Snow White Queen (PTU) 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 Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.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.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The Magic Winter Snow taggers kit by Diseñando Scraps which is a PTU kit available at Scrappetizing.com.

Tube of choice. I am using Snowflake, by Schnegge. This is a PTU tube, and you must have a license to use this tube, which is available at MIStaken Art.

Mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Mask #107 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using Tahoma which is a windows system font and the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. This is a free to use alpha that you may download from Julie's blog HERE. Be sure to leave her a thank you if you download.

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Note that H# and V# refer to horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas ruler 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 stated in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

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

Open paper of choice. I am using magicwintersnowpaper5. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #107. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

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

Open magicwintersonowballs, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V0 (the top).

Using your magic wand, click outside masked area on the paper layer (Raster 1) to select. Leaving the area selected to to the Snow Balls layer (Raster 2) and press delete.

Selections -> Select None.

Open magicwintersnowpearlframeglitters and add to main canvas, centered.

Open magicwintersnowstarwings and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V350.

Open magicwintersnowtree, and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H200, V400.

Open tube of choice. I am using the beautiful, new Snowflake tube by Schnegge. Copy the Tube01 layer and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V425.

Open magicwintersnowgarland, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V650.

Open magicwintersnowcpackles2, and add to main canvas, centered at H500, V400.

Open magicwintersnowkey, resize to 75%, and add to main canvas, centered at H300, V600.

Open magicwintersonowstar3, and resize to 50%. On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent, and your background color to Dark Blue (#000040). Using font of choice, add copyright information to the star.

I am using Tahoma - 16 points, bold and centered. For the Snowflake tube, the copyright information is:

©Schnegge Schneggesscraps.blogspot.com Your MTA_License#

You can also add the background credits (Scraps by DNScraps - Magic Winter Snow) and tagged by information at this time.

Add a drop Shadow to the credits. I am using offsets of 3 each, opacity of 100%, blur of 5, and color white (#ffffff). Repeat w/ offsets of -3 each, leaving all other information the same.

Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate left, 17 degrees.

Merge visible, then copy and add the star to the main canvas, centered at H250, V600.

Starting with Raster2, the Snow Balls layer, add a drop shadow to each of the elements on your main tag except for the sparkles layer, Raster 8.

I am using offsets - vertical and horizontal - of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15 and color of dark blue (#000040).

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

Using font or alpha of choice, add the desired name to the tag. I am using the Moonbeam Alpha by Julie It Is, and have centered the name at H550, V600. You may need to adjust the location depending upon the size of the font/alpha you are using and the length of the name.

Add a matching drop shadow to the name.

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

Note that if you are planning on using the tag on Facebook, you may wish to save it as a .jpg as Facebook does not handle .pngs well.

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.

Stargazing Tutorials (PTU) Part 3

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

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

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Items you will need to complete these projects:

The Stargazing collaboration kit. This kit is available for FREE with an $8 purchase at the store, or it may be purchased outright for the same price. It is available EXCLUSIVELY at Stargazer Scraps.

Various masks by Wee Scots Lass which you can download HERE.

Font(s) choice. I am using MS Gothic which is a Windows System font. If you do not have it, you can download it HERE.

The Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. This is a free to use alpha that you may download from Julie's blog HERE. Be sure to leave her a thank you if you download.

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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 stated in the tutorial.

These tutorials assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. They were written using PSP X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Created by Jill - Starlight Fantasy tutorial



For this tutorial you will need a tube of choice. I am using Under a Full Moon by Deborah Grieves. Deborah is no longer licensing her art for PSP use so if you do not already have this tube you will have to find one similar.

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

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_paper04. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Lass mask #225. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

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

Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 20 degrees.

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_paper01. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Lass mask #225. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

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

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_window, resized to 65% and add to main canvas, centered.

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_Frame1, resize to 50% and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V225.

Open tube of choice. I am using Debrorah Grieves under the Full Moon. Copy tube layer and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V420.

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_foliage1, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H450, V600. Using your eraser tool, erase the parts of the stem that fall the right of the window frame.

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_Ribbon, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H475, V400.

Open CreatedbyJill_StarlightFantasySampler_Star, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V600. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate left, 20 degrees.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to dark blue #000040. Using font of choice add copyright information to the tag. For the Deborah Grieves tube that information is:

©Deborah Grieves www.cynnaliafantasyart.com Your MPT_License#

You may also add the background credits and tagged by information at this time. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold and centered. and then free rotated my text left, 90 degrees, and centered the credits at H150, V400.

On the layers pallet, starting with Raster 3, the window layer and working upward, add a drop shadow to each of the elements on your tag. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity 85, Blur 15 and color Dark Navy Blue (#00013e).

Do not add a drop shadow to your credits.

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

Using font or alpha of choice add desired name to tag. I am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It is. I have the name centered at H300, V650. (H350 for longer names).

Add a matching drop shadow to the name.

Delete the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

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Gothic Inspirations - Look to the Stars Tutorial



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

Open Paper of choice. I am using Paper4-GI_LTTSSampler. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Lass mask #162. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

Open Moon-GI_LTTSSampler, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V250.

Open Tagback-GI_LTTSSampler, and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Right 17 degrees.

Open Tree-GI_LTTSSampler, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H250, V400.

Open Ribbon2-GI_LTTSSampler and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V400. Using your eraser tool, erase the bits of the ribbon that appear over the top of the tag back.

Open 3stars-GI_LTTSSampler, and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H500, V250

Open Snowbunny-GI_LTTSSampler, resize to 85% and add to main canvas, centered.

Open bough-GI_LTTSSampler and resize to 85%. Add to main canvas, centered at H400, V550.

Open Star-GI_LTTSSampler and resize to 65%. Add to main canvas, centered at H600, V600.

Add a drop shadow of choice to the Snowbunny, the ribbon, bough and star. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 85, blur of 15 and color of Very Dark Blue (#020212).

on the Materials Pallet, set your foreground color to black (#000000) and your background color to Dark Blue (#000040). Using font of choice add copyright and background credits to the tag. For the Snow Bunny tube that information is:

©L.Kizer busyscrappin.blogspot.com

I am using the font MS Gothic, 4 points bold and centered. I have the credits centered at H300, V700.

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 Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. I have centered the name at H350, V600, and added a drop shadow to match the one used on the rest of the tag.

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Reside to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

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Digicats (& Dogs) - Steam Dreams tutorial



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

Open DCD_StDr_Paper04. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Lass mask #147. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load. Resize the Mask layer - only - to 115%.

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

Open DCD_StDr_Steel Mesh and add to main canvas, centered. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Right 17 degrees.

Open DCD_StDr_Cog4 and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H250, V250. Set opacity to 75%

Open DCD_StDr_clock and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H550, V550. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate right, 10 degrees. Set opacity level to 75%.

Open DCD_StDr_frame04 and add to main canvas, centered.

Open DCD_StDr_Hot Air Balloon and resize to 50%. Add to main canvas, centered at H200, V250. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 7 degrees.

Open DCD_StDr_VooDoo2, and add to main canvas centered at H500, V400.

Open DCD_StDr_Clock Pin 2, and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H660, V460.

Open DCD_StDr_Tag03 and rotate right. On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to Dark Blue (#000040). Using font of choice add copyright and background information to the kit.

This is a scraps only kit but if you wish to add the copyright information for the VooDoo Doll that information is:

©dnscraps designingscraps.blogspot.com

I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold and centered. You can also add the background and tagged by information at this time.

Merge visible then rotate the tag left. Resize to 75%, and add to main canvas centered at H650, V500. Using your eraser tool, erase the bits of the string that are over the pin clock, so that the tag appears to be hanging from the pin clock.

Starting with the steel mesh layer, Raster 2, on the layers pallet and working upward, add a drop shadow of choice to each of the elements in the tag. I amusing offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 15 and color black (#000000).

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

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I am using the Moonbeam Alpha by Julie It Is, and have the name centered at H300, V600. I then added a matching drop shadow to the name.

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save a .png file and you are all done.

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials. If you are planning on using any of these tags on Facebook, be sure to save them as .jpg files with white backgrounds, as those look better on Facebook.

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

Little Rambo in the Woods

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.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The In the Woods taggers kit by Schnegge, which is a PTU kit available at My Tubed Art.

The Meow Please tube, by Schnegge. This is a FTU tube, but you must have a license to use this tube, which is available at My Tubed Art.

Mask of choice. I am using Wee Scots Mask #221 which you can download HERE.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using the font MS Gothic, which is a windows system font. If you do not have it, you can download it HERE.

I am also using the Black Epoxy Alpha which can be downloaded, for free from Free Digital Scrapbooking HERE.

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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 X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

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

Open Paper09_ITW_Schnegge. Edit -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #221. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

Edit -> Copy Special -> Copy Merged, then add to main canvas, centered.

Open Moon_ITW_Schnegge and add to main canvas, centered at H450, V200.

Open Thorns_ITW_Schnegge and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V400.

Open Bat_ITW_Schnegge and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V250.

Open Leaf3_ITW_Schnegge, and add to main canvs, centered at H600, V550.

Open Leaf2_ITW_Schnegge, and add to main canvs, centered at H225, V425.

Open Frame3_ITW_Schnegge, and add to main canvs, centered.

Open MoewPlease by Schnegge and copy tube layer. Add to main canvas, centered at H400, V375.

Open Ribbon4_ITW_Schnegge, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V650.

Open Cat_ITW_Schnegge, and add to main canvas, centered at H200, V500.

Starting with Raster 2, the moon layer and working upward on your layer pallet, add a drop shadow to each of the elements on the main canvas, I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15 and color black (#000000).

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to black (#000000). Using font of choice at copyright information to the tag. For the Meow Please tube that information is:

©Schnegge schneggesscraps.blogspot.com Your MTA_License# You can also add the background credits and tagged by info at this time.

I am using MS Gothic, 4 points bold and centered and have my information centered at H300, V725.

Using the settings of Offsets, vertical and horizontal of 3 each, opacity 100%, blur 5 and color white (#ffffff) add a white drop shadow to your copyright information. Repeat using offsets of -3 each, with all other settings remaining the same.

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 Black Epoxy alpha. I have the name centered at H300, V625, and have added a white drop shadow, using the settings of offsets, 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur or 15 and color white (#ffffff).

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

Note that if you are planning on using the tag on Facebook, you may wish to save it as a .jpg as Facebook does not handle .pngs well.

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.

Stargazing Tutorials (PTU) Part 2

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

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

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Items you will need to complete these projects:

The Stargazing collaboration kit. This kit is available for FREE with an $8 purchase at the store, or it may be purchased outright for the same price. It is available EXCLUSIVELY at Stargazer Scraps.

Various masks by Wee Scots Lass which you can download HERE.

Font(s) choice. I am using MS Gothic which is a Windows System font. If you do not have it, you can download it HERE.

The Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. This is a free to use alpha that you may download from Julie's blog HERE. Be sure to leave her a thank you if you download.

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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 stated in the tutorial.

These tutorials assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. They were written using PSP X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Bastelgalaxy - Star Fairy tutorial



To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, floodfilled white.

Open P02-BG_stargazing. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #310. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

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

Open Snowflake01-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H250, V250.

Open Snowflake03-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H600, V600.

Open Snowflake02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H450,V400.

Open Frame02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 15 degrees.

Open SM_CGUVirtfairy1-4 (from Nette's kit), and resize to 65%. Copy and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V400.

Open Ribbon02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H475, V600.

Open Bell01-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H250, V470.

Open Heart02-BG_stargazing, and add to main canvas centered at H225, V300.

Using font of choice add the Copyright information to your main canvas, For the Sinful Mindz tube, that information is:

©Sinful Mindz www.sinfulmindz.com

You can also add the background credits and tagged by information at this point. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, Bold, and Centered. I have the foreground color set to transparent and the background color set to #000040. I have centered by credits at H650, V400.

Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate right, 90 degrees.
Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 15 degrees.

This should line the credits up on the right hand side of the frame.

Add a drop shadow to the credits of offsets, vertical and horizontal of 3 each, opacity of 100, blur of 5, and color #ffffff. Repeat, changing the offsets to -3 each and leaving all the rest the same.

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 2 to activate. starting with Raster 2 and working upward, add a drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on the canvas.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15 and color of #404040. Do not add an additional drop shadow the credits, leave as is.

You can now save Artist's Copy of your tag as a .pspimage file.

Using font or alpha of choice, and desired name to the tag. I am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is and have the name centered at H350, V625.

Add a mathcing drop shadow to the name.

Click on Raster 1, the paper layer to activate. Add drop shadow to paper of offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 15 and color white (#ffffff).

Drop the white background layer, and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

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Bunchie's Bin - Reindeer Games Tutorial



For this tutorial you will need the additional following items:

Tube(s) of choice. I am using the Rudy tubes by JustSan. These are FTU tubes but you must have a license to use them which is available, also for free, at My Tubed Art.

The Santa's Sleigh (Full) font which can be downloaded (for free) from Free Digital Scrapbooking.

To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, floodfilled white.

Open paper of choice. I am using tb_StargazerKit_bg6. Resize to 800 x 800 pixels, and add to main canvas, centered.

Open tb-StargzerKit_frame2 and resize to 700 pixels wide (257 high). Add to main canvas, centered.

Using your magic wand, select the area outside the frame.

Selections -> Invert
Selections -> Modify Selection -> Expand -> 100 pixels
Selections -> Invert

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 1 and press delete.

Selections -> Select none.

Adjust -> Blur -> Radial Blur, Twirl, 57%

Open Tube(s) of choice, I am using Just San's Rudy.

Copy Tube 3 and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V500.

Copy Tube 2 and add to main canvas, centered at H420, V500.

Tube 1 -> Image -> Mirror. Copy and add to main canvas, centered at H150, V500.

Using a combination of your selection tool and your eraser tool, erase or delete the potions of the deer that are below the frame layer.

On the layers pallet, right click on the frame layer, raster 2, and duplicate.

Right click on the duplication layer and Arrange -> Bring to top.

With your selection tool set to rectangle, replace, select the top half of the frame copy (to about V400) and delete.

Selections -> Select None.

From Nette's kit, open nnw sg star trail and add to main canvas centered at H400, V500.

Add Copyright info to the tag. For the Rudy tubes, that information is: ©JustSan www.hutspot.eu Your MTA_License#

I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold and centered. On the layers pallet, I have my foreground color set to transparent and my background color set to #000040.

I have my copyright centered at H400, V550. You can also add the background credits and tagged by information at this point.

Starting with Raster 2 on the layers pallet, the frame layer, add drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on the main canvas, except for the frame copy, and the copyright.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75%, blur of 15, and color of #202020.

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

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to #000040, and your background to a silver or steel gradient. Using font of choice, add desired name to tag.

I am using Santa's SleighFull, 24 points, bold, centered, and have the name centered at H550, V500.

Add a matching drop shadow to name.

Delete white background layer, and merge visible. Resize to 75%. Image -> Resize canvas -> 600 x 400 (centered).

Save your tag as as a .png file and you are all done!

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials. If you are planning on using any of these tags on Facebook, be sure to save them as .jpg files with white backgrounds, as those look better on Facebook.

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

Stargazing Tutorial (PTU) Part 1

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

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

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Items you will need to complete these projects:

The Stargazing collaboration kit. This kit is available for FREE with an $8 purchase at Stargazer Scraps, or it may be purchased outright for the same price. It is available EXCLUSIVELY at Stargazer Scraps.

The Snow Overlay-SM, which I made for a tut once upon a time a while ago, and which you can snag HERE.

Various masks by Wee Scots Lass which you can download HERE.

Font(s) choice. I am using MS Gothic which is a Windows System font. If you do not have it, you can download it HERE.

The Moonbeam alpha by Julie It Is. This is a free to use alpha that you may download from Julie's blog HERE. Be sure to leave her a "thank you" if you download.

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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 stated in the tutorial.

These tutorials assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. They were written using PSP X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

Nette's Nightowl Works "Mistress of Stars" tutorial



To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, flood filled white.

Open nnw sg paper 17. Layers -> Load/Save mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #222. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

Image -> Resize to 85% then go to Edit -> Copy Special -> Copy Merged and add to main canvas, centered.

Open NNW sg star bling2, Resize to 75%, and add to main canvas, centered.

NNw sg moon and stars border. Resize to 600 pixels, then to go to Adjust -> Add/Remove Noise -> add noise -> gaussian, 100%. Add to main canvas, centered at H400, V150.

NNW sg fairy on moon and resize to 35%. Add to main canvas, centered.

Open NNW sg frame2, and add to main canvas, centered. Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 25 degrees.

Open NNW SG Wand, and resize to 35%. Add to main canvas, centered at H500, V175.

NNW sg fern, mirror, then go to image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Right, 45 degrees. Resize to 65%, then add to main canvas, centered at H500, V600.

Using your eraser tool, erase the bit of the stem that's off to the left of the frame.

Open SM Eliza1-1, and resize to 65%. Add to main canvas, centered at H200, V450.

Open Owl, resize to 35%, and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V550.

Open NNW sg bubble dust, resize to 65% and add to main canvas, centered at H500, V450.

Starting with Raster 2, the star bling layer, and working upward, add a drop shadow to each of the elements on your main canvas, except for the bubble dust layer, Raster 10.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizonal of 5 each, opacity of 85%, blur of 15, and color black (#000000).

Using font of choice add the copyright information to the tag. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold, and centered. For the Sinful Mindz tube included in the kit, that information is:

©Sinful Mindz www.sinfulmindz.com.

You can also add the background credits and tagged by information at this time.

Go to image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Right, 65 degrees and line the text up on the left hand side of the frame. Add a drop shadow to the text using the following settings:

Offsets, vertical and horizontal of 3 each, opacity of 100%, blur of 5 and color white (#ffffff). Repeat using offsets of -3 each, and leaving all other fields unchanged.

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 the name centered at H550, V600 and am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It is. Add a drop shadow to the name to match the rest of the elements on the canvas (not the copyright).

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file image and you are all done!

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A Taggers Scrap "Starlight" tutorial



To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, flood filled white.

Open Paper 17. Layers -> Load/Save mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #187. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

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

Open Butterflies, and add to main canvas, centered.

Open Frame2 and resize to 50%. Add to main canvas, centered at H250, V250.

Open Lamp, and add to main canvas, centered at H650, V350.

Open Bird and resize to 50%. Image -> Mirror, then add to main canvas, centered at H200, V300.

Open Ribbon12 and go to image -> flip. Add to main canvas, centered at H440, v520.

Open Mushrooms, and add to main canvas, centered at H300, V500.

Open Fairy, and resize to 50%. Add to main canvas, centered. Go to Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate right, 37 degrees. On the layers pallet, change the opacity level to 86%.

Open Fairy Dust, and go to image -> Mirror. Add to main canvas, centered at H500, V450.

Open Mask2, and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H625, V575. Go to Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate right, 15 degrees.

Using font of choice, add the scrap credits and tagged by info to the main canvas, As there is is a scraps only tag, there is no copyright. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold, and centered, with the color #202020. I have the credits centered at H330, V670.

On the layers pallet click on Raster 2, the butterfly layer to activate. Starting there and working upward, add a Drop Shadow to each of the elements on your main canvas, except for the Fairy and the Fairy Dust layers.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15, and color of #202020.

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 the name centered at H300, V550 and am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It is. Add a drop shadow to the name to match the rest of the elements on the canvas.

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

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Candy's Treats "Snow is Falling" tutorial



To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, flood filled white.

Open paper of choice. I am using Winter-block3. Layers -> Load/Save mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #277. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

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

Open Snowflake5, and add to main canvas, centered at H200, V250.

Open Frame 4, and add to main canvas, centered at H350, V350.

Open Winter Gift and add to main canvas, centered at H325, V525.

Open Snowman2 and add to main canvas, centered at H450, V450.

Open Snowstring and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V550.

Open Snowflake7 and add to main canvas, centered at H600, V600.

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 2, the snowflake5 layer to active. Starting with that layer and working upward, add a drop shadow to each of the main elements on your canvas.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15, and color of #202020.

Using font of choice, add the scrap credits and tagged by info to the main canvas, As there is is a scraps only tag, there is no copyright. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold, and centered, with the color #202020. I have the credits centered at H330, V675.

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 the name centered at H550, V175 and am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It is.

Image -> Free Rotate -> Rotate Left, 15 degrees to match the angle of the frame. Add a drop shadow to the name to match the rest of the elements on the canvas.

Drop the white background layer, then go to Layers -> Merge Visible and resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels). Open Snow Overlay-SM, and add to main canvas, centered. Merge visible (again) and save as a save as a .png file and you are all done.

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Bello Scarto "Mystical Night" tutorial



To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pixels, flood filled white.

Open Paper5. Layers -> Load/Save mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select Wee Scots Lass mask #274. Make sure the fit to canvas button is checked, then click on load.

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

Open Element3 and add to main canvas, centered.

Open Element5, resize to 75% and add to main canvas, centered at H440, V510.

Open Element10, resize to 50% and add to main canvas, centered at H150, V550.

Open Element 6, resize to 50% and add to main canvas, centered at H200, V615.

Open Element 12, resize to 50% and add to main canvas, centered at H150, v650 and again at H250, V700.

Layers -> Merge Down. copy the new Raster 6, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V650.

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 6, and duplicate. Image -> Mirror.

Starting with Raster 2 on the layers pallet, the element 3 (frame) layer and working upward, add a drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on your main canvas.

I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15, and color of #202020.

Using font of choice, add the scrap credits and tagged by info to the main canvas, As there is is a scraps only tag, there is no copyright. I am using MS Gothic, 4 points, bold, and centered, with the color #202020. I have the credits centered at H400, V100, and have fit object to patch so they match the curve of the frame.

(It is beyond the scope of this tutorial to explain how to do that, however if you do not know how to do this you can find a tutoril for it HERE.

Using font or alpha of choice, add name of choice to tag. I have the name centered between H500 and H550 (depending on the length), and V175 and am using the Moonbeam alpha by Julie It is.

Add a drop shadow to the name to match the rest of the elements on the canvas.

Go to Layers -> Merge Visible and resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels). Open Snow Overlay-SM, and add to main canvas, centered. Merge visible (again) and save as a save as a .jpg file and you are all done.

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials. If you are planning on using any of these tags on Facebook, be sure to save them as .jpg files with white backgrounds, as those look better on Facebook.

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

Outback Elf (PTU) 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.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The Outback Xmas taggers kit by A Taggers Scrap. This is a PTU kit that is available at Scraps and the City.

Tube(s) of choice. I am using Xmas Elf, by Joanna Bromley. This was part of the 2009 Christmas Gift from My PSP Tubes. You must have a license to use this tube, which is available at My PSP Tubes.

Mask of choice. I am using Feathered Circle by Nik's Scripts & Scraps which is part of her PSP Masks Mega Pack.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using the font Santa's Sleigh (Full), which is a FTU font what you can download from Free Digital Scrapbooking, and the Tis the Season Alpha by Gemini Creationz.

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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 X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

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

Open paper of choice. I am using paper18. Layer -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and select mask of choice. I am using Tree Bark by Nik's Scripts and Scraps. Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked, then click on load.

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

Open Trees and add to main canvas, centered at H500, V350.

Open Star and add to main canvas, centered at H250, V250. Image -> free rotate -> rotate left, 17 degrees.

Open Frame1 and add to main canvas, centered.

Open deco4, copy and add to main canvas, centered at H550, V300.

Open tree2 and resize to 75%. Add to main canvas, centered at H225, V400.

Open tube of choice. I am using Xmas Elf by Joanna Bromley. Copy tube layer and add to main canvas, centered.

Open bird and mirror. Resize to 50%, and add to main canvas, centered at H225, V500.

Open centerpiece and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V625.

On the materials pallet set your forground color to brown (#2f1905) and your background color to dark green (#004000).

Using font of choice add copyright information to the main canvas. For the Xmas Elf tube, that information is:

© Joanna Bromley http://jbrommers.deviantart.com Your_MPTLicense #

I free rotated the text left, 23 degrees to get the angle right, and have it located, centered at H225, V125, I used the font, Santa's Sleigh (FULL), 6 points, bold and centered.

Starting with the tree layer, Raster 2, and working upward on the layer pallet, add a drop shadow of choice to each of the elements on your main canvas, including the copyright info. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75% blur of 15, and color of off black (#202020).

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 the tag. I'm going to leave where you put it up to you. The spot I was saving for the name I used for the copyright, so....

Tuck it in where ever it seems to fit. I am using the Tis the Season alpha from Gemini Creationz and added a matching drop shadow to it,

Drop the white background layer and merge visible. Resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save a .png file, and you are all done!

If you are planning on using the tag on Facebook, you might want to save it as a .jpg file, as Facebook's handling of .pngs has changed and the tags look better with the white background on them.

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.

The Drowning Pool (PTU) 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.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The 4 Elements taggers kit by Sky Scraps, which is a PTU kit that can be purchased at Scraps and the City.

Tube of choice. I am using Bluey, by Sky Scraps. This is a PTU tube, and you must have a license to use this tube, which is available at Scraps and the City.

Mask of choice. I am using Whirlpool2 by Nik's Scripts & Scraps which is part of her PSP Masks Mega Pack.

Font(s) and/or alpha of choice. I am using the font Century Gothic, which is a Windows System font, and the Alpha Tibo 2 by digiscrap.ch, which is a full size, FTU alpha you can download at the link provided.

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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 X3, but should work in PSP 8 and up.

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

Open paper of choice. I am using SkyScraps-T4E-paper13. Layers -> Load/Save Mask -> Load Mask from Disk and load mask of choice. I am using Whirlpool2 by Nik's Scrips and Scraps. Make sure the "Fit to Canvas" button is checked, then click on load.

Edit -> Copy Special -> Copy Merged, then add to main canvas, centered.

Open SkyScraps-T4E-Dash5, and add to main canvas, centered at H400, V300.

Open SkyScraps-Bluey2 (the mid-close up tube), resize to 75%, and add to canvas, centered at H500, V400. Set Opacity to 65%.

Open SkyScraps-T4E-Frame and rotate right. Add to main canvas, centered at H500, V400. Using your eraser tool, erase the bits of the tube that stick out below the frame on the bottom.

On the Layers pallet, set the background layer, Raster 1 and Raster 2 to invisible. With Raster 4 (the frame layer) selected go to Layers -> Merge visible. Edit -> Copy, then Edit -> Undo Merge Visible.

Open the copy as a new image, mirror and resize to 65%. Edit -> Copy then paste as a new layer on the main canvas, at H200, V550.

Turn the invisible layers back on.

Open SkyScraps-T4E-Mesh and mirror. Resize to 75%, and add to main canvas, centered at H670, V380.

Open SkyScraps_T4E-E11, resize to 50%, and add to main canvas, centered at H500, V650.

On the layers pallet, click on Raster 2 - the Dash layer - to activate. Open SkyScraps-T4E-Tree and mirror. Add to main canvas, centered at H250, V250. Set the opacity level to 60%.

Activate Raster 1, the paper layer. With your magic wand, click anywhere outside the masked area to select.

with the area still selected, go back to your tree layer, Raster 8, and press delete.

Selections - Select None.

Click on your top layer, Raster 7, to activate. Open Sky Scraps-E6 and add to main canvas centered at H350, V325.

Going back to Raster 1, click outside your masked area once again with your magic wand. With the area still selected, click on the tube copy, Raster 5, and delete.

Selections -> Select none.

Click on your top layer, Raster 9 to activate.

On the materials pallet, set your foreground color to transparent and your background color to Dark Blue (#000040). Using font of choice add copyright information to the main canvas. For the Bluey tube, that information is:

©SkyScraps www.scrapsandthecity.com Your SatC_License#

I am using Century Gothic, 4 points, bold and centered. You can also add the background credits and tagged by info at this point.

Starting with Raster 3 - the Dash level and working upward, add a drop shadow of choice to the elements on your main canvas. I am using offsets, vertical and horizontal of 5 each, opacity of 75, blur of 15 and color #004040 (Dark Aqua?). Do not add a drop shadow to the copyright info (Vector 1).

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 Alpha Tibo 2, which I resized first to 35% before composing the name, and then again to 75% after composing the name, and have centered my name at H500, V675.

Add a matching drop shadow to the name.

Delete your white background layer, merge visible and resize to 75% (600 x 600 pixels) and save as a .png file and you are all done.

If you are planning on using the tag on Facebook, you might want to save it as a .jpg file, as Facebook's handling of .pngs has changed and the tags look better with the white background on them.

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.