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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Café Au Lait

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Coffee Break by PolkaDot Scraps
Font of choice I used delight script
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 PDS_CB-paper2 c/p as a new layer and apply
a mask of choice, I used Vix_freebieMaskOct11No2

Now open PDS_CB-frame5 c/p as a new layer, now open
PDS_CB-frame1 c/p as a new layer, grab your magic wand and
click inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert,
open PDS_CB-paper8 c/p as a new layer below the
frame, resize by 70% and hit delete,leave selected,
now open PDS_CB-paper4 c/p as a new layer hit delete
select none, change the blend mode to soft light, now
open PDS_CB-papercup, c/p as a new layer, resize by
35% now rotate to the right by 83%. Now open PDS_CB-cup1
c/p as a new layer, resize by 32% place with the other
cup, now open PDS_CB-coffeebeans c/p as a new layer
resize by 24% place near the 2 cups, duplicate and mirror
resize this one by 90%. Now open PDS_CB-leaves1 c/p as
a new layer and place below the frame and fill layers, mirror
and resize by 72% and then rotate to the right by 15%
duplicated mine and flipped it then rotated it to the left
by 90%, I pasted it again, mirrored and resized by 70%
and placed along the bottom edge of the frame, now open
PDS_CB-leaves2 c/p as a new layer, resize by 70% and
rotate to the right by 120% and place this layer between
the two green leaves layers, now open PDS_CB-ribbon1
c/p as a new layer, arrange right above the frame layer
resize by 54% arrange near the coffee cups, now open
PDS_CB-ribbon3 c/p as a new layer, place below the other
ribbon and resize by 54% and then rotate to the right by
20%. Now open PDS_CB-treat2 c/p as a new layer,
mirror and resize by 18%. Now open PDS_CB-spoon
c/p as a new layer, bring to the top, mirror and flip,
resize by 30% and rotate to the left by 30% lean it
against your paper cup. Now open PDS_CB-bubbles
c/p as a new layer flip and resize by 35% and rotate to
the right by 90% place so it "spills" out of the paper cup
when you are happy with your tag, add a dropshadow and
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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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Peaches and Cream

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Caron Vinson
Scrap used Prego by Maya de Groot
Font of choice I used Beurre
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 MdGroot_Prego_Paper_07 resize by 20%
and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice,
I used Kris Mask 50

Now open MdGroot_Prego_Frame1 c/p as a new layer
resize by 28% now rotate to the right by 98%
grab your magic wand and click inside the frame opening
expand by 9 and invert, open MdGroot_Prego_Paper01
resize by 20% and c/p as a new layer below the frame
hit delete and select none. Now open MdGroot_Prego_frame2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 24% place right above
your mask layer, I then used the rastor deform tool and
squished it from side to side and then stretched it up a bit
too. Now open MdGroot_Prego_Leaf1 c/p as a new layer
resize by 18% and rotate to the right by 21% place this
right below the frame fill layer, I duplicated this layer
brought it to the top and rotated it back to the left by 21%
I then duplicated again and flipped it, then rotated that one
to the left by 115%, Now open MdGroot_Prego_flower1
c/p as a new layer, resize by 30%, Now paste again
this time resize by 25% and mirror,and flip, now lets open
MdGroot_Prego_flower2 c/p as a new layer, resize by 37%
and arrange below your smaller rope flower, now open
MdGroot_Prego_button1 c/p as a new layer resize by 50%
place with your flowers, Open MdGroot_Prego_button2 c/p
as a new layer and resize by 50% place with the other button
Now open MdGroot_Prego_ribbon1 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 17% rotate to the right by 93% arrange below
all your flower layers, now open MdGroot_Prego_ribbon2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 17% and rotate to the
right by 78% again arrange right below the flowers layers
now open MdGroot_Prego_circlespray c/p as a new layer
arrange this right above the mask layer, resize by 19%
arrange towards the left of your frame, I duplicated mine
and rotated it to the right by 80%, then duplicated and flipped
and mirrored this, arranging both at the bottom of the frame
now add a dropshadow of choice 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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Thursday, March 29, 2012


Apples N Pears

Tube of choice, I used Adam Byrne and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Apples n Pears by TammyKat Dezigns
Font of choice I used Bella Donna
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 tk-applesnpears-pink2pp c/p as a new layer and apply a
mask of choice, I used Kris mask 50 now turn the
opacity down to around 50

now lets open tk-applesnpears-plainframe1-black, c/p as
a new layer, resize by 80% and rotate to the left by
6, open tk-applesnpears-plainframe1-white, c/p as a new
layer and resize by 80%, rotate this to the right by
3% now grab your magic wand and click inside the black
frame, expand by 9 and invert, now lets open
tk-applesnpears-blackdiamond paper, and c/p as a new
layer below the frame, hit delete and select none.
on my example I rotated the paper to the left by
6 before I c/p it. Now grab your magic wand and click
inside the white frame, expand by 9 and invert
open tk-applesnpears-pinkdotsbig c/p as a new
layer below the frame and delete, select none
now open tk-applesnpears-leafbranch-noshadow
c/p as a new layer, resize by 50% now flip, duplicate
and flip again resize by 80% now duplicate and rotate
to the left by 90%, now open tk-applesnpears-flowerdottedgreen
c/p as a new layer, arrange to your liking, do the same with
the other two flowers from the kit, now lets open
tk-applesnpear-ribbon2-drkpink c/p as a new layer
open tk-applesnpear-ribbon2-green c/p as a new
layer resize by 80% and flip, arrange the two together
now open tk-applesnpears-pear2-seeds c/p as a new
layer, mirror and resize by 70% now lets open
tk-applesnpears-acrylicappleseeds c/p as a new layer
resize by 50% and mirror, now lets open
tk-applesnpears-apple1 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 48%, now open tk-applesnpears-pear1 c/p as a
new layer and resize by 50% now rotate to the left by
104% now apply 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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My Angel

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Zindy Nielsen
Scrap used Ascension by Designs by Sarah
Font of choice I used A&S Snapper Script
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 sb_pmt_ascension_pp4 c/p as a new layer and apply
a mask of choice, I used Artmama mask 6
I duplicated mine 2 times and merged the three layers,

Now lets open sb_pmt_ascension_frame1 c/p as a new layer
grab your magic wand, click inside the frame opening and
expand by 9 now invert, open sb_pmt_ascension_pp8 c/p
as a new layer below the frame, hit delete, select none
now open sb_pmt_ascension_cloud 1 c/p as a new layer
arrange to right above the mask layer,resize by 55%
I duplicated mine and placed one layer below the frame
but above the paper fill layer,now lets open
sb_pmt_ascension_feather2 c/p as a new layer, bring
to the top and resize by 45% arrange to your liking
now open sb_pmt_ascension_ribbon2 c/p as a new
layer, arrange to right above the frame layer, resize
by 84% arrange along the bottom edge of the frame
now open sb_pmt_ascension_wings1 c/p as a new
layer, arrange to right below the frame paper fill
layer, I used the gamma correction to brighten them
just a bit, Now lets open sb_pmt_ascension_tule
c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer to right above
the frame layer, resize by 80% and place a bit to
the left, I also used raster deform tool to squish it
down just a bit, now lets open
sb_pmt_ascension_woodenbranch c/p as a new
layer, flip and place below the feather layer, now
open sb_pmt_ascension_flower3 c/p as a new layer
resize by 48% now open sb_pmt_ascension_flower2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 62% place below
the other flower layer, now open sb_pmt_ascension_flower4
c/p as a new layer, arrange below the other 2 flowers
and resize by 62% I duplicated and flipped then resized
this one by 85% I placed it below the grey paper flower
layer, now open sb_pmt_ascension_gem1 c/p as a
new layer, bring to the top and resize by 36% and
then rotate to the right by 36% I duplicated and
then mirrored this, I moved it down below the blue
flower and have it peeking out a bit, Now add a
dropshadow of choice and a tube of choice, hide
the white background layer and merge visible.
(I did not dropshadow the tule layer or clouds)

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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Mystical


Tube of choice, I used Scott Blair and Jessica Galbreth
Scrap used Jacob by Pimp'd Desingz
Font of choice I used Studio Lettering Swing
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 cc-jacob-pp-04 c/p as a new layer
apply a mask of choice, I used DBV Mask 113
I resized mine by about 80% and then moved
up and to the left, I duplicated and then flipped
and placed this one towards the bottom right

now open cc-jacob-pp-05 c/p as a new layer
apply a round mask of choice, I used DBV Mask 02
I placed this below the other two mask layers,

Now open cc-jacob-frame-04 c/p as a new layer
resize by 76% grab your magic wand and click
inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert,
open cc-jacob-pp-01 c/p as a new layer below
and hit delete, select none, now open cc-jacob-greens-07
c/p as a new layer, 82% and place along the bottom
edge of the frame, now open cc-jacob-flower2 c/p
as a new layer, resize by 62% I duplicated mine
flipped and mirrored it, then resized this one by 80%
now open cc-jacob-mushroom c/p as a new layer
resize by 36% and then mirror place with your flowers
now open cc-jacob-rock-01 c/p as a new layer, resize
by 72% two times, now rotate to the right by 90%
open cc-jacob-rock-02 c/p as a new layer, now open
cc-jocob-greens-01 c/p as a new layer, arrange right
above the frame layer, rotate to the left by 90% and
resize by 50% I duplicated and mirrored mine and
rotated this one to the left by 12% more, now open
cc-jacob-greens-06 c/p as a new layer, resize by 50%
now duplicate and mirror and rotate to the left by 12%
arrange so one is a bit taller then the other along the
left of the frame, now add a dropshadow of choice
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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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Green, Glorious and Wicked

Tube of choice, I used Stacey Sharp (who use to be with CILM)
and Kristin Kemper (who is a FTU artist)
Scrap used A Simple Day by Jaelop Designs
Font of choice I used A&S Snapper Script
Mask used Artmama Mask 06 and Gabeemask38
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 JD paper 1 resize by 20% and c/p as a new layer
apply artmama mask 06 merge group, paste the paper
again this time apply mask gabeemask38. merge group,
now go to the artmama layer and turn the opacity down
on the layer to about 60%, and using the raster deform
tool go to the gabee mask layer and squish it down a bit
in height, now grab your selection tool set on rectangle
and add (shift) and select inside the "frames" of the
mask, invert selection and then open JD paper2 resize
by 20% and c/p as a new layer, hit delete and select
none, change the blend mode to luminance,

Now open JD element 4 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 35% now rotate to the right by 12% now grab your
magic wand and click inside the frame opening, (make sure
you get the shadowed area too) modify and expand by
9 and then invert, now open JD paper 1 resize by 20% and
c/p below the frame and hit delete select none. now open
JD element 13a c/p as a new layer and resize by 34% and then
rotate to the right by 24% now open JD element 13 and c/p
as a new layer, resize by 36% then mirror, place with
the other ribbon, now open JD element 18 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 24% now mirror and then flip, now
rotate to the right by 24% I used my freehand selection
tool to select some to delete on the far left, now open
JD element 18c c/p as a new layer and resize by 20%
now mirror and then rotate to the right by 12%, Now
open JD element 11a c/p as a new layer resize by 32%
and mirror, duplicate and mirror, now open JD element 11
c/p as a new layer, arrange below the second white flower
layer, and resize by 32% now paste again this time
resize by 36% and place below the first white flower layer
and then mirror, now open JD element 15 c/p as a new
layer bring to the top and resize by 12% and place in the
center of the top flower, Now add a dropshadow and 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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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Beautiful Cupcake

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Sugargrl14 (FTU)
Scrap used Cupcake Surprise Collab PolkaDot Scraps part
Font of choice I used JulietteRose 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 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 PDS_CS-paper1 c/p as a new layer and resize by
90%, apply a mask of choice, I used mask46_Kris

Now lets open PDS_CS-splash c/p as a new layer
Now Open PDS_CS-frame2 c/p as a new layer,
resize by 80% and rotate to the left by 6, Now
grab your magic wand, click inside the frame opening
expand by 9 and invert, open PDS_CS-paper11 c/p
as a new layer below the frame and hit delete, select
none, Now open PDS_CS-frame3 c/p as a new
layer, bring to the top, resize by 90% and then
rotate to the left by 90% arrange so the eye's
are lined up along the top of the polaroid frame,
(I changed the color using manual color correction
on my examples.) now duplicate and move one
copy below the frame and paper, go back to
the top layer ribbon frame and erase so it looks
like it "wraps" the other frame, Now lets open
PDS_CS-leaves1 c/p as a new layer, place
this layer right above the splash layer,resize
by 85% and then rotate to the right by 10
paste again, this time resize by 85% two times
mirror and then rotate to the left by 96%
Now lets open PDS_CS-flower5 c/p as a new
layer, right above your leaves layers, resize by
85% and then rotate to the left by 15%
arrange all to your liking, now lets open
PDS_CS-cupcake1 c/p as a new layer
bring to the top and resize by 54% and
mirror, open PDS_CS-cupcake2 c/p as a
new layer and resize by 44% and mirror,
arrange both to your liking, now open
PDS_CS-gems1 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 40% duplicate and flip place one
near the top of the frame and one near
the bottom, now open PDS_CS-flower2
c/p as a new layer, place below the cupcakes
layers, and resize by 64% now open
PDS_CS-flower3 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 58% and then rotate to the left by
21% now open PDS_CS-flower1 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 58% duplicate and mirror
resize this one by 90% arrange to your liking
now add a dropshadow and 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
Ü




80's Flashback

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Like Totally by PolkaDot Scraps
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,
I Like to have room to work, this is your choice,
My tuts are written using this size image

Open PDS-LT-paper1 c/p as a new layer resize by 90%
and apply a mask of choice, I used DDmask11
I duplicated mine and resized this one by 98%
and merged the two.

now lets opn PDS-LT-frame1 c/p as a new layer, resize by
80% grag your magic wand and click inside the frame opening
expand by 9 and invert, now open PDS-LT-paper9 c/p as
a new layer, below the frame, hit delete and select none
now lets open PDS-LT-paper3 c/p as a new layer, resize by
60% apply yezmask057 and merge group, now using your
deform raster tool squish it up a bit, add a gradient glow of
choice, now open PDS-LT-scatter1 c/p as a new layer
resize by 90% and arrange to right above the first mask
layer. Now open PDS-LT-musicscatter, c/p as a new layer
bring to the top, add a gradient glow of choice if you want
now open PDS-LT-speaker c/p as a new layer below the
music notes, resize by 44% and place to your liking, now
open PDS-LT-fishnet2 c/p as a new layer, place right above
the bottom mask layer,and mirror, place near the
bottom of the frame, Open PDS-LT-fishnet1 and c/p as a
new layer, right above the other fishnet and place towards
the bottom right of the frame, now add a tube of choice
and a dropshadow 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


Saturday, March 10, 2012


May an Angel Watch over You
This tut is dedicated to my Wonderful friends,
Those that have always been
there for me, and I hope they all
know I am always here for them!

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Zindy Nielsen
Scrap used My Friends by X-Clusively Christy Scraps
Font of choice I used Majestic
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 850x850 and flood fill white,
I Like to have room to work, this is your choice,
My tuts are written using this size image

open xcd-mf-paper5 resize by 19% and c/p as a new layer
apply a mask of choice, I used WSLmask254

Now lets open xcd-mf-frame7 c/p as a new layer
resize by 43% grab your magic wand and click inside
the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert, now open
a paper of choice, I used xcd-mf-paper22 resized by
19%, c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete
and select none, now open xcd-mf-framewrap and resize
by 59% arrange to your liking on the frame, now open
xcd-mf-greenery10 c/p as a new layer, resize by 36%
place this layer right above your mask layer and near
the top right of the frame, now open xcd-mf-greenery9
c/p as a new layer resize by 50% and then flip, place
this below the ribbon layer, now open xcd-mf-greenery7
c/p as a new layer, resize by 42% flip and mirror and
then rotate to the right by 11 placing this with the other
grass blade, now open xcd-mf-greenery3 c/p as a new
layer, resize by 38% and then mirror, now rotate to
the left by 84%, I placed this below the frame and
paper, I then pasted again resizing the same and then
placed this along the bottom edge of the frame, now
lets open xcd-mf-flower10 c/p as a new layer, I placed
this layer right above the frame layer, resize by 33%
now open xcd-mf-flower6 c/p as a new layer resize by
24% now mirror, Now open xcd-mf-flower8 c/p as a
new layer and resize by 35%, Now lets open xcd-mf-flair1
c/p as a new layer bring to the top and resize by 22%
place with your flowers, I then added xcd-mf-flair7 resized
the same tucked behind the flowers,now open xcd-mf-bird1
c/p as a new layer and mirror, resize by 36% I placed
mine along the edge of the frame, now add a dropshadow
and a tube of choice, hide the white background 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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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Soft and Pink

Tube of choice, I used Marco Guaglione and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Soft Love by X-Clusively Christy Scraps
(Full Size Kit Used in Tut)
Font of choice I used Mon Amour 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,
I Like to have room to work, this is your choice,
My tuts are written using this size image

Open xcd-sl-paper16 resize by 21% and c/p as a
new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used mask
211InsatiableDreams

Now lets open xcd-sl-frame5 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 46% now rotate to the left by 6%, now open
xcd-sl-paper6 resize by 21%, grab your magic wand and
click inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert,
now c/p the paper below the frame, place to your liking
and hit delete, select none, now lets open xcd-sl-greenery2
c/p as a new layer below this paper, resize by 40% now
mirror and rotate to the left by 90% place to your liking
now open xcd-sl-greenery1 c/p as a new layer, mirror
and then resize by 40% place with your other greenery
I pasted it again this time above my frame, and then
resize by 32% and rotated to the right by 74%
I duplicated and mirrored it, placing the two together
Now open xcd-sl-greenery4 c/p as a new layer, place
this above the mask layer and resize by 34% I duplicated
mine a few times, and also rotated it a bit to fill the
corner up a bit, I then pasted it again, and flipped it,
then rotated it to the right by 45 now resize by 50%
arrange to your liking, again I duplicated mine and flipped
and rotated this one a bit too, now lets open xcd-sl-wireheart
c/p as a new layer, bring to the top and resize by 18%
and then rotate to the left by 12% place with the greenery
at the bottom left of the frame, Now open xcd-sl-envelope
c/p as a new layer, resize by 24% and then rotate to
the left by 12%, place with the greenery and wireheart,
Now open xcd-sl-string1 c/p as a new layer right above
your frame layer, resize by 45%, now open xcd-sl-string2
c/p as a new layer, resize by 32% and then mirror and flip
now rotate to the left by 45%, now duplicate and resize
this one by 50% rotate to the left by 90%, duplicate and
flip arrange these two with the greenery, now lets open
xcd-sl-rose2 c/p as a new layer, bring to the top and resize
by 26% now open xcd-sl-rose3 c/p as a new layer mirror
and resize by 29% place below the other rose, now paste
again and mirror, drop below the rose you just placed and
flip, resize by 38% and then rotate to the left by 18%
Now open xcd-sl-flowers1 c/p as a new layer, arrange to
right above the greenery that is above the frame, resize by
30% place on the far left, now open xcd-sl-flower5
c/p as a new layer, bring this to the top and resize by 28%
now add a dropshadow of choice 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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Monday, February 6, 2012


Blush

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Lia
Scrap used Blush by PolkaDot Scraps
Font of choice I used QwitcherBychen
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 PDS_B-paper3 c/p as a new layer and resize by
90% apply a mask of choice, I used CG_Loveisintheair_byzuzzkmask
this is a photomask from collab girls

now lets open PDS_B-frame1 c/p as a new layer, resize by
90% (I changed the color a bit to match the paper)now
grab your magic wand click inside the frame opening and expand
by 9 invert and open PDS_B-paper8 c/p as a new layer
hit delete and select none, arrange below your frame layer
now open PDS_B_leaves3 c/p as a new layer, resize by
60% I duplicated and mirrored mine, and then rotated one
to the right by 90% I placed both on the left side of the
frame, now open PDS_B-flower3 c/p as a new layer, resize
by 60% place with your leaves, open PDS_B-flower1 c/p
as a new layer and resize by 80% place this below the
first flower layer, I duplicated my rose and mirrored it
Now open PDS_B-ribbon3 c/p as a new layer arrange
to right above the frame layer, mirror, now lets open
PDS_B-swirl1 c/p as a new layer, rotate to the right by
90% and then flip it, Now open PDS_B-string c/p as a
new layer, rotate to the right by 12%, Now lets open
PDS_B-swirl2 c/p as a new layer, arrange all of these to
your liking along the bottom edge of the frame, below
your flowers and leaves layers, now open PDS_B-heart2
c/p as a new layer, mirror and resize by 65% now open
PDS_B-ribbon1 c/p as a new layer and mirror arrange
with the heart pendant with the flowers, now add a drop
shadow 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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Candied

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Elias Chatzoudis
Scrap used Candied by PolkaDot Scraps
Font of choice I used Delight Script and Buzz 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 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 PDS_C-paper8 c/p as a new layer and resize by 90%
apply a mask of choice, I used AR315_mask_081

now lets open PDS_C-frame1 c/p as a new layer
resize by 90% and move up and to the right a bit
now open PDS_C-frame3 c/p as a new layer, resize by
90% and rotate to the left by 12, now open PDS_C-frame5
c/p as a new layer, arrange to right above the mask
layer,grab your magic wand and click inside the top frame
opening, expand by 9 and invert, open PDS_C-paper4
c/p as a new layer, below the frame, resize by 80%
arrange to your liking in the frame and hit delete, select
none. Now open PDS_C-ribbon4 c/p as a new layer
mirror and place near the right of the frame, open
PDS_C-flower5 c/p as a new layer,resize by 70%
now open PDS_C-flower3 c/p as a new layer, resize
by 70% , Now open PDS_C-flower4 c/p as a new layer
resize by 70% and move this to right above the yellow
frame layer, arrange towards the bottom so it peeks
out with the other flowers, now open PDS_C-scatter1
c/p as a new layer, arrange to right above your paper
fill layer, resize by 70% duplicate and mirror, now open
PDS_C-lollipop c/p as a new layer, resize by 60% arrange
to right above your ribbon layer, now rotate to the right
by 12, duplicate, mirror and rotate to the left by 90%
arrange like in my tag, now open PDS_C- lemon c/p
as a new layer, resize by 45% and mirror and then
rotate to the left by 45% paste again resize by 45%
mirror and then rotate this one to the left by 90%
now open PDS_C-heart2 c/p as a new layer, bring to
the top and resize by 50% and mirror, now open
PDS_C-heart3 c/p as a new layer, resize by 50%
place with your other heart, now add a dropshadow
and 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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Thursday, February 2, 2012



Just so Sweet Forum set

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap used Sweet as Honey by Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Font of choice I used BluePlateSpecial on the avatar and
Adam's Font on the sig tag
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9
My Templates that you can find HERE and HERE

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 templates I supplies, the signature template is a little
larger than most due to I like to have room to work, you can
resize when you are done with your tag,

delete the copyright layer on the template and begin with
the background layer, (raster1) select all and open paper4
resize by 35% and c/p as a new layer, invert selections
and hit delete, now go to the dots layer, select all, float
and defloat, add a new raster layer and fill with a color that
matches the kit or colors of your tube you are using, I used
#6b4009, deselect and delete the original dots layer,
now go to your vine layer and do the same as above,
you can use a paper or add a new layer and fill, I used
paper1 from the kit, select none and delete the original layer
now lets go to the box frame 4 layer, select all, float and defloat
invert selection and open paper3 from the kit, resize by 21%
and c/p as a new layer, hit delete, select none and delete
the original layer, do this for that rest of the box frames,
now lets go to the frame layer, select all, float, defloat,and add
a new layer, fill with #6b4009 or a paper of choice, and select none
delete the original layer, now grab your magic wand and click outside
the frame and then invert, go up and crop to selection,
Now on my line's layers, I selected all, floated and then defloat
on line one I added a new layer and filled with #6b4009
on line two I added a new layer and filled with #e8a436
I also added a few elements from the kit to my sig tag
I added the bee, I resized it by 12% and then rotated it to
the left by 18% I duplicated and mirrored it, I resized this one
by 80% and then rotated it to the right by 18% I also added
the beehive to my tag, I placed this layer right above the bottom
paper layer and resized it by 60% and placed it towards the far
right, Now open the sunflower and c/p as a new layer, again
this is just above the bottom paper layer, resize by 35% and
place to your liking, now I added a bit of noise to my main
frame layer, set to about 50% I did the same on the 2 lines
now add a dropshadow of choice I used a big but light dropshadow
Now add a tube or tubes of choice, 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,

Now for the avatar, I used the same colors and papers as
I did for the signature tag, but you can always change it
to what you want to use,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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Thursday, January 19, 2012


It's My Party!!

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Maryline Cazenave
Scrap used It's My Party by PolkaDot Scraps
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 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 PDS_IMP-paper7 c/p as a new layer resize by 90%
apply a mask of choice, I used WSL_Mask262

Now lets open PDS_IMP-frame4 c/p as a new layer
rotate to the right by 9 grab your magic wand and select
inside the frame opening, now expand by 9 and invert
open PDS_IMP-paper4 c/p as a new layer below the
frame, resize by 80% and hit delete. select none
now open PDS_IMP-invitation c/p as a new layer
bring to the top and resize by 40% now lets open
PDS_IMP-hat1 c/p as a new layer and resize by
40% place with the invitation, now lets open
PDS_IMP-partysign c/p as a new layer, resize by
46% and then rotate to the left by 18 place near the
invitation as well, now lets open PDS_IMP-swirl c/p as
a new layer, arrange below the invitation and resize by
58% place along the bottom, I duplicated mine and then
mirrored it and rotated it to the right by 90% and moved
this layer to right above the mask layer, and placed
it so it peeks out at the top center of the heart, I then
duplicated this layer and moved it up above the frame
layer, erase the part you want hidden behind the frame
now open PDS_IMP-candle c/p as a new layer
place below the party hat layer and mirror then resize
by 34%, now lets open PDS_IMP-lollipop c/p as a new layer
place below the invitation layer and resize by 44% now
rotate left by 9% Now lets open PDS_IMP-frame5
c/p as a new layer right above the mask layer, resize
by 85% and move up towards the right, now I duplicated
mine and recolored it, first I went to hue and saturation
both set on 0 then I used manual color correction, choose
the lightest gray from the beads and then used #0098d6
as my target color, Now add a dropshadow and tube of
choice, I also placed my copyright info for my tubes on
the little slip of paper in the invitation. 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






The Love Heart Girls

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Is this Love by PolkaDot Scraps
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,
I Like to have room to work, this is your choice,
My tuts are written using this size image

open PDS_ITL-paper3 c/p as a new layer and resize by
90% apply a mask of choice, I used BD-Mask5 now on some
masks there is a slight edge that I like to take off, so what I did
is grabbed the magic wand clicked outside the heart area, and
inverted, I went to modify feather by 45 and then invert and
hit delete until you are satisfied with your mask, Now open
PDS_ITL-paper8 c/p as a new layer and resize by 90 and
apply WSL_mask173, I duplicated mine and then merged
the two WSL masks, and then used raster deform to stretch
it out a bit,

Now lets open PDS_ITL-scatter2, c/p as a new layer, now open
PDS_ITL-frame4 c/p as a new layer, grab your magic wand
and click inside the openings and expand by 9 and invert,
open PDS_ITL-paper7 c/p as a new layer below the frame
hit delete and select none, now open PDS_ITL-birdbranch c/p
as a new layer arrange along the bottom edge of the frame
Now lets open PDS_ITL-mailbox c/p as a new layer, mirror
and resize by 78% two times and place towards the left of
the frame, now open PDS_ITL-heart1 c/p as a new layer
mirror and resize by 30% I placed mine on the leaf of the branch
I duplicated and mirrored it and then resized this one by 70% and
placed it at the base of the mailbox, Now open PDS_ITL-key
c/p as a new layer, resize by 22% and then rotate to the left
by 36% place across your smaller heart, Now open PDS_ITL-ribbon3
c/p as a new layer place this right above your heart scatter layer
mirror and have the bow peeking out from behind the mailbox
Now open PDS_ITL-ribbon1 c/p as a new layer right above
the scatter layer, I resized mine UP by 120% and placed this
near the bottom of the frame, now add a dropshadow of choice
(the heart scatter has a good shadow already!)
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






All Stitched Up

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Sweetheart by Pimp'd Designz
{this darling kit is only a $1.00!!}
Font of choice I used Adam's Font
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 pd12-pp-03 c/p as a new layer and resize by 90%
apply a mask of choice, I used 75MaskkelsWWA

Now lets open pd12-frame-03 c/p as a new layer,
rotate to the left by 6 grab your magic wand and click
inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert, open
pd12-pp-05 c/p as a new layer below the frame and
hit delete, select none, now open pd12-stitching-01
c/p as a new layer and bring to the top, rotate to the left
by 96% place it so it covers part of the frame, the mask
and the paper fill you used, now lets open pd12-frame-01 c/p
as a new layer arrange to right above the mask layer and
resize by 70% now duplicate and bring one above the other
frame, now erase the bits you want to be below the square
frame,now lets open pd12-boarder-01 c/p as a new layer,
mirror and place it so some of the stitches grab it too,
now open pd12-heart-03 c/p as a new layer, resize by
resize by 44% and then mirror and rotate to the right by
18% and place near the far left of the frame, now open
pd12-heart-01 c/p as a new layer and resize by 38% place
this layer below the black heart, and rotate to the left by
18% now 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






Let's Celebrate!

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Let's Celebrate by Pimp'd Designz
(this kit was inspired by the Eliase Bday tube HERE)
Font of choice I used Mexico Serial
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 pd12-pp-04 c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice
I used WynterMask1503087

Now lets open pd12-frame-02 c/p as a new layer
resize by 74%, grab your magic wand and click inside
the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert, now open
pd12-pp-02 c/p as a new layer and hit invert, select none
now open pd12-balloons c/p as a new layer and invert place
this layer right above your mask layer and resize by 72%
now open pd12-streamer-03 c/p as a new layer, rotate
to the right by 90 and then resize by 90% now open
pd12-streamer-01 c/p as a new layer and rotate to
the right by 85% place this layer below the other streamer
layer, now open pd12-candy-01 c/p as a new layer,
resize by 70% and rotate left by about 6 now open
pd12-candy-02 c/p as a new layer and resize by 70%
mirror and rotate to the right by 4 place this below
your other candy layer, now add a dropshadow of
choice to your elements (not the balloons) and a tube
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
Ü




Saturday, January 7, 2012


Just Peachy

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Sweet Little Thing by Zoe Pearn
Font of choice I used Cassandra
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 zpearn-swetlittlething-pp-5 resize by 19% and c/p as a new
layer, apply a mask of choice, I used DBV Mask 113

Now lets open zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-frame c/p as a new layer
resize by 30% now rotate to the right by 6 grab your magic wand
and click inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and invert
now open zpearn-swetlittlething-pp-2 resize by 19% and
c/p as a new layer below the frame and hit delete, select none
now open zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-ribbon-heart c/p as a new
layer, mirror and then resize by 35% and then rotate to
the left by 6, move this to right above the mask layer
now lets open zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-bunting c/p as a
new layer, bring to the top and mirror, resize by 33%
and then rotate to the left by 6 place near the top of the
frame, open zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-flower3 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 60% duplicate and flip,now open
zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-flower5 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 60% duplicate and flip, and then open
zpearn-swetlittlething-ep-flower1 c/p as a new layer and
resize by 33% I arranged all near the bottom right of
my frame, 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



Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Yuletide Treasures

Tube of choice, I used Maryline Cazenave and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Yuletide Treasures by Becca
Font of choice I used HaloHandletter
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 Paper9 from the kit and resize by 19%
c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice,
I used a roundish mask, WSL_Mask209

Now open yuletide_wreath c/p as a new layer and
resize by 26%, grab your magic wand and click
inside the center of the wreath expand by 9 and
then invert, open paper2 resize by 19% and c/p
as a new layer below the wreath, hit delete and select
none, Now open yuletide_leaves c/p as a new layer
place right above the mask layer and then
resize by 18% and then rotate to the left by 110%
place near the bottom of the wreath, now duplicate
and mirror, open yuletide_cluster and c/p as a new
layer, bring to the top and then resize by 30%
open yuletide_trumpet c/p as a new layer and
resize by 40% arrange below the other cluster
and then mirror, now open yuletide_ornament
c/p as a new layer and resize by 8% now mirror
and arrange along the bottom with the clusters
now open yuletide_ribbon c/p as a new layer,
resize by 14% now rotate to the right by 70%,
flip and then mirror, and place below the ornament
layer, Now open yuletide_tinyball, c/p as a new layer
bring to the top and resize by 26% place with the
other ornament, now open yuletide_snowflake2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 26% I placed
mine below the ornaments layer, I rotated to the left
by about 20 I then duplicated it and mirrored it
placing this one right above the wreath layer,
now open yuletide_ornament2 c/p as a new
layer, mirror and then resize by 10% place with
your others ornaments, now open yuletide_berries
c/p as a new layer and resize by 21% arrange to
your liking, now open yuletide_flower and c/p
as a new layer, resize by 17% and place to your
liking, I duplicated mine and place one towards
the top left of the wreath, I duplicated and flipped
and placed them together, Now open yuletide_bow
c/p as a new layer, bring to the top and then mirror
resize by 26% , 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


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Some Assembly Required

Tube of choice, I used TooshToosh and Jennifer L Nilsson
previously with My Tag Art and will be selling her tubes on her site soon!!
(and one using JUST the scrap kit)
Scrap used Jingle Bell mini freebie by Tiramisu
Font of choice I used Matthia LL
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9
My Word art HERE

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 tiram_jingle_bell_pp2 resize by 19% and c/p
as a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used
WSL_Mask145, I duplicated and merged the 2

Now open tiram_jingle_bell_el9 c/p as a new layer
resize by 36% and grab your magic wand, click
inside the opening and expand by 5 now invert
open triam_jingle_bell_pp1 resize by 19% and
c/p as a new layer below the frame, hit delete
and select none, now open tiram_jingle_bell_el7
c/p as a new layer below the frame layer and
resize by 10% now open tiram_jingle_bell_el6
c/p as a new layer and resize by 13% you can
either place it on the top of the snowman body
like on my tag, or beside it like it is not done yet
now lets open tiram_jingle_bell_el1 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 16%, now lets open
tiram_jingle_bell_el2 c/p as a new layer, this
will be below your snowman layer and then
resize by 16%, rotate to the right by 12
I duplicated mine a couple times and resized
them to look like a small stand of trees,
go to your paper layer and select outside the
paper, and then go back to your tree's layers
and hit delete, select none, now lets open
tiram_jingle_bell_el8 c/p as a new layer and
bring to the top, resize by 15% I changed the
color of mine by using hue and sat both set to
0 and then using manual color correction tool
set at 0 255 73 with #920000 as my main color
I then used gamma correction to lighten it just a
bit, now open tiram_jingle_bell_el10 c/p as a new
layer, arrange to right above the mask layer and
then resize by 15%, place near the top left, duplicate
and mirror, now open tiram_jingle_bell_el4 c/p as
a new layer, bring to the top and resize by 5 now
rotate to the right by 58, now lets open
tiram_jingle_bell_el3 c/p as a new layer, move
below the other ornament and resize by 5
now open my wordart, and c/p as a new layer
or create your own. you can now add a tube of
choice or leave it as is, add 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
Ü



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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Red Christmas

Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used So this Is Christmas by Pimp'd Designz
Font of choice I used Inspiration
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 pd-pp-10 c/p as a new layer and add a mask of choice
I used Vix_Mask428 now I added pd-pp-02 c/p as a new layer
and add a mask of choice I used Vix_mask433

Now lets open pd-frame-01 c/p as a new layer, resize by 87%
grab your magic wand and click inside the frame opening
expand by 9 and then invert, open pd-pp-02 c/p as a new layer
below the frame and hit delete, select none. Now open pd-swirl02
c/p as a new layer right above your masks layers, move towards
the top of the frame, duplicate, mirror and flip, now lets open
pd-swirl-01 c/p as a new layer, this time bring to the top and
place along the bottom edge of the frame, now lets open
pd-snowflake-01 c/p as a new layer, arrange below the frame
and above the paper fill, I duplicated and flipped mine and turned
the opacity down to 40 on each, now go to the paper fill layer,
grab your magic wand and click outside the paper layer go back
to the two snowflake layers and hit delete on each, select none,
now lets open pd-wa-02 c/p as a new layer and bring to the
top, add a dropshadow of choice to your wordart and your
frame 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
Ü



Christmas Village

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Frost Bite by Pimp'd Designz
Font of choice I used Beurre
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 pd11-pp-01 c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice
I used gh_grungeframe11mask_bunnysatticdotcom
and good square frame type mask will work well

Now lets open pd11-tree2 and c/p as a new layer,
open pd11-border-01 c/p as a new layer, resize by 85%
I used my raster deform tool to stretch it out a tiny
bit and then squished it a bit, place near the bottom
of the frame area, now using the selection tool select
the inside frame area on your tag, and then open
pd11-town c/p as a new layer, I resized mine up to
120%, now invert and hit delete and select none, move
this layer below your tree layer (right above your mask)
Now open pd11-branch-01 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 55% place towards the bottom left of the tag, duplicate
and mirror, now rotate to the left by 90%, duplicate and
mirror, make a small cluster of all these on the left of the
frame area, now open pd11-frame-01 c/p as a new layer
below your greenery, resize by 35%, now lets open
pd11-flower-01 c/p as a new layer and resize by 45%
now open pd11-heart-01 c/p as a new layer below
the flower and resize by 45% and then rotate to the
right by 45% now open pd11-socks c/p as a new layer
and resize by 45% and place as the top layer, now open
pd11-string-01 c/p as a new layer below your heart
layer, now open pd11-snowman c/p as a new layer
this time it is at the top again, resize by 55% and
then mirror, now open pd11-ribbon-02 c/p as a new
layer and then mirror, resize by 55% and place on
the little socks, now open pd11-print-01 c/p as a new
layer right above your tree layer, place towards the
top left, duplicate and mirror and place towards the
bottom right, now add a dropshadow and 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, December 19, 2011

Breath of Winter

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Winters Breath by Sherwood Studio
Font of choice I used RamblerScriptJF
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 SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_Bgd8 resize by 19%
and c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used
Beckymask_22

Now open SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_frame3 c/p as a
new layer resize by 26% now rotate to the right by 12%
now open SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_frame c/p as a new
layer and resize by 34% now move the round frame up to
the left a bit, I then duplicated it and moved this to the
top, I erased all that I didnt want on top of the square
frame, now grab your magic wand and click inside the
square frame opening expand by 9 and open a paper
of choice, I used SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_Bgd12
resized by 19% hit delete and select none, now lets
open SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_buttontree c/p as a new
layer and resize by 28% and place on the right of the
frame, now open SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_ribbon2
c/p as a new layer and resize by 18% and place at
the bottom edge of the tag, now lets open
SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_swirl2 c/p as a new layer
place this below your tree layer and resize by 18%
I recolored mine with these settings hue126 and sat40
now open SherwoodSt_WintersBreath_flower and c/p
as a new layer, resize by 27% and place this below
the swirl layer paste again this time resize by 18%
and bring to the top, now add a dropshadow of choice
to your elements, (I did not add one to the duplicated
layer of the oval frame) 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



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