now lets open gmendes_colorful_element 10 and c/p as a new layer below your frame layer, resize this by 30% Now lets open gmendes_colorful_element 09 c/p this as a new layer below your frame layer, resize this by 20% now image mirror, and move up and to the left now duplicate this and go image flip and then image mirror,Now lets open gmendes_colorful_element 02 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 20% now image rotate to the left by 90% now duplicate this and mirror this, line them up along the bottom of the frame . Now lets open gmendes_colorful_element 06 I grabbed my freehand selection tool and selected the flower on the left, and then c/p as a new layer now resize this by 20% and then image rotate to the right by 70% arrange on top of your other flowers, duplicate and mirror this,Now we want to open gmendes_colorful_element 12 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% image rotate free rotate and arrange this layer right above your frame layer and place behind your flowers, at the bottom of the frame, now lets open gmendes_colorful_element_03 grab your free hand selection tool and select just the leaves and a tiny tiny bit of the stem,c/p as a new layer, resize by 20% move this layer right above your ribbon layer, now image rotate to the right by 90% Duplicate and mirror, now duplicate again and rotate to the right by 30% duplicate and mirror, Now open the gmendes_colorful_element 14 and c/p as a new layer, resize by 15% I placed here in the middle at the bottom, Now lets grab your freehand selection tool and select your frame opening, making sure to follow the grape vine closely, selections invert, now open gmendes_colorful_paper 09 resize by 19% c/p this right below frame layer hit delete on the paper,select none, now add a dropshadow of choice to all your elements, and a tube of choice when satisfied, 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

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Violets Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Jessica Galbreth Scrap used Blue Dream by Graziela Mendes Font of choice I used Pea Sarahloo 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 gmendes_blue-dream_element 01 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 20% using smartsize. now resize this again by 60% move it up and to the left, image duplicate and image flip and mirror, now open gmendes_blue-dream_element 16 c/p as a new layer, resize this by 20% as well, Open gmendes_blue-dream_element 10, c/p as a new layer resize by 20% and then again by 50% I rotated mine to the left by 9% now layer duplicate, image rotate to the left by 90% and then mirror it arrange to your liking, Now open gmendes_blue-dream_element 17 c/p as a new layer, image resize by 12% and then image mirror, move this over towards the left of your frame ( over the vines you just put on your tag) Now open gmendes_blue-dream_element 19 c/p as a new layer image resize by 20% image mirror and move it towards the right of your frames, I duplicated this and resized it by 70% and then image mirror, duplicate this again and resize by 70% I arranged all three to look like they were tied together on the right side of the frame. Now open gmendes_blue-dream_element 21 c/p as a new layer resize by 20% move this layer down to right above the leaf layer, now arrange to your liking, Grab your magic wand and click inside the openings of the frames, selections modify expand by 10 selections invert, open gmendes_blue-dream_paper 09 resize this by 19% smartsize, c/p below your frame layer, hit delete and leave selected, now add tubes of choice, hitting delete again to get rid of any excess outside the frames, deselect when satisfied with placements, now using gmendes_blue-dream_paper 09 again add a mask of choice, add a drop shadow of choice to your elements, I did not dropshadow the the leaves or the flower spray, hide your white background layer and merge visable. 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

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Nautical Girl Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used Sea by Graziela Mendes 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 gmendes_sea_paper08 c/p as a new layer resize by 15% smartsize, now open gmendes_sea_frame 03 c/p as a new layer image resize by 15% smartsize duplicate this frame, on the first one go image rotate free rotate to the right by 15% on the second frame go image rotate free rotate to the left by 9% arrange to your liking, Now lets open gmendes_sea_element 09 c/p as a new layer and image resize by 16% smartsize, arrange towards the top of your tag, now open gmendes_sea_element 08 c/p as a new layer image resize by 24% and arrange to your liking, now open gmendes_sea_element 26 c/p as a new layer and image resize by 15% open gmendes_sea_element 24 c/p as a new layer resize by 5% and arrange around your treasure chest, do the same with gmendes_sea_elements 33 resizing this by 6% image rotate free rotate to the right by 15% open gmendes_sea_element 19 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 10% mirror this and arrange with the other shells, Now open gmendes_sea_element 17 c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer to right above the "sea" sign, resize by 15% and move over towards the right of the tag, Now open gmendes_sea_element 36 c/p as a new layer, image resize by 10% and arrange to your liking, now open gmendes_sea_element 27 c/p as a new layer image resize this by 16% arrange this layer right below your treasure chest layer, now open gmendes_sea_element 34 c/p as a new layer resize by 15% move this layer below your coral layer, Now grab your magic wand, open gmendes_sea_paper05 duplicate and resize this by 10% now go image rotate free rotate (ALL LAYERS CHECKED) to the right by 12% now click inside your top frame (the one rotated to the right) selections modify expand by 8 selections invert, now copy and paste the paper behind the frame layer, arrange to your liking hit delete to get rid of the excess and select none, Okay now open gmendes_sea_paper 06 we are going to do the same as above but this time rotating it to the left (ALL LAYERS CHECKED) by 9% grab the magic wand again and click inside the bottom frame selections modify expand by 8 selections invert paste the paper and hit delete, now you can add your dropshadow of choice to your elements, I used lokas 3d shadow but you can get the same effect with psp dropshadow, with these setting 2, 2, 50 , 5 black. Now hide your white background layer and merge visable, you can leave your tag like this or you can add a tube of choice, 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

Saturday, April 17, 2010

As Pretty as a Flower Tube of choice, I used artwork of Suzanne Woolcott and Zindy S D Nielsen Scrap used Love Flower by Graziela Mendes Designs Font of choice I used Water Brush 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 gmendes_love-flowers_frame01 and c/p as a new layer, image resize by 30% smartsize. Now lets open gmendes_love-flowers_ribbon03 and c/p as a new layer image rotate free rotate by 11% to the right nowresize by 36% smartsize, arrange it so it looks like it is wrapping the bottom edge of the frame. Now lets opengmendes_love-flowers_element01 and c/p as a new layer, resize by 20% and place this below the ribbon layer on the lefthand side of your frame. Now open gmendes_love-flowers_flower03 and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 15% image mirrorand move over to the left hand side of your frame, arrange it so the greenery shows at the top and bottom behind the flowers. now open gmendes_love-flowers_flower02 and c/p as a new layer, image resize by 7% and place this over towards the left of yourframe with the "bunch" of flowers, you can use my tag as a guide, I duplicated this flower and placed one under the ribbon towardsthe right hand side of the frame as well, now open gmendes_love-flowers_tag01 and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 14% and imagerotate free rotate to the right by 18%. place this in the center of your bow/ribbon, Now lets open gmendes_love-flowers_paper18 c/pas a new layer right above your white layer and resize by 18% smartsize, grab your magic wand and go to your frame layer, click inside the frame opening , go selections modify expand by 5 now selections invert, go back to your paper layer and hit delete, select none. now open gmendes_love-flowers_paper15 and c/p as a new layer right above your white background layer, resize by 18% andadd a mask of choice, I used a round mask. Now you can add a dropshadow of choice to all your elements, and add your tube of choice. on the Zindy tag I changed the blend mode to Luminance (L). this is your tag so it is your choice.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

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