Spookville Tutorial from Mary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

Download - HERE.

Sweet Xmas (ftu)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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>>>>