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Sunday 18 March 2018

Monochrome Music



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 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

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Maxine Gadd
which I purchased from CDO but she no longer appears to be selling with them
Font of choice 

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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

Starting with the Black Beauty kit

c/p paper 11
open Miz_BB_mask 2
layers, new mask layer, from image
choose the mask in the drop down list
ensure invert mask data is checked
merge group
close mask

c/p element 33
c/p element 37
c/p element 24, resize 50, move to left slightly
c/p element 23, resize 40, move to bottom left of music sheets

c/p tube, move to right a little
duplicate

make mask layer active, select all, float, defloat, invert
on one tube hit delete a couple of times
deselect
on the duplicated tube erase most of the right side
and bottom of tube but leave the face/head

duplicate bottom tube again
change blend mode on middle and top tube layers to overlay

Now we move onto the Midnight Desire kit

c/p element 24, resize 25, move to bottom left of tube
to cover the hard edge
c/p element 13, resize 40, rotate right a little
c/p element 3, resize 40, mirror, drag below flowers
c/p element 35, resize 20, position in front of clock and flowers

d/s all elements
you may want to reposition the black glitter layer
so you can see it more

add your name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

Story of my Life



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 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: 

My Scrapkit - Memory Maker
Font of choice
My supplies HERE

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 9
apply mask
merge group

copy and paste the following

element 33, resize 50, duplicate, merge down

element 28, resize 70, rotate left 15, move to bottom of netting, duplicate, 
mirror stack of letters

book, resize 70, position so it looks like its leaning on the letters

element 34, resize 30, position across bottom right corner of book

element 18, resize 20, rotate right 8, move to top left corner of book

Open the wordart, 
select round and copy a piece of wordart you like

paste as new layer

adjust, add noise, gaussian, 70, monochrome
select all, float, defloat
new raster layer
floodfill with a light brown (I chose the color from the letters)
deselect
drag below wordart
merge them together
dropshadow and position to your liking

Add your name
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

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Here are some more examples from the members of my group Taggers Inn




Faded




This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 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 Julsy
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
Filter - Muras Meister - copies
Font(s) of choice


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open blank canvas 700 x 300

c/p tube
effects, muras meister, copies
wallpaper rotate default settings

adjust, blur, radial blur
twirl, elliptical, 50,10,0,0,10
recenter if you need to
rename this layer twirl

custom selection
top & left 0, right 700, bottom 25
new raster layer
floodfill with a dark color from your tag
deselect
d/s 2,5,50,8,black
name this layer top bar
duplicate
image, flip
name this layer bottom bar

custom selection
top & left 40, right 140, bottom 200
new raster layer
change foreground color to white
floodfill with fading foreground gradient
angle 270, repeats 0
lower opacity to 60

new raster layer
floodfill with white
contract 1, delete
deselect

selection tool, rectangle, feather 10
draw a rectangle from the right across about 1/3
of the white border, delete
(the idea is to have a fading frame round your faded rectangle)

hide the bottom 4 layers
merge visible
rename this layer faded rectangle
unhide the bottom 4 layers

duplicate your faded rectangle twice
mirror one of them, 
image effects, offset h-500, v-30

on the 2nd duplicate
offset h-10, v10

again hide the bottom 4 layers
merge visible
duplicate

rotate left 90
offset h300, v-60
lower opacity to 65

custom selection
top & left 0, right & bottom 30
new raster layer
floodfill white
contract by 10
floodfill with the same dark color as the bars we made earlier
add your favourite inner bevel
deselect

duplicate
offset, h36, v0
duplicate
repeat offset

merge all 3 squares together
rotate left 90
reposition between the two sets of faded rectangles

now using your selection tool, rectangle, feather 0
select round the tiny colored square, copy
deselect

paste as new layer
resize by 70
position in the top left corner of the vertical
faded rectangles
duplicate twice and move them into a vertical line
a few pixels apart from each other 
merge them together
duplicate
rotate left 90
reposition to the same place on the horizontal faded rectangles

c/p your tube, resize if necessary
position on the right edge of your canvas
duplicate
gaussian blur 9
change blend mode to overlay
merge down
duplicate, mirror

make your vertical faded rectangles layer active
select all, float, defloat, invert
on your mirrored tube, position to your liking
within the selection then hit delete a couple of times
deselect, lower opacity of tube to around 35

Using a small or pixel font, and a contrasting color
type out your name or favourite saying or quote across the top bar

add some nice faded brushes to your twirl layer if you wish

add your name, copyright and license information
merge all flatten
save as jpg

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




Saturday 17 March 2018

Steam Shore



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th March 2018 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

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the incredible artwork of Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My Scrapkit - Steam Shore
My mask - Miz_Mask 198 
Font of choice - I used Scurlock

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700 
floodfill white

c/p paper 8
apply Miz_Mask 198
merge group

c/p element 16
resize 80, position to the left
change blend mode to luminance legacy
duplicate and move to the right
image, flip

c/p element 39
resize 60, rotate left 4

c/p element 71
resize 80, drag below frame layer
and move to the bottom so no sand is 
showing inside the frame
duplicate twice, mirror one
and move them into place how you like

c/p element 17
resize 40
duplicate, move one up a little and one to 
the right a little so some of each is showing
outside the frame

magic wand, click inside the frame
expand by 5
on both overlay layers hit delete
(You may need to erase a few of the sparkly
bits on the far right if they overhang too much)
and on both cogs layers
deselect

c/p element 11
resize 40, move to the left

c/p element 13
resize 40, move to top right corner of frame

element 76, resize 50
move under the anchor on the left

element 75, move left a little

element 73, resize 70, rotate right 8
move to bottom of frame

element 85, resize 20, bottom right
element 58, resize 20, in front of rope

d/s all elements except overlays
2,5,50,8, black

c/p tube 
resize to fit nicely on sand

I made a feathered selection across my tubes
knees so it looks like she is kneeling IN the 
sand not just on top of it.

Add any other elements you wish

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png





Sunday 11 March 2018

St Paddys Steam



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 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 Fiodorva Maria
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My Supplies HERE
My Miz_Mask 231 HERE
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700 
floodfill white

Open supplies 

c/p paper 
apply mask
merge group
duplicate
mirror and flip
merge down

c/p overlay, 
duplicate, 
rotate left 90, flip

On original overlay
image effects, Offset, H -110, V -20

on the duplicate overlay
Offset H -40, V 91

c/p frame, resize 70, rotate right 5
Offset, H -60, V -3

c/p cog 2, resize 70 twice
move right slightly
d/s 2,5,50,8,black

c/p clock face, resize 20
move to end of cog 2
d/s
layers, arrange, move down

c/p cog 1, resize 70 twice
move to the top right corner of frame
d/s

c/p shamrock 1, resize 40
position on top of cog 2 towards the end
so its hiding the last cog and a bit of the clock face
d/s

c/p shamrock 2, resize 20
position just above the clock cog in cog 2
duplicate, mirror, position bottom left corner of frame
d/s both

Now drag your frame to the top of your layer palette
click inside it with your magic wand
expand by 2
c/p paper again
invert, delete
drag below your frame layer
keep selected
c/p tube
resize to fit nicely
and hit delete
deselect
change blend mode to luminance legacy
duplicate
adjust, blur, gaussian blur 9
change blend mode to overlay (or whatever looks good to you)

Dont forget to bring that bottom left shamrock back on top of the frame

Now go  back over the layers and change the blend modes

overlays - luminance
frame, cog 1, cog 2, clock face - luminance legacy
add d/s to frame

Make mask layer active
c/p shamrock scatter, resize 30
duplicate, mirror
position one so its showing under the frame and
one a little higher

Add some wordart if you wish

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png


Tulips



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 11th March 2018 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 Fiodorva Maria
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
My Supplies HERE
My Miz_Mask17  HERE
Font of choice - I used Hamerslag

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p tube
effects, muras meister - copies - wallpaper (rotate) default settings
adjust, blur, radial blur
twirl, 50, 10, 0, 0, 10 elliptical
reposition to the center
apply mask
merge group
duplicate

selection tool, rectangle, feather 0
select round the inner rectangle of the duplicated mask layer
invert, delete, invert
effects, penta.com - dot & cross, default settings
deselect

selections, custom selection
left 150, top 250, right 350,  bottom 450
copy, deselect
paste as new layer
rename layer square

select all, float, defloat
expand 10
new raster layer
floodfill with a color from your tag
contract selection 12
delete
deselect

add a nice subtle inner bevel of your choice

graident glow, fat setting but change the color to a darker
shade of the frame and the width to 3

Image, rotate left 45
image effects, offset, h130, v0
repeat on the square layer

c/p tulips
resize 30
position so the bottom of the stems are in the bottom corner of the frame
then carefully erase any stem that are showing outside the frame but not the flowers
the aim is to make them look like they are coming out from behind the frame

d/s -2,-5,50,8,black

c/p tulips 2
resize 40, mirror
place behind square layer to the right
d/s

c/p tube, resize to fit nicely on the left of your tag
d/s

c/p tulip basket, resize 20
position behind tube (or to your liking)
d/s

c/p tulip spray, resize 50, duplicte
place one behind tube, mirror the other one and place in front of tube 
d/s both

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

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





Thursday 8 March 2018

Gothic Lolita


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2018 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


Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Very Many
which can be purchased from the store HERE
Scrapkit - Gothic Lolita2 by Pink Paradox Productions
Mask 0031 & 0035 from Dragonflys Psp
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800 
floodfill white

c/p paper 48
apply mask 0035
merge group

c/p paper 44
apply mask
merge group

c/p tube, resize 80
duplicate

On mask layer, select all, float, defloat, invert
on original tube layer, delete
deselect

On duplicated tube layer
using your freehand selection tool
select across the top of the legs and round the
bottom half of the tube and delete
deselect
merge tube layers together
dropshadow 

element 240, resize 40, rotate left 90
move down and to the left a little
duplicate, mirror, d/s both

element 235, resize 40, rotate left 90
drag below tube and to the left
duplicate, mirror and move up a bit 
so they are offset from each other
d/s both

back to top of layer palette
element 225, resize 50, image effects, offset, h0, v-120

element 218, resize 60, drag below the black netting

element 200, resize 40, rotate right a little, move to the right
between the netting layers, duplicate, mirror

c/p and resize the following elements and position to
your liking at the bottom of your tag 

element 120, resize 40
element 98, resize 40
element 184, resize 30
element 115, resize 30
element 204, resize 30
element 103, resize 30
element 183, resize 25
element 190, resize 25
element 178, resize 25
element 222, resize 25
element 90, resize 60
element 237, rotate left, adjust sharpness, sharpen more
duplicate, mirror and flip
dont forget to d/s

c/p element 243 on top of layer palette

add your name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png


Melancholy Melody


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2018 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


Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Irulana
Scrapkit - Haunting Melody from Pink Paradox Productions
Mask 0038 from Dragonflyspsp
Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 47
apply mask
merge group
resize 90

c/p frame 13
resize 40
rotate left 5

element 50, resize 30, bottom right corner

element 189, resize 30, mirror, along bottom of frame
so the curve is past the right of previous element

element 120, resize 50, along left side of frame

element 164, resize 30, on top of lampost in the middle,
duplicate, mirror

element 132, resize 30, bottom left corner, duplicate twice,
flip one and drag below original, move other to top right corner
of frame and drag below it, erase any that is showing inside the frame

element 183, resize 30, along bottom of frame, 

element 155, resize 50, along bottom of frame, mirror
duplicate, rotate right 90, drag below frame layer

element 47, resize 30, rotate left 53, bottom left corner

element 196, resize 70, move to left slightly

c/p tube, resize to fit nicely on your tag
drag down layer palette to just above the frame

d/s all elements except the sparkles, 2,5,50,8, black

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

Monday 5 March 2018

Steampunk Yorkie


This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 5th March 2018 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


Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Laguna
which can be purchased from Pics for Design
Scrapkit - Steampunk Girl by Taggerworld
My mask 122 HERE
Font of choice - I used Inkland

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open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 3
apply Miz_Mask122
merge group

c/p frame 3, resize 80

element 59, resize 60, bottom left

element 30, magic wand, click on each black wing, 
expand by 1, delete, 
deselect, mirror, 
resize 55, 
rotate right 10, 
place on top 
of previous element so the screws in the middle of the flowers are showing

element 48, resize 60, duplicate twice

On original, image effects, offset, H-80, V145

on 1st duplicate, offset, H -141, V-10

on 2nd duplicate, offset, H 132, V-169

element 25, resize 40, rotate left 35, move to bottom

element 76, resize 40, bottom right

element 28, resize 60, on top of element 25

element 67, resize 65, place top left, ensure one of the cogs
is showing just above it a bit.

c/p tube just above frame layer, resize to fit

d/s all elements and tube, 2,5,50,8,black

add name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
crop and save as png

Here is another example 




Friday 2 March 2018

Irish Eyes

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd March 2018 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

Supplies needed: 
Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Alicia Mujica
which can be purchased HERE
My Scrapkit - Olde Lucky
Filters - Xero, Porcelain

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

preset shapes
rounded rectangle
foreground null, background dark green
draw out a rectangle in the middle of your canvas
convert to raster

change color to a different shade of green
draw out another rectangle like your first
but make it slightly longer and not as wide
so you can still see the first one above and
below it.  convert to raster

on both rectangle layers
select all, float, defloat
expand by 5
new raster layer
floodfill with a yellow/gold color
deselect
add noise, 44, uniform, monochrome
layers, arrange, move down
d/s

change preset shape to a heart
draw out a small heart in yet another green
convert to raster
duplicate
rotate left 100
duplicate
image, mirror
now position the 3 hearts so the points are touching
each other, merge down twice
You can use your pen tool to draw a little stalk if you wish

rotate your shamrock left 15
duplicate, mirror
position one top left of top rectangle and
one bottom right
merge down
add noise, 44 uniform monochrome
select all, float, defloat, expand by 3
new raster layer
floodfill with the same yellow you used earlier
deselect
layers, arrange move down
d/s

Make top rectangle active
select all, float, defloat
c/p tube as new layer
resize to fit nicely
selections invert
hit delete on your tube
deselect

effects, xero, porcelain, default settings
change blend mode to luminance legacy
duplicate
gaussian blur 9
change blend mode to screen

c/p element 74, resize 30
position to the right 
(mine looks like its coming from the tubes eye)

c/p element 1, resize 40, place behind
top left shamrock
d/s

Make bottom rectangle active
Text tool
Great Victorian Standard, size 28, color yellow
type out "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING" along the bottom
convert to raster
d/s

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






Thursday 1 March 2018

Lucky



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st March 2018 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 stunning artwork of Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics For Design
My Scrapkit - Olde Lucky
Miz_Mask 222 HERE
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 13
apply mask
merge group

c/p frame 3

element 62, resize 40
element 55, resize 30, duplicate
element 53, resize 30, duplicate, mirror
element 65, resize 30, duplicate
element 30, mirror
element 1, resize 50
element 60, resize 30
element 72, resize 40
element 35, resize 30

position all elements to your liking
along the bottom of the tag
or use my image as a guide

c/p tube just above frame layer
resize to fit nicely
erase any that is showing below the elements

dropshadow all elements and tube

add your name, copyright and license information
delete white bg layer
merge visible
save as png.


Kiss Me Im Irish!



This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 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 Misticheskaya
which can be purchased from Pics For Design
Scrapkit -  Lady Luck from Vaybs
Masks 231 & 234 from my blog HERE
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper 7
apply mask 234
merge group
move up the canvas slightly
duplicate
image, flip

c/p paper 10
apply mask 231
merge group

c/p elements 44 & 45
resize both 50
position one either side of the 'stalk' on
the 2nd mask layer

c/p element 20
resize 40
position in the middle of the 2 grass layers

c/p element 7
resize 20
dupliate twice
position in a line along the bottom of the previous elements

c/p element 64
resize 30
position bottom right
drag down a layer or two so its under the shamrocks

c/p element 59
resize 30
position behind hat

c/p tube
resize to fit nicely
position inbetween the two grass layers

If using the same tube as me
I copied just the clover and pasted
and rotated several times behind the tube

If not using the same tube then 
c/p element 42
resize 30 and duplicate several times
position behind your tube to your liking

c/p element 50
resize 30
position bottom left in front of tube

c/p element 29
resize 20
duplicate, and rotate slightly 
so one stone is 'leaning' on the other
in front of the cauldron

dropshadow all elements and tube
2,5,50,8,black

reposition any elements to your liking

c/p paste element 35
resize 60
add a nice green gradient glow
position along bottom of tag

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

I also made a matching avatar and small banner to go with mine






Wolf




This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 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 one of Very Many's 
gorgeous Wolf tubes, which you can purchase from 
the store HERE 
Miz_Mask 123 HERE
Supplies HERE
Font of choice

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Open supplies

open blank canvas 700 x 700
floodfill white

c/p paper
apply mask
merge group
select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p chicken wire
hit delete
deselect

c/p cirle frame
resize 25

c/p lanterns
resize 60
adjust brightness/contrast
brightness -39, contrast 26
move to right

c/p netting 
resize 80
position behind lanterns
duplicate
rotate left 90
position along bottom of frame

c/p wolf above frame
resize to fit, erasing any that is sticking out

c/p branch above bottom netting
resize 50
dupliate
rotate right 90
position behind lanterns

dropshadow all layers except mask
2,5,50,8, black

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

Here are some other examples made by the members of my group Taggers Inn