Splish Splash Splosh

Splish splash splosh

Supplies

I am using the awesome kit splish splash slosh kit from Seaschell available HERE

Vix mask 44 HERE

This tutorial assumes you have prior knowledge of using psp and its tools, I used psp 9 to write this tut,although i see no reason it cant be done in other versions :)

Onto the tut.

Open a new image 600X600 floodfill with white.

Open element 52 ( green circular frame ) resize by 70% then by 90%. Paste as a new layer.

Find paper 2 and go to effects~plugins~muras clouds with the settings below.

Now copy and paste this as a new layer, click the frame with your magic wand select inside the frame and so to selections~modify by 4 then back to your paper selections ~ invert and press delete on your keyboard, then make sure the cloud layer is underneath the frame.

Find the sand element and resize by 70% X 2 paste as a new layer and place at the bottom on the frame, then again find the frame layer using the magic wand inside the frame modify by 4 and click delete on your keyboard making sure you are on the sand layer.

Add the mermaid of your choice from the kit and mirror/resize to your liking and place her on top of the sand.

Click onto the sand layer and add the palm tree, i resized this by 70% x 3.

Add other elements to your liking look at my example for placement.

Finally add paper 11 as a new layer directly above the bottom layer and add a mask of your choice. I used vix mask 44.

Add you name and (c) info and save as a jpeg. Remember if you are are using the same tube as i have you must add the scrap kit maker as the (c) otherwise make sutre you add the (c) of the artist you choose to use if this is a pay for artist make sure you have the correct licence to use their work. :)

This tutorial was written by Steffy on 13/06/09 and is completly outta my head, so if there are any others out there thats just a coincidence. Please feel free to text link ONLY to this tut, and send people here to do the tut no part of this tut can be copied to another site wothout my express permission.

New tut with our template!

Heres a new tut "Color my world with love" written by Sherry from Young at heart designs.

You can find the tut and lots more of her gorgeous tutorials HERE.

Spank Me!

SPANK ME!!!

I am using the awesome work of Rion Vernon aka Pinuptoons his work is only available from CILM do not use this tube without the proper licence thanks

Supplies needed

Template 75 by Blissfully Beth’s available HERE

Scrap kit is Love Lust by Weescotslass available HERE

Onto the tut

Open the template in psp shift +D and cross of the original. Delete the (c) layer.

Starting at the bottom, (ignoring the Background layer lol)

Use the following instructions for the template layers named –
Dashed circle
Lg grey circle bg
Sm lt greycircle bg
Sm lt grey circle bg
Grey rect bg

Selections ~ select all ~ selections Float ~ Selections Defloat.
Copy the paper of your choice and paste as a new layer selections ~ invert and delete making sure you are on the paper layer.

Then delete the original layer and add a drop shadow to the paper layer i used 2,2,50,5 black.

Leave all the frames as they are and just add a drop shadow to them for my settings see above.
Now find the large circle selections ~ float ~ selections defloat ~ add a close up of your tube as a new layer selections ~ invert and press delete on your keyboard.

Then change the blend mode to Luminance Legacy.

Find the Spank Me layer selections ~ select all ~ selections float ~ sections defloat ~ selections modify contract by 3. Layers new layer flood fill with a light colour, selections none, then merge these 2 layers together, and add the same drop shadow.

Finally go to the background layer add a paper and mask of your choice
Add your tube, then any (c) and your name.
Resize to your liking.
Save as a jpeg

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial, it was written by Steffy on the 30th May 2009. It was written for my Daughter for her birthday lol cos I’m tight
DO NOT copy elsewhere but feel free to text link only to this tutorial.

Bouncy Balls

Bouncy balls

i has to squash this up a bit to fit on the blog it is not block in fulll size :)

I am using the awesome artwork of Rion Vernon aka Pinuptoons, only available at CILM, please do not use this tube if you do not have a licence to do so.

Scrap kit used is by VooDoo4u2nv
called Sandy summer HERE

My supplies are HERE


This tutorial assumes you have prior knowledge of psp and animation shop.

ONTO THE TUT
Open the scrap kit and my supplies in psp and the tube you wish to use, open my beach scene duplicate + shift and save the original in case you want to use it again.

Paste your tube as a new layer, go to the scrap kit, and find the beach ball, re size to you liking and paste on the girls hand so it looks like she is bouncing the ball, duplicate this layer and move down a little repeat this step until the ball is touching the sand.

Find the tiki hut and other elements from the scrap kit you wish to use, re size to your liking and add as you feel looks best please refer to mine for placement if you require.

Find the sun from my supplies at add at the top right hand corner.

Add your name and the (c) info as new layers.

TO ANIMATE

X out all the ball layer except the top one that is at her hand, edit~ copy merged ~edit pate as a new animation in AS, X out this layer and paste the next one after the current frame, repeat this until u have X’d out all layers and pasted them to the sand.

Back to psp and repeat your last paste, then X that one out and un X the one above repeat this until the ball is at her hand again.

Are you still with me lol.

Still in AS animation ~ frame properties and change the very last frame to 50 . Resize to your liking and save.

This tutorial was written by Steffy of http://www.thefishqueenandprincessofpinkdopsp.blogspot.com/
On the 18-05-09

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did making it. Please do not copy this tutorial anywhere else on the internet or claim as your own, any resemblance to others is a coincidence. Feel free to text link only to this tutorial but please DO NOT hotlink.

Perfect Pisces

Perfect Pisces

I am using the awesome artwork of Lindsay Cibos her work is only available from CILM please do not use this tube without a licence, she also does many other star signs :)

This tutorial presumes you have prior knowledge of psp and its workings, I used psp 9 to write this tut, but I can’t see why it can’t be done in other versions, this is a quickie :)

Scrap kit by Bel Vidotti Called Sea Life HERE

My supplies HERE

Onto the tut

Open a new image 600X600 flood fill in white.

Add sealifeframepebble as a new layer and re size by 80%

Add my inner as a new layer place under the frame.

Copy and paste bubbles 3 as a new layer place at the right hand side of the frame duplicate and mirror.

Add your Tube as a new layer and place in the centre, of the frame. Resize elements and add to your liking as new layers.

Add a drop shadow to all layers. (I used 2,2,50,5 black )

Go to the bottom layer add paper 9 as a new layer then apply mask cbj_05 use your deform tool to fit it around the tag.

Add my word art as a new layer on the top layer. Then add your © info and your name, save as a jpeg and resize to your liking.

This tutorial was written by Steffy of thefishqueenandprincessofpinkdopsp@blogspot.com on the 17.05.09 and is totally out of my own head, if anyone has made one similar then it’s not my fault. Do not share the zips included here but send people here to download them from here, fell free to text link ONLY to this tut, do not hotlink! Thank you

Sweet Dreams Baby girls tut from our scrap kit

Ladylove from Fantasy flight Graphics has written a fab tut usng Laura's Perfectly Pink Kit.

Find the tut HERE

and her blog HERE

Picture This

Picture this

Supplies needed HERE

3 tubes of you own choice WSL mask 181 HERE navigate ~ downloads ~ and find the right number :)

I am using the artwork of Pinuptoon's which are only available for CILM HERE

The tut

Open a new raster layer 600*600 Flood fill with white Copy and paste the Polaroid tube as a new layer.

Click inside the black area of the first Polaroid with your magic wand with the following setting like so

Find the first tube you are using re size to your liking, ( I resized mine by 60% smart size as this stops the jaggered edge on the tube )
Then copy and pate as a new layer move the tube into the picture then selections invert then click delete on your keyboard, selections select none. It should look something like this.

Repeat this process with the other 2 pictures making sure that u always go back to the Polaroid layer when using the magic wand. When u have finished you should have something like this.

Go to the very bottom layer and add a new layer flood fill it with a colour that matches with your tubes Open WSL mask 181 then go to layers ~ new mask layer ~from image ~ click the drop down box and find WSL mask 181 source luminance ticked invert mask unticked like so

then click ok

Then your layer palette should look something like this Right click the layer that says mask and merge group. You should have something like this

Staying on the mask layer re size this layer ONLY by 85% bicubic. Then in the layer palette move the opacity to around 50% like so

Make sure you are on the top layer and add the word art as a new layer re-size by 85% Bicubic then colorize to your like. To colourize got to the colour you used for the mask layer and look at the colours numbers and remember the ones i have circled. Then go to Adjust ~hue and saturation ~colourise~ and in the 2 boxes put the 2 numbers u have just remembered. In my case it was 10 & 109 look at the screen shot below.

Effects 3 d effect drop shadow with the following settings

Add your name (I added the same drop shadow to my name ) and © info. Now if u want to stop there u can do, just save merge layers flatten and save as a Jpg. If u want to animate then carry on after u have added the name and © info.

To animate

Merge visible the 3 tubes u placed in the Polaroid and put the opacity down to nil edit copy merged then open animation shop and paste as a new animation, back to psp change the opacity on the merged layer to 26 edit copy merged animation shop edit past AFTER the current layer back to psp change the opacity to 30 edit copy merged edit paste AFTER current layer carry on doing this changing the opacity a little bit at a time until u have the opacity on 100%

I have 10 layers. Nearly done now lol

Go Edit select all then to animation frame properties and change the number to 40 on all frames.

Then click on the last frame to make the blue box go round just that frame and change the number to 100 then resize to your liking, and save as a gif Save as a gif
Hey presto u have a new tag!
Here is the non animated version

This tut was writted by moonwhiper 16/10/08
it was out of my head so any one else written one simular im sorry, but its just co-incidence, this tut may not be copied in any part anywhere else

*New Tut* Spring flowers *

Spring flowers

This tutorial assumes you have prior knowledge of the workings of psp, I am using psp 9 cos I like that one, although there is no reason it can’t be done in other versions.

I am using the awesome artwork of Rion Vernon aka pinuptoons only available at CILM
Do not use this artwork without a licence to do so

Supplies

Scrap kit by Armazem Scraps called Spring time it’s her addition to a spring time blog train available HERE

Template 12 by Maggie HERE

the animation I used is HERE I cant remember where i got this from if its yours let me know and i will either remove it or add your (c) info to it :]

Onto the tut
Open the template in psp shift + D to duplicate then save the original one to use again.

Image canvas size increase to 650X600 add a new layer and send it to the bottom, fill with white.

Find the grey rectangle layer selections ~select all ~selections float ~ defloat add a new layer then go to the scrap kit, copy and paste paper 6 INTO selections, select none then delete the original rectangle layer. Find the Grey flower stem layer selections ~ select all ~selections float ~ selections defloat grab paper 13 paste as a new layer selections invert then press delete on your keyboard, making sure you are on the paper layer, selwections~select none add a drop shadow.

Find the white frame layer and add a drop shadow to that.

Fins the grey flower layer selections ~ select all ~selections float ~defloat and add paper 1 as a new layer. Selections ~ invert and press delete on your keyboard. Again making sure you are on the paper layer then delete the original flower layer and add a drop shadow to your new flower. Add a drop shadow to your flower frame layer.
Go to the circle layer delete that and the frame and in its place add element 10 resized by 90% add a drop shadow.

Resize the sunshine element by 60% x2 and place on the right hand side, see mine for placement.

Go to the bottom layer the one you filled in white and add paper 7 as a new layer re size to your liking and add a mask. I used cbj mask 05 which is in the supplies.
Merge group.

Add your tube as a new layer at the very top and add a drop shadow to it.
Add your name and (c) info.

To animate
Edit copy merged and paste in AS, as a new animation edit duplicate, find the animation I included in the zip and go edit select all edit copy back to your tag edit select all edit paste INTO selected frame.
Resize to your liking, and save as a gif,

This tutorial was written by steffy 11/04/09
Any similarity to other tuts is a co-incidence; feel free to text link only to this tut.
But do not claim it as your own cos its not yours its mine

Toxic Shock *new tut*

TOXIC SHOCK

This tut was inspired by Laura’s fab template,

Artwork (c) Pinuptoons. Do not use this tube without a valid licence to do so, if you require this tube and licence go to CILM.

This tut also assumes you have prior knowledge of psp and its tools, I am using psp 9 to write this tut cost thats the only one I like, you can of course use which ever version you prefer.

SUPPLIES

Template HERE

Scrap kit is called Trendy Girl and is the fab work of Karla at Lacarolita’s Designz and can be found HERE – don’t forget to say thank you for this brilliant scrap kit.

ONTO THE TUT

Open and duplicate the template (shift + D) and save the original for use again. Delete the (c) layer. Increase the canvas size to 700X700

Go to the template and find layer square frame ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat ~add paper 4 as a new layer selections invert and click delete on your keyboard, then delete the original layer.

Repeat the steps above with layers t rect frame, b rect frame, t rect sm frame, b rect sm frame. Then add a drop shadow to each layer i used 2,2,50,5 black.

Go to the square inner frame ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat ~add paper 1 as a new layer selections invert and click delete on your keyboard, then delete the original layer.

Find the bot rect layer and ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat ~add paper 7 as a new layer selections invert and click delete on your keyboard, then delete the original layer. Repeat for top rect layer.

Find the bottom and top toxic layer and add the same drop shadow.
Find the t rect sm layer ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat ~add paper 7 as a new layer selections invert and click delete on your keyboard, then delete the original layer. Repeat for b rect sm layer.

Add the same drop shadow to the addicted and but don’t... layers.

Find the Right Arrow layer ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat add a new layer and flood fill with #bd143b. Find the right arrow frame layer and ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat add a new layer and flood fill with #ffffff . Repeat with the left hand arrow, rename these layer red1 and red 2** BUT DO NOT** delete the original arrow layer! We need that for the animation.

Add the same drop shadow to the frames of the arrows, are you still with me lol

Find the tri frame selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat add a new layer and flood fill with #ffffff then find the triangle top ~ selections ~select all~ selections float-defloat add a new layer and flood fill with #bd143b and delete the original layers.

Go to the background layer and add a paper or colour of your choice and mask of your choice.

Click onto the very top layer, and add your tube as a new layer, add your (c) info and the name u wish to use,

To animate

find the layers you name red 1 and red 2 and X out copy merged and open animation shop, paste as a new animation un X the 2 red layer copy merged in AS paste after current frame change the animation properties to 15 resize to you liking and save as a gif.

All done!

This tutorial was written by Steffy on 17/04/09 and was made out of my head through inspiration from my partner in crime Laura!
No not copy this tutorial but feel free to link anyone here to our blog to download the supplies,and don’t forget to show us what you have made

Lustrous Libra

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and some of its tools.



To complete this tutorial you will need;

A tube of choice. Im using the gorgeous art work of David Boller www.tuskentertainment.com .

To use his art you must purchase a license from Up Your Art first.

Mura's Meister Copies

Alien skin Xenofex 2 constellation (optional as its only for animation)

Font/s of choice

and

My supplies which can be found here :].

Open a new image 650x650 transparent canvas. Floodfill with white.

Open the scales and sky cloud from my supplies and minimise the sky cloud for now.

Copy and paste the scales onto the canvas and go to mura's copies.
Select Encircle and apply as below -



Choose a nice pastel colour from your tube as your background. Foreground on nil.

Grab your preset shape tool set on circle and draw out a medium sized circle on your canvas and move below the scales layer. Ensure the edges of the circle meet with the top line of the scales and then convert to raster. If the circle is too small or too big play about with the nodes until its the right size before converting.

Go to Adjust, Blur, Gausian blur with a radius of 8-10 depending on the colour you selected, apply.
Repeat.

Copy and paste the skycloud on to your canvas and duplicate. Keep one at the top and X it out.
Move one below your blurred circle layer. Duplicate this a few times until you have covered all the edges of the circle with it. You might want to rotate or mirror the duplicates to get a better difference around the edges.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Move it below the top sky cloud layer and un X that skycloud now.
Duplicate the skycloud and then flip and mirror it. Place the duplicate next to the first to cover the lower section of your tube. Merge these two visable.

Hide all layers except for the lower sky cloud layers. Merge them visable. Add a drop shadow of choice in WHITE.

Un X all other layers.

If your animating your tag follow the next steps if not please skip them and go straight to the text addition further down.
Activate your tube layer and duplicate for a total of 4.

X out the bottom one and the top two. With your remaining tube layer active go to xenofex 2 constellation and apply with the following settings -



Repeat this for the next two higher tube layers pressing random seed once each time.
X out all xenofex layers.

Join back here if you skipped the animation.

Activate the top layer in your canvas and grab your preset shape tool set on elipse. Line width of 5, background nil, foreground black.

Draw out a circle lining it up with the outside of the scales. Dont convert to raster!!
Grab your text tool and hold your cursor over the elipse you have just drawn until it changes into an A and then click, choose a font , change the foreground and background to gold or any other colour of choice and type out your title, I wrote Lustrous Libra.

When done Click the + in your layer pallette next to the vector layers and X out the elipse layer. Right click the text layer, Convert to raster.

Use the same method to add your copyright and if needed license info and taggers mark if required.

Change your foreground and background to the same colour as your inner circle and type out your name over the skycloud layer in the lower part of the tag. Once satisfied with it convert to raster and add a gradient glow or drop shadow of choice to the text.

Drop shadow any other layers you want to and resize all layers to your liking.

If you arent animating save your tag in your preferred format and thank you for trying my tutorial :].

If you are animating un X the first xenofex layer and right click the top bar of your image, copy merged, over to animation shop, paste as new animation.

Back to psp, X out the first xenofex layer, Un X the middle one, copy merged, into animation shop, paste after current frame.

Back to psp again, X the middle xenofex layer, Un X the top one, copy merged, into animation shop, Paste after current frame.

Right click view animation, save as .gif and your done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial and please if you do complete it share your results as id love to see them!!

This tutorial was written on April 13th 2009 by Laura.
Please do not repost or translate without my express permission.
Items in my supplies are not to be shared outside of this tutorial although you may use them for yourself.
If linking please use a text link. Do not hotlink to our pictures - thanks :].

Lucious Leo

Lucious Leo Tutorial



Written by Laura aka Pink Princess on march 31st 2009.

For this tutorial you will need -

Tube of choice. I have used a gorgeous Leo tube by Mariya Nikiforova which i purchased from My PSP Tubes.
If you want to use the same tube you MUST buy it from MPT first.

1 or 2 fonts of choice.
Golden memories scrap kit from Sabre of Quill and parchment he has some lovely kits, and other goodies please take time to browse while you're there.
You can download this kit Here on his blog. Please leave a thankyou if you do download.

My Leo template (in supplies).

Mask of choice.

Eyecandy HSB Noise for animation.

My supplies.

You will need a working knowledge of psp to do this tutorial and a bit of patience lol

Ok lets get going!

Open the template, tube and your mask in psp. Minimise all but the template for now.
On the template go to image, Canvas Size, and change it to 650x650.
Activate the background layer and fill white at the transparent edge.

Now this may take you a few minutes but its worth doing it properly for a fab tag finish!
Take your magic wand, on the following settings
Mode= add/shift tollerance 10, anti alias and contingious checked.
Activate the Outline layer on the template and click inside the lions face, it might take a few clicks to select all of it.
Once done, selections modify, expand by 2.
Add a new layer below the outline layer and floodfill the face sections a colour of choice.
Deselect.

Now we're going to colour his mane.

Take your magic wand and activate the outline layer again. Select roughly every 3rd space of the mane.
Add a new layer and drop it below the outline layer but keep it active.
Selections, modify, expand by 2. Floodfill a colour of choice. I used a pale brown at this stage.
Deselect.
While still on the same layer check for any tiny little spaces you may have missed that should be the same colour and using your freehand tool carefully select around each space. Selections, modify, expand by 1-2 depending on how accurate your freehand was. Floodfill with the same colour.
Deselect.

Pick another lion-ish colour. I chose a pale yellow this time. And taking your magic wand on the same settings, activate your outline layer again and select some more spaces. Aiming for half of the ones left blank now.
Once you've selected the ones you want, selections, modify, expand by 2. Add a new layer, drop below the outline layer and floodfill the selections with your chosen colour.
Dont deselect yet! Take your freehand tool and select any tiny spaces the wand couldnt get to, modify expand by 1-2 depending on your freehand accuracy, flood fill the tiny selections.
Deselect.

Repeat the above steps with a 3rd and final colour. I used an orangey colour.

Add a nice eye colour by selecting the iris area and colouring blue/green/brown whichever you prefer.

Hooray all fiddly bits are done!

Now hide your outline layer and background layer and merge visable the others. Unhide the outline and background and activate the outline layer again.
Grab your magic wand on the same settings as before and this time select all the spaces in front of the lions face and the gap between the edges of the circle and the face. Set your foreground to a gradient of choice. I used the metalic gold that comes with psp 9. Set to radial, add a new layer and drop it below the outline layer.
Selections, modify, expand by 2-3 see which looks best on your tag then floodfill this layer with the gradient.
Deselect.
Duplicate this gradient layer for a total of 3.

On the bottom layer add eyecandy HSB noise with the following settings -

Activate the second layer and add the same settings again but press the random seed button once.
Activate the last of the 3 gradient layers and apply the settings again pressing random seed once more.

Now activate the background layer.
Choose a paper from Sabre's golden memories kit and copy and paste it as a new layer just above the background.
Layers, new mask layer, from image. Browse to your mask in the dropdown box and apply with luminance checked. Right click this layer in the pallete and merge group.
I duplicated my mask and rotated the duplicate a little to make it seem like there were more flares.

Choose any elements and embelishments you like from the kit and resize and place them where required.

Now set your foreground onto some crazy colour like neon green, one that really clashes with your tag and background on nil.
Grab your preset shape tool set on elipse, line width of 3 and draw out a circle the same size as the lion template.
Select your text tool and choose a font, hold your mouse over the top left edge of the circle and when you see your curser turn into an A click. Now change the colour of your background to a complimentary colour from your tag and turn the foreground off. Size of around 40, type out Lucious Leo, or any other phrase you like.
Click the + sign next to the vector layer in your pallette and X out the elipse layer. Then right click and convert to raster.
Add bevel or filters to your text now.
Add a drop shadow too if desired.

Add your tube and a dropshadow of choice.

Using the same background colour grab your text tool again and type out your name/text at the bottom. Convert to raster and add any text effects you desire.
Add all © information and license number if required.

Now X off the top two gradient layers in your pallette. Right click the top bar of your canvas and copy merged.
Paste into Animation shop as a new animation.
Back to psp, un X the middle gradient layer and right click, copy merged again.
Back into ani shop, paste after current frame.
Back into psp, un X the top gradient layer and right click, copy merged.
Back into ani shop paste after current frame.
View your animation!
If you like the speed then save as gif. and your done.
If you'd prefer it faster or slower play around with the frame properties until you have the speed you want.

Thanks for trying my tutorial :]

Always Aquarian..

Always Aquarian

I used the awesome artwork of Rion Vernon who’s work is only available under licence from CILM. Check out his work I think its totally awesome!
This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of psp

SUPPLIES NEEDED
Tube of your choice
My Template HERE (in supplies)
Eye Candy 5 nature
Mask krd-mask9 (in supplies)
My supplies HERE

Ok onto the tut :)

Grab my template shift+D to duplicate then save the original in case you want to use it again :)

Click on raster 1 add a new layer and fill with a lightish colour from your tube, floodfill this layer and apply mask. Resize by 80% then deform till it fits to your liking.

Go to the inner layer selections ~select all~ Selection float ~ selections defloat selections~ modify expand by 2 add a new layer and flood fill with a darker colour from your tube, DO NOT deselect yet, delete the inner layer and duplicate the selected layer X2 so you have 3 layers still selected.
Go to the bottom selected layer and apply Eye candy 5 nature Ripples with these settings.

Selctions ~ invert delete. This will remove the excess on the filter.
Go to the middle layer click the random seed button and apply, again delete the excess, and do the same for the top layer, you should now have 3 layers with different settings of ripples. You may deselect now making sure u have deleted on each layer.
Click on the outer layer and add a drop shadow I used 5,5,50,5 black (cos this is my fav setting lol)

Add your tube and drop shadow as above.

Clcik onto the word layer and selections ~ select all ~selections~float ~ selections defloat, flood fill with a nice blue colour to match I used the same colour I had used to fill the inner layer. Add a drop shadow.

Add your name and (c) info.

Now to animate
X off your top and middle ripple layer copy merged, open AS paste as a new animation, back to psp X off that layer and un X the middle layer , copy merged AS paste AFTER current frame, back to psp X out that layer un X the top layer and paste AFTER current frame.

Stil in AS edit select all ~ animation ~ resize to 85% ~animation again frame properties and change that number to 25. Then save hey presto a new tag!

This tutorial was written by Steffy 30-03-09
It was out of my head and any similarities to other tuts is purely coincidental. Do not copy any part of this tut and claim it as your own as it isn’t it’s mine :)
Feel free to make a text link to this tutorial but do not copy and paste
Thanx

Typical Taurus Tutorial

Typical Taurus

A tutorial written by Laura aka Pink Princess on march 29th 2009.



For this tutorial you will need -
My typical taurus template included in the supplies.

A tube of choice. Im using a gorgeous taurus tube from Mariya Nikiforova if you want to use the one im using you must purchase it from MPT first.

A scrap kit of choice or the one im including which is Dusty Delights by Fee of Scrappy Dayz.
Or if you prefer just choose some colours to match your tube :].

Toadies - what are you.

Font of choice or the one im using which is a freebie called "Never let go" included in my supplies.

Optional for your name/text - Eyecandy 4000 gradient glow.

My supplies.

Ok on to the fun stuff!

Open your supplies in psp and open up the tube your going to be using.

Activate the template and press shift+D to duplicate. Close the original and delete the info layer from the remaining one.

Activate the inner circle layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 1 and floodfill a dark colour from your tube. Deselect.

Activate the taurus frame layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 2. Copy and paste paper 1 from Fee's kit as a new layer (or a paper of your choice). Selections, Invert, hit delete on the paper layer. Deselect. Delete taurus frame layer.

Activate the inner taurus layer. Select all, float, defloat, expand by 1. Copy and paste paper 4 from the kit. Selections, invert. Press delete on the paper layer. Deselect. Delete inner taurus layer.

Follow the same steps above for the rectangle inner, rectangle outer and TAURUS layers. Either copying and pasting papers or floodfilling with complimentary colours.

Ok now activate the bull layer. Colourise him to match your frames, i made mine a nice deep pink like the inner circle.
Resize him by 84% once, and again if he looks a bit big lol i forgot how many times i resized, but it wasnt more than twice. Now duplicate this layer a few times so you have bulls all inside the inner taurus frame. Mirror a few for prettyness. Then merge all the little bull shapes together. Once merged move this layer down so its just above the inner taurus frame.

Activate the inner taurus frame and select all, float, defloat, expand by 1, invert. Activate the bull layer and press delete. Deselect.
Change the blend mode of this bull layer to dodge.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. If your using a laying down tube like mine place it so its above the TAURUS text layer but below the typically layer. Resize to your liking and add a drop shadow of choice. I used H+V 2 opacity 52 blur 6 black.

Go back to the scrap kit, copy and paste a frame of choice, i chose the pink one :].
Image, rotate, free rotate, left 90.
Resize it by 86% and place it as mine.
Duplicate this layer and on the original, not the duplicate go to Effects, Toadies, What are you? with both X and Y on 20.

Activate the Typically layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 1 and then change your foreground to either a patern paper or a colour of choice and activate your brush tool. Brush in gentle strokes over the selected text. Dont cover all of it yet. Change your foreground to a complimentary colour/paper/pattern and repeat the brushing until all the text is covered.

Now add your © info and any license numbers needed.
Add your name/text and resize/crop to your liking.
Add drop shadows to frame layers and any others you like.

If you feel it looks naked without a mask feel free to add one now :].

Thats it we're done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and thanks for giving it a go!

New Template - Taurus

This is the first in a new set of zodiac templates we'll be making so if you cant think of a taurean friend to use it for do keep checking back for the other 11 signs :].

Download HERE

Blowing Bubbles ~New tutorial

Blowing Bubbles

This is what we will be making :)

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Template 2 by me HERE
Tube of your choice, I used one by Rion Vernon
Only available at CILM do not use this tube without a licence to do so.
CILM have a great sale on atm so nip over there quick!
Mask of choice I used Beckys mask 022 which is available in my supplies as her site is now closed
Scrap set or colours of choice
DSB flux available HERE
MY SUPPLIES HERE (includes mask, template and a text link to dsb flux)

Now you have the supplies onto the tut.

Open Template 2 shift+D to duplicate it and close the original so you can use it again and again lol.

Delete the (c) layer

Image canvas size 600x600
Delete my black background layer and add a new layer in its place flood fill with white so you can see what you are doing

Go to the rectangle inner layer selections~ select all ~select float~ select defloat, Selections ~ modify expand by 1 add a new layer and fill it with your scrap paper or colour of your choice, (I filled it with a gradient of #c06384 and #eab4c7) Then delete the original layer. Go to the rectangle frame and add a drop shadow of 2-2-50-5 (colour black)

Go to circle inner and repeat the step above.

Click onto the circle frame layer u have just added drop shadow to with your magic wand and add DSB flux Bright noise intensity 29 repeat with the rectangle frame layer. Then add a drop shadow of -2 -2 50 5 (black) to these frames.

Add your tube as a new layer and re- size to suit. (I mirrored and resized to 70% smart size then adjust sharpen ~sharpen.)

Grab your free hand tool and make a selection around the bubbles, then duplicate this layer x2 so you have 3 bubble layers. Go to the bottom bubble layer and add DSB flux intensity 29, then to the middle layer and add the same filter BUT click the mix button once, then the top layer and click the mix button twice selections ~select none.

Go to the circle frame layer grab your magic wand and click inside the circle frame selections~ modify ~ expand by 8. Go back to your tube original size and paste as a new layer, selections ~ invert and press delete on your keyboard then drag this tube layer below your circle frame layer.

Back to your rectangle fill layer add a new layer and add some brushes of your choice. (if u use a scrap paper u don’t have to do this step)

Go to the bottom layer add a new layer and flood fill with a colour of your choice and I added Beckymask022. Merge ~ merge group then grab your deform tool and deform till it fits your tag to your liking.

Add your name and (c) info. Crop to a size of your liking and open animation shop
Nearly there now lol

To animate

Close of the middle and top bubble layers edit copy merge Go to AS and paste as a new animation back to psp close off the bottom layer open the middle layer ~copy merged and back to AS paste AFTER current layer, then close off that layer in psp and open the top layer edit ~ copy merged ~ paste AFTER current layer in AS
Re size to your liking and save all done.

This tutorial is completely out of my own head and any similarities to any other tutorials is coincidental. Feel free to make a text only link to this tutorial, but no not share any of the supplies elsewhere please send them here to grab them
Thankyou
28-03-09

Looking For Rainbows

Looking for Rainbows

A tutorial by Laura aka Pink Princess ©2009

The ideas behind this tutorial are completely my own from my own little head and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

I have used the gorgeous art work of Marco Guaglione. If you would like to use the same image you must have a license with My PSP Tubes. This tube was a freebie but these are only available for use with your license number so please visit MPT to get one before using this artist’s work, thanks :).

Ok on to the fun part!

You will need -

Rainbow template from my blog.

While there also snag the rainbow wordart or you can recolor the word art that comes with the template - it’s up to you.

I have used Vix mask 44 which you can download from her site - here scroll right to the bottom of the page, i promise it is there hehe.

I’ve also used papers and colours from Steffy’s debut mini kit “little girls’” which can be found here.

You will need eyecandy 4000 hsb noise for animating or you can create your own animation effect.

Ok now we have everything let’s get going!

First open up the supplies in psp and minimise the mask and any tube you are using for now.

Activate the template and hold shit+D to duplicate. Close the original and delete the info layer from the remaining template.

Activate inner circle layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 1, now either copy and paste a paper of your choice or flood fill a colour of choice. I used paper 5 from the kit. Selections, invert, on the paper layer press delete. Delete inner circle layer. If you flood filled do not delete this layer!! Deselect.

Activate sun layer, select all, float, defloat, expand by 2, floodfill a nice bright yellow. Don’t deselect yet! Go to effects, texture effects, textures, then choose a nice papery texture for the sun. Now deselect.

Activate the circle frame, select, float, defloat, expand by 2, and either paste your paper or floodfill with a complimentary colour. If you paste a paper don’t forget to invert and delete on the paper layer. Deselect.

Activate Rainbow 1, select, float, defloat, expand by 1, floodfill a colour of choice, deselect. Repeat for rainbow 2-5. Now hide all layers except for the 5 rainbow layers and merge visible. Unhide other layers.

Activate rainbow layer, adjust softness, soften. This just gets rid of any sharpness left by floodfilling.

Activate left heart, select, float, defloat, expand by 1, floodfill a nice medium pink colour. Deselect. Repeat for Right heart. Change the blend mode on both these layers to Colour. You might notice some rainbow poking through into the back of the hearts. If you do take your eraser tool, size 10, hardness around 50, activate the rainbow merged layer and carefully delete anything showing through the hearts.

Take the downloaded word art and copy and paste on to your canvas. Delete the word art that came with the template if you are using the downloaded one. If you are recolouring the wordart that is on the template do that now. To make the downloaded wordart fit exactly, take your deform tool and slowly stretch it out to shape. Once finished adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Now go to canvas size and change it to 650 x 650. Activate the background layer and floodfill white. Add a new layer above this, flood fill this layer with a colour or gradient of your choice. I used the basic rainbow gradient in psp set on radial.

Layers, new mask layer, from image. Find the Vix 44 mask or the mask you are using and apply with luminance checked. Right click this layer in your layer palate and merge group. Set the opacity down to around 30 and duplicate for a total of 3 layers.

On the first go to effects, plug ins, EyeCandy 4000 and choose hsb noise with these settings

– apply.

Repeat for the other two mask layers but press the random seed button on each before applying.

Now take the tube you are going to be using. Copy and paste it as a new layer, ensuring its above the sun layer but below the frame. Resize it to suit and then click inside the circle frame with your magic wand. Modify expand by 5, invert, on tube layer, delete, select none.

Duplicate this tube layer and on each go to adjust, softness, soften. Then change the blend mode on both to Hard Light.

OK are you still with me?lol

Now it’s time to add any © and license numbers plus your taggers mark if required.

On to the name.

Take your preset shape tool on elipse, background nil, foreground something clashing like black or bright purple and line width on 3ish. Draw out an elipse shape that fits just inside the circle frame. When you’re happy with the shape and size go to image, flip and move it back into position at the bottom of the frame.

Take your text tool, choose font, colours etc and type out your name. It should be appearing the same way as mine, on the inside of the frame. Once your happy with the size and placement of your name click the little + symbol in the layer palate next to the text you just created and x out the elipse layer. Then convert to raster.

Add any drop shadows, effects, embellishments of your choosing now and resize/crop to your liking.

X out the two top mask layers and right click on your image, select copy merged. Launch animation shop and paste as new animation.

Back to psp, X out the bottom mask layer, un X the middle mask layer, right click, copy merged, over to animation shop, paste after current frame.

Back to psp again x out the middle layer, un x the top mask layer, right click, copy merged, animation shop, paste after current frame. Now view your animation! Don’t forget to save and do any more resizing if needed.

Phew that took a lot of explaining but yay my first ever tutorial is written. Thank you for taking the time to do it and I’d love to see your results :D