Saturday, January 30, 2010

Darkness

Darkness before Dawn


This tutorial was written in the darkness before dawn by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Darkness before Dawn taggers kit Created by Jill. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased exclusively at DigitalChaos.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp7500-Vamp by Keith Garvey. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #194 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, the Halloween alpha by Crazy Diamond. This font was created in 2008 and is no longer available online (sorry).




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood filled white.

Open DBD_paper10_cbj. Layers --> load/save mask --> load mask from disk and locate WSL mask # 194. Make sure the "Fit to canvas" button is checked, then click on load.

Image --> Resize --> 110%. Make sure that the "Resize all layers" is not marked, as you only want to resize the mask layer.

Edit --> copy merged and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open DBD_moon_cbj and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V250.

Open DBD_heartwings_cbj, and add to main canvas, centered at H500, V250.

Open DBD_beadspill_cbj and add to main canvas centered at H400, V500.

Open DBD_frame09_cbj and add to main canvas, centered.

Open DBD_candle_cbj, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H600, V425.

Open psp7500-SCGarvey-Vamp, copy the tube layer and add to main canvas, centered.

Add drop shadow of choice to tube. I am using offsets, horizontal and vertical of -7 each, opacity of 65, blur of 25, color Dark Purple (#400040).

Open DBD_leaves22_cbj. Resize to 75% and rotate right, 90 degrees. Add to main canvas centered at H500, V575. Duplicate and Mirror.

Open DBD_flowers_cbj, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H250, V500.

Open DBD_flower1_cbj, resize to 50% and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V600.

Open DBD-tag2_cbj, and mirror. On the Materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to white (#ffffff) or light grey (#c0c0c0). Using font of choice, add the copyright info for the tube to the tag.

For the Vamp tube, that info is (c)Keith Garvey http://garvgraphx.com MPTLicense#.

I used Trebuchet MS, 20 pts, bold and centered, free rotate --> left -->55 degrees, and then made additional corrections using my pick tool to light it up on the tag to taste.

Resize by 75%. Make sure the "Resize all layers" button is checked.

Copy Merged, then add to main canvas, centered at H175, V180.

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I have located by name at H550, V600. Actual location will vary depending upon the size and length of name you are using.

Layers --> merge visible. Then resize your image by 75% (to 600 x 600 pxls), save as a .jpg file and you're all done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bounty Hunter tutorial

Bounty Hunter


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Crime Scene taggers kit by Crazed's Creations. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased at Scrappetizing.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp14859-BountyHunter by David Saavedra. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #126 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and the Metal Gel alpha by Marie Stones. This is a FTU (full-sized) alpha which is available at Free Digital Scrapbooking.com.




Note that H# and V# refer to horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood fill white.

Open Crazeds_paper14_CSt. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> load mask from disk and locate WSL mask #126. Mare sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

Edit --> Copy Merged and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open Crazeds_fence_medi_CST and add to main canvas, centered. Image --> free rotate --> rotate right, 25 degrees.

Open Crazeds_bloodsplatter1_SCT, and add to your main canvas, centered at H300, V600.

Open Crazeds_securitycamera_CST, resize to 75%, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V100.

Open Crazeds_frame5_CST and add to main canvas, centered.

Open psp14859_SCSaavedra-BountyHunter, copy "layer" (the tube layer, not the close up) and add to main canvas, centered. *

On the layers pallet, click on the frame layer, and duplicate. Drag the frame copy over your tube layer.

Set your selection tool to rectangle, mode:replace, and select the top half of the frame copy. Press delete.

Selections --> Select None.

Open Crazeds-badge2_CST, resize to 50% and add to the main canvas, centered at H550, V550.

Image --> Free Rotate --> Rotate right, 15 degrees.

Open Crazeds_handcuffs2_medi_CST, resize to 50% and add to canvas centered at H250, V600.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to dark red (#800000).

Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag. For the Bounty Hunter tube, that information is:

(c)David Saavedra www.fantasexies.es YourMPTLicense#

I am using Trebuchet MS, 4 points, bold and centered and located the copyright at H400, V700.

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font of alpha of choice add name of choice to tag. I am using the Metal Gel alpha, composed the name on a separate canvas, merged down, and added it to the tag as one element. I centered it at H250, V525, although the final location will depend on the size the length of name you are using.

Layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible.

Activate your magic wand tool, sent to Mode: Replace; Match mode: RGB Value; Tolerance:10, Feather: 2. The contiguous and Anti-alias boxes should be checked and it should be set to outside. Click on your canvas, anywhere in the white background around the tag.

Selections --> Invert. Image --> Crop to selection.

Resize your canvas, to width 600 pxls, then go to Image --> Canvas size and readjust the canvas size to Width 600 pxls, height 600 pxls, with the placement set to center.

Save your tag as a .png image and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

* Note: I was writing this in the middle of the night and forgot to add a drop shadow to the tube. You should probably add a drop shadow of choice to your tube. Offsets - horizontal and vertical - of -7 each, opacity of 65 and blur of 25 works well, with the color of either black (#000000) or navy blue (#000040).

Freeze! Police! tutorial

Freeze! Police!


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Crime Scene taggers kit by Crazed's Creations. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased at Just4Taggers.com.

Tube of choice. I am using PSP12851-DenisePolice by Marco Guaglione. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #141 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and the Metal Gel alpha by Marie Stones. This is a FTU (full-sized) alpha which is available at Free Digital Scrapbooking.com.




Note that H# and V# refer to horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood filled white.

Open Crazeds_paper22_CST. Go to layers --> load/save mask --> load mask from disk and locate WSL mask # 141. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

Image --> Flip.

Image --> Resize, 115%. Make sure the Resize all layers box is UNCHECKED, as you only want to resize the mask.

Edit --> copy merged and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open Crazed_chalkoutline2_CST and add to main canvas, centered.

Open Crazeds_frame2_CST. Copy and add to main canvas, centered.

Open PSP12851-SCGuaglione-DenisePolice and copy the tube layer. Add to the main canvas, centered at H400, V350.

On the layers pallet, duplicate the cuff frame (Raster 3) and drag the copy over the tube layer (Raster 4).

Set your selection tool to rectangle, replace, and select the top half of the duplicate cuff frame (Copy of Raster 3). Press the delete key to delete that portion of the copy.

Selection, select none.

Open Crazeds_tape1_CST, resize to 75% and add to the main canvas, centered at H400, V600.

Open Crazeds_copcar_CST, and Mirror. Resize to 75% and add to you main canvas centered at H550, V475.

Open Crazed_bullet2_CST, rotate right and resize by 50%. Add several copies, at random, along the bottom potion of the tag between V600 and V700. You may mirror the bullets as you please.

On the layers pallet, click on the tube layer and add a drop shadow of choice. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, opacity of 65, blur of 25, color black (#000000).

Click on your top layer to activate.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to navy blue (#000040). Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag. For the Denise Police tube, that information is:

(c)Marco Guaglione www.marcoguaglione.com Your MPTLicense#

I am using Trebuchet MS, 4 points, bold and centered and fit my text to path using a pentagon shape.

It is beyond the scope of this tutorial to explain how to fit text to path, although I promise I'll write a separate tutorial one day soon explain the process in case you don't know how to do it.

You can now save the artist's copy of the tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font of alpha of choice add name of choice to tag. I am using the Metal Gel alpha, composed the name on a separate canvas, merged down, and added it to the tag as one element. I centered it at H250, V525, although the final location will depend on the size the length of name you are using.

Delete the white background layer, and go to layers --> merge --> merge visible.

Resize your tag by 75% to 600 x 600 pxls. (Make sure you've rechecked the "resize all layers" box if you hadn't done so previously.) Save the tag as a .png file and you're all done. Alternately you can keep the white background and save the file as a .jpg file.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Snipper tutorial

Snipper


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Darker Side of Love taggers kit by Gothic Inspirations. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased at Just4Taggers.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp14850-StValentine by Marco Guaglione. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #119 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and the Bloody Alpha by Sarah Bryan. This is a free to use alpha that is available on her blog.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800, flood filled white.

Open Paper11-GI_TDSideOfLove. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk. Locate WSL mask # 119. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Copy Merged, and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open BrickWall-GI, and add to canvas, centered.

Open BarbedHeart and add to canvas, centered.

Open Both Heart and add to canvas, centered at H250, V300. Image --> Free Rotate --> Rotate left, 15 degrees.

Open psp14850-SCGuaglione-StValentine, copy the Cupid layer and add to canvas, centered.

Duplicate BarbedHeart and drag the copy over the tube layer.

Set your selection tool to rectangle, Replace, and select the top half of the BarbedHeart copy. Then press your delete key to delete the selected area.

Selections --> Select None.

Open ribbon, and add to canvas, centered at H400, V500.

Open DoodleSprig, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H250, V450. Erase any part of the doodle that is below the brick wall.

Open BloodSplatter, and add to canvas centered at H250, V650.

Open WordArtTag, resize to 75% and add to canvas Hlocated at 550, V600. Image --> Free Rotate --> Rotate left, 25 degrees.

On the layers pallet select the tube layer, and add a drop shadow of choice. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, Opacity of 65, blur of 25, color ver dark red (#400000).

Select the top layer (WordArtTag) to activate.

On the Materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent, and your background color to Very dark red (#400000). Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag. For the St. Valentine tube, that information is:

(c)Marco Guaglione www.marcoguaglione.com YourMPTLicense#

I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a Window's system font, 4 Points, bold, centered, and then I fit my text to path to arch around the top of the tag. It is beyond the scope of this tutorial to explain how to do that although I promise I'll write a separate tutorial one day soon explain the process in case you don't know how to do it.

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using alpha or font of choice, add the name of choice to your tag. I am using the Bloody Alpha by Sara Bryan.

I centered the name at H500, V500 before applying free rotate, left, 25 degrees to match the IOU element. Then I used my pick tool to move it down to sit just over the IOU element. Actual location will vary depending upon size and length of the name you are using.

Merge visible, resize to 75% (600 x 600) pxls, and save as a .jpg file and you're all done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Love Bugs tutorial

Love Bugs


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Feeling Groovy taggers kit Created by Jill. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased at Sophisti-Scraps.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp14848-Lovebug by Keith Garvey. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #202 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and Hancock, which is a FTU font that can be downloaded from Outlaw by Design.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a new raster layer canvas, 600 x 600 pxls, flood filled white.

Open FG_paper13_CBJ. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL mask #202. Make sure the fit to Canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Using you pick tool, drag the boundary lines on the mask out to the edges of the canvas. Then go to Edit --> Copy Merged and add the masked paper to your main canvas, centered.

Open FG_frame10_CBJ. Rotate left, then add to main canvas, centered.

Open psp14848-SCGarvey-Lovebug (or tube of choice) Copy the tube layer and add to your canvas, centered.

On the layers pallet, duplicate Raster 2 (FG_frame10_CBJ) and then drag the duplication over the tube layer, Raster 3.

Set your selection tool to Rectangle, Replace, and select the half of the frame copy (Copy of Raster 2). Then press the delete key to erase that portion of the frame.

Select --> Select None.

Open FG_flowerstraw1_CBJ and add to main canvas, centered at H450, V350.

Open FG_flowerstraw4_CBJ, resize to 80% and add to main canvas, centered at H425, V400.

Open FG-groovy-vwbug-CBJ, and mirror. Add to canvas centered at H350, V500.  

Using your eraser tool, erase the bits of the straw flowers that are hanging out below the VW.

Open FG_dragonfly2_CBJ, resize to 75% and add to the main canvas, centered at H150, V250.

on the Layers pallet, click on the tube layer, Raster 3 to activate. Add a drop shadow of choice. I am using offsets Horizontal and Vertical of -7 each, opacity of 65, blur of 25, color Dark Purple (#400040).

Click on the VW layer (Raster 6) to activate.

Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag. For the Love Bug tube, that information is:

(c)Keith Garvey http://garvgraphx.com Your MPTLicense#

I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a windows system font, 4 points, bold, and centered, and on the materials pallet, I have the foreground color set to transparent and the background color set to white (#ffffff).

You can now save the artist's copy as a .pspimage file.

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I am using the font Hancock.

I composed the name on a separate canvas with a white background, then selected the name, including clicking inside and loops in the letters. Selections --> Invert. Selection --> Modify --> Expand 3. Layers --> Merge down. Copy and add to main canvas.

That will give you the "sticker" effect.

You can then drop the white background, merge down and save your tag as a .png file, or keep the white background, merge down and save your tag as a .jpg file.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Three Gothic Romance tags

These tags were all done using the new Gothic Romance taggers kit from Scraps by j0eswife. I had written up the tut for the first tag this morning when the computer crashed. It's been very uncooperative today. I had the tag saved, but the tut was not saved and so it's gone to cyber heaven (or hell, or where unsaved tuts go). So I will either re-write the tut for "My Little Pet" or I'll do yet a fourth tag and tut that. There's enough here to throw several dozen tags - LOL.

My Little Pet


I love Unholy Vault Designs. The tube is called Arachne. The problem with re-writing the tut for this tag is um...I forgot which paper I used. There are 100 in the kit. Plus an overlay. Yikes!

Vampy


I know, I know, there's a PG rated version of this tube, but there's something about the black tape over the nipples that just really bothers me. I mean...wouldn't that hurt when you took it off?

This is another great Diana Martinez tube. I REALLY like her stuff.

I never promised you...


The full title is "I never promised you a rose garden". The tube is by Miss E, who I believe has left MyPSPTubes.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Always in Love tutorial



This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Always in Love taggers kit by Crazed's Creations. This is a PTU kit which may be obtained for free as part of the January Collab at Twilight Scraps.

Tube of choice. I am using psp14725-Dulcina by Elias Chatzoudis. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #177 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and the Chocolate Alpha by Creative Intentionz. This is a PTU alpha which is available at Twilight Scraps.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood filled white.

Open Crazeds_paper6_AIL. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load mask from disk and locate WSL mask # 177 Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Copy merged and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open Crazeds_button1_AIL, and add to main canvas, centered at H200, V500. Image --> free rotate --> rotate left 15 degrees.

Open Crazeds_button1_AIL, and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V200. Image --> free rotate --> rotate right 15 degrees.

Open psp14725-SCChatzoudis-Dulcina and copy "Layer1", the close up layer. Add to your main canvas, centered at H450, V350.

Open Crazeds_frame1_AIL, resize to 125% and add to canvas, centered at H400, V350. Using you magic wand, click anywhere outside the frame. On the Layers pallet click on the tube layer (Raster 4) then press delete. This gets rid of the bits of tube outside the frame area.

Add a drop shadow of choice to tube. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -5 each, opacit of 50, blur of 23, color black (#000000).

Selections --> Select None. Then click on Raster 5, the frame area, to activate.

Open Crazeds_balloons1_AIL, copy and add to canvas centered at H550, V500.

Open Crazeds_Bear_AIL, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H575, V575. Using your eraser tool, erase any of the balloon strings that fall below the bear.

Open Crazed_charm3_AIL, resize to 75% and add to canvas, H400, V700.

On the layers pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to Vanilla (#ecd9aa). Using font of choice, add the copyright information to the tag. For the Chatzoudis tube, that information is (c)Elias Chatzoudis www.elias-design.gr MPTLicense#

I am using the font Trebuchet MS, size 4, bold and centered.

You can now save your artist's copy as a .pspimage.

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I am using the Chocolate Alpha by Creative Intentionz and have located the name at H290, V675. Actual location will depend upon the size of the name that you are using.

Layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible, resize to 75% (600 x 600 pxls) and save as a .jpg file and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Devilish Lover tutorial



This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Devilish Love kit by Jules Junk. This is a FULL SIZE PTU kit which is available at Scrappetizing.com. I resized this kit using Queen Brat Designs resizing script. You MUST resize this kit before attempting the tuturial.

Tube of choice. I am using psp3531-SCHoyer-DevilGirlII by Cane Hoyer. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

If you do not wish to use this tube, I have provided additional instructions to substitute the Cheeky Devil graphic included in the kit.

Wee Scots Mask #261 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a windows system font, and Vivaldi, which is a FTU font available for download from Outlaw by Design.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

NOTE: This is a full size kit that I re-sized using Queen Brat Designs resizing script. You must resize this kit before attempting this tutorial.

To begin, open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, flood fill white.

Open JJ-DL paper 9. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk and locat WSL Mask # 128. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Image --> resize --> resize to 125% Uncheck the "Resize all Layers" box before clickin on okay. You only want to resize the mask layer.

Copy merged and paste to your main canvas, centered.

Open JJ-DL element 37. Resize to 55% and add to canvas, centered at H150, V400. Duplicate and relocate copy to H650, V400.

Open JJ-DL Element 33. Resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H650, V300. Duplicat and relocate copy to H600, V350.

Open psp3531-SCHoyer-DevilGirlII, copy the tubed layer and add to canvas, centered.

Add a drop shadow of choice to the tube. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 25, color Black (#000000).

Open JJ-DL element 8, resize to 85%. Go to Adjust --> Color --> Channel mixer. Set your output channel to Grey, and your source channels to Red 80%, Green 28% and Blue -12%. Constant should be -1% and your Monochrome box should be checked. Then click on OK.

Open your manual color correction tool. Your source color should be medium grey, change your target color to light black (#404040). Then click on OK.

Add the recolored frame to your main canvas, centered.

Open JJ-DL Element 36. Add to canvas centered at H550, V600. Image --> Free Rotate --> Rotate Left, 25%. (Make sure both the "All layers" and "Rotate single layer around canvas center" are unchecked.

Open JJ-DL element 21, resize to 60% and add to canvas centered at H400, V700.

Open JJ-DL Element 41. Using your eraser tool, erase the stem & leaf portion of the flower. You can leave the leaves that are directly under the flower in tact, be remove the stem.

Resize to 75% and add to your main canvas centered at H570, V700. Add a drop shadow to match the one on your tube.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to white (#ffffff). Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag.

For the Devil Girl II tube, that information is: (c) Cane Hoyer www.canehoyer.com MPTLicense#

I am using Trebuchet MS, 4 points, bold, centered and have pathed it fit the outside of the frame.

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using either font or alpha of choice, add the name of choice to the tag. I am using the font Vivaldi, 24 points, bold, centered with a silver gradient. I have centered the name at H200, V600, but the actual location will depend upon the length of name.

Delete the white background layer and merge visible. Resize the tag to 75%. You will want to check the resize all layers button if you have not done so already.

You can then save your finished tag as a .png file. Alternately, you can save the white background layer and save as .jpg file.




Alternate Non A/C version: Instead of the Hoyer tube, open JJ-DL element 20. Resize to 125% and add to the canvas instead of the Hoyer tube.

You will not need to add the copyright info beyond Scraps by Jules although if you are posting this to a tag group that requires a complete copyright you can use:

(c)Jules Junk http://julesjunk.blogspot.com/

All other portions of the tutorial remain the same, including the drop shadow on the tube.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Cupid's Dart Tutorial

Cupid's Dart


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Valentine Cupid taggers kit by Gothic Inspirations. This is a PTU kit which is available at Just4Taggers.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp14191-Corset by Jose Cano. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #177 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a windows system font, and Hancock, which is a FTU font that can be downloaded from Outlaw by Design.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a new raster layers canvas, 600 x 600 pxls, flood filled white.

Open Pink Plaid 1-GT_V09BT. Go to effects, Distortion Effects, Wind and use the factory default setting. Then press apply.

Open paper Red 3 GI_V09BT. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load mask from disk and locate WSL mask 177. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Copy merged and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V200. Duplicate and relocate the copy to H250, V400.

Click on Raster 2 (the first heart) to active. Image, free rotate, rotate right, 15 degrees.

Click on Copy of Raster 2 (the second heart) to active. Image, free rotate, rotate left, 15 degrees.

Open Bling Red Bright Purple and add to the canvas, centered.

Open psp14191-SCCano-Corset, copy the Tube layer and add to canvas, centered at H300, V290.

Add a drop shadow of choice to your tube. I am using Offsets, vertical and horizontal of -10 each, opacity of 85, blur of 25, color black (#000000).

Open Roses-GI_V09BT, resize to 75% and add to canvas centered at H400, V435.

Open Arrow Doodle Pink, and add to canvas, H475, V100. Open Heart Doodle Swirl Pink and add to canvas, centered at H75, V400.

On the Materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to dark red (#8a0000). Using font of choice, add the copyright information down at the bottom of your tag.

For the Corset tube, that information is:

(c)Jose Cano http://personales.ya.com/jocachi MPTLicense#
Scraps by Gothic Inspirations; Tag by Digicats

You can now save your artist's copy as a .pspimage.

Reset your background color to a gradient, material or color of choice. Using font of choice, add desired name to tag.

I am using a silver gradient, the font Hancock, 20 points, Bold, centered and located the name around H175, V500, Then I used Image, free rotate and rotated left, 5 degrees. You exact location will vary depending upon name length.

Open Quill Pink, and resize to 50%. Add to your canvas just off the upper right hand side of your tag near the name. I have mine centered at H400, V410, your settings may differ depending upon the name you're using.

Delete the white background layer, merge visible and save as a .png file, and you're all done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

I have your Heart tutorial

I have your heart


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Chocolate Lovers taggers kit by Gothic Inspirations. This is a PTU kit which is part of the January collab available at Just4Taggers.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp12767-NowYourHeartIsMine by Unholy Vault Designs. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #261 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a windows system font, and the Bloody Mess alpha, which is a FTU personal use alpha available for download at Free Digital Scrapbooking. It is a full size alpha I have scripted down for tagging purposes.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls., flood filled white.

Open Paper8-GI_ChocolateLovers. Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL mask # 261. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Edit --> Copy Merged --> and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open Glitter Trail-GI_ChocolateLovers and add to main canvas, centered.

Open Heart-GI_ChocolateLovers, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H200, V600.

Open Ribbon-GI_ChocolateLovers, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V600.

Resize your main canvas to 75% (600 x 600 pxls). Make sure the Resize all layers box is checked.

Open psp12767_SCUVD-NowYourHeartIsMine, and copy the tube layer. Add to your main canvas, centered.

Add a drop shadow of choice to tube. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, opacity of 65, blur of 25, color Chocolate (#311c25).

Open Frame1-GI_ChocolateLovers, and add to main canvas, centered.

Open ChocolateMartini-GI_ChocolateLovers, resize to 75% and add to canvas centered at H500, v350.

Open Bow-GI_ChocolateLovers and add to canvas, centered at H350, V475. Image --> Free Rotate --> rotate left, 25 degrees.

Relocate center to H400, V450.

Open Strawberry-GI_ChocolateLovers, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H475, V475.

On you materials pallet, set your foreground color to white (#ffffff), and your background color to Chocolate (#311c25).

Using font of choice, add the copyright info to your tag. I am using Trebuchet MS, 4 points, bold, and centered.

For the Unholy Vault Design tube, that information is: (c)Unholy Vault Designs http://asaenath.deviantart.com MPTLicense#

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I am using the Bloody Mess alpha, which is a full size alpha I have resized for tagging purposes.

My name is centered at H200, V50. The exact location you use will depend upon the length of the name you are using.

Delete the white background layer, and merge visible. Save your file as a .png file and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

My Secret Lover tutorial



This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The My Gothic Rose taggers kit by Scraps by j0eswife. This is a PTU kit which is available at Scrapper's Secret.com.

Tube of choice. I am using PSP13508-A Lil Devil by Diana Martinez. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #281 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS, which is a windows system font, and the Love Me Tender Rose Alpha by Bon Scrapatit Designs. This is a full size alpha I have scripted down for tagging purposes.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Open a new raster layer canvas, 800 x 800, Flood filled white.

Open SBJ_Paper_24 and resize to 80%. Layers --< Load/Save Mask --< Load Mask from Disk and locate WSL Mask #281. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

Copy Merged, then add to main canvas, centered.

Open SBJ_Glitter Mesh Heart_2, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H250, V300. Image --< Rotate left, 15 degrees.

Open SBJ_Leaves_6, copy and add to canvas, centered at H350, V250. Image --< Free Rotate --< Rotate right, 25 degrees.

Open SBJ_Ribbon_2, resize to 75%, and add to canvas, centered at H400, V650.

OPen PSP 13508-SCMartinez-ALilDevil, copy tube layer and add to canvas, centered.

Add a drop shadow of choice to tube. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, opacity of 50, blur of 25, color rose (#cd5271).

Open SBJ_Glitter Circle_2 and add to canvas, centered.

Open SBJ_Butterfly_1, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H450, V600. Image --< Free Rotate --< Rotate right, 15 degrees.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to silver (#cdcdcd).

Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag, for the A Lil Devil tube, that information is: (c)Diana Martinez www.myspace.com/dianamcornejo MPTLicense#

I am using the font Trebuchet MS, size 4 points, Bold, and centered.

You can now save your artist's copy as a .pspimage file.

Using alpha or font of choice, add name of choice to the tag centered at around H550, V100. Actual final placement of name will depend upon the size (height and width) of the name you are using.

Add a drop shadow to the name to match the one used on your tube.

Delete your white background layer, and merge visible. Resize your canvas by 75% (to 600 x 600 pxls) and save as a .png file and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.

Friday, January 8, 2010

No Angel tutorial

No Angel


This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs)/Di Before Dawn Tutorials. Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.




Items you will need to complete this project:

The Always and Forever taggers kit by Crazed's Creations. This is a PTU kit which may be purchased at Scrappetizing.com.

Tube of choice. I am using psp12874_LilDevil by Mike James. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MyPSPTubes.com.

Wee Scots Mask #223 which you can download HERE.

The No Angel word art, which is FTU. You can snag it HERE. (It's white, so it may not look like there's anything there, but there is, trust me on this one!)

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Trebuchet MS which is a windows system font, and Marriage, which is available for download from Outlaw by Design.




Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

To begin, open a raster layer canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood fill white.

Open Crazed_paper4_AFT. Layers --< Load/Save Mask --< Load mask from disk, and local WSL mask # 223. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load. Using you pick tool, drag the boundary lines to the outside of the canvas, enlarging the mask area. Then copy merged and add to your main canvas, centered.

Open Crazed-hearts3_AFT and add to canvas H150, V350. Duplicate and mirror.

Duplicate Crazeds_hearts3_AFT again, and move the copy to H300, V400. Duplicate and mirror.

Open psp12874_SCJames-LilDevil, copy the tube later and add to canvas, centered. On the layers pallet, drag it over Copy of Raster 2, so it's on top.

Click on Copy of Raster 2 to activate.

Open Crazeds_bottle_AFT, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H300, V470. Image --< free rotate --< rotate left --< 15 degrees.

Open Crazeds_ribbon3_AFT, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H400, V650.

Open Crazeds_flower8_AFT, and add to canvas, centered at H550, V350.

Open Crazeds_flower7_AFT, and add to canvas, centered at H550, V500.

Open Crazeds_candybox_AFT, resize to 75% and add to canvas, centered at H600, V600. Image --< free rotate --< rotate right --< 15 degrees.

Using your eraser tool, erase the part of the rose stem and leave (flower7) that is still visible below the box of chocolates.

Click on your tube layer (Raster 3) to activate. Add a drop shadow of choice to your tube. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of -7 each, opacity of 85, blur of 35, color black (#000000).

On the materials pallet, click on Copy of Raster 2 to active. Open the "No Angel" word art, and add to your canvas centered at H350, H150. Image --< Free Rotate --< Rotate left 35 degrees.

On the materials pallet, click on the tube layer (Raster 3) to activate.

Open Crazeds_candle2_AFT, resize to 55% and add to your canvas, centered at H250, V570.

Open Crazed_Candle3_AFT, resize to 50$ and add to canvas, centered at H310, V610.

On the Materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to white (#ffffff). Using font of choice, add the copyright information to your tag. For the Lil Devil tube, that info is:

(c)Mike James www.jamesart.com YOUR MPTLicense #

I am using the font Trebuchet MS, 4 points, bold, and centered, rotated it left 90 degrees and relocated it to center at H150, V400.

You can now save the artist's copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Set the background color on the materials pallet to a gold gradient. (There should be a nice one that came with your version of PSP.) Using font of choice (or alpha of choice) add the desired name to your tag.

I am using the font Marriage, 26 points, bold and centered located it at H550, V700. Exact location will depend upon the length of the name you are using. I then added a drop shadow to match the one on the tube.

Delete the white background layer, merge visible and resize to 76%. Save as a .png file and your all finished.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you should have a problem, please feel free to E-Mail Me and I'll be happy to help you out.