I love Bears

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

9/15/2011

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.

All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim

Is the tag I make with these as my work.

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

Mask

Tubes of choice

Font of choice>I used AR BONNIE

Template

HERE

Plug ins

Alien Skins 5 impact HERE

Filters Unlimited HERE

AAA foto frame: HERE

Eye Candy 3: HERE

Be sure and install all plug ins needed

before you open your psp.

Open all your supplies in psp and

minimize them.

Place your mask if your psp mask folder.

Open the template in PSP make a copy

and close the original.

Delete the copyright layer you won't need it.

Image canvas size

You want room to work>we will resize later.

Activate the circle layer>magic wand>feather

set to 5, that way it gives you a cleaner look.

New layer>flood fill with color of your choice.

I'm using #98533e for the background.

Deselect

Filters unlimited and give this layer

a paper texture of choice......I used

Rag paper with default settings.

Alien skin Impact>Perspective Shadow

Settings I used.

All shadows will remain the same unless

otherwise stated.

Large Rectangle>activate and do the same as in

last step,but use a different color.

I used #c6a98f

Deselect

Filters unlimited and give this layer a different

paper effect>I used structure paper 2

and clicked on random until I found a look I liked.

Add same drop shadow to this layer.

Small rectangle>Select with magic wand

Selection>modify>expand by 5>New raster layer,

Flood fill with color of choice.

#d6cabc is what I used.

Keep selected>selection>Modify>select, select border>

Add new raster layer and flood fill with another color.

Deselect

This is what I have so far.

On layer pallet activate layer 3>give it a texture effect.

I gave mine>filters unlimited background pattern

Hemp paper 1 nature.

Deselect

Large heart>activate>and flood fill with color of choice,

then do it again with another color. It will look like this.

Filters unlimited and give it an effect>I used special effects 1>aged film.

Eye candy 3 glass  with these settings.

Deselect

Eye candy 5 impact>same drop shadow as on the other layers.

Small heart and do the same as above but use different
colors and effects.

I changed the eye candy 3  glass with these settings.

Drop shadow

Now we are ready to add some tubes to the template.

If your using the bear from the supplies>resize

by 60 percent>copy and paste as new layer

Move over to the top of the small rectangle.

Add same drop shadow or one you like.

Add some flowers to the left side, and any

other accents you would like for your tag. I

use the deform tool a lot to move and turn things

like I want them.

Here is what I have so far.

I also took my mover tool and moved

some of the template down and placed

it how I wanted it.

If your happy with every thing and the way it looks.

Merge all layers.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a color you

want your background.

Add another new raster layer and flood fill it with the

color you want the mask to be.

Go to layers>load saved mask from disc>

                                                                        Open

Layers merge group.

Resize the mask by 80 percent.

Crop off some of the extra you don't want in your tag.

Effects>AAA foto frame

Add any wording or anything else at this time.

Merge all layers

Add a new raster layer and add your water mark.

Your now ready to save and share your work of art.

Yippee 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, as much

as I did writing it,

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 I did using a different mask, and

flowers and accents from a scrapbook kit.

Thank you to

Dreams

Thank you

Kay

Thank you

Mary

 

Western Delight

Tutorial by

Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

5/18/2011

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.

I used psp 9 any will work.

Scrap kit I used is the wonderful work

of Wicked Princess and Its called

Yee Haw Baby! Tagger *EXCLUSIVE* and its on sale right now.

HERE

Supplies

Tube of choice

Font of choice

Graphic of choice

HERE

Remember to save often in case

your psp freezes up, so you don't have

to start all over.

Open template and duplicate>close original.

Delete Raster 1>also Frame 1 and 2,

And Frame background for 1 and 2.

I'm not using them in this tutorial.

Once you have done that, this is what

you should have in your layer pallet.

Image canvas size, we will resize when done.

But this will give you lots of room to add things.

Select bottom layer in your layer pallet>Magic wand

Settings>

The reason for giving it a feather, is it gives you smooth edges.

Pick a paper from the kit>I used>WP_RAC_PP10

Copy and paste as a new layer>resize

NOTE

The next few steps will be the same with all the template layers

unless I state other wise.

With mover tool move it over until it's like you want it.

It will not fill the whole space don't worry about that,

you will not see it. Selection>invert and delete.

Deselect.

Add drop shadow>to each of the paper layers.

Delete rectangle 1

Select Rectangle 2 and repeat above steps

but use a different paper

WP_RAC_PP1

Deselect

Select Rectangle 3 and repeat above steps

use a different paper

WP_RAC_PP6

Deselect

Select Rectangle 4 and repeat above steps.

use a different paper>WP_RAC_PP2

Deselect

Select Bracket layer

Use a different paper

WP_RAC_PP5

Deselect

This is where I'm at so far.

Select the gray square

Change settings for magic wand to 0 feather and 0 tolerance.

Click inside the frame>you can delete the gray background layer

if you wish. I did>add a new raster layer>selection>modify>expand>

by 3>copy and paste into selection graphic of choice.

Deselect

Select the square frame>selection>expand by 3.

I wanted the frame a little bit larger.

Copy and paste as a new layer paper of choice.

WP_RAC_PP2

Resize as before and move how you want it.

Selection>invert and delete.

Keep Selected

Selection>invert and give you frame a nice inner bevel.

Deselect>give it the same drop shadow as before.

You are all done with the template now.

Lets add some accents.

Open and copy and paste as a new layer>

WP_RAC_CACTI

Resize by 60 percent

Don't worry about arranging right now on the cacti.

Open and copy and paste as a new layer>

WP_RAC_CACTI2.png

Resize by 45 percent

Move the two close together>

I took and turned the one a bit.

When your happy with the way it looks

Make sure your on the right layer

and merge down.

I moved the one below the other.

Then image mirror.

Add drop shadow same as before.

Duplicate this twice.

On the original>layer arrange and send to bottom

With mover tool move how you want it.

On the next one image mirror> arrange and sent to bottom.

and move it over to the left side.

Resize by 80 percent and with deform tool turn it a bit.

It's up to you how you want it.

On the last copy of this layer

Resize by 70 percent leave on top.

With deform tool move and turn how you want it.

Close off your top cacti tube and merge all the other layers.

Reopen it.

Move the layers over so you have room on the left side to add this

next step.

Poster Layer

Open the wanted poster

WP_RAC_POSTER

Find the man tube you wish to use.

With selection tool draw around the inside of the frame

Add new raster layer>copy and past it into the selection.

Deselect>add drop shadow.

Change settings to

Merge layers

Add words you wish to on this.

Merge all layers

Resize by>50 percent>adjust sharpen.

Copy and paste as a new layer to your working image.

With deform tool turn and move it how you want it to look.

Copy and paste as a new layer

WP_RAC_SADDLEDHORSE

resize by 30 percent.

Add Drop shadow, and move where you like it.

Copy and paste as a new layer

WP_RAC_ANIMALSKULL

Resize by 30 percent>add drop shadow

move to the center of you frame.

Copy and paste as a new layer

WP_RAC_WHEEL

Resize by 30 percent make sure its your

top layer.

With mover tool, arrange where you want it.

Add drop shadow.

Add milk can>resize by 20 percent.

WP_RAC_MILKCAN

Add drop shadow, and move how you want it.

Add>WP_RAC_BARREL>resize by 40 percent

add drop shadow.

Move where you want it.

Add tube of choice>I added the lady tube

and resized her by 40 percent>moved how

I wanted her and gave a drop shadow.

Add any other tubes you wish to at this time.

When done and happy with everything merge

all layers.

Resize the graphic down to 600 width

the other will change on its own.

With crop tool remove part of the extra around the

tag you just made.

Leave enough room for the mask.

Selection>all>new raster layer>

either flood fill with a color from your tag, a light color for the

foreground, and add another layer and add a dark color for the

background.

I used>#b18048 for the background color>and paper 1

for the bottom layer.

Layer>mask from layers>from image>

Merge group layer.

Add a drop shadow.

If your happy with it, merge all layers.

Add a 1 pixel border>color of choice.

Add a 10 pixel border a dark color.

Add your water mark and any thing else at this time.

Resize to your liking.

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

Thank you Mary

This one below is by me

Tiger Delight

Tutorial by

Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn

5/11/2011

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.

I used psp 9 any will work.

Supplies

3 graphics of choice

Tube

Accents of choice

Font AR Decode

All supplies I used are HERE

Plug ins

Xero HERE

Filters unlimited HERE

Alien Skins Xenofex 2 HERE

AAA frame HERE

open a new image 500 X 800

will resize when done

Selection tool>draw out a square

I went about 7 gray squares by 7 gray squares.

any where on your new image.

Selection>modify>select, selection border

 use a color or a gold patter for the frame.

It's all up to you>I used gold beads

set at angel 0 and size 200

 duplicate move down so it touches the first one

duplicate it again and move it down with you mover tool.

they should all be lined up now.

 Merge visible layers.

With your mover tool>move it over so you have lots

of room to work.

Top>magic wand and modify expand by 3

Layer new raster layer>copy and paste into

selection the first graphic you want to use.

Layer arrange move down.

Deselect

Repeat the above step for all 3 of the frames.

Just make sure your on the right frame layer each time.

When your all done with the frame, and are happy

with how it looks>merge all layers

This is what I have so far.

Now we will add some leaves to the frame,

Copy and paste as a new layer>Leaves 1

Resize by 50 percent>with mover tool move over to the right side

of the frame and layer arrange move down. 

Duplicate the leaves>image flip and place them

how you want them at the bottom of your frames.

Duplicate and move that layer up to the middle.

I took my eraser tool and did away with

a couple of leaves I didn't want there. 

 Once you have them placed close off the frame>

and merge visible.

Give them a drop shadow.

Layer duplicate>mirror image.

I then took my free hand selection tool and

went around the leaf tube and just took a couple

and copied and pasted as a new layer

Resize the by 45 percent. and kind of fill in

where you think they need to be.

I closed off the layers so you could see how I placed them.

Be sure and add the same drop shadow.

I now took and added the same leaves

on the top of the frame.

Resized them by 40 percent.

Add the drop shadow and arrange them.

 This is what I have now.

If your happy with the way it all looks

Then merge all layers.

Pick a nice color you want for the back ground.

I used>#e1c798

Add a new raster layer>arrange and move it down.

Flood fill with color of choice.

Effects>plug in Alien Skins Xenofex 2 burnt edges.

Settings I used, you can mess around and see if you

like something better.

 With mover tool>arrange your frame and that in the center of this.

Add a new raster layer arrange and send to the bottom.

Flood fill with a nice dark color>#89554a

Selection>select all>modify>contract by 25

Effects>plug ins>AAA photo frame>

 Keep selected>selection>modify>select border

Flood fill with the gold pattern you used on your frame.

Deselect

On the same layer>magic wand and select the outside part of the frame.

Flood fill with the light color>effects>texture effects>blinds

Keep selected

Effects>plug in>filters unlimited>glass frame 1

settings>20>and 70

Depends on how you want it to look.

Deselect

Add the tube you wish to use.

Add same drop shadow as before.

Merge all layers

Effects>plug in Xero>Porcelain

you can play around with the settings but this

is the ones I used.

Add a new layer>add your water mark and now your done.

Resize to your liking.

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 example by me

Thank you for giving this a try.

DreamsRmaid

 Thank you Mary

Thank you Wendy