Always "BEE" Happy
Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap kit of choice, I used Bees Knees by NitWit
Font of choice, I used Vera Crouz
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tut is dedicated to a sweet friend of mine
who gifted me this kit, Linda! thank you sweetie!

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 bg_wordsorange_maryfran resize by 19% and
apply a mask of choice, I used Becky_Mask038

Now lets open journalsquare_maryfran c/p
as a new layer, resize by 35% and rotate
to the left by 6% Now open wordart_heart_maryfran
and c/p as a new layer resize by 22% and
place near the bottom right of the journal tag,
rotate to the right by 6% now open
leafbranch_2_maryfran and c/p as a new layer,
place this layer right above the mask layer,
 rotate to the right by 90% and then resize by 22%,
I pasted it again this time rotating it to the right by 170%
and resize by 22% drop this below the other
leaf layer. Now duplicate, mirror and flip.
now lets open beehive_maryfran c/p as a new
layer and resize by 12% and place over the flowers
of the journal tag (we will add a few more over the hive)
now open bow_1_maryfran c/p as a new layer,
and resize by 25% now open bee_1_maryfran c/p
as a new layer and resize by 12%, place to your
liking, now open flower_2_maryfran c/p as a new layer,
place right above the mask layer resize by 30% place
at the top right, now open daisy_4_maryfran c/p
as a new layer right above the other flower and
resize by 30% place with the other flower, now
open daisy_3_maryfran and c/p as a new layer
with your other flowers resize by 30%.
Now open daisy_4_maryfran and c/p as a
new layer, resize by 33% arrange all of the
flowers on the right side, now open wordstrip_7_maryfran
(or strip of choice) c/p as a new layer,
resize by 20% and then rotate to the left by 36%
arrange this layer right above the vournal layer,
tuck it under your bow at the top right.

now add a tube of choice and a dropshadow 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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It's Looking Like Christmas! This tutorial is for a Special lady named Kathy, She is like me she LOVES Christmas and she is a Dear friend who Gifted me this darling darling kit, Thank you so much Kathy for your Friendship and support Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Amber Kelso Scrap used Still Joyful Hearts by NitWits

the corner piece is from the Still Joyful Hearts Lil Bits part of the kit Font of choice I used Andy 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 bg_dkpurple_maryfran resize by 19% c/p as a new layer apply a round mask of choice, I used CreativeDesiresMask31 Now lets open frame_1_maryfran c/p as a new layer resize this by 23% grab your magic wand and click inside the frame selections modify expand by 5 and then selections invert open bg_hollypurple_maryfran resize this by 19% and c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete and select none, now lets open cornercluster_maryfran c/p as a new layer bring this layer to the top, resize by 25% and place on the bottom right of the frame, Open snowman_1_maryfran c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% and place him on the bottom left of the frame, Now open wordart_christmas_maryfran c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% and arrange towards the bottom of your work area, 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 Ü

Strawberry Bliss

for your friendship and support!!! Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used So Berry Precious By NitWit Font of choice I used 2 peas Mister Giggles Template used 124 by Rachel 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 the template, duplicate and close the original,

now resize the canvas to 750x750, Now delete the copyright layer, and the ©bsilvia layer,

go to the background layer and refill with a color of choice, whatever makes it easier for you

to work with a template (I use white) (you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Lets start on our rectangle layer on the template,

select and open bg_dotsbrown_maryfran resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and hit delete,

select none and delete the original template layer Now go to the brushes©simplyalice.de layer, recolor

using hue and saturation, with these setting Now lets go to the white strip layer in our template, select,

Open bg_stripedgreen_maryfran resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and hit delete, select none

and delete the original template layer Now go to the black strip layer, select open

bg_houndstoothsalmon_maryfran resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer deselect and delete the original

template layer, now go to the pink strip layer select, open bg_stripe_maryfran resize by 18%

c/p as a new layer hit delete, select none and delete the original template layer, Now lets go to our large

white frame layer select all float defloat, selections invert now open bg_houndstoothcream_maryfran resize this by 18%

c/p as a new layer and hit delete select none and delete the original template layer,

do the same for the small white frame (using the same paper as above) Now select your large black frame select,

open bg_tickingpink_maryfran resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer hit delete and select none

do the same for the large black frame layer delete the original template layers when done,

Now lets add some elements to our tag Open mouse_grass_maryfran, c/p as a new layer

and resize by 15% arrange to the bottom right of the template area, now open flower_2_maryfran

c/p as a new layer resize this by 15% arrange with your frames, Now paste the same flower again

resize it by 28% and move this layer up to right above your large rectangle layer, place it

where it peeks from behind the frames, now duplicate this flower and move it down and to the left of the frame,

Open silkflower_2_maryfran c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% move this layer down

below your white flower and place at the bottom left of the frames, now lets open leaf_1_maryfran

c/p as a new layer move this layer below your flower you just added resize the leaf by 15% and arrange to

where it is peeking out from behind your flower and frames duplicate and rotate to the right by 45% and move

this one up just a little bit, Now lets open mouse_maryfran c/p as a new layer bring this layer to

the top resize this by 8% and arrange to the left of the template like it is sitting on the large

frame, Now open ricrac_3_maryfran c/p as a new layer arrange this layer right above your pink

rectangle layer resize by 20% and image rotate to the right by 90% Now grab your eraser

(or you can use the freehand selection tool) and rid your tag of any excess you dont want showing,

Now I added bg_houndstoothgreen_maryfran resized by 18% right above my white background layer and

applied a mask, I used 158InsatiableDreams Mask I duplicated this and the flipped it, now add a

dropshadow of choice to your elements, and a tube

or tubes 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 Ü