Lyn's PSP TUTs

MOONLIGHT BLUES

2011-03-17T07:38:00.004Z

MOONLIGHT BLUES

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Tube of choice I am using the brilliant artwork of Ana Rasha which you can get HERE
The Scrap kit I used is by A Taggers Scrap and it’s part of a Blog train called called Spring Break (FTU) and you can get it from: HERE
The mask I used is again from Chelle weescotslass and its WSL_222 and you can get it: HERE

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white

Copy & Paste the Doorway Element (arch) and move it to the left then add the grass element to the left of the Arch then duplicate it and resize by 50% and move that one to the right of the Arch then add flower1 resizing it by 80% duplicate & image – mirror place each at the bottom of both posts of the Arch, do the same with the daisy, Deco1 and resize Deco 1 by 60% Then click on the Layer under the Doorway Layer and copy and paste Deco3 (see mine for reference) then copy & paste the Lantern and place it at the left post of the doorway, copy & paste flower 3 resizing it by 60% and duplicate it and resize that one by 80% and place both at the top of the archway slightly to the left, copy & paste the birdbath and resize it by 80% and place it under the archway and add the bird resizing it by 60% duplicate and resize by 80% and place them how you like on the birdbath now add the branch turn it to how you think it looks best.
Now open up the Ana Rasha tube you will notice there are other layers for background you don’t have to use them if you don’t want to I did just copy & paste what elements you want to use and place them where you think looks best then copy & paste the tube placing her to the right of the Tag and resize by 80%.

OK now click on the bottom layer in your layers palette and copy & paste Paper 2 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from Disk and look for WSL_222 mask and select it with settings : Fit to canvas – Source Luminance – Hide all mask all checked and click ok. Now click on Group in the layers palette and right click Merge Group.Dropshadow every Element and the Tube with settings 5, 5, 20, 5 - Colour : Black
Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Al Fantasy Type choosing colours to compliment your Tag with a stroke of 1 then drop shadow.

Animation

X out your Mask layer in your Layers Palette and click on the top layer and merge down all layers now un X the Mask layer and and making sure the Mask Layer is the one selected Effects – Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Constellation with settings :

Star size: 7.13
Variation: 35
Edge: 2
Density: 1
Overdrive : 100
Twinkle amount : 88
Rotation : 45
Keep Original Image : checked
click okay then Copy Merged and take it over to AS and Edit – Paste as a new animation now back in PSP click undo once and do it again and click the random seed button and again Copy Merged and take it to AS and Edit – Paste after the current frame then back to PSP and click the Random seed again and ok and Copy Merged and take it to AS and Edit paste after the current frame you now have 3 frames click on the first frame and Edit – Select all then Animation – Animation properties check the opaque box and change the colour to white click okay then Animation – Frame properties and change the number to 35.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

2011-03-11T18:46:00.006Z

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)

The Scrap kit I used is from Lacarolita’s Designz" …. thank you Lacarolita and is called Spring is Here (FTU) and you can get it HERE
The mask I used is from weescotslass Chelle WSL_Mask 346 many thanks Chelle and you can get it HERE

Open a new image 700 x 700 (we can resize later) flood fill white

This is a very quick and easy tutorial and I hope you enjoy it.

Copy and paste a paper of choice I used Paper 4 and apply WSL_Mask 346 in layer palette right click and merge group resize, copy and paste fence 2 from the scrapkit placing it to the left then resize by 50% and duplicate and mirror make the fence join in the middle and drop shadow with settings 5, 5, 20, 5, colour #000000

Now copy and paste whatever elements you want resizing and drop shadow using the same settings. I used Behind the fence : house 1, tree1, birdhouse1, rainbow 1, sun 1, kite 2 and butterfly 4 in front of the fence I used : Flower 1 which I duplicated 3 times and resized one 20% smaller than the other, wateringpot 1, bee 1,2,3, bird 1, chicken 1, 2, butterfly 1, 2, 3 and ladybug 1 & 2.

I then typed Happy Mothers Day using my text tool on the roof of house using font Blue Melody size 28 with a stroke of 1 and I chose 2 colours from the Tag.
Then Layers, merge, merge visible.

You can resize now I use 500 x 500

Add your name to the Tag the font I used was Aquarelle and add the scrapkit’s copyright and your own design mark and your done

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

SPRING IS IN THE AIR

2010-02-28T11:17:00.003Z

SPRING IS IN THE AIR

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

My supplies : Wordart HERE
Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Jessica Dougherty if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license from CILM
Filters:

DSB Flux – Bright Noise

FTU Scrap Kit by Doris called Longing for Spring at http://scrapsdimensions-dorisnilsa.blogspot.comThe mask I used is WSL_Mask192 another great one from our Chelle at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/ thank you yet again Chelle

Open a 700 x 700 new image and flood fill white
Copy & Paste Paper 8 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disc and look for WSL_mask192 and apply then right click on your group layer
And merge group
Open Window 2 from the kit and copy and paste it on top of
your mask I resized it by 80% and click inside the frame with your magic wand
then Selections – modify and expand by 4 add a new layer and copy and paste
a paper of your choice into Selection, I used paper 12 then drop the paper under
your frame layer click back on your frame layer I then selected the daisy bits on the side of the windows by clicking in each space with my magic wand till they are all selected and Selections – Modify and expand by 2 then I copied and pasted Paper 3 again hit delete on your keyboard and drop this layer under your frame layer now click back on the window layer and drop shadow the window I used 5, 5, 50,5 black but it’s your choice

Now copy & paste the window box Flowers for window 1 I resized it by 30%and placed it just under the right of the window, duplicate it and mirror image so you have the 2 window boxes sitting under both panes of the window (see mine for reference)

Now Copy & Paste Bow 4 I resized it by 20% and placed it in between the window boxes, now click on the window layer in your layers palette and copy & paste whatever flower Elements you want to I used Calla Lily 1, Flowers 2 and flowers 6 and resized them by 20% place them how you think they look best then copy & paste Ribbon 3 resizing by 40% place to the right of the window and Duplicate then mirror
Now copy and paste the Rocking Chair and resizing it by 40% then place it to the left of the window now copy & paste the cluster ribbon and I resized this by 40% and placed it at the bottom of the window slightly behind the rocking chair. Copy & Paste the watering can I mirrored it and resized by 30% placing it to the bottom right of the window I then copy & pasted Both birds resizing them by 20% and placed one top right of the window and the other inside of the left window pane of course you can do it any way you like move them around and place them where you think it looks best I also Copy & pasted a few of the butterflies and resized them by 10% place them where you think looks best, unfortunately unless you are using the same Tube as me then you won’t have the butterflies that I used in the centre of the window as they come with the tube but you can always just resize some more of the butterflies from the kit and place them similarly to mine now copy & paste your tube and place her sitting on the rocking chair.

Give everything a drop shadow I use 5, 5, 50, 5 – black

Add the wordart – Spring is in the Air – now resize 500 x 500 using smart size

Now add the artists copyright and your name

Click on your mask layer and copy and paste Pollen Dust 2 and place it to the right so it shows at the side of the window now duplicate it and mirror click on the duplicated layer in your layer palette and merge down so both pollen dust layers are on the one layer. Now if you don’t wish to animate and you are happy with your Tag then Merge & Flatten and save as a Jpeg and your done.

ANIMATION

Click on the Pollen Dust layer in your layer palette and Effects – plug ins and
DSB Bright noise set at 40 click on mix once and copy merged
and take it to animation shop and paste as new animation, back to
psp and click undo once then DSB Bright noise but click on mix
twice this time and copy merged and into animation shop and edit
paste after current frame, back in psp and again click undo once
and DSB Bright Noise and click on mix three times then copy
merged and take it to animation shop and paste after current frame

Edit – Select all, Animation Properties – make sure Opaque is checked and change the colour to white now view your animation and if your happy Save as a Gif and your done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and thank you for visiting my Tutorial site I hope you will come back again

A LITTLE TENDERNESS

2010-01-31T09:10:00.001Z

A LITTLE TENDERNESS

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Barbara Jensen if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license from www.eroticartistgallery.com

The Scrap kit I used is by Doris of Scrap Dimensions …. thank you Doris and is called Diamond Blues (FTU) and you can get it
http://scrapsdimensions-dorisnilsa.blogspot.com

The mask I used is Zuzzanna_mask40 by Zuzzanna and you can get it http://www.zuzzanna.dk/mask.html

Supplies by me : HERE

Unzip your supplies and put the masks into your mask folder

Open a new Image 700 x 700 and flood fill white
Copy and paste paper 6 from the kit (or choose your own)
then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disk and look
for Zuzzanna_mask40 and okay, right click the group layer in your layer palette and merge group.

Open SD DB Pin 3 from the scrapkit and using your eraser tool erase the pin part so that you are left with only the heart and copy and paste the heart on top of the mask and resize it by 200% then Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen now open the Diamond heart from the supplies and copy and paste it on top of the heart then open SD DB Pin 2 and using the freehand selection tool go round the glitter and copy and paste the glitter onto the diamond heart use the Raster Deform tool to stretch it to fit inside the diamond heart now in your layer palette drop the glitter layer under the diamond heart layer and drop shadow the diamond heart.

Copy and paste SD DB Rose resize by 25% and using your Raster Deform tool turn it upside down and erase away the stem do the same with SD DB Rose 2 & SD DB Rose 4 give them all a drop shadow and group them together to make a bunch (see mine for reference)

Copy and paste your tube and drop shadow and if your using the same tube as me I went round the bottom of her legs with the freehand selection tool and then Selections – Modify then Feather and set it to 30 then hit delete on your keyboard to give you a misted effect.

You can add and resize any elements of your choice.

Resize all layers using Smart size to 500 x 500

Add the artists copyright and watermark then add your name I used font Aquarelle with a stroke of 1 *

If you are happy with your Tag and don’t wish to animate then Layers and merge & flatten and save as a Jpeg and your done if you would like to animate your Tag then carry on below.

Animation

From *

Copy Merged and take your image to Animation Shop and Edit – paste as a new animation then Edit – Duplicate Selected and keep doing this till you have 12 Frames then Edit – Select all

Open up Lyns Heart Bling and Edit – Select all then Edit – Copy go back to your image and Edit – Paste into Selected frame and place the bling coming away from her heart area.

Edit- select all then Animation, animation properties, click opaque and colour white and okay, view your animation and if happy save as a GIF and your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it.

Lyn

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

2010-01-24T08:22:00.002Z

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any

Tube of choice I am using the brilliant artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his work then you must purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Fantasy Moments it’s called For Your Love and you can get it : http://fantasymoments-scraps.blogspot.com

The mask I used is WSL_Mask38 thank you again Chelle and you can get it at: http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white

Copy & Paste the Frame (Element 23) I resized by 65% now with your magic wand click inside the frame and Selections – Select all – Modify and expand by 4 and copy and paste Paper 01 into selection - Select none and drop the paper layer below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Now click on and make active your background layer add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a dark colour from your tube then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL_Mask38 and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (stretch the mask as necessary using the Raster Deform tool so it shows on all sides below the frame) now copy and paste a Paper from the scrapkit I chose Paper 18 and again Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from disk and click okay then make your second group layer in your layer palette active and right click and Merge Group you now have 2 Masks in different colours you can mirror and flip to get them the way you like stretch them a little if you want, now make your top layer in your layer palette active and copy and paste your close up tube place her to the right of the frame use your eraser tool to get rid of any overhand at the bottom of the frame now you can start adding whatever Elements you like I used Element 10, 19, 27, 32, 33, 43, 51, 65, 71 and 74 I resized them or use the Raster Deform Tool and also done I used Happy Valentines Day on the teddy’s heart cushion

Drop shadow each layer 3, 3, 50, 5, Black

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark

Now Merge – Layers Merge – Merge all (Flatten)

Now add your name I used the Font Fiolex Girls choosing a colour to match your Tag with a stroke of 1 then I used a gradient glow (you don’t have to do this).

Save your finished Tag as a Jpeg.

I LOVE YOU

2010-01-18T15:01:00.002Z

I LOVE YOU

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them or at least acknowledge that you have done it I like to get some feedback on what you think send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop

Filters used:
Eyecandy 4000 – HSB Noise

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Barbara Jensen if you wish to use her work then you must purchase a license from http://eroticartistgallery.com

The Scrap kit I used is by Sylvie it’s called Sweet Valentine and you can get it : http://fantasymoments-scraps.blogspot.com

The mask I used is WSL_Mask181 thank you again Chelle and you can get it at: http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 and Flood fill white we can resize later

Copy and paste Element 62 (Ribbon Frame) I resized it by 80% and with your magic wand click inside the ribbon frame remember to select the little bits as well then Selections – Modify and expand by 5 then Copy & Paste Paper 7 and Selections – invert and hit delete on the keyboard and drop the paper layer below the ribbon frame then making your ribbon frame the active layer give it a drop shadow.

Now click on and make active your background layer Copy and Paste Paper 3 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL_Mask181 and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (I drew the mask in a bit using the Raster Deform tool so it just shows below the frame see mine for reference) now copy and paste Element 42 (Flower) ( and duplicate it so you have 4) just above the Mask layer move these around get them where you think looks best or see mine for reference then on the top flower layer Merge down till you get all 4 on one layer then duplicate it and on the bottom layer go to Adjust- Blur – Guassian Blur and set the radius to 30 and okay I then copy and pasted and resized Elements 66 & 67 and placed it to the right of the ribbon frame using the eraser tool I erased the stems at the bottom then I copied and pasted Element 32 I resized it and placed it under the flowers to make it look as if the flowers were growing out of the pot.

Now Copy & Paste your tube, duplicate it and drop one of these layers below the ribbon frame and using your eraser tool erase away any bits that are hanging over the frame. Give the tube below the frame a drop shadow.

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add your name, the artists copyright and your watermark

Drop shadow each layer with settings 3, 3, 50, 5 colour black

If you don’t wish to animate then save your Tag now as a Jpeg if you wish to animate then carry on.

Animation

Click on the paper layer that is inside the ribbon frame and Effects – Eyecandy 4000 – HSB Noise with these settings: 25,30, 40, 0, 42, 42 – smooth lumps and make sure seamless tile is checked, click okay then Copy Merged and take it to Animation Shop then Edit – Paste as a new animation, back in PSP click undo once then Effects – Eyecandy 4000 – HSB Noise with the same settings just hit the random button Copy Merged and take it to AS – Edit – paste after the current frame and back again to PSP click undo once and again in HSB Noise hit the random button Copy Merged and take it to AS then Edit – paste after the current frame then Edit – Select all – Animation – Animation Properties – make sure opaque is checked and change the colour to white and click okay then Animation – animation properties and set it to 20.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY

2010-01-17T08:19:00.001Z

LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them or at least acknowledge that you have done it I like to get some feedback on what you think send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop

Glitter Tiles by Arty Pharty
Filters used:
Inbuilt noise filter in PSP
Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Elias Chatzoudis if you wish to use his work then you must purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Template Missy_Tagtemplate 268 I am using came from Missy at: http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Lacarolita it’s called Oh My Heart and you can get it : http://lacarolitasdesignz.blogspot.com/

The mask I used is WSL_Mask207 thank you again Chelle and you can get it at: http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open the Template and click on the background layer then Image – Canvas size and change to 700 x 700 and Flood fill white now delete the copyright layer.

Make the glittered square the active layer and *add a new Raster layer and Flood fill this layer with a glitter of your choice to match your tube I used a red glitter now delete the original* do this * with Thin Rectangle 1 & 2 and with Rectangle 2 and using a different colour of glitter (I chose Black) do the same with the wordart (Crazy)next click on Oval half 1 and * Selections – Select all – Selections – Float, Selections Defloat and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 3 Selections – invert and hit the delete button on your keyboard and delete the original in your layer palette* do the same* with Oval half 2 and also with Rectangle 1

Now click on and make active your background layer add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a colour from your tube then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL_Mask207 and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (stretch the mask as necessary using the Raster Deform tool so it shows below the frame see mine for reference) now copy and paste Hearts 1 and Hearts 2 just above the Mask layer move these around mirror and flip get them where you think looks best now copy and paste the (glitter hearts) Hearts 3 resizing and name this layer GLITTERHEARTs now copy and paste Bow 2 (ribbon) resizing and place it where you think it looks best or see mine for reference I then copy and pasted and resized the Heartballoon1 and placed it to the right of the template.

Now add your own words I used I LOVE YOU LIKE making it fit into the black circle and I used a glitter tile with a contrasting coloured glitter with a stroke of 1 I then reversed the colour of the Glitters for my name on the top of the heartballoon.

Now add your Tube - to the left (resizing)

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark

Drop shadow each layer with settings 3, 3, 50, 5 colour black

If you don’t wish to animate then save your Tag now as a Jpeg if you wish to animate then carry on.

Animation

Click on the top glitter layer which should be your name and the wordart should be all underneath your name in your layer palette and Merge down till you have all the wordart on the same layer name this layer WORDART and Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise click on Guassian and set the percentage to 30 and click okay then click on the GLITTERHEARTS and Effects – Xenofex 2 – Constellation and use these settings 1.98, 50, 50, 25,50, 75 make sure Keep original image is checked then okay now Copy Merged and take it to Animation Shop then Edit – Paste as a new animation, back in PSP click undo three times then Add/Remove Noise – Add noise and change the percentage to 35 and click okay and on the GLITTERHEARTS use the same settings in Xenofex 2 but hit the random button Copy Merged and take it to AS – Edit – paste after the current frame and back again to PSP click undo three times and again Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise and change the percentage to 40 click okay making the GLITTERHEARTS layer active and again in Xenofex 2 hit the random button Copy Merged and take it to AS then Edit – paste after the current frame then Edit – Select all – Animation – Animation Properties – make sure opaque is checked and change the colour to white and click okay.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

KEY TO MY HEART

2010-01-12T10:48:00.001Z

KEY TO MY HEART

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used: Inbuilt noise filter in PSP
Supplies by me HERE

Tube of choice I am using the brilliant artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his work then you must purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Bel Vidotti, it’s called LUST and you can get it : http://lafleurstuffs.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-kit-blog.html

The mask I used is WSL_Mask216 thank you again Chelle and you can get it at: http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white

Copy & Paste the Frame (Element 38) I resized by 20%and moved it up slightly now with your magic wand click inside the frame and Selections – Select all add a new Raster layer and copy and paste Paper 01 into selection - Select none and drop the paper layer below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Now click on and make active your background layer add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a colour from your tube then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL_Mask216 and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (stretch the mask as necessary using the Raster Deform tool so it shows on all sides below the frame) now copy and paste Element 08 (ribbon) and place it where you think it looks best I also duplicated it and mirrored and flipped it but do what you prefer move them around till you are happy with how it looks then make your paper in the frame the active layer copy and paste the a close up of your tube resizing it as necessary and place it to the left use your eraser tool to get rid of any of the tube showing below the frame now copy and paste whichever Elements you wish I used 12, 14, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 44 I used the Raster Deform tool to move them around and placed them to the right of the frame I also used Element 29 and used my Freehand Selection tool to select just the pink heart I used my eraser tool to erase some of the pink heart to make it look like the key is through the heart you will have to resize everything to your liking I then clicked on the Mask layer and copy and pasted Elements 43 and 21 resizing using the Raster Deform tool and I duplicated them and mirrored and flipped them move them around till you are happy with it or see mine for reference. Click on the top layer of the sparkles you know the ones just above the Mask and merge them all together Rename this layer Glitter

Now add your Tube to the left of the frame now add the wordart or use your own.

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Brush choosing a colour from your tube with a stroke of 1 then drop shadow.

If you don’t wish to animate then save your Tag now as a Jpeg if you wish to animate then carry on.

Animation

Click on the glitter layer in your layer palette and Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise click on Guassian and set the percentage to 30 and click okay Copy Merged and take it to Animation Shop then Edit – Paste as a new animation, back in PSP click undo once then Add/Remove Noise – Add noise and change the percentage to 35 and click okay Copy Merged and take it to AS – Edit – paste after the current frame and back again to PSP click undo once and again Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise and change the percentage to 40 click okay and Copy Merged and take it to AS then Edit – paste after the current frame then Edit – Select all – Animation – Animation Properties – make sure opaque is checked and change the clour to white and click okay.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

WINTER BLUES

2010-01-09T09:04:00.005Z

WINTER BLUES

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

This is a similar version to my Header hope you like it.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used: VM Natural – Sparkle
Eyecandy 4000 – Gradient Glow

Tube of choice I am using the brilliant artwork of Mahmood Al Khaja if you would like to use his artwork please write and ask him for permission
http://artist2.deviantart.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Tamie and it’s part of a Blog train called called Winter Wishes (FTU) and you can get it from: http://addictivepleasures.blogspot.com/search/label/FREEBIESThe mask I used is Vix_Maskbutterfly&stars and you can get it at: http://vixpsp.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

Artwork used in the window came from http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white

Copy & Paste the window element I resized by 80%and moved it up to the left now with your magic wand click in the panes of the window Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 add a new Raster layer and copy and paste into selection the scenic winter image you have chosen to use– then Selections – invert and press delete on your keyboard - Select none and drop the image below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Now click on and make active your image layer and Copy and Paste the tree and tree 2 elements I resized them by 80% twice and move them to the right of the window and drop shadow them now click on your background layer and copy and paste a paper of choice I used Paper 10 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate Vix_Mask butterfly&stars and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (stretch the mask as necessary using the Raster Deform tool so it shows on all sides below the frame) now copy and paste swirlribbon and swirlribbon2 move them around till you are happy with how it looks then make your image the active layer copy and paste the lamppost2 resizing it by 50% and then by 80% and place it to the left of the window then cop & paste the bench resizing it by 50% twice and place it in front of the lamppost (see mine for reference) now copy and paste the sparklesheet element and then copy and paste the diamondrain element resizing it by 80% and placing it from the top of the window.

Make the window layer active which should be your top layer in your layer palette and copy and paste the curtain and using your raster deform tool adjust it till it frames your window then copy and paste ribbon6 resizing it by 50% and place it at the bottom of the window frame now add your tube and place her to the right of the frame I feathered the bottom of the tube if you would like to do the same click on your free selection tool and draw round the bottom of your tube till it’s selected then Selections – Modify – Feather I set it to 30 and hit your delete button once then Select none and drop shadow

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Al Sandra choosing a colour from your tube with a stroke of 1 I then added a gradient glow 3, 25, 100 in the main colour then drop shadow.

Animation

Merge down all layers from your window frame to the background and Effects – VM Natural – Sparkle and on the default settings click okay the Copy Merged and take it over to AS and Edit – Paste as a new animation now back in PSP click undo once and again Effects – VM Natural Sparkle but move the random seed slider to 73 then okay and again Copy Merged and take it to AS and Edit – Paste after the current frame then back to PSP and do it again but change the Random seed slider to 225 and Copy Merged and take it to AS and Edit paste after the current frame now have 3 frames click on the first frame and Edit – Select all then Animation – Animation properties check the opaque box and change the colour to white click okay then Animation – Frame properties and change the number to 35.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

HAPPY 2010

2009-12-26T07:28:00.002Z

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used: DSB Flux

Tube of choice I am using the brilliant artwork of Elias Chatzoudis if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from: http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Monica and it’s called Bling in The New Year (FTU) and you can get it from: http://simplysensationalscraps.blogspot.com/

The mask I used is WSL_Mask 167 and came from Chelle at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/ thanks again Chelle

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white

Copy & Paste the Frame 6 with your magic wand click inside the frame Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 copy and paste a paper of choice I used paper 21 into selection – Select none and drop the paper below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Now click on and make active your background layer and Copy and Paste Paper 18 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL_Mask 167 and okay make the group layer active in your layer palette and right click and merge group (stretch the mask as necessary using the Raster Deform tool so it shows on all sides below the frame) then copy and pasting elements of your choice I used Confetti 1 & 2 and fireworks 1, 2, 3, and 4 and also Glitterswirl 3 (rotating it by 90% and placing it under and to the right of the frame) again stretching them till they show beneath the frame I placed the fireworks to the left of the Tag but move them around till you are happy with the way it looks then making the top layer of these elements active(Confetti 1 & 2 and Fireworks 1, 2, 3, & 4 and glitterswirl 3) merge down till they are all on the same layer name this Layer Fireworks

Make your frame layer active and using the magic wand click inside then Selections – Modify and expand by 4 then choosing the close up of the tube copy and paste it into your frame place it where you think it looks best ( I mirrored mine) then Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard make the tube layer active and right click in the layer palette and Properties change the blend mode to Screen add the other Elements (resizing as necessary),– see mine for reference. I used Balloons 1, 2, and 3, 4, 5, I reduced in size 80% placing them and mirror them so the ribbons are not over your tubes face, then I added glasses placing them to the left of the frame next I added the wordart and resized it placing it over the frame and rotating it a bit, I gave the wordart a gradient glow of 3 to make it show up a bit more

Copy and paste your tube and place her to the right of the frame Add a drop shadow of your choice to all layers I use 3, 3, 50, 5, black

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Aquarelle choosing a colour from your tube with a stroke of 1

Animation

Click on you’re the Frieworks layer and Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise and set the intensity to 40 and with Mix checked click on mix once and Copy-merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit – Paste as a new animation back to PSP and click undo once then Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise and click on Mix twice and Copy – Merged and over to AS and Edit – Paste after the current frame do this a third time clicking on mix three times and take it to AS and Edit – Paste after current frame you now have 3 frames click on the first frame and Edit – Select all then Animation – Animation properties check the opaque box and change the colour to white click okay.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

BLING IN THE NEW YEAR

2009-12-21T15:41:00.003Z

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used: DSB Flux

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Ray Leaning if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from: http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Scrap kit I used is by Silky and it’s called Bling in The New Year (FTU) and you can get it from: http://designsbysilky.blogspot.com/ when downloading Silky’s kit you have to download all 3 parts

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Copy & Paste the Frame which is embellishment 03 – resize it by 50% twice now with your magic wand click inside the frame Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 copy and paste a paper of choice I used paper 12 into selection – Select none and drop the paper below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Now click on and make active your background layer and Copy and Paste Elements (resizing as necessary) of your choice I used Firework 03, 02, 04, 38 move them around till you are happy with the way it looks

Make your top layer active and add the other Elements (resizing as necessary), 05-glass, 25-silver bell, 33 – corner decal = mirrored, 83-group of gold stars, ribbons-72, 74, 75, 86, 65, and add the silver star 78 to the top of all the ribbons – see mine for reference.
Copy and paste your tube if using the same tube as me I mirrored the tube
Add a drop shadow of your choice to all layers I use 3, 3, 50, 5, black

I then used my selection tool on the word art and copied and pasted each word and resized it to fit in the frame

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Blue Melody on pattern using a glitter tile the same colour as the word art click on the top word art layer in your layer palette and merge down and again do this till you have all the word art and your name and the big silver star on the same layer.

Animation

Click on you’re the word art layer and Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise and set the intensity to 40 and with Mix checked click on mix once the Copy-merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit – Paste as a new animation back to PSP and click undo once then Effects – Plugins – DSB Flux – Bright Noise and click on Mix twice and Copy – Merged and over to AS and Edit – Paste after the current frame do this a third time clicking on mix three times and take it to AS and Edit – Paste after current frame you now have 3 frames.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

CHRISTMAS BEAUTY

2009-12-15T06:39:00.001Z

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Jessica Dougherty if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license from: www.cilm.com

The Scrap kit I used is by Bel Vidotti and it’s called Christmas Around The World (FTU) and you can get it from: Bel Vidotti Scraps

The mask I used is WSL_Mask117 thanks Chelle and you can download it from her site http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/ and the other Mask is Vix_Mask305 thanks Vix and you can download it from her site http://vixpsp.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Copy & Paste the Frame which is embellishment 04 – resize it by 50% twice and then by 80% and move it up slightly now with your magic wand click inside the frame making sure you get the little bits around the ribbon then Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 copy and paste a paper of choice I used paper 03 into selection – Select none and drop the paper below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Make the Frame layer active and click inside with your magic wand again and Selections – Modify and expand by 4 then copy and paste resize if necessary your tube move it around till you get it just how you want it, if using the same tube as I did then I resized it by 80%

Now click on and make active your background layer and Copy and Paste a paper of your choice I used 05 then Layers – Load /Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask117 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group I used the Raster Deform tool and stretched it a little on all sides now make your paper layer inside your frame active and copy and paste Element 51 resizing by 50% three times.

Make your background layer active and copy and paste element 18 resize it by 50% and then by 70% and place it to the left then duplicate it and Image – mirror copy and paste Element 17 resizing it by 50% and again by 70% and place in the middle of the other trees (see mine for reference) now copy and paste element 43 resizing it three times by 50% place it on the right and rotate it slightly add whatever presents you would like on the left resizing them all different

Make your Mask layer active and add a new layer then Selections – Select all and copy and paste the glitter paper 06 into selection – Select None then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and look for Vix_Mask305 and apply, right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group

Add a drop shadow of your choice to all layers I use 3, 3, 50, 5, black

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Igloo Caps using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1 with your Fill on white

Animation

Click on your glitter mask layer and duplicate twice so you have 3 layers and click on the beads and do the same with your freehand selection draw round all the glitter parts of the frame that are showing when you have all the parts selected then duplicate twice so you should have 3 layers of the glitter mask, the beads and of the frame now X out 2 and 3 of each of the beads layer and the mask layer and the frame layer now Adjust – Add noise and set it to Guassian 30% now X out all the 1st layers and Un-X the second layers and do the same again but change it to 35% and ok and doing the same again with 1st and second layers X’d out and 3rd layer of all Un-X’d and this time change the % to 40 and okay.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

WINTER ANGEL

2009-12-07T07:43:00.005Z

I loved this Scrapkit so much I had to use it in this tutorial…..hope you all don’t mind.

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filters used:
VM Natural Sparkle
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation
EyeCandy 4000 - Gradient Glow

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Lorenzo Sperlonga if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from: www.cilm.com

The Scrap kit I used is called Winter Angels (FTU) and you can get it from: http://artmamasstudio.blogspot.com

The mask I used is WSL_Mask119 thanks Chelle and you can download it from her site http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Copy & Paste the Frame which is embellishment 02 – resize it by 50% and move it up a bit and to the left and using your Raster Deform tool turn the frame (see mine for reference) now with your magic wand click inside the frame then Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 then copy and paste a paper of choice into selection – Select none and drop the paper below the frame and drop shadow the frame.

Make the Frame layer active and click inside with your magic wand again and Selections – Modify and expand by 4 then copy and paste your tube move it around till you get it just how you want it then Selections – Invert and hit delete on your keyboard now make your tube active and Selections – Modify – Feather and change the number of pixels to 50 tap the delete button until you have the featherd effect you would like I tapped twice.

Now click on and make active your background layer and Copy and Paste a paper of your choice then Layers – Load /Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask119 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group I used the Raster Deform tool and stretched it a little on all sides, now Copy and Paste your main tube placing her to the right of the Frame

Add whatever Elements you want resizing it’s your choice I used Element 8 – snowy shrub and placed one in front of the frame and one behind my main tube Elements 39, 40, 41 (Feathers) rotating them slightly till I got them the way I wanted them behind the Frame, I also used Element 42 and resized it and placed it on both the tubes hair and with my eraser tool I removed stray bits of ribbon I copied and pasted Elements 30 & 32 placing them just above the mask.
Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Aquarelle using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1 with your Fill on white I also gave it a gradient glow with settings at : 3, 25, 100 and colour white
Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Animation
If you are using the same tube as me then go round the wings using the Freehand Selection tool then Duplicate it twice on the original one go to Effects – Plug ins – Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Constellation and with these settings 0.85, 50, 50, 25, 50, 75 rotation 45 and make sure keep original image is checked then okay now X out the original one in your layer palette and make active your first duplication and do the same again but click on the random button and okay and X out this one too in your layer palette now go to your second duplication and again do the same clicking the random button and X out this duplication in your layer palette Now un-X the original layer and go to Effects – VM Natural – Sparkle with these settings 54, 255, 255, 255 and okay X this layer out again and Un-X the first duplication and do the same but hit the random button X this layer out again and Un-X the second duplication and doing the same again hit the random button then X out this layer you might have to watch while using the Sparkle plugin to make sure you don’t get it on the tubes face lol now Selections – Select none, Un-X the original Layer and copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit – Paste as new Animation back in PSP X out the original layer and Un-X the first duplication and copy merged and take it to AS Edit – Paste after current frame back to PSP and X out the first duplication and Un – X the second duplication and copy merged and take it to AS and Edit – Paste after current frame, now Edit Select all then Animation – animation properties and check opaque and change the colour to white then Animation Frame properties and change the number to 25 – View your Animation and if happy then Save as a GifMany thanks for trying my tutorial and please leave a little luv if you enjoyed it.

Lyn

CHRISTMAS PRESENT

2009-11-21T14:20:00.008Z

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any
Animation Shop
Filter: VanDerLee – Snowflakes
Winter scene can be got from www.freeimages.co.uk

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Jessica Dougherty if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license from: www.cilm.com

The Scrap kit I used is called Winter Angels (FTU) and you can get it from: http://artmamasstudio.blogspot.com

The mask I used is Vix_Mask306 by Vix thanks Vix and you can download it from her site http://vixpsp.blogspot.com

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Copy & Paste the Frame which is embellishment 26 – resize it by 80% and move it up a bit now with your magic wand click in all the window panels then copy and paste your winter pic into selection – Select none and drop your image below the frame and drop shadow the frame.
Now click on and make active your background layer and add a new layer then floodfill with a colour from your tube and Layers – Load /Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for Vix_Mask 306 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group I used the Raster Deform tool and stretched it a little on all sides,
Make your Frame the active layer and copy and paste Element 08 (snowy shrub) moving it to the left of the frame and drop shadow

Add whatever Elements you want resizing it’s your choice I used Element 39,40,41 (Feathers) rotating them slightly till I got them the way I wanted them I then added the Stag ( element 27) and with my eraser tool I removed anything that was showing below the stags body, I then used Elements 45 and 46 (Doodles)colourizing one of them using a colour to match my tube rotating them 90% to the left and placed them just under the frame but above the winter scene I resized Element 30 and 32 (sparkles) to 500 x 500 and copied and pasted them over the winter scene but under the Frame and with the tube I used came the embellishment that I placed on the window and duplicated and mirrored it. Place each element where you think it looks best make it your own.
Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Christmas Trees using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1 with red
Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Make your winter image layer active and Effects – VanDerLee – Snowflakes with these settings: 100, 0, 10, 100, 0 – Basic Snow and okay then Copy Merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit - Paste as a New Image, * back in PSP click undo once and again VanDerLee – Snowflakes but this time slide the random button a little and okay then Copy Merged and take it to AS – Edit – Paste after the current frame, you can do this * as many times as you wish I did it 10 times to get what effect I wanted but it looks great if only done 3 / 4 times, once happy Edit – Select All then Animation – animation properties and check Opaque and change the colour to white and okay the Animation – Frame properties and change the number to 30.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial and please leave a little luv if you enjoyed it.

Lyn

FANGTASTIC

2009-10-22T11:24:00.002+01:00

Fangtastic

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Filter used – Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Electrify

A tube of choice I am using the lovely artwork of © Perfect Posers www.perfectposers.com

Scrap kit I used is by http://digicats.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebie and is (FTU) till Hallows Eve

The mask I used is WSL_Mask_254 by weescotlass Chelle …..thank you again Chelle and you can get it at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/

Drop shadow used throughout 3, 3, 50, 5 black

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 and floodfill white.

Open your supplies and minimise & put your Mask in your Mask folder

Copy & paste paper 19 and Image –Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disk and look for WSL_Mask254 and apply in your layer palette right click on group and Merge – Merge Group, drop the opacity to 80%

Copy and paste Shrouded Moon resize and place on the top left of your Tag and drop shadow, copy and paste Spooky Tree 03 resizing by 70% or as necessary and place to the left of the tag (see mine for reference) copy and paste Spooky Tree 04 again resizing and place to the right Copy & paste Leaves I duplicated them twice and flipped one layer space them out at the front, now copy and paste the Anibus resize at 70% and place to the right then copy and paste Coffin 1 resize @ 70% and place in front of the Anibus Copy and paste Tombstone 04 resize at 70% and again at 80% and place to the left of the Tag, copy and paste Skull Candle Black resizing by 50% and place in front of the coffin, copy and paste Screams Flair resizing by 50% twice hang it on a branch of the tree and using your eraser make it look as if it’s hanging from the tree, Copy and paste Blood Splatter 03 and resize by 50% place it where you think it looks good.

Now copy and paste your tube of choice I resized by 80%

Give all layers a drop shadow and Image resize all layers to 550 x 550

Add the artists copyright and add your name I used Liquidism and placed my name over the tombstone.

If you are happy with your Tag then save as a Jpeg and your done.

You don’t have to use all the elements I have you choose which ones you want to use and make it your own

If you wish to animate then carry on.

In PSP activate the tube layer in your layer palette and using your magic wand select each fingernail then Effects – Plug-ins - Xenofex2 – Electrify
And using these settings below :

10
85
40
60
60
100
make sure Radiate from centre is checked and okay

Selections – none Edit – Copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit – Paste as a new animation, back in PSP and click undo twice and do the same again but clicking the random button, Selections – none and Edit – Copy merged and take it to AS and Edit – paste after the current frame and for the third time do it all again and hit the random button and Selections – none and Edit – Copy merged and take it to AS and Edit paste – after the current frame.

Edit – Select all then Animation – Animation properties and click opaque and change the colour to white – click okay then Animation – Frame properties and change the Display time to 15, View your animation and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial and if you liked it please leave a few words in my chatbox I love to hear how you get on.

Hugs X Lyn

OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD

2009-10-06T18:39:00.005+01:00

Ooops Upside Your Head

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Filters: Eyecandy 4000 - HSB Noise

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Elias Chatzoudis if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com/

The Scrap kit I used is Burgundy Grunge by Terry from http://treasuresbyterry.blogspot.com/ …. thank you Terry

The Template I used is by Missy of http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com/thanks Missy, Missy_tagtemplate 200

The mask I used WSL_Mask 91 another fantastic mask from Chelle at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/ and you can get it

Put the mask in your mask folder

Open up Missy_tagtemplate 200 and shift D to duplicate it and close off the original, delete the copyright info and then click on the background layer – Image/Canvas size and change it to 700 x 700 and flood fill with white we can resize it later.

Add a new raster layer and Selections - select all and copy and paste into selection paper 1 from the scrapkit now find your mask and apply it then in your layers palette right click on the group layer and merge group.

Make Circle in your layer palette active and Selections – all, Selections – float, Selections – defloat and copy and paste a paper of your choice into Selection and Selections – none. Drop shadow

Do the same with the dotted circle, star, star background and Star frame
I chose paper 2 for circle paper 16 for the star, paper 9 for star background, paper 7 for the frame and paper 5 for the dotted circle. Drop shadow all

Copy and paste your tube placing it to the left of the Tag.
Drop shadow your tube.

I then typed out Oops Upside Your Head with the Aquarelle font and then typed my name I used Boulevard with a stroke of 1 for my nameand put it at the bottom of the Tag, drop shadow all. You can use whatever wording you like.

Resize your Tag to 500 x 500 and put the artists copyright info.

Open up Animation Shop.

In PSP copy merge your Tag and take it to AS Edit and paste as a new animation , back to Psp and click on the Star layer in your layer palette and duplicate it twice so you have 3 copies click on the first copy and Effects- Eyecandy 400 – HSB Noise and with the default settings click okay now click on the second copy and do the same again but this time click the random seed button and okay then click on the third copy and again hit the random seed button X out your 2nd and 3rd copies now click on the group layer and using your Raster deform tool turn the mask slightly to the right then copy merged and take it to AS and Edit paste after the current frame now back in PSP and X out your first copy of the star and un X the second copy click on your group layer and again with your raster deform tool turn the mask slightly again then copy merged and take it to AS do the same again this time X out the 1st and 2nd copies and un X the third copy using the raster deform tool again turn the mask slightly to the right and copy merged into AS you should now have 4 frames – Edit – Select all then Animation – Animation properties click on opaque and change the colour to white and okay.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you again to everyone who tries my tutorial please leave a few words in my Cbox to let me know what you think.

Lyn X

JUST FOR YOU

2009-10-04T07:29:00.004+01:00

Just For You

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Filter used – Alien Skin – Eye Candy 5 – Textures - Diamond Plate

A tube of choice I am using the FANTASTIC!!! artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com

The Scrap kit I used is by Mar at http://scrappingmar.blogspot.com…. thank you Mar and is called Just For You (FTU)

The mask I used is WSL_Mask192 by weescotlass Chelle …..thank you again Chelle and you can get it at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/
I have also added a bow that I had but you will have to supply your own I’m sure you have many to choose from

Drop shadow used throughout 3, 3, 50, 5 black

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 and floodfill white.

Open your supplies and minimise & put your Mask in your Mask folder

Copy & paste Freebie 1 paper and Image –Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disk and look for WSL_Mask192 and apply in your layer palette right click on group and Merge – Merge Group you might have to stretch the mask a bit using the Raster Defom Tool to get it to show under the Frame (see mine for reference)

Copy and paste Freebie 35 ribbon frame resizing I resized by 20% make sure your frame layer is active and using your magic wand click inside the frame then Selections – Modify – Expand by 3 and copy and paste Freebie 6 paper then Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard, Selections – None - drop the paper layer below the frame and making the frame layer active add a drop shadow.

Copy and paste your tube and place it over your frame – Duplicate the tube and drop the duplicated tube layer below the frame and on the original using your eraser - erase away all bits of your tube that overlap the frame.

Now comes the good bit start adding any elements you like resizing them by 20% and place them where you think they look good, I added Freebie 13, Freebie 16, Freebie 23, and I added Freebie 11 just under the frame to the left using the Raster deform tool to turn it round till I got it to where I wanted it.

Add a drop shadow to all layers except the mask layer.

Image – Resize to 550 x 550 smart size.

Add the artists copyright and then add your Name I used Aquarelle Font with a stroke of 1 and watermark.

If you are happy with your Tag as it is you can now save it as a Jpeg and your done, if you wish to animate it then carry on below.

ANIMATION

Click on the mask layer in your layer palette and Effects – Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 – Textures / Diamond Plate - with these settings :
16
3.25
65
35
60
0
75
Texture Orientation 45

Click Okay and then copy merged and take it to animation shop – Edit and paste as a new animation – * back in PSP and click undo then Effects Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5 – Textures / Diamond Plate –and with the same settings hit the random button once and apply and copy merged and in AS – Edit and paste after current frame do the same again from *

Once you have the 3 frames in AS then Click on Animation – then Animation Properties make sure Opaque is checked and change the colour to white and apply then Animation – Frame properties and change it to 15.

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial and if you enjoyed it please leave me a thanks in my Cbox.

Lyn

TRICK OR TREAT

2009-09-22T16:23:00.003+01:00

SHOW ME HEAVEN

2009-09-21T07:57:00.003+01:00

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

This is a quickie !!!

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9) but should work on any

Tube of choice I am using the Fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from: www.mypsptubes.com

The Scrap kit I used is called Whispers in the Wind (FTU) and you can get it from: http://myjuicybits.blogspot.com

The mask I used is WSL_Mask198 by Chelle thanks again Chelle and you can download it from: http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Add a new raster layer and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used paper 21 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask198 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group I used the Raster Deform tool and stretched it a little on all sides.

Copy and paste the Glitter 01 and drop shadow place it to the right of the Tag and do the same with Bubbles04 then resize and copy and paste Frame 04.

Click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections – Modify and Expand by 2 then copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 02 – Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard then drop the paper layer below the frame and drop shadow your frame.

Now add your tube (I cropped the tube then increased the size to fit inside the frame and then used my eraser tool to remove any overhang at the bottom and side of the frame I also reduced the Opacity to 60% and applied Luminance Legacy I then copied and pasted the tube again increasing the size and mirrored it (see mine for reference)

Add whatever Elements you want resizing it’s your choice I used Blossom 01, Bow01, Butterfly 04 and Butterfly 07. Place each element where you think it looks best make it your own.

Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Aquarelle using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1 with white

Save as a Jpeg and your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial and please leave a little luv if you enjoyed it.

Lyn

DIAMOND BLUE

2009-08-26T13:19:00.006+01:00

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Filters:

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Brushed Metal
VM - Natural - Sparkle

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from www.mypsptubes.com

The Scrap kit I used is called Diamond Blue (FTU) by Doris of Scrap Dimensions, thank you Doris …. And you can get it from http://scrapsdimensions-dorisnilsa.blogspot.com/
The mask I used is WSL_Mask86 by Chelle thanks again Chelle http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Add a new raster layer and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used paper 06 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask86 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group I used the Raster Deform tool and stretched it a little on all sides.

Copy and paste the Glitter petals2 and dropshadow place it to the right of the Tag duplicate it and image – mirror then merge down so both layers of the Glitter petals are on 1 layer (see mine for reference) then resize and copy and paste Frame 2.

Click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections – Modify and Expand by 5 then copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 9 – Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard then drop the paper layer below the frame and drop shadow your frame.

Now add your tube (I cropped the top of the tube then increased the size to fit inside the frame and then used my eraser tool remove any overhanging at the bottom of the frame

Add whatever Elements you want it’s your choice I used Bow 1, Candles, Embellishment 3, Key, Leaves, Ring, Rose 2,Rose 3, Rose 4, Shoe, String of Roses, Tulip 1 and Tulip 2 for the key I used Embellishemt 4 and erased the diamond and the chain and attached the key to the bow resizing as necessary.
Place each element where you think it looks best make it your own.

Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add the artists copyright and your watermark then add your name I used the Font Boulevard using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1 with a gold colour

You can save as a Jpeg now if you don’t want to animate if you wish to animate carry on below

ANIMATION

Click on the Glitter Petals layer in your palette and Effects – EyeCandy 5 – Brushed Metal with the settings below:

Settings: Hand Brushed Metal

Basic:
Hand Brushed
Direction – 0
Highlight Sharpness – 50
Grain Contrast – 40
Grain Length – 23.62
Brush Size – 118.11
Brush Density – 60
Brush Variation – 45

I also used the freehand selection tool and outlined the hearts on Embellishment 3 and used VM – Natural – Sparkle with settings:

Size – 20
Red – 200
Green – 175
Blue – 160
RND Colour on/off: 255
Random Seed: 100

I then made the ring layer active and did the same with VM – Natural – Sparkle with the same settings

Now copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and Paste as a new animation – back in PSP undo everything you did with the effects and do the same again keeping all the same settings but clicking the random button in each effect and in the VM – Natural – Sparkle slide the Random seed button to 120 – Copy merged and in AS paste after the current frame and back to PSP and undo it all again and then redo clicking on the random button again and with the sparkle slide the random seed button to 140.

You should now have three frames in AS click on the first frame and Edit – Select all and click on Animation – animation properties and click on Opaque and change the colour to white click on View to view your animation and if happy Save as a Gif and your done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and if you have a go please leave a little luv it’s nice to know if you enjoy it

Many thanks for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

MY NEW LAYOUT

2009-08-21T16:06:00.002+01:00

Hope you all like my new layout it was made by Catarific of www.catarificspaintshoppro.blogspot.com the only problem I am having is that it cuts off the Tags posted from Photoshop and I don't know how to get round it, It posts okay when I post an image direct from my PC but then the animations don't show, any how I will work on it and see if I can sort it out and if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this please give me a shout or email me and let me know.

I also just wanted to say thanks to all of you who have had a go at my tutorials and I know I have been a bit slow at posting new ones lately but our business relies on tourism and it has been booming over the summer holidays so I haven't had much time for anything but hopefully it will quieten down soon and I can get back to doing what I love best PSP YAAAAAAA!!!! lol

Anyway leave a little luv if you try my Tuts I like to know I am not putting a lot of hard work in for nothing lol

Keep Tutting away lol and I promise I will be posting a new Tut soon.

Lyn X

SWEET AS CANDY

2009-08-12T12:19:00.008+01:00

SWEET AS CANDY

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

It would be nice if you let me know you have tried my tutorials I love to see what you do with them, send me a copy and I will add them to my slide show.

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from www.mypsptubes.com

The Scrap kit I used is by Monica of Simply Sensational Scraps…. thank you Monica and is called Antique Beauty (FTU) and you can get it http://simplysensationalscraps.blogspot.com

The mask I used is WSL_Mask116 by Chelle thanks again Chelle http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com thanks again Chelle

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Add a new raster layer and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used paper 06 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask116 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group.

Copy and paste the flowerswirl1 and dropshadow place it to the top right of the Tag duplicate it 3 times so you have 4 and place them at the 4 corners of the Tag (see mine for reference) then copy and paste sunflower 1 and again duplicate it 7 times so you have 8 and place then in a square overlapping each other now copy and paste Frame 5 on top of the sunflowers.

Click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections – Modify and Expand by 5 then copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 18 – Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard then drop the paper layer below the frame.

Now add your tube I resized by 150% and using your eraser tool remove any overhanging at the bottom of the frame

Add whatever Elements you want it’s your choice I used Blossom 1 & 2 resizing the second one slightly, Beads 3, lilies 1 and bow 1, Brad1 resizing as necessary I also added a couple of butterflies.
Place each element where you think it looks best, make it your own.

Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add your copyright and watermark then add your name I used the Font Aquarelle using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1

You can save as a Jpeg now if you don’t want to animate if you wish to animate carry on below

ANIMATION

Click on the Mask layer and Adjust – Add / Remove Noise – guassian checked and set the the percentage to 25% click okay then copy merged and take it to Animation Shop – Edit and paste as a new animation – Back in PSP and click undo once then do the same again but change the percentage to 30% take it to AS and paste after the current frame – back in PSP click undo once and add noise again changing the percentage to 35%.

In AS click on Animation – animation properties and Opaque checked and change the colour to white click okay then View your animation and if happy save as a Gif. And your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

I WANT YOU

2009-07-08T11:34:00.008+01:00

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop
Filter Xenofex 2 – Constellation

Font I used : Al Sandra

Drop shadow used throughout is 5, 5, 50, 5

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Jennifer Janesko if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license at CILM HERE

The Template No.: 50 is from Simone at http://www.sophisticatsimonepsptutorials.comHERE

Masks from weescotslass Chelle http://www.weescotlasscreations.blogspot.com – WSL_Mask 167 & 187, thanks again Chelle you can get them HERE

Scrapkit is called Masquerade and you can get it from http://myjuicybits.blogspot.com HERE

Put your masks in your mask folder.

Open your template and delete the copyright layer, click on the background layer and Image – Canvas size and increase it to 700 x700 and flood fill white (we can resize later)

Click on the paper layer in your layer palette Selections – Select all – Selection – Float – Selection – Defloat, copy and paste a paper of your choice (I used paper 5)
Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard, now delete the original paper layer.

Do the same with Layers : 3 strips, Rectangle, Oval, Bow Ribbon & Stitch using papers of your choice (I used Paper 18, Paper 17, Paper 21, Paper 14 and Paper 7 respectively)

Now make your oval layer active and Selections – Select all – Selection – Float – Selection – Defloat and add your tube resizing if necessary then Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard

Make your white background layer active and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 6 and *Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disc and look for WSL_Mask 167 and apply then right click on Group layer in your layer palette and merge group* Then copy and paste paper of your choice again I used Paper 5 and do the same from * to * but using WSL_Mask 187 you might have to stretch both Mask Layers using your Raster Deform Tool and I rotated WSL_Mask 187 left by 45%

Now add whatever Elements you like I used Flowers 1, 2 and 3 resizing them by 50% and I used Bows 5 & 7 placing them one on top of each other.

Make the top Group Layer active and copy and paste the Enamel Splatter 01 resizing by 50% and place it at top right of your Tag then copy and paste Enamel Splatter 02 again resizing by 50% and place it left bottom I flipped Enamel Splatter 02 for the effect I wanted but it’s your choice.

I also added the diamond ( which I had in my supplies, I’m sure you have it too) to the centre of the flowers again it’s your choice.

Now resize to 550 x 550 and add the artists copyright and your watermark.

If you have added the diamonds then right click on the top one and merge down and do it again so you have the diamonds on the one layer now X out that layer click on one of the other layers and Merge Visible – Un X the diamond layer.

Add your name using one of the papers in your background and the foreground on black with a stroke of 1 solid line.

If you are happy with your Tag and don’t wish to animate then Merge all and save as a Jpeg.

Animation

Click on your diamond layer and Effects – Xenofex2 – Constellation and use these settings 1.98, 50, 50, 25, 50, 75 and make sure Keep Original Image is checked now copy merged and take it to AS and Edit – Paste as a new animation, * back in PSP click undo and apply the filter again but click on the random button and copy merged and in AS Edit – Paste – Paste after current frame *, do the same again from * to * then Animation – Animation Properties and make sure opaque is checked and change the colour to white click ok

View your animation and if happy Save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial and if you liked it give me a shout in my Cbox.

Lyn

DREAM LOVER

2009-06-28T09:37:00.002+01:00

DREAM LOVER

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Filter used – Alien Skin – Xenofex 2

2 Tubes of choice from the same artist I am using the FANTASTIC!!! artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by Vaybs of Designs By Vaybs…. thank you Vaybs and is called Roses (FTU) and you can get it HERE

The Template I used Missy_tagtemplate129 is by Missy of devineintentionz.blogspot.com and you get it HERE
The mask I used is WSL_Mask181 by weescotlass Chelle …..thank you again Chelle and you can get it HERE

My Supplies HERE

Drop shadow used throughout 3, 3, 50, 5 black

Okay lets get started

Open Tagtemplate 129 and Shift D to copy it and close the original, now click on the background layer and Image – Canvas size 700 x 700 and floodfill white. Delete the Watermark layer.

Open your supplies and minimise & put your Mask in your Mask folder

Click on the square layer in your layer palette and Selections – Select all – Selections – Float – Selections Defloat and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 3 from the kit, Selections – invert and hit the delete key on your keyboard, Delete the original Selections – None now do the same with Rectangle & Dotted Line.

Click on the Circle 1 and Selections – Select all – Layers – add a new raster layer and in your material palette click on the pattern tab and look for the glitter you would like to use and fill the circle with the Glitter Pattern, Selections – None & Delete the original layer do the same with Circle 2.

Click on the Wordart layer in your layer palette and Selections – Select all – Selections – Float – Selections – Defloat – Add a new raster layer and floodfill with a colour from the tube you are going to use then delete the original layer.

Right click on the top circle layer and – Merge down so your 2 circles are on one layer.

In your layer palette make the rectangle layer active and add your tube as a new layer resizing if necessary then click on your top layer and add your second tube again resizing if necessary.

Copy and paste the heartline from the kit and place it to the left of your Tag and I resized by 80% then – duplicate and mirror image.

Make the background layer active and floodfill with the same colour you used for the wordart and Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and look for Chelles Mask 181 and apply then in your layer palette right click on the Group layer and Merge Group

Add a dropshadow to all layers except the mask layer

Image – Resize to 550 x 550 smart size.

Add the artists copyright and then add your Name if using the same tube I used I placed my name as if the tube was resting on top of it.

If you are happy with your Tag as it is you can now save it as a Jpeg and your done, if you wish to animate it then carry on below.

ANIMATION

Click on the circles layer in your layer palette and Effects – Xenofex 2 – Constellation with these settings :
1.98
50
50
25
50
75
Keep Original Image – checked and apply then copy merged and take it to animation shop – Edit and paste as a new animation – * back in PSP and click undo then Effects – Xenofex 2 – Constellation and with the same settings hit the random button once and apply and copy merged and in AS – Edit and paste after current frame do the same again from *

View your Tag and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial and if you enjoyed it please leave me a thanks in my Cbox.

Lyn

CHIANTI

2009-06-20T08:16:00.007+01:00

CHIANTI

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the exceptionally beautiful artwork of Jennifer Janesko if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license at CILM HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by Aiya of Juicy Bits…. thank you Aiya and is called Chianti (FTU) and you can get it HERE

The mask I used is WSL_Mask59 by weescotlass Chelle …..thank you again Chelle and you can get it HERE

The sunrise pic is one I took so use one that you have

Drop shadow used throughout 3, 3, 50, 5 black

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 ….we can resize later

Copy and paste Paper 01 from the kit and apply WSL_Mask59 right click on the group layer in your layers palette and merge group.

Copy and paste Frame 01 now click inside the frame with your magic wand then Selections – modify and expand by 4 now copy and paste a paper of your choice then Selections – Invert and hit delete on your keyboard, drop the paper layer below the frame layer and drop shadow the frame.

Make the Frame layer active and again click inside it with your magic wand add a new raster layer and copy and paste the sunrise pic into the selection and drop the pic layer below the frame layer but above the paper layer.

Add your tube, resizing if you have to and drop shadow and place it to the right hand side of the frame now add whatever elements you would like or use the ones I used (see mine for reference) I used Blossom 1 and 2, Feather Cluster, Flower 04 & 05, and Glass 1, I also copied and pasted above the group layer the Doodle 1 and the Dot Splatter and placed them so they show around the frame, drop shadow them all, I also resized the garter 1 and placed it on the tubes leg.

Image – resize to 550 x 550 making sure all layers is checked and use smartsize.

Add the artists copyright and watermark and add your name I used the font Al Sandra size 48 and added a stroke of 1 in white.

You can x out the white background layer for posting on forums etc then merge all layers visible and save as a Jpeg and your done.

Many thanks for taking the time to try this Tutorial

Lyn

TEQUILA SUNRISE

2009-06-19T12:04:00.003+01:00

TEQUILA SUNRISE

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Sonia Roji if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license at http://www.mypsptubes.com HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by Aiya of Juicy Bits…. thank you Aiya and is called Tequila Sunrise (FTU) and you can get it HERE

The mask I used Vix_mask 363 and you can get it http://www.freewebs.com HERE

You will also need a Diamond Circular Frame to add which I'm sure you will all have in your own supplies somewhere, I cannot supply as I had it is in another scrapkit I have sorry

Okay lets get started

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Add a new raster layer and copy and paste a paper of your choice I used paper 03 then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for Vix_Mask 363 and apply – right click on the group layer in your layer palette and merge group.

Copy and paste the Glitter Doodle then copy and paste Frame 1 on top of Frame 1 I added the 2 diamond Frames using the raster deform tool to line them up the way I wanted them – merge Frame 1 and the 2 diamond frames together.

Click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 then copy and paste a paper of your choice I used Paper 07 – Selections – invert and hit delete on your keboard then drop the paper layer below the frame.

Add whatever Elements you wantto the left of the Frame it’s your choice I used Blossom 1 & 2 resizing the second one slightly, Flowers 2 & 4 and the leaves – I then added Bow 1 to the right of the Frame resizing all elements as necessary.

Add your tube and place her as if she is sitting in the Frame but over the Flowers.

Give each layer a drop shadow 3, 3, 50, 5

Image – Resize – All Layers checked 500 x 500 Smart size

Add artists copyright and watermark then add your name I used the Font Cherish using a colour to match the kit and giving it a Stroke of 1

You can save as a Jpeg now if you don’t want to animate if you wish to animate carry on below

ANIMATION

Click on the frame layer and Adjust – Add / Remove Noise – guassian checked and set the the percentage to 25% click okay now click on the Glitter Doodle in your layer palette and add noise again at the same settings the copy merged and take it to Animation Shop – Edit and paste as a new animation – Back in PSP and click undo 3 times then do the same again on your Frame layer and the Glitter Doodle layer but change the percentage to 30% take it to AS and paste after the current frame – back in PSP click undo 3 times and add noise again to both layers changing the percentage to 35%.

In AS click on Animation – animation properties and Opaque checked and change the colour to white click okay then View your animation and if happy save as a Gif. And your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

APHRODITE

2009-06-14T07:55:00.006+01:00

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Jennifer Janesko if you wish to use her artwork then you MUST purchase a license at CILM HERE

Mask is another great one from weescotslass Chelle – WSL_Mask 59, thanks again Chelle you can get it http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com HERE

Scrapkit is called Aphrodite and you can get it at http://myjuicbits.blogspot.com HERE

Put your mask in your mask folder

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later, flood fill with white add a new layer and flood fill with the same colour as your frame – f7d3bb and layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk and look for WSL_Mask 59 in the drop down menu and apply You might need to stretch it a bit using your Raster deform tool

Copy and paste as a new layer the frame 2 and click inside it with your magic wand Selections – modify and expand by 4 pick a paper from the scrapkit and resize it to500 x 500 add a new layer and paste the paper into the selection Selections – none
Drop the paper layer under your frame and drop shadow the frame 3, 3, 50, 5

Resize Flower 4, 5 and 6 by 70% and place them under your frame to the right but above the mask (see mine for reference) merge all 3 flowers together and duplicate on the original Adjust – Blur – Guassian and set the radius to 20 on the top layer drop shadow with the same settings as before.

Copy and paste the paint splash and place it to the left again under the frame but above the Mask.

Now add your tube place her where you think she looks best and drop shadow.

Add whatever elements you would like resizing and placing them on the left above the frame and give them a drop shadow I used Blossom 1 and 2, Blossom 5, Bow 5, Flower 9 and 11

Resize all layers to 500 x 500 and then add artists copyright and your watermark.

Add your name I used Boulevard font on size 70 with a number 1 stroke and stretched it a bit pick colours to match your image and drop shadow.
If you are not going to animate then Layers – Merge all and flatten and save as a Jpeg

If you have used the same or similar tube and would like to animate then carry on.

Make your tube the active layer and using your Freehand Selection tool carefully select which part you want to animate
You might have to zoom in to do this I closed off some elements to make sure I could see all that had to be selected.

Once you have selected Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add noise – Guassian set to 25% and monochrome checked click ok and Selections none, copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new animation, back in psp click undo twice and do the same as above but change it to 30% Selections – none and copy merged edit and paste in AS after the current frame back in PSP and again click undo twice and change the noise to 35% and copy merged and in AS Edit and paste after the current frame.

You now have 3 frames go to Edit – Select all then Animation – animation properties – check Opaque and change the colour to white and click okay.

View your animation and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial I hope you enjoyed it and give me a shout in my cbox and let me know how you got on.

2009-06-10T09:50:00.005+01:00

SUMMER NIGHTS

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Dean Yeagle if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from CILM HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by "Rebecca's Scrapping Silliness" …. thank you Rebecca and is called Summer Evening (FTU) and you can get it HERE

The Template I used is by Missy, thanks Missy, Missy_tagtemplate 138
HERE

The mask I used WSL_Mask 154 and you can get it HERE

Supplies: HERE

Put the mask in your mask folder

Open up Missy_tagtemplate138 and shift D to duplicate it and close off the original, delete the top two layers (copyright info and the brackets layer) and then click on the background layer – Image/Canvas size and change it to 700 x 700 and flood fill with white we can resize it later.

Add a new raster layer and Selections - select all and copy and paste into selection paper 1 from the scrapkit now find your mask and apply it then in your layers palette right click on the group layer and merge group then drop the opacity to 50%, Selections – none. Drop shadow

Make square 1 in your layer palette active and Selections – all, Selections – float, Selections – defloat and copy and paste a paper of your choice into Selection and Selections – none. Drop shadow

Do the same with square2 and your cicles and with the wordart SWEET
I chose paper 3 for square 2, paper 1 for the circles and paper 5 for the wordart but please make your own choice. Drop shadow all

Copy and paste the leaf border resizing it 10% and place on the left of the yellow square drop shadow it and duplicate it and Image – mirror.

Click on the group layer and resize 25% and copy and paste ribbon 5 and drop shadow.

Copy and paste and resize whatever elements you wish to use from the kit I used Popflower 1, Flower 1 and Flower 3, Butterfly 1 and 3 drop shadow them all.

Copy and paste your tube placing it below the circles layer and using your eraser remove any of the tube that is showing below the circles. Drop shadow your tube.

I then typed out Summer with the Chopin font and then typed out Nights with chilli’s pepper font and I used Boulevard for my name at the top of the Tag, drop shadow all. You can use whatever wording you like.

Resize your Tag to 500 x 500 and put your copyright info.

Open up Animation Shop.

In PSP copy merged your Tag and take it to AS Edit and paste as a new animation, duplicate it till you have 20 frames.

Open up your 01fairybetterfly Gif and click on the first frame then Edit – Select all – Edit – Copy

Click on the first frame of your tag and Edit – Select all and paste into selected frame place it where you think it looks best you can Edit and paste into selected frame as many times as you like I did it three times. View your animation and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial and if there is anything I can help with give me a shout.

Lyn

2009-06-05T10:12:00.006+01:00

THE DENIM BLUES

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

2 Tubes of choice from the same artist I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from http://www.mypsptubes.com HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by "Rebecca's Scrapping Silliness" …. thank you Rebecca and is called Denimetal, unfortunately Rebecca has now made this Scrapkit (PTU) sorry but this was out of my control if you would still like to use it it can be purchased at http://mylifeandscrap.com HERE

The mask I used WSL_Mask 84 and you can get it at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com HERE

Fonts used: Blobfont for the name and Angular for the circle

Open a new image 700 x 700 (we can resize later) flood fill white

Copy and paste a paper of choice and apply WSL_Mask84 in layer palette right click and merge group resize, copy and paste Funky Star 1 from the kit then resize and copy and paste funky star 2 free rotate this a bit so funky star 1 is showing drop shadow both with 3,3,50,5 copy and paste chain frame and using your raster deform tool bring it in to sit on top of the metal circle bit on the frame (see mine for reference) and drop shadow.

Using your magic wand click inside the metal circle and Selections – modify and expand by 4 copy and paste a paper of your choice then Selections – invert and hit delete on your keyboard, drop the paper below the circle Selections – None.

Do the same with the tube you are using and drop the opacity to 60 and then do the same with the chicken wire but leave the opacity at 100.

Copy Ribbon2 resizing it and paste it under the Funky star1 and Funky star2 but above your mask layer and move it up to the top left drop shadow as above and duplicate it then image flip and image mirror place it so you just see the edges of it (see mine) then resize Doodle2 and copy and paste it placing it to the right and up a bit drop shadow and duplicate then image flip and image mirror.

Click on your top layer in your layer palette then copy and paste your main tube and place her to the right and drop shadow.

Copy and paste the Tag resizing it and mirroring it and place it over the doodle
And erase parts so it looks as though it’s looped over it.

Copy and paste whatever elements of your choice I used Butterfly 1 and Flower 2 ( resizing as necessary) and adding the same drop shadow.
Using your Elipse tool set at circle foreground colour set to white and background set to any colour as we will be deleting this later draw out a cicle so it covers all your tag then Objects – align – Centre in Canvas then click on your text tool now hover over the edge of the cicle till you get the “A” with a curve and type whatever you want I typed “ I GOT THE DENIM BLUES” and use the kerning to adjust your type when happy in your layer palette click on the little plus sign to the left of the vector layer and it will open up and you will see 2 layers under the vector 1 layer one is the wording you have just typed and one is the circle you want to close off the circle so it doesn’t show so click on the eye next to that layer and it will disappear then click on the minus sign that is now to the left of the vector layer and it will close off the other layers leaving you with the circle of words you typed.
You can resize now I use 500 x 500

Add your name to the Tag and add artists copyright and watermark.

Now click on the mask layer in your layer palette and Adjust – Add / Remove noise Guassian, Monochrome checked and set to 35% and okay and copy merged into AS and Edit paste as a new animation, back in PSP and click undo then Add noise and set the % to 40 and copy merged into AS and Edit paste after current frame and again back in PSP and click undo then Add noise and change the % to 45% and copy merged take it to AS and Edit paste after current frame – Edit – Select all and Animation – animation properties and set it to opaque – white and click okay.

View your animation and if happy save as a GIF. And your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

Lyn

ALL THAT GLITTERS

2009-05-28T11:29:00.007+01:00

ALL THAT GLITTERS

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the FANTASTIC artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from MPT

The Scrap kit I used is by Yvette …. Thanks Yvette….at misfits scrapz and is called Bling A Ling(FTU) and you can get it HERE

The mask I used WSL_Mask 181 and you can get it HERE

Filters used:
Eye Candy 5 – impact – brushed metal

Unzip your supplies and put the mask into your mask folder

Drop shadow used throughout 5, 5, 50, 5

Open a new image 700 x 700 we can resize later flood fill white
Copy and paste paper 4 from the kit or a paper of your choice
Layers – Load/save mask – Load mask from disk and look for the mask WSL_Mask 181 in the drop down menu and apply in your layer palette right click on the group layer and merge group.

Copy and paste the BlingALing Frame 3 and click inside it with your magic wand then Selections – Modify and Expand by 4 and copy and paste paper 1 then Selections – Invert and hit delete on your keyboard – Selections – None, move the paper layer under the frame and rename this layer Back in your layer palette and drop shadow the frame.

Copy and paste your tube and Duplicate it now move the duplicated one below your frame layer and then click on the top tube layer and using your eraser delete the parts overlapping the frame add a drop shadow to the tube below the frame.

Add and resize ( I resized by 50%) any elements of your choice or (see mine for reference) adding a drop shadow to them all, I added the glitter doodle and placed it top right under the frame duplicated it then mirror and flip and I did the same with the BlingALing tiedstring 1 placing it top left and mirror and flip I then merged the 2 glitter doodles together and renamed this layer glitter doodle in the layer palette.
Image resize to 500 x 500 using smartsize and with resize all layers checked then type out your name in a scripty font of your choice and add the artists copyright and watermark.

If you are happy with your Tag as it is now then save as a Jpeg and your done……… if you would like to animate your Tag then carry on below.

If like me you added the flowers with the diamonds then merge them down together and rename the layer flowers.

Now you have 4 layers named :

Flowers
Frame
Back
Glitter Doodle

Make your flower layer active in the layer palette and with your magic wand and the shift key held down slect the diamond on the flowers back to your layer palette click on Frame and still holding your shift key down select the diamonds on the frame, click on your glitter doodle layer and go to Adjust – Add/Remove Noise with guassian and monochrome checked and noise set to 25% click ok then click on the frame layer and do the same again and again on the flower layer then Selections None.

Click on the Layer Back in your layer palette and Effects – Plugins – Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact – Brushed Metal Settings – Basic Tab as below:

Hand Brushed – checked
Direction – O
Metal Colour – silver grey
50, 40, 23.62, 118.11, 60, 45

and okay then copy merged and take it to animation shop and Edit – paste as a new animation then ** back in PSP undo all that you have done on the Flowers, Frame and Glitter doodle and the Back but Keep selected and Image Add/Remove noise again but change the noise to 30% and do it all over again to each layer and when it comes to the BACK leave all settings as they are and just click the random button and copy merged and take it to animation shop and Edit – paste after current frame and do the same again from ** right in animation shop click on animation – animation properties and with opaque checked and change the colour to white and okay View your Tag and if happy save as a GIF and your done.

2009-05-27T07:51:00.001+01:00

Unfortunately for some strange reason Photobucket decided that My Beautiful Tag violated their terms of use so I have had to post the Tag straight from my PC so there is no animation showing here.

Lyn X

BEAUTIFUL

2009-05-26T16:05:00.007+01:00

BEAUTIFUL

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Jennifer Janesko if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license at CILM HERE

The Scrap kit I used is by Jessica at Scraps By Jessica …. thank you Jessica and is called Moments Like This (FTU) and you can get it HERE

The first mask I used WSL_Mask 181 and you can get it athttp://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com HERE
The second mask I used Vix_Mask 02 and you can get it at http://www.freewebs.com HERE

Filters used:
Eye Candy 5 – impact – brushed metal

Unzip your supplies and put the masks into your mask folder

Open a new Image 700 x 700 and flood fill white
Copy and paste paper 9 from the kit (or choose your own)
Then Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disk and look
WSL_Mask 181, fit to layer, source luminance, fit to layer all checked
Invert transparency unchecked and okay, right click the group layer in your layer palette and merge group and then do the same again with the Vix_Mask 02 after merging the Vix Mask group use your Raster Deform Tool to stretch it (see mine for reference)

Copy and paste Goldframe_1 resizing it by 80% click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections- modify and expand by 4 then copy and paste a paper of your choice (I chose paper 7) then Selections - invert and hit delete on your keyboard and drop the paper layer under the frame layer, Selections – none and give your frame a drop shadow of your choice

Copy and paste your tube (I chose a sitting tube and placed her sitting on the edge of the frame) but you could use a tube from the waist and erase any parts that overlap the frame.

Add and resize any elements of your choice (see mine for reference) I also added the floweronstiches below the paper & frame but above the 2 masks.

Add artists copyright and watermark then add your name I used font Bluenote.

If you are happy with your Tag and don’t wish to animate then Layers and merge & flatten and save as a Jpeg and your done if you would like to animate your Tag then carry on below.

Animation

Click on the paper behind the frame and Effects – plugins – Alien Eye Candy 5 Impact – Brushed Metal with the settings below

Hand Brushed
Direction – 0
Metal Colour – same colour as your paper behind the frame
50
40
23.62
118.11
60
45
and okay, copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new animation
back in PSP and click undo once and apply the filter again but click the random button once and again copy merged and edit & paste into AS after the current frame, do the same again remembering to click the random button again and paste after the current frame.

Edit, select all then Animation, animation properties, click opaque and colour white and okay then frame properties and change the display time to 15, view your animation and if happy save as a GIF and your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial.

2009-05-16T17:39:00.005+01:00

PROVOCATIVE

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from MPT

The Scrap kit I used is by Missy… at http://misfitsscrapz.blogspot.com. thank you Missy and is called Glitter My Fancy (FTU) and you can get it HERE

Template 192 I used is also by Missy of http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com…thank you again and you can get it HERE

Mask_363 is by Vix at http://www.freewebs.com and you can get it HERE

Open all the supplies and put the mask in your mask folder.

Open Missy’s template 192 and shift D to copy and close the original
Delete the info layer in your layer palette and the click on the background layer then image – canvas size 800 x 800 ( we can resize later) still on the background layer flood fill the extra bit with white.

Click on Raster 1 in your layer palette and Selections – Select all, Selections – Float, Selections Defloat, copy and paste a paper of your choice (I used paper 10) from the kit as a new layer then Selections – invert and hit your delete button on your keyboard, Selections – none and add a drop shadow of 3, 3, 50, 5 and delete the original
Do the same with all the other layers and then for the word art open the glitter and minimize it and then look for it in your patterns in the material palette and with your magic wand click on each letter holding down the shift button and then flood fill with the glitter then add drop shadow.

Open the tube you are using and copy and paste it as a new layer (resizing if necessary) and place it in the center of your image, add any embellishments you like or see my Tag as reference. resizing and giving everything a drop shadow
Now click on the background in your layer palette and copy and paste a paper of your choice then Layer – Load/Save mask from disk and look for the mask in the drop down menu making sure Source luminance, Fit to Layer and Hide all Mask is checked, invert mask is unchecked and click okay, right click on Group in your layer palette and Merge Group now do the same again using a different colour paper and then Image rotate – free rotate 45% right and Merge Group.

Look for the glitter doodle 3 in the kit and copy and paste it, placing it at the top and then duplicate it and Image flip then Image mirror moving them slightly so they are to your liking.

Click on the top glitter doodle in your layer palette and merge down and again merge down to the mask and again to the first mask so they are all on one layer and rename the merged layer “ Doodles” also if you have used the key chains like I have then merge the two together and rename the layer key chain.

Resize all layers to 500 x 500 then add artists copyright and name * and if you are happy with your Tag and don’t want to animate it then merge all layers and save as a jpeg and your done.

If you prefer to animate then lets carry on from *

Click on the Doodles layer in your layer palette and go to Adjust – add/remove noise – add noise, Guassian and monochrome checked and Noise at 25% and okay, you can also do the same with your key chain layer now, then copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and paste as a new animation, back to PSP and click undo three times and do it all again but this time set the percentage to 30% and again take it to Animation Shop and paste after the current frame and again back in PSP click undo three times and do it one more time changing the percentage to 35% and copy merged and paste it after the current frame in animation shop.

View your animation and if happy with it then save as a Gif and your done!

Thank you for having a go at my tutorial.

Hugs

Lyn

SUMMER

2009-04-23T13:25:00.008+01:00

This tutorial was written and designed by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Tube of your choice I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey to use his work you must purchase a license from http://mypsptubes.com HERE

Unfortunately I cannot share my supplies so you will need to supply the ones listed below

Supplies needed:

Mask, Beaded word art, Butterfly, Flower, Flower Doodle & Mask
Template from 195 from missy of http://divineintentionz.blogspot.com HERE

Font used Cecily

Okay lets get started!

Unzip all the supplies in PSP and minimise

Open the template in PSP, shift D to copy and close off the original- delete the copyright layer and click on the background layer in your layers palette then image – canvas size and change to 700 x 700 still on your background layer flood fill with white, still on your background layer add a new raster layer and floodfill with a colour from your tube then Layers – new mask from image and look for UFMask2 with source luminance and invert mask checked – apply then in your layer palette right click on group and merge group then in your layer palette click on the circle background layer and :

Selections – Float, Defloat add a new layer and flood fill with a colour of your choice
Selections – None and delete the original, do this with, Circle Frame, Background Frame and Frame leaving the dotted lines as they are.

Copy and paste the tube of your choice and place her to the right of your Tag resizing if necessary now resize and add what elements you want to place where you want to or see mine for reference I placed mine to hide the cut off of my tubes legs, copy and paste the summer beaded wordart and place it on top of the background frame.

Now add the artists copyright and your name and save as Jpeg and your done.

Many thanks for trying my tutorial.

2009-04-04T15:32:00.012+01:00

SEXY

This tutorial was written by me and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Supplies needed:
I am using the amazing artwork of Keith Garvey which you can purchase from http://mypsptubes.com HERE
Scrapkit I used is called Silver Shadow (FTU) from http://simplysensationalscraps.blogspot.com you can download it HERE
Template 31 you can download it from http://denzdesignz.blogspot.com HERE
Font I used is Boulevard

Filters
DSB Bright Noise
Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient Glow

Open the template and go to image – canvas size 700 x 700 then duplicate and close the original image, click on the bottom layer and flood fill white and delete the watermark and delete the layer that says BRINGING BACK

In your layer palette click on angle back 1 – selections, select all, float and defloat and copy and paste a paper of your choice then selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard- select none and drop shadow 3,3,50,5 then delete the original.

Do the same as above to angle back 2, rectangle 3, rectangle 2, rectangle 1, small back 3, square 3, small back 2, square 2, small back 1 and square 1.

Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer and position slightly to the right of the Tag (see mine for reference) resizing if necessary and drop shadow with the same settings.

Click on the square1 in your layer palette and Selections, select all, float defloat, copy and paste your tube again resizing if necessary, position inside the part you have selected and hit delete on your keyboard do the same with square2 and square3.

Click on your bottom layer(white background) and copy and paste a flower clip and position it to the bottom left and drop shadow, duplicate it then image mirror, duplicate and image flip and again duplicate and image mirror.

Select another flower clip from the kit and paste as a new layer, position bottom centre, drop shadow and duplicate – image flip, duplicate and image – rotate, free rotate and 90 degrees right and position it then duplicate it and image mirror, now click on the top flower clip layer and merge down and keep merging down till they are all one layer then duplicate it, go to adjust – blur – radial blur and settings :

Blur type – Zoom
Blur – strength – 50
Eliptical – selected
Horizontal and vertical set to 0
Protect centre set to 25

Click okay, then duplicate this layer twice so you have 3 layers, on the first layer go to effects – plug ins – DSB Flux – bright noise – intensity 30 click mix once.
On your second layer do the same but click on mix twice and on the third layer click mix 3 times.

In your layer palette click on the word SEXY and with your magic wand click inside the letter S add a new raster layer and flood fill with a colour of choice, add an inner bevel settings :
Width 8
Smoothness 40
Depth 10
Ambience-5
Shininess 0

Angle 315
Intensity 52
Elevation 30

Colour white

Then go to effects, plug ins, Eye Candy 4000, gradient glow on the basic tab glow width 4, soft corners 25, opacity 100 the click the colour tab and click on fat and okay then drop shadow.
Click back on the word SEXY in your layer palette and do the same as above with letters E, X and Y and delete the original word SEXY, then go to your top letter and merge down each letter layer till it is one layer again and duplicate twice so you now have three layers click on the first layer and effects- plug ins DSB Flux – bright noise and click on mix once and okay do the same with the second layer and the third layer clicking on the mix twice on the second layer and three times on the third layer, you can go on and using your free selection tool and holding the shift key down select her jewelry and shoes etc and duplicate it twice and using the dsb flux plug in again on your selections or you can leave it as is.

Click on the top layer and add the artists copyright and your name now X out the second and third layer of the SEXY wordart and X out the second and third layer of the flower clips and copy merged and take it into animation shope and paste as a new animation
Back in PSP X out the 2 first layers and un X the second layers and copy merged into animation shop and edit paste after the current frame, back in PSP and X out the second layers and un X the third layers and again copy merged and take it to animation shop and edit – paste after the current frame.
View the Tag and if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

2009-04-03T07:56:00.009+01:00

SPRING TIME

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey if you wish to use his artwork then you need to purchase a license from http://mypsptubes.com HERE

Filters:

DSB Flux – Bright Noise

FTU Scrap Kit called Blissful Colours you can download from http://scrapsdimensions-dorisnilsa.blogspot.com HERE
WSL_Mask84 another great one from Chelle at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com

Open a 700 x 700 new image and flood fill white
New layer and fill with a paper or colour of your choice
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load mask from disc and look
WSL_mask84 and apply then right click on your group layer
And merge group
Open Frame 2 from the kit and copy and paste it on top of
your mask and click inside the frame with your magic wand
then Selections – modify and expand by 5 and copy and paste
a paper of your choice I used paper 8 then Selections – invert
and hit delete on your keyboard now drop the paper under
your frame layer click back on your frame layer and add a
drop shadow, 3,3,50,5

Choose a branch to match and resize then copy and paste it
inside your frame moving it to the left of the frame drop shadow
with the above settings and duplicate it and mirror image

Now copy and paste your tube and place in the centre drop shadow
it then drop it below your frame, duplicate it and move on top of
your frame then using your eraser tool remove any that is
over lapping the frame.

Resize bow of your choice and paste as new layer on top of frame,
Drop shadow erase any that is overlapping the frame
Resize Umbrella and paste as new layer under your tube drop shadow
(see mine for reference)

Click on your mask layer and copy and paste one of the doodles
placing it how you want it and drop shadow then duplicate and
mirror image then flip then copy and paste the glitter bubbles and again
drop shadow, duplicate and mirror image then flip.

Resize any other elements of choice paste as new layer and drop shadow
Them, place on top and around the frame (see mine)

Add the artists Copyright and on a new layer add your name I used Blob font and
2 colours for mine.

When happy save as a Jpeg or carry on and animate.

ANIMATION

Right click on your top glitter bubble layer and merge down then
merge down to your doodle and again to the other doodle so that
your bubbles and doodles are 1 layer, making sure that the doodle
and glitter bubble layer is the active layer then effects – plug ins and
DSB Bright noise set at 47 click on mix once and copy merged
and take it to animation shop and paste as new animation, back to
psp and click undo once then DSB Bright noise but click on mix
twice this time and copy merged and into animation shop and edit
paste after current frame, back in psp and again click undo once
and DSB Bright Noise and click on mix three times then copy
merged and take it to animation shop and paste after current frame
Animation - animation properties and change it to opaque colour white
click okay and then animation - resize to 500 x 500, view your Tag
and if happy Save as a Gif. and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial

BLUE DREAM BABY

2009-03-13T07:07:00.007Z

Blue Dream Baby

This tutorial was written by me, and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

PSP (I used PSP 9)
Animation Shop

Tube of choice I am using the fantastic artwork of Barbara Jensen if you wish to use her artwork then you need to purchase a license from her site http://eroticartistgallery.com/

Scrapkit of choice

Filters:

Xero – Porcelain
DSB Flux – Bright Noise

Open a new image 600 x 600 and flood fill with a colour of your choice I used colour (a7d5ea) then layer – load / save mask – from disk and look for WSL_Mask 116 with these settings, Fit to Layer, Hide all Mask, Source Luminance all checked and invert unchecked click ok then I used my raster deform tool to shrink the mask a bit Merge and Merge Group.

Copy & Paste Frame 1 from my Blue Scrap Kit and click inside the frame with your magic wand and Selections – Modify and Expand by 3, copy and paste Paper 2 and Selections – Invert and hit the delete button on your keyboard now in your layer palette drop the paper layer below the frame layer, click on the frame layer and add a drop shadow of 5, 5, 50, 5.

Click inside your frame again and Selections – Modify and Expand by 3 now copy and paste your tube, Image - mirror and when you are satisfied with the placement then Selections – Invert and hit delete on your keyboard, drop the opacity to 60% in your layer palette and Effects – Plug in and Xero – porcelain on default settings and ok.

Copy & paste your main tube and place her to the right of the frame, drop shadow add any embellishments (resizing as necessary) of your choice making sure you add a gem of your choice or see mine for reference, copy and paste the bubbles and add a drop shadow to all your layers

Click on your Group layer in your layer palette and copy and paste the glitter doodle place it near the top and duplicate it and Image mirror in your layer palette click on the top layer of your glitter doodle the duplicated one and right click and merge down

Resize your Tag to 500 x 500 add the artists copyright and your name and merge all save as a Jpeg if you want to animate don’t merge your layers.

ANIMATION

Click on your doodle layer and Effects – DSB Flux - bright noise and set at 46% and mix checked, click on mix once and ok then click on the gem layer and do the same clicking on mix once and again with your bubbles then Layers – copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit paste as a new animation, back in Paint Shop Pro click the undo button 5 times and again DSB Flux – bright noise leave the settings but click on mix twice and do this with the gem layer and the bubbles layer and copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and Edit paste after current layer back in PSP and undo 5 times and do it all over again but clicking on the mix three times and copy merged and take it to Animation Shop and paste after current layer, Edit select all
Animation – Animation properties and click on Opaque and change the colour to white and click ok, View your animation and if your happy Save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial

HAPPY ARE THOSE

2009-03-06T11:47:00.006Z

I am using the gorjuss artwork of Suzanne Woolcott if you want to
use her art you need to purchase a license from her website www.gorjussart.com HERE

The scrap kit I am using is a FTU one from Bel Vidotti called
Acqua HERE

My Supplies HERE

OK! Open a new image 600 x 600 and flood fill white
Add a new raster layer and copy and paste paper 10 from the kit
Then layer – load/save mask – load / save mask from disk and look
for WSL_Mask33 and apply then in your layers palette click on the
group layer and right click and merge group

from your scrap kit copy and paste Element Acqua 30 as a new layer
using your magic wand click inside the frame then Selections –
Modify and expand by 4 and copy and paste your scene picture into
selection – Selections none, and drop shadow 5, 5, 50, 5.

Copy and paste your tube if you are using the same tube as I did
then using your eraser take away the parts of legs covering the frame
so it looks as if the bambi is standing half in and half out of the frame
then drop shadow using same settings.

Add whatever elements you want to and drop shadow each one I
resized the flower by 50% twice and the bow and butterfly by 50%
once.

Add your word art or use mine and drop shadow and place where
you want it.

Add the artists copyright and your name and if you want you can now merge
All and save it as a Jpeg or you can carry on and animate.

ANIMATION

In your layer palette click on your frame layer then Effects – plugins and
select VM Natural – Sparkle settings:

Max size: 56
Red: 255
Green: 255
Blue: 255

Rnd color On/Off: 255

Random Seed 142

Click ok and copy merged and paste into Animation Shop as a new animation
Back in PSP and click undo then again VM Natural Sparkle leave all settings as they are except slide the random Seed button to 26 and ok then copy merged and paste it into Animation Shop after the current frame, again in PSP click undo and VM Natural Sparkle again and slide the Random Seed button to 228 then copy merged into animation Shop.

Now click on your first frame and edit select all then copy then click on your last frame and paste after current frame, do this until you have 17 frames (selecting all frames then copying and clicking on the last frame and paste after current frame)

Open up your love BLING and edit select all edit copy then back to your animation and edit select all and paste into selected frame wherever you feel it looks best

Save as a Gif and your done

2009-03-02T08:10:00.001Z

2009-02-24T13:41:00.001Z

EASTERN PROMISE

2009-02-15T08:36:00.008Z

This tutorial has been written by me. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely co-incidental. Please feel free to link to this tutorial and / or print it out for your own personal use but do not copy it in any way to put on line, pass out or re-write without my written permission. Please do not claim my tutorial as your own.

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice – I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey
Which you can purchase at http://www.mypsptubes.com HERE
Scrap kit is called P.S. I love You By Monica & Lorna which you can
Download at http://simplysensationalscraps.blogspot.com HERE - if you click on kits and then hit older posts scroll down the page
WSL_mask218 which you can download from http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.comHERE
Font I used is Boulevard

Plugins Eyecandy 4000 HSB Noise

Open a new image 600 x 600 and flood fill white
Open frame 2 copy and paste image and rotate left 90 %
Using your magic wand click inside the frame and
selections modify expand by 5 copy and paste paper 2
selections invert and press delete on your keyboard
in your layers palette drop the paper under the frame layer
and add a dropshadow of your choice to the frame
click on your white background and copy and paste paper 17
resizing it to fit your canvas 600 x 600 then layers load/save mask -
load mask from disk and apply WSL_mask218 then merge group
in your layers palette, duplicate the mask layer twice so you have
3 layers on the first layer go to effects - Eyecandy 400 – HSB Noise
and apply then X out this layer and on the second layer use the same
settings but hit the random button once X out this layer and on your
third layer same settings and again click the random button.
Add the elements of your choice resizing and adding a drop shadow
to each element, add your main tube of choice and position and add
a drop shadow.
Add the artists copyright and your name

ANIMATE

X out the second and third layers of your mask layer and copy merged and take it to AS and paste as a new animation, back in PSP and X out the first layer and Un X the second layer and copy merged and again take it to AS and paste after the current frame, back in PSP X out the second layer and Un X the third layer and copy merged
And take it to AS and paste after the current frame

Edit – select all then Animation – resize to 550 x 550 then Animation – Frame Properties and set display time to 30, view your Tag and if happy save as a Gif.
Thank you for trying my tutorial.

2009-02-05T11:14:00.002Z

Hey! just me.

I have been really busy lately and not had much time to PSP but I have managed to do this little TUT which I hope you like, it's a short and easy one and one that really didn't need much content...you know you get these ones sometimes that if you add much to it, it just ruins it anyway as I said I hope you like it and I hope to get more time soon to do some more TUT's for you to try

Luv & Hugs

Lyn

ANGELS COME

2009-02-05T11:03:00.009Z

This tutorial has been written by me. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely co-incidental. Please feel free to link to this tutorial and / or print it out for your own personal use but do not copy it in any way to put on line, pass out or re-write without my written permission. Please do not claim my tutorial as your own.

Supplies needed

I am using the beautiful artwork of © Elias Chatzoudis (4 tubes) which you need a license for and you can purchase a license at MPT

WSL_Mask 12 and the Ribbon Rope Frame can be found on at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com/ thank you again Chelle

This is a short one.

Open a 600 x 600 image white
Flood fill with a colour to match your tube
Layers – load/Save – Load mask from disk and look for
your mask – invert mask unchecked – click ok

Copy and paste your frame and move it to the right hand side
of your canvas and using your magic wand click inside each frame
holding the shift key down copy and paste a tube inverting each one into a separate frame and pressing delete on your keyboard after each one then move under the frame and drop shadow 3, 3, 30, 5.

Copy and paste your main tube, drop shadow with the settings above resizing if necessary and place to the left of your canvas, type out whatever you want it to say and place between the frames and your main tube and drop shadow.

Add artists copyright and name, now if you want to leave it as it is then merge and save as a Jpeg or if you want to animate carry on.

Using your freehand selection tool mark around what you want to animate on your tube then click on adjust and add/noise uniform checked and monochrome and noise set at 70% click ok copy merged and take it into AS edit and paste as a new animation
Back in PSP and click undo then adjust add noise and change it to 75% copy merged and take it to AS and paste after current frame, back to PSP and click undo then adjust and add noise and change it to 80% then copy merged and take it to AS and again paste after current frame. Resize to 550 x 550 and view your animation if happy save as a Gif and your done.

Thank you for doing my tutorial.

BE MY VALENTINE

2009-01-21T08:33:00.014Z

Hope you like it : Be My Valentine

Supplies needed:
Tube:
I am using the brilliant artwork of Keith Garvey
You can purchase a license to use his work at http://www.mypsptubes.com HERE
Scrap Kit:
I used a FTU scrap kit called

TEEN STYLE

you can download from
Bel Vidotti Scraps HERE
Template # 107:
By Dezigns By Ali HERE
Font I used is Boulevard

My supplies HERE

Okay lets go

Open up the template and image resize 75% all layers checked
Then go to canvas size 525 x 525 delete raster 1, shape 3 and shape3copy in the layer palette
Add a new raster layer and flood fill white and move to the bottom of the layers.

In the layer palette click on layer 1 selection, select all, float. Defloat and copy and paste a
Paper from the kit as a new layer, selections invert press delete on your keyboard select none
And delete the original.

Do the same with Shape 1, Layer 3, Shape 2,

In the layer palette click on Layer 2, selection, select all, float, defloat copy and paste a paper
of your choice from the kit, selection invert and delete the original now paste a tube of your
choice, resize if needed position how you like (see my Tag for reference) selections invert and
press delete on your keyboard select none.

In your layer palette click on Shape2copy, selections, select all, float, defloat from the kit copy
and paste a paper of your choice, selection, invert, and press delete on your keyboard, select none
and delete the original.

Click on your top layer in your layer palette add your tube of choice and drop shadow move the tube
To the left side.

Add any embellishments you like from the kit resize and giving them all a drop shadow.

X out the white background layer and merge all visible then un X the white background layer.

Still on the bottom layer copy and paste a flower of choice resize by 50% place to the top right side
(see Tag as reference) add more flowers around the Tag with different colours duplicate as many
times as you need.

X out your merged layer and your white background merge all the flowers visible, duplicate
Twice and on the bottom flower layer go to adjust, blur, radial blur, and apply with settings

Zoom checked

Blur
Strength 50
Eliptical checked

Center
Horizontal offset 0
Vertical offset 0
Project center 25

Now click on the middle flower layer go to adjust, blur, gaussian blur and apply these settings

Radius : 30.00

Un X your white background, and your merged top layer, click on your top layer and add the artists
copyright and your name,

Copy merged and paste into animation shop, duplicate till you have 20 frames.

Open up your bling and resize to 300 click on the first frame of the bling and edit, select all,
then edit and copy

Now click on the first frame of your Tag and select all then edit and paste into selected frame
View your Tag and if happy save as a GIF.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written on 21st January 2009 any resemblance to any other tutorial is
purely coincidental

2009-01-09T22:11:00.001Z

HEART TO HEART

2009-01-09T19:16:00.008Z

For this tutorial you will need :

SUPPLIES
Tube of choice
WSL_Mask84 & WSL_Mask 4 from Chelle at http://weescotslasscreations.blogspot.com HERE Or
Scrapkit I used is called Rosie Elegance from http://simplysensationalscraps.blogspot.com HERE or You can use one of choice

Plugins
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow
Xenofex2 Constellation

Put the masks in your mask folder.

Font of your choice (I used Al Sandra)

I am using the artwork of © Keith Garvey you may
purchase a license at www.mypsptubes.com
MPT to use his work.

Please remember to save often!

Open a New transparent image 550 x 550
Flood fill with white.
Copy and paste paper 2 as a new layer.
Layers/load Mask from disk and choose WSL_Mask 84
using the settings below

Fit to canvas
Hide all mask
Source luminance
And click load, in your layers palette right click on the group layer and merge group
Copy and paste paper 12 as a new layer
Layers/Load mask from disk and using the same settings as above but change the mask to
WSL_Mask 4 again in your layer palette right click on the group layer and merge group
Copy and paste frame 4 resizing by 80% then copy and paste diamond circle 2 and resize by
90% then making sure you are on the diamond circle layer right click in your layer palette and
merge down now give the frame a dropshadow of 1, 1, 60, 8.91.
Open the silverheart1 and resize by 50% then copy and paste move it to under your frame layer
But above the group layers and free rotate 30 degrees left and move it to the top left of the image
See my tag for placement now duplicate it and move the duplicated one down to the bottom right
of the tag now image mirror again see my tag for placement, now copy and paste foliage 1 and
move it to the left of the tag but above the frame use the lasso to select the part of the stem that
is over the frame then press delete on your keyboard, select none, now copy and paste heart 3 resizing
by 50% and place of bottom silver heart, the copy and paste bowflower 3 resize 50% and again by 50%
then place on the side of your tag just over the stem of foliage1 then copy and paste bowflower 4 also
resizing twice by 50% and place beside the other one just over the foliage stem next copy and paste
butterfly 4 and resize by 30% and copy and paste butterfly1 which you will have to resize by 30% too
place butterflies at top right on your tag, now copy and paste your tube and with your lasso go round the
bit of ankle that is over the frame then delete on your keyboard and select none. Give all the elements and
your tube a dropshadow using the settings we used on the frame. Add all artists © and your own mark
now for the name type out your name in whatever font you choose (I used Al Sandra) settings I used were
size 72, stroke 1 foreground colour #693b9 and background colour #a82e5a add same dropshadow then
Eye Candy 4000 gradient glow and choose white and press medium then Eye Candy gradient glow again
But change the colour to #693b9.

Animation
Now to animate the Frame, click on layer 2 in your layer palette which should be your Frame layer and
duplicate this layer twice to give you 3 frame layers rename them Frame 1, Frame 2, Frame 3
on Frame layer 1 go to Effects/Xenofex 2- Constellation and use these settings
Star Size 2
Size variation 3
Edge Star 4
Overall Star 0
Overdrive 100
Twinkle Amount 37

Make sure keep original image is checked, then okay

Click on Frame 2 in your layer palette and use the same settings but click the random seed button once

Click on Frame 3 and again click on the random seed button

Now X out Frame 2 & 3 and right click on the blue bar at the top of your Tag and copy merged go into ani shop and edit and paste as a new animation, back into PaintShop and X out Frame 1 and un X Frame 2 and again copy merged and take it to ani shop and paste after current frame moving the slider at the bottom over to the right, back to Paintshop and X out Frame 2 and un X Frame 3 and copy merged and take that to ani shop and paste after current frame. You should now have 3 frames in ani shop, View your animation and if happy save it as a GIF.

Hope you enjoyed this Tutorial

Written on 08.01.09

My first time at blogging

2009-01-08T17:33:00.004Z

My name is Lyn and I live in Fife, Scotland I am married to a wonderful man and who I love dearly, mainly cos he puts up with me and my PSP ing lol of which I am utterly addicted anyway I started this blogg with that in mind as I would like to try and write some tutorials .....so watch this space lol