Saturday, February 11, 2012

FTU Tutorial - Irish At Heart





I wrote this tutorial and any resemblance to another is purely coincidental 
 This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of PSP 
 Supplies: 
 I am using the gorgeous artwork of Keith Garvey, which you can purchase HERE 
Beautiful FTU Scrapkit "With A Little Luck" by Ellanoir, which you can download HERE 
Irish at Heart template by me, which you can download HERE 
 Effects: 
 Eye Candy 4000 Glass 
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow 
Xero Radiance 
Xero Improver 
 Okay Let's Get Started!! 
 Open my Irish at Heart template in PSP, Image, Canvas Size, Resize to 800 X 600 
(We can crop and resize later) 
Open Paper 15 from the kit, Resize by 30%, Image, Flip 
Copy and Paste as a new layer just above your background layer 
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask of choice, Merge Group 
Activate the Gray Oval, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat 
Open paper 20 from the kit, Resize by 20% 
Copy and Paste as a new layer, Selections, Invert, Delete, Selections None 
Delete the Gray Oval layer 
Activate the black rectangle layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat 
Open paper 17 from the kit, Resize by 20% Copy and Paste as a new layer
Selections, Invert, Delete, Selections None 
Delete the Black Rectangle layer 
Activate the left small circle, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat 
Open paper 18 from the kit, Resize by 20% Copy and paste as a new layer
Position so you see a good gradient color Selections, Invert, Delete, Selections None 
Delete Left Small Circle layer 
Repeat the above steps for the Right Small Circle layer 
Remember to delete the Right Small Circle layer when you are done 
Merge down so that your two gradient circles are one layer 
Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat 
Copy and Paste tube of choice Postion to the left of the left circle 
(See my tag for reference) 
Selections, Invert, Delete Layers, Duplicate, Image, Mirror, Position 
(See my tag for reference) 
Merge Down
Effects, Xero Radiance Default Settings, Set Opacity to 60% 
Open Element 8 from the kit, Resize by 35% 
Copy and Paste as a new layer just above the dotted circles layer 
Effects, Eye Candy 4000, Glass, 15, 75, 42, 10, 50, 0, 50, Color White 
Add any other elements from the kit to your liking 
Copy and paste your tube of choice just underneath your wordart layer 
Add drop shadow of choice to all layers, except rainbow and mask layer 
Move rainbow layer up over rectangle layer 
Activate your WordArt layer, Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat Layers, New Raster Layer, Floodfill with color of choice from tag Selections, None
Delete original WordArt layer 
Activate your  wordart layer Effects, Eye Candy 4000, Glass, 45, 75, 42, 10, 50, 0, 50, Color White Effects, Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow, 3, 0, 100, Fat, 
Color Black Drop Shadow of choice 
Delete background layer
Crop tool, Merged Opaque, Click Checkmark 
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible 
Add Name and Copyright info 
Effects, Xero Improver, Default Settings 
Resize to your liking, I resized mine to 600 X 439 
Save and you are done!! 
 I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!! 
Remember if you make a tag with any of my tuts, email them to me 
 and I will show them off in the Tag Gallery!!

Irish at Heart Template


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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

New Tutorial Using My Diamonds Template


Gorgeous New Tutorial using my Diamonds Template 
from Deb @ Diva Deb's Designs
You can find the tutorial HERE

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

FTU Valentine Love Tutorial


I wrote this tutorial for those with a working knowledge of PSP.
Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincedental

Supplies Needed:

Absolutely gorgeous FTU Valentine Bliss kit from Jessica at Gothic Inspirations HERE
Tube of Choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Barbara Jensen HERE
Mask of choice, I am using SG Heart Burst HERE
Fonts of choice

Plugins Needed:

Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow
Eye Candy 5 Textures, Swirl
Xero, Porcelain
Lokas 3D Shadow (Optional)

Okay!! On to the Tutorial!!


Open a new image 700x700 (We can crop and resize later)
Copy and paste the heart frame from the kit onto your canvas
Choose two colors and make a foreground/background gradient
(I chose dark pink and purple)
With your Freehand Selection tool, draw around the frame
Layer, New Raster Layer, Move this layer under your frame
Floodfill your new layer with the gradient
Do not deselect yet
Effects, Eye Candy 5 Textures, Swirl, choose add swirl to original image
Random, 126.44, 21.26, 100, 75, Random Seed 1
Deselect
Copy and paste doodle of choice onto canvas, postion at bottom of frame
(I colorized some of my elements, but that is optional for you)
Copy and paste the cluster of hearts onto your canvas, Layers, Duplicate 
Image, Mirror, postion to your liking, see my tag for reference
Add any other elements from the kit that you like and position to your liking
Activate your swirl layer, copy and paste tube of choice
Add Lokas 3D Shadow of choice or Drop Shadow of your choice
With your Selection tool, Select the part of your tube that needs 
to be brought above the top of your heart frame, Selections, 
Promote selection to layer, Deselect
Add drop shadow of choice to your elements and frame
Using Font of Choice (I am using Mon Amour Script Pro and Franklin Gothic Medium)
Add ~Love~ at the bottom of your frame (or word of choice)
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
Add your name using font of choice as well, Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel,
Gradient Glow, 3, 0, 100, Fat, Black
Layers, New Raster Layer, Move layer to bottom, Floodfill with color of choice
Layers, Load/Save Mask, Add Mask from Disk, Load Hearts Burst mask or one of choice
Layers, Merge, Merge Group, Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
Close out the Mask layer, Activate any other layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Layers, Duplicate, On Top Layer, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 3, OK
Change Blend Mode to Soft Light, Layers,Merge Visible again, Layers Duplicate
On bottom layer, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10, Repeat, Layers, Merge Visible
Open Mask Layer, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible 
Effects, Xero, Porcelain, 50, 128, 128, 0, 0, 0
Crop Tool, Merged Opaque, Click Checkmark
That's it, You're done!! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and as always remember,
If you make a tag using any of my tutorials, send it to me so I can show it off
in my Tag Gallery!!




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