Things I Love Tutorial

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Tag Template: Bel Vidotti

ScrapKit: Things I love by Dani

Artist © Joel Adams.
In order to use the image in this tutorial you MUST purchase it from CILM

Open tag template and CTRL D to duplicate
Delete copyright layer
Resize with your largest side being 500 pixels

Start at your bottom layer and pick a paper of choice
Open your paper and copy
Go to your template paste as new layer
Select your cloud layer
Select all, float and defloat
Invert and delete

Do the same for the rest of the layers

After you get to your LOVE layer
Duplicate it and select the bottom layer
Go to Adjust, blur, motion blur
Use the following settings.



Duplicate your blur layer and then merge down
Do this about 5 times
Adjust - hue/saturation/lightness
Use the following settings.



Repeat these steps to the larger heart
Move the heart layer on top of the back cloud

Repeat the above steps for the background cloud layer also

Open your tube of choice
I'm using one of my older favorites from Joel Adams.
Copy and paste as new layer
Position your tube over the wordart

I merged my top pink heart layer, and the green layer &
lowered the opacity to 70% but this is optional.

Open your flowers and copy and paste as new layers
Position them on top of your blue cloud layer
See my tag for placement

Now add your elements of choice

Merge visible

Add your copyright and text and your done.

I ♥ Strawberries Tutorial

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TEMPLATE: Tag Template #9 by Bel Vidotti

TUBE: Artist © Amanda Fontaine
Her art is no longer available but I purchased it from AMI

SCRAPKIT: Strawberry Patch by Cazie

MASK: Zuzzanna

This tutorial will be quick and easy and pretty self explanatory.

Open your template up
Resize by 500 on your largest side
Delete your copyright layer

Chose your papers of choice

copy and paste your papers on top of the templates
Select the template layer and select all, float and defloat.
Select paper layer, invert and delete.
Do this for all layers

I added noise of about 50 to my bottom layer.

Apply your mask of choice.
I'm using Zuzanna which can be found at the link listed above.
Merge group and then lower your opacity to about 50%

Add your elements, tube, wordart, copyright and text and your done.

Rainy Woodlands Tutorial

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SCRAPKIT: Woodlands by StephsGraphx

Mask: Of Choice

Artist © Daniel Esparza.
In order to use the image in this tutorial you MUST purchase it from CILM

Ok lets get started

New image 500 x 500, white background

Open stephg_wl_paper7
Copy and paste as new layer and apply your mask
Open your silver button and use Mura Meister filter to make a circle.
If you do not have this filter then just duplicate your button enough times to make a circle

Open your tube of choice
I'm using the wonderful work of Daniel Esparza
Position it in your frame
Duplicate it and put one tube on top of the frame and one on the bottom.
Get your eraser tool and select the top layer (on top of the frame)
Delete the bottom part that is touching the frame
Select your bottom tube layer and delete just the part of the tube
that is sticking out of the frame.
Add your drop shadow to your bottom tube

Open up your cottage and copy and paste it as a new layer
Put it in the background of your tube (see my for placement)
Add dropshadow

Open your three flowers of your choice and other elements
Resize them and place them on your tag
Add your text and copyright to your tag and your done.

You may continue on if you want to add the animated effect.

ANIMATION:

Close off your bg layer and mask layer and merge visible
Unhide your other layers and close off your main layer, merge visible
Now you should have two layers
Get your lasso tool and draw a circle
Follow your frame but don't go outside of your frame
Try to keep it where it doesn't show through the holes on your button frame
Duplicate your mask layer x2 for a total of 3 frames
Add noise to your first layer of 65, gaussian
Repeat the steps on the other two layers, each time going up x5
(ex. 65, 70, 75)
Now go back to the top layer and go to adjust-image-motion blur
Use the settings below for each layer

Duplicate your top tube layer x2 and drag each one so that it's on top of the rain layer and merge each one down.

Save your document as a pspanimation file and open it up in animation shop.

All you really have to do is save your image in animation shop and your done.

Of course you can tweet the settings if you prefer but that's totally up to you.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.

Who I Am Tutorial

Artist © PinupToons.
In order to use the image in this tutorial you MUST purchase it from CILM

SCRAPKIT: Adoration by Gemini Creationz

SUPPLIES: Here

Let's get started.

Open new image 500 x 500
Open GC_Adrn_paper17
Resize by 62%
Copy and paste as new image
Apply the mask provided kls-09-mask14

Open GC_Adoration_frame1 and resize 58%
Copy and paste as new layer on your new image
Now stretch the frame into an oval
Resize again by 75%, be sure that all layers is NOT checked
We just want to resize the frame

Open your silver pattern (included in supplies)
Double click on the foreground color
Find your pattern and use the following settings

Create new raster layer and move it below your frame
Select your magic wand and select the inside of your frame
Expand by 3 and use your paint bucket to fill in the frame

Open your tube of choice
I’m using the wonderful work of PinupToons
I resized by 95%
Copy and paste as new layer
Position your tube next to your mirror that you created
See my tag for reference.
Image Duplicate
Image Mirror
Lower your opacity to 80%
Select your silver layer
Select all, float, defloat
Invert and delete

Add some elements and the wordart provided if you so desire
Text and of course copyright info if your using a PTU tube
And you’re all done.

Mask 14

Tangerine Dreams Tutorial

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Artist © Dominic Marco.
In order to use the image in this tutorial you MUST purchase it from CILM

SCRAPKIT: Tangerine Dreams by Baby Cakes Scraps


New Image 500 x 500

Open your tube of choice (I'm using the wonderful work of Dominic Marco)

Open BCS_Square Frame and BCS_Scatter Dush

resize each so that the longest side is no larger than 500 pixels

Copy and paste as new layer on your new image

Layer pallate should be like the following

tube
frame
dust
background

Now select your frame layer and resize by 60%
Free rotate by 25% to the right
Move your frame towards the top left corner
See my tag for placement

Image duplicate
Image mirror
Image flip
I moved my bottom frame over see my tag for placement

Select your dust layer
Resize by 90%
Image-mirror

Open BCS_Paper One
Copy and paste as new layer

Get your magic wand and select the inside of the top frame
Expand by 8
Select your paper layer
Invert and delete

Open BCS_Paper Eighteen and do the same as you did on the top frame to the bottom one.

Open BCS_Doodle Four and place it behind the frames and paper but on top of the dust

Add other elements to your liking, most of the elements I added I resized by about 30% or so.

After your done, close off your background layer, add your drop shadows and merge visible.

Duplicate the layer.
Adjust-blur-gaussian blur - 10
Effects - texture - mosiac antique



Add your copyright and text and your done.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.

Sweet as Sugar Tutorial

Scrap Kit is called Spring Garden by Gemini Creationz

Artist © Daniel Esparza.
In order to use the image in this tutorial you MUST purchase it from CILM

Mask is by Zuzzanna

Open a new image 600 x 450

Open mask of choice, I'm using a wonderful mask by zuzzanna-mask60

Open GC_ASBT_frame2, copy and paste as new layer

Select the background layer

Open paper of choice, copy and paste as new layer

Apply your mask of choice.

Open three more papers of choice
Copy each and paste each as a new layer

Get your magic wand and select the inside of one of the frames
Expand by 5, invert and select the paper and press delete
Repeat this on each frame

Open your tubes of choice. I'm using the wonderful artwork of Daniel Esparza.

Place your tubes underneath your frame and then change the blend mode to Luminance (L)

click on your paper layer select all, float, defloat, invert and hit the delete key.

Repeat this for all your frames.

Add your elements, wordart, copyright info and text and your done.