Hocus Pocus

This tutorial was written for those that have a working knowledge of PSP (I use
Version 9).

Image courtesy of Sheila Craig, it is a free to use tube and she can be found here.

Supplies Needed:

Tube or image of choice
Scrap Kit: "Hocus Pocus" by Grunge and Glitter and can be found here.
Mask: Weescotslass 218 & 222, that you can find here.
Plug Ins: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 -> Little Fluffy Clouds (not a necessity)
Font(s): Angelic War

Here we go!

Open new image, 500x500, floodfill background with white.

Open frame 2, copy and paste as a new layer, resize to your liking.

Select inside of frame with magic wand, expand by 5, add new layer, floodfill with paper 8, Effects ->Little Fluffy Clouds (100,30,50,Puffy,Perspective checked,default settings on Camera & Sky, except uncheck sky background,move underneath frame layer.

Copy and paste paper 6, move down to bottom, apply mask WSL222,lower opacity to 54.

Copy and paste paper 2, move down to right above last paper, apply mask WSL222.

Open all the goodies that you want to add, copy and paste each as a new layer, resizing and rotating as you go. Both the lightning and the ghost I lowered the opacity down.

Open your tube or image of choice - Copy and paste, arrange and resize to your liking.

At this point, I usually resize if I need a smaller image. I also save both the original size and the smaller size images.

Add a new vector layer for your name,convert to raster layer, I floodfilled with one of the orange papers. To make it stand out, use could use either Eye Candy Gradient Glow or duplicate the layer, convert bottom layer to raster, select all, use magic wand to select text, expand by 2, floodfill with a colour of your choosing.

Go back through to sharpen and add a drop shadow to your layers.

Add your copyright as the finishing touch.

Save your tag in your favorite format and you are done!!

This tutorial was written by Debbie (Mystic Inc Design), 2010. Any resemblance
to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and not intended.

My Tropical Paradise

This tutorial was written for those that have a working knowledge of PSP (I use Version 9).

Artwork copyright to Sheila Craig (FTU) which can be found here.

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice
Scrapkit: "Tropical Paradise" by Missy Lynn Scraps and can be purchased here.
Mask: by Vix (11), you can get it here.
Font(s): Scrap Cursive & Stencil

Here we go!

Open a new image, 600x600 (we can resize later), flood fill with white.

Open paper6 - Copy, paste as a new layer, apply Vix mask 11, merge down.

Open frame1 - Copy, paste as a new layer, resize to your liking.

Open paper 12 - Click inside of frame 1 with your magic wand, and while holding down the shift key, highlight all the parts in the frame that you would like to floodfill, when you have all the areas selected, floodfill, adjust blend mode to multiply, move under frame1 layer.

Open palm tree - Copy, paste as a new layer behind the frame layer, resize to your liking, duplicate, mirror.

Open parrots - copy, paste as a new layer, resize to your liking, arrange between the palms.

Open tube of choice - copy, paste as a new layer, resize to your liking.

Open several flowers and accessories - copy, paste as a new layer, resize and arrange to your liking. If you'd like to have fish in your "water" go ahead and add a few of them too!

At this point, I usually resize if I need a smaller image. I also save both the original size and the
smaller size images.

Add a new vector layer and create a line of text if you'd like. For this one, I used "Scrap Cursive" font and paper17, duplicate, convert bottom layer to a raster layer, select all, magic wand to highlight text, expand by 2, floodfill with white. I liked the darker color, so I duplicated the text layer again, convert to raster layer, change blend mode to multiply.

Following the same directions as above for the text layer, add a new vector layer for your name using paper17 and I selected the font "Stencil".

Go back through to sharpen and add a drop shadow to your layers.

Add your copyright as the finishing touch.

Save your tag in your favorite format and you are done!!

This tutorial was written by Debbie (Mystic Inc Design), 2009. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and not intended.