Weave Frame

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
4/7/2010

I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
Everything I use I have collected don't claim to have
made anything other then the tag.

Notes:
All settings will remain the same unless otherwise noted
This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP
Remember to save often in case your psp crashes.

I did this in PSP 9 but sure any one will work.

Supplies:
Graphic of choice
Tubes of choice.
Font of choice.
Or the ones I used HERE

Plug ins:
Eye candy 5 texture HERE
AAA frame works HERE
Graphic plus HERE

Open a new image 400 X 400

Pick a light color from the graphic for you foreground. #dbc8a8
And a dark color for you background. #b99058

1. Add a new raster layer, and flood fill with the background color.

2. Selection, select all
Selection modify contract by 15
Selection invert.

3. Effects 3 D inner bevel

4. Adjust > add noise
With these settings.
Uniform, Micro checked, and noise 35

5. Image rotate by 45 degrees left.
Make sure that all layers isn't checked.

Deselect

6. Layers>Merge>Merge Visible

7. Take magic wand set to this, then select the inside of your frame


Hit delete on your key board one time.
Deselect

8.. Get the graphic you wish to use copy and paste it as a new layer.
Layers arrange and move down.

Graphic should be no larger then 400 X 400 take mover tool
and move it how you want it to look

9. Merge>Merge Visible

10. Magic wand and select the four corners.

11. Effects plug in~Alien skins eye candy 5 weave
Settings I used. Colors I used were my back ground and
Foreground colors.

12. Effects 3 D Inner bevel

Deselect

13. Add a 20 pixel border>background color.
Select
Effects>Plugins>Eyecandy 5 Weave
Same settings we just used.
Deselect

14. Add a 30 Pixel border>foreground color.
Select
Effects graphic plus and cross shadow.
Use default settings.

15. Effect plug in~AAA frame works

(Note) you can change the color to go with your work.
Down where it says gold......use what goes well with your graphic.

16. Add 10 pixel border background color,
add eye candy weave to this.

17. Effects 3 D inner bevel

Deselect

You can now add any tubes or accents you wish to add.

Merge all layers.

New raster layer and add your watermark.

Re size to your liking, adjust brighten and contract......clarify
By 5 or less if you don't want it that bright.

Your all done and ready to save your work of art.


Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Another one by me

This one I used blind effects on it.

Tag below by
GGMOM9 aka Mary
Thank you for being one of my testers.

Tags below by
Mydachshund aka Barb
Thanks for being one of my testers.

Mom's sleeping

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
4/6/2010

I do these for fun and as a learning tool.
I don't sell or make a profit from any of the
supplies I have collected. Or from writhing these tutorials.
I don't claim to have done any of the graphics and that, just the tags
I make and share.

Some knowledge of psp is most helpful.

Supplies
Graphic of choice
Tube of choice
Font of choice
I used AR BONNIE
Or you can use mine HERE

Plug ins
Filters unlimited HERE
Graphic plus HERE
Alien skins Xenofex 2 HERE

PSP 9
or any other will do.

Open graphic of choice and duplicate
and close the original.

Pick a light color from the graphic for your foreground,
and a dark color for the background.

Pick a nice gold color to use, from your
textures, I'm using the gold bead.

Re size your graphic to
400 X 300

1. Add a 5 pixel border white, select it and flood fill with the gold pattern.

2. Selection invert and effects 3 D cutout

3. Repeat but change the V, and H to -2
Deselect

4. Add a 3 pixel border the foreground color.

5. Add a 5 pixel border white, select and flood fill with the gold pattern.
Deselect.

6. Add a 10 Pixel border foreground color.
select

7. effects texture effects, blinds
change the color to you background color.

8. Effects 3 D inner bevel


Deselect

9. Add a 5 pixel border and select, flood fill with the gold pattern.

10. Selection invert and add the cutout.

11. Repeat but change the V, and H to -2
Deselect

12. Add 3 pixel border your foreground color.

13. Add 5 pixel border, flood fill with the gold pattern.

14. Add a 20 pixel border background color,
select add a new raster layer,
Effects, plug in Alien skins Xenofex 2 crumple
Setting glossy paper.

15. Layers merge down.

16. Effects plug in Filters unlimited Glass frame 1

you can play with the settings and get them how you like them.
Deselect

17. Add 5 pixel border select and flood fill with the gold.
Deselect

18. Add 3 pixel border your foreground color

19. Add 5 pixel border select and flood fill with gold pattern.
Deselect.

20. Add 30 pixel border background color.
Effects graphic plus Kaleidoscope

Or play around and change the setting how you would like.
Deselect

21. With your selection tools select the 4 corners.
Add same blind effect as you did earlier except change the color
to your foreground color.
Keep selected.

22. Graphic plus and add a cross shadow.

Diagonal 58

Center 51
Horizontal 57

Diagonal 79

Horizontal 64

Vertical 40

Intensity 80

Brightness 128

Deselect and selection and all, contract by 30 and invert

24. Effects plug in Filters unlimited

Glass frame 1
Frame size 64
Contrast 128

If happy with it deselect.

25. Add a 2 pixel border of your background color.

26. Add a 2 pixel border of your foreground color.

27. Add a 30 pixel border of your background color, select.
Add same cross shadow as you did earlier.
Add same filter unlimited glass frame as earlier.

If you wish add any accents you want to it now.

Add a new layer and place your watermark.
Merge all layers.

Re size to your liking.
After I re size I do adjust clarify to brighten it up.

Your now all done and ready to share your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Another one by me

Tag by GGmom9 aka Mary
Member of my psp group.
Thank you Mary

Next 2 by Mydachshund aka Barb
Member of my psp group.
Thank you Barb

Spring bloom

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
4/6/2010
I do these for fun and as a learning tool.
I don't sell or make a profit from any of the
supplies I have collected. Or from writhing these tutorials.

Some knowledge of psp is most helpful.

Plug in
Eye candy 4 HERE

Template HERE
Its the work of Butterfly flutterby creations.
Called jungle fever.

Tube of choice or the one I used you can find it HERE
It's the work of Russ Docken.
tube number 7907

Scrapbook kit is the awesome work from Lynn Earwicker
called Mysterious its a new kit and you can find it HERE

Font of choice I used
Mon Amour Script Alt it's a pay font so can't share it.

I used psp 9 for this tutorial but sure any of them
would work just fine.

1. Open your template and duplicate it, close the original.

I like lots of room so I canvas sized my work area
We will re size it when done.

2. Delete the raster 1 and also the one you see that is closed off.
I also never used the Label 1 and 2. It's all up to you.

3. Selection select all and float, get a paper you want to use for the
mask. I'm using paper 3 from the kit. Copy and paste it into selection.
Deselect

4. Effects eye candy 4 bevel settings I used.

5. Activate the fat lines select all, float, get the paper
you want to use, I'm using paper 2 from the kit.
Copy and paste into selection.
Deselect

6. Add a bevel to it I used the same one as earlier.
The eye candy 4.

7. Activate the thin lines, and select all, float, use
another paper for them......or you can flood fill with a color.
I used paper 8 copy and paste into selection.
Deselect

8. Add your bevel to this also same as before.

9. Activate the top fill layer, selection all, float and copy and paste
a paper of choice into it.
I used paper 2.
Deselect

10. Repeat the same steps for bottom layer.
I used same paper and mirrored it, to give it
a different look.
Deselect.

11. Activate top back plate, and selection all, and float, then
either flood fill with a color of choice.
Or a paper I used paper 10, copy and paste into selection.
Deselect

12. Give it the same bevel as before.

This is what mine looks like so far.

Now your ready to add accents and your tube.

13. I added ivy 1 and took my deform tool and turned it like I wanted it
to look.

14. Add a drop shadow to this.

14. Copy and paste your tube and place it where and how you like it.

Add the same drop shadow as before.

15. Add some wording if you wish, and accent with some butterflies.
It is up to you, how you want it to look.

16. When you are happy with everything then merge all layers.

I took and copied and pasted as a new layer another paper
for the background.....I used paper 3.

17. Crop tool and get rid of the extra you don't want.

18. Re size all layers to the size you wish your tag to be.

19. Add a 2 pixel border and flood fill it with a nice gold pattern.

20. Add a 5 pixel border and fill it with a color of choice.

21. Add a 2 pixel border and fill it with the gold patter.

22. Add a new layer add your water mark, and your all done.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Another one I did using the same kit.

Bunnies for Spring

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
2/26/2010
I do these for fun and as a learning tool.
I don't sell or make a profit from any of the
supplies I have collected. Or from writhing these tutorials.

Supplies:

Template I used is number 37 by
Kristi and you can get it
Here

Scrapbook kit is the awesome work
of Kristi Westling is called Sweet Spring and you can find it
Here

Open your template and make a copy
Shift D on your keyboard close original.
delete the top layer there.
The Butterflies if you don't want to use them.
I never used the words either.

1. Highlight the circle layer. Then selection tool and make
it active. Get a paper you wish to use for the circle.
This is the one I'm using kristiw_sweetspring_p7
Copy and paste as a new layer, selection invert,
and hit delete one time on key board.

2. Highlight the circle layer and delete it.
Deselect.

3. Add a drop shadow

4. Highlight Rectangle 1
Activate it with your selection tool.
Get another paper you wish to use for it.
this is the one I'm using kristiw_sweetspring_p3
Do the same as in step 1.
Deselect.

5. Use same drop shadow as before.

6. Highlight Rectangle 2
Activate it with your selection tool.
Get another paper you want to use.
this is the one I'm using kristiw_sweetspring_p5
Do the same as in step 1.
Deselect

7. Add same drop shadow as before.

Now we will add some tubes.

8. Add kristiw_sweetspring_cloud
Duplicate as many as you wish.
You can arrange them after you place some of the other
tubes so you know how you want them.

9. Add this drop shadow to all tubes.


10. Add kristiw_sweetspring_tree1 re size by 35 percent
Arrange how you want it.
Add same drop shadow.

Move tube over to the left.

11. kristiw_sweetspring_tree2
Re size by 35 percent
Place it how you want it.
Add drop shadow

12. I added kristiw_sweetspring_house
Re sized it by 35 percent.
Place how you want it.
Add drop shadow.
I used my deform tool and pulled it out and up like
I wanted it.

13. Add kristiw_sweetspring_tulip3
I added all 3 to give more color.
Re size the tube by 15 percent
And any where else you might want some.
Add drop shadow to all of them.

14. Add kristiw_sweetspring_fence
Place it how you want it.
Cut off with your selection tool any part you don't want.
Add drop shadow

15. Add kristiw_sweetspring_bug1and
kristiw_sweetspring_butterfly1
I used my deform tool and moved them how I wanted them.

16. Add kristiw_sweetspring_bunny1 place him up on the
top of the rectangle 2
Re size by 30 percent.
Add drop shadow

17. Add kristiw_sweetspring_bunny4
re size to 50 percent.
Add drop shadow.

18. Add kristiw_sweetspringwateringcan1
re size it by 15 percent.
Add same drop shadow and move it over to the right side.
I mirrored mine.
Add same drop shadow.

19. Add kristiw_sweetspring_cart and re size it 25 percent move it
over to the right and down some, see my finished tag.
Add same drop shadow.

20. Add some carrots if you wish into the wheel barrow
re size them 25 percent.

This is how mine looks so far.

Add anything else now that you wish to.

22. Now I highlighted the background and
flood filled with a color from one of the tubes.

23. I then went to filters unlimited and gave it
a paper effect. I gave it a mineral limestone.
That is all up to you.

24. Add a 3 pixel border color of choice.

25. Add a 10 pixel border color of choice.

26. Add a 3 pixel border first color, or one of choice.
Filters unlimited and give it a glass frame 2
adjust the size how it looks best to you.

27. Add a new raster layer, and add your water mark.

Re size all layers how you would like it.

We are now finished and ready to save you work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Hunny Bear

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
2/23/2010
I do these for fun and as a learning tool.
I don't sell or make a profit from any of the
supplies I have collected. Or from writhing these tutorials.

Scrapbook kit is the awesome work of Kristi you can get this darling

it is called Bears Bees n Apple Trees
kit HERE

No outside plug ins used for this tag.
Font I used Gaelic Regular Here

I did this tutorial in PSP 9
but sure any would work.
Some knowledge of PSP is helpful.

OK lets get started

1) New image 600 X 500

2) Pick a frame from the kit
I'm using frame
kristiw_bearsbees_frame5

3) Copy and paste to your new image...
re size it by 50 percent.

4) Get your magic wand and select the inside of the frame.
Selection modify expand by 7.

5) Pick a paper you want to use for your back ground.
I'm using...kristiw_bearsbees_p2
copy and paste as a new layer, selection invert.
Hit delete on your key board....layer arrange move down.
deselect.

6) I added kristiw_bearsbees_cloud
copy and paste to your work layer arrange, down
you want it below the frame.

7) Re size by 50 percent......I used my deform tool
to get them how I wanted them to look.

Place them how you want them.

8) Add a drop shadow, these are the settings
I used, can reduce if you want.

9) Add kristiw_bearsbees_sun
Re size it by 30 percent and place how you want it.
add same drop shadow.

10) I added kristiw_bearsbees_tree next re sized by 35 percent
Layer arrange and move down place where you like it best.
Add a drop shadow

11) Add the ladder and re size it by 35 percent place
by the tree.
Add kristiw_bearsbees_bear4
Re size by 30 percent I placed him like he is climbing the ladder.
Add same drop shadow.

12) Add kristiw_bearsbees_scallop2
Re size 80 percent don't worry about the over hang
will be gone when we re size tag.
Duplicate and arrange like you want.
add same drop shadow.
This is how it looks now.


12) Add kristiw_bearsbees_beehive re size by
30 percent I moved him below the bear.
Add same drop shadow.

13) Add kristiw_bearsbees_bee re size by
30 percent place him where you want.
Duplicate mirror and I took deform tool and
adjusted like I wanted.
Add as many as you wish.
Drop shadow as before.

14) Add kristiw_bearsbees_bear3 and re size it
same drop shadow.

15) Add the wagon re size by 45 percent
add drop shadow.
add some apples to your liking.

16) Add a bear of choice......this is the one I'm using
kristiw_bearsbees_bear2 and
Copy and paste to your work
Layer arrange bring to top.
Re size by 50 percent.
Place the bear where you like him.
add drop shadow.

17) Get a paper you want to add for the background
I'm using kristiw_bearsbees_p7
copy and paste as a new layer.
Layer arrange move to bottom.

18) Crop your tag and get rid of anything you don't want
around the edge of it.


19) When your happy with the way everything looks then merge all
layers. This is what mine looks like now.

20) Add a 2 pixel border of choice, I used white.

21) Add a 10 pixel border color doesn't matter, selection tool
and copy and paste a paper into it.
I used kristiw_bearsbees_p14
Add a bevel to this.


22) Deselect and your now ready to add your water mark.
Then save and share your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Delightful frame

Graphic I'm using is by Carol Cavoloris

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
2/18/2010
I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.

Supplies Here
I have made some extra corners and that, which are in the supplies.
Graphic of choice
Tubes of choice
Font of choice

Plug ins
Screen Works HERE
Filters Unlimited HERE
AAA foto frames HERE
Graphic plus HERE

PSP
I'm using 9
Some knowledge of PSP is helpful.

Ok lets get started
Remember to save often in case your PSP crashes.

Open a new image
500 X 500
can resize later.

Go to your preset tools
and change it to ellipse.
Set the line width to 5.

Close off your background color.
Starting in the center of your blank image,
draw an ellipse out not to large, you can adjust it
by pulling on the nodes you see and get it how you want it to look.

Now go to object and align and center on your canvas.
Layers and convert to raster layer.

Click on this ellipse with your selection tool, and
flood fill it with a nice gold pattern.
One I used is in the supplies.

Give this a nice inner bevel

Deselect

Click on the inside of the frame, and selection modify
expand by 3, new raster layer.
Copy and paste your graphic into the selection.
Layer arrange and move down.
Deselect

Merge layers

Pick a light color from your graphic and make that your foreground,
A dark color for your background.
Add a new layer and flood fill it with your light color.
Arrange and move down.

Effects and screen works fabric weave.
Now take your crop tool and crop your image, so you get rid
of some of the extra background.

Don't get to close to the frame leave some room for the next step.
Once your happy with it, the effects AAA frame, foto frame
These are the settings I played around tell I got colors that
went with my graphic.


Add a 2 pixel border, select and flood fill with the gold pattern your using.
Deselect

Add a 4 pixel border, make it your foreground color
Select and effects screen works, and Graphic paper.
Deselect

Add a 2 pixel border, select and flood fill with the gold.
Deselect.

Add a 10 Pixel border your background color, select
and add the graphic paper effect to this

Give this the same bevel as we did earlier.
Deselect

Add a 2 pixel border, select and flood fill with the gold.
Deselect

Add a 20 pixel border and select, effects graphic plus
Quick tile 2 these are the settings I used.


add the same bevel as before.
Deselect.

Add a 2 pixel border select and flood fill with the gold pattern.
Deselect

Add a 30 pixel border background color
Select and effects screen works grid layout.
Or play around and try some other things.

Then graphic plus cross shadow.
You can move the bars to suit your taste.

Effects Filters unlimited


Deselect

Add some corners or any thing else you wish you add

When all done be sure and merge all layers
Resize your final project.
Add your water mark and your ready to save.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Couple more examples I made

These all below are members of my JAB

list, great talent ladies.

Next 2 are by

mydachshund aka Barb

ggmom9 aka Mary

These two are by

ameripex97 aka Kay

Fairladi101 aka Pati