Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Waiting for Christmas





Waiting for Christmas
written 6/30/2015

Supplies Needed:

Tube is by Lady Mishka Dolls and the Scrap kit is by Cindy Creative Design.
Both are part of a great collab that can be gotten at www.scrapsncompany.com called Christmas In July. Right now it is free with any $10 purchase.


Font of your choice. I am using Christmas Card which you can get at http://www.dafont.com/christmas-card.font I am also using Mala Testa which you can get at http://www.fontspace.com/pia-frauss/malatesta

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open your template and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original so you can use it again another time.
Delete the following layers: cr,12,11,10 and background.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
Make layer 1 active and go to selections select all float and defloat.
Open paper 3 and copy and paste as a new layer layer.
Selections invert and hit delete.
Selections select none.
Delete the original 1 layer.
Repeat the above steps with all the layers until they are filled except layer 8.
Add a drop shadow to each layer.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.
Position in the middle of the tag and add a drop shadow.
Re-size if necessary.
I will list the elements I used.
Placement is entirely up to you.
If you want your tag to look just like mine then you may use my tag for a reference.
Elements used:
candycanes1
christmasbells2
christmasgift1
christmasstocking3
Using the font of your choice write out some word art if you wish along the bottom like I did.
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.




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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Summertime Fun


Summertime Fun
written 6/28/2015

Supplies Needed:



Mask of your choice. I am using mask #226 by Insatiable Dreams. You can get her great masks at http://insatiabledreams.net

Font of your choice. I am using MitreSquare. You can get it at http://www.fontspace.com/pia-frauss/mitresquare

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open paper 3 and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Promote the background layer to a raster layer.
Re-size the paper by 85%.
Make your canvas large enough to give you room to work with.
Apply the mask of your choice.
Delete the mask layer and merge the group.
Open element 2 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Move to the top right of the mask/tag area.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size until she is just slightly larger than the tag/mask area.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 5 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag behind your tube and position behind her head and overlapping the sun.
Open element 97 and re-size by 75% 2x.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag to just above your mask layer.
Move to the left of your tube.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 94 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag behind the bar.
Open element 93 and re-size by 75% 2x.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag to just above the bar.
Move to the right of your tube.
Add a drop shadow.
Duplicate and image flip horizontal.
Move this copy to the left of the bar.
Open element 92 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size by 75% 3x.
Move behind the bar and to the left of it.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 87 and re-size by 50% and then again by 75%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and place on the bar.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 83 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size by 50% 2x.
Move to the bar and overlapping the pineapple a little.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 78 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size by 50% 2x and then again by 75%.
Move to on top of the bar and to the right of the coconuts.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 70 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size by 50% 2x and then again by 75% 2x.
Move to on top of the bar in front of the bottom of the glass.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 43 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag to behind the bar.
Re-size by 75% 3x.
Move to the right of the bar.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 40 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag to just under the flowers that you placed.
Re-size by 75% 2x.
Place behind the flowers on the far left.
Duplicate and image flip horizontal.
Move the duplicate to behind the flowers on the far right.
Open element 24 copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size by 50% 2x.
Place near the other flowers.
Duplicate a few times and re-size a couple of them smaller.
Place around the yellow and white flowers.
Open element 10 and copy and paste as a new layer at the top.
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.





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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Who I Am



Who I am
written 6/23/2015

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit is called Unforgettable by Disturbed Scraps. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11454

Mask of your choice. I am using one by Jus Graphix. You can get it at http://jusgraphix.blogspot.com/2011/11/4-new-masks.html

Font of your choice. I am using Panoptica. Sorry this is a PTU font.

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open paper 2 and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Promote the background layer to a raster layer.
Make your canvas a bit larger than it currently is.
Apply the mask of your choice.
Delete the mask layer and merge the group.
Add a drop shadow to the mask.
Open paper 1 and apply the same mask.
Delete the mask layer and merge the group.
Re-size this mask layer by 85%.
Using your preset elipse shape.
Set your foreground color to any color.
Turn off your background color.
Draw out a large circle around the edges of your mask area.
Add some text of your choice as floating text.
Once you are done promote the text to a layer.
Selections select none.
Using the nodes on the circle you drew out drag them inward to make the circle inside of the text now because we are going to use it as bit of a frame.
Once you are happy with the placement of everything then use your magic wand and select the inside of the frame/circle.
Open your large tube and copy and paste as a new layer and position within the frame area.
Erase any bits you do not want hanging outside of the frame.
Add a drop shadow to the tube.
Make the frame layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.
Selections modify and expand by 2.
Layers new raster layer and flood fill with white.
Selections select none.
Adjust add/remove noise and add noise at 100% monochrome and uniform checked.
Drag the white layer under the black layer.
Add a drop shadow to the frame.
You can do this to your text layer also if you chooce.
Now lets add some elements and dress this tag up.
I will simply list the elements I used.
The placement is completely up to you however if you want your tag to look just like mine then use my tag for reference.
Elements I used are:
3
7
8
9
10
16
22
26
34
48
49
79
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.




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Friday, June 19, 2015

Bustin Loose



Bustin Loose
written 6/19/2015

Supplies Needed:



Mask of your choice. I am using mask 116 by Millies PSP Madness. You can get it at http://milliespspmadness.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

Font of your choice. I am using pussycat snickers. You can get it at http://www.dafont.com/pussycat.font

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open paper 16 and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Re-size if needed/wanted.
Promote the background layer to a raster layer.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
You can crop and re-size when you are done.
Apply your mask.
Delete the mask layer and merge the group.
Duplicate the mask layer and move the top copy up and to the left a bit.
Merge the 2 layers together.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size until she is just larger than the mask.
Move to the far right side.
Add a drop shadow.
I will list the elements I used.
Placement is completely up to you.
If you want your tag to look just like mine then use my tag for reference.
Elements I used are:
discoball2
music
music8
speaker2
star
star3
lp
sparkles2
sparkles3
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Patriotism



Patriotism
written 6/16/2015

Supplies Needed:



Mask of your choice. I am actually using 2 masks. Both masks are by Vix and you can get it them at http://www.freewebs.com/vixpsp/

Font of your choice. I am using Autograph. You can get it at http://www.fontspace.com/m%C3%A5ns-greb%C3%A4ck/autograf-personal-use-only

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open element 17 and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Re-size by 85%.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
Open paper 8 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag under the frame element.
Apply your first circular mask.
Delete the mask layer and merge the group.
Open paper 3 and repeat the same steps as above.
Add a slight drop shadow to the top star mask.
Add a drop shadow to the frame element.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer at the top.
Re-size and add a drop shadow.
I will list the elements that I used.
Placement is completely up to you.
If you want your tag to look just like mine then use my tag for reference.
Elements I used:
18
26
39
59
68
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.

 

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Teenage Angst




Teenage Angst
written 6/16/2015

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit by Whisper In The Wind. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11314

Font of your choice. I am using Light Your Fire. You can get it at http://www.fontspace.com/daniel-lyons-entertainment-and-story-choice/light-your-fire

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open element 55.
Shift + D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
Adjust add/remove noise.
Add noise at 100%. Uniform and monochrome checked.
Add a drop shadow.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size so she fits nicely within the background area.
Add a drop shadow.
Now lets dress it up with some elements.
I am going to list the elements that I used however you can use any elements of your choice.
The placement is also up to you.
If you want your tag to look just like mine then use my tag for reference.
Elements I used are :
5
7
9
12
19
22
25
38
45
48
51
62
69
92
93
94
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.

 
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Happy Pride



Happy Pride
written 6/11/2015

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit by Disturbed Scraps. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11187

Font of your choice. I am using Batmos Regular.

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open element 61 and shift + D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
Using your magic wand select the inside of one of the frames.
Selections modify and expand by 8.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer and drag under the frame.
Position his face within the frame.
Re-sizing if needed.
Selections invert and hit delete.
Selections select none.
Repeat the above steps for all the frames.
If you want to change the hue/saturation on any of them then do.
I chose to greyscale the 2 end images.
Add a drop shadow to the frame and each of the tubes.
Open element 65 and copy and paste as a new layer and drag to the bottom.
Duplicate.
On the bottom copy go to adjust blur gaussian blur at 25.00
Go to effects texture effects and weave with the following settings:
gap size 3
width 1
opacity 100
weave color white
fill gaps NOT CHECKED
Add a drop shadow to the top copy of the flag.
Open element 44 and re-size by 50% and then again by 60%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far bottom left.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 29 and re-size by 50% 3x.
Copy and paste as a new layer and place wherever you would like.
Duplicate as many times as you want and place randomly all over your tag.
Open element 36 and re-size by 50%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the lower right of the frames.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 60 and copy and paste as a new layer and place at the top of the tag.
Add a drop shadow.
I chose to use a small pixel font and type out some text along the bottom this is completely optional.
Add your name and copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.



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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Peace Love and Summertime



Peace Love and Summertime
written 6/9/15

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit by Bibi's Collection. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11140


Font of your choice. I am using Kikelet. You can get it at http://www.dafont.com/kikelet.font

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open the template and shift+D to duplicate.
Close the original.
On the template delete the following layers; cr, 12, 11, 4, 5, 9, and background.
Make your canvas large enough to work with.
You can crop and re-size when you are finished.
Make the bottom layer active and selections select all float and defloat.
Open paper 8 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Selections invert and hit delete.
Selections select none.
Delete the original bottom layer.
Merge layers 7 and 6 together.
Selections select all float and defloat.
Open paper 9 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Selections invert and hit delete.
Selections select none.
Repeat the same steps as above with layer 10 using the same paper.
Add a drop shadow to each layer.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer and center in front of the template.
Re-size if you need to.
Add a drop shadow to your tube.
Open element 83 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Drag behind your tube.
Re-size until it fits nicely from side to side on your template near the top.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 1 and re-size by 80%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag behind your tube and move to the bottom so she is sitting on it.
Open element 3 and re-size by 75% 2x.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag behind your tube.
Move to the bottom of the side frame parts of the template.
Duplicate and image flip horizontal.
Move to the opposite side.
Add a drop shadow to both.
Open element 2 and re-size by 85%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag behind your tube.
Move to the bottom so it covers the bottom of the stems of the flowers.
Open element 10 and re-size by 75%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag behind your tube.
Move to the top of the template area.
Open element 17 and re-size so it is in proportion with your tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer and drag behind your tube.
Move to the right side kinda behind her foot.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 52 and re-size by 50% 2x.
Copy and paste as a new layer at the top and move to the bottom to the right of the guitar.
Add a drop shadow.
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.




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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Gadgets and Gizmos A Plenty



Gadgets and Gizmos A Plenty
written 6/4/2015

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit by Bibi's Collection. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11026

Mask of your choice. I am using mask #53 by Moonbeams and Spiderwebs. You can get it at http://moonbeamsandspiderwebs.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

Font of your choice. I am using huffleclaw. You can get it at http://www.fontspace.com/brittney-murphy-design/huffleclaw

Plugins:
NONE

Let's Begin:
Open paper 1.
Shift + D to duplicate.
Close the original.
Promote your background layer to a raster layer.
Re-size to a nice size for the base of your tag.
Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size so she fits nicely within the mask area.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 35 and re-size by 50%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and image free rotate to the left 36 degrees.
Adjust sharpen.
Move behind your tube and place within the mask area but peeking out to the left of your tube.
Lower the opacity on this layer to 80.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 32 and re-size so it fits nicely with the rest of your tag.
Copy and paste as a new layer behind your tube but in front of the car.
Place to the left side.
Add a drop shadow.
Duplicate and move the duplicate to the right side.
Open element 4 and re-size by 80%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move under your tube and seaweed.
Place along the bottom of the tag.
Open element 15 and re-size by 50% 2x.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the bottom on the sand.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 16 and re-size by 50% and then again by 60%.
Image flip horizontal.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far left behind the seashell.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 38 and re-size by 50%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and place in the sand to the far right.
Open element 37 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Place so it appears to be hanging from the seaweed on the right side.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 43 and re-size by 50% and then again by 60%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and place it in the bottom of the sand by the helmet.
Open element 70 and copy and paste as a new layer at the top.
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and save.
♥♥♥



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Monday, June 1, 2015

Burnin' It Down



Burnin it down
written 6/1/2015

Supplies Needed:


Scrap Kit by Disturbed Scraps. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10911

Font of your choice. I am using 0 Jules DNA. Sorry this is a PTU font.

Plugins:
Xenofex 2 constellation.

Lets Begin:
Open a blank new canvas that will give you plenty of room to work with.
You can crop/re-size when you are finished.
Turn your foreground color off and set your background color to black.
Using your rectangle preset shape and draw out a rectangle large enough to be the base of your tag.
Use my tag for reference if needed.
Selections select all float and defloat.
Selections modify and contract by 12.
Selections invert.
Layers new raster layer.
Flood fill with red #c00000
Adjust add/remove noise.
Add noise at 100% uniform and monochrome checked.
Make your black layer active.
Apply Xenofex 2 constellation with the following settings: 

Open element 26 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size to be just slightly bigger than your rectangle.
Place on the far left side of the rectangle.
Erase any bits you do not want.
I wanted mine to appear to be inside the frame on the bottom but then coming out at the top.
Open element 50 and copy and paste as a new layer and place in front of the buildings.
Re-size as needed so it is just in front of the buildings.
Open your full length tube and copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far right of the tag area.
Re-size as needed so she is just bigger than the rectangle base.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 10 and copy and paste as a new layer.
Re-size and place on the far right side and drag behind your tube and make sure you can see it out the right side.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 18 and re-size by 50%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and place in the center top of your canvas area.
Open element 21 and re-size by 50%.
Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far left in front of the flames and the building.
Add a drop shadow.
Open element 11 and re-size so it will fit nicely along the bottom inside of your rectangle area.
Copy and paste as a new layer and position where you want in that rectangle along the bottom.
Same with elements 13, 14 and 16.
Open element 58 and re-size to fit nicely in the corner of your canvas.
Copy and paste and place in the top right corner behind your tube and then duplicate image flip horizontal and move to the left corner.
Add a drop shadow to both.
Open element 72 and copy and paste as a new layer at the top and center over your tag.
If you choose add some word art to the top like I did using your font and whatever effects you would like.
Add your name.
Add your copyright and licensing information.
Crop and re-size if needed.
Save.
♥♥♥

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