Hippiedaze's Tutorials

Spookville Tutorial from Mary

2010-09-23T03:30:00.000-07:00

Heres a fabulous new tutorial from mary @ Country bug Tutorials, Mary used my spookville scrap kit and also a brand new cookie from my spookie cookie set 4...
Love this tag so big thank you to Mary , its so colourful and bright isnt it :-)

you can find Marys tut on her blogsite HERE ...

Hope you enjoy it too and would love to see anyones results :-)

My scrap kit and cookie set can be found in all my online stores and th good news is everythings set at half price just now so massive savings for you

huggs Susan

2 New Tutorials from Tamsin mcAtee with my kits

2010-02-22T12:36:00.000-08:00

Using my newest kit Circus Funtime... Tamsin has written this fabulous cute tutorial for you all, shes did amazingly with this and a big big thank you tamsin i love it :))
you can find the tu on tamsins Blog HERE

Tamsins second tut was made using my Summertime Brights scrap kit and again i just love the cuteness in this, thanks bunches Tamsin and hope you enjoyed working with the kits,
You can find the ttutorial for this over on Tamsins Tut site which is HERE.

Have fun trying these out and would love to see any other results from you all :))

huggs susan

Choices Tutorial by Tamsin McAtee using my Sweet Tooth kit

2010-02-17T13:37:00.000-08:00

Feels like its my birthday this week lol, heres another fab tutorial by the very talented Tamsin, thanks so much for my pressie Tamsin i love this ....
you can find the tutorial on Tamsins site HERE

cant wait to see the next one you come up with hehe :)

huggs Susan

Tutorial from Em using my Rainbow Rockz kit

2010-02-17T13:27:00.000-08:00

Another fantastic pressie (and a tutorial) from Em, she used my Rainbow Rockz kit for this tag (is animated sorry its not showing here) but you can find em's fab tut on her site HERE.

Thanks bunches Em for this, you really did the kit justice

huggs Susan

New Tutorials from Tamsin using Punk Rocker Chic kit

2010-02-11T23:53:00.000-08:00

More awesome goodies from Tamsin today with these 2 fabulous tutorials from my Punk Rocker Chic scrap kit, she really did an awesome job with these and thanks Tamsin i love them ....
The tutorials can be found on Tamsins blog HERE & HERE
The kit is avaliable in all my stores as always

have a fab day everyone
huggs Susan

Layouts Using My Kit from Tamsin

2010-02-11T23:48:00.000-08:00

Two gorgeous layouts made with my fun at the Fair kit, Tamsin has done a fantastic job on these and lotsa thanks going her way :)
The kit is available in all my stores and the links can be found on the right >>>>> or from my scrappin stuff blog so why no check it out :)

huggs Susan

Fun at the Fair Tutorial by Mary

2010-02-11T23:41:00.000-08:00

Mary over at Country bug Tutorials has been busy again and shes written this fab lil tut with my new Fun at the Fair Kit, isnt this cool :)
Big thanks goes to Mary for all her hard work she does with the kits and thanks for my tag pressie Mary :)
You can find this tut on Mary's blog HERE
The kit is available in all my stores

huggs Susan

Garv's Hall of Fame Tutorial from Mary

2010-02-05T16:48:00.000-08:00

a huge thank you to Mary over at Country bug Tutorials, she has worked with a few of my sports templates and came up with this totally sportstacular tag ..
Thanks too for my tag pressie Mary, i love what you did with the templates and am happy you found them easy to work with :)

You can find Marys tutorial on her blog HERE she has some truly fab tutorials to try,

huggs Susan

Brand New Tutorials made with my kits

2010-02-04T06:44:00.001-08:00

4 Fabulous tutorials from Tamsin McAtee , aren't they just brilliant :D, big thank you to Tamsin for using my kits and doing them such justice, i love the cookies she choose too ...

The first tutorial is called 'Disc Jockey' & can be found on Tamsins blog HERE
She used my DJ Superstar Scrap kit for this one, kit can be found in any of the stores i sell in...
Hope you will drop by and try this one out ladies

Next up is called ' DJ Wannabe and can be found on Tamsin blog HERE
This one was made also using DJ Superstar and the kit can be found in any of my stores that i sell in ...

This cutie is called 'Rock DJ' and can be found on Tamsins blog HERE
My Club Night Scrap kit was used to create this one and you can get it from any of the stores i sell in (links are all on my scrappin blog)

Club Night Scrap Kit was again used to create the next gorgeous tag and you can find this tutorial over on Tamsins blog HERE

A huge thank you goes to Tamsin for the tags and fabulous tutorials

Huggs Susan

New Tutorial from Kaci

2009-12-18T01:22:00.000-08:00

Heres an awesome tutorial from Kaci @ Krazy Tagger Grrl Designs, Kaci used my cute xmas kit and did beautifully with it, Thank you Kaci :))
You can find the tutorial HERE and dont forget to check out all the other fab tutorials while your there.
If you like the kit, its on sale in all stores i sell in with a whopping 40% until December 3st, you can find the store links from my scrappin blog HERE.

Would love to see any creations made wtith it :))

huggs Susan

Wintertime Wishes (ptu)

2009-12-02T14:43:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on December 2nd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

No outside tubes used.
PTU Scrap Kit 'Winter Wishes' by Tishia and you can purchase this kit - HERE
No Template used.
No Mask Used.
Brush of Choice (optional)
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.

Ready...

Open a new image in your psp workspace by clicking file then select new, choose 500x500 and white for colour then click ok.
You may prefer to work with a larger or smaller canvas so my size is just a guide, select which size you feel good to work with, the kit is rather large so we will be resizing throughout.

Choose one of the frame elements and paste as a new layer then go to image and select resize, resize to your liking but not too large, click ok then go to layers and select duplicate, go to image and select rotate then choose free rotate and set to 15% left, go to image again and select mirror, you should now have 3 frame layers like mine, close off the white background layer and then go to layers and select merge visible, you can unhide the white layer again after doing this.

Grab your magic wand tool from the tool palette and click inside the middle area of the merged frames, also click the transparent parts around the merged frames making sure youve click them all you will see the marching ants blinking, now go to selections and select modify then choose expand by 4, take a paper of your choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize around 30% smartsize then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections again and select none then move this paper layer down below the frame layer, add a dropshadow of your choice to the frame layer.

Take the sledge element from the kit and paste as a new layer, make sure your on the top layer of the canvas, resize the sledge to your liking and place near bottom right corner then grab the deform tool and rotate slightly to the right like mine, add a small dropshadow to this layer if you wish.

Take the snowman element from the kit and paste this as a new layer in the centre of your canvas, go to image and select resize then resize to your liking and add the dropshadow.

Take the wordart from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place above snowman but inside the frame, resize more till it fits how you like it and add a dropshadow.

Take the penguin element and paste as new layer, resize as needed and place a bottom of the sledge and dropshadow.

Pick a bird element and paste as new layer then resize as needed and place in bottom left side of the canvas, add dropshadow to this as well.

Take the second bird element and paste as new layer, resize as needed and place on the sledge then dropshadow.

Choose a bow from the kit, paste as a new layer and resize as needed, place this on the frame and dropshadow.

Now make sure you are on the paper layr and take a snowflake from the kit, paste as a new layer, resize this quite small and place like mine, I didnt add a dropshadow to mine but you can do so if you wish to, i also duplicated the snowflake and resized a little smaller, do this a few times and place around the inside of the frame like mine.
Activate the bottom white layer and choose a splatter brush of your choice, add a new raster layer then place some splatters around the edges of the frame.

Time to crop or resize your tag if needed but remember to leave space for your name and copyright info lol.

Add your name in your font of choice, I added a gradient glow to my name with the following settings :-
Glow Width - 5.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click the colour tab and move the slider about halfway to the middle of the grid, this will make the glow a little bolder,click ok.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, addy is over there on the right>>>>

Winter Wonderland (ftu)

2009-12-01T11:47:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on December 1st 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Pinuptoons, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Winterlicious' by Kirstin @ Toxic Desires - HERE.
Template Used - CMC Template #15 by Kirstin @ Toxic Desires, you can download from the Creative Misfits Blog - HERE.
Mask Used - Vix Mask #341 by Vix and you can get this - HERE.

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Lets Get Started ...

Open the template in your psp workspace and hit ctrl & d to duplicate the template, this way you will save the original template for re using again and again, close the orginial now and on the new image delete the copyright layer, go to image and select resize then choose to resize all layers by 90% smartsize, just make sure the resize all layers box is checked for this one, click ok, Now make sure you are on the bottom wwhite layer and go to image again and select canvas size, choose canvas size 550x500 and click ok, if you have transparent image showing around the edged simply select white as your foreground colour in the colour palette then click on the canvas with your floodfill tool to fill with white.

Activate the circle layer on the template and go to selections, select all, select float then select defloat so the marchying ants are clinking around the outer circle, take a paper of your choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, if you wish to resize the paper a little then go to image and select resize then choose to resize to whichever size you want as long as its not smaller than the original circle then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the excess paper, delete the original circle layer now.

On the pixel words and dotted circle layers i left them as they were but you can colourise or shadow or whatever you wish with these layers.

Activate the frame back 1 layer and repeat the first step that we used for the circle layer, use a different paper from the kit if you wish, delete the original frame back layer once done.

Again repeat the step on the frame back 2 and frame back 3 layers deleting the originals as you work. I also added a small dropshadow to all these template layers, this is your choice.

Snowflakes layers 1 & 2 were left as they were for this tutorial, again you can colourise,shadow or whatever you wish with them mine is merely an example.

Activate the frame 1 layer now and go to adjust, select brightness/contrast then move the brightness slider all the way to the right so that the frame should now be white, add a dropshadow to the frame.

Repeat the step we just did on the frame 2 layer.

Activate the large snowflake layer and go to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness and choose colourise then pick a colour that matches your tube/tag then click ok, add the dropshadow to the flake here too.

Activate the frame 3 layer and repeat the colourise step we just did above and add the dropshadow.

Activate the wordart back layer, i left mine pink and added a dropshadow.

The actual wordart layer was left as it was in this one with no dropshadow.

Now lets activate the top layer of the canvas and add some elements of your choice, the kit is packed with fab goodies so you will be spoiled for choice, add each element as a new layer and resize as needed then place where you like them and add a dropshadow if you wish.

When you finish adding elements make sure your on the top layer then take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place where you wish then add a dropshadow to the tube.

Activate the bottom white layer and take a glitter splatter and paste as a new layer, move to one side of your tag and place as you like then when happy with the placement go to layers, select duplicate then go to image and select mirror so the glitter is showing from both sides of the tag.

Now take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to layers and select load mask from disc then in the drop menu look for the mask that you saved at the beginning which is Vix mask #341, select this then put in the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group.
Grab yur deform tool and pull the nodes to stretch the mask so it shows all the way around the tag.

Now crop or resize your tag if you wish to in the usual way.

Add your name in a font of your choice.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.
Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, you can always send to my addy which is
hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Tag Template 028 - FREEBIE

2009-11-28T02:09:00.000-08:00

Download - HERE.

Sweet Xmas (ftu)

2009-11-27T16:15:00.001-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 27th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Elegantly Wasted Christmas Collab' by Aiya & Cin, you can find this fab kit @ My Juicy Bits Blog - HERE.
No Template Used.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #84 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow for your name. (optional)

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Lets Get Started ...

Open a new image in your psp workspace by going to file and click new, in the box that pops up set to 500x500 and choose white for your image colour then click ok.
(note- this is the size that i prefer to work with but use whichever size your comfotable with, the element resizing will be different to mine though.

Take one of the circle frames from the kit and paste as a new layer on your working canvas, go to image and select resize, choose to resize by 80% of original image and select smartsize, make sure resize all layers box is unchecked then click ok.
Now grab you magic wand tool from the tool palette and click inside the middle of the frame, you should see marching ants blinking all round the inner of the frame now so go to selections and select modify then choose to expand by 4, click ok.
Now choose a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, you may want to resize a little but make sure the papers not smaller than the circle of marching ants, when your happy with size go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, the excess paper will now dissappear lol,move the paper layer down to below the frame layer.

Take the merry christmas circle wordart from the kit and paste as a new layer on your canvas, go to image and select resize then choose to resize by 90% smartsize and click ok, the wordart should sit nicely around the outer of the frame.
Go to effects and select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to give the wordart a small glow :-
Glow Width - 3.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click ok. (alternatively you could just add a white dropshadow).

Now take one of the tree elements from the kit, paste as a new layer and resize to your liking, go to image select rotate and choose free rotate left by around 15.00, place the tree near the bottom left side of the frame.

Next take the star swirl circle element and paste this as a new layer, resize just a little this time, I choose 90% smartsize and click ok, the stars swirl should be above the tree layer and overlapping the frame.

Paste your tube of choice as a new layer and resize as needed but change smartsize to bicubic in the pop up box when resizing tubes, place her where you like on the canvas or like mine near bottom right side and when happy with placement and size add a small dropshadow to your tube.

I also added the holly leaf element and resized by 20% smartsize, place holly where you like it on the frame and then go to layers and select duplicate then move the duplicated holly to a different position on the frame.

Add some baubles and candy cane elements and resize quite small then place where you like them on the tree like mine.

I used the red star element and resized small then placed on the snow part of the frame, i duplicated the star twice and evened the stars out.

Take one of the presents elements from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place in bottom left corner of your canvas.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, I didnt resize this time but do so if you wish, now go to layers and select load mask from disc then find the mask that we saved at the start, select this and put in the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group.
Grab yur deform tool and pull up the centre bottom node to about the middle of your canvas then go to layers and select duplicate, go to image and select flip then back to image and select mirror, your mask will be showing all the way around the frame now.

Choose a glitter splatter element and paste as a new layer and use your deform tool to pull out the nodes so you have some glitter showing around the frame.

I also added a doodle, resized this by 50% smartsize and placed in top left corner of canvas then go to layers select duplicate and then go to image and select mirror then flip so you have the doodle in the bottom right corner as well.

Lastly i added one of the gift tag elements, resize this as needed and place over her finger beside the snowman.

Now crop or resize your tag if you wish to in the usual way.

Add your name in a font of your choice.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.
Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, my addy is over there on the right>>>>

Tag Template 027 - FREEBIE

2009-11-27T02:46:00.000-08:00

Something I haven't played with in ages lol, a new tag template for you all, with Christmas in mind, hope some of you can use this in your tags.

Enjoy

Download - HERE.

Merry Christmas 09 (ftu)

2009-11-26T09:41:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 26th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Tis the Season' by Scraps Dimensions - HERE.
Template Used - Christmas Template 3 by Tracy F. Designz at Freebie Friends Scraps & More - HERE.
Mask of Choice, the mask i used I cannot remember where i got it (its an old one).
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow for your name. (optional)

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Ready to begin ...

Open the template in your psp workspace and hit ctrl & d to duplicate the template, this way you will save the original template for re using again and again, close the orginial now and on the new image delete the copyright layer, go to image and select resize then choose to resize all layers by 80% smartsize, just make sure the resize all layers box is checked for this one, click ok.

Go to layers and select a new raster layer, change your canvas colour to white and click ok then move this layer all the way down to the bottom of your working canvas.
Now go to image and select resize, choose canvas size and change to 600x600, make sure you click centre position then click ok, now you may have some transparent border showing so grab your flood fill tool and click on the transparent area to fill with white.

Activate the circle one layer and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize by 60% smartsize with resize all layers box checked then click ok, make sure the paper is not smaller than the marching ants and when happy with placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections again then select none, you can delete the original circle 1 layer now.

Repeat that step on the rectangle layer using a different paper from the kit and delete the original rectangle layer.

Activate the circle 2 layer and go to adjust, select hue/saturation/brightness and then select colourise, choose a colour close to your tube and click ok.

I left the frame 1, frame 2, rectangle fill & the text fills as they were and added a small dropshadow in a dark shade but this is optional, you may want to colourise the layers to a colour that suits your tube.

Activate the merry christmas text layer and go to adjust then hue/saturation/lightness and select colourise as we did before, choose a colour of your choice and click ok.

Make sure your on the circle 2 layer and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take the snow layer element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize a little if needed but not smaller than the marching ants around the circle, now go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard and go to selections again to select none.

Choose a couple of the doodles from the kit and paste as new layers on your canvas, resize each doodle by around 50% smartsize and move to top & bottom corners so you can see the doodle from behind the template layer, move these doodle layers down to just above the white background layer. I added a small white dropshadow to the doodle layers but this is up to you.

Now activate the bottom white layer and choose a paper from the kit then paste this as a new layer, go to layers and select load mask from disc then in the drop menu look for the mask that you choose at the start, select this and use the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group.
(ps depending on the mask your using you may have to select ivert transparenct to checked.)

Activate the top layer of your canvas and take you selected tube/s, resize them as needed and remember to resize the tubes bicubic, place where you like it on the canvas and when happy with this give the tube/s a dropshadow, I gave them a white shadow, pls also remember if you use 2 tubes that they are from the same artist.

Now take a few elements from the kit and paste as new layers, resize the elements as needed to your liking and place around the tag, mines was quite bold so I didnt use many elements for this one but decorate yours how you wish and be creative.

If you wish to crop or resize your tag then nows the time to do this, before we add the text as resizing will make your text fuzzy.

Add your name in your font of choice. I added eye candy 4000, gradient glow to my name with the following settings :-
Glow Width - 4.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click ok.
i also added a little extra text with the word from, this is optional.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, my addy is over there on the right>>>>

Hmm Tease (ftu)

2009-11-24T12:41:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 24th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Cheeky Diva Add On' by Ginas Gems and you can get this from her blog - HERE.
Template Used - Missy Template #282 by Missy and can be found on her blog - HERE.
Maskof choice.
Pluging Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Textured Effects, Weave.
Dropshadow throughout.

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Ready...

Open the template in your psp workspace and hit ctrl & d to duplicate the template, this way you will save the original template for re using again and again, close the orginial now and on the new image delete the copyright layer, go to image and select resize then choose to resize all layers by 80% smartsize, just make sure the resize all layers box is checked for this one, click ok. You can also unhide the white background layer here.

Activate the circle cutout layer and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize by 60% smartsize with resize all layers box checked then click ok, make sure the paper is not smaller than the marching ants and when happy with placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections again then select none, go to effects and select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and add the following settings :-
Glow Width - 4.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click the colour tab and move the slider about halfway to the middle of the grid, this will make the glow a little bolder,click ok, now add a small dropshadow of your choice.
Delete the original circle cutout layer now.

For the words a hearts layers i decided to leave them as they were but you can colourise or shadow or whatever with these layers.

Activate the glittered circles layer and go to adjust, select brightness/contrast then move the brightness slider about half way to the right to lighten the layer then add a small dropshadow of your choice.

Activate the frame background layer, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize a little if you want to or leave large for close up view and position the part of the tube you want showing in the frame area, when your happy with the placememt go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the excess tube from around the frame, go to selections once more and select none.

Making sure your on the tube layer go to effects and select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and add the white glow with the same settings we used before, no need for a dropshadow this time though.

For the frame layer simply add a dropshadow of your choice.

Activate the frame background layer again and go to effects, select textured effects and choose weave then add the following settings :-
Gap Size - 1 .... Width - 6 .... Opacity - 9 .... Both colours set to black and fill gaps box checked then click ok.

The glittered circle layer, again i left this as it was and added the dropshadow.

The heart 2 and pixel tease layers were left as they are in this tutorial.

For the heart 1 layer I used the very first step of the tutorial and filled it with a paper from the kit.

Now activate the tease wordart layer, click to copy and then click paste as a new image in your psp workspace, go to image, select rotate, free rotate and choose 90.00 with the rotate to left box ticked also make sure the rotate all layers box is checked, now grab your magic wand tool from the tool palette and click inside the first letter (T) take your choosen tube and paste as a new layer, position to which part of the tube you want to show in the letter then when happy with placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on the keyboard to erase the excess tube around the letter, go to selections again and select none, now activate the word layer again and click inside the second letter with your magic wand tool, repeat above and paste the tube again, move a little so you have a different part of the tube showing inside the second letter, again go to selections and select none, repeat this with all the letters of the word tease but make sure you click back to the word layer before selecting with magic wand.
Once you have the whole word filled with the tube parts close out the original word layer and then go to layers and select merge visible.
Copy the new merged layer and go back to your working canvas and paste as a new layer, go to image and select rotate, choose to rotate by 90.00 right and make sure rotate all layers box is unchecked, place the layer over the original tease word layer and then delete the original, now go to effects and select the eye candy 4000, gradient glow then add the same glow as we used at the start of the tutorial, also add the same dropshadow.

Activate the bottom white layer now and paste one of the papers from the kit as a new layer then go to layers tab and select load mask from disc then look for the mask that we saved at the start of the tutorial, it should be listed in the drop menu, use the following settings to add the mask layer :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group.

Now go back and activate the white background layer again and grab your rectangle tool with foreground colour set to null and background colour set to your choice to match the tube or kit, draw out a largish rectange no larger than the template layers though then go to effects and select blur, choose guassian blur and set to 15.00 then click ok, go to effects again and add the same weave effect that we used before, now go to layers and select properties then lower the layer properties to around 55.

Click back to the top layer of the canvas and add any elements you wish to decorate the tag a little, remember to resize as needed and add a dropshadow to each element then place where they look good on the tag.

I didnt resize or crop on this one but depending on what size you like to work with you may want to crop a little.

Add your name in your font of choice.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, my addy is over there on the right>>>>

Golfing Daze (ftu)

2009-11-23T07:21:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 23rd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Golfing Daze' by Susan aka Hippiedaze and you can download this from my blog - HERE.
Template Used - Missy Template #217 by Missy and can be found on her blog - HERE.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #84 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations, you can get this from Chelles blog - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Textured Effects - Weave.
Dropshadow throughout.

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Ready...

Open the template in your psp workspace and hit ctrl & d to duplicate the template, this way you will save the original template for re using again and again, close the orginial now and on the new image delete the copyright layer, go to image and select resize then choose to resize all layers by 80% smartsize, just make sure the resize all layers box is checked for this one, click ok.

This is just a guide for the size i prefer to work with, you can resize to whichever size suits you.

Activate the rectangle layer on your copy of template and go to selections, select all, select float then select defloat, now pick a paper from the kit then paste as a new layer, resize by 80% smartsize twice and make sure the paper is covering the marching ants, now go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go back to selections and select none, you can delete the original rectangle layer now.

Repeat the above step for all the other template layers except the dotted circle layer and top and bottom thin rectangles layers, use different papers if you wish and delete all the original layers as you work.

Now we will add a gradient glow to all the above layers so go to effects and select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings :-
Glow Width - 5.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click the colour tab and move the slider about halfway to the middle of the grid, this will make the glow a little bolder,click ok, now add a small dropshadow of your choice.

Work your way through the other template layers you created and add the smale glow and shadow.

Activate the dotted circle layer and I left these black but you can change the colour if you wish to, add the same gradient glow as we used in the step above then add the same dropshadow too.

Activate the top thin rectangle layer now and go to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness then select colourise, change to colour that matches your tube and tag, i choose green for mine, now go to effects and select textured effects, weave and use the following settings :-
Gap - 2 ... Width - 7 ... Opacity - 9 ... Weave colour - Pink ... Gap colour - Pink ... Fill Gaps - Checked, click ok.
Now add the gradient glow we used before on this layer.

Repeat that step for the bottom thin rectangle layer.

Make sure your on the top thin rectangle layer and choose a font of your choice and select white for your background fill and null for the foreground, now type out the words 'Golf Babe' or whichever phrase you want, adjust the size till it fits neat inside the top thin rectangle the add a small dropshadow.

Take one of the golf ball lines element from the kit and paste as a new layer, you will need to resize so go to image and select resize, choose resize by 80% smartsize and make sure the resize all layers box is unchecked, click ok then go back and resize by 80% smartsize once more, place the line of balls over the middle rectangle and use the deform tool if you need to pull the ends in a little so the balls arent overlapping the rectangle, add the same dropshadow to this layer too.

Take the golfing buggy element from the kit and paste this as a new layer on your working canvas, resize as needed and place near bottom left of your tag, add the dropshadow.

Add your tube by pasting as a new layer, resize as needed, remember resize tubes by bicubic, place in centre but slightly to the right side of your tag and add a dropshadow.

Choose one of the star burst elements and paste as a new layer, resize by around 50% smartsize and place near top left of your tag, now go to layers and select duplicate, go to image and select flip, go back to layers and select duplicate again then back to layers and select mirror, click layers again and duplicate then image and flip, this should give you the star clusters in all 4 corners of the tag, move all these layers down to just above the white background layer.

Activate the white background layer now and paste a paper of choice as a new layer, resize by 80% smartsize and go to layers then select load mask from disc and choose the mask that you saved at the start (wsl mask #84) use the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group. I clicked the deform tool now and on the middle right side node i pulled it in to make the mask layer narrower, move it more to the left then go to layers and select duplicate, go to image and select mirror, now go to adjust and select hue/saturation/lightness and then select colourise, choose an alternate colour that matches your tag to colourise the second mask layer.

Back to the top layer of your canvas and time to dress your tag up with any other elements you wish to use from the kit, elements will need to be resized a little and add a dropshadow to each layer, place where you like around the canvas.

Now if you want to crop or resize the tag do it now as resizing can sometimes make the text layers fuzzy.

Add your name in your font of choice, i added the same weave as the thin rectangle layers to my name, so if you wish to do this the settings are the same as above.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, addy is over there on the right>>>>

Sportstacular Golfing Daze Scrap Kit Freebie

2009-11-22T16:26:00.000-08:00

My part of the sportstacular blog train from the ladies at Team Trouble, you can find this kit for download free on my scrappin stuff blog - HERE.

Santas Helper (ftu)

2009-11-22T02:16:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 21st 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Al Rio, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE.
FTU Scrap Kit 'Xmas Candy Cane' by Lacarolia and you will find this fab freebie - HERE.
No Template Used.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #108 by Chelle at Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used - Toadies, Blast 'n' Blur.

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Ready... Lets get started... this tutorial is yet another quick and easy one, lol.

In your psp workspace open a new file by going to file and select new, choose 500x500 (or whichever size you prefer to work with) set canvas colour to white and click ok.

Take the round frame from the scrapkit and paste as a new layer, the elements are pretty big in this kit so you will need to resize, i resized mine by around 50% smartsize but this will depend on which size your working with, make sure that the tab resize all layers is unchecked before you click ok so that its just the frame your resizing and not the whole image.

Duplicate the frame layer and close the layer off for now we wil use this later on in the tutotial.

Click inside the transparent area of the frame with your magic wand tool and you should see the marching ants blinking, go to selections and select modify, choose expand and set to expand by 4 now take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, the papers are fairly big too so resize a little to your liking, once happy with size and placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, this will erase any excess paper around the frame, now move the paper layer to below the frame layer.

Activate the top layer of the canvas now and take a tree from the kit then paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place in centre of the canvas/frame, add a dropshadow to the tree, i used settings :-
Vertical - 0 ... Horizontal - 0 ... Opacity - 100 ... Blur - 12... Colour - White, click ok.
I repeated the shadow once more to give a more hazy look to the tree.

Take the sleigh element from the kit and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and place to lower left of your canvas, I added a dropshadow to this layer using the same settings as above but changed the colour to black and only used the shadow one time.

Paste your tube as a new layer, resize as needed so shes sitting on the sleigh, add the dropshadow again using the same settings and change the colour back to white.

Take the presents elements from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place in lower left of your canvas see mine for placement, add the dropshadow once again changing the colour back to black.

Add a few other elements that you wish to use and resize as necessary, place where you like them on your tag and dropshadow.

Now lets go back to the copy of the frame layer that we made earlier, unhide the layer and move it all the way down to the layer just above the white bacground layer, go to effects and choose Toadies, find the Blast n Blur effect and use the default settings then click ok, your copy frame layer should now look like mine, go to adjust now and select add noise, set to monochrome and check guassian and set noise to 100 then click ok, it should look even more glittery now lol.

Again activate the bottom white layer and take the candy cane stars 1 element from the kit, paste as a new layer and resize to your liking, move to right side of your canvas, now go to layers and select duplicate then go to image and select mirror,I didnt add any dropshadow to these layers.

Choose a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and then go to layers and select load mask from disc, find the mask that you saved at the start which is WSL Mask #108, use the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group. At this stage i grabbed my deform tool and pulled out the centre nodes a little all round so that you can see a bit more of the mask.

Now if you want to crop or resize the tag do it now before we add any text layers as resizing can sometimes make the text fuzzy.

Add your name in your font of choice.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, addy is over there on the right>>>>

Christmas Star (ftu)

2009-11-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 20th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Feliz Natal' by Bel Vidotti and you can download this fabuous kit from Bel's blog - HERE.
Template Used - Vix Template #37 and this can be downloaded from Vix's blog - HERE.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #239 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Textured Effects, Weave.

Save mask to your psp folder and open all supplies needed before we begin....

Ready... Lets get started... this tutorial is another quick and easy one.

Open the template in your psp workspace and hit ctrl & d to duplicate the template, this way you will save the original template for re using again and again, close the orginial now and on the new image delete the copyright layer, go to image and select resize then choose to resize all layers by 85% smartsize, just make sure the resize all layers box is checked for this one, click ok.

Go to layers and select new raster layer then change your foreground colour to white in the colour palette and select the floodfill tool then click in the canvas to change the transparent new layer to white, move this layer all the way to the bottom layer of your canvas.

Activate the background to colour layer and in your foreground colour tab choose a colour from the kit or one that matches your tube, grab your colour to target brush tool and then move your mouse over the whole of the layer to change to your choosen colour.

Activate the bottom rectangle layer, using the magic wand tool click inside the pink area of the rectangle, now take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, this will erase the paper around the rectangle.

Repeat that step with the same of different paper from the kit, you can also delete the original rectangle layers as you go along.

Activate the bottom rectangle frame layer now and go to effects, select dropshadow and add a shadow of your choice to the frame layer, do the same with the top rectangle frame layer.

Now activate the top fill layer and with the magic wand again click inside the star, take the tube of your choice, a close up works well for this one, paste the tube as a new layer and place which part you want inside the star, i choose a close up of the main tube and used her face for my star fills, once you have the tube placed where you want it go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase any extra tube part around the star.

Repeat that step on the bottom fill layer, you can use a different part of the tube or like mine i used the same part but mirrored the tube, delete the original fill layers here too.

Activate the middle fill layer and go to adjust, select brightness/contrast then move the brightness slider all the way to the right, this will change the colour of the fill to white, now go to effects and choose textured effects, weave, use the following settings :-
Gap - 2 ... Width - 7 ... Opacity - 9 ... Weave colour - Red ... Gap colour - Red ... Fill Gaps - Checked, click ok.

Now for the star layers which are all the same so simply follow this step for all 3 layers, i left the stars white, go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings :-
Glow Width - 6.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - Red, click ok.

I left the wordart layers as they were for this tutorial but you can colourise them as you like.

Activate the bottom white layer and take a paper from the kit, paste as a new layer and then go to layers tab and select load mask from disc, find the mask that you saved at the start which is WSL Mask #239, use the following settings :-
Source Luminace - Checked ... Fit to Canvas - Checked ... Invert Transparency - Unchecked ... Hide all Mask - Checked, click ok then go to the layer palette and merge group. At this stage i grabbed my deform tool and pulled out the centre nodes a little all round so that you can see a bit more of the mask.

Now its time to add some elements and your main tube so activate the top layer and we will paste the main tube first, you may want to resize the tube a little depending on the size you work with, i resized my tube by 85% bicubic and make sure the resize all layers tab is unchecked for this layer, place tube where you want it or like mine to the right side of your canvas, add a dropshadow to the tube.

Decorate the rest of your tag with some elements from the kit, i used the tree, some holly and baubles but this is your choice so be creative and add whatever else you like, each element should be resized as needed and placed where you want them also add a dropshadow to the elements.

Nice n easy right? I hope so lol

Now if you want to crop or resize the tag do it now as resizing can sometimes make the text layers fuzzy.

Add your name in your font of choice, i added the same gradient glow as the star frames here.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, addy is over there on the right>>>>

Winter Candy (ftu)

2009-11-20T03:52:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 18th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.
This is fairly easy and beginner level of psp is all you need.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Pinup Toons, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit - 'Christmas Candy' by Pink Princess Scraps - HERE.
Template Used - Melissa Misfit Template Diamond and you can find this on the misfits latest template challenge - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
No Mask Used.

Save the masks to your psp mask folder before we begin...

Lets Start.

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make sure the box resize all layers is checked.
If you want some extra room to work with your elements you can always go to image and select canvas size then choose new canvas size to your liking, remember to activate the bottom white layer first, and if you have any transparent image showing then choose white as your foreground colour in the colour tab then click on transparent area to fill with the white.

Activate the squares layer and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat the paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, resize by 80% twice then go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, you can delete the original layer now and add a small dropshadow to the layer you just created.

Repeat the step above for the long rectangles layer, this time use a different paper from the kit and add the dropshadow as before.

Again repeat the step on the diamonds layer with different paper, this time i used 2 different papers for each diamond, no dropshadow added this time.

Activate the dotted lines layer and go to adjust, select brightness/contrast then move the brightness slider all the way to the right, this will change the dotted lines from dark to white, add a dropshadow to this layer.

Do the same with the diamond frames layer and then go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to add a bold glow to the white frames :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - Black, move the slider to about half way along to the middle, click ok.

Now activate the bottom white layer and take element 60 or element 61 from the kit, whichever colour you choose and paste as a new layer above the white layer, resize this as needed till its showing all round the template layers.

Activate the top layer of your canvas now and paste your choosen tube as a new layer, resize by around 85% bicubic and place in centre nearer bottom of the canvas, add a dropshadow to the tube layer.

Decide which other elements you wish to use and paste each as a new layer, place around the canvas where you like them, add a dropshadow to the element layers and bring your tube layer to the top layer.

I used the Xmas tree, some ribbons, gingerbread and some candy & holly but you decide which elements look best with your tag.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name in a bold font, add artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Shock Therapy (ftu)

2009-11-18T12:36:00.001-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 18th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.
This is fairly easy and beginner level of psp is all you need.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Joel Adams, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit Used -'Asylum' a collab by 3 talented designers, Tamie, Kirsten & Pink Princess - HERE.
No Template Used.
Masks Used - WSL Mask #276 & WSL MAsk #29 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used for name- Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.

Save the masks to your psp mask folder before we begin...

Lets Start.

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take the building element from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image, select resize and then choose to resize till its to your liking, position in middle of canvas and with your mover tool move slightly up towards the top, just a little tho.

Take the wire mesh element from the kit and paste this as a new layer above the building layer, you may need to resize a little so its not much larger than the actual building.

Take the shock therapy wordart and paste this as a new layer on your canvas, risze as needed, i made mine quite small and with mover tool move this to just above the doors on the building, this is just a guide you can always place where you think it looks good, add a small dropshadow to this layer.

I also used the madness wordart, do the same as above step and rotate a little by going to image and select rotate then choose free rotate, i choose to rotate to the right by 10.00, place this on the right side of the building near the top like mine.

Ok activate the bottom white layer of your working canvas and paste a paper of your choice as a new layer, now go to layers and select load mask from disc and in the drop menu look for the first mask you saved at the start which is WSL Mask #276, use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.

Now go back and activate the bottom white layer once more then repeat the mask step above but this time use the second mask we saved at the start which is wsl mask #29, this time use your deform tool and stretch the nodes out so the mask will be showing from behind the first mask layer.

Activate the top layer of your canvas now and paste your choosen tube/s, resize them a little if needed and place on either side of your canvas, i didnt use any dropshadow on my tubes this time as they are quite bold but you can add a dropshadow if you wish to.

I added some other elements from the kit and resized as needed, pick the ones you want to use and place each new element below the tube layers, add a small dropshadow to the elements if you wish.

Told you this one was quick and easy lol...

Now its time to crop or resize if you want to.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Add a small gradient glow of your choice to your name and dropshadow.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Pink Winter (ftu)

2009-11-17T11:30:00.001-08:00

This tutorial was written on November 17th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Sonia Roji, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Pink Ice' by Lacarolita @ Lacarolita's Designs - HERE.
No Templates Used.
Mask Used - Vix Mask #167 which you can download from - HERE.
Plugin Used - Toadies, Blast 'n' Blur.
2nd Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow (on your name).

Get all your supplies ready before we start....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take the round frame from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image, select resize and then choose to resize around 40% smartsize and make sure you have the resize all layers box unchecked then click ok, place the doors in the centre of your canvas, we will add a dropshadow to the frame but not until later in the tutorial

Grab your magic wand tool from the tool palette and click the transparent area inside of the frame so you have the blinking ants showing around the inner part, go to selections and choose modify, select expand and choose to expand by around 6, click ok now.
Take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer then go to image and select resize, choose to resize by around 70% smartsize and pls remember to uncheck the resize all layers box this time, click ok then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go back to selections and select none, now your chosen paper should be neatly inside the frame yes ? lol i hope so.

Take one of the stars curtains elements from the kit and paste as a new layer above the paper layer but below the frame layer, resize this as needed so it sits nicely inside the inner frame part, you can also add a dropshadow to this layer if you like.

Take the snowman element from the kit and paste this as a new layer, move to above the frame layer and resize as needed till its to your liking, move to left side of your canvas and add a dropshadow to this layer also.

Take the christmas tree element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize this quite small, i used 40% twice and move to near top of inner frame, you can also use your deform tool to roate slightly to the right if you wish to, i didnt use the dropshadow on this layer.

Choose one of the brad buttons and paste as a new layer now, resize as needed and place where it looks good for you, if you decide to rotate this a little then i suggest using the sharpen tool after so the button words are clearer.

Now take your tube and paste as a new layer on top layer of canvas, resize a little as needed and place like mine from right side of your canvas, add a small dropshadow to the tube layer.

Take the skating boots and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place near bottom left side of the canvas, add the dropshadow here if you wish.

Finally lol take the stocking element and paste this as a new layer, resize to your liking and place like mine over the snowmans arm branch, take your eraser tool to erase a little of the stocking hoop so it appears to be hanging over his arm.

Activate the frame layer again now and go to layers, select duplicate, nove this layer all the way down to below the original frame then go to effects and select Toadies, blast n blur with the default setting and click ok.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, go to layers and select load mask from disc then look for the mask that you saved at the start (#167) and use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. Now move this layer to above the copy of frame layer and use your deform tool to stretch it out a little so you get more of the mask showing around the main frame.

Feel free to add any other elements to your tag if you wish to, mines just a guide

Now its time to crop or resize if you want to, i didnt on this one.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Add a small gradient glow of your choice to your name and dropshadow.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Some New Freebie Papers ... Check them Out

2009-11-02T17:50:00.000-08:00

This week I will be posting a few new paper pack freebies over on the scrappin stuff blog so hope you all take a wee trip over there check them out, you can find the first 2 packs from today HERE & HERE.
Would love to see any creations from them and you can send them to my email which is posted on the right >>>>>>>>

Enjoy and thats me for the night, check back tomorrow for the next 2 Christmas paper pack freebies.
Nite all
huggs Susan

Nawty Nurse (FTU)

2009-11-01T12:07:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was written on October 30th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Barbara Jensen, you must have a proper license to use her work please visit - HERE.
FTU Scrap Kit 'Nurse Naughty Add On' by Shani aka Wicked Princess, this is part of the medical mayhem blog train and you can get Shani's part from her blog - HERE.
Template Used - #86 by Lou @ Truly Toxic Designs - HERE.
No Mask Used.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Dropshadow Effect.
Font of Choice for your Name.

Get all your supplies ready before we start....

Open Lou's template #86, click shift & D on your keyboard, this will duplicate the template, close the original now and keep for future use. Delete the info layer on your new image canvas.

Go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 65% smartsize with the resize all layers tab checked.
Now click on the bottom white layer and go to image again, select canvas size this time and choose 600x600 click ok. You should now have a larger background, this is for working with the elements and such and you can always crop and resize later.

Activate the waved lines layer, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize just a little, remember resize all layers should be unchecked this time and once happy with size go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard this will erase the excess paper from around the template shape, now go to selections and select none. Now deletethe original layer.

Repeat this step for the other template layers , i.e hearts, Thin rectangles and Thin rectangles 2 layers, use different papers from the kit as you choose and delete the original layers as you work.

I added a gradient glow to all my template layers, this is up to you though... if your adding the glow the settings i used were as follows :-
Glow Width - 3.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 .... Colour - I used red white and black for colours and moved the slider along till i had a triple coloured glow, this is up to you though.

Now activate the bottom white layer and take one of the splatter elements, paste as a new layer then go to image and select resize, choose resize by 50% smartsize twice then move the splatter to the top left of your canvas, go to layers, select duplicate then go to image and select mirror, back to image and select flip, now you should have the splatter in top left and bottom right.

Take the other splatter now and repeat the step above except this time put your first splatter in the top right of the canvas, see mine as example.

Take the glitter rain element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and move to near top of the canvas, go to layers, select duplicate and then go to image and select flip so you have the glitter rain at top and bottom of your tag.

Now we will activate the top layer of your canvas and paste the wire frame as a new layer. resize as needed and place in the middle of your canvas. I didnt add any glow or shadow to this layer.

Take your tube and paste as new layer, go to image and select resize, choose to resize by around 80% bicubic with resize all layers tab unchecked, if you use the same tube as i did then grab your earser tool to erase a little at the bottom so the tube isnt hanging over the wire frame. Add a dropshadow to your tube layer.

Now its time to decorate your tag with any other elements you wish to use, paste each element as a new layer, resize as needed and place where you want around the tag, add a small dropshadow to the element layers if you wish.

When done adding elements, select the crop tool and select any extra white backing thats showing then click the tick tab to crop to size.

Now time to add your name, artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

New Tag Pressies for Me

2009-10-31T09:06:00.000-07:00

Just had to show these fab tags made my Dawdy over at the, she used my Punk Rocker Chic kit for these...

Thanks bunches Dawdy they are great and thanks for putting the kit to good use

huggs Susan

Witch Fall (FTU)

2009-10-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 30th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit ' Fall Is Here' by Lacarolita @ Lacarolita's Designs - HERE
Template Used - #77 by Lou @ Truly toxic and you can snag from Lou's Blog - HERE.
Mask Used - #196 by Vix and you can get to Vix's masks - HERE.
Font of Choice for your Name.
Dropshadow (optional).

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open Lous Template and hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template this will save the original untouched for future use.
Now close the original template.
Delete info layer on your new template image.
Go to image, select resize and choose to resize by 90% smartsize and make sure the box that says resize all layers is CHECKED.
Now make sure your on the bottom white layer and go to image again, select canvas size this time and resize canvas to 600x600 or whichever size you are comfy to work with, make sure all layers is unchecked this time and click ok, we can crop a little later if needed.

Ok now activate one of the circle layers on your canvas and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image and select resize and choose resize by 80% smartsize with resize all layers UNCHECKED, now go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, this will erase the paper from around the circle, now you can go to selections and select none. You can now delete the original circle layer.

Repeat that step with the other 2 circle layers using different papers and delete the original circle layers when done.

Do the same step again for the stars layer using another paper of your choice, delete the original layer here too.

You can add a small dropshadow to all the template layers if you wish, will leave this up to you lol.

Now activate the bottom white layer and take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize a little if you wish to but not smaller than the canvas size, now go to layers an select load mask from disc and find the mask that you saved at the start which is Vix Mask 196, use the following settings to add to your canvas :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group, you can use the deform tool and stretch out the nodes a little to cover more of the background if you wish to.

Click back to the top layer of your canvas now and take one of the tree elements from the kit & paste as a new layer, elements are quite large so resize as needed accordingly to suit your tag, one resized move tree to left side of canvas and move up towards top just a little.

Take the scarecrow element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and move to below tree layer, you can also use the dropshadow on your elements if you want to, i did on some and left the others as they were.

Take the bench element from the kit, paste as a new layer and resize as needed then move this over near the tree, see mine as an example, again add dropshadow if you wish.

Making sure your on the top layer of your canvas, take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize as needed, remember tubes should be resize bicubic and elements smartsize. once resized move to right side of your canvas and position how you want it, add dropshadow to tube layer.

Take the wagon element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place a little to left of the canvas.

Now take one of the grass elements and paste as a new layer, resize this to your liking and move layer below the wagon layer, place at bottom left of the canvas, now go to layers and duplicate the grass as many times as needed to go all the way along the bottom of your tag. I didnt use the dropshadow on the grass layers, also i added an extra grass layer above the wagon layer and resize a little smaller than the rest, this is up to you though.

Now take the ivy 4 element and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place amongst the grass layers, duplicate this a couple of times and spread out along the bottom of your tag.

I think we are almost done, you can add a few other elements of your choice if you wish, i added the tub of apples and a couple of the pumpkins and a butterfly, decorate your tag to your liking.

Now crop or resize your tag if you want to, you do this by grabbing the crop tool from the tool palette then drag your cursor around the area you want to crop then go to the tool bar and click the tab with the tick icon to confim the crop, remember to leave enough room for your name and copyright though lol.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Where's The Patient (FTU)

2009-10-26T17:26:00.001-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 26th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Nice n Easy Beginner Level Tutorial.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Gary Ham, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit Used - 'A&E Medical Mayhem' by Hippiedaze. part of the medical mayhem bog train which you can download from - HERE
No Template Used.
Mask Used - #145 by Kris and you can download this from -
No Plugins or Filters used.
Effects Used - Blur, guassian blur.
Font of Choice for your name.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take the operating theatre doors from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image, select resize and then choose to resize around 50% smartsize and make sure you have the resize all layers box unchecked then click ok, place the doors in the centre of your canvas, add a dropshadow if you wish.

Now take one of the trolley bed elements from the kit and paste this as a new layer, go to image and select resize by 50% again or to whatever suits your tag and click ok, move the bed slightly to the left side of the canvas and add the same dropshadow again if you wish to.

Take the post op drip element and paste as a new layer, go to image and select resize then resize this to your liking and place at the front of the bed, add the dropshadow to this too if you are using dropshadow.

Take the clipboard element now and paste this as a new layer, resize quite small and place so it looks like its hanging from side of the trolley bed then add the dropshadow.

Now take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize around 80% bicubic and click ok, if you are using the same tube as me i placed her so she is leaning over the bed, i added the dropshadow to the tube layer.

Activate the bottom white layer of your canvas and choose a paper from the kit as a new layer then resize around 80% smartsize, now go to layers and choose load mask from disk then look for the mask that we saved at the start which is #145 by Kris and use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.

Open and minimise a different paper from the kit in your psp workspace....

Activate the bottom layer again and grab your rectangle tool then go to the colour palette and set foreground colour to null and background colour choose patterns then find the paper that you just minimised in the patterns tabs, now draw out a large square about the same size as the mask layer shape, go to adjust and select blur, choose guassian blur and set to 20.00 then click ok.

Click back to the top layer now and use any elements you want from the kit to decorate, each element should be pasted as a new layer and resized to your liking, i also added the dropshadow to my elements.

Told you this one was easy lol, and quick.

Now its time to crop or resize if you want to, i didnt on this one.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Medical Mayhem Blog Train - Less than 12 hours to go

2009-10-25T06:32:00.000-07:00

Remember tonight at midnight Team Trouble's Medical Mayhem blog train will be leaving the station, less than 12 hours to go here in Scotland till my part will be posted so remember to check back then, theres a total of 24 awesome designers got together to bring you this mix of medical mayhem kits to collect

Heres a sneek peek of my part which will be available for download from my Scrappin Stuff Blog

Blog Roll will be posted with the download link at midnight tonight so see you over there later & until then have a fab Sunday everyone

huggs Susan

2 New Tuts from Mary @ Country Bug Tutorials

2009-10-25T03:11:00.001-07:00

Heres a cool & spooky tag from Mary @ Country Bug Tutorials using my spook ave wordart, Mary has wrote this into a tut and you can find it on her blog - HERE

Thank you bunches for the pressie Mary you did an awesome job and my tag is safely saved.

Another fab tut written by Mary which you can find on her blog - HERE.
Mary used my Rock on tag template in this one and rocked it ...

Thanks again Mary i love the pressies.
Hugs Susan

I'm A Cutie Survivor (ftu)

2009-10-23T04:11:00.001-07:00

This tutorial was written on Oct 23rd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Thinking Pink' by Lacarolita @ Lacarolitas Designs - HERE.
No Template Used.
Mask Used - WSL Mask 84 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Pluging Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Blur, Guassian Blur.

Open all supplies and save mask to your psp masks folder before you begin.

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Choose one of the round frames from the kit and paste as a new layer on your new working canvas, go to image, select resize and choose resize by around 45% smartsize and make sure the resize all layers box is left unchecked so we are only resizing one layer lol. frame will be positioned in the middle of your canvas.

Paste your choosen tube as a new layer if you are using the same tube as me, go to resize and resize by around 85% bicubic and position where it looks good, move the tube layer to below the frame layer then go to layers and select duplicate, move the duplicate tube layer to top of the canvas and be careful not to move tube layers, making sure your on the top tube layer take your eraser tool and erase parts of the tube so that the flowers are showing and parts of the tube are behind frame (see mine as an example).

Activate the frame layer now and grab your magic wand then click inside the transparent middle of the frame so the marching ants are blinking, be sure to click the small parts btwn the flowers too so all is selected, now paste a paper from the kit as a new layer and resize by 80% smartsize then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go back to selections and select none, move this paper layer under the frame layer now. Add a drop shadow of your choice to the frame if you wish to.

Activate the bottom white layer and choose a colour that goes with your tube as th foreground colour, take your fill tool and click on the white canvas to fill with your choosen colour, now go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the mask that you saved at the start which is wsl mask #84, use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - unchecked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.
I duplicated the mask layer and went to image then selected mirror so you have more showing all round the frame.

Activate the bottom white layer again and then grab your eclipse tool from the tool palette, make sure foreground colour is set to null and background set to a colour of your choice, i used a pink shade here, now draw out an eclipse shape just a little smaller than the frame, when happy with eclipse go to layers and select convert to raster layer, no go to adjust and select blur, choose guassian blur and set to 20.00, click ok. This doesnt show much lol but gives a lighter glow.

Now finally back to the top layer of the canvas and your ready to decorate with some of the vast selection of elements in this kit, add each element as a new layer and resize as needed then place them where you like on your canvas, you can also add a dropshadow to each element if you wish but i didnt on this one.

Crop or resize now if you wish to in the usual way.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Spook Story (ftu)

2009-10-22T04:24:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 22nd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Dave Nestler, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
Scrap Kit Used - 'All Hallow's Eve' by Alyssa @ Alyssa's Scraps & Stuff (part of All Hallows Eve blog train which you can download from - HERE.
Template Used - Halloween Template #3 by Vix - HERE.
Mask Of Choice - I used a mask called KK Witch Trio which I dont know where i got it so if this is yours pls let me know so i can give credit or take it down.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Blur - Guassian Blur.

Open your mask and save to psp masks folder before you begin...

Ready....

Open the template in your psp workspace and then hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template, this will save the original untouched for future use, go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 85% smartsize and make sure you check the box that says resize all layers. Delete the info layer now.

The background layer is x'd out at the moment so we can leave it like that for now.

Activate the layer named pentagram centre and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the paper around the outsides of the pentagram shape, now go to selections again and select none. Do not delete the original layer yet we are keeping this for later.

Repeat the step above for the star fill layer with a different paper from the kit, you can delete the original layer this time.

I left the wordart fill as it was, also left the pentagram fill and outlines as they were too but the choice is yours to colourise or whatever you wish.

Activate the wordart circle layer and go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to add a glow around the words :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - White, you can also move the colour slider along to make the glow bolder if you wish, i only moved a little so it wasnt too bold, click ok.

Activate the bottom layer of your canvas and take the splat element from the kit then paste as a new layer, go to image, select resize and choose to resize the splat by 80% smartsize and make sure resize all layers box is unchecked this time, I mirrored this element.

Activate the bottom layer again now and paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers and select load mask from disc then find the mask that you choose at the start and use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - checked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. If you have the same mask as i used then once merged go to image and select resize, choose resize image by 50% smartsize and move to top left corner of your canvas, no go to layers and select duplicate and then image and choose mirror, move the mirrored layer to the bottom right corner of your canvas so the ghosts are peeking from behind the circle.

Now activate the original pentagram centre fill, i left the colour as it was as it matches the colours in the kit i used, go to layers, select blur and choose guassian blur with setting to 20.00, move this layer all the way to bottom of canvas just above the splat layer.

Un do the x out on the background layer if you want to now or you can leave transparent but i used the white as the background in my tag.

Activate the top layer of the canvas and take your tube, paste as a new layer and resize a little if needed then place where you want on the canvas, mines the middle but depending on your choice of tube place where you like it, add a small white dropshadow to the tube.

Decorate your tag with any other elements from the kit, paste each element as a new layer, resize as needed and place where you want them, dropshadow elements is optional.

When your finished adding elements thats us about done, all thats left now is to crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Falling For U (PTU)

2009-10-21T09:55:00.001-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 21st 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.
This tutorial is fairly basic and hopefully easy for beginners to follow.

Supplies Needed

No Outside Tubes Used.
PTU Scrap Kit 'Falltastic' by Tishia @ Designs by Tishia, this kit is available in Full Size & Tagger Size it can be purchased from Scrappin Bratz Store - HERE.
Template Used - #87 by Lou @ Truly Toxic, check out all the fabulous templates while your here and you can download this from Lou's blog - HERE.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #84 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
No Plugins Used.
Font of Choice for wordart & name.
Dropshadow optional.

Save mask to you masks folder before we begin if you dont already have it.

Ready....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template, this will save the original untouched for future use,
Delete the info layer then go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 80% smartsize and make sure you check the box that says resize all layers. Repeat the resize once more f you prefer working with smaller canvas.

Activate the layer named Heart 1, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, resize a little if you want to but not smaller than the marching ants thats blinking around the heart shape, once your happy with the paper placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the excess paper, delete the original heart layer now and add a small dropshadow to the heart if you wish to.

Follow and repeat the step we just did on the heart layer for all other template layers, use different papers from the kit and mix n match, delete the original layers and add the dropshadow to each layer as you go along.

Told ya it was an easy one lol....

Ok now take one of the tree elements from the kit and paste as a new layer on your canvas, make sure your on the top layer above all the hearts layers, go to image, select resize and resize the tree as needed to your liking then place to one side of the canvas, i placed mine on the left but you decide how you want yours placed, add a small dropshadow to the tree now.

Take the owl element from the kit and paste this as a new layer on the working canvas, again resize as needed, i made mine quite small then place somewhere on the tree branches where you think it looks good, add the small dropshadow to this layer too.

Take the fence element and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and move layer below tree layer but above hearts and add the dropshadow if you want to.

Take the tube/s of your choice from the kit paste as a new layer making sure your on the top layer lol, resize as needed and place where you like it/them and add the dropshadow if you want.

Grab your text tool and pick a font of your choice, type out a phase to go with your tag, i used 'falling for you', colours of your choice again and when happy with text click apply then move to where you want it on the tag, when happy with the placement go to layers and select convert to raster layer, add dropshadow to text (optional).

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the 1st mask that you saved at the start (WSL #84) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.

Go to layers and select duplicate then go to image and choose mirror, go to image again and choose flip, dont get dizzy lol.

We are almost done, unless you want to add a few more elements to your tag, I used some leaves from the kit and also the leaf swirls, you can choose which elements you want to decorate your tag with.

Once your done adding the elements to your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

New Tut from Mary

2009-10-21T02:04:00.000-07:00

Love this awesome & spooky tut from Mary over at Country Bug Tutorials, Mart used my freebie wordart in this one, thank you Mary....
You can find the tut on Mary's Blog - HERE and be sure to check out the other fab tuts she has.

Hope you all have a good Wednesday, its avon delivery day for me so just waiting for the van to arrive then its a few hours hard work for me lol.

Hoping to have another tut posted for you all later today if time permits
huggs Susan

Spook At Midnite (FTU)

2009-10-19T10:53:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 19th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Fangtasia Blog Train' by Silky @ Designs by Silky, be sure to check out all the other stops on this fangtastic blog train - HERE.
No Template Used.
Mask Used - #200 by Insatiable Dreams and you can get this mask from - HERE.
Circle Wordart by Hippiedaze and you can download this from my blog - HERE.
Plugin Used - Xero, Mistifier.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Go to file, select new, choose canvas size 500x500 (or whichever you prefer to work with), colour - white and click ok.

Take the round rose frame from the kit and paste as a new layer in your working canvas, resize by 50% smartsize and make sure that the box which says resize all layers is left unchecked, click ok
Grab your magic wand from the tool palette and click the transparent area inside the frame, go to selections and select modify, choose expand and choose to expand by 4, click ok now paste your close up tube as new layer and resize by around 85% bicubic, click ok, once you are happy with the placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on the keyboard to erase the excess tube, move this layer to below the frame layer.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper of choice as a new layer, you can resize a little if you want to but not smaller than the white canvas, go to layers, select load mask from disc and look for the mask that you saved at the beginning (#200 Insatible Dreams) use the following settings to add the mask :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - checked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.

Now take the circle wordart supplied by me and paste as a new layer directly above the mask layer, resize by 70% smartsize with resize all layers unchecked then click ok.
Add a white dropshadow of your choice to the wordart.

Take the Element #60 from the kit (black doodle) and paste as a new layer, go to layers select resize and choose to resize by 70% smartsize with all layers unchecked again, duplicate the doodle and then go to image and select mirror, move both layers down to below the wordart layer and then add a dropshadow to both doodle layers, i used a dark red colour for this layer.

Now go back and activate your close up tube layer, go to properties and select luminace legacy then go to effects and select xero, mistifier and use the following settings :-
Haziness - 255 ... Strength - 55 ... Red Mist - 255 ... Blue Mist - 255 ... Green Mist - 255 click ok.

Activate the top layer of your canvas and paste your main tube as a new layer, go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 85% bicubic with all layers unchecked, place your tube where you like it the add a dropshadow in white.

Take the coffin element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize this as needed and place near bottom right side of the canvas and add a dropshadow if you wish.

Add the boxes elements as a new layer, resize as needed and place at bottom left side of canvas then move layer to below the tube layer, add a dropshadow if you wish to this layer too.

I also added the butterfly,shoes, lipstick & bow elements and resized them as needed, place them where you like i on the canvas and add a dropshadow to each element layer if you wish to.

Crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Monday Madness @ Scrappin Bratz - $1.00 deals

2009-10-19T03:42:00.000-07:00

Today's the day ladies............
Many designers over at Scrappin Bratz have knocked their prices down to just $1.00, cool huh...
Why not take a trip over and check out all the awesome bargains, I also have many cu templates listed at just $1.00 so if your looking for that something different, todays the day to be shopping.
Simply click the add above to go to the store.

Hope you all have a Happy Monday
huggs Susan

Witchy Boo Brew

2009-10-18T15:34:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on Oct 18th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Wicked' by Chassity @ Polka Dot Scraps and you can download from - HERE.
Template Used - #27 by Lori @ Wacky Scraps, you can get this from Lori's blog - HERE.
Mask Used - Mask 31 by vix, you can get this mask from - HERE.
2nd Mask Used - WSL Mask #169 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Dropshadow is optional.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, this will save the original untouched for future use, go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 85% smartsize and make sure you check the box that says resize all layers.

Activate the layer named boo, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the excess paper, go to selections and select none. Delete the original circle layer.
Go to effects and select eye candy 4000 gradient glow and insert the following settings :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - Black, you can also move the colour slider along to make the glow bolder if you wish, click ok.

Now on both circle layers repeat the step you just did above, I used the same paper on both circles but use different ones if you wish, add the same gradient glow to both these layers and delete the original layers.

On both the diamond dashed circle layers i added the gradient glow used in the steps above but changed the colour to white and didnt move the colour slider as i didnt want this one too bold, once you've added the glow in white, repeat gradient glow and change colour back to black.

I decided to leave the 3 mat layers out of this tutorial but you can colourise or fill with a paper from the kit if you want to.

Take the round frame from the kit and paste this as a new layer on your working canvas. you may need to resize a little depending on the size you work with, move this layer right down to the layer above the white background then grab your magic wand and click inside the middle bit of the frame, go to selections, select modify and choose expand then choose expand by 3, click ok, now take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard. move this new layer to below the frame layer.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the 1st mask that you saved at the start (Vix Mask #31) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - checked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out slightly.

Activate the bottom white layer once more and paste a different paper from the kit as a new layer,go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the 2nd mask that you saved at the start (WSL #169) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. Again use the deform tool to stretch the mask to your liking.

Now activate the top layer of your canvas and paste your choosen tube as a new layer, resize a little if needed, remember to resize tubes in bicubic mode place tube where you like it on your canvas and add a small dropshadow, i used white for the shadow.

Now you can start decorating your tag with any elements you like from the kit or you can follow mine, remember each element should be on a new layer and resize each as needed, place where you like and add a small dropshadow if you wish to.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

All done i think.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results, pls feel free to email results to me

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Be Aware (BCA) (FTU Limited)

2009-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 17th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Breast Cancer Awareness' by Kirstin @ Toxic Desirez, you can download free for a limited time only - HERE.
Template Used - #94 by Lou @ Truly Toxic, you can grab this template from Lou's blog - HERE.
Mask Used - #15 by Babe @ Babes Designs - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy, 4000 - Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - 3d Cutout.
Dropshadow optional.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, this will save the original untouched for future use.

Activate layer 1, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper of your choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, you can resize a little if you want to but not smaller than these blinking ants around the rectangle, once happy with it go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the overhanging paper, go to selections once more and select none.
Delete the original rectangle layer now.

Activate layer 5 and repeat the step above with a different paper from the kit.
Delete the original layer once done.

Activate layer 2, again repeat the first step with a paper from the kit, again delete the original layer once done.

Activate layer 3 and yesss u guessed it lol repeat the step over again then delete the original layer.

Activate layer 6, go to adjust, select brightness/contrast and move the brightness slider to the right a little to lighten the word, once happy click ok.
Duplicate the layer now and go to effects, select 3d cutout, use the following settings :-
Vertical - (-21) .... Horizontal - (-41) .... Opacity - 90 .... Blur - 38 .... Colour - Light Pink to match the kit .... Fill with Interior - Unchecked, click ok.

Now activate layer 4. go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste your tube as a new layer, resize a little if needed so she sits nicely in the circle, when happy with placement go to selections and select invert then hit delete on the keyboard, your tube should be inside the circle now, do not deselect yet though...... activate the circle layer again then take another paper from the kit and paste as new layer, resize a little to your liking and now hit delete on the keyboard to erase the excess paper, you should now have the paper circle then the tube on top, go to selections and select none, add a dropshadow to the tube layer.

Activate the circle you filled with paper and go to effects, select eye candy, 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to add the glow to the circle :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - Black, click ok.

Go through each template layer now and add the same gradient glow to all the layers you created.

Activate the bottom white layer andpaste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers select load mask from disc and choose the first mask that you saved at the start (#15 by Babes Designs)use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - checked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out a little to cover more background.

Click back to your top layer now and we will add a few elements, i didnt use a whole lot but you can dress your tag up how you like.
I will leave the elements you choose up to you, remember to paste all elements on new layers, resizze by smartsize as needed and place them around your tag where you want them, add a small dropshadow to the elements too.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

New Tut & Tag Pressie - Using My Punk Rocker Chic kit

2009-10-17T08:11:00.000-07:00

Here's an awesome surprise i found in the mail this morning, Rachel from Paperdolls Addictions Tutorials has used my Punk Rocker Chic to create this fabulous punkilicious tag, its sooooo my sorta thing lol and i love it thanks bunches Rachel, she has also wrote into a fabby tut which you can follow by going to her site - HERE.
While your there take some time to check out the other awesome tutorials she has you wont be disapointed.

The link to the tut will also be listed over on the right >>>>>>> soonish.

Thanks again Rachel
huggs Susan

Witchy Halloween (FTU)

2009-10-16T18:04:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 16th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'October Ghost Train' by Charlie @ My Scrapping Book, this is a part of the Halloween Town Ghost Train and can be downloaded - HERE.
Template Used - Vix Halloween Mask #2 by Vix, which you can download along with her other halloween templates - HERE.
FTU Frame Used - Frame Freebie by Susan aka Hippiedaze which you can download from my blog - HERE.
Mask of Choice.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Textured Effects - Blinds.
Dropshadow of choice (optional).

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make sure the box resize all layers is checked, the bottom layer in this template is x'd out so we will leave it like that for now.

I left most of the template the way it was for this one as the colours went really well, but you can change the colours if you wish to, i did however add a gradient glow to the rectangles layer, make sure you are on the rectangles layer and go to effects, choose eye candy 4000, then choose gradient glow and use the following settings to add the glow to the rectangles :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - white, move the slider to all the way along to the right to make quite bold, click ok.

Activate the wordart layer and go to effects again, select the eye candy 4000, gradient glow and add the same glow as we just added above but this time move the colour slider left to around half way, the glow shouldnt be as bold as the rectangles.

Both the dotted lines layers were left as they are in this tutorial, again i just felt the colours worked well in the tag, you can always change the colours on these layers if you wish to.

I deleted the skulls for this tutorial but again this is up to you.

Activate the stars layers and simply add a small dropshadow of your choice to this layer.

Take the hippiedaze frame freebie and paste as a new layer, move layer all the way down to just above the white layer and go to image, select resize and choose resize smartsize by around 90% or whichever you like best, position in middle of your canvas.

Now take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize as needed then move as close to bottom of frame as you can then grab your eraser tool to erase some of the bottom of tube so its neat around the frame, I added a white dropshdow to my tube so it stood out more.

Activate the wordart layer and grab your selection tool, rectangle, draw a selection around the bottom words and then right click and choose cut, now go to selections and select none then right click and choose paste as a new layer, use your mover tool to move the wordart back to where it was but move the bottom words on the new layer that you just pasted up to above the tube layer, see mine as example but you should have the top words below tube and bottom words above tube layer.

Take the doodle 3 from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image and select resize, choose to resize around 60% smartsize and move to left side of the canvas, when happy with placement go to layers, select duplicate and then go to image and select mirror so you have a doodle on either side.
Move both these layers below the tube layer.

Take the doodle 2 from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image and select resize, choose resize smartsize to your liking and place on right side of canvas nearer the middle, when happy with placement go to layers, select duplicate the go to image and select mirror so you have the green doodle on both sides, check mine as a guide.

Take the icepends and paste as a new layer on the canvas, resize as needed and place top edge in line with the top edge of the worart, i added a slight white dropshadow to the icepends.

Grab your eclipse tool from the tool palette and activate the layer below the frame layer, in your foreground colour select the orange that matches the rectangle layer if your using the same as me, you can choose any colour you wish tho, now draw out a large eclipse that covers all the inner frame, ok once your happy with this and its covering all the inner frame go to layers and select convert to raster layer.
Now go to effects and choose textured effects, select blinds and use the following settings to the circle layer :-
Width -10 .... Opacity - 34 .... Colour - #bc00e2 .... Horizontal - Unchecked .... Light From Top - Checked, click ok.

Activate the bottom layer (the x'd out one lol) and fill with a colour of choice that matches your tube and colours, go to layers select load mask from disc and choose the first mask that you choose and saved at the start use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out a little to cover more background. You can also duplicate the mask and flip or mirror to make more vivid if you wish.

Now go back and activate the top layer of your canvas and add any other elements that you want to from the kit, i didnt add many to this one i wanted reasonably plain lol, paste all elements you use on new layers and resize as needed then you can place where you want to around the tag and add a small dropshadow in white or black if you wish.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Have Broom (ftu)

2009-10-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on Oct 15 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tubes of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Have Broom Will Travel' by Steph @ Freebie Friends & More, this is Stephs part of the Halloween Ghost Train and you can get it - HERE.
Template Used - #103 by Kirstin @ Toxic Desirez - HERE.
2 Masks Used - WSL Mask #84 & WSL #345 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
2nd Plugin Used - Xero - Mistifier.
Effects Used - Textures - Blinds.
Dropshadow (optional).

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open your template, hit shift & d on the keyboard to duplicate, now you can close the original template.
Delete info layer.

Activate the layer named rectangle, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat, you should have the marching ants blinking around the rectangle yes ? then take a paper of choice from the kit and paste as a new layer position how u want it and then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to remove the excess paper, you should now have the rectangle filled with the paper, go to selections and select none and you can delete the original rectangle layer now.
Go to effects and select eye candy 4000, gradient glow then use the following settings to add a glow to the rectangle :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - black, move the slider to about half way along to the middle, this will make the border bolder, click ok.

Repeat the steps above on both oval layers using different papers, add the same gradient glow to oval 1 layer also and delete the original ovals once done.

On oval 2 layer go to effects, select textures then choose blinds and add the following settings :-
Width - 26 ...Opacity - 91 ... Colour - Dark Grey or colour of choice ... horizontal - unchecked ... light from top - checked, now click ok.
Now add the gradient glow used in the above steps on this oval layer.

Activate the frame back layer and go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper of choice as a new layer, you can resize this a little if you want to, once happy with it go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, do not de select yet and take a close up tube of your choice then paste as a new layer, position it how u like then hit delete on the keyboard to remove the excess tube and now she should be neatly inside the frame.
Go to effects, select xero, choose mistifier and use the following settings to add a mist effect to the tube :-
Haziness - 128 .... Strength - 128 ....Red Mist - 255 .... Green Mist - 255 .... Blue Mist - 255 now click ok.

Activate the frame layer now, i simply left this white and added the same bold gradient glow we used before on this but you could colourise or whatever you wish to match your tubes.

Activate the bats layer and repeat the same steps above as for the shapes and use one of the dark papers to fill the bats, you can also delete the original layer when done.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper of choice as a new layer, go to layers select load mask from disc and choose the first mask that we saved at the start (wsl #84) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out a little to cover more background.

Activate the bottom white layer once more and paste a different paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers select load mask from disc and choose the first mask that we saved at the start (wsl #345) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I stretched this one at left & right sides so it covers most of background.

Activate the top layer of your canvas now to add main tube and the elements....

Take your choosen tube and paste as a new layer, resize as needed, remember to tick bicubic on resize for the tubes, place on your canvas where you think it looks good then add a dropshadow in white.

The choice of elements is up to you but whichever you choose remember to add each element as a new layer and resize as needed, the elements should be resized by smartsize, place elements around the tag where you like them also add a dropshadow to any elements you wish.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Bad Kitty Halloween (FTU)

2009-10-12T05:12:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on October 12th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Scream at the Night' by Lacarolita @ Lacarolitas Designs - HERE.
Template Used - SC TemplateMH2 by Sixbugs Creations and you can find this on the Misfits Templates Challenge for Oct - HERE
Mask Used - dmsk 0416 which you can find - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Effects Used - Textured Effects, Blinds.
Dropshadow - optional.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make sure the box resize all layers is checked, click on the bottom layer & fill with white by grabbing your flood fill tool from the tool palette and choose white colour as your foreground colour, click the canvas to fill the layer.

Circle 1 & circle 3 layers & meow layer, I left them white but you could colourise you wanted.

Activate circle 2 layer, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper of choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, you will need to resize quite a bit but not smaller than the marching ants thats blinking around the circle, when happy with size go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard then go to selections again and select none.
Delete the original circle 2 layer now.

Activate circle 4 layer and repeat the step you just did above with a different paper from the kit but after inverting and deleting DO NOT deselect, take the close up tube you choose and paste as a new layer, positon in the centre of the circle then hit delete on the keyboard, now you should have the paper and then the tube layer above it neatly inside the circle 4.
Delete the original circle layer now.

Activate the dotted line layer and go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and apply the following settings :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - dark red, move the slider to about half way along to the middle, click ok.

Activate the bad kitty layer and go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and apply the following settings :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - White, move the slider to about half way along to the middle, click ok.

Now take the gate element from the kit and paste as a new layer on the top layer of the canvas, resize to your liking and position where they look good or follow mine.

I pasted my main tube now above the gate layer, paste as a new layer and resize around 80% bicubic, make sure resize all layers is unchecked here lol, position tube where you want it. Add a dropshadow to your tube in white so it stands out a little more.

Take the white rose element and paste as a new layer, resize quite small and postion it in her hand if you are using the same tube as mine. Add the white shadow to the rose layer too.

Take the spider web element and paste as a new layer, resize as needed, i did mine 80% twice, remember choose smartsize with the elements, move the web layer down to below the gate layer and add a small dropshadow if you wish.

Ok we will add the mask layer now so activate the bottom white layer and take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer on your canvas above the white layer, resize a little but not smaller than the canvas, go to layers select load mask from disc and choose the mask that we saved at the start (dmsk0416) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out a little to cover more background.

On the mask layer go to effects, select textured effects and then blinds, use the following settings :-
Width - 7 .... Opacitiy - 90 .... Colour - Grey .... Horizontal - unchecked ... light from top - checked, click ok then select effects again and repeat the blinds effect with the same settings except this time check the horizontal box, click ok.

Activate the top layer of your canvas now to add the elements....

Take the moon element from the kit and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and place near top right side of your tag.

Take one of the bats elements and paste as new layer, again resize as needed and place in front of the moon, dupliate this a few times and place where you want near top of your tag, you can also resize different sizes, i also used my deform tool to twist the bats around a little so theyre flying in different directions lol.

Take the spider element, paste as new layer, resize quite small and postion on the gate pillar then duplicate and mirror then flip and postion on te opposite gate pillar.

Add any other elements you wish to your tag, place on new layers and where you like, add dropshadow to any elements you wish, i used the hat, candles, roses but this is up to you.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us about done.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Tag Pressie & New Tut from Lisa

2009-10-12T05:07:00.000-07:00

Groovy tag pressie thank you Lisa, made using my Groovy Festival Kit,
Lisa has also wrote this into a tut and you can find it on her blog - HERE.
Will also post the link over on the right >>>> along with all the other fab tuts written by some very talented friends.

Thanks again Lisa
huggs Susan

Welcome to Halloween Town (FTU)

2009-10-10T04:47:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on Oct 9th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tubes of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Halloween Town' by Hippiedaze (me), this is my part of the Halloween Town Ghost Train and can be downloaded from - HERE.
Masks - A round mask of your choice for the background.
Mask Used - dmsk0406 (skeleton mask, this is optional) which can be found - HERE.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take the haunted house element from the kit and paste as a new layer on your working canvas, you will need to resize so go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 50% , make sure you tick the smartsize box then click ok.

Activate the bottom white layer of your canvas and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, you can resize this a little if you want to but i left mine normal size, go to layers and select load mask from disc, in the drop list of masks look for the round mask you choose at the start use the following settings to add the mask to your canvas :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group, I left this mask as it was but you can always use your deform tool to stretch the mask layer out a little till its how you want it & showing around your tag.

Activate the bottom white layer once more and paste a different coloured paper as a new layer, repeat the mask layer with the same mask again and once you have merged group use the deform tool to pull it out slightly more than the first mask, see mine as example.
I also used yet another mask below the house layer to create the devil figure up on the roof lol, its a halloween one that i have had a while and cannot find the link sorry so if you know it pls let me know so i can give credit.

Now take one of the tree elements from the kit and paste this as a new layer above your mask layers but below the house layer, go to image, select resize and resize the tree to your liking (not too big tho), move to the left side of your tag so its poking out from behind the house, when happy with placement and size go to layers and select duplicate, now go to image and select mirror so you have a tree on each side of the house.
I also duplicated the tree twice more and placed near the top so some branches were showing from behind house at the top but this is up to you.

Take the ghost element from the kit and paste this as a new layer on your working canvas, resize this to your liking, i made mine quite small, move ghost to the right side of the canvas so its poking from behind the house or in the trees, wherever you like lol then duplicate and move the second ghost to the left side of the tag and place where you like it.

Now make sure you are on the top layer of your canvas and take one of your tubes, paste as a new layer then go to image and select resize, resize bicubic remember lol, resize to your liking to suit your tag, move tube to left side of your canvas and add a drop shadow.
Take your second tube (by the same artist lol) and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and move this tube to the right side of your canvas, add the dropshadow to this layer also.

Choose one of the coffin elements from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed, remember to change to smartsize, move the coffin down to near the bottom of the tag....

(optional step)

Now we're going to leave this canvas a minute and go to file, open a new blank transparent image about 400x400, click ok.

Take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize a little if you want to now go to layers and select load mask from disc, in the drop list of masks look for the skeleton mask you saved at the start (dmsk0406) use the following settings to add the mask to your canvas :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group.

Copy the merged mask layer and go back to your working canvas and paste as a new layer, you may need to resize the skeleton to 'fit' the coffin, move skeleton down and position so it looks like its coming out of the coffin, you will notice the leg parts hang over the coffin so grab your eraser tool and carefully erase some parts of the leg, i left the hand hangin over tho. I lightened the skeleton to almost white by going to adjust, select brightness/contrast and move the brightness slider a little at a time to the right until you have a shade you like.

Decorate your tag now with any other elements you like from the kit and paste as new layers, resize each element as needed and place where you like them in your tag.

Crop or resize now if you wish to.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

SpookyBoo

2009-10-07T13:40:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on Oct 7th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tubes of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
PTU Scrap Kit 'Halloweenie' by Tishia, the kit can be purchased @ Scrappin Bratz Store - HERE
Template Used - Halloween Template #4 by Ali @ Designs By Ali - HERE
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Dropshadow - optional.

Lets Get Started...

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make sure the box resize all layers is checked, click ok.
You can add a new raster layer and fill with white, i did and merged as a jpeg at the end. Also delete the copyright info layer.

Activate the layer named back rectangle, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then go to layers and add a new raster layer, take one of the papers from the kit and paste as a new layer, you will need to resize a good bit but not smaller than the marching ants thats blinking, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections again and select none, delete the original rectangle layer.

Repeat that step for the smaller rectangles layer using a different paper of choice from the kit, delete the original small rectangle layer once done.

Activate the large rectangle frame layer, i simply added a dark dropshadow to this but you can colourise if you wish, the choice is yours. I also did the same with the small rectangle frame layer.

Activate the wordart layer and add the same dropshadow to this if you are leaving it white like mine or you can colourise the layer if you wish.

Activate the bottom mask layer and go to adjust, select brightness/contrast and move the brightness slider a little to the right to lighten the layer, now go to adjust again and choose hue/saturation/lightness then choose colourise and pick a bold colour that matches the tube.

Make sure you are on the top layer and paste your tube as a new layer, place in the centre of the large rectangle or where it looks best for your tag, i resized the tube by 80% smartsize. Go to image and select mirror so shes facing the other way then i added a dropshadow in white to this.

Take one of the ghost elements from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize to your liking but remember the elements are rather large so resize quite a bit, move to the right side of your tag and move layer down to the layer above the mask layer so its peeking out from behind the rectangle lol. Add a dropshadow.

Take the other ghost element and paste as a new layer then resize to your liking and move to the left side of the tag, i left this ghost on the top layer this time. Add dropshadow.

Paste the witches cauldron as a new layer now, make sure its the top layer of your canvas, resize as needed and place to the right of your tag nearer the bottom. Add the white dropshadow.

Take the spiders web and paste as a new layer then resize to your liking and move to the top right of your tag then move layer down to just above the mask layer.

Paste the dangling spider as a new layer, resize this as needed and move over to the right of the tag so it looks like its hanging from the web and over the cauldron ouch lol.

Paste the broom as a new layer now and resize this as needed, i placed the broom to the left side of my tag and added a dark dropshadow to this.

If you want to crop or resize then nows the time to do it but i didnt crop this one.

Add your name using a bold font and i used the plugin eye candy 4000, gradient glow with the following settings to my name :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - White, click ok.

Add artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Tag Pressies

2009-10-06T08:55:00.000-07:00

Laura Jean over at Sticky Kits CT has been busy tagging with my Summertime Brights kit and came up with the awesome tag above, thank you Laura for working with the kit and of course for my tag pressie, love it

Another awesome tag from Laura Jean at Sticky Kits ct, this time she used my Club Night Scrap Kit to come up with this, isnt it fab, thanks again Laura.

My Punk Rocker Chic kit is the one Laura Jean used in the above tag, love the tube too in this one, thanks bunches for all my tags Laura you did awesome with all.

hugs Susan

Weekend Freebie Link

2009-09-26T12:45:00.000-07:00

This weekends freebie is this cute lil scarecrow, PU only, you can pick him up from my scrappin blog HERE

Enjoy ladies
Hugs Susan

Good News

2009-09-22T03:40:00.000-07:00

Remember my Back to School collab kit at P4S ? Well as many of you will know the kit was listed free for 1 week only over on my scrappin stuff blog....
The good news is the kit is now an unlimited freebie for all, and for those of you who haven't yet grabbed it you can get it from my scrappin blog HERE.
Also why not take a look around while your there as theres lots of new things added both Freebies & PTU CU Templates, more being added daily and gearing up for another awesome sale day coming soon, more details will follow on this & will post on both blogs so you all don't miss out.

Happy downloading peeps
hugs Susan

Update about Tag Templates

2009-09-21T03:34:00.000-07:00

Hey ladies,
As of today I have disabled the individual download links for my tag templates, all templates except for No.26 are bundled into packs of 5 and are listed over there on the right >>>>
Just think its easier for yall for downloading and its saving a wee bit of space in my 4shared lol.
Thanks to everyone who has downloaded them and I loved seeing the results sp pls continue to send them to me.

Sorry for any confusion but hope this is easier for you all.

Have a fab day.
Thanks Susan

Questionaire Fun

2009-09-21T01:54:00.000-07:00

my good friend lou over at Truly Toxic has passed this fun questionaire over to me so heres my results, thanks ya lou this was fun.

1. How long have you been using PSP, PS?
Close to 8 years, took a break for 2 yrs but wow its really that long lol
*****
2. How did you get into making tags, scrap kits?
I found a friend online in a group i had joined, not even a psp group lol but this girl made the most awesome tags so iasked her how to go about starting off, she talked me through the basics and my first tag was animated lol it jumped around a bit but i got the hang of it and was hooked ever since

*****

3. Who`s your fave artist?
Gotta be Garv with Elias a close second, i have more of these tubes than any others
but i love kenny k tubes too for the cuteness lol
*****

4.Who`s your favourite Scrap Designer?
Too many to mention they are all fantastic

*****

5. Which three blogs do you visit everyday?

Um this depends on who has new things added to the blogs, i check the blogs i follow first
*****

I will now pass this Questionnaire on to:

Shani aka Wicked Princess
Marta @ Marta's Mayhem
Lacarolita @ Lacarolita's Designz

Time for a Freebie

2009-09-21T01:48:00.001-07:00

This weekends freebie ladies is a PU Grim Reaper for Halloween that I put together at the weekend, a lotta hard work went into this one trying to get the skeleton bits right was a nightmare lol but I was determined to finish, hope some of you like him, is shown smaller than his actual size in the preview, actual size is approx 585x560 so tagger size intended, you can find him over on my scrappin stuff blog .
Also when you are over there have a look around as theres tonsof new cu templates being added almost daily.
Have Fun and enjoy your visit, its always good to hear from yall so why not leave a wee note in cbox so I know you stopped by.
Have a happy Monday peeps.
Hugs Susan.

Sale starts in a few hours

2009-09-16T17:41:00.000-07:00

Be sure to stop by tomorrow and grab some massive bargains.
You will find all my products listed HERE
Happy Shopping :)

hugs Susan

Thrifty Thursday @ Katelynn Designs Store

2009-09-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

Okkies ladies here is the big sale news I promised lol, stop on by at Katelynn Designs Store on Thursday 17th Sept for hundreds of special offers in out Thrifty Thursday Sale, many many designers are participating in the sale with items starting at just $1.00 each....

ALL my listings will be priced at $1.00 for 24 hours only so if you have seen something you like then Thursday is the day to shop ...

Simply click the image above to go to the store and have a look around, make that shopping list for all the goodies you like.

Thanks ladies
hugs Susan

Meet Frankie... He's Free lol

2009-09-11T16:34:00.000-07:00

Ladies, Meet Frankie...cute huh lol (or not), Frankies free, yep totally free and you can grab him from my scrappin stuff blog, hes pu only ladies, if you like him simply click the preview above to go to the scrappin blog and click the link to download

Would love to see anything you create using frankie so please send to my email addy which is posted over on the right >>>>>>>>>>>

Enjoy
Hugs Susan

New Tutorial using my DJ Superstar Kit

2009-09-11T03:09:00.000-07:00

This fabby tut was written by Kelly on out CT at Sticky Kits, Kelly used my DJ Superstar kit for this one, you can find the tut on Kellys Tutorial site HERE. Stop on over and have a look at Kellys new tutorial blog where you will find all her awesome tuts.
Thank you Kelly I love what you did with the kit.
Hugs Susan

Spookville

2009-09-11T02:47:00.000-07:00

This beautiful animation was sent in by Dawdy from the CT over at Sticky Kits, once again she did an awesome job using my 'Spookville' kit, Thank so much to Dawdy for all the continued great work you do with all my kits, love this one and the animation turned out cooool....

My Spookville kit is available in the following stores, P4s. Katelynn Designs, Dazzling Scraps & last but most certainly not least is my latest store Scrappin Bratz, yep I got invited to join over there, to celebrate my joining all my kits are marked down 30% exclusive to Scrappin Brats so if your going shopping this weekend why not take a peek over there and see what savings are on offer, my overlay packs are still to be added there but all kits and cu templates are in store now.

Hope everyone has a fab weekend, we are in for a heatwave or so the weather says haha we will see cuz its never what its meant to be.

Hugs Susan

Blog Train/s News & Update

2009-09-10T18:25:00.000-07:00

Till the Old Skool Blog Trains leave their stations, my portion which is shown below will be posted and available on my scrappin blog remember, be sure to drop by there in the next few days when the full list of participating designers will be listed

I also signed up for the massive Ghost Train blog which will leave the stations on Oct 1st so thats another freebie for yall to look forward to, more news on this coming very soon, its huge and will be filled with endless sppoky goodies, mark these diaries ladies lol there will be lots more in the coming months

Sooo thats the blog trains update for you all tonight, i also have more news for you all lol but thats coming in the next post ;)

bed time for me for tonight
have a good one everyone
G'night hugs Susan

Sneak Peek - Old Skool Blog Train

2009-09-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Tonight im giving sneak peek of a new blog train thats coming your way in just 8 days, yep the girls over at Team Trouble have got together to bring you this awesome blog train aptly named 'Old Skool Blog Train' ...
22 amazing designers have tons of mind blowing designs dated from the 50's thru to the 80's, my theme is a mix of 60's & 70's as yall know thats my fav era, I was born mid 60's lol so am not so old I remember it all lmao but is still my top fav for everything.

Be sure to check my scrappin stuff blog for more details nearer the time as this is where the link will be posted, to grab my portion of this fantastic, funky, groovy blog train which im proud to be part of hehehe.

In the coming week I will be posting a list of all the designers and blog links of who is taking part over there on my scrap blog, hope you all will come back to snag & enjoy.

hugs Susan.

Top of the Class (FTU-1 WEEK ONLY)

2009-09-03T05:36:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on Sept 3rd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincide2009/09/back-to-school-scrap-kit-free-for-oHEREnce.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tubes of Choice I used the artwork of Jason & Heather Martin, you must have a proper license to use this work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
Scrap Kit Used - FTU for limited time only 'Back to School' by Hippiedaze (me) which you can get from my scrappin stuff blog - HERE.
Freebie Buttons - 'Top of the Class' by me which you can find on my scrappin blog - HERE.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #232 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
No Templates Used.
No Outside filters Used.
Font of Choice.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take one of the school desk elements from the kit and paste as a new layer on your working canvas, resize a little to suit your working prefrences, do this by going to image, select resize and enter size you wish, click ok, move layer down toward the bottom of your canvas, add a small dropshadow.

Take one of the school blackboards from the kit and paste this as a new layer, resize as before to your preferred size & place nearer the top of your canvas, give this a small dropshadow.I used the blank board but its up to you if you want to use the boards with the chalk text. If you use the same as mine, select text tool and a chalky font, i used eraser dust and type out your choosen text, clicky apply then go to layers and choose convert to raster layer.

Now take one of the pc elements and paste this as a new layer, resize as before making it quite small so it sits nicely on the desk, i also used my selection rectangle and selected the keyboard part then cut and pasted as a new layer so i could move the keyboard slightly, this is up to yourself, add a dropshadow to the pc and keyboard layers.

Take one of the trash bin elements and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place where you like it nearer the bottom of the canvas, add a dropshadow to the bin.

Take a clock element and paste as a new layer, again resize as needed and place to the upper left of your tag, or of course the right side if you prefer lol. give the clock a small dropshadow.

Now I added my tube, paste your choosen tube as a new layer, resize a little and place where you like it on the canvas, I used a sitting tube to put her on the desk, add a dropshadow to the tube.

Activate the bottom white layer of your canvas and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, you can resize this a little if you want to but i left mine normal size, go to layers and select load mask from disc, in the drop list of masks look for the mask you saved at the start (WSL Mask #232) use the following settings to add the mask to your canvas :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group, use your deform tool to stretch the mask layer out a little till its how you want it & showing around your tag.

Activate the bottom white layer once more and paste a different coloured paper as a new layer, repeat the mask layer with the same mask again and once you have merged group use the deform tool to pull it out slightly more than the first mask, see mine as example.

Activate the top layer of your tag and decorate now with any other elements from the kit that you want to use, resize each element and place where you like on the canvas, give each element layer a small drop shadow.

Crop or resize your tag now if you want to but leave enough room for your name lol.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.

and we're done i think lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com .

Almost lost these pressies ...

2009-09-01T15:16:00.000-07:00

Wow i really thought i had lost this bunch of fab tags from Laura over @ Sticky Kits CT, am sorry for the delay in posting these Laura they had somewhat saved to a different location lol but better late than never eh ....
Tag above was made with my Sweet Tooth kit and it sure is sweeeeeeet, thanks ya bunches for this Laur and all the ones below.

This one has got to be a fav, its so much different to the theme of the kit and totally love what Laura did with this-my room for the girls kit, whats more shes used one of my first ever tag templates which can be found over there on the right, templates are all bundled fo quicker downloading, thanks so much for this one Laura.

Another awesome pressie from Laura, this time shes used my Rainbow Rockz kit, love it girl and thanks so much again.

And Laura did it again lol, this time with the Rainbow rockz add on kit, am so glad your enjoying using all my kits Laura and big thanks to ya.

Last but deffo not least comes this rockin dj tag, made with my DJ Rockstar kit, you did awesome girl thanks ya bunches.
Sorry again for these so late in posting
hugs Susan

New Tut using my Sweet Tooth Scrap Kit

2009-09-01T02:44:00.000-07:00

OOooooooooooh this is making me hungry this morning lol....
This awesome new tut was written by Kristen (sorry been spelling your name wrong till now lol)
over at Tags by Kris which you can find HERE.
Thanks so much Kris for using my kit and writing this fantastic tut, am sooo glad you went with the first choice of tube cuz i simply love it.
Also the tut is over in the list on the right>>>>>>>> along with all the other wonderful tuts that have been sent to me from my kits.
Thank you bunches Kristen.

Its been like Christmas today posting all these fabulous sends.
hugs Susan

Another Tag Pressie for me

2009-09-01T02:39:00.000-07:00

This funky disco tag comes from Lis aka pspgirl at Sticky Kits CT, wow its fabby, love the tube also, Lis used my DJ Superstar kit to rock his one out and rock it she sure did, thanks bunches for this Lis and for using my kit.
You know it really makes my day when i see my kits being used.

Lots & Lots of Tag Pressies for Me

2009-09-01T02:11:00.000-07:00

First up is this yummy tag from Dawdy over at Sticky Kits CT, she used my Sweet Tooth scrap kit to create this oh so yummy tag, awesome isnt it .........
Thanks ya bunches Dawdy for using my kits and for the pressies which i simply love.

From Dawdy again, using my part of the Back to School collab kit over at P4S, more thanks to Dawdy and i love this too, its great to see my kits being used so much so keep em coming lol
Thanks bunches for my tag pressie on this one too.

This one is from Laura on the Sticky Kits team also, she used my Groovy Festival kit for this cool tag, love it thank you bunches Laura

From Laura again, this time she used my Lets Go Camping kit for this lovely tag, Im being spoiled with all these pressies lol, thank you Laura for using my kits and for my pressies, i love them.

Another fab tag from Laura at Sticky Kits CT, she used my One Summer Day kit for this, (its available for just $1 today at P4S), love this Laura and you did awesome, cant thank you enough for using all my kits and for the pressie tags,.

Awww this is soooo cute ... Another tag pressie from Laura at Sticky Kits CT using my Primary Brights kit, i just love this Laura thank you so much.

2 Days to Go

2009-08-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

Till the end of my August Sale, if theres anythinng you have your eye on nows the time to do the shopping lol cuz after Aug 31st the sale will be over and all listings will be back to normal prices, All my items are listed in P4S & Katelynn Designs, which you can find the links to on the right over >>>>>

Many many new listings this last few days so if you havent been following and missed any, you can preview them all on my scrappin stuff blog.

Dont forget to stop and say hi when you drop by, its always good to hear from yall.
Hope its a good night for everyone, I will be hitting the sack very soon lol.
Hugs Susan

Garv Girls Bar

2009-08-28T01:22:00.001-07:00

This tutorial was written on August 27th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube/s of Choice, I used the artwork of Keith Garvey, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT - mypsptubes - HERE .
PTU Scrap Kit 'Club Night' by Hippiedaze (me) @ Hippiedaze Tuts and you can purchase this kit from P4S - HERE .
No Template Used.
Mask Used - WSL Mask #314 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Font of Choice.
No Outside Plugins Used.

Open all supplies before you start ....

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take one of the Round Frames from the kit and paste as a new layer in your new canvas, you may want to resize a little so to do this go to image, select resize, choose resize by around 80% smartsize or whichever size suits you, make sure resize all layers tab is unchecked, click ok.

Grab your magic wand from the tool palette and click inside the frame area so there will be marching ants flashing around the inside frame, take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, you can always resize the paper a little if you wish but not smaller than the 'ants', when your happy with the size of the paper go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go back to selections and select none, move the paper layer to below your frame layer.

Take one of the Bar Elements from the kit and paste this as a new layer in the middle of your canvas and middle of frame lol, resize this in the same way as before to suit your liking.

Take one of the signs elements and paste this as a new layer on your working canvas, resize as needed and move upwards to just about level with the frame.

Take a bar stool from the kit (make sure your on the top layer of the canvas now) and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and place where you like it in front of the bar, i also duplicated the stool layer a few times to make more seats around the bar lol, you can do this by going to layers, select duplicate layer, do this as many ties as needed.

Take one of your chosen tubes and paste this as a new layer, i resized mine by 80% bicubic and moved the layer below the bar layer, make sure the legs arent showing at the bottom of the bar lol and if they are then grab your selection tool and select the parts that are showing then hit delete on your keyboard to erase, go to selections and select none.

Take your 2nd choosen tube, paste as a new layer on your working canvas, resize as needed and place her where you like, also do this with a third tube if you are following mine and place this where you want it.

Take a pool cue element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place at one end of the bar, do this with the other 2 coloured cue elements also and line them up so they are like agaings the wall lol.

Take the dartboard element and paste as a new layer on your canvas, resize as needed and move upwards and towards the oposite side of the bar so it looks like its hanging on the wall.

Now make sure you are on the layer just above the frame, choose a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to layers select load mask from disc, look for the mask you loaded at the start, (WSL Mask #314) use the following settings to add the mask:-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group, use your deform tool to stretch the mask layer out a little till its how you want it & showing around your tag.

Now repeat the mask step with a different coloured paper and go to image, select mirror, you can move the layers slightly so they are sorta mixing lol, see mine as example.

I used the blank bar for this tag so I added some words to the front, this is entirely up to yourself.
Add another other elements from the kit that you want to use to decorate your tag more.

Add dropshadows to any layers you like or all if you want lol.

Crop or resize your tag now if you want to or didnt at the start but leave enough room for your name lol.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.

and we're done i think lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com .

New Tut coming Tonight

2009-08-27T03:06:00.001-07:00

Decided to do a tut for a change lol & had some time to rustle up this tag this morning, made with my Club Night Scrap Kit which is available at P4S with 25% savings, just wanted to show it before i go and will write the tut tonight when i get back from my hospital appt so check back later in the day for this one.
And have a good day everyone.
Hugs Susan.

Dont Forget Its $1 Tuesday

2009-08-25T14:47:00.001-07:00

Why not rock on over to Paradise 4 Scrappers today and fetch yourself a bargain or three lol, I have tons of my kits & templates as well as All overlay packs listed for just $1 plus theres over 750 products to choose from by all the fantasic designers in the store.
Stilll just over 8hours left to do your shopping and saving.
See you there

Hugs Susan

Tag Pressie for me

2009-08-23T04:30:00.001-07:00

Awesome just Awesome :D one of my fav popeye tubes and my first ever freebie scrap kit was used by a good friend of mine, Jeanne aka Happy made this for me and she did so brilliantly didnt she :D, thanks ya bunches Happy for my pressie am over the moon with this.
Happy also used my template and did the tut written by Wicked Princess.
you rock Happy love it
Thanks again
hugs Susan

I Sea

2009-08-23T03:57:00.001-07:00

This tutorial was written on August 23rd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice I used the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott, you will need a proper license to use her work and can get one by visiting - HERE.
PTU Scrap Kit 'Ror Row Out to Sea' by Natasha @ Sticky Kisses, you can purchase this kit from Scrap Heaven Boutique - HERE.
Mask Used - Mask 178 by Cat @ Insatible Dreams - HERE
No Template Used.
No Plugins Used.
Font of Choice.

(Open all supplies and save mask to psp folder before you begin)

Lets Get Started

Open a new image in your psp workspace by clicking file and select new, choose image size 500x500 (or bigger if you prefer), white canvas and click ok.

Choose one of the frames from the kit and paste as a new layer in the centre of your working canvas, you will need to resize a little if using my sizes so click image and choose resize, make sure resize all layers is UNCHECKED, i resized mine by around 80%, click ok.

Grab your magic and tool from the tool palette and click inside the frame so you have the marching ants blinking around the edges, go to selections again, select modify and choose expand, select expand by 3 and click ok, now take a paper of your choice from the kit and paste as a new layer in your canvas, resize as needed but not smaller than the marching ants lol, once happy with size go to selections select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, do not deselect yet..... take the waves element from the kit and paste as a new layer move down to the bottom of the frame and then when happy hit delete on your keyboard again, this pastes the wave inside the frame, you need to move both the wave layer and paper layer to below the frame layer tho .

Take the seaweed element from the kit and paste as a new layer above the waves layer but below the frame lol, resize to your liking, i resized quite small and then duplicated the layer and moved to the right a little, also added a dropshadow to both seaweed layers.

Take the lighthouse element from the kit and paste this as a new layer on your canvas, resize a little and move to the left side of your tag, add a small dropshadow if you wish.

Take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize to your liking and move to the left beside the lighthouse, add a small dropshadow to your tube as well.

Take the fish element from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed (made mine quite small again) move the fish to where you like it on the waves, i also used the deform tool to rotate a little, you can do this by grabbing your deform tool and rotate while holding the mouse over over the node that rotates, go to layers, select duplicate and move the second fish to where you like it in the waves, add a dropshadow to both fis layers.

Take the octopuss tube from the kit and paste as a new layer in your canvas, resize this to your liking and move to the right side of your canvas, add the same dropshadow to this layer.

I also used the sea word label and a bow from the kit to decorate a little more, simply paste as new layers and resize you your liking then place where you like on top area of the frame, dropshadow both layers.

Now activate bottom white layer, paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, go to layers again, load mask from disc, then find the first mask we loaded at the start (178 Insatible Dreams) Make sure the following settings are set...
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked
Hide Mask - checked.
Go to layers, merge group.
Take your deform tool and stetch the mask layer out to suit so it shows a little from behind all layers.

Crop or resize your tag if you want to to your preffered size in the usual way.

Activate the top layer of your canvas again & add you name, artist info & copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.
and we're done lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,

Back to School Collab @ P4S

2009-08-22T19:13:00.001-07:00

Take a look at all these goodies in this massive collab kit happening now at P4S store.

21 Designers from Paradise 4 Scrappers have put together this fantastic collaboration for you. Back 2 School is the theme. Hundreds of goodies for these back to school tags.
Remember its 21 designers that means 21 fabulous kits which can be yours free withjust $10 spend or more throughout the store. When you add to your cart and add an additional $10 worth of items from the store go to the checkout & enter the coupon code, Back2SchoolCollab, this will be yours free with your other downloads, couldnt be any easier eh :D
Hurry tho cuz this wont be available for long!

Dont miss it
Visit P4S today to start shopping and own these fab kits.

And remember I posted my preview earlier in the week but for those of you who missed, here it is again

Brag Book Page & Tag from Amy

2009-08-22T04:35:00.000-07:00

Thes 2 awesome creations were made by Amy over on the Sticky Kits CT, these ladies there are just fabulous at whipping out some dazzling tag etc, be sure to take a peek at their blog (linked over on the right >>>>>
Amy, thanks you bunches for working with my Lets Go Camping kit and coming up with these ever so cute creations, ps thats the first brag book page anyones made from my kits so far so yayyyyyyyy to you (big smiles)

Hugs Susan.

Punk Rocker Tut from Mary

2009-08-22T04:09:00.000-07:00

Mary from Sticky Kits Ct has used my Punk Rocker Chic Kit here and wrote this fantastic tut, awesome eh, love it Mary and big thanks ya.
You can find this tut on Mary's blog Country Bug Tutorials.
My kit is available from P4S, Katelynn Designs & Dazzlings Scraps stores, each of the links are over on the right, >>>>>>
ps i need to get the blinkie for Dazzling Scraps store added lol also the tut is animated but with me having some PB issues i can only post the still version just now and will post the animated when i get things sorted.

Enjoy

New Templates

2009-08-21T17:11:00.001-07:00

Just a wee note to let yall know theres a bunch of new templates posted over on my scrappin blog so if ya fancy some shopping ya know where it all is lol, you can view the previews from the link above and the store links are all listed to the right of the blog

Have a good weekend everyone
hugs Susan

ohhhhhhhhhhh i have another award to post, im not forgetting lol just very tired tonight so will make too many typos so its listed for my things to do tmw

niters

Another 2 Fab Tags from Gina

2009-08-21T14:49:00.000-07:00

awww these are both actually animated too it totally rocks, Gina from Sticky Kits CT used my Dj Superstar kit to create these awesome tags.
Thanks bunches Gina

Another New Award

2009-08-21T13:15:00.001-07:00

This fabby award was given to me by Staci over at Designs by Staci,
Thanks so much for thinking of me with this one, im honoured again yayyyy.

Here are the guidelines for accepting the award:

1 - Display the prize.
2 - Link to the Blog from whom you received it.
3 - Nominate another 10 blogs.
4 - Leave a message on their blog, letting them know they have received it

So my chosen blogs are :-

1. Stef & Tracy @ Freebie Friends Scraps & More
2. Mary @ Country Bug Tutorials
3. Everyone @ Getting Creative with Sticky Kits
4. Lou @ Truly Toxic
5. Shani @ Wicked Princess Tutorials
6. Jessica @ Gothic Inspirations
7. Gina @ Crafted by Gina
8. Mazie @ Mazies Mayhem
9. Melanie @ Beehaven Designs
10. Bits n Bobs Blogspot

I Got An Award

2009-08-20T04:52:00.001-07:00

This lovely blog award comes from Tracy & Stef over at Freebie Friend's Scraps & More.
Thanks ya bunches for this ladies and I'm very honoured.

Many many blogs have this award so I need to go through some and see what friends dont already have this, (ive had this award twice) promise to pass very soon when i get my muddle sorted out here

Thanks again ladies
Hugs Susan

New Tut From Alyssa

2009-08-20T04:38:00.001-07:00

Alyssa over at Sticky Kits CT has came up with this fantastic tag with the most awesome tube and put together into a tut, yayyyy isnt is awesome....
You can find the tut on Aylssa's Blog HERE
Thanks bunches Alyssa for this, it rocks and I simply love it.

New Freebies up for grabs

2009-08-16T03:36:00.000-07:00

I just posted a couple of freebies over on my scrappin stuff blog if anyone wants them your welcome to download, they can be got at HERE

Hugs Susan.

A New Tut from Wicked Princess

2009-08-15T06:55:00.000-07:00

Shani aka Wicked Princess got busy with my Sweet Tooth kit and came up with this adorably sweet tag & she also wrote a tut with this which you can find on her tut blog HERE , she has some fabulous tuts written with my kits as well as many many others so take a trip over and let her know I sent ya lol

Another Tag Pressie

2009-08-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

Mary over at the Sticky Kits CT has been busy with my part of the Summer Heat Blog Train and came up with this fabulous tag, wish i looked like thathehehe, I love the tag Mary & thanks so much for using this.

Check Out These Awesome Tag Pressies

2009-08-15T06:31:00.000-07:00

The first of 3 fantastic new tags for me from Dawdy over at Sticky Kits CT team. Dawdy used my Lets Go Camping kit for this one and she did awesomely with it.
Thanks bunches for this girl.

2nd tag pressie from Dawdy again at Sticky Kits CT, she used my Groovy Festival kit for this colourful lil tag, Love this thanks Dawdy.

and last but by no means least the 3rd tag from Dawdy, using my DJ Superstar kit, way to go girl I love them all.
Thanks so much and hope you had fun with these.

Freebies

2009-08-14T02:03:00.000-07:00

I just posted 2 new freebie paper packs for anyone that wants them lol, as ya know all my scrappin stuff has moved to my other blog so thats where the freebies are too hehehe....

Boogie on over HERE to see whats new today and dont forget to let me know you stopped by

Also check back later today as there is a couple of new templates going in the stores,
Lil reminder that all my kits & stuff is still going at 25% off normal prices for the whole of August and this includes ALL new listings

Have Fun Everyone
hugs Susan

Bubblegum Rock

2009-08-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on August 13th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Lix, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit CILM - HERE .
Scrap Kit Used - 'Bubblegum Rock' by Gina @ , you can purchase this awesome kit from HERE.
No Templates Used.
No Masks Used.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
2nd Plugin Used - Toadies, Blast n Blur.
Font of Choice.

Open all supplies before you start ....

Lets Get Started....

Open a new image in your psp by going to file tab and select new, choose 500x500 white image, click ok.

Take one of the mat elements and paste as a new layer in the centre of your canvas, resize around 85% smartsize, make sure resize all layers is unchecked then click ok.

Duplicate this layer and go to adjust, select hue/saturation/brightness and then choose a colour to match your tube/tag, click ok then go to effects, choose Toadies, blast n blur and use the default settings, click ok and move this layer below the first mat layer.

Take one of the frames from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to image, select rotate and rotate by around 20.00 left, duplicate this layer and then go to image and select mirror, position to your liking or see mine as example.

Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame area so the marching ants are blinking, go to selections, select modify and choose to expand by 2, click ok take a paper of choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize a little then go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, do not deselect yet, choose a tube and paste this as a new layer, resize a little then position how you like it inside the frame, when happy with placement simply hit delete on your keyboard to erase excess tube from around the frame.

Repeat that step for the other frame using the same tube mirrored or a different tube if you wish as long as its by the same artist.

On both tube layers i lowered the opacity down to around 60 but this is up to you. I also added some noise to both paper layers.

Take your main tube and make sure your on top layer of your canvas then paste tube as a new layer, resize as needed to your liking and place in middle of your canvas.

Take the bubblegum rock wordart from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place at bottom of your canvas or where you like depending on what tube you use.

Add any elements you want to decorate your tag, or see mine as examples. I used some roses, stars and skull.

Add a drop shadow to any layers you wish.

Crop or resize your tag now if you want to but leave enough room for your name.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com .

Tuts Tags n Stuff made with my Kits

2009-08-12T03:30:00.001-07:00

This awesome Back to School tag was made by Gina at Sticky Kits, she used my part of the Back to School Collab kit which is available from today @ P4S store
Thanks so much Gina for my ever so cute tag, I love it.

Next up is this fabby Rock tag made by Dawdy who is also part of Sticky Kits CT, she used my Rainbow Rockz Kit for this one and she really did rock it, the tube is perfect with the kit.
Thanks bunches Dawdy for my tag

Last but deffinitely not least is this awesome tut written by Stef of Freebie Friends & More, Stef is also part of Sticky Kits CT and you can find this tut on her forum HERE.
A big thank you to Stef too for you awesome work and for using my kit.

My kits can all be found over on my Scrappin Blog and in both P4S store & Katelynn Designs store

Its Tuesday... Its $1.00 Day @ P4S

2009-08-11T03:00:00.001-07:00

Yayyy its Tuesday again, time to fetch a bargain or few lol, theres over 600 products listed at a crazy price of just $1 each over at p4S, lots of my listings are in this sale too so if you've seen something you like then todays the day to go shopping hehehe

Have fun everyone, the link to the store is in the advert above simply click to go shop

Lots & Lots of New Goodies added

2009-08-09T17:30:00.000-07:00

Have you visited my new blog yet ladies ? I have added lots of new templates over the weekend, mostly 60's 70's style stuff, if this is your kinda thing then why not pop over for a visit and check it out, new stuff being added to the stores daily as well as a few freebies thrown in along the way lol, its well worth a wee visit and dont forget to say hi when your there, feel free to add to the followers if you like what you see and keep up to date with new additions as they arrive.
Best of all for those of you who dont know yet, I have 25% off ALL listings for the entire month of August

just folow the link in my header or click on my scrappin stuff blinkie on the right to get there

See You There
hugs Susan

My Girly Room

2009-08-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on July 25th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
Very quick and easy tut.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice, I used the artwork of Kenny Kiernan, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit AMI - HERE.
PTU Scrap Kit Used - 'Room For The Girls' by Hippiedaze (me) @ Hippiedaze Scrappin Stuff and you can purchase this kit at P4S or Katelynns Designs stores
No Template Used.
Font of Choice.

(Open all supplies and save mask to psp folder before you begin)

Lets Get Started

For this tut the instructions are just a rough guide only, yours may differ depending on what sizes you like to work with.

Open a new canvas in your psp workspace by going to file, select new, choose white 500x500 and click ok.

I started with the bed element so paste this as new layer on your working canvas and go to image, select resize, resize this so its to your liking and place in centre near the bottom of your tag.

Take one of the dressing table elements and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place layer behind the bed nearer the centre of your tag, you can follow mine as an example.

These 2 elements gave me a guide for the rest of the tag placement lol so we will move to the walls before adding anything else okkies ....

Choose a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, move this layer all the way to the bottom of your canvas, resize down till you have a square in the centre of your canvas.

Choose a different paper or the same one if you like lol and paste this as a new layer on your canvas, resize a little but not too much, move to the bottom of your canvas, we will cut this paper in half now so take your selection tool and draw a rectangle on the right hand side of your tag, from the centre to the right lol and top to bottom, when happy with size hit delete on your keyboard to erase this half of the paper, select none, now grab your deform tool, now hold the shift key down and move your mouse over the top right node, the little icon should slant a bit, now keep holding the shift key down and pull the node down towards the centre, not too much tho lol, now do the same with the bottom right node but drag it up towards the centre, when happy with this pull the middle right side node to the left to make it narrower, (hope that all makes sense lol).

Duplicate this now and then go to image and select mirror, you should now have the back wall and 2 side walls right ? lol

Choose another paper from the kit, paste as a new layer resize a bit again and do the same step as above that we did for the walls except this time pull the top left and top right nodes in toward the centre, also pull the middle node down towards the bottom, this should give it a more flattened look,remember you can follow my tag as an example.

For the ceiling i simply duplicated the floor layer and then flipped it, you may have to use the deform tool again to pull the nodes slightly to fit with the top sections of the walls, I also changed the colour by going to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness and then choose colourise, i used a pink to match the walls.

Whewwww now we have the room done lol lets add the window, paste this as a new layer, make sure its the top layer of your canvas, resize to your liking and move towards the top of your tag a little but keep in centre, when happy with placement take your selection tool and draw out a rectangle just a little bigger than the window frames but not bigger than the curtain edges, activate the back wall layer now and then hit delete on your keyboard this will remove the wall from behind the windows, keep selected and go to layers, add new raster layer, choose a colour for the foreground in your colour palette then takeyour floodfill tool and fill new layer with choosen colour, you should now have something like mine.

Take one of the ceiling light elements and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place in centre of tag, move to near the top so its coming from the ceiling lol.

Take one of the floor lamps and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place in left corner of your tag, make sure this layer is behind the bed.

Take a drawer chest element and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and place in opposite corner of your tag.

Take one of the table lamps and paste this as a new layer, resize quite small till its sitting nicely on top of the drawers.

Choose your tube and paste this as a new layer, resize as needed and place where she looks best, I used a sitting tube lol so put her sitting on the bed but the choice is yours.

Decorate the tag with any other elements you want, place each element on a new layer and resize as needed.

I added a dropshadow to most layers but this is up to you.

Still with me lol ...

Crop or resize your tag now if you want to but leave enough room for your name lol.

Add your name, artist info and copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.

and we're done i think lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com .

New Anouncement Coming Very Soon

2009-08-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

It's been a progressive night for me lol, and a busy one again, so am going to keep this announcement for tomorrow as its after 1am and the typo's start setting in haha lol - Anyways the announcement is regarding my CT so be sure to check back and find out the news lol, for now I'm keeping you all in suspense :P lol
gotta get me some beauty sleep so have a great night everyone and take care I will be back tomorrow
hugs Susan

Freebie Time

2009-08-06T11:01:00.001-07:00

Well this weeks been a busy one for me and haven't had as much time as I wanted to psp but have posted a couple of wee freebies for you all over on my new blog, just a few bits that were lying around in my files and I was trying to tidy up lol so if you haven't already visited my scrappin stuff blog why not take a trip over and see whats on offer, you can get there by clicking HERE.

Make sure you say hi when you drop in, its always good to hear from yall.

Have a good day
Hugs Susan

$1.00 Tuesdays @ P4S

2009-08-03T16:12:00.001-07:00

Yep its that time of the week again ladies, hundreds of items listed at just $1.00 each, many of my items will be listed there tomorrow so rock on over and shop yourself silly lol, this happens every Tuesday only at Paradise 4 Scrappers so mark these diaries and fill your baskets hehehe

Happy Shopping

In the process of moving things...

2009-08-03T06:22:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,
Well as you all know my kits and stuff are now on sale in 2 stores, thats P4S & Katelynn Designs, when i first started this blog i didnt even make kits or anything else but over the past couple of months I've got right into the designing side of things and lovin it...
Soooo I felt it was time to make a new blog and seperate the tutorials from the scrapping stuff, well thats what most ppl do right lol....
I created the new blog on Saturday and altho its nowhere near finished I've copied all the PTU things over to there.
If you see things starting to dissapear from this blog then they will all be on the new one...

You can have a peek in the blog
http://hippiedazescrappinstuff.blogspot.com/

I know its nowhere near finished yet and still no header lol but slowly and surely I will get there.

To celebrate the new blog I have EVERYTHING in my listings in both stores marked down 25% from 1st-31st August

Sorry for all the moving around for the time being
Hugs Susan

Sweet Treat Shoppe

2009-08-01T03:27:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written on July 31st 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tubes of Choice I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
PTU Scrap Kit 'Sweet Tooth' by Hippiedaze (me), you can purchase this kit at P4S - HERE. and Katelynn Designs - HERE.
Template used - Template #26 by Hippiedaze (me) and you can get this from 4shared - HERE.
No Masks Used.
Plugin Used - Toadies.
Font of Choice for your name.

Lets Get Started...

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make sure the box resize all layers is checked, click on the bottom white layer, go to image again and select canvas size and choose 500x500 to give a little extra room to work or if you prefer you can resize later.

Activate the layer named Freezy cone background, go to selection, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, back to selections and select none.

Activate the layer Freezy Cone main heading and go to adjust, select brightnes /contrast and move the brightness slider a little to the right to lighten the layer just a little bit as you want this to still be quite bold lol, then choose a bright colour that matches your tube in your foreground colour tab, grab the colour to target brush tool and move the mouse over the layer to colourise.

Repeat that step with the layer named shop header using a lighter colour this time.

Activate the layer named main shop front dark, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste the stripe paper from the kit as a new layer, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard the back to selections and select none.

Activate the light shop front layer, grab the colour to target brush tool and pick a colour in your foreground tab then move the mouse all over the light shop background to colour to choosen colour.

Activate the left & right window layer and colourise in the same way as above with a bright colour to match the kit.

Also do the same step with the middle window layer & small left and right window layers, i used a pale colour for these windows but the choice is yours.

Using the same colour as the main header sign (mines a bright pink) colourise the window frame layer 7 small window frame layer with the colour to target brush tool.

You can either leave the main outline layer as it is or colourise this to your choice to match the rest of the tag.

Now activate your bottom white layer and take one of the round frames from the kit, paste this as a new layer and resize a little if needed till its sized as you want it then duplicate this layer and on the original frame layer go to effects, select Toadies, Blast n Blur effect and use the following settings :-
X Effect - 15 .... Y Effect - 17 and click ok.

Activate the top layer of your tag now and take your tube and paste as a new layer, resize this to your liking and place where you like, add a dropshadow to the tube.

Time to decorate your tag now so choose any element you likefrom the kit and paste as new layers, resize each element as needed and place in the 'windows' and around your tag.

When done with adding elements resize you tag if you didnt at the start.

Add a name if you wish, i added mine just under the header sign.

Add artist info and copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results,

hippiedaze@hotmail.com

Mission Heatwave Blog Train

2009-07-31T17:49:00.001-07:00

It's arrived and here is my portion of the Mission Heatwave Blog Train, many talented ladies have taken part in this awesome train, be sure to stop at all the blogs below to collect everyones parts and be sure to leave some love when you download, a little thanks goes a long way.

Download my part - HERE.

Sticky Kisses Designs - http://stickykissesdesigns.blogspot.com/
Gothic Inspirations - http://gothicinspirations.blogspot.com/
Candy Kisses Designz - http://candykissesdesignz.blogspot.com/
Alyssas Scraps & Such - http://alyssas-scrapsnsuch.blogspot.com/
TracyDidIt - http://tracydiditagain.blogspot.com/
Ziggy Fan Creations - http://ziggyfanscraps.blogspot.com/
Melissaz Creationz - http://melissazcreationz.blogspot.com
Wicked Princess - http://wickedprincesstuts.blogspot.com/
KittenScraps - http://kittenscraps.blogspot.com
Dazzling Scraps - http://www.dazzlingscraps.com
Creations By Laura - http://ladyyunacreations.blogspot.com
GF Designz - http://girlfrienddesignz.blogspot.com/
Pspgirl - http://pspgirlplace.blogspot.com/
Hippie Daze Tuts - http://hippiedazetuts.blogspot.com/
Crazy Lady Scraps - http://crazyladyscraps.blogspot.com/

Please note that not all designers live in the same time zone so if a part hasn't been posted be sure to check back a little later.

Enjoy
hugs Susan

Extended Sale & Upcoming Sale

2009-07-30T18:13:00.001-07:00

At both store I sell in.. links to P4s & Katelynns Designs are over there on the right >>>>
Starts tomorrow at midnight in Katelynns and sale extended in P4s, everything new I post during the month of August will automatically be marked down 25% so grab yourself a bargain lol

Bed time for me for sure now whewww that was a lotta posting and need to get my head down before the typos set in hehehe

night all
hugs Susan

Sweet Treat Shoppe Tut preview

2009-07-30T17:03:00.000-07:00

I have new tut for you all sorry its been so long since i wrote one but been busy getting ready for the blog train and taking part in a collaboration kit over at P4s .

Sweet Treat Shoppe was made using my 'Sweet Tooth' kit and will be posted tomorrow morning, the kit is available in stores at P4S and Katelynn Designs, my sale at p4s is extended for the whole month of August and same goes for katelynn designs the sale will satart 1st August and run for the whole month there too

Almost bedtime lol
have a good one ladies
hugs Susan

Mission Heatwave Blog Train - 2 days to take off

2009-07-30T16:57:00.000-07:00

Time's getting nearer to take off for this fabulous blog train
'Mission Heatave' takes off from the station in just 2 days

My portion will be posted tomorrow night so check back then to start downloading

August 1st, 2009 for take off & here is a list of the designers taking part -

Sticky Kisses Designs - http://stickykissesdesigns.blogspot.com/
Gothic Inspirations - http://gothicinspirations.blogspot.com/
Candy Kisses Designz - http://candykissesdesignz.blogspot.com/
Alyssas Scraps & Such - http://alyssas-scrapsnsuch.blogspot.com/
TracyDidIt - http://tracydiditagain.blogspot.com/
Ziggy Fan Creations - http://ziggyfanscraps.blogspot.com/
Melissaz Creationz - http://melissazcreationz.blogspot.com
Wicked Princess - http://wickedprincesstuts.blogspot.com/
MoonBeams Creations - http://moonbeamskitsandkaboodles.blogspot.com/
KittenScraps - http://kittenscraps.blogspot.com
Dazzling Scraps - http://www.dazzlingscraps.com
Creations By Laura - http://ladyyunacreations.blogspot.com
GF Designz - http://girlfrienddesignz.blogspot.com/
Pspgirl - http://pspgirlplace.blogspot.com/
Hippie Daze Tuts - http://hippiedazetuts.blogspot.com/
Crazy Lady Scraps - http://crazyladyscraps.blogspot.com/

Please note that not all designers live in the same time zone so check back at a later date if that designer's part isn't posted. A little thank you goes a long way for all these talented designers.

CT Call

2009-07-30T08:19:00.000-07:00

Ok ladies, I think it's time I had a wee team of Creative girls who enjoy my kits & stuff,
I'm looking for maybe 3 ppl who would like to work with my scrap kits on a regular basis (i.e I would let you know when i have a new kit and send you a preview then you would decide if you wanted to work with that particlar kit), no ties no stirngs at the moment lol as i dont have a vast selection of scrap kits yet.

If anyone is interested pls drop me an email with 3 or 4 examples of your tags or if you do quickpages your most welcome to apply too, pls include your blog address (if you have one) you can find my email addy >>>> over there on the right lol and i will reply as soon as i have everything in place.

Hope some of you will be interested
Have a great day everyone
hugs Susan

Store Links for New Products

2009-07-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

Hi all

Finally got around to posting the links to all the new templates over the last couple of days, there may be more coming lol but for now you can get the templates at Paradise 4 Scrappers store & Designs by Katelynn store
All templates are priced at a bargain price of just $1.50 each

Links for P4S

HERE

& Link to Katelynn Designs

HERE.

$1.00 Tuesday Tomorrow

2009-07-27T15:12:00.000-07:00

Dont forget its Tuesday tmw and hundreds of items are listed for just $1.00 each, I have many of my templates and overlays & stuff listed so stock up while these crazy prices last

Also my 25% off sale runs for another 2 days so dont miss out on extra bargains

Happy Shopping Everyone