Naturally Beautiful

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap used American Honey by Pimp'd Designs
Font of choice I used Delight Script (PTU)
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 pd-pp-08 c/p as a new layer and resize by 80%
apply a mask of choice, I used WSL_Mask218

Now open pd-print-01 c/p as a new layer, resize by 80%
Now open pd-frame-03 c/p as a new layer resize by 75%
now rotate to the right by 6 now grab your magic wand and
click inside the frame opening, and expand by 9 and then invert
open pd-pp-07 c/p as a new layer, below the frame layer, resize
by 80% and hit delete, duplicate the print layer now move this print
layer up above this layer and change the blend mode to soft light,
now lets open pd-ribbon-02 c/p as a new layer, bring to the top
rotate to the right by 6 and then resize by 72% and place along
the bottom edge of the frame, now open pd-string-heart c/p as a
new layer and resize this by 72% and place below the ribbon layer
and to the left, now open pd-greens-02 c/p as a new layer, place
this right above the first print layer you added, resize by 65%
and place towards the top left, now duplicate and then rotate
to the right by 26%, now open pd-buckle, c/p as a new layer
resize this by 65% and place in the center of the ribbon wrap,
Now open pd-twine-01 c/p as a new layer, above the print
layer and resize by 65% arrange behind your leaves, now open
pd-flower-02 c/p as a new layer, resize by 65% arrange towards
the right bottom of the frame, I duplicated mine 2 times
and made a little flower cluster, Now open pd-flower-petals
c/p as a new layer place this layer below the twine layer,
now add a dropshadow of choice to your elements, (some have
an awesome DS already so you dont have to add to those)
add a tube of choice and 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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What a Beautiful Day!

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Caron Vinson
Scrap used Changing this day By Dana's Creative Studio
Font of choice I used Andantino JF
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 Changing this day paper 4 resize by 17% (620x620)
and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used
WSL_Mask117

Now open Changing this day Frame 01 c/p as a new layer,
resize by 30% now rotate to the left by 6% grab your magic
wand and click inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert
now open Changing this day Paper 02 resize by 17% and c/p
as a new layer below the frame, hit delete and select none,
now open Changing this day Photostrip 01 c/p as a new layer
bring this to the top and resize by 33% place at the top right
of the frame, duplicate and mirror and then flip, Now open
Changing this day Glitter 04 c/p as a new layer, place this right
above the mask layer, resize by 32%, duplicate and flip and
then mirror, now paste it again this time resize by 20% duplicate
mirror and flip, place so they peek out at the top left, and bottom
right, Now open Changing this day Leave 03 c/p as a new layer
arrange to right above the glitter layer, resize by 15% now
mirror, duplicate and mirror this one, now rotate to the left by
21%, Open Changing this day, Flower 04 c/p as a new layer
resize by 15% place this layer at the top and place the flower
at the bottom right of the frame, Duplicate, and mirror and flip
place with the other flower, I duplicated mine once more
and moved this one to right above the leaves layer, Now open
Changing this day Ribbonbow 02 c/p as a new layer, resize by
19% now mirror and the rotate to the left by 12% now open
Changing this day Ribbonbow 01 c/p as a new layer, resize this
by 16% and place in the center of the other bow, Now open
Changing this day butterfly 06 c/p as a new layer, resize by
24% now rotate to the right by 24% I placed one on the ribbon
and then duplicated it and mirrored it and placed one on the flowers
you can add more if you like or less, this is your tag, Now add
a dropshadow of choice to your tag, I did not dropshadow the tape
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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Bright Flower

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Wishful Thinking by Kay Miller
Font of choice I used 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 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 KMILL_paper_5 resize this by 18% and c/p as a new
layer, apply a mask of choice, I used zuzzanna_mask_05

Now open KMILL_frame-1 c/p as a new layer, resize this by
22% now rotate to the left by 9% open KMILL_frame-2 c/p
as a new layer and resize by 22% and rotate this one to the
right by 9% now grab your magic wand and click inside the first
frame expand by 9 and invert, now open KMILL_paper-13 and
resize by 18% c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete and
select none, do the same with the top frame, I used KMILL_paper-15
Now lets open KMILL_floralcluster c/p as a new layer, resize by 16%
now rotate to the left by 30%. I duplicated mine, rotated it to the left
by about 15% and then mirrored it, moved this to right above the mask
layer, Now lets open KMILL_leafbranch-2
c/p as a new layer and resize this by 25% now rotate to the left by
45% and move below the floral cluster, now open KMILL_leafbranch-1
c/p as a new layer, resize by 25%, rotate to the left by 55%,
Now open KMILL_leaf3 c/p as a new layer, resize by 25%, arrange
to your liking, I duplicated mine a few times and arranged scattered
around the bottom edge of the frame, now open KMILL_leaf2 c/p
as a new layer and resize by 25%, do the same with KMILL_leaf1
now open, KMILL_ricrac1 c/p as a new layer and resize by 15%
rotate to the right by 12% now open KMILL_ricrac3 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 15% and place with the other ricrac, Now add some
flowers, I used KMILL_flower1, KMILL_flower4 and KMILL_smflower5
resized at around 22%, Now open KMILL_string3 c/p as a new layer
below your flowers and resize by 23% now do the same with KMILL_string2
mirror this one, and then flip it, Now add a dropshadow of choice to your
elements and a tube or tubes of choice, hide the whitebackground 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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April Showers

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Pieces of April blog train
I used Created by Jill's Part and Gothic Inspiratioins Part
Font of choice I used Chateau
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 CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_paper1 c/p as a new layer
resize by 80% and apply a mask of choice, I used BflyFlbyMask4

Now open CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_element4 c/p as a new layer
resize by 70% now rotate to the left by 9% now click inside the frame
opening, and expand by 9 and then invert, now open CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_paper03
c/p as a new layer, arrange below the frame, resize by 80% and then
hit delete, now open CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_element05 c/p as
a new layer and resize by 70% arrange this below the frame, hit delete
and now select none,I duplicated mine 2 times, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_element01 c/p as a new layer, bring this
to the top, resize by 70% now duplicate and mirror, place both
on the left side of the frame, I arranged the duplicated one below
the original one and moved it up just a bit, now lets open
Foliage-GI_Pieces of April and c/p as a new layer, mirror this and
then resize by 70% place it between the two Grass layers, now open
Frame-GI_PiecesofApril and c/p as a new layer, arrange this to right
above your mask layer, resize by 70% now open Bling-GI_PiecesofApril
and c/p as a new layer bring to the top, mirror this and then resize by 70%
now lets rotate to the right by 65% now lets open CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_element03
c/p as a new layer, mirror and then resize by 50% and place towards the bottom
of the grass area, Now open CreatedbyJill_PiecesofApril_element02 c/p as a
new layer, resize this by 35% I duplicated mine a few times and then rotated
them as well, scattering them around, Now add a dropshadow of choice
and a tube or tubes of choice, I placed mine below the rain layers,
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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Chocolate Latte

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Sweet Latte Sample by Created by Jill
Font of choice I used Moulin Rouge DNA
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 CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_paper4 c/p as a new layer
and resize by 80% Now apply a mask of choice, I used
a mask I had in my stock called Floating Squares, I have no
idea who the creator is of this mask, if you happen to know
I would GREATLY appreciate if you contact me

Now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_paper1 c/p as a new layer
and resize this by 80% arrange below your mask layer and
apply a mask of choice to this paper, I used another of my
odd masks this one is called floredges (but any funky square
mask will work)

Now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_frame c/p as a new layer
resize this by 45% now rotate to the left by 9% and move up
and to the left, duplicate and mirror, arrange this one down and
to the right a bit. Now grab your magic wand, click inside the first
frame opening, expand by 9 and then invert, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_paper2 rotate to the left by 9% and then
c/p as a new layer below the frame resize by 70% and hit delete,
select none, now go back to the paper and go edit undo rotate, now
rotate to the right by 99% and then go back to the second frame
select inside the frame opening, and expand by 9 then invert, c/p the
rotated paper below this frame and resize by 70% and then hit
delete, select none, Now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_doodle
c/p as a new layer, resize this by 70% and place towards the bottom
of the frame, Now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_beadsequinspill and
c/p as a new layer this will be right above your mask layers, resize by
70% and place towards the top right of the mask area, duplicate, flip
and mirror, Now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_foliage c/p as a new
layer, resize by 70% and then mirror, place this layer to right above
the mask layer, I turned the brightness this up just a bit using gamma
correction, Now duplicate and flip, Now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_flower1
c/p as a new layer, bring this to the top and resize by 30% now place
along the doodle, I duplicated mine 2 times placing each on the doodle
when you have the flowers where you want them duplicate each one
and move these layers below the doodle,
Now Go back to your doodle layer and select all float defloat (I set my
tolerance to about 10) and then go back to each flower and erase
the part you want "Threaded" on the doodle,and then select none,
then open the beadsequinspill and freehand select one of the sequins
and copy it, then paste as a new layer and place in the center of
each flower. now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_washer,
c/p as a new layer place where you would want it on the doodle,
now duplicate and place one above the doodle and one below the
doodle, erase the part you want threaded on the doodle, when
applying a dropshadow do it on the layer BELOW the doodle,
now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_bow and c/p as a new
layer, resize by 75% and place at the top corner of your bottom frame,
Now add a dropshadow of choice and a tube or tubes of choice to
your tag, 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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I'm a Cowgirl Baby!

Tube of choice, I used Kenny K and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Best of Both Worlds Miley by Pimp'd Designz
Font of choice I used BluePlateSpecial
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 cc-pp-02 and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice
I used Becky_Mask034 , I noticed a few stray pixels left from the
mask so I selected those and deleted them, Now stretch it out just
a bit using your deform tool

Now lets open cc-chickenwire-01 c/p as new layer resize by 75%
Now open cc-frame-03 c/p as a new layer resize by 75% and then
rotate to the right by 12% Now paste the frame again resize by 75%
and rotate to the right by 90%, grab your magic wand and click
inside the frame opening and expand by 9 and then invert, open
cc-pp-12 c/p as a new layer below the frame and hit delete, select
none, now go to your bottom frame layer and select inside the frame
opening, expand by 9 and then invert, now open cc-pp-04 and c/p as
a new layer below your frame and hit delete, select none, now lets open
cc-ribbon-03 c/p as a new layer, bring to the top and resize by 63% and
then mirror, now grab your magic wand and click OUTSIDE the frame
and then erase the parts of the ribbon that are hanging out, (Not the bow end)
select none, Now you can use your lighten/darken tool in psp and darken
the end that "wraps" the frame, just play with it until you get the results you
like, Open cc-greens-01 and c/p as a new layer, move this layer to right
above the chicken wire and then mirror resize by 65% now open
cc-greens-02 and c/p as a new layer, right above the one you added
and resize this by 65% now rotate to the left by 70% arrange
with your other greens, now open cc-ribbon-02 c/p as a new layer,
bring this to the top and resize by 40% and then mirror this, I lightened
mine a bit to have it look like rope, arrange this layer to right above
your greens layer, now open cc-guitar and c/p
as a new layer, layer and then resize by 60% and then rotate to the
left by 82% and then mirror, "lean" it up against your frame,
now open cc-cowboyhat and c/p as a new layer, bring to the top
and resize by 45% and then mirror and rotate to the left by 45%,
"Hang" it on your frame at the top left, Now open cc-flower-04
and c/p as a new layer, now open cc-flower-04 c/p as a new layer
this will be below your rope layer, place so it peeks out from behind
your frame, I duplicated mine and also have it peeking out at the
bottom left too, Now add a dropshadow of choice to your elements
and a tube of choice, when you are happy with your tag, 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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Oh How I Love my Coffee

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Sweet Latte by Created By Jill
Font of choice I used Big Boy
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 CreatebyJill_SweetLatte_paper09 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 80% apply a mask of choice, I used AR315_CMC-mask85
I have NO idea where I aquired this mask but any funky square
mask will work well,

Now open CreatebyJill_SweetLatte_frame3 c/p as a new layer
resize this by 65% now move it up and to the left a bit, now
lets open CreatebyJill_SweetLatte_frame2 c/p as a new layer
mirror and then resize by 65% now grab your magic wand and
click inside the frame opening, expand by 9% and then invert
open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_paper06 c/p as a new layer
below the frame and resize by 80% now hit delete and select
none. Now open CreatebyJill_SweetLatte_coffeedrink and c/p
as a new layer, resize by 45% and place towards the bottom
left of your work area, open CreatebyJill_SweetLatte_coffeecup
and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 45% place with the iced
coffee drink, open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_cupcakes and c/p
as a new layer, resize this by 45% and place towards the right
of your tag, now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_coffeebeans c/p
as a new layer and resize by 30% place this part on the saucer
of the coffee cup, I duplicated mine and mirrored it and then
rotated them to the left by 36% Now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_coffeestirrers c/p as a new layer
and place this right above the coffee cup layer,resize by 30%
and then rotate to the right by 45%, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_raffia, c/p as a new layer
arrange to right above your mask layer and resize by 50%
place towards the top right of the work area, Now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_foilage1 c/p as a new layer arrange
this right above the raffia layer and resize by 50% place
on the right of the frame, duplicate and flip, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_bow2 c/p as a new layer arrange this
layer to right above the frame layer, place towards the top right
now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_ribbon4 c/p as a new layer
again right above the frame layer, resize by 80% and place
along the bottom edge of the frame, Now lets open
CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_button c/p as a new layer, this will
be above the bow layer and place it in the center of the bow
resize by 60% Now lets open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_flower2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 60% arrange this layer to
right above the foliage layer, and move it up towards the top
of the frame, now open CreatedbyJill_SweetLatte_flower1
c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer to right above the
mask layer, resize by 60% and move it down towards the
bottom right of the frame, now add a dropshadow of choice
to your elements and a tube or tubes of choice, hide your 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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Girls ROCK!

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Best of Both Worlds Hannah by Pimp'd Designz
Font of choice I used Hey Gorgeous
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 cc-pp-11 c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice, I used
BeckyMask_38, Now open cc-pp-10 c/p as a new layer and apply the
same mask as above, and then mirror it

Now lets open cc-frame-02 c/p as a new layer and then rotate to the left
by 11% and then resize by 80% now grab your magic wand and click
inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and then invert, open cc-pp-02
rotate this to the left by 11% (all layers checked) and c/p as a new layer
below the frame, arrange so you see the guitar in the frame opening,
I resized mine by 76% and then hit delete, leave selected and open
cc-paper-06 c/p as a new layer below the guitar layer, hit delete,select
none, now go back to the guitar layer and duplicate, on the original layer
change the opacity to 50% on the duplicated layer change the blend mode
to Screen and the opacity to 60% Now lets open cc-sequins an c/p as
a new layer, arrange this to right above the mask layers, resize by 75%
place at the top left of the mask area and then duplicate and move this
one towards the bottom right area, Now lets open cc-frame-04 c/p as
a new layer and then rotate to the left by 90% resize by 75% and place
towards the left of the frame, Now grab your magic wand and click inside
each of the openings, and expand by 4 and then invert, now open
cc-pp-03 c/p as a new layer below this frame and hit delete, select none
now open cc-glitter-dots c/p as a new layer bring to the top and resize by
75% now rotate to the left by 90% and place towards the right of the
frame you just added, now open cc-sticker-02 c/p as a new layer and
rotate to the right by 90% resize by 75% now open cc-sticker-06
c/p as a new layer and resize by 30% and rotate to the left by 15%
now open cc-pp-sticker-05 c/p as a new layer and resize by 30% rotate
this to the right by 26% place with your other stickers, now add a drop-
shadow of choice and a tube or tubes of choice to your tag, 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



Life is Sweet!

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap used Life Happens Sweetly by Kay Miller (FTU)
Font of choice I used Barbara Hand
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 KMILL_Paper2 resize by 18% and c/p as a new layer
apply a mask of choice, I used Artmama's Mask 06

Now lets open KMILL_circleframe, c/p as a new layer, resize by
30% and then again by 80%, now click inside the frame opening
with your magic wand and then expand by 9, now invert and
open KMILL_paper4 resize by 18% and c/p as a new layer below
the frame layer and hit delete select none. Now lets open
KMILL_floralcluster and c/p as a new layer, resize by 18%
place towards the right of your frame, Now duplicate this and
place it in the center of your work area, apply MuRa's Filter
Meister Copies 1.3 with these settings below

Now move this layer to right above your mask layer,
Now lets open KMILL_ribbon2 and c/p as a new layer, resize
by 14% now grab your freehand selection tool and select the
frame part of the ribbon and then delete, Like my example below

now move this layer below your flower layer, do the same with
KMILL_ribbon1, you will then rotate this one to the left 14%,
mirror and flip and place with your other ribbon, Now open
KMILL_wordart c/p as a new layer and resize by 16% and
arrange towards the bottom left of your frame, Now open
KMILL_bunny c/p as a new layer and resize by 16% and
arrange at the end of the word art, I added a slight gradient
glow to my frame, the flowers and the wordart and bunny,
Now 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



Bleu Dreams

Tube of choice, I used Heavenly by Perfect Poser and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Soft Dreams by Schnucki
Font of choice I used Caramel Candy
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 Papers8 by shcnucki, resize this by 17% and c/p as
a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used WSL_Mask133

Now lets open roundframe by schnucki and c/p as a new layer
resize this by 35% grab your magic wand and click inside the frame
opening and expand by 9% now invert, and open Papers17 by
schnucki and resize this by 17% and then c/p as a new layer
below the frame and hit delete, leave selected and open
splatter by schnucki and c/p as a new layer, resize by 20%
and hit delete, place this under the frame layer, now select
none, c/p again this time resize by 18% and place this layer
above the frame layer, move this up and towards the left
now duplicate, flip and then mirror and place this towards
the bottom right, Now lets open leaf3 by schnucki and c/p
as a new layer, arrange this so it is right above the frame
resize by 15% and place along the right side of the frame
duplicate and rotate to the left by 90% move this layer to
right above the mask layer, now lets open flowers1 by schnucki
and c/p as a new layer, resize by 30% and then mirror this
and arrange along the bottom of the frame, now duplicate
and then resize this by 80% rotate to the left by 60% and move
it up the right side of the frame, and then arrange this layer
below the other flowers, Now lets open bow3 by schnucki
and c/p as a new layer, bring to the top, resize by 16% and
place at the top right, now open Bird1 by schnucki and c/p as
a new layer, resize by 9% and place to your liking, now open
bird2 c/p as a new layer and resize by 9% and place to your
liking, now open butterfly2 by schnucki and c/p as a new layer
resize this by 6% and then rotate to the right by 12%
do the same with Butterfly4 by schnucki, I duplicated
mine a few times and resized these a little, and sprinkled
them around the tag, now add a dropshadow of choice to
all your elements (not the petal sprays) and a tube 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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You Make Me HOTT!

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used no scrap used
Template 51 by Toxic Desirez
Font of choice I used Powderworks BRK
Wordart by me HERE
Plugins used, DSB Flux, Penta Dot and Cross and Eye Candy 4000
Glass and Gradient Glow
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 your template, duplicate and close the original
go to the background layer and promote to layer,
now go up and increase your canvase size, to 750 x 750
refill the background layer with white, (I like to have a lot
of room to work) and delete the copyright layer,

Now choose a tube you would like to use, We want to use
the colors of the tube on our tag,

Go to the circle layer and select all float and defloat,
(on templates I usually go through this step for each layer
go modify and smooth by about 10) now add a new layer
and fill with a color that complements your tube, now while
it is still selected add a weave, with these settings below

select none and then delete the original layer, now go to your rectangle
layer, select and add the plugin penta dot and cross with these settings
below,

select none, Now go to the LG Rectangle layer, select all and add a
new layer, fill with a color that complements your tube, and deselect
delete the original layer,go to your words layer and change the blend
mode to overlay, Now go to flames layer and select, add a new layer
and flood fill with a color that complements your tube,
now add some noise to your flames, I used DSB bright noise
but you can use the noise filter with PSP, I changed the blend mode
on this layer to softlight,

Select none, now add the word art I supplied changing the color to
match your tube I added noise to the Elias example and Eye candy
glass to both, When you are happy with your tag, hide the white
background layer and merge visible, Now unhide the white background
and add a new layer, flood fill with a color that complements your tube
and add a mask of choice, I used WSL_Mask208 now hide the
white background layer again and merge visible, add your copyright
information and save your tag the way that you prefer,

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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Award!

Golden gave me this great award!

Thank you hun, I'm so glad and honoured to have received it!

Please check out Golden's blog, she has great tuts!!

The aim of the award is to bring recognition to blogs with minimal followers.
Since I have accepted the award I must pass it on to at least 3 other blogs
(but not more than 5), that have inspired me and I feel deserve a bit
more attention. The rules are to say thank you on my blog to the one
who passed it on to me and link to their blog (see above). Pick the
blogs to pass the award on to, leave a note on their blog and then
list them with links to their blogs...

So here are the blogs I chose:

1. http://kwellmandesigns.blogspot.com/

2. http://josbits2-tuts4u.blogspot.com/

3. http://kayxclusive.blogspot.com/



Island Girl

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Shawli
Scrap used Summer Slushee by Rachel Young Designs
this may be a limited time freebie
Font of choice I used Fairweather tt norm
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 RYoung_SummerSlushee_Paper6 resize by 17%
and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used
a mask called B-edgemask1 I have no idea where I aquired
this mask but any square mask will work

Now open RYoung_SummerSlushee_PhotoMat and c/p as a new
layer, resize this by 35% now grab your freehand selection tool
and draw out a rectangle about the size of your mask, go up to
selections and feather about 20%, now invert and hit delete a couple
times, now select none, I turned the blend mode to overlay on this
layer, now lets open RYoung_SummerSlushee_beadspill and c/p
as a new layer, resize this by 35% arrange towards the bottom
right of the mask area, now open RYoung_SummerSlushee_leafframe
c/p as a new layer and resize this by 18% now rotate to the left
by 9% grab your magic wand and click inside the frame opening
expand by 9% and then invert, now lets open
RYoung_SummerSlushee_Paper3 resize this by 17%
(or a paper of your choice) and c/p as a new layer below the
frame and hit delete, select none, Now lets open
RYoung_SummerSlushee_ribbon4 c/p as a new layer
resize by 16% now arrange this layer to right above the
photomap layer, flip and then mirror this, arrange so it shows
towards the left of the frame, I also rotated this to the right by 6%
Now lets open RYoung_SummerSlushee_paperleaf, c/p as a new
layer and bring this to the top, resize by 10% and then mirror this
arrange towards the bottom left of the frame,now lets open
RYoung_SummerSlushee_flower c/p as a new layer and resize this
by 12% and place with your leaf, now lets open
RYoung_SummerSlushee_buttonflower and c/p as a new layer
resize this by 25% and place in the center of the other flower,
now lets open RYoung_SummerSlushee_ribbon_5 c/p as a new
layer, arrange this layer to right above the frame layer, resize by
35% and then rotate to the right by 15% place so it hangs
our below the flowers, now 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
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Stardust

Tube of choice, I used Shawli and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Starlight Fantasy By Created By Jill
Font of choice I used Secret Recipe
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.

Lets open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_paper09
c/p as a new layer and resize this by 80% and
apply a mask of choice, I used Artmama'sMask_06

Now lets open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_mask
c/p as a new layer and resize this by 65% and place
this layer below the other mask layer, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_frame2 c/p as a new
layer and resize this by 55% and then rotate to the
left by 6% grab your magic wand and click inside
the frame opening, expand by 9% and then invert,
now open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_paper02
c/p as a new layer below the frame layer, resize by
55% and then hit delete, select none, Now lets open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_frame1 c/p as a new
layer arrange to right above the mask layer and
resize by 55% now rotate to the right by 12% and
place towards the top right of the frame, now lets
open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_ribbonwrap c/p
as a new layer and bring to the top, rotate to the
left by 6% now resize by 49% and place towards
the bottom of the frame, now lets open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_glitter1 c/p as a new
layer, arrange to right above the mask layer and
resize by 50% place towards the bottom of the
frame on the left, and duplicate and mirror, now lets
open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_sparkletrail c/p as
a new layer, arrange this to right below the frame and
above the paper fill, resize by 60% now lets open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_foliage2 c/p as a new
layer, arrange this layer to below the ribbon layer
resize by 35% and place towards the left of the tag,
now duplicate and move this layer to the top, resize
this one by 80% and then move it down just a bit
now duplicate this one and rotate to the left by 35%
now duplicate again this time mirror it, now once more
duplicate, now rotate to the right by 36% Now lets open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_flower1 c/p as a new
layer bring this to the top and resize by 50% open
CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasy_flower2 and c/p as a
new layer, resize this by 45% arrange with your
other flower, I changed the hue and saturation a bit
on this flower, with these settings below

Now add a dropshadow of choice and a tube or tubes
of choice, (I did not dropshadow the glitter or the sparkle
trail) Hide your 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



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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Heart and Soul

Tube of choice, I used Caron Vinson and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Last Birthday by Grunge and Glitter Scraps
Font of choice I used Studio Lettering Swing
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9
Plugin used Mura's Copies

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 paper2 and c/p as a new layer, resize this by
85% and apply a mask of choice, I used Becky_Mask19

Now lets open heartframe1 c/p as a new layer and resize this
by 80% now rotate to the right by 6% now lets open
ribbonframe and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 75%
Now duplicate your heart frame and bring one above
the ribbon frame, erase the parts you want "Twined" together
with the ribbon, now when you are happy with your frame
ribbon, go to the original heart frame and grab your magic
wand and click inside the heart opening, expand by 9% and
then invert, open paper1 and c/p as a new layer, resize by
75% and hit delete, select none, now lets open doodle 1
Select the circles that match your tag, like below

now c/p these as a new layer, resize by 55% and then
I used mura's copies with the setting below

now arrange this layer right above the mask layer,
I moved mine up and to the right just a bit, now
lets open flower1 c/p as a new layer, arrange this
layer to the top and resize by 50% now duplicate
and drag this flower layer to right above the glitter
layer, go back to the original flower layer and duplicate
again, this time resize by 85% and arrange the two
together, now add a dropshadow of choice to your
elements, (I did not dropshadow the doodles.)

Now add 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



Music 2 My Ears

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Music 2 My Ears by Pimp'd Designs
Font of choice I used Ashbury
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 pd-circles-01 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 90%, now duplicate and on the original layer
now go to blur and then to gaussian blur by about 15%

Now lets open pd-frame-02 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 60% and rotate to the left by about 9%
now paste again this time resize by 58% arrange
this one down a bit and to the right, Now grab your
magic wand and click inside the first frame you added
expand by 4% and then invert, open pd-pp-01
c/p as a new layer below the frame and resize
by 58%, hit delete select none. Now go to the second
frame you added and do the same, this time use
pd-pp-07. Now lets open pd-button 1 through 5
and c/p each, resize them by 30%, and scatter
them around the frames, Now open pd-tape and
resize by 30% now rotate to the right by 12%
now open pd-lp-01 c/p as a new layer and resize
this by 30% place this layer below your tape layer
now open pd-cord-01 c/p as a new layer, resize by
80% and move this layer to the bottom, I duplicated
mine so you could see the ends on both the top
left and bottom right of my tag, now lets open
pd-musicnote-04 c/p as a new layer, again this goes
to the bottom, resize by 80% and then rotate to the
left by 21%, now open pd-musicnote-05 c/p as a new
layer, right above the last one you added, resize by
80% and have it showing towards the bottom of
the tag, when you are happy with your tag add
a dropshadow of choice (the cord has one already)
and a tube or tubes of choice, hide the white back-
ground 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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