Golden Beauty

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
4/19/2010

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

Scrapbook kit HERE
It's a free to use kit ©by Fantasy Dreams Designzhttp://fantasydreamsdesignz.blogspot.com/


Plug ins:
AAA frame works HERE

Open new image 700 X 600

Preset tool draw a circle the size you would
like your frame to be.

Close off your background in your color pallet.
Draw out a circle the size you would like it to be, this is your frame.
Color doesn't matter.

Object align in center of canvas, magic wand and click on the frame.

Layer and convert to raster layer.

Pick a color from your tube your going to use, or one of the papers from
the kit your using, and copy and paste it into the selection.
I used paper 15 from the kit.

Effects 3 D inner bevel

Deselect

Select inside the frame add a new layer
copy and paste another paper of choice into selection.
I used paper 1 from the kit.
Move below frame.
Deselect

I added Accent 52 from the kit.
Add drop shadow.

Click on the tube you wish to add copy paste as a new layer.
Mover tool and place her how you would like.
I turned the one I used with the deform tool.

Move your tube below the frame.

With your eraser tool go and get rid
of anything you don't want showing.
Make sure your on the right layer when your
doing this step.

This is before

After

Add a paper of choice, I used
paper 3 add as a new layer.
Layer arrange and send to bottom.

Layers load save mask
(2)_sg_lacy-edge-floral

apply layers delete mask when asked say yes.
Layers merge group.

Drop shadow

Adjust brightness and contrast Clarify

Repeat
It brightens up the gold in the mask

Resize the mask by 90 percent.

Now your ready to add some accents.
on your layer pallet you want to be on the top layer now.

Add any accents you like, resize them so they look nice and add a
drop shadow, below is what I used.

I added element 18
Take your deform tool and arrange it how you
would like it.
I changed the mode to free shift.
And just twisted it some and got it how I liked it.
Add drop shadow same as before except change
the V and H to 1

Next I added element 57 and resized him by 80 percent.
Moved him down until he was where I wanted him.
Apply drop shadow

Add a couple of butterflies to your liking
Resized them by 50 percent.

Add a flower or bow or anything else you might
like. When happy with everything merge all layers.

Layers>Merge>Merge Visible
Then re size tag by 85%, re size all layers NOT checked

I used paper 1 for the background copy and paste
as a new layer arrange send to bottom.

crop to merged opaque, that will crop to wherever
the background ends

Add a 2 pixel border color of choice.

Add a 10 pixel border color of choice.

Selection, select all modify contract by 15, selection
invert.......effects AAA frame works

Deselect

Add a new layer and add your watermark.

You can now add a name or anything else you wish to at this time.
Re size all layers to your liking.

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

tag by Mydachshund aka Barb

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