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Saturday 30 December 2017

Spring is in the air




This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Jasmine Beckett-Griffith
you can purchase this tube from CDO
Font of choice
My supplies HERE

Filters used -  Mystic Nights, Xero, Eye Candy5 Impact, Muras Meister, 


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open blank canvas 700 x 400
select all, copy and paste Pansy into selection
deselect

adjust blur, gaussian blur 23
duplicate

edge effects, enhance more
repeat

selection tool, custom selection
left 0, top 125, right 700, bottom 275
invert, delete
invert,
new raster layer
floodfill #ebed8c
contract 1
delete
deselect

using your raster deform tool
drag the left and right nodes outside
the canvas so the lines disappear off
the edge of your canvas

On original layer
effects, Mystic Nights, frosted glass
radius 16

effects, xero, fritillary
granularity 5, agression 30, tesselation 10, variation 2

back to top of layer palette
copy and paste squares as new layer
MurasMeister Copies - Line, change amount to 3
all other settings default

Magic wand, feather 0, mode Add
click inside each of the large squares
expand 1
copy and paste Pansy as new layer
invert, delete, invert

effects, art media effets, brush strokes
softness 31, bristles & width 10, opacity 50,
Length & density 7, Angle 234, color #505050
deselect

back on your squares layer
magic wand, same settings, 
click inside the small squares in the middle
copy and paste pansy again
move down a little so a different part is showing in the squares
invert, delete, invert
effects, eye candy 5 - Impact, Glass
add your favourite glass setting
deselect

drag squares to top of layer palette
duplicate
magic wand, click inside the small squares again
expand 2
floodfill with the same yellow as the outline
deselect

effects, reflection effects, feedback
opacity 100, intensity 75, horizontal 0, vertial 100
image flip
drag down to just above your merged layer
lower opacity to 25

back to top of layer palette
copy and paste PansyMist as new layer
resize 70

effects, image effects, offset
horizontal -160, vertical 75
custom & transparent checked

duplicate
on original gaussian blur 11
change blend mode to screen

copy and paste pansy mist again
image, mirror
move to bottom right corner
change blend mode to screen
lower opacity to 34

copy and paste wordart as new layer
position bottom left

copy and paste tube as new layer
resize to fit nicely between the middle and right hand box
dropshadow

new raster layer
floodfill with the same yellow
select all, contract 2

Add name, copyright and license information
merge all
save as jpg



Here are some more examples made the members of my forum Taggers Inn

Made by Mary

Made by Blanca

Made by Deeva


Sunday 24 December 2017

Happy New Year 2018


Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Alex Prihodko
which can be purchased from Pics For Design
Scrapkit - Green-Gold from Fecnikek
Mask 3 from Brutal Designs
Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 2
resize 22
apply mask, merge group

c/p paper 3, 
resize 22
apply mask, merge group
merge down with first mask layer

c/p element 97, resize 60
c/p element 46, resize 50
magic wand, feather 0, click on the outside
dark green edge of the clock, 
invert
delete
deselect
now click inside the circle
expand 3
on element 13, delete
deselect
merge the two together

c/p element 46 again
resize 30
position bottom left of frame

element 62, resize 26
element 58, resize 60
place both in front of clock

element 43, resize 22
image, mirror
bottom right of other elements

element 13, resize 30
behind all other elements

element 18, resize 40

make frame layer active
c/p tube, resize to fit 
erase any that is showing outside of the frame

Dont forget to dropshadow your elements, frame and tube

Add name, copyright and license information
delete white background layer
merge visible
save as png


White New Year



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th December  2017 and assumes a working knowledge of psp
Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental
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Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Very Many 
which can be purchased from either Pics for Design or Very Many Tubes
My supplies HERE
Font HERE
One other Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

preset shapes tool
rectangle, line width 10, foreground color white
draw out a small square in the middle of the canvas
convert to raster

c/p cluster as new layer
resize 50
position bottom left of frame

text tool
The Queen, size 72, color white
type out "new"
convert to raster, position top left
of frame/cluster

type out "year"
convert to raster, position bottom right
corner of frame

merge the two words together
select all, float, defloat, 
expand by 3
new raster layer, floodfill with gold glitter
deselect
drag below white layer

add your favourite bevel to the white words
and the frame

dropshadow the glitter words, the frame and the cluster

c/p tube as new layer
resize and position inside frame
dropshadow

add name, copyright and license information
merge visible
crop and save as png

Here are some more example made by the members of my forum Taggers Inn 

Made by Gigi

Made by Deeva


Made by Wendy

Made by Suzie