Saturday 27 November 2010

Blue Christmas

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using a tube by Al Rio which may be purchased from CILM
Scrapkit - a lovely freebie kit from Lacarolita called 'Cold Winter'which you can grab here
Thank you!
Masks - SD Mask 6 here and WSL Mask 221 here
Thank you!
Plugins - Mura meister copies, eye candy gradient glow, xero porcelain
Fonts - Cupiedoll and Al Sandra both available to download from Dafont
OK - Open a new image in PSP 650x650 floodfill white
Copy & paste your tube as a new layer, apply xero porcelain at default setting
copy the xmas tree, resize to suit and position, sharpen & apply porcelain as above
now resize the drummer, reindeer and some flowers, position as above, sharpen all and apply porcelain
resize a star from the kit & position behind your tube, sharpen
add a new raster layer above background layer and select all
copy & paste Paper6 into selection, select none
apply the SD mask, delete and merge group
using cupiedoll font set at background #3d3f94 size 72 type the words 'Blue Blue Christmas without you' above the mask layer, apply Mura meister copies Tiling, gap 5
apply your WSL mask to this layer
now type the words Lonely this Christmas and apply a gradient glow twice using white and then a light blue from the tag
using the Al Sandra font type 'without you' and drop shadow 2 3 67 7 black
position your words how you like them
add your name & copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Saturday 13 November 2010

Autumn Eve

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Anna Marine which may be purchased from CILM
Scrapkit - a beautiful freebie kit by Doris at Scraps Dimensions called 'Autumn Eve' which you can find here
Thank you
Mask of choice
Font of choice
OK - open a new image 650x650 floodfill white
Copy & paste the clock
selections, select all, float, defloat
now paste your tube as a new layer and position within the clock
invert and delete, select none
copy & paste the dry grass, resize and position to the side
paste the branch as a new layer and position over the grass, resize to suit
resize the sign and position at bottom
copy & paste the mushrooms, resize and position to side of sign
paste the plant as a new layer at opposite side, resize
position the squirrel on top of sign
add some flowers or other elements from the kit
copy & paste the trees and position behind the clock
when you are happy with your tag, hide background layer & merge visible
resize to suit
add a new raster layer above background layer & select all
copy & paste Paper 4 into selection, select none
apply your mask of choice, delete & merge group
now add your name & any copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Monday 8 November 2010

Colour me Autumn

Supplies
Tube of choice -I am using a tube by Jamie Kidd which is available to purchase from CILM
Scrapkit - a beautiful freebie kit from Artmama called 'Always' which you can download from her blog here
Thank you!
Mask of choice - I am using Artmamas Mask10 which you can find at the above blog
Fonts of choice - I am using Al Sandra and Autumn Nights
OK - Open a new image 650x650 floodfill white
Add a new raster layer and select all
Copy & paste Paper3 into selection, select none
Apply mask, delete & merge group, duplicate mask layer & merge down
Copy & paste the clock from the kit as a new layer, position to the side
copy frame05, paste as a new layer and rotate 90 degrees
paste your tube as a new layer and position, drop shadow 5 5 70 9 black
now decorate with elements from the kit
type the words along the bottom and apply a gradient glow
add your name and your copyright info
delete background layer and save as a Png