Sunday, 14 February 2010

Cherish Your Love


Happy Valentine's Day!!
Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Jessica Dougherty which may be purchased from CILM
Scrapkit - a great freebie from Doris at Scraps Dimensions called 'Cherish your love' here
thank you!
Mask of choice - I am using wsl 84 here
Font of choice - I am using Bickham Script fancy
Plugins - xenofex 2 crumple
Eye candy gradient glow
OK Open a new image 600x600 pixels floodfill white
Copy & paste Frame 2 from the kit, resize and sharpen
Copy Paper 6 and paste as a new layer below the frame, resize so it is just slightly larger than the frame, apply xenofex crumple at 5 and 10
add a drop shadow to the frame layer 0 0 70 5
copy the wine & roses from the kit, resize and mirror
position to bottom of frame, sharpen & drop shadow
Now add your tube and position, apply a drop shadow 5 5 70 11
resize the little cupid and position at bottom corner of frame
copy & pasterose 5 as a new layer, resize and sharpen & position on top corner of frame
copy & paste the scrapidea 1s and position along top of frame, resize and duplicate, flip
move into position at bottom
add the wordart, resize and sharpen and position on your tag
add a new raster layer above the background layer, floodfill black
apply your mask, delete & merge group
Add your name and apply a gradient glow using a light colour from the tag
Hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
resize & crop your tag
add your copyright info and save as a Png

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Nostalgia

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Jessica Dougherty which you may purchase from CILM
Scrapkit - a beautiful ptu kit from KatNKDA called 'Nostalgia' which you may purchase from NK Art Shop
Mask of choice - I am using wsl 81 here
Font of choice - I am using Al Sandra
Wordart by Jaelop here
plugins - xero porcelain (optional)
OK - Open a new image 600x600 floodfill white
Copy & paste element 29 as a new layer
using your magic wand click inside the frame, making sure to click in all the bits around the flower element as well
paste your tube as a new layer, position, selections, invert, delete & select none
apply xero porcelain to your tube at default settings
copy element 5, resize and position at bottom of frame
copy & paste butterfly 20 as a new layer, position over the flower element, resize and sharpen twice
copy & paste element 56, resize and place below the butterfly
sharpen
copy element 49, place along the top and resize to fit, sharpen & duplicate, image flip
move into position at bottom of frame
copy & paste butterly 47. resize, place at bottom right
copy the dove 37, resize and mirror and place top right of frame
Resize the wordart, colourize to suit and place along the bottom
Hide backgound layer & merge visible all other layers
resize & crop
unhide backgground, add a new raster layer above it, select all
Copy & paste Paper 5 into selection, select none
Apply mask, delete & merge group
add your name & copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

The more I know you.....

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Robin McQuay which may be purchased from UpYourArt
Scrapkit - a gorgeous freebie kit from Vaybs 'Romancing the Heart' which you can download here
Thank you!
Mask of choice - I am using WSL 84 here
Font of choice - I am using Tagettes
Plugins - Xero porcelain and eye candy gradient glow
OK - Open a new image 700x600 floodfill white
I colourised the red elements to suit my tube using the hue and saturation tool settings
245 143
Copy and paste frame 27 as a new layer, resize by 80%
drop shadow 0 0 70 5
click inside the white frame border with magic wand
copy Paper 1 and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, delete
click inside the centre of the square frame with magic wand & expand by 3, paste paper 1 as a new layer again
selections, invert, delete and drag below the frame layer
now paste the wordart 1 as a new layer, position & hit delete again, select none
drop shadow the square frame layer again 0 0 70 5
Paste your tube as a new layer & position, apply xero porcelain at default settings and drop shadow 5 5 70 9
resize flower 7 and paste as a new layer, position on top left of the heart frame
sharpen & drop shadow 0 0 70 5
copy flower 14, resize and position on top of previous flower
sharpen & drop shadow as above
copy element 4, resize and place in centre of flowers, sharpen & drop shadow
copy & paste element 20, position below the tube layer, resize, duplicate & mirror
copy & paste element 8 along the bottom of the tag
paste element 13 as a new layer, resize and place on bottom right of tag
sharpen & drop shadow all elements 0 0 70 5
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
resize & crop your tag to your liking
unhide background & add a new raster layer above it, select all
copy & paste Paper 1 into selection, select none
apply mask, delete & merge group
add your name and apply a gradient glow using #d0d0a9
add your copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Hit me Cupid!

Supplies
Tube of choice -I am using the fabulous artwork of Jessica Dougherty which may be purchased from CILM
Scrapkit - a great ptu kit from Karla - 'Scrapz Valentino' you can find her stores where you can purchase the kit on her site here
Mask - Vix mask 239 which you can find here
Font of choice -I am using kinkee
Ok- open a new image 600x600 floodfill white
copy & paste the teacup 12 as a new layer, resize and sharpen
paste your tube as a new layer & position along the bottom
add a drop shadow 5 5 70 9
copy element 24, resize and paste as a new layer
position behind your tube, duplicate and resize again, move down
sharpen both elements
copy the little cupid 38, resize and position on the tag, sharpen
add wordart of choice from the kit, resize & position
resize the key, element 2 and position so it is hanging from one of the letters, use your deform tool to turn it slightly and erase part of the ring, sharpen & drop shadow 0 0 70 5
add a new raster layer above background layer and floodfill black
apply your mask, delete & merge group
resize and move to the side slightly, duplicate, mirror & flip
move into position
copy hearts element 20, resize and move to the side, duplicate and mirror, resize again and move into position
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers, resize by 85% and crop
add your name & copyright info
delete background & save as a Png

Monday, 1 February 2010

Immortal Valentine

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using a tube by KatNKDA which you can purchase from NK Art Shop
Scrapkit - a fab freebie from Lacarolita called 'Gothic Feelings' here
thank you!
Mask of choice
Font of choice
Wordart by me here
OK - Open a new image in PSP 600x600 pixels, floodfill white
Copy & paste the heart from the kit and resize to suit
duplicate the heart and on the bottom layer adjust blur, gaussian blur 20
copy button 2, resize and paste as a new layer, position at one side of the heart & sharpen
Copy & paste one of the candles, resize & drop shadow 5 5 70 9
Add your tube and apply same drop shadow
copy & paste flower 2, resize & position at bottom of candle, duplicate and move into position, merge down, sharpen and drop shadow as above
copy & paste heart 2, resize and place on the candle
resize the cat, sharpen and place to the bottom
add a new raster layer above the background layer, select all
Copy & paste Paper 5 into selection
apply your mask, delete & merge group
add the wordart, resize & position on tag
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
resize by 85% and crop
add your name & copyright info
save as a Png

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Bad Romance

Supplies
Tube of choice -I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac which may be purchased from AMI
Scrapkit - a beautiful freebie kit from Jaelop called 'Our Love' here
Stabbed heart embellishment by Gothic Inspirations which you can grab here
Masks - wsl 170 here and 122-kris here
Thanks ladies for the freebies!
Fonts of choice - I am using Kinkee and Jo wrote a lovesong
both available from Dafont
Ok - Open a new image in PSP 600x600 pixels floodfill white
Resize Frame 15 and paste as a new layer
click in centre of frame with magic wand & expand by 8
add a new raster layer and floodfill black
drag below the frame layer
resize the hearts 9 and paste as a new layer, position within the frame
hit delete again and select none
duplicate the hearts and move to the side, use deform tool to turn slightly
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
unhide background
Paste your tube as a new layer and drop shadow 7 7 70 11
resize element 1, paste as a new layer
click inside both frames with magic wand & expand by 5
add a new raster layer & floodfill black
drag this below the frames
copy a close up of your tube and position inside the frames
hit delete and select none
change the opacity of the tubes or apply xero porcelain
merge these layers visible and move below your tube layer
resize element 7 and paste to the side of the small frames, sharpen
duplicate and mirror and move the mirrored image up slightly
open the stabbed heart, colourise using the change to target tool
resize and place at bottom of frame
copy element 19, resize and position, sharpen
copy element 18, rotate 90 degrees and place along the bottom
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
resize by 85% and crop, sharpen
unhide background & add a new raster layer above it, select all
copy & paste Paper 7 into selection, select none
apply kris mask, delete & merge group
add a new raster layer below the mask layer & floodfil black
apply wsl 170 mask, delete & merge group again
duplicate this mask layer & move the duplicate up slightly
Add your name, saying of choice & any copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png

Saturday, 23 January 2010

A Snapshot of you..

Supplies
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Pinuptoons as an example. If you wish to use this tube it is available to purchase from CILM
Scrapkit - a lovely freebie kit called 'Lovey Dovey' from Scraps Dimensions HERE
Font of choice
OK - Open a new image in PSP 600x600 pixels, floodfill white
Copy Frame 3, ressize and paste as a new layer
click in centre of frame with magic wand & expand by 5
add a new raster layer and floodfill black, select none
drag this layer below the frame layer
drop shadow frame 0 0 70 5
Copy & paste the pink dust as a new layer below the frame layer
resize to fit
copy doodle heart1, resize and paste as a new layer
position within the frame
resize the LD hearts and paste abovve the frame to the side, sharpen
Add your tube, position and drop shadow 5 5 70 9
Add some bows and flowers, decorate with elements from the kit
hide background layer & merge visible all other layers
resize by 85% and crop
unhide background and copy & paste the pink dust again as a new layer
resize so it just shows below the tag
copy & paste the green dust, resize and mirror
Add your name using colours from the kit
add any copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png