My Sweet Valentine

 

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

2/1/2014

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 or bought I don't claim to have

made anything other then the tag.

This tutorial is written with the idea you

have some knowledge of PSP.

This was done in PSP 9 but should work with any.

Scrapbook kit is by Queen Brat called Sweet February tagger size

and you can find it  HERE

Template is by Dangerously Delicious and you can find it HERE

Valentine template 3 cupid cutie.

Tube is by Di Halim and you can buy the tube HERE

It is called Americus

Mask of choice>or the one I made is in supplies.

Tube of choice.

Font I used is Valentine and you can get it HERE

Lets get started 

Open the template and make a copy and close original.

you can delete the layers I have closed off here, I'm

not using them in this tutorial......so we don't need them.

what you should have left.

Canvas size>

We will resize when done I like room to work.

In your layer pallet highlight the bottom layer>

If you like you can close off the others, then you know

where your at.

Select the bottom layer>Set your feather on 3 using your magic wand. 

 It will give you a smooth edge that way.

Pick paper or flood fill with color of choice

I'm using>QBD_SweetFebruary_MulticolorStripe

Copy and paste into selection>deselect

In layer pallet move up to light pink strip and do the same

as we did in the last step>

except use a different paper>QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamCanvas

Deselect

I left the small hearts the color they were cause they went with it,

Its up to you.

Gold strip is next>select>with selection tool take and

get just a section out of the paper of choice and copy

and paste that into the selection. I used

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedCreamHearts

This way the hearts look bigger, and show up better.

Deselect

I went up to the pink layer and used the same paper>

it's up to you. 

Close that layer back off>Back to the cream color>

use a different paper>QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamRedHeartsCardboard

Deselect

Open the brown circle>QBD_SweetFebruary_BrownCardboard

Copy and paste as a new layer>

QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamCanvasFrame>resize by 90

Percent.

Copy and paste as a new layer>

QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamLaceHeart

resize by 60 percent>move it how you want it

I centered it in the frame  Add drop shadow

This is mine now

Hint

In layer pallet if you rename the layers of

the tubes as you go it makes it easier.

Now we are ready to add tubes>and accents.

Add tube of choice>and resize as needed>if

your using the same one I have>resize by

40 percent.

Center in the middle of your work.

I took mover tool and moved up the

stripes behind her>do this to your liking.

Add a drop shadow.

 

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_BrownPaperFlower

Resize by 50 percent>Move down at the bottom

of the tube>add drop shadow

Add

 QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamPaperFlower

Resize by 55 percent and move over by the other flower

Add drop shadow

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedPaperFlower

resize by 50 percent move over the other side

of the last one>add drop shadow

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_GreenLeaves>resize by 20 percent>

Layer arrange>

move down> below the brown flower>

Add drop shadow

 

Duplicate>mirror>place it over by the red flower>

Should be behind them.

 If your happy with the way the flowers all look>

I took and closed off all the other layers and

merged the leaves and flowers together.

 Add

 QBD_SweetFebruary_BrownLollipop

Resize by 30 percent>place up on the right side>

With eraser tool take off the parts of the stick

you don't want to have showing.

Add drop shadow

 Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamLollipop

Resize by 25 percent>activate deform tool>

Move over by the brown lollipop

And turn the way you want it>add drop shadow

 Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedLollipop

Resize by 25 percent>activate deform tool

and turn this one how you want it>add drop shadow.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_BrownBow

Resize by 22 percent>add drop shadow>

Place how you want it.

If your happy with that I merged down until  the lollipop's

and bow are merged together.

make sure your on the top layer

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_CandyCornKisses

resize by 30 percent>add drop shadow

Move over to the right bottom of the tag.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_MaleZebra

Resize by 25 percent>add drop shadow

Move over by the candy corn.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_Cupid

Resize by 25 percent>add drop shadow

move over to the left up by the lady.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedHeartCandle

resize by 20 percent

Add drop shadow

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_BrownHeartCandle

Resize by 15 percent

Add drop shadow

 

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamHeartCandle

Resize by 12 percent

Add drop shadow

 

Move each one over on the left side

and make them so they look staggered.

You can merge the candles together

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_Cupcake

resize by 20 percent

add drop shadow>move by candles

I decided to resize the candles up by 110 percent

so they were a little bigger.

Its up to you.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_ValentineCandy

resize by 20 percent>mirror>add drop shadow

Place down by the cupcake

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedHeartWoman

Resize by 15 percent>add drop shadow

Place over by the candy.

Add

QBD_SweetFebruary_RedVelvetSwirl

Resize by 75 percent>layers arrange send

to bottom

Make any final adjustment at this time

then merge all layers

Now for the mask

Pick a paper or color you want it to be

I used

QBD_SweetFebruary_CreamCanvas

copy and paste as new layer

move down

Find the mask you want to use>

I'm using one that I made, it is in the supplies if

you wish to use it.

Layers>

Merge group

Effects>inner bevel

Add a nice drop shadow

Merge visible

Select with magic wand>on the out side of your

tag>Selection invert>image>crop to selection

resize all layers to your liking>add water mark.

Adjust sharpen

Your now ready to save your work of art.

Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

Would love to see what you do with this.

Have any questions or need help.

Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Valentine Love

 

 

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

1/28/2014

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 or bought I don't claim to have

made anything other then the tag.

This tutorial is written with the idea you

have some knowledge of PSP.

I did this tutorial using PSP 9 Buy any will work.

SUPPLIES

Tube of choice

One I used is by Ismael Rac

Font of choice

Things I used HERE

Except for the kit.

SBK is the great work by Queen Brat

and the kit is called All my love tagger and you will find it

HERE

Stop by her blog and check out other kits  has.

 Lets get started

Open new image 700 X 70

We will resize later.

Open frame your going to use.

One I used is in the supplies.

Resize by 80 percent

 

With magic wand click on the inside of the

frame>Selection>modify expand by 6>I used

QBD_All My Love_Paper 02 from the kit.

copy and paste as a new layer your choice

of paper for your back ground in the frame.

Resize the paper by 80 percent>selection invert>

Delete.

Move this below the frame.

Deselect.

Open

QBD_All My Love_Lace Heart 03

  and resize it by 37 percent

Copy and paste as a new layer>Add

a drop shadow of choice.

Open

QBD_All My Love_Word Art 01

Resize 35 percent>copy and paste inside the frame

add drop shadow. I took deform tool and turned it how

I wanted it.

Highlight the top layer>QBD_All

My Love_Border 03>resize by 37 percent

Copy and paste a new layer and move it

up on the frame at the bottom.

I used selection tool and cut off some of the lace.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Cherub01

Resize by 40 percent.

Copy and paste as a new layer place so it looks

like its sitting on the lace.  Add drop shadow>change blur

to 15.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Gift01 resize by 50 percent

copy and paste and place over on the left side>add

drop shadow

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Gift02 resize by 45 percent

copy and paste and place over by the other gift box>

Add drop shadow.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Candy01

Resize by 30 percent>copy and paste as new layer>

Mirror image>move down to the left side at the bottom

Of the frame>add drop shadow.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Elephant

Resize  by 60 percent>copy and paste as new layer>

Move over like sitting on the box of candy.

Add drop shadow.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_LuvBug01

Resize by 25 percent>copy and paste as new layer>

Place over to the left by the box of candy.

Add drop shadow.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Lollipop01

Resize to your liking>I went 85 percent>move it down so the edge is

behind the elephant>I took eraser tool and removed the stick.

Add drop shadow.

Open tube of choice and resize as needed.

Copy and paste move to right side of work.

Add drop shadow

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Candles01

Resize by 45 percent>copy and paste as new layer

Move over to the right side>add drop shadow.

Open>QBD_AllMyLove_Shoe02 resize by 25 percent>

copy and paste as new layer over by the candles

give them a drop shadow.

Add any thing else you wish to at this time>make final

adjustment to tubes

When happy with the way it looks>merge visible.

Open a paper of choice that you would like for you mask.

Copy and paste as new layer move down.

Layer>New mask layer>from image>

click ok>merge group.

 

Add your water mark and we are all done.

Resize to your liking.

Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

Would love to see what you do with this.

Have any questions or need help.

Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Old Time Christmas

 

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

11/20/2013

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.

 This tutorial is written with the idea you

have some knowledge of PSP.

This was done in PSP 9 but should work with any.

SUPPLIES

Preset ~ double click on it and it will install for you.

Graphic of choice

Font of choice>I used forte, it's

in the supplies

Tubes of choice

Things I used HERE

SBK is the great work by Jen called All Spruced Up

Stop by her blog and check out other kits Jen has.

http://jenssweettemptations.blogspot.comyou can buy it HERE

Plug ins

Eye candy impact 5 HERE

Maur's meister>clouds HERE

 

Open supplies in PSP

Open frame image that is in the supplies,

or make one of your own.

Duplicate and close original.

Click on the inside of the frame>selection>

expand by 6

Add a new raster layer.

NOTE:

If your using a graphic or flood filling skip this

next step.

Effects>plug in Maura miester>

Change colors to your liking depending

on the background scene your going to use.

 

Layer>arrange>move down.

Add a new layer>copy paste into selection

misted graphic of choice.

Deselect

On your frame layer>effects plug in>eye candy 5

impact perspective eye shadow

drop shadow low

 

 

Now we will add some tubes.

Add garland image flip>copy n paste as new layer

Resize to your liking. I went 90 percent

Move to the top of the frame>Take deform tool and pull

in on both ends downward until they are kind of rounded

 

before

 

 

after

if your happy with the way it looks>click anywhere

to get rid of the deform tool.

Give it a drop shadow

 

Open light tube>copy and paste as new layer

Resize by 75 percent>with deform tool set to scale

turn it how you want it.

Layer duplicate>Mirror

Don't worry about the center, we will cover it

up with a bell.

Add drop shadow

Merge down

Layer duplicate>mirror>flip>

With eraser tool get rid of what you don't want.

If your happy with the lights merge down.

Add bell 1 resize by 60 percent move to the center of

the lights>if there is still something you don't want to

show use eraser tool and get rid of it.

 Add drop shadow

 Open tree 1 copy and paste as new layer>

move over to the right side of your work.

Drop Shadow

 Open lady resize by 60 percent>move over by tree

add drop shadow

 Add Santa box>resize 60 percent>mirror

add drop shadow>place in front of lady

 Add pup>copy paste as new layer>resize by 50 percent

add drop shadow

 Add puppy n box resize by 50 percent

add drop shadow.

 Place 3 of those tubes over by the lady>with

mover tool place how you want them to look.

How mine looks now.

 

Add Reindeer 2>resize by 50 percent

add drop shadow.

Add snow tube I made if you wish and move it down

until its behind the tubes on the right.

 

 Add snowman 1>resize by 40 percent

add drop shadow.

 Add candy cane 1>resize by 50 percent

move to the left side of the frame>add

drop shadow

Duplicate the snow layer>image flip

 

Add>animals>resize by 70 percent

Move below the duplicate layer of snow.

Take and draw around the little bird

copy>edit cut>deselect add drop shadow

to the animals, paste as a new layer the little bird.

place him where you want.

I added him up on the lamp post>duplicate

and add another if you wish.

Add drop shadow

Believe tube>copy paste>resize by 35 percent

Drop shadow place where you want it.

Make any final adjustments you wish now.

If you have added all you wish at this time merge

all layers

Resize layers to your liking.

Copy and paste as a new layer paper

you want to use for your mask

I used paper 8

Layer>new mask layer>from image

merge group

Eye candy 5 impact glass>settings are in the supplies

double click on it, and they will go where you want them.

look for "candyimpactchristmas"

Resize the mask by 85 percent>merge all layers

Add a name>I used Forte>size 100>stroke 4

close off the background color.

Type name on image and convert to raster layer.

 Select inside each of the letters>expand by 2

I used paper 1 and took selection tool and made

a square large enough just to cover my name>copy

and paste as a new layer>invert>and edit cut.

Deselect>arrange move down>eye candy 5 impact glass

Make sure your on right layer and merge down.

Add drop shadow, and resize name if you want>place how you want it.

 Add your water mark and we are all done.

 Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.

.

Would love to see what you do with this.

Have any questions or need help.

Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Jcuttlebear01@aol.comed this tutorial.