Tutorial "Lady Midnight"

This tutorial was written by me on 10th February 2011. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Midnight Poison" PTU Scrapkit by Addictive Pleasures which you can purchase at Dreams-N-Digital, a "dark" tube, I am using the artwork of zebrush which you can purchase at PicsForDesign, Effects - Mura's Meister Copies and my frame which you can download here

1. Open a new transparent canvas 400x525px, select all, open p7.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, copy, close, open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, paste as new layer, Effects, Mura's Meister Copies - AfterImage (RotateRandom)/Number 10

2. Open my frame (FrameTemplate1.png), resize 90%, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/3 #000000, with magic wand tool click into it, selection, modify, expand 7px, open p3.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer, move down, stay on paper layer, open wire.png, resize 90%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 90 degrees right, add Dropshadow

3. Duplicate frame layer, paper layer below and wire layer, switch off the visibility of all other layers (not the duplicated ones), merge visible, make the other layers visible again, arrange merged layer above bottom layer, Effects, Mura's Meister Copies - AfterImage (RotateRandom)/Number 4, repeat again

4. Open swirl.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, arrange layer above bottom layer

5. Highlight top layer, open hangingjewel.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left and a little up, add Dropshadow, open heart3.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left, above the jewel, add Dropshadow

6. Open flowers.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, add Dropshadow, open rose2.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 15 degrees left, sharpen, move it to the right and a very little down, arrange layer below the other flower layer, add Dropshadow

7. Open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/10 #000000, you can write down your name and/or text now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg!

Hope you like my tut ♥ Please enjoy!

Tutorial "Cupido"

This tutorial was written by me on 26th January 2011. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Garveys Cupid" PTU Scrapkit by Addictive Pleasures which you can purchase at Dreams-N-Digital, a lovely cupid tube, I am using the beautiful artwork of Zebrush which you can purchase at PicsForDesign and shape circle

1. Open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, open glitter.png, resize 95%, sharpen, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/22/1 #000000, open text2.png, resize 90%, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow

2. Highlight glitter layer, with your shape tool circle (foreground off/background grey) draw a circle around the text, promote to rasterlayer, as we want it to be exactly in the center of the tag press Strg X, Strg L, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open p10.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 50px, press delete, selection, modify, contract 12px, open p3.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow to both circle layers

3. Open stamp.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow, Effects, Image Effects, Offset -125/65 (Always Custom and Wrap checked), duplicate layer, Effects, Image Effects, Offset 250/0, merge down, duplicate layer, Effects, Image Effects, Offset 0/-130, merge down

4. Highlight top layer, open bemine.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees left, sharpen, move it up to the left, add Dropshadow, open hearts.png, with freehand selection tool select the third heart from the top, copy, select none, paste it as new layer onto your tag, move it to the right and a little up, back to hearts.png, with freehand selection tool select the heart on top, copy, select none, you can close hearts.png now, paste it as new layer onto your tag, move it to the right and a little up, place it below the other heart, add Dropshadow to both

5. Open ribbon.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, add Dropshadow, open ribbon3.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees left, sharpen, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow, open 3dheart.png, resize 10%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 35 degrees right, sharpen, move it down to the left, place it where the ribbon and the ribbon3 are one above the other, add Dropshadow

6. Open heart.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 15 degrees left, sharpen, move it down and a little to the right, add Dropshadow, open bownarrow.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, add Dropshadow

7. Open your tube now, if you are working with the same tube you need to resize it 65%, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow

You can write down your name and/or text now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut ♥