Friday, May 20, 2011

I'm back and with a new tutorial!!

Hello there! Sorry, I've been gone for a bit, my computer went down majorly and am just getting it back!! boy did I miss taggin' so much!! anywho, on to my tutorial.......



This tutorial was written by me, Lori, on May 19, 2011.
And it was written for those who should already have a basic knowledge of working with PSP. I used Paint Shop Pro X3
Do not copy this tutorial and post it through any group or claim it as your own. Please share a text link only.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental.
Supplies needed
Tube(s) of choice, I used the Artwork by ©Jessica Dougherty you must purchase a license found atCreative Design Outlet. (I'm using a tube from CILM, which as we all know is now closed.)
Tag template by Blissfully Beth and can be found here.
PTU now FTU Scrapkit by Shani of Wicked Princess called Hot Stuff and can be found here.

Font of choice (I used Monotype Corsiva)
Plug In: Xero
Please remember to stop and save often.
Add drop shadow of choice as you go. Refer to my example as needed, merge layers down as needed to make things a little eaiser.

Let's Rock this Tutorial!!

Open the template in PSP, using your shortcut keys on your keyboard (SHIFT+D) duplicate the template as a new image. Close the original.

Open papers 4, 7, 10, and 11 mimize for later use.

Go to BLACK RECT1, select-All-float-defloat, add new raster layer and paste paper11 into selection, rename leftFrame. Delete original layer, do this with BLACK RECT2 renameing rightframe.

Go to WHITE RECT1, select-All-float-defloat, add new raster layer and paste paper4 into selection, without deselecting, go to frame1 go to selections-modify-expand by 2 and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Delete original layer, do this with WHITE RECT2. Move both frames above the backgrounds.

Go to the right frame and paste tube of choice under it, resize and arrange to liking. Go to the background layer, select all-float-defloat-invert, go back to the tube layer and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Go to effects-photo effects-infrared film with these settings: Strength: 70; Flare: 30; Grain: 30. Go to effects-xero-porcelain using the following settings: Softness: 50; Strenght: 128; Brightness: 128; Red Channel: 0; Green Channel: 0; Blue Channel: 255. Go to your layer palette and set the layer visiablity to 50.

Go to AQUA CIRCLE, select all-float-defloat add new raster layer and paste paper 10 into selection, delete original layer.

Go to PINK CIRCLE 2, with your magic wand tool, click inside the pink area, go to selections-float-defloat-modify-expand by1. Add new raster layer and paste paper 7 into selection. Do this with PINK CIRCLE 1, pasting it on the same layer you pasted the paper for the first circle. Go to the PINK CIRCLEs again, with your color changing tool, change the color to a color from the kit or tube.

Open the devil frame from the kit and paste over the PINK STRA BACKGROUND, resize to liking, and delete the PINK STRA BACKGROUND. Paste tube of liking arrange and resize to liking to fit inside of frame.

With your magic wand tool, click inside the frame, select-all-float-defloat-modify-expand by4, add a new raster layer and paste paper 4 into selection. Do not deselect. Go to selections-invert, go to tube layer and hit the delete key on you key board. While tube layer is activated, Go to effects-photo effects-infrared film with these settings: Strength: 70; Flare: 30; Grain: 30. Go to effects-xero-porcelain using the following settings: Softness: 50; Strenght: 128; Brightness: 128; Red Channel: 0; Green Channel: 0; Blue Channel: 255. Duplicate layer, on the bottom tube layer, go to adjust-blur-gaussian-bur set to 10. Go to the top layer on your layer palette, set the layer visiablity to 50.

Go to the wordart Exclusive, arrange to fit between the devil horns in the frame. With your magic wand, click inside the black area, go to selections-float-defloat-modify-expand by1, flood fill with a color from the tube or kit. Go to effects-xero-fritillary-with these settings: Granularity: 5; Aggression: 30; tesselation: 10; variation: 0. Select-all-float-defloat-modify-expand by3, add new raster layer behind the wordart, flood fill with black.

Open the flame element resize and arrange under the horns of the frame.

Open the lips element, resize and arrange to fit on top of the right horn. With your selection tool, click inside the lips, add new raster layer and flood fill with the tubes lip color, do not delete original lips.

add the tube of choice below the two black circles, resize and arrange to liking, go to the circle background, select-all-float-defloat-invert, go to the tube layer and hit the delete key on the keyboard. Set the tube visiablity to 50.

Open the satin bow element, resize and arrange on top of the bottom right corner of the right frame, open the devil inside button, resize to liking, and arrange to fit in the middle of the bow over the knot. Open the devil bunny element, resize and arrange so it's 'sitting' on top of the button. Add any other elements of choice.

Add your name, Copyright info, license and save!
Thanks for Rocking Out my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed! ~Lori
Photobucket Thanks to Shani of Wicked Princess Scraps for the use of her kit, Strength In Me, a FTU kit to help raise awareness in testicular cancer. No matter what kind of cancer it is, if you love someone with cancer, be by their side and 'Love them through it'.
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Hello, my name is Lori. I work full time as a Grooming Salon Manager, I LOVE my 4 legged 'Babies'! (Hence the name of my blog) I'm soon to be married to a Great man, Put (actually it's his nickname). I have 2 Beautiful Daughters and 1 Handsome Son. I also have 2 Grandsons, Hunter and Trey, and a Step-Grandson, Logan! In my spare time I love to make tags and scrap page Lo's! I hope you enjoy and come back often!
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