Happy Thanksgiving

Here s wishing all my friends across the pond, a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Have a wonderful day, Sal xoxo

Tut And Tag Show Off

 Deck The Halls By Rhonda

Rhonda has created a fabulous new tutorial 'Deck the halls' using my xmas temp 1.

 Visit her blog Rhonda's Rockin Designz to check it out.

Thank you Rhonda. <3

I d also like to show off some pressies I've had sent to me over the last few weeks using either my tuts or temps.There all wonderful and I love receiving them . Thank you to all xxx

Laine

Laine

Bee

Bee

Ronda

Ronda

FTU Deck The Halls

Deck The Halls was written by Myself on 18th November 2013. It is my own idea and creation. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed

Tube of choice. I have used 'Winnie' the beautiful artwork of VeryMany at VeryMany Tubes

Gorgeous Ftu Scrap kit is 'Christmas Fun' by Daph at Daph's Scrappin Kreationz
Please leave a thank you :)

Template - Xmas Temp 1 by Me. You can get this HERE

Font used - KG Melonheadz

Filters Used
Xero - Radiance
Tramages - Mo Jellyfish

Open template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits and dashed rectangles.

In layer palette - Red Rectangle. Selections - Select all - Float. C/paste paper 4 re sized to 90 %. 

De float - Invert - Delete.

Select none and delete original temp layer. Apply Xero - Radiance (settings below) D/shadow.

Layer Palette - Yellow Line Rectangle. Adjust - Color balance- Manual color correction to change colour to white and d/shadow.

Layer Palette - Merge Yellow Rectangle 1 and 2. Selections - Select all - Float. C/paste paper 14 re sized to 80%. De float - Invert - Delete.

Select none and delete temp layer. Apply Radiance as before. D /shadow.

Layer Palette - Green Rectangle. Same float and fill method as previous layers using paper 10 at 90%.

Select none and delete temp layer.

Again apply Radiance as before. Add noise - 15 - gaussian - monochrome checked. D/shadow.

Layer Palette -Large Grey Circle. Float and fill method again using paper 10 at 90%.

No Radiance on this layer.

Select none, delete temp layer and d/shadow.

Layer Palette - Float and fill method using paper 7 with a gaussian blur of 15, re sized to 80%.

Select none. Delete temp layer. Apply Tramages - Mo Jellyfish (settings below)

Above this inner circle layer c/paste Frame 5 re sized to 70%. Rotate to left by 21 degrees. Use your raster deform tool to stretch and position the frame in line with the outer edge of the inner circle. Like me, you may find the bottom right of the Frame a little tricky to line up with the edge of the circle but don't worry to much as your tube will cover this ; )

Once happy with positioning change blend mode of Frame to overlay and d/shadow.

Above the Frame Layer and in the centre of the canvas c/paste Christmas Tree re sized to 65% and d/shadow.

C/paste your tube. Position to the right of the canvas above the Christmas Tree layer. D/shadow.

With your tube in place continue to work elements of choice around the tube and temp layers. D/shadow to your liking. I used ....

Berry Branch - 50 % - Rotate right by 8 degrees. Paste top left of canvas behind temp layers. Duplicate, Flip the copy and merge layer down. Now duplicate this merged layer and mirror to right side of tag.

Go back to the left side copy and duplicate again. Rotate to right by 90 % and place this copy at the top of the tag then duplicate once more and flip and position at the bottom. Merge all 4 layers, d/shadow and reduce opacity to 90%.

Christmas Sign - 45%. Place bottom left of tag, behind tube / Tree.

Ornaments 1,2,3 - 50%. Position and arrange bottom right. Behind tube.

Candy Cane 2 - 50 % - Rotate left by 12 degrees. Position on the right above Ornament.

Bow 6 - 40%. Top left of template. Duplicate and mirror copy to right.

Ribbon 4 - 30%. Left side of tag behind Sign.

Holly - 30% - Flip. Bottom left above sign behind tube. Duplicate and mirror copy to bottom right.

Merge all layers. Crop/re size to your liking. I usually sharpen at this point rather than each individual  element as I go along.
 Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp  Mask  5.0 - 30 -5.
Add name and relevant artist copyright and tube licence info.
Save as Png.

Thank you for stopping by and trying out this tutorial. I hope you are pleased with your tag.
Sal :)

Christmas Tag Templates 1 & 2

Hello to all.
 Winter is definitely upon us and Christmas wont be far behind.. where has this year gone ?

I'm not getting much time in Psp of late. We are so busy at work with the run up to Christmas. I have extra hours and later nights, which gives me less time and energy to play :(  But the bonus I suppose is much needed extra pennies in my pay packet over the next few months :)

I have got a few unfinished projects in the pipeline that I'm hoping to get finished over the next week and the first of my Christmas temps you can download below.  My first ever Christmas tut... I will be finishing and posting up later today. 

'Happy Taggin' 

Hugs Sal :)

Download

FTU Magical Winter

Magical Winter was written by Myself on 16th November 2013. It is my own idea and creation. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed.

Tube of choice. I have used the artwork of PinUp Toons available at CDO

Beautiful Ftu scrap kit is 'Winter Magic' by Mirella at  A Space Between
Please leave a thank you :)

Mask Wsl mask 75 by Chelle at  WeeScotsLass Creations
Please leave a thank you :)

Font used - Beyond Wonderland.


Filters used ( optional )

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

Open a new image 700 x 700.

Starting with mask layer. C/paste paper 10 re sized to 85%.

Load mask from disk - Fit to layer. In layer palette - delete mask and merge group.

Apply PhotoEffex - Scanlines - Default settings.

Above the mask layer and centrally on the canvas c/paste element  34 Snowflake Frame re sized to 80%. Duplicate, change blend mode of top copy to soft light and merge down.

Above Snowflake Frame and again central on the canvas c/paste element 26 - Floral Frame. Re sized to 95%.

Click in centre of frame with magic wand to float the inner. Selections - Modify expand by 7. C/paste paper 8 re sized to 60%. Invert the selection and hit delete. To the paper layer apply Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance and move below Frame. D/shadow the frame and merge down with paper layer.

Towards the bottom of the canvas along and above the bottom of the larger Floral Frame c/paste element 1 Snow Covered Log - Re sized to 75%. D/shadow.

C/paste your tube. Position toward the left side of the canvas above the log layer. when happy with positioning, duplicate tube and on top copy adjust gaussian blur by 3, change blend mode to soft light and opacity to 50. D/shadow the bottom copy.

Now work desired elements from kit around the tube and Frame layers. D/shadow to your liking.
 I used....

23 Lantern - 70%. Image - Mirror. Position bottom right behind Snow covered log.

35 Lantern Plant - 60%. Bottom right, above log behind tube.

15 Bird - 35%. Image - Mirror. Bottom right, above Lantern/ Plant.

3 Bow - 70%. Rotate right by 3. Top centre of Frame behind tube.

54 Leaves - 30%. Rotate right by 40. Position top left of frame behind Bow. Duplicate mirror copy to right side.

18 Bird House - 60%. Top Left above Frame, behind Leaves/Tube. Use eraser tool to remove post.

27 Wheel - 40%. Bottom left above Bird house. Behind tube.

54 Leaves - 30%. Rotate left by 16. Use manual color correction to change the colour slightly. Position bottom left above wheel.

10 Pine Cone - 30 % Image - Mirror. Bottom left above tube layer.

Merge all layers. Crop/re size to your liking. I usually sharpen at this point rather than each separate element as I go along. Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask 5.0 - 30 -5.
Add name and relevant artist copyright and tube licence info.
Save as Png.

Thank you for stopping by and trying this tutorial. I hope you are happy with your tag.
Sal :)