Bits N Pieces

"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo!" PTU Tut

2010-06-13T08:07:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Strinarella" by Stina (DesignedbyStina)

Font of choice

Tubes © MediEvil Creations and are included in the kit.

(BE SURE to follow her TOU!)

Mask of choice

My wordart (or another of your choice)

No filters needed!! :o)

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on June 13, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation, you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Alrighty people you should already have the mask you've chosen to use open in your PSP... as well as installed the font of your choice.

With that being said....let's start this!!

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image. Select all - Add a new layer - Choose

a paper from the kit, Copy and Paste INTO selection. Select none.

Layer - New Mask Layer - Choose your mask, Apply. Merge group. My mask was large, so I resized it 85%... you may need to do the same, depending on your mask. Play with the sizing a bit. I also duplicated and flipped my mask to make it even outside my image.

Now let's grab DBS_Frame10 - Resize by 70%

Copy and paste as new layer - Then Image - Rotate - Free rotate 90 degrees

to either direction. With your frame layer active - Take your magic wand and click inside the frame - Selections - Modify by 5. Choose another paper from the kit, resize 60% - Copy and paste as new layer. Move the paper layer below the frame layer (KEEP SELECTED!) We're going to add our tube now, while we've still got this area selected. Choose one of the tubes from the kit, I chose DBS_medi_ellablue2 - Resize her at 60% - Copy and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Apply a drop shadow

of 2, -2, 70, 10 to both the frame and tube layers.

Make your frame layer active - Paste your tube again - Align this tube layer with the bottom tube layer and erase all the parts of her that go beyond the frame at the bottom of the tag. Close out the bottom layer and merge visible to this point. I have a feeling you're doing great out there! :o)

Now let's add some awesome elements!!

Choose one of the lace bows from the kit... I chose DBS_Lacebow05 - Resize 60% Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange to the top left of the tag, kind of on the corner of the frame. Grab DBS_RoseCluster02 - Resize 45% - Copy and paste as new layer and arrange above the lace bow, on the corner of the frame. Apply drop shadow above to both of those element layers.

You can merge again now, if you'd like.

K... now let's grab DBS_MagicWand - Resize 60% - Copy and paste as new layer Mirror the image and arrange to the bottom right of the tag. Apply drop shadow. Now grab DBS_HorseCarriage01 - Resize 60% - Copy and paste as a new layer - Arrange to the bottom of your tag... Look at my tag if you need to. Apply the drop shadow. Just for added "oomph", I placed DBS_Sparkles02

On the background part of my tag and erased the outside bits.

Now resize your image 500 X 500 pixels (all layers checked).

Make your canvas size 600 x 600. This is just to ensure that our wordart

and name will have plenty room to be added!! :o)

Open my wordart - Resize 70% - Copy and paste as new layer and move to the top of the tag. Apply drop shadow. (If you chose to use another wordart, that's ok too) Now add your name - Give it the same drop shadow as

we've been using throughout the tut. Merge visible - Crop out the extra.

Resize to your liking.... Add ALL copyright info and save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

Here are a couple more tags I made using this kit.

There are SO many beautiful elements in this kit, it's so hard to choose what to use!!

"Floral Surprise" PTU Tut

2010-06-06T10:56:00.001-05:00

*What you'll need*

PSP Any version should work

PTU Kit "Floral Surprise" by TootyPup

Font used - Satisfaction

Poser tube © Schnegge

Mask of choice

Lawn and Grass blade tubes that come with PSP.

If you don't have them, you can get them HERE.

PLUGIN: Jeux De Lignes Entrelacement

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on June 6, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation, you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Ready?!

Open whatever mask you want to use in your PSP and minimize it for use

later. Also install the font and whatever plugins before opening your PSP.

Alright... Let's start by opening a new 600 x 600 Pixel (Transparent) image.

Open a frame from the kit, I chose the brown one, resize 50% - Copy

and paste as a new layer. Resize again by 80%. Image - Rotate - Free rotate - Right 90. Using your deform tool, give it a slight angle to the left.

Duplicate - Mirror. Now you should have two frames.

Ok...now open one of the vines from the kit, I chose tp-flower vine3

Resize 45% - Copy and paste as a new layer. Move to the center

of the two frames, look at my tag if needed. Apply a drop shadow

of 3, -3, 50, 10 - Black. We'll be using that same shadow throughout

the tut, so keep it handy!! :o) Now open another vine, I chose tp-flower

vine5 - Resize 40% - Copy and paste as new layer - Mirror and arrange

to your liking above the other vine. Again, look at my tag if you need to.

Apply the same drop shadow as before.

In case you're wondering, we're making a cluster ;o)

Ok. Now... let's open one of the doodles. I chose tp-doodle3 -

Resize 40% - Copy and paste as new layer. Duplicate - Mirror -

Flip. Merge down. Place to your liking above the vine layers. Apply same

drop shadow as before. Lookin' good... lookin' good!

To finish off our cluster, we need to add a pretty flower... I chose tp-flower11

Resized 40% - Copy and paste right in the middle of the cluster.

Of course, you'll just have to eyeball it, no one's perfect!!

Apply the same drop shadow. Close out both the frames

and merge visible. Phew! Nice cluster ya' got there!!

Ok. On with the tag! Make one of the frame layers active - Using your magic wand, click inside one of the frames - Selections - modify by 3.

Choose a paper from the kit, I chose tp-paper11 (and tp-paper6)

Resize the paper at 60% - Copy and paste as new layer - Move it below

the frame layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none.

Apply Entrelacement with the settings below:

Apply. Do the same for the other frame layer.

Apply the drop shadow we used above to both frame layers.

For each of the frame backgrounds, this is merely a choice...

I added a floral element to each. If you'd like to do the same,

just make the paper layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat

Choose an element - Paste as new layer - Invert - Delete - Select none

and apply drop shadow. The elements I used for each were tp-flower14

and then tp-flowerpot6 - Both resized 50%.

Now let's add one of those cute little tubes!! Make the cluster layer active...

I chose to use tp-poser2, Resize her at 50% - Copy and paste towards the bottom center of the tag. Apply same drop shadow. Alrighty... add a new layer,

and name it lawn. Move that layer below the frame and paper layers.

Using the lawn tube that comes with PSP, set to it's default, make some lawn

underneath the tube. You'll have to click a few times, to get what you like.

You can look at my image for ideas, if you need to. Add a new layer - name

it grass - Move this layer above the frame layers - Using the grass blade tube

that comes with PSP - With the default settings, except change the scale to 25.

Draw out some grass blades along the bottoms of the frames. Don't worry

if it looks "choppy"...we're going to fix that. Once you get the grass looking

the way you want to... Grab your smudge tool.

With the settings below:

Smudge the bottom parts of the grass blades to blend them in with the lawn.

It works really well and hides those 'choppy' edges. Once satisfied, resize the image 500 x 500 pixels (all layers checked). Then change the canvas size back to 600 x 600. That gives us room to work with our mask.

For the mask.... Make the bottom layer active (you should have a raster

layer at the bottom with nothing on it, if not.... add a new layer and move it down). Select all - Choose a paper from the kit, I chose tp-paper3, Copy

and Paste INTO selection. Select none. Layers - New Mask Layer - select the mask you're using - Apply. Merge group. Duplicate - Flip - Merge down.

Now you can resize the image again... this time to your liking.

Add your name and copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this tut and that I didn't lose you in the process... lol.

Thanks!

I also made a quickpage with this kit.... First one ever!

A Different Kind of CT Call!

2010-05-31T08:39:00.000-05:00

Click HERE!!

Hey ya'll!!! I just wanted to hop onto here real quick....

I'd like CT Members!! Now I know I don't really create scrapkits, but

I DO make wordart, templates, and other goodies.... I'd like to know and see

how others use them. The way I figure it.... this is a great way to see that! :o)

I'd like CT members to work with the following...

WordArt

Templates

Goodies

FTU Tuts as well as PTU tuts

(I'm not saying you HAVE to do them, but it

would be nice...)

I don't charge for anything I do, but would really like to see if

people are interested in using them. My blog needs a boost.. ha ha.. I always

feel like I'm talking to myself!! I've got all these items just sitting

here collecting the blogwebs that have formed in the corners.

I don't have any strict rules or requirements... and you can work at your

own pace* Within reason, of course.

My T.O.U. will still apply... the works/creations are mine... don't steal

them. Same with the tuts, I wrote them, don't claim them.

And my only rules are :

1. that you don't take a month to use an item...

2. you respect my work as well as the work of the artists (in my tuts)

3. that you enjoy yourself

4. you share your creation!!

IF I get members, I will create another blog just for the CT to show off.

I haven't created it yet, because I don't have the need... so .. If you'd like

to join my CT.. let me know. I'll get a blog up when that happens... so you'll have

to watch for the link... as well as a blinkie.

If you'd like to work with me and join my CT...click

on HERE below the image above to email me!!

Thanks for reading :)

~Aimee

"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" PTU Tut

2010-05-26T14:28:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Lindarella" by Stina
Font I used : BestDB

Tube © MediEvil Creations

Heart Mask by Zuzzanna

My Materials (wordart and template)

Penta.com - Jeans and VTR2

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 25, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Let's prepare!!

Install your filters, if you don't already have them. Open your PSP....open

the heart mask in your PSP and minimize for later use. Also open my materials,

minimize the wordart and keep the template open. Install your font.

Ready? Let's go!

Shift D to duplicate the template - Close original. Delete the copyright layer.

Change the canvas size of the template to 600 x 600 pixels. Make the rectangle

bottom layer active - Select all - float - defloat - choose a darker paper from the kit

- resized 75% - Copy and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none.

Adjust - Add noise 50% - Gaussian - Monochrome.

Okie dokie. Repeat the same steps above for the rectangle frame layer.

Now make the rectangle fill layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose another

paper, resize 75% - copy and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete - Select none.

Apply Penta.com VTR2 with the settings below :

Still on the fill layer - Select all again - Float - Defloat

Choose one of the castles, resize 75% Copy and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert

Delete. KEEP SELECTED. Open one of the horse/carriages - Resize 50% - Copy and paste

as new layer - Arrange to your liking - Delete. Now select none. Apply a drop shadow

of 3, -3, 40, 8 - 202020 to the castle, horse/carriage, frame and bottom rectangle layers.

Merge the two circle doodles together. Select all - float - defloat - Modify by 4

Add a new layer and fill with a color from the kit or tube. Select none. Move that layer

below the circle doodles. Apply a noise of 100% - Gaussian - Monochrome.

Apply drop shadow we used before.

Make the small rectangles layer active - Select all - float - defloat -

Apply Penta.com Jeans with the settings below:

Apply drop shadow to the small rectangle bottom layer as we've used before.

Make the bottom layer active (should be the empty layer)

Select all - Choose a paper from the kit - Paste INTO selection. Select none.

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Choose Zuzzanna Heart Mask from the list.

Apply (Invert checked). Merge group. Resize if you'd like, I deformed it just

slightly.

Now I'll list the elements I used... and how I resized them.

This is all entirely up to you...

DBS_Vase03 - 40%

DBS_Bow04 - 30%

DBS_Heart - 30% (Erase the parts of the "string" that go above the bow)

DBS_Ribbon02 - 35%

DBS_EmbroideredSachet01, 02, & 03 - 20%

DBS_SatinButterfly01,02,& 03 -15%

DBS_MagicWand 50%

Apply the same drop shadow we used before to each element layer.

Make sure the top layer is active - Choose a tube from the kit, resize 60% - Copy

and paste as new layer - Arrange to the right side of the tag.

Resize all layers - 500 x 500 pixels. Change your canvas size back to 600 x 600.

Now open my word art - Resize 75% - Copy and paste as new layer - Place

on the top, just below the bow layer. Apply drop shadow.

Resize again to your liking... then add your name and copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

Thanks for stopping by to give my tut a try. Hope I didn't lose you in the hustle and

bustle of the tag making!!

~Aimee

*Below is another tag I made using the same kit... just think of the possibilities!!*

"Love Like There's No Tomorrow" FTU Tut

2010-05-24T17:51:00.003-05:00

~ Here's what you'll need ~

PaintShopPro (Any version should work)

WSL Masks 171 and 177 by WeeScotsLass

Tube Bill Corbett - You MUST obtain a license with Mistaken Art

and purchase his tube in order to use.

Penta.com - VTR2

Mura Meister - Clouds

My wordart

My Materials (two papers I made and the Filters)

Font Used : Bickham Script Fancy

Cluster frame by Cajoline Scrap Freebies

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 24, 2010. Any similarity between
this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do
not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,
you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Let's get ready...

Open both masks in PSP and minimize for now. Also open your tube and minimize.

Make sure you've installed your font. Open the cluster frame and my word art

(or another of your choice) and minimize for use later also. Install both filters

before opening your PSP. (Put them in your Plugins folder)

Ok...ready?!

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image.

Grab your frame, resize by 35% - Copy and paste as new layer onto your image.

Sharpen. Using your selection tool set to circle, draw out a circle just a bit smaller

than the frame to make sure you cover all the transparent spots.

Add a new layer - move the layer below the frame layer - Fill with a color

of your choice. I used a dark red color #862725. Keep selected.

Now effects - Plugins - Mura Meister Clouds - with the settings below:

Apply. Effects - Plugins - Penta.com - VTR2 with the settings below:

Apply. Now grab your tube (if using the same one that I have, resize

her at 80%) Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange her so that her head is just

above the frame. Selections Invert - Delete. Select none.

Make your frame layer active - Paste your tube as a new layer again - And line

the top copy up with the bottom one. Now take your eraser tool and erase

the bottom parts of the tube that go beyond the frame.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 40, 8 - Color #202020

to both the frame and the bottom tube layer. You can X out the background

layer and merge visible if you'd like. Resize your image to 500 x 500 pixels.

If you've merged the image - Uncheck the "resize all layers" box. If you haven't

merged your image - Keep "resize all layers" checked and then resize your canvas

back to 600 x 600 pixels.

Now we're going to apply our masks. Make the bottom layer active (the one

we X'd out) - Select all - Copy the red paper - Paste INTO selection. Select none.

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Select WSL_Mask177 from the list.

Apply. Merge group. Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down.

Add a new layer - Select all - Copy the green paper - Paste INTO selection.

Select none. Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Select WSL_Mask171 from the list.

Apply - Merge group - Resize the mask 105%.

Now for the word art. I will tell you how I colorized mine... of course, this is all

entirely up to you. I'm just giving you ideas ;o)

Resize the wordart by 80% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Using your magic wand - Tolerance set to 10 - Select each letter in the word

"LOVE". Now go to Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Hue/Saturation/Lightness

and apply with the settings below:

Select none. Select all the letters in "like there's no tomorrow"

(I seem to have forgotten the ' in mine... lol) Adjust - Hue & Saturation -

Hue/Saturation/Lightness and apply with the settings below:

Select none. Select each letter in the word "tomorrow" - Adjust - Hue & Saturation -

Hue/Saturation/Lightness and apply with the settings below:

Select none. Phew!! Now select all - Float - Defloat - Modify - Expand by 3

Add a new layer - Move it just below the wordart layer - Fill with a light color

(I used a really light green) Select none. Adjust - Add/Remove Noise -

Add noise - 50% Gaussian - Monochrome. Apply the same drop shadow we used

before. Merge visible - Resize to your liking and add your name.

Be sure to also include all copyright info!!

Hope I didn't lose you in the process of tag making.. ha ha.

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Aimee

"Grape Beauty" PTU Tut

2010-05-23T17:19:00.001-05:00

**What you'll need**

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Along The Grapevine" by TootyPup Scraps

Mask349 by Vix

Font I used : Anglican Text

Tube © JackieScottishLass

*You MUST acquire a license from Mistaken Art and purchase the tube, before

being able to use it.*

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 23, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do
not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

*Prep*

Open the mask & tube in your PSP. Also open a new 600 x 600 image.

Be sure to install your font, if you haven't already done so.

*Ready? Let's go!*

On the main layer in your image - Select all - Choose a paper from the kit - Copy

and paste INTO selection. Select none. Layers - New Mask layer - From image

Choose Vix_Mask349. Apply. Merge group. Resize 105%.

Okie dokie. Open one of the square frames from the kit, resized 40% - Copy

and paste as a new layer. Using your magic wand, click inside the frame - Selections

Modify by 4. Choose a paper from the kit, resize 60% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Selections - Invert - Delete. KEEP SELECTED.

Open one of the street lamps from the kit, resized 40% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Arrange to the left of the tag. Then hit delete. Still keep selected! Open the table

and chair set - Resized 50% - Copy and paste as new layer - Delete. Keep selected!

Now grab whichever tube you're using, If using the same one I did... resize 110%.

Copy and paste as new layer - Arrange to your liking. Hit delete. Select none.

Apply a drop shadow of 2, -1, 60, 10 - black to the lamp, table & chairs, and the tube.

Now Make your frame active - Resize the tube the same as before - copy and paste

as a new layer. Using your eraser tool, erase the parts of her that show beyond the frame.

Alrighty. Make your frame layer active again - Apply the same drop shadow as we did

before. Now open one of the vines from the kit, resized 65% and paste on the right

side of the frame - sharpen. Duplicate the layer and mirror. Merge down. Apply drop

shadow. Open one of the ribbons from the kit, resized 50% - Copy and paste as new

layer. Move to the top of the frame - apply drop shadow. Now open one of the hanging

hearts, resized 15% - Copy and paste as a new layer and move just below the ribbon layer

and place where the bow is. Apply drop shadow.

Grab one of the hearts from the kit, resized 20% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Move to the left top of the frame, just above the ribbon layer. Duplicate - Mirror -

Merge down - Apply drop shadow. Now we're going to use two flowers from

the kit. Your choice, of course... I resized one of them at 40% - Duplicate -

and moved down. Then resized the other one at 30% and put in the middle

of the other two. Apply drop shadow.

Make the vine layer active - Open a champagne bottle from the kit, resized 25%

Copy and paste as new layer - Move to the left of the tag, kind of in the middle of

the flowers. Choose a glass from the kit, resized at 20% - Copy and paste just to the

left of the bottle, duplicate - mirror - and arrange to your liking. Apply drop shadow to

the glasses and the bottle.

Make the mask layer active - Open two doodles from the kit. Resize one at 45%

and the other at 30% - Arrange together with the smaller one being on top of the other

one. Merge the two together and move to the lower left of the tag. (Look at my

tag if I've confused you) Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down - Duplicate - Mirror -

Merge down.

Now you can resize the tag to your liking - Add your text and all copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

Below is another tag I created using this kit.

It's a gorgeous kit! Imagine the possibilities!!!

"Sexy B" PTU Tut

2010-05-18T20:50:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Wisteria Lane" by Stina

Font I used : VTC-Nue Tattoo Script

Tube © Alayna Magnan

(You must have a license with MPT to be able to use/purchase them)

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 18, 2010. Any similarity between
this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do
not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Ready?! Let's go!

Open one of the circular frames - resize 65% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Using your magic wand, click inside the frame - Selections - Modify by 3

Choose a paper from the kit, resized 65% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Selections - Invert - Delete. Keep selected! Open your tube, if using the same

one that I did, resize 110% - Copy and paste as new layer - Delete. Select none.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 70, 8 - Black. Apply the same drop shadow to the

frame layer also. Make the frame layer active - Resize the tube the same as before,

copy and paste as new layer - Line it up with the other tube layer and erase

all the parts that show past the bottom of the frame.

Open the black flower - Resize 20% - Copy and paste as new layer -

Move it to the left side of the tag, almost at the bottom, but not quite.

Look at my tag if you need to. Apply drop shadow. Open the blue flower

resize it at 20% - Copy and paste as new layer and move it just below

the black flower. Apply drop shadow. Merge the two flowers together.

Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down.

Open the black Bow - resize 40% - Sharpen - Copy and paste as new layer,

place at the bottom of the frame, towards the center. Apply drop shadow.

Open the blue bow - resize 30% - Sharpen - Copy and paste as new layer,

move just above the black bow. Apply drop shadow. Make the flowers layer

active - Open up one of the fans from the kit, resize 35% - Copy and paste

as new layer. Move the the right of the tag - Apply drop shadow. Open perfume

bottle - Resize 30% - Copy and paste as new layer - Move close to the bows,

just above the fan layer. Apply drop shadow.

Make the bows layer active - Open up one of the hearts - Resize 20%

Copy and paste as new layer, move it just below the bows, as if it's hanging

there. Apply drop shadow. Make the background layer active - Open one of the

doodles - Resize 90% Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange to the top right of the

tag. Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down. Duplicate - Flip - Merge down.

And that's all folks!!! Resize the image to your liking, add your name and

background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut!! It wasn't too awful hard ;o)

Thanks for stopping by :o)

~Aimee

Below is another tag I made with this kit.

There's quite a few different things you can do with this kit!! :o)

"Roses" PTU Tut

2010-05-18T09:52:00.001-05:00

**What you'll need**

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "ValentineRose" by TootyPup

Font used: VTC-BadTattooHandOne

Poser Tube © OutlawByDesign

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 18, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Let's begin!

Open a new 600 x 600 image. Choose one of the oval frames from the kit,

(I chose the plain one), resize 35% copy and paste as new layer. Use your magic wand

and click inside the frame - Selections - Modify - Expand by 4.

Choose a paper from the kit and resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer - Selections -

Invert - Delete. Keep Selected and move the paper below the frame layer.

Now let's grab one of the tubes from the kit (or another one of your choice)

If using one from the kit, resize 90% - Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange to your

liking - Delete. (your selection should still be inverted, so there's no need

to invert again ;o)) Select - None. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 70, 10 - Black.

Also apply that shadow to the frame. Make sure your frame layer is active, re-paste

your tube again (it should still be on your clipboard), arrange so that it matches

up with the other tube layer - Erase the parts of her that go below the frame.

X out the background layer and merge visible. Then resize just that layer to 500 x 500 pixels.

(This should still leave your canvas at 600 X 600)

Open one of the bouquettes from the kit, resize 15% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Using your deform tool, give the roses about a 15 degree angle. Sharpen. Move the layer

below the frame layer. Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down.

Make your frame layer active again - Open one of the candle clusters from the kit,

resize 30% - Copy and paste as new layer - Arrange to the left side of the tag,

apply drop shadow. Open a bow from the kit, resized 20% - Copy and paste

as new layer and arrange onto the heart part of the candle cluster. Apply drop

shadow. Open one of the bears from the kit, resize 25% and place on the right side

of the tag. Apply drop shadow. With your background layer still X'd out,

merge visible. Resize by 500 pixels again, just as before, but do not check

the 'resize all layers' box. This will still leave our canvas at 600.

Now. Sharpen your image - Duplicate. Resize each layer by 95%.

Make the bottom layer active - Apply a Gaussian blur of 20.

Duplicate that layer and merge down. Now apply Mosaic antique

with the settings below:

Now effects - Distortion effects - Spiky Halo with the settings below:

Apply and we're done!!
Resize the image to your liking this time, add your name

and copyright info. Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg

for a white background.

Thanks for stopping by and checking me out!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!!

~Aimee

**Below is another tag I created using this kit. There are ALOT of possibilities!!**

"Love Is In The Little Things" PTU Tut

2010-05-18T08:00:00.003-05:00

**What you will need**

Paint Shop Pro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "ValentineRose" by TootyPup

Mask173 & 177 by WeeScotsLass

WordArt by Me

Font Used : Aka Dora

No tubes needed, everything used came from the kit

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 18, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do
not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Let's start!

Open a new 600 x 600 image. Get both of your masks into PSP and minimize for now.

Grab my wordart, or another one of your choice and minimize also. Be sure to install your font!

Okie dokie. Let's start with the masks. Since I made my tag

primarily pink and green, those are the colors I stuck with for the masks, too.

However...this is just a guide and there's nothing in the rule books that state you HAVE

to do what I do. With that being said.....

Add a new raster layer - Select all - Choose a paper from the kit (a lighter shade),

Copy and paste INTO selection. Select none. Layers - New Mask - From Image -
And choose WSL_Mask173. Apply - Merge group. Ok. Now let's add another raster layer -

Select all - Choose another paper from the kit (a darker shade) - Copy and paste INTO

selection. Select none. Layers - New Mask - From Image - And choose WSL_Mask177.

Apply - Merge group - Resize 95%. Now you can merge the two together.

Now that that's done.... let's move on!

Open one of the envelopes, Resize 75% - Copy and paste as new layer.

I chose a blank one, only because I added the elements that I did. Again, this is just

a choice. Anyway.... Add a drop shadow of 2, -2, 70, 10 - Black. I used this drop shadow

throughout the tag, so keep that in mind ;o) Open one of the pearl hearts and resize 30% -

copy and paste as new layer, I placed mine in the 'empty space' of the card on the right.

Look at my tag for placement if needed. Apply drop shadow.

Now grab one of the bouquettes. Resize at 40% - Copy and paste

as new layer. Now using your deform tool, give the bouquette an angle to the right.

Kind of where it would fall between the envelope and the card. Look at my tag for help

if you need to. Give the bouquette the same drop shadow as before.

Alrighty... Let's grab one of those cute bears!! Resize him at 40% - Copy and paste

as new layer.... I put mine on the left side, covering the very end of the stems from the roses.

Same shadow as before. Open the same pearl heart as before, this time, you don't need

to resize - and place it just above the envelope layer. I arranged it to look as though

it was going 'around' my bear. Apply drop shadow.

Ok. Make your bear layer active. Open one of the candle clusters from the kit.

Resize 30% - Copy and paste as new layer. Move to the bottom right of the tag.

Apply drop shadow. Was this easy or what?!

Now add the wordart, you shouldn't have to resize.

Resize the tag to your liking, add your name and all copyright info.

(For the name, I added noise of 60 to the pink)

I hope you enjoyed this tut, I enjoyed making a tag to write about :o)

Below is another tag I made from the kit, so you can see some of the other

gorgeous items within the kit.

Thanks for stopping by!!
~Aimee

"Bad Girl" PTU Tut

2010-05-16T16:41:00.000-05:00

**What you'll need**

PSP (any version should work)

PTU Kit "LilMissMay-Hem" by Stina

Font used: VooDoo Script

Mask of choice

Tubes © Medi and are included in the kit.

(Be sure to read her TOU!!)

Mura Meister - Copies

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 16, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Open a new 600 x 600 image. Now go to the kit and grab DBS_Lace 1, 2, & 3.

Take the purple one, resize 80% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Now the black one, resize 70% - copy and paste as new layer right on top

of the purple one. Resize the pink one 60% - copy and paste right above the

black one. Merge the three lace frames together. Now grab your selection tool, set

to circle, and make a circle just a slight bit bigger than the pink lace frame, to make

sure we've covered all the transparent parts. Choose a paper from the kit,

resize 70% - Copy and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete.

KEEP SELECTED!! Move your paper layer below the frames layer.

Open a tube from the kit - Resize 85% - Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange

to your liking. Delete. Select none. Apply a drop shadow of 2, -2, 80, 8 - black.

Now make the frame layer active - Resize your tube again - copy and paste as new layer.

Take your eraser tool and erase the parts of the tube that show beyond the frame.

Okie doke. Make your paper layer active again and using a small font (Text tool

set to vector) Type out Bad Girl. Convert the vector to a raster layer. Effects - Plugins

Mura Meister - Copies and use the settings below :

Apply. Now select your paper again - Select all - float - defloat - Invert

Make the text layer active and hit delete. Now we're going to work on the background

of the tag a bit. I didn't use a mask, which you can do if you'd like...or just follow along

with what I did :o)

Open up one of the wire elements - Copy and paste as new layer.

Open up DBS_Flower08 - Resize 95% - Copy and paste as new layer.

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian - 10. Open up one of the glitter spills, resize 80% copy and paste

as new layer. Once again, with the same small font you used before,

type out Bad Girl. Apply the same Mura Copies settings we used before.

Now go to layers and apply a circular mask of your choice. Merge group - Duplicate-

Merge down. There is our background! :o)

Now I'm just going to list the elements I used.

You can choose to do the same as I have done, or go wild and do something

completely different. There are soooo many goodies to choose from in this kit!!!

Just keep in mind that I applied the same drop shadow we used before to each of the

element layers.

DBS_Flower01 & 02 - Resized 20%

DBS_DiamondElement02 & 03 - Resized 20%

DBS_Flower06 - Resized 20%

DBS_Flower07 - Resized 35%

DBS_Lips03 - 30%

DBS_Whip02 - 45%

DBS_Skull01 - 30%

After adding all your elements, resize the tag to your liking, add your

name and all copyright info. Save as .png for a transparent background or

.jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

Here's another tag I created with this kit.... there's so much you can do with this kit!!

"Springtime Friends" PTU Tut

2010-05-15T12:59:00.000-05:00

**What you will need**

PaintShopPro (Any version should work)

PTU Kit ""A Spring Garden" By TootyPup

My wordart

Font I used : Greetings

Tube © Outlaw By Design

and is included in the kit.

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 15, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Ready?!

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image in your PSP.

Grab tp-frame1 from the kit, resize 50% - Copy and paste as a new layer on

your image. Move the frame towards the bottom, just a bit. Then duplicate -

Rotate - Free left 90. Move this frame layer just below the other one. Now open

tp-netdeco3 - resize 55% - Mirror - Copy and paste as new layer.... arrange onto the middle

of the two frames. Apply a drop shadow of 2, -2, 70, 10 - Black.

Now make the horizontal frame active, using your magic wand tool, click inside the frame.

Selections - Mody - expand by 2. Choose a paper from the kit, resized 70% and

paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Keeping the paper selected, move it

below the frame layer - Now open the tube from the kit - resize 60% - copy and paste

as new layer. Delete. Select none. Apply same drop shadow as before to both the

tube and the frame layers. (just the frame we worked on)

Now make that frame layer active - Resize the tube the same as before. Copy and

paste as new layer. Erase the bits of her that show beyond the bottom of

the frame.

On the vertical frame - Make the frame active - Using your magic wand, click

inside the frame - Selections - Modify by 2. Grab a paper from the kit, resized 70% -

Copy and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Keep selected!!
Move the paper layer below the frame. Resize your tube again, the same as

before - Copy and paste as new layer - Delete. Select none. Change the opacity

of the tube to 70% - Apply the drop shadow to both the tube and frame layers.

Now make the background layer active - Choose one of the doodles from the kit, resize 40%

Mirror - Flip - Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange the doodle to the bottom left

of the tag - Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down. Apply drop shadow.

Choose another doodle from the kit - Resize 30% - Mirror - Copy and paste as new layer -

Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down - Apply drop shadow. Choose one of the grass elements from the kit, resize 95% copy and paste as new layer - Move it slightly to the right. Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down.

Ok. Now I'm going to list the elements I used, and how I resized them.

You can follow along, or run wild and do your own thing. lol.

Keep in mind, I used the same drop shadow on each element layer, as we

did in the beginning of the tut.

tp-frog1 - 25%

tp-flowernuts3 - 25%

tp-flower 2, 3, 4 - 25%

tp-leaves1 - 5%

tp-lady bug2 - 5%

tp-ladybug4 - 10%

tp-bird1 - 10%

Ok. Now we're going to resize 500 x 500 pixels - all layers checked.

Change the canvas size back to 600 x 600. Open my wordart (or another

of your choice) resize 70% - copy and paste as new layer.

Apply the same drop shadow as before.

Add your name and all copyright info. Resize again to your liking.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Brooke" - Cluster Frame Series (FTU Tut)

2010-05-15T09:01:00.002-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

Cluster frame by Ellen, which you can find here

Font I used : Bickman Script Fancy

Tubes © PsycoJimi

You MUST obtain a Mistaken Art license before using his work.
Penta.com Jeans
Any sparkle filter of your choice

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 15, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Get ready!

First... let's open up some things we'll be needing in PSP. (There's only a few)

Open the cluster frame in your PSP, also open your tube. Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image.

Install the font into your windows fonts folder...and we should be set!

Time to tag!

Let's resize the cluster frame, it's rather large... resize it 15%, then copy and paste

it as a new layer on your open image. Move it to the bottom of the image, to leave

room for our tube. Using your magic wand, set to about 15, click inside the 'frame'

part of the cluster, be sure to get the shadowed part also. Selections - Modify

Expand by 2. Choose a color from your tube or the cluster.... add a new layer and

fill. Now apply Penta.com Jeans with the settings below:

Keep your paper selected!!! Move it below the frame layer - Now grab your tube,

resize if needed (I resized mine at 85%), Copy and paste as new layer. Arrange to your

liking - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Apply a small drop shadow

of 2, -2, 65, 5 - black to the tube layer. Now make the cluster layer active and paste

your tube again, the same resizing as before. Erase the bottom part of the tube

(The parts that go beyond the frame) so it looks like she's popping out of the frame.

Close out the background layer and merge visible.

Crop the image - layer opaque. Now resize all layers by pixels and make the bottom

number 500. I think the top ends up being 400 something.

Resize your canvas to 600 x 600. This gives us more room to work with.

Duplicate your merged image. Resize the top at 85%

and the bottom one at 95%. On the bottom copy - Adjust - Blur -

Gaussian - 20. Now apply mosaic antique with the settings below:

Awesome, don't you think?? Duplicate your mosaic layer and merge down.
Just to add a little extra "something"... make your frame layer active, using your magic
wand set Tolerance to 18 or so and select different parts around the frame...
then apply the sparkle filter of your choice to those selected areas.

Now this time, resize the image to your liking, add your name and all copyright info.

Save as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

New 'Series' of tuts coming!!

2010-05-15T07:07:00.000-05:00

Hey all!! I don't know who comes here, if anyone.. lol.. but I just

wanted to say that I'm going to be doing a new series of tutorials. There are

GOBS of awesome cluster frames out there, that not too many seem to use

as much as scrapkits.

They're easy folks!! It's like having your tag come to you almost

done... all you have to do is add the tube and your name.. etc.

Anyway... I plan on all mine being FTU, since you can get quite a bit

of the cluster frames free. I don't have as many FTU tuts on here, so this

will make up for it.

Anyway...they'll be listed in my Labels area as "Name of tut" - Cluster Frame Series,

so that they'll be easier for you to find :o)

I do hope whoever stops by here enjoys visiting my page.

I also plan on changing the look around here... just gotta figure out what kind of color

theme I want to go with. Well...that's all I've got for now, hope everyone has

a great Saturday!!

~Aimee

Domestic Violence WordArt!

2010-05-12T17:54:00.000-05:00

I recently wrote a couple tuts using a PTU kit.

I also created the wordart below, just for the tuts/tags I made.

I thought I'd share them with you here.

Download them HERE.

Please leave some love if you download... thanks!!

~Aimee

"Stop Domestic Violence" PTU Tut

2010-05-12T17:37:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "I'm A Survivor" by Stina

Font I used : Tagettes

Tube © Outlaw By Design

Wordart by Me, which you can get HERE

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 12, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep

Open your mask, tube, and a new 600 x 600 pixel image in PSP.

Minimize your tube and mask for now. We'll use them in just a bit.

Let's go!

Choose one of the rectangle frames from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer

on your open image. Using your selection tool set to rectangle, draw out a rectangle that's

just a little bigger than the inside of the frame... make sure to make it big enough to go

beyond all the empty spots (By the floral cluster on the frame). Now choose a paper from

the kit, resized 80% and paste as new layer. Move the paper below the frame. KEEP

SELECTED!! We're going to put our tube in there while it's still selected. Choose a tube

from the kit (or another of your choice) and resize 70% - Paste as new layer - arrange

to your liking - Selections - Invert - Delete - Select none. Now make the frame layer active,

resize and paste your tube again as a new layer. Erase the bottom part of the tube

that shows beyond the frame. Apply a drop shadow of 2, -2, 80, 8 - Black. We'll be using

this shadow throughout the tut. Apply the same shadow to the frame layer.

Make your paper layer active - Open one of the domestic violence ribbons from the kit,

resize 70% and paste as new layer - Arrange to your liking - selections - invert - delete.

Apply the same drop shadow as before - then duplicate and mirror the ribbon. You may have

to adjust the placement of the second ribbon.... make sure it doesn't show beyond the frame.

Okie dokie. Now we're going to be adding a bunch of elements -- this is totally your choice on

what you'd like to do with your tag...

Open one of the stitched hearts - resize at 25% - Paste as new layer on the left side

of the tag, just above the frame. Grab another stitched heart - resize at 15% and place

just to the right of the bigger heart. Apply the same shadow as before to each of those layers.

Now open the three lacy flowers - Resize them each at 10% and paste as new layer.

Arrange them each to your liking - Apply the drop shadow to each of the flowers. Now open

the little bear - resize him at 25% and paste just to the right of the flowers. Apply drop

shadow. After putting him into position, I opened the tears, resized at 25%

and moved them so the smallest one was at the bear's eye, looking like a tear was falling.

I erased the rest of the tears.

Alrighty. At this point, I resized my image to about 500 x 500 pixels (it won't be exact,

but close enough). Then changed the canvas side back to 600 x 600. Make your bottom

layer active - Select all - Choose a paper from the kit and paste into selection. Select none.

Layers - New mask layer - from image - Choose zuzzanna_mask07 and apply. Merge
group. Resize by 90% and lower the opacity to 80%. Open the heart confetti, resize 40%

and place to the top left of the tag (above the mask layer) Duplicate - Mirror - Merge down.

Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down. Resize the hearts by 95% twice and apply a drop shadow

of 1, -1, 60, 3 - black. Ok, now you can resize again to your liking.

Open my wordart (or another on of your choice) - resize 60% and paste as new layer.

Arrange to the bottom of the tag, look at mine for placement if needed. Add your name

and all copyright info. Save as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white

background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Love Shouldn't Hurt" (DV) PTU Tut

2010-05-12T17:04:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "I'm A Survivor" by Stina

Font I used : YvesScript

Tube © Sabines

Eye Candy 3.1 (optional)

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 12, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

READY?! Let's go!

Open your tube in psp but minimize for now & Open a new 600 x 600 image.

Open the kit and choose the flower lace frame - Resize 70% and paste as new layer

on your image. Using your magic wand, click inside the frame - Selections - Modify

by 2. Choose a paper from the kit - resized at 80% and paste as new layer. Selections

Invert - delete. Keep selected!!! Open your tube and resize, if using the tube I used,

resize it at 110% - Copy and paste as new layer - arrange to your liking and hit delete.

Select none. Apply a drop shadow of 2, -2, 60, 8 - Black. Also apply that drop shadow

to your frame layer. We'll be using this shadow throughout the tag, so keep that in mind.

Now make your frame layer active - resize your tube the same as before -

copy and paste as a new layer. Arrange so it lines up with the tube layer below it,

then erase the bottom parts of the tube that go beyond the frame. If using the same

tube as I did, be sure not to erase any parts of the arm. Ok. Since I didn't use a mask,

I chose to do something different.... duplicate your frame layer and send to the bottom.

Adjust blur - Gaussian 20. Duplicate and merge down. Waaaa la! Easy maskish looking

background! :o)

Open one of the Calla lilies - Resize 50% and paste as new layer - Arrange to the right

of your tag - Duplicate - Mirror. Merge down - Apply drop shadow. This layer should

be just above the "mask" we created. You can merge all visible from this point, just

X out the background layer.

Now for some elements...

Open the dove with the ribbon, resize 20% - mirror - Copy and paste as new layer.

I made it look like the dove was resting on the poser's hand. Apply the drop shadow

that we used above. Now let's open up DBS_Flowers02 - Resize 40% and paste as new layer -

I positioned it on the right side bottom of the frame. Apply the same drop shadow

as before. Now open one of the ribbons, resize 15% and paste as new layer,

position just above the flower cluster that we just added. Apply drop shadow.

Open Life shouldn't hurt and stop the violence wordart - Resize them each at

50% and paste each as a new layer. Merge the two visible and apply a small

glow, then a drop shadow of 1, -1, 60, 3 - black. Resize the tag to your liking,

add your name and all copyright info. We're done!! Save as .png for a transparent

background and .jpg for a white background.

Hope you enjoyed this tut!! :o) I'd love to see what you created!!

Thanks!!

~Aimee

**Domestic Violence is NOTHING nice... if you are dealing with it, or know someone who

is.... PLEASE get help!**

Here is a tag I made for myself with this kit. Yes, I, am a survivor.

Loved this kit, it touched me so!

"Beautiful Fae" PTU Tut

2010-05-11T23:50:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "FantasyFae" by Bello Scarto

Font I used : Carrington

Mask of choice

Tubes © MediEvil Designs

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 11, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image in PSP. Open your mask and minimize for now, also

open tube and wordart, minimize.

Ready? Ok!

This is a fairly easy tut, so I don't think anyone will have problems with this one!

Open bs-ff-element21 (the circle frame) - Resize 85% and paste as new layer.

Using your selection tool, set to circle, create a selection just big enough to cover the

empty spaces in the frame. Choose a paper from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer.

Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none and move the paper layer just below

the frame layer. Choose bs-ff-element36 - Resized 95% copy and paste as new layer just above

the frame layer. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 60, 8 - black to both the circle glitter element and

the frame.

Now let's grab the little fairy house and the mushroom. Resize the fairy house at 70% Copy

and paste as new layer just to the bottom left of the image and arrange to the bottom.

Resize the mushroom at 60% and paste as new layer - move to the right of the tag. Look

at my tag for placement if needed. Apply the same drop shadow as above. Ok now open

bs-ff-element11 - resize 60% copy and paste as new layer... move this one under the house

and mushroom layers and to the top right of the tag. Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down.

Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down. Apply drop shadow. One more layer to add,

which goes just above this doodle layer. Open the pink cloud and resize 60%. Copy and paste

as new layer - Move to the left of the tag - duplicate - mirror.

If I haven't lost you so far, your layers should go like this:

Blue doodles, pink clouds, Fairy house & mushroom, paper, frame, circle glitter element.

If we're caught up.... let's continue! Make your paper layer active - Select all - Float -

Defloat - open one of the tubes from the kit and resize 50% - Paste as new layer - Selections -

Invert - Delete. Select none. Apply drop shadow. Make the circle glitter element layer

active - Paste your tube as new layer again - Resize the same as before. Delete the bottom

parts that show past the frame. By doing this, we almost make it look 3D-ish.

Our final touchups are to add the flowers and the glitter heart. Resize the lighter flower

at 50% and the darker one at 60%. Arrange to your liking and add drop shadow with the

settings we used before. Look at my tag for placement if needed. Now open the glitter heart
and resize 40% - Copy and paste as new layer, move to the middle of the two flowers.

Instead of using a mask, I resized my image - changed the canvas size back to the original

600 x 600 - Duplicated the image (once it was all merged together) and on the bottom

image - Adjust - Blur - Gaussian - 10. Then deformed it to go just a little bigger than

the tag - Lower the opacity of the bottom layer to about 70%.

Resize to your liking - Add any wordart you'd like - Add your name and all copyright

info. Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

New WordArt pack!!

2010-05-11T16:31:00.000-05:00

Holy canoli do I have some wordart for you all!! I've been making a

bunch of wordart for a yahoo group I'm a member of... Now that I've shared them

with that group.... I can share them with you!! :o)

I know you're excited, lol... I can feel it.

Below are the previews to the wordart

And underneath them all is the WordArt pack for you to download.

Please be sure to leave me some lovin' (or at least a thanks) if you're

downloading!!

Download WordArt Pack1

Keep on creatin'

~Aimee

"Home Is..." PTU Tut

2010-05-11T15:51:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "An Autumn Romnance" by Tooty

Font I used : WorstveldSlingExtra2Oblique

Mask of choice

Wordart by me

Tubes © JackieScottishLass

**You MUST acquire an MTA license to use her tubes.

You can do so at Mistaken Art.**

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 11, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep

Open the tube(s) you're using and minimize for later use. Also open your mask of choice

and minimize for later use. Open my wordart (or another wordart of your choice)

and minimize for later use.... finally, Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image.

Let's get on with it!!

Choose the circle frame (tp-frame1) and resize at 50% - Paste as new layer, move to

the upper left side of your image, leave space on the sides and above for elements!!

Now Duplicate - Mirror - Flip. Using your magic wand, click inside one of the frames,

Choose a paper from the kit, resized at 80% - Paste as new layer. Selections - Invert -

Delete. Select none. Repeat steps for the other frame. Close out both paper layers,

Merge together the two frames. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 60, 8 - Black.

Open tp-doodle4 and resize 30% - Image - Rotate - Free - Right 90 degrees. Place where

the two frames meet (We're going to make a little cluster for our frames). Open

tp-doodle10 - resize 30% and colorize with the settings below :

Then duplicate - Mirror and arrange like mine. Look at my tag if needed. X out all other

layers aside from the two frames and the doodle layers. Merge visible. Now choose

a couple flowers from the kit. Resize one at 30% and arrange in the center of the doodles.

Resize another at 20% - and place to the outside of the other flower, and move the layer

just below it. Duplicate and arrange to the other side of the bigger flower. Add the same

drop shadow we used before to each of those element layers. Now merge the flowers

together with our last merged layer (everything except the paper layers and bottom layer).

Okie doke. Make your top paper layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose one of your

tubes and paste as new layer (If using the same one I did, resize at 120%) Selections - Invert -

Delete. Select none. Duplicate the tube - Adjust blur - Gaussian - 3. Change the blend mode

to overlay and lower opacity of both those tube layers to 80%. Close out all other layers and merge the tubes visible. Apply a drop shadow of -2, 2, 50, 6 - Black. Do the same steps for

the other paper layer - Except after the blur, change the blend mode to Hard light. X out the bottom layer and merge visible.

Now I'll list the elements I used and how I resized them.... this is all entirely up to you.

Bow - 40%

Dragonflies - One at 50%, one at 40%, and one at 30%

Butterflies - One at 30% and one at 20%

Bee - 20%

Sunflower basket - 30%

Beads2 - 70% (Duplicated & Mirrored)

Bear - 50%

Heart - 25%

Apply the same drop shadow to all the element layers.

Merge visible. Make the bottom layer active - Select all - Add a new layer

and paste a paper of your choice into the selection. Apply the mask of your choice.

Merge group and resize your tag to your liking. Copy my wordart and paste

as new layer, resize to your liking and apply the same drop shadow as above.

Add your name and copyright info!! Save as .png for a transparent background

and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Sunflowers" PTU Tut

2010-05-10T17:02:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Sunflower Smiles" by Stina

Font I used : Beyond Wonderland

Tubes © Bree

mKDVPMask5 by DoubleVisionPSP

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 10, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep

EASY PEASY TUT!!!

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image in PSP. Open mask and minimize for now, also open

the tube(s) you plan on using and minimize until we're ready to use them.

Ready? Let's do this!

Choose a frame from the kit, I chose DBS_PicketFrame01 - Resize 65% - paste as new layer.

Ok...if you chose the same frame as I did, this is a little tricky... but as long as you have a steady hand and no distractions....You're good to go!! Grab your freehand selection tool and trace around the frame, making the selection just a little bigger than the inside of the frame. Be sure to draw all the way down to the bottom of the frame also!! Next, choose a paper of your liking, resize 65% and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete - Invert selection again.

Move the paper below the frame layer. Go to your tube (if you're using the ones I did, you have

a few to choose from), copy and paste as new layer. (If using the one I did, resize her 125% before pasting as a new layer) Invert again - Delete. Select none. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 80, 10 - black to the tube layer. Also apply to the frame layer.

The frame should now be active - Paste your tube again, resizing the same as before (if you resized) and erase the bottom parts, so it looks as though she's coming out of the frame. I love the effect this has. :o)

Choose a sunflower from the kit, I chose DBS_Sunflower09 - Resized 85% and paste

as new layer. Move below the frame layer. Apply same drop shadow as before. Now let's grab

DBS_Greenery01 - Resized 75% - Paste as new layer and erase the stem part that shows

on the left side of the frame. Duplicate - Mirror - Flip. Merge down and apply the same drop

shadow as before. Now let's open DBS_Deco02 - Resize 60% and paste as new layer... move

to the left of the tag (this layer should be just above the greenery layer) Duplicate - Mirror. Merge down and apply drop shadow. Now choose a bow, resize 40% and paste as new layer.

Place above the frame layer at the bottom, and in the center. Apply drop shadow.

Now let's resize, so we have room for our mask. Resize all layers 500 x 500 pixels.

Change the canvas size to 600 x 600. Make the bottom layer active - Select all -

Paste INTO selection a paper of your choice. Select none. Layers - New mask layer -

From image - Choose mKDVPMask5 - Apply. Merge group and resize the mask 85%.

Duplicate and mirror. Now you can crop your image and resize again, this time, to your liking.

Add your name and all copyright info.

Save as .png for transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

Here's another tag I made with the same kit.

This kit has soooo many possibilities!!

Sharing some wordart...

2010-05-08T20:32:00.000-05:00

Hey there!! Made these primarily for tuts that I've written,

but now I'm going to share them seperately right here.

Click the name of the wordart to download the file :o)

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NEW Templates!!

2010-05-08T19:54:00.000-05:00

Hey ya'll!!

Been busy making some templates for a yahoo group that

I'm a member of, thought I would share them here, with whoever

happens to stop by my site.

I've included some sample tags I've made, along with the previews.

Template10

Download HERE

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Template11

Sample Tag

Download HERE

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Template12

Sample Tag

Download HERE

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As always... PLEASE leave some love if you download :o)

Thanks!

"Your Eyes" PTU Tut

2010-05-05T09:02:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "French Connection" by Tooty

Font I used : AKA Dora

Tube © Outlaw By Design

And is included in the kit.

Template and wordart by Me, which you can get here

WSL_Mask324 by WeeScotLass

Filters

Mura Meister's Copies

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 5, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep.

Open my template in PSP - Shift D to duplicate - Close out original.

Delete the copyright layer. Open my wordart, or another one of your choice, Open

your tube and minimize also open the mask nd minimize. Change the canvas size

of the template to 600 x 600 pixels.

Let's start!

Make the bottom circle background layer active - Select all - float - defloat

Choose a paper from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections -

Invert - Delete. Select none. Delete the original background layer. Make the Bottom

Circle layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose another paper - resize 60%

and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Add a drop shadow of

3, -3, 60, 8 - Black to the frame. Repeat these steps for the other circle layers.

(Top circle & Top Circle Background)

Make your top circle background layer active - Using a small font, type out :

Tes yeux, j'en rêve jour et nuit (it means I dream about your eyes day and night.)

Then go to effects - Mura Meister - Copies - and apply the settings below:

Make that paper layer active again - Select all - float - defloat - Invert

Click on the copies layer - Delete. Select none. Your words should now be

just inside the circle. Change the blend mode of the words to Luminance (L).

Okie dokie... Make the Rectangle layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat -

Choose a paper from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer - Selections-

Invert - Delete. Select none. Make the rectangle background layer active

Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose yet another paper from the kit, resized 60%

and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. (Delete original) Keep selected!!

Copy your tube - Resized 60% - Mirror - Paste as new layer. Delete. Select none.

Apply the same drop shadow we used above to the tube layer and to the rectangle frame.

Now make the top circle layer active and paste your tube again, resizing the

same as you did before. Erase the area of her butt, so it makes her look

like she's half in and half out of the

Here's a list of the elements I used and how I resized them.

tp_EiffelTower3a - Resized 60%

tp-bow8 Resized 20%
tp-heart5a - Resized

tp-fan3 - Resized 30%

tp-clock1 - Resized 30%

tp-butterfly cluster4 - Resized 50%

tp-lips1 - Resized 30%

Apply the same drop shadow we used earlier to each of the element layers.

Ok. You can either change the color of the deco, or keep it the way it is.

Resize your image 500 x 500. Then change the canvas size back to

600 x 600. Make the bottom layer active - Add a new layer - Select

all - Paste a paper of choice into selection - Select none. Layers - New

mask layer - Choose WSL_Mask324 and apply. Merge group, resize 90%.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 40, 6 - Black. Resize image to your liking.

Add your name and copyright info and my wordart, if you choose.

Save as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

Here is another tag I came up with using the same kit. Great possibilities!!

You know you want this kit ;o)

"Blue Note" FTU Tut

2010-05-04T23:53:00.002-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

FTU Mini Kit "Denim Blues" by Ivy's Inspirations

Font I used : VTC Bad Tattoo Hand One

Tube © PsycoJimi

You MUST obtain a license from Mistaken Art to be able to use his works.

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 4, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do
not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Prep

Open ii_denimblues_extras1* - Using your freehand selection tool, draw around the frame

Copy and paste as new image. Minimize the rest for now. Open your mask in psp and minimize.

Open your tube and minimize for now... Also open a new raster layer 600 x 600 pixels.

Let's begin!

Copy the frame we seperated from the other items. Resize 30% and paste

as new layer. Using your magic wand - Select inside the frame - selections - modify

expand by 12. Add a new layer and move it below the frame layer. Choose a color

(or gradient of choice) from the frame or the tube and fill the selection. Select none.

Apply Richard Rosenman's Scanlines with the settings below.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 60, 8 - Black to the frame layer.

Make the paper layer active again - Select all - Float - Defloat

Copy and paste your tube as new layer - resize if needed (If using the same tube as I am,

resize 80%) Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Apply drop shadow with the

same settings as above.

Make your frame layer active - Paste your tube again as a new layer

Resize the same as before, if you resized. Erase the bottom parts

of the top tube layer, so it looks like she's coming out of the frame.

Choose one of the tags from ii_denimblues_extras1* - Resize 30%

and paste on the bottom right of the tag. Apply drop shadow.

Open ii_denimblues_extras2* - choose the butterfly - resize 20% - Mirror

and paste as new layer. Move to the top left of the tag, kind of by the bow.

Paste another butterfly just above the little tag on the bottom of the image.

Make the bottom layer active - Copy the letter and envelope - Resize 55% -

Mirror and paste as new layer.

Resize the image to your liking. Apply drop shadow to the letter/envelope

layer. Change the canvas size to 600 x 600. Make the bottom layer active

Select all - Paste one of the papers (your choice) into selection. Select none.

Layers - New mask layer - Choose Vix_Mask363 - Apply. Merge group -

Duplicate - Merge down - Duplicate - Merge down. Deform it slightly, if you
choose... I did, just a bit. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 40, 10 - black.

Crop the excess from your image and resize again if you need to.

Add your name and copyright info. Save as .png for a transparent

background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Lily Beauty" PTU Tut

2010-05-04T12:52:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Lilies of the Valley" by Stina

Font I used : Mutlu

Tubes © Bree

WSL_Mask149 by WeescotLass

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 4, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

~PREPARE~

Open a new 600 x 600 image in your PSP. Also open the mask you are using and minimize.

Open whichever tube(s) you're going to be using also and the wordart.

~Let's do this!~

Open DBS_Frame03 - Paste as new layer - Resize 50% - move to the top left of the

image - Duplicate - Mirror - And place in the position as I have. Look below for placement.

With your selection tool set to circle - Draw a circle slightly bigger than the frame (you can start

with either frame, doesn't matter) Choose a paper from the kit, resize 70% and paste as new

layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Move the paper below the frame layer. Select none.

Do the same steps for the other frame. Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 60, 8 - Black to

each of the frames.

Alrighty. Now choose one of the paper layers - Select all - Float - Defloat - Copy one of your

tubes - Paste as new layer. (If using the same tube(s) that I am, you don't need to resize).

Duplicate the tube layer - Adjust blur - Gaussian 3 to the top tube. Change blend mode

to overlay - Lower opacity of both tube layers to 70% then merge the two visible. (Close

out all other layers, merge tubes visible) Apply the same drop shadow as before

to the tube layer. Make the bottom paper layer active - Select all - float - defloat -

Copy another tube (or the same one) - Paste as new layer. If using the one I used,

resize 120%. Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Make the frame layer active -

RE-paste your tube again, resizing the same as before. Erase all the bottom parts,

aside from her hand, from the bottom of the frame. Apply the same drop shadow

as before to the bottom tube layer. Close out the background (raster1) layer and merge

visible.

I will now list the elements I used and what I did, this is as always, your choice completely.

I also added the same drop shadow we used above to each of the elements.

DBS_LaceHeart03 - Resized 20% (Duplicated, Mirrored and arranged)

DBS_Lily03 - Resized 30%

DBS_CallaLilyBouquet06 - Resized 50% - Deformed slightly to give it an angle

(Duplicate - Mirror - Flip - Merge down and add a sparkle of your choice)

DBS_Butterfly01 - Resized 15% - Sharpen

Let's add our mask. Make the bottom layer active - Select all - Paste a paper of your

choice into selection. Select none. Layers - New mask layer - Choose WSL_Mask149

and apply. Merge group - duplicate - Merge down - Duplicate - Merge down.

Now you can resize the image to your liking, add any wordart you'd like, along

with your name and copyright info. Save as .png for a transparent background
or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

This kit is gorgeous...absolutely gorgeous!! It has so many goodies... that I've got

to show off the other tags I made with it.

(Well....what are you waiting for? Go get that kit!!)

"Best Friends" PTU tut

2010-05-04T08:09:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "PlaytimeWithFriends" by TootyPUP

Font I used : Olive Oil

Tubes © Schnegge

and are included in the kit.

Mask6 by Punky Butts Tutorials

Wordart by me, which you can grab here

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 4, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

~PREPARE~

Open a new 600 x 600 image in your PSP. Also open the mask you are using and minimize.

Open my wordart, or one of your choice and minimize for later use.

~Let's do this!~

Open one of the frames from the kit, resize 50% - and paste as a new layer. Sharpen.

Now... unless you have chosen one of the frames without any extra pretties on it, you'll

have to do this step.... Using your selection tool, set to circle, draw out a circle that's just

a little bigger thn the inside of the frame. Choose a paper from the kit, resize at 65%

and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Move the paper

layer below the frame. Apply a drop shadow of 2, -2, 60, 8 - Black to the frame.

Remember these settings, we'll be using them throughout.

Let's make our paper layer active again, select all - float - defloat - Choose one of the dog

tubes from the kit. Resize at 40% and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete

(If you have any going on the outside of the frame). Select none. Change the blend mode

to soft light. Apply the same drop shadow as above. Make the paper layer active

again and select all - float - defloat - Choose one of the girl tubes, resized at 85% and paste

as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete (if any is going beyond the frame) Select none.

Now make the frame layer active - and paste your tube again and resize as you just did.

Delete all the parts at the bottom, so it looks like she's sort of coming out of the frame.

From this point, you can x out the background and merge visible.

Make the bottom layer active - Select all - CHoose a paper from the kit and paste into selection.

Layer - New Mask layer - choose PbsMask6. Apply. Merge group, duplicate - Merge down,

duplicate - merge down. Deform the mask by making it just a slight bit smaller. Choose one

of the vines from the kit - Resize 70% (twice) Sharpen and paste on the left side of the

tag, above the mask layer. Apply drop shadow we used before - Duplicate - Mirror - Flip.

Merge the two together. Choose a cluster flower from the kit, resize 70% (three times)

Sharpen - Place on the left side of the tag, just above the vines - Apply the same

drop shadow - Duplicate - Mirror - Flip. From the point, you can Merge visible all layers.

Ok.... now I'll just tell you the few elements I used and how I resized them.

tp-flowerpot4 - Resized 40%

tp-flowerpot3 - Resized 30%

tp-heartsonstring1 - Resized 20%

tp-butterflyscrap3 & 11 - Resized 10%

tp-ladybug5 - Resized 10%

I also applied the drop shadow we used throughout the tag to each element layer.

Now you can resized the image to your liking - Add my wordart (or another one of your

choice) , add your name and all copyright information. Save as .png for a transparent

background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

Here's another tag created with the same kit... oh! The possibilities!

"Rainbow Sparkle" FTU Tut

2010-05-02T21:37:00.003-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

FTU Kit "SpringPunch" by 3 Ps In A Pod Designs

Font I used : CAC Lasko Even Weight

You MUST have a license from Mistaken Art before using his works.

(And you know he's awesome.... so hurry on over and get his art!)

WSL_Mask63 by WeescotLass

~Filters needed~

Unplugged Tools - SpiceDots

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 2, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Get ready!!

Open your mask in PSP and minimize for now. Also open the tube you're using, and open

my template - Shift D to duplicate - Close out original. Delete the copyright layer.

Change your canvas size to 600 x 600 pixels.

Now let's get on with it!!

Make the Glitter Rectangles layer active - Adjust - Add Noise - Change to 100%.

Do the same for all glitter layers. Make the Rectangles layer active - Select all -

Float - Defloat - Choose a paper from the kit - Resize 60% and Paste as new layer.

Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Delete the original.

Now make circle background layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose another

paper from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete.

Select none. Delete the original. Make the circle frame layer active - Select all - Float -

Defloat - Add a new layer and fill with a color from the tube. I chose #fa0c59.

Now go to effects - plugins - Unplugged Tools - Spice dots with the settings below:

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 50, 10 - Black to both the frame and glitter circle layers.

Make the small cirlce background layer active - Select all - float - defloat - Choose

a paper from the kit , resize 60% and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete.

Select none. Delete the original. Make the small circle frame layer active - Select all -

float - defloat - Choose another paper - Resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections -

Invert - Delete. Select none and delete the original. Apply same drop shadow as before

to both the frame and small glitter circle layers.

Make the Oval background layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose a paper from

the kit - Resize 60% and paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none

and delete the original. Make the tone layer active - Select all - Float - Defloat - Add a new

layer and fill with color of choice. Select none and delete the original. Now we should be on the

Oval frame layer. Select all - Float - Defloat - Choose a paper from the kit, Resize 60%

and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete - Select none. Delete the original.

Make the oval paper layer active again - Select all - Float - Defloat - Paste the tube as a new

layer above the tone layer. Resize. (if using same tube, resize 70%). Selections - Invert -
Delete. Select none. Now make the oval frame layer active - And paste your tube as new

layer again. Resize the same as before. Erase the bottom part of the tube, so that it

looks like she's coming out of the frame. Apply drop shadow to the bottom tube layer,

the frame and the glitter oval layers.

Make the background layer active - Select all - Paste another paper of choice

Into selection. Select none. Layers - New Mask Layer - Choose WSL_Mask 63 and apply.

Merge group and resize the mask at 120%.

For the elements, I'll just list them for you and tell you what I did with them.

You can choose to do the same, or something completely different! :o)

SpringPunch3PPD(5) - Resized 30%

SpringPunch3PPD(4) - Resized 20%

SpringPunch3PPD(9) - Resized 30%

SpringPunch3PPD(23) - Placed just below the glitter oval layer

SpringPunch3PPD(17) - Resized 30%

SpringPunch3PPD(18) - Resized 30%

SpringPunch3PPD(12) - Resized 50%

Apply the same drop shadow we used before to all the element

layers. Resize the image to your liking...Add your name and all copyright info.

Save tag as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

New Template!!

2010-05-02T18:28:00.000-05:00

Hey ya'll!!

This is going to be a short but sweet post.

It's been a long time since I made an actual template for the site...

I made one today :o)

It's my Template009.

You can see it below.

Download HERE.

Please leave some love if you download.

Thanks!!
~Aimee

"Bad Romance" PTU Tut (Animated)

2010-05-02T17:22:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Bad Romance" by 3 Ps In A Pod Designs

Pbs-Mask1 by Punky Butts Tutorials

~Filters needed~

Mura Meister Copies

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 2, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Get ready!!

Open your mask in PSP and minimize for now. Also open the tube you're using,

for easier access. Be sure to have filters installed before opening PSP, otherwise

you'll have to restart it.

Here we go!

Open the kit and grab one of the set of lips. Resize 70% Now go to effects - Plugins

Mura Meister COPIES. Use the settings below :

Nice new frame...eh? :o) Now we're going to use our magic wand tool and click

inside the frame. Selections - Modify - Expand by 6. Choose a paper from the kit,

resized at 70% and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 80, 10 - black to the frame layer. Now let's go back to

the paper layer - Select all - float - defloat -- Copy your tube and paste as new layer.

If using the same tube as I did, resize her to about 130%. Selections - Invert - Delete.

Apply the same drop shadow to the tube. Now Make the frame active - Paste your tube

as new layer again resizing her as we did before. (if using the same tube) and erase

all the parts on the bottom half so it looks like she's popping out at us. Normally,

I would merge the layers together, but we're going to animate the lips frame..... sooo...

we'll just leave them as is.

Resize the image 500 x 500 pixels (all layers checked)

Then change the canvas size back to 600 x 600.

Now make the bottom layer active - Select all - Add a new layer

Choose a paper from the kit and paste into selection. Select none.

Layers - New Mask layer - Choose Pbs-Mask1 from the list and apply.

Merge group. Duplicate and merge down.

Open the black rose from the kit, resize 50% and place on the left side

of the tag, duplicate - mirror - Apply above drop shadow.

Choose one of the guitars from the kit, resize 70% and paste as new layer.

Then Image - Rotate - Free - Left 45 degrees. Adjust - Sharpen. Apply the same

drop shadow we used earlier. Now open up that cute little guy and resize him 60%

and sharpen.... move him just to the left of the guitar and add same drop shadow

as before. Open both candles - Resize one at 30% and the other at 40%.

Put the larger one behind the smaller one. Apply same drop shadow to each.

Open up the wordart included in the kit and resize 60% - Sharpen -

Apply Eye Candy 3.1 glow with settings : width - 5, Opacity - 100,

Opacity dropoff - Fat with the color #ff9f5d. Apply same drop shadow

as above. Crop your image and resize to your liking.

Add your name and copyright information. Also... this step I do, only

because Animation shop doesn't like me... ha ha... I added a new layer

filled with white and moved it to the bottom. (Ani shop likes to make my stuff

fuzzy!!) If you choose not to animate.... skip to the end.

Animation!

Make your lips frame layer active - Duplicate twice, which leaves you with

3 copies of that layer. Apply DSB Flux with the setting: 40 Mix to the

top layer, Make the second one active and apply DSB Flux with 40 mix,

except click on the word Mix, then apply. Repeat this step for the third

copy of the frame.

X out the two top frame layers - Copy Merged and paste as new animation

in animation shop - Back to PSP X out the first frame layer and uncheck the second -

Copy merged and paste after current frame in Ani shop. Back to PSP X out the

second frame layer and uncheck the third. Copy merged and paste after

current frame in Ani shop. Optimization wizard set to defaults. Save and we're

done!

*This is if you choose NOT to animate*

Resize the image to your liking...Add your name and all copyright info.

Save tag as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"A Single Rose" PTU Tut

2010-05-02T15:43:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Rose Garden" by Stina

Font I used : Best DB

Tubes © Bree

Pbs-Mask3 by Punky Butts Tutorials

Wordart by ME, which you can get HERE

~Filters needed~

Mura Meister Copies

Jeux De Lignes Entrelacement

Both can be found HERE.

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 2, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Get ready!!

Open your mask in PSP and minimize for now. Also open the tube you're using,

for easier access. Be sure to have filters installed before opening PSP, otherwise

you'll have to restart it.

Here we go!

Open the kit and grab DBS_RoseCluster. Resize 30% Now go to effects - Plugins

Mura Meister COPIES. Use the settings below :

Looks gorgeous, don't you think?! We now have our frame :o)

Using your selection tool set to circle, make a circle selection that

goes just a bit bigger than our newly made frame. Choose a paper

from the kit - resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections - Invert -

Delete. Select none. Apply Jeux De Lignes Entrelacement with the settings

below.

Now select all - Float - Defloat (should still be on the background frame layer

that we just worked with. Paste your tube as a new layer - Resize if needed.

If using the same tube I did, I resized her to about 125%. Selections - Invert -

Delete. Select none. Make the frame layer active - Paste your tube again, resize

the same as before. Delete all the parts on the bottom of the frame to make

it look like her top half is coming out at us. Look at my tag if needed. Apply

a drop shadow of : 2, -2, 60, 10 - Black. To the bottom tube layer and the

frame layer. X out the bottom raster layer and Merge visible.

Make the bottom raster layer active - Select all - Paste into selection, a paper

of your choice from the kit. Select none - Layers - New mask layer - Select

Pbs-Mask3 from the list. Apply. Merge group. Resize the mask to 105%.

Duplicate mask - mirror - flip - merge down. Duplicate again - Merge down.

Grab one of the bows from the kit, make your top layer active - Resize the bow

at 30% and paste as new layer. Place in the middle on the bottom of the

frame - Add the same drop shadow we used before. Merge down.

Choose another bow from the kit - resize 30% and paste above the other bow.

Apply the same drop shadow. (I used the green bow and colorized it just a bit

to match the green in the frame. If using the same as I am... The colorization

settings I used are Hue - 65 and Saturation - 80)

Choose some butterflies from the kit, resize at 20% and paste as new layer.

Do that for each butterfly you choose, mirror one or two, etc. This is purely

your choice... afterall, it's your tag ;o) Choose a rose bouquet from the kit,

resize 40% and arrange onto the left side of your tag, below the frame image,

but above the mask layer. Add the same drop shadow as before. Duplicate -

Mirror - Merge down. Now... I think this tag is gorgeous as is, however...there

are MANY goodies in this kit.... feel free to explore and play around!!!

Resize all layers of image to 500 x 500 pixels.

Then change the canvas size to 600 x 600.

You can use either my wordart, or another one of your choice.

If using mine, resize at 80% and paste at the bottom of the frame

and merge down. Resize the image to your liking...Add your name and all copyright info.

Save tag as .png for a transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Spring Is In The Air" PTU tut

2010-05-01T22:49:00.000-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "My Secret Garden" by Danielle at Dazzling Scraps

Font I used : Aristocrat

Missy Tag Template 197

Wordart by Feli Designs

mkdvpmask13 by DoubleVisionPSP

~Filters Used~

Penta.com VTR2

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 1, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Easy little tut for you guys :)

Let's get ready!!

Open Missy's template #197 Shift D to duplicate... Close out the original.

Delete the background and copyright layers. Then rotate the image clockwise

90 degrees. Change the canvas size to 600 x 600, so we have room to work with.

Open your mask and minimize for later use. You may also want

to get your tube ready and minimize.

Now on with the template! Make the circle layer active - Select all - Float - defloat

Choose a paper from the kit, resize 50% - Paste as new layer - Selections - Invert

and delete. Select none and delete the original layer. Apply penta.com VTR2

with the settings below :

Make the background layer active - Then go to your preset shapes tool, select CIRCLE

Close out foreground and make your background color #d6eec7 (if using the same tube)

Draw out a circle that's just a bit bigger than the one we just filled. Look at my tag if you

need to. Convert to raster. Apply the same VTR2 settings to that layer. Add a drop

shadow to both circles with the settings : 2, -2, 40, 10 black.

Now we're going to grab some flowers from the kit, I chose the sunflowers.

Colorize the green sunflower with these settings : Hue 93 Saturation 70.

Resize all three flowers at 35% and paste each as new layer. Arrange in

kind of a half circle above the smaller circle layer. Something kind of like

this :

Apply the drop shadow we used above to each of the flowers, then merge

them together (x out all the other layers before merging). Then duplicate -

mirror. Merge down. Duplicate again - flip - Merge down. Resize just that

layer at 80%. Merge down the dotted layers. Select all - float - defloat -

add a new layer and fill with a dark shade of pink. (Or any other color of choice).

Select none. Delete the original.

Make frame1 layer active - Select all - Float - defloat - Choose a paper from

the kit, resize 60% - Paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select

none. If you're using a green paper and the same tube, Colorize with the same

settings as before. Now adjust - add noise - Gaussian - 40% - Monochrome.

Do the same steps for the frame3 layer. Delete both originals. Make background

frame1 layer active - select all - float - defloat - Choose another paper from the

kit, resize 60% - Paste as new layer. Selections - Invert - delete - Select none.

Delete the original. Do the same for background frame3 layer. Apply our

same drop shadow as used before to both of those frame layers.

Now onto the middle frame.... Select all - float - defloat - Choose a paper

from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections - invert - delete.

Select none. Delete original. Apply the same noise to the frame layer

as we did to the other frames. Make the background active - select all -

float - defloat - Choose a paper, resize at 60% - Paste as new layer - Selections

Invert - delete. Select none and delete the original. Add the same drop

shadow as before to your frame layer. Ok. If you'd like to, you can merge

all those layers visible. (With the exception of the background layer).

For the elements, I will tell you what I used and how I resized them....

they are primarily your choice. I added the same drop shadow to each

element layer that we used previously.

Garden flower2 - Colorized, petals, stem & leaves - Resized 60%

(Placed above left frame - Duplicate - Mirror)

Garden flower1 - Colorized just the stem and leaves - Resized 50%

(Placed above green flower - Duplicate - Mirror)

Frog 1 - Colorized with same settings as before - Resized 30%

(Placed on the left, above the flowers)

Bird2 - Resized 25% - Mirror

(Placed on the right, above the flowers)

Bird1 - Resized 20% and placed just above the yellow bird

Butterfly1 - Resized 20%

Butterfly3 - Resized 20% - Mirror

With the word art, I colorized with the settings : Hue - 233 Saturation - 255

I also deleted the last "spring is" part. Then select all - float - defloat

Modify - Expand by 2 - Add a new layer, and fill with a bright yellow. Select

none and apply the same drop shadow as used before. I also resized it 90%

and Moved it just below the butterflies. Now you can place your

tube right in the middle, if using the same tube as I did, you don't even have

to resize it!!

Final step is our mask. Choose a paper and copy - Make your background

layer active - Add a new layer - Select all - Paste into selection your paper

of choice - Layers - New mask layer - Choose mkdvpmask13 - Apply -

Merge group - Resize just the mask layer at 85%. Now you can resize

the entire tag to your liking - Add copyright info and your name.

Save as .png for a transparent background and .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

"Fantasy Dancer" PTU tut

2010-05-01T16:42:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "FairyTaleDreams" by Tooty

Font I used : Arabella

And are included in the kit.

mkdvpmask41 by DoubleVisionPSP

My materials (Wordart and template)

~Filters Used~

Richard Rosenman Scanlines

Tramages StarMaker

EyeCandy 3.1 - Glow (optional)

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on May 1, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Open my basic template in PSP - delete the copyright layer. Image -

Canvas size 600 x 600 - gives us more room to work ;o)

Open Mask in PSP nd minimize for later use.

Make the large circle layer active - Select all - float - defloat - Choose a paper from

the kit - Resized 60% - Paste as new layer - Invert - delete. Select none and delete

the original. Apply weave with settings below and using color #efc6f4.

Apply a glow to the circle layer, using color #efc6f4 I used a glow of 5.

Apply a drop shadow of 3, -3, 40, 10 black. We'll be using this shadow througout

the tut. so remember those settings.

Make circle1 layer active - select all - float - defloat - Open a paper of your choice,

resize 60% and paste as new layer - invert - delete. Select none, delete the original.

Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Starmaker with the settings below.

Then Effects - plugins - Richard Rosenman scanlines

with the settings below:

Do the same for the other circle layer (circle 2) except for Starmaker... change the

Center X to 230 and Center Y to 180. Click ok. Then apply the scanlines using the

same setting as before. If you'd like, apply the same glow we used before, but change

to a darker purple color. (or whichever color you're working with) Apply the drop shadow

we used before.

Make small circle 1 layer active - Selections - All - Float - Defloat - Add a new layer.

Make your foreground color #f5cfe1 (or light color of choice) and your background

layer set to white - Then choose the foreground/background gradient set Angel to 30

and repeats at none. Fill the new layer (keep selected) - Choose a flower from the kit,

resize at 40% - Paste as new layer - Invert - Delete. Select none. Apply drop shadow

to the flower, Glow to the circle (dark color) and then same shadow. Do the same for

the other small circle layer (small circle2).

Make the square layer active - Select all - float - defloat -

Choose a paper from the kit, resize 60% and paste as new layer. Selections-

invert - delete. Keep selected!! Delete the original square layer. Choose an

image from the kit, I chose tp-fairydell1 - Resize 60% and paste as new layer.

Arrange to your liking and hit the delete key. Select none. Apply Drop shadow

to the image. Glow to the square layer and then shadow.

Close out the bottom layer and merge visible. Ok. I then, resized just that image

at 500 x 500 pixels. The canvas size should still be 600 x 600... if it's not, then

change it to that. I then moved the merged image to just about the bottom

right of the canvas. Choose a tube from the kit, resize 35 % and paste as new layer

I put her just on the left of the merged image. Apply drop shadow we used before

but change the blur to 6.

Choose a doodle from the kit, I chose tp-doodle2 - resized 40% paste as new layer

move to the bottom left. Arrange - send to bottom - duplicate - mirror - flip

merge down. Then choose one of the decos - I chose tp-deco4, resized 40% -

Move to the bottom right of the image - duplicte - mirror - flip. Merge down

and send to the bottom of the tag, just above the doodle layer. Apply same

drop shadow as we used from the tube to the deco layer.

Make the bottom layer active - Select all - Paste into selection, a paper of choice.

Select none. Layer - New mask layer - from image - choose mkdvpmask41

Apply. Merge group and move to the top left of the tag - Duplicate - mirror -
flip. Merge down.

Time to resize again... but you can resize it to your liking. Add wordart, resize

if needed or colorize to the color best suitable for your tag. Add your name

and all copyright info. Save as .png for transparent background or .jpg

for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~

There are so many goodies in this kit that I made a couple extras to show

more of what you can do with the kit.

How could you not want it?! ha h... a little advertising there ;o)

"SpringTime" PTU tut

2010-04-29T09:29:00.001-05:00

*What you will need*

PaintShopPro (any version should work)

PTU Kit "Welcome Spring" by Stina

Font I used : Present - Normal

Mask of choice

**This tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.**

**This tutorial was written by Aimee Pryor on April 29, 2010. Any similarity between

this tutorial and another is nothing but coincidence. You may link back to my tutorials, but do

not copy them and put them on your own group or site of any kind. If you'd like to share your creation,

you may email them to me at acpryor@live.com and I will share them here :o) Thanks!**

Open a new image in PSP - 600 x 600

Choose a frame from the kit, I chose DBS_Frame08

Resize 70% - Sharpen. Using your magic wand tool, click inside the frame.

Selections - Modify by 4. Choose a paper from the kit, resized at 70% -

Paste as new layer - Selections - Invert - Delete. Select none. Still on the paper

layer - Select all - Float - Defloat. We're going to make a little "scene" inside

the frame.

Choose a tree, I chose DBS_Tree02, resized at 30% - Paste as new layer

(arrange to your liking, or use my tag for placement ideas)

Now a sun... I chose DBS_Sun01 move to the opposite side of the tree.

Choose one of the birdhouses and beehives, resize the Bird house at 30%

and the hive at 20% - Paste each as new layer and arrange to your liking.

Make the paper layer active and add one of the rainbows, resized 70%

paste as new layer. We're going to make grass for the moment...

Make sure you're still selected. Add a new layer, use the PSP tube lawn that

comes with the PSP you can download it from corel if you don't have it.

Anyway... Tube settings should be as follows : SCALE - 100 STEP - 220

And place above all the images, but just below the frame layer. When you're

done, Adjust - hue & Saturation - Colorize with the settings below.

You should still have it selected! Now add another layer and add some grass

blades, also a Corel psp tube. Settings : SCALE - 25 STEP - 100

Just toss a few blades here and there, look at my tag if needed. Then colorize

again with the same settings we used for the lawn. Move the grass blades layer

just below the lawn layer. Now invert your selection and delete the outsides of

each of the elements. Select none. Add a drop shadow of 3, -3, 40, 8 Black

to all the elements and the frame layer. Close out the bottom layer and merge

visible.

I added birds to the birdhouse and also a couple bees flying around.

I resized the birds at 7% and resized the bees at 5%. Add the same drop

shadow we used before. Merge the birds and bees with the merged frame layer.

Resize 90% (Make sure all layers is not checked.)

Ok... now we're going to add our mask. Add a new layer, select all - paste

a paper of your choice into selection. Select none. Apply your mask of choice.

Merge group and move the mask below the frame image.

We're going to add a new layer and once again, use the lawn tube with the same

settings as before. Add some grass... look at my tag if you need any ideas.

Again...colorize the grass with the settings we used before. Choose a fence

from the kit and resize 40% and paste as new layer on the bottom part

of the frame. Deform it slightly to make it just a little shorter. Add the drop

shadow we used before. Add a new layer, Once again, grab the grass blade tube

and make a bunch of blades at the edge of the fence. Duplicate - Mirror. Look

at my tag if needed. Add drop shadow to the grass and blade bunches.

Now I'll list the other elements I used and how I resized them.

Remember... I added the same drop shadow we've been using to all the

element layers.

DBS_Flower17 - Resized 20% - Pasted just below the fence layer

DBS_Flower 16 - Resized 20% - Pasted just above flower17

An assortment of the smaller flowers - Resized 10% and paste along fence

2 bows - One resized 25% the other 20% pasted on the top middle of the frame

DBS_Caterpillar03 - Resize 10%

DBS_Ladybug02 & 03 resized 5% and pasted on frame

DBS_Greenery05 - Resized 50%

Resize image and add wordart, name, and all copyright info.

Save as .png for transparent background or .jpg for a white background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and it wasn't too confusing to you!!

Thanks :o)

~Aimee~