FTU kit used in new tutorial ' Frozen'

Here is my new tutorial using Studio Flergs Facebook FTU kit

and artwork of ©Alex Prihodko

You can find the tutorial HERE

Hope you enjoy the tutorial.. check out my other new tuts while there!!!

Through the Years FTU tutorial

New tutorial  HERE

Using Dee's Sign Depot's FTU kit ' Through the Years'

Also her Mask DD_FallMask_3

Tube used ©Alex Prihodko

New FTU Tutorial Added 'PinkALicious'

Tutorial HERE

Kit used for this tutorial Delicious Scraps ' PinkALicious '

Tube used ©Suzanne Woolcott

New FTU Mists N Shadows Tutorial

You can find my new tutorial HERE

Artwork of ©Molly Harrison used

NEW Falling 4 U tutorial

I just finished a new tutorial.. you can find it

HERE

Scrapkit used by Tiny Turtle Design's 'Autumn Moments'

Tube used: ©VeryMany 

New Tutorial PTU ' Boo ' Added Oct 20th

Tutorial HERE

Scrapkit used: PTU Boo-Tang Time by Creative Intensionz

Pinup Toon found HERE

New Tutorial Cute Halloween

You can find the new tutorial HERE

I used the beautiful tube of ©Barbara Jensen

Also the Scrap kits of Crazy Carita's 'A Cute Halloween'  found at Barbara Jensens store

Oval Scarecrow tutorial

This is an Incredimail tutorial... to find it click HERE

Artwork of  ©Shelly Comiskey

Waterlillies

New tutorial HERE

Photoshop CS 3 Watermelon Text Tut

Tutorial HERE

FTU Tutorial Owl Friends

The Tutorial is HERE

Scrapkit used: FTU Dees Sign Depot

'Owl'd Time Friends'

©Pinup Toon artwork used too

New PTU tutorial just added ' Black Pearls'

HERE

Scrapkit used : Tiny Turtle Designs ' Black Pearl' 

The beautiful artwork of ©Barbara Jensen was used too

PTU..Pink Kisses Tutorial/ PSP X 5 & CS3

Click image to go to the tutorial

Scrapkit used in this tutorial Crazy Carita's

'Pink Kisses'

Artwork of ©Barbara Jensen used too

PTU...Gothic Love

Tutorial HERE

This is a Tag/Tutorial challenge given by

Gothic Inspirations

PTU kit can be found at Digital Chaos Art Boutique

The PTU tagger kit is a store collab 'For Love'

Orchid Dreams

I used my own scrap kit Orchid Dreams for this tutorial.. you can purchase it HERE

For the tube I used a Pinup Toon tube you can purchase her at the CDO Store. You must have a license to use. Mine is CDO #2339

 WSL_Mask235 is used on tag

1. Open the heart frame element  Shift + D to duplicate, close original. Image/canvas size 800 x 800. Apply a 3d drop shadow to your frame.

2. Add a new layer, drag below frame layer on the layer palette.

Open a paper that you like.. if its a full sized paper then re size it 25% . Make a new rectangle selection on the new image window.. almost to the edges..Copy the re sized paper then on the new image window, right click and paste into selection. Apply the mask that you picked on the paper, Merge group layers.

3. Open the SWT-Page Back element , Copy and Paste it on to your working image.. if you need to drag it below the frame layer.. do so. 

Remember to name all your layers.

4. Use your selection tool/freehand selection/ point to point. 

click and point.. around the heart frame.. not having to be too careful just so you do it to the outside of the center edge of the frame. Refer to below sample.

5. Add a new layer below the frame layer.. fill with one of the solid papers in the kit doing it like you did the first paper... then I used Filters Unlimited 2/ paper textures/ Fine canvas on the solid paper.

6. Now you can copy and paste whichever elements you'd like to use. re sizing when needed. Remember your 3D drop shadows on each element.. Copy and paste your girl tube..don't forget the copyright info..

7. When you have everything arranged like you want...you can right click on the top layer in the layer palette Merge/Visible. Now would be the time to crop if you need to and/or resize/ sharpen once.. save as a .PNG.

You're done!

Toodles till next time

Country Charm

I used a ©Pinup Toon tube in this tutorial. You must have a license to use. Mine is CDO#2339

Scrapkit I used is Mine 'Country Charm'

Mask used WSL_Mask218

1. This is an easy one to do.. you open the frame element  Ctrl +D to duplicate , close original. Re-size the frame 50 % Change the canvas size to 900 x 900.  

2. Add a new layer , Draw a selection almost to the edges.. Pick the paper you want to use.. re-size 25% then copy and paste into the selection.

3. Add all your other elements you're going to use.. place then where you want. Don't forget your 3D drop shadows.. and your copyright info..

See told you this was a short one 

Toodles till next time..

Nautical Waves

I used a scrap kit of mine for this one  'Nautical Waves'  you can purchase it for $1 here at my STORE

Above is the non animated version.. below is the animated version.

Sea Animation  .mng format

FYI.. ALWAYS save your work..when you start and once in a while... SAVE.. if PSP ever has a brain fart and closes then you will have some or all of your work saved.. I now better not to but just did it..was right at the end and PSP went POOF and I had to start all over grrrrrrrr.

1. I opened the Sailor girl tube that's in the kit.  Ctrl +D to duplicate it.. close the original. Re-size the girl 40% then to image/canvas size re-size to 900 x 900.

2. Open the rock tube. Re-size 30% Copy and paste it on to your new working image.

3. Use your erase tool and erase the bottom sides of the rock that stick out.. apply the 3D drop shadow, then use the deform brush.. to 'push' the hands around the rock...Gently!

4. Open a bkg paper you like and re-size it 22% if its a full size. Copy it.. Add a new layer on your working image make a selection almost to the edges and Paste/into selection. Apply which ever mask you want to use.. I used WSL_Mask220 on it.

Merge/ merge group.

5. Open the (light)house re-size 30% Copy and paste it on a new layer on your working image. Apply the 3D drop shadow..

6. Open the Fishing net element  re-size 50% and move it down to right above the mask layer.. Have the light house covering its right side.. and the rock and girl covering the left side of the net.

7. Open the port hole element and re-size it . Apply a drop shadow.. but have it checked where the shadow is on its own layer.. then do a circle selection right in the center (glass area) of the port hole select the shadow layer and do cut/delete.

Merge down the port hole and its shadow layer now.

8. Open the sea gulls element  re-size 25%

Copy and paste them on to your working image.

9. Open the fish school element, re-size 25% , use the eraser tool to erase the top fish.. copy and paste onto the working image

10. Open the Crab element re-size 13%, (whatever looks good to you)

11. Open the waves , re-size 13%. Copy and paste onto your working image.

12. Open one of the water and sky bkg papers... re-size 30% and have it's layer below the port hole's layer. Make a circle selection using the port hold.. a little larger than the glass part.. click on the paper layer.. invert and cut/delete.

13. I duplicated the mask layer and pulled one to top left and one to bottom right.. to fill in more. OR you can use the deform tool and pull it out to enlarge it.. both ways work :D

Arrange things the way you like then save as a PNG.. I always save a .psd or .pspimage one also. So that I have all the layers separate.

14. NOW.. if you want to go a step farther... We can make the water in the port hole animated..

like Below. 

15. First add a new layer and drag it to the very bottom of all the layers fill with white.

I have included an .MNG animation file..

 15. Have all the bottom layers showing.. and hide the top layers..refer to below

16. Right click on the top of the window..Copy Merge.. go to your Animation program and right click on the desk top.. paste as a new animation. Duplicate 2 times.. so you have 3 frames now. Select all frames.. Open the .mng animation I made and select all its frames.. drag F:1 of the animation (.mng frames).. over to your new animation F: 1, click hold and drag over to center it directly over the other circle , line them up.. then let go of your mouse.. if you mess us.. UNDO both and start again. fun fun!!!

if it looks ok... close the .mng animation .Go back to PSP and hide all the bkg layers, un hide the top layers. like below. Copy Merge, over to Animation and right click on the desktop Paste as a new animation. Duplicate 2 times so that you have 3 frames.. Select all... click on the F:1 layer , Click, hold & drag over to the new animations F: 1 Line it up where the port hole is directly over the round sea animation. Check your animation... to see if its all looks right.. 

17. When your saving your animation..the window will come up that has customize on it.. ALWAYS click that.. cause sometimes you have to tweak settings... when dealing with flesh color.. it never looks right in an animation.. if you noticed.. I use Optimized Octree for flesh... it looks grainier if you use Optimized Median Cut

If all looks right to you.. save as .GIF.. then your done!!

Toodles till next time.

St. Patty's Day

Thought I would do a St. Patty's Day tutorial. Hope you enjoy!!

I used the sexy tube of ©Elias Chatzoudis , You must have his license to use.   Mine is EAS13782

Scrapkit used for Tut is my ' St Patty's'  You can purchase it at my Blog Store  Only a $1

Mask used is mine you can get HERE

1.  Open a new image 800 x 800.. 

I always use that size.. start out bigger.. so you have more room to move things around .. then re-size when done... remember when you re-size.. you ALWAYS have to click Adjust/ Sharpness/Sharpen. Sharpen one time.. on each layer if you re-size them individually . If you merge all visible at the end and then 

re-size.. then you only have to use sharpen once..

99.99% of the time when you re-size something it will be blurry.

2. Open the paper you want to use..I used Bkg3

Apply a mask.. I used the one I made.. the download is up above.

merge the 3 mask layers (merge group)

3. Position all your elements the way you'd like..

4. There is only one thing I will go over with you..on the Swirl element when you get it placed under then girl tube and where you want...make sure you are on the swirl layer.. then you select all/Float/ Defloat . Then select the girl tube layer, erase her leg at the knee area and shin area, using the erase tool at 55 size , 100 hardness. Notice it looks like her leg is in front of it in places.. Like its curling around her leg.. Check the capture below to see what I mean.

When your done moving all your elements where you want.. SAVE AS  .png

Toodles till next time!

Happy Mother's Day

Here is a short one :)

I used a ©Caron Vinson tube.. you must purchase & have a license to  use.  Mine is  CDO #2339

HERE is my own mask for the tutorial

The scrapkit is also mine you can purchase it HERE . 

Hey its ONLY a $1 lol

1.  Open a new image  800 x 800 

2. Open the paper you want to use.. if its a full sized paper.. resize 22% and copy and paste it on to your new image window.

3. Apply the mask your going to use..Merge/merge group.

4. Add one of the frames that is in the kit.. copy and paste it into the new image window.

5. Use the magic wand tool and click inside the frame area.. this makes a selection.. go to selection/modify/expand 7 pixels.

6. Add a new layer (below the frame layer)

7. While it's still selected , choose another paper from the kit and resize 22% , copy and paste into selection.

8. Open, copy & paste  the tube you're using into the new image..don't forget to   apply a 3d drop shadow..

9. Time to add what elements you like (apply 3D shadows)... you can use the ones I did.. or choose your own. for both the elements with text on them.. I went to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate/ Direction left/Free: 20.00 . Have it checked where it says rotate single layer...

10. When you're done placing it the way you want... Merge visible, and save as a .PNG.

Toodles till next time

Love has no Expiration Date

Hi there PSP addicts :).. In this tutorial I used a 

beautiful ©Zindy tube. You can find her art at her STORE.  You must have her license to use her artwork.  Mine is Zindy #1453. The scrapkit used is a PTU kit by  WD Designz ' Lovely '

Sold at Zindy's Shop also.

Mask used  WSL_Mask362

1. Open an 800 x 800 new image

2. Open frame 9 that's in the kit   Copy and paste the frame onto your new image window. Close original. You don't have to resize, it's already the perfect size.

3. Choose which bkg paper you want to use as a mask layer..

 I used paper 14 . Copy and paste it onto your working image. Drag its layer down below the frame layer on the layer palette.

4. Apply the mask WSL_Mask262 to the bkg paper.

merge mask layers..Have it showing bottom right. Refer to main image 

5. Now use which ever elements you'd like to use. Arranging as you like.  I put text inside the frame area.. I had to do one or two words at a time to get them placed like I wanted.. Copy and paste the tube you're using. Don't forget the copyright info on the tag..

When you're done arranging.. you merge visible layers and save as a .png

That's it.. Toodles till next time.