Sunday 31 October 2010

Autumn Daydreams

Supplies
Tube of choice - the tube I am using is by Susan McKivergan and is available to purchase from UpYourArt
Scrapkit - a beautiful ptu art kit from KatNKDA called 'Autumn Bliss' which is available to purchase from NK Art Shop
Mask of choice - I am using Otherworld Sabre Mask1 which you can find here
Font of choice
OK - Open a new image in PSP 600x600 pixels floodfill white
Copy & paste your frame of choice fromthe kit, resize to fit & sharpen
click in centre of frame with magic wand & expand by 5
resize a paper of choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, position
selection, invert, delete and drag below frame layer, select none
drop shadow the frame 0 0 70 5 black
Resize leaves 02 and 04b
position in the frame and sharpen both
copy & paste the embellish as a new layer, resize, position at top of frame
paste your tube, resize if necessary and drop shadow
copy 2 of the flowers, resize and position to bottom of frame
resize the slug and position, sharpen all elements that have been resized
add a new raster layer above the background layer and select all
copy & paste background 6 into selection, select none
apply your mask, delete & merge group
duplicate mask layer & merge down
add noise at uniform 50
Now add your name and copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Sunday 24 October 2010

Scare this!

Supplies - tube of choice, I am using a tube by Ismael Rac which you may purchase from his store here
Scrapkit - a little freebie add on kit from Vix called 'Hallo Rockin We'en' which you can download from her blog here
I am also using Vix Halloween Mask 2010 no.1 here
Thank you Vix!
Fonts - Halloween2 & Jo wrote a love song
most of the fonts I use can be downloaded at Dafont or can be googled
OK - this is a little quickie
open a new image in PSP 600x600 pixels
floodfill white
Copy & paste cluster frame 3 as a new layer
click inside the top frame with magic wand & expand by 3
Copy paper 5 & paste as a new layer, resize by 65% and position over the top frame
selection, invert, delete & drag below frame layer, select none
now repeat these steps with the bottom frame using Paper 4
I colourised the layers using adjust hue & saturation at 211 & 159
add a drop shadow to the frame layer 0 0 70 5 black
copy & paste your tube as a new layer, position in the bottom frame and erase any overhang, drop shadow your tube 5 5 70 9
copy & paste your wordart of choice from the kit, colourise to suit
using the Halloween 2 font, add a few doodles around the tag
type your name & add a gradient glow
Add a new raster layer above the background layer & select all
copy & paste Paper 4 into selection, select none
Apply your mask, delete & merge group
resize tag to your liking and add your copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Saturday 23 October 2010

Blood Lust Halloween


Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac available to purchase from Xeracx here
Scrapkit - a great kit from Scraps Dimensions called 'My Gothic Hour' which you can download here
Mask is also by Doris at Scraps Dimensions and you can find it here
Thank you!
Fonts of choice - I am using Halloween2, Romati and Bloody
all available to download from Dafont
Plugins - eyecandy gradient glow, xero porcelain
OK - open a new image 600x600 floodfill white
add a new raster layer & select all
copy a paper of choice from the kit & paste into selection, select none
apply the mask, delete & merge group
copy the grave and resize by 75% twice, image mirror & apply a drop shadow of choice
Paste your tube as a new layer and position, drop shadow
resize the moon and position behind the grave
copy the lightning layer and position over the grave, resize
I used my freehand selection tool with feather set at 25 to remove the sharp edge
just draw around the edge and hit delete a few times, select none
resize the bat and spider, position the bat in the moon and the spider on the web
resize the cat by 50% and position at bottom of grave
apply a gradient glow to the cat using a colour from your tag
resize the tombstone & position
hide background layer & merge visible
resize by 85% and apply xero porcelain at default settings
unhide background
add your words of choice and apply a gradient glow
do the same with your name
add any copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Sunday 17 October 2010

Be Very Afraid!

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using a tube by Elias Chatzoudis which may be purchased from MPT
Scrapkit - a fantastic kit by Vaybs called 'The Witches Den' which you can download from her blog here
Thank you!
Mask of choice - I am using a Vix Halloween Mask 2010 no.1 here
Fonts of choice - I am using Jo wrote a lovesong and Horny Devils both available to download from Dafont
Eyecandy gradient glow
OK - Open a new image 600x600 floodfill white
add a new raster layer and select all
copy a paper of choice from the kit & paste into selection, select none
apply your mask, delete & merge group
Copy & paste the fireplace fromthe kit, resize by 80% and sharpen
copy the roses (28) and position on top of fireplace, resize and sharpen
copy & paste your tube, drop shadow and position to side
copy frame 13, click inside with magic wand & expand by 3
copy Paper 9, resize by 50% and paste as a new layer
position within the frame, invert & delete, sharpen more
move the paper layer below the frame
copy your tube again and paste as a new layer, position within the frame and hit delete again, select none, lower the opacity to 65 and change the layer setting to difference
merge these 3 layers together, resize if necessary and position
Now add your elements of choice from the kit, there are so many to choose from
Type your words of choice using a red colour from the tag, apply a black gradient glow and then a white gradient glow, do the same with your name
add your copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Sunday 10 October 2010

Hands Off the Pumpkins!

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using a tube by Elias Chatzoudis which is available to purchase from MPT
they have a lot of Halloween tubes on sale under 'Holiday Tubes'
Scrapkit - a great ptu kit from KatNKDA called 'It's Pumpkin Time' which may be purchased from NK Artshop
Mask - Vix Mask Halloween 0904 here
Font - I am using 'Bloody' which you can find at Dafont
Eye candy gradient glow
Open up a new image in PSP 600x600 floodfill white
add a new raster layer and select all
Open background 03 from the kit, copy & paste into selection, select none
apply mask, delete & merge group, duplicate & merge down
Resize the scarecrow and paste as a new layer, sharpen
resize & paste the pumpkins as a new layer & position at bottom, sharpen
copy & paste your tube, resize if necessary and drop shadow 5 5 70 11 black
copy the signpost, resize by 30% and paste as a new layer
using the dropper tool, select an orange shade from the pumpkins and use as your background colour, foreground nul, type your words, position & convert to raster layer
drop shadow the words layer 2 3 70 5 black and merge down onto the signpost
move the signpost below the pumpkins and use your deform tool to turn slightly
add one of the bats from the kit, resize & position
Type your name using the same orange shade and apply a black gradient glow, drop shadow as before, duplicate and on the duplicate layer adjust blur gaussian blur 6
add your copyright info
delete background layer & merge visible
save as a Png!