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Tags Made using Bat Fairy and matching exclusive kit by Kizzed by Kelz

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PTU The Attic

The Attic was written by Myself on 25th October 2013. It is my own idea and creation. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed
Tube. I have used the amazing artwork of   Arthur Crowe
Ptu Kit is 'Crazy Bride' by Bibi's Collection at  SATC
Mask Big Mask 1 by Vix at  Vix Psp

Font used is Cheap Fire

Filters Used ( optional )

Tramages - Mo Jellyfish
Xero - Nostalgia

Open a new image 700 x 700.

Because we have no template or frame to work around start by creating a centre spot on your canvas.

( we will be deleting this, it's just an aid to placement of our first elements)

So....Using any colour, create a vector circle 200 x 200. Objects - Align - Center in canvas. Convert to raster layer.

Above the centre circle c/paste element 75 Chest Of Drawers re sized to 60%. Rotate right by 2 degrees. Position roughly half way down the circle and line up the right front corner of drawers with the right edge of circle. ( see pic below ) Once in position duplicate. Change blend mode of top copy to screen, merge down and D/shadow.

Behind your centre circle and to left side of canvas, c/paste element 43 - Door re sized to 50%. ( again see pic for placement ) Duplicate, change blend mode of top copy to screen, merge down and d/shadow.

With these elements in place, delete your circle.

C/paste your tube and position above Drawers on the left hand side. I positioned my tube to look as though she was rested just on the edge. D/shadow.

 To left of and behind tube c/paste element 74 Trunk re sized to 60% - Image - Mirror - D/shadow.

To the right of canvas behind Drawers c/paste element 40 Armchair re sized to 50% and d/shadow.

Above and behind Armchair C/paste element 4 Window  re sized to 25%. Behind the window c/paste paper  4 re sized to 25%. Position paper to your liking then take your selection tool set on rectangle and make a selection just inside the outer edge of the Window Frame. ( see pic )

Invert the selection and hit delete. Select none. Duplicate the paper layer and change blend mode of top copy to screen. Merge down.
 D/shadow Window Frame and merge down with paper layer. At the top of your Window c/paste 11 Cobweb re sized to 25%. Duplicate to strengthen and merge down.

Before adding the rest of the elements put mask layers in place.

Mask layer 1- At the bottom of layer palette, c/paste paper 7 re sized to 57%. Load mask from disk - Fit to layer. In layer palette - delete mask - merge group.  Use raster deform tool to size and position. Apply Effects- Texture Effects - Brick and set opacity to your liking.

Mask layer 2 - C/paste element 46 Wood Flooring re sized to 57%. Using same mask as before - load mask from disk - fit to layer. In layer palette - delete mask - merge group. Position at the bottom of canvas above mask layer 1. Duplicate to strengthen opacity and merge down.

Continue my adding elements of choice and d/shadow to your liking.

I used....

17  Kitten - 30 %. Right side of canvas. Behind drawers, above Armchair. Duplicate, change blend mode of top copy to hard light, merge down.

20 Doll - 50 %. Bottom right. in front of the Armchair, behind Drawers.

21 Telescope - 40%. Bottom right. Above Doll, behind Drawers.

52 Book Stack - 35% - Rotate right by 3. Bottom right above Drawers. Apply Xero - Nostalgia.

22 Crystal ball - 40%. Bottom right. Above Books.

8 Spider - 20% - Mirror. Bottom right. Above Books.

16 Bottle - 27 % -Mirror - Rotate Left by 3 degrees. Bottom right to left of and above Crystal ball.

29 - Candles - 30%. Bottom left. Above Trunk, behind tube.

67 Open Book - 60%. Bottom left. Behind Candles.

31 Watch - 20% - Rotate left by 3 degrees. Bottom left. Behind Open Book. Above left corner of Trunk.

42 Suit Of Armour - 45% - Mirror. Left of canvas. Above the door, behind Trunk. Apply Tramages - Mo Jellyfish to create a shadow effect.

55 Gold Sparkle - 30%. Place top left behind Armour / Tube. Duplicate and move copy to bottom right behind Crystal Ball.

5 Web - 30% - Flip. Place bottom left behind the Trunk / Open Book. Duplicate and Move copy to bottom right behind the Crystal Ball. Use eraser tool to remove the bits you don't want.

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 pleased with your tag.
Sal :)

FTU Goodbye Summer

Goodbye Summer was written by Myself on 13th September 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 amazing artwork of  Arthur Crowe
Gorgeous Ftu scrap kit is 'Fall Frenzy' by Melissa at  Melissaz Creationz
Please leave a thank you when downloading :)
Mask Wsl228 by Chelle at  Weescotslass Creations
Template Autumn 1 by Me  HERE

Filters Used
Xero - Radiance
PhotoEffex - Scanlines
Tramages - Mo Jellyfish

Open template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits and background layers.

In layer palette - Large Rectangle. Click in centre with magic wand to float. Selections - Modify - Expand by 3. C/paste paper 6 with gaussian blur of 20. Invert the selection and hit delete. Move paper layer below rectangle. With centre still selected C/paste a large close up of your tube. Position to your liking behind the Frame and hit delete. Select none. Apply Xero - Radiance to suit your tube. Change blend mode to overlay then duplicate the layer and change blend mode of top copy to soft light.

Repeat this process for Left and Right Rectangle Frames. Making your tube smaller than the previous close up. Apply PhotoEffex - Scanlines on default setting. Duplicate the tube layer as before, bottom copy blend mode as Screen and top copy Soft Light.

Back in layer palette, merge all 3 Rectangle Frames. Add noise -Gaussian at 20% with monochrome checked. Then apply Tramages - Mo Jellyfish ( settings below) Duplicate frames, change blend mode of top copy to hard light and reduce opacity to around 70%. D/shadow bottom copy.

C/paste your main tube to the right of canvas behind fall word art. Apply Radiance if desired and d/shadow.

C/paste element 3 Leaves re sized to 60%. Position bottom left of tag behind left rectangle. Duplicate and mirror copy to right. Merge down, duplicate again and flip copy to top of tag. D/shadow.

C/paste element 5 Branch re sized to 50%. Position along bottom of tag behind word art, duplicate Image - Mirror and Flip. Position copy along top of tag behind tube layer and d/shadow both. Above the bottom layer where the branch ends c/paste element 26 Butterflies. Duplicate change blend mode of top copy to hard light, merge down and shadow.

On the left side of the canvas, behind the rectangle c/paste element 25 Twig re sized to 45%. Duplicate and mirror copy to right. D/shadow.

Mask layer. C/paste paper with a gaussian blur of 20 re sized to 95%. Load mask from disk - fit to layer. In layer palette delete mask and merge group. Re size layer again by 95% and use your raster deform to stretch and position to your liking. Apply PhotoEffex - Scanlines and Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance. Reduce opacity to 70%.

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 pleased with the results.
Sal :)

FTU Bassline Junkie

Bassline Junkie was written by Myself on 20th August 2013. It is my own idea and creation. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed

Tube. I have used the amazing artwork of Arthur Crowe  HERE

Fab ftu scrap kit is 'Sweet Music Lover' by Bibi 's Collection   HERE
Please leave a thank you when downloading :)

Mask Wsl 75 by Chelle   HERE

Template 29 by Me  HERE

Font used is Callie Hand

Filters Used

EyeCandy - Shadowlab / Chrome

Xero - Radiance

Penta - Jeans

Open template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits, grey circle and both small circles.

From kit c/paste Frame re sized to 75%. Apply EyeCandy Chrome - Outdoor / default settings. Position below the Black Circle in layer palette.
Click inside Frame with magic wand tool to float the inner. Selections - Modify - Expand by 4. C/paste paper 15 with gaussian blur of 20. Invert the selection and hit delete. Select none. Apply Penta - Jeans with settings 94-2-2  and Xero - Radiance ( settings I used below ). Move paper layer below Frame. D/shadow Frame and merge the 2 layers. Using eraser tool remove the left edge of frame that shows above the black rectangle on the left.

Layer Palette - Blk Rectangle - Selections - Float - Add new raster layer. Flood fill with a 2 colour gradient I used Foreground #d6dce1  Background #000000 with Settings - Radial - Angle 36 - Repeats 1.  Apply Penta - Jeans 94 - 2 - 2. Delete temp layer. D/shadow. Adjust the opacity of the arrows to 100, change blend mode to Multiply, duplicate and merge down.

Layer Palette - Grey Rectangle 1. Selections - Float - Add new raster layer. Flood fill with a colour of your choice ( I used #ea599b )  Apply Jeans and Radiance as before. Delete original template layer. D/shadow.

Layer Palette - Grey Rectangle 2. Selections - Float - add new raster layer. Flood fill with colour of your choice ( I used #d6dce1 ) Select None and delete template layer. D/shadow.

Layer Palette - Black Circle. Selections - Float - Add new raster layer. Flood fill with gradient used for black rectangle layer. Select none. Delete temp later and d/shadow.

Bassline Word Art - Shadow. I used Eyecandy Shadowlab - (settings below)

Junkie Word Art - Selections -Select all - Float - C/paste paper 9. Invert the selection and hit delete. Select none. Change blend mode to Overlay and opacity to 50. Merge down with original layer and shadow.

This is where we are at this point.

C/paste your tube and position behind Junkie Word Art. D/shadow.

Now work desired elements from kit around tube and template layers and d/shadow to your liking.
 I used .....

75 Coloured Lights - Re size 75%. Position to left of tube behind Bassline Word Art.

43 Headphones. Rotate left by 6. Position behind tube on the left

76 Record Decks - Bottom right behind Junkie Word Art.

33 Equaliser - 70%. Position bottom right behind Record Decks.

54 Circular Music Notes - 70%. Behind tube on the right, above Equaliser.

79 Speaker - 50%. Rotate right by 6. Position right of tag, above Frame behind Equaliser. Duplicate and working on top copy Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize - Hue 192 and Saturation 20. Move the bottom copy out and up slightly.

51 Music Notes - 90%. Bottom left of tag above Guitar and Word Art.

40 Guitar - Rotate left by 45 degrees. Bottom left behind Bassline Word Art.

67 Microphone - 90 % - Rotate left by 25 degrees. Position bottom left of tag above Music Notes.

9 Hearts - 80%. Bottom right, above Word Art.

Mask Layer - At the bottom of layer palette c/paste paper 12 with a gaussian blur of 20. Load mask from disk - Fit to layer. In layer palette, delete mask and merge group. Re size to 98%.

Merge layers. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking. 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 the results.
Sal :)

FTU Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii was written by myself on 23rd July 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 amazing artwork of Arthur Crowe  HERE

Gorgeous Ftu scrap kit is Tropical Paradise by Karra @ Karra's Kreative Korner  HERE

You ll find the kit as part of a 21 kit bundle of  fab former Ptu kits that Karra has retired and offered to us for free, so please leave a thank you when downloading :)

Mask Wsl 133 by Chelle  HERE

Filters Used

Xero - Radiance

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

Open a new image 700 x 700. C/paste Frame 4 re size to 90%. Selections - Select all - Float. C/paste paper 10 as a new layer. De float - invert the selection and hit delete. Select none and delete original frame. Apply 3D Effects - Inner Bevel to new frame... settings I used below.

Using your selection tool  ( settings below ) Create a rectangle selection roughly 3mm from the edge on the inside of the frame ( see pic )

Promote selection to layer and select none. Now go back to selections menu and re float the promoted selection. C/paste paper 2. De float - Invert - Delete. Apply same bevel as used previously and delete promoted selection layer.

Now to fill the inside of frame. Click in centre of frame with magic wand to float. Selections - Modify - expand by 4. C/paste paper 8. Invert and hit delete. Select none and move fill layer below frame. Add a drop shadow to both frames.

C/paste your tube and position above the frame. Apply Xero - Radiance to your liking and drop shadow.

C/paste Element Palm tree 1. Mirror and position above right side of frame behind tube. Use eraser tool to remove lower half of trunk that exceeds below bottom of frame. D/shadow.

C/paste Element  - Sun. Adjust - Color Balance - Manual Color Correction to change the colour from yellow to reddy orange. Position top left behind frame and apply PhotoEffex - Scanlines on default settings.

C/paste Element -Tall Grass. Re size 90 %.  Position left of tag behind frame. Duplicate and mirror copy to right. D/ shadow.

Continue to add elements of choice from kit and drop shadow to your liking... I used

Flowers - 105%. Along bottom of frame above tube layer.

Coconut- 35% - Rotate left by 12. Bottom left of tag. Behind flowers.

Flower 1 - 40%. Bottom left, behind coconut. I lightened using Radiance.

Lei - Left of tag behind tube.

Parrot - 30%. Top right of tag behind Palm Tree.

Martini - 65%. Bottom right behind flowers.

Pineapple - 50% - Mirror. Bottom right behind Martini.

Lily - 90% - Rotate left by 30. Bottom right behind Pineapple. Use eraser tool to remove stem that exceeds beyond flowers.

Mask Layer. C/paste paper 8 and move to bottom of layer palette. Re size 110%. Load mask from disk - fit to layer. In layer palette, delete mask and merge group. Use raster deform tool to stretch and position.

Merge layers. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking. Add name and relevant copyright and tube licence info. Save as Png.

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

FTU Love And Peace

Love and Peace was written by Myself on 16th June 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 amazing artwork of Arthur Crowe  HERE

Fabulous Ftu Scrap kit is 'Niki' by Gimptastic Scraps  HERE

Thank you Amy and Leah.

Template 45 By Me  PSP or PSD

Filters Used

Xero - Radiance

EyeCandy - Chrome

Open template, duplicate, close off original and delete credits and background.

In layer palette - Select and float Outer cream circle. C/paste paper 5 re sized to 80 %. De float, invert and hit delete. Select none and delete original temp layer.

Layer palette - Select and float Brown Circle. C/paste frame 4 re sized to 88%. Position within the selection. De float, invert and delete. Select none and delete original layer. 

Layer Palette - Select and float the inner cream circle. C/paste paper 5 again. De float, invert and delete. Select none and delete temp layer.

Large Star - Take your magic wand tool and click in centre to float. Modify - Expand by 3. C/paste paper 10. Invert the selection and hit delete. Still selected C/paste a close up of your tube. Position where desired beneath the floating selection and hit delete again. Select none. Move both layers beneath the star layer. Apply radiance to suit your tube and change blend mode to Luminance Legacy.

Small Star 1 - Click in centre with magic wand to float. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with blue ( I used #212256 ) Select none and move new fill layer below star. In tool palette select Symmetric shape - Star - Number of sides 5 - Create on vector checked and with  background and fill properties in colour palette set on white, create a small star. Convert to raster. Duplicate a couple of times and position within the star and d/shadow.

Small Star 2 - Click in centre with wand to float. Modify - Expand by 3. Add new raster layer and flood fill with a vertical stripe using pattern in your material palette. I use Psp9  my pattern was graphic 10. Angle 90 - Scale 50. I used manual color correction to change my black stripe to red #a82033. Select none and move fill layer below star layer. 

Apply Chrome ( see settings below ) to all 3 star frames and d/shadow.

C/paste your main tube to the right of your close up and drop shadow.  

Now work desired elements from kit around your tube and temp layers and d/shadow to your liking.

I used ....

Smear - Position top left of tag behind all layers. Duplicate and mirror copy to right. Merge layers together. Duplicate again and flip copy to bottom of canvas. Merge top and bottom layers and duplicate again. Rotate the copy to right by 90 degrees. Merge layers again and apply Xero-Radiance. Reduce opacity to 75%

Deco 2- 50%. Duplicate twice and position around the camo frame.

Helo - 60%. Top right of tag behind tube layer.

Crates - 60%. Bottom right of tag behind tube layer.

Rifle - 60%. Rotate right by 60%. Bottom right above crates, behind tube.

Grass - Behind tube layer. Above crates.

Tank - 65%.  Bottom of canvas behind grass layer.

Twisted Wire - Bottom of canvas. Above tank, behind grass.

Sign - 50%. Rotate left by 14. left of tag.

Bomb - 70%. Bottom left of tag above wire.

Grenade 2 - 50%. Bottom left above bomb.

Dog Tags - 65%. Bottom left behind bomb.

Merge layers. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking. Add name and relevant copyright and tube licence info. Save as Png.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and you're happy with your tag.
Sal :)

PTU Walk On The Wild Side

Walk on the wild side was written by Myself on 4th May 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 amazing artwork of Arthur Crowe  HERE

Ptu Scrap kit... Dangerous B by Skyscraps  HERE

Mask 133 by Vaybs  HERE

Filters Used

Xero - Radiance

Xero - Nostalgia

DS - Dark Glass

Penta - Jeans

Open a new image 700 x 700. C/paste paper 5. Adjust gaussian blur by 3 and re size layer 85%. Load mask from disk - fit to layer and in layer palette delete mask and merge group. Re size again 85% and use raster deform tool to stretch out mask horizontally on each side by a couple of millimetres. 

Go to selections and float the mask. C/paste a close up of your tube and move into desired position below selection. top right of Image. De float, Invert and hit delete. Select none. Change blend mode of tube to screen and reduce opacity to around 40. Go back to mask layer, floating it will have deepened the opacity so reduce it  to your liking. I had mine at 85.

C/paste element 19-Firework. Re size 90% and position to left of close up. Roughly top centre of Image. D/shadow to your liking. 

C/paste element 41 - Brick Wall. Re size 40% and position top left of Image Behind firework layer and d/shadow.

C/paste element 60 -Pump. Re size to 55% and position bottom right of Image. Above this place element 61-Car re sized to 90%. D/shadow. C/paste element 15 - Cloud re sized 70 %. Position beneath car at bottom of image and apply Penta - Jeans - settings - 94 - 2 - 2. Change blend mode to multiply.

C/paste your main tube. Position to left of car. Apply Xero radiance to suit and d/shadow. 

To the top left of image, behind tube layer, above wall layer, C/paste element 62-walk sign. Re size to 40% and rotate left by 4. Behind this place element 53 - Paint Splatter re sized to 30%. D/shadow. 

C/paste Element 3-star frame. Mirror and re size to 60%. Position to left of tag. Behind Walk sign. Take your magic wand tool and click in centre to float. Modify expand by 3. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with a 2 colour linear gradient. I had foreground on grey, background on black. Angle - 90 Repeats - 4.

Select none and move new layer below frame layer. Apply DC filters- Dark glass. reflection and threshold on 128. Then apply Penta - Jeans - Settings-94-2-2. Change Blend mode to Multiply.

C/paste element 68 - Polaroid  re sized to 25 %. Again using magic wand, click centre to float. C/paste your tube mirrored in opposite direction to other copies. Position beneath selection, invert and delete. Select none. Apply Xero - Nostalgia ( settings I used below ) Reduce opacity to 80 and merge layer down. Rotate to left by 6. Duplicate, mirror copy and re size 96%. Move beneath original. D/shadow.

C/paste element 67 - Barbed Wire. Re size to 75%. Position in between Polaroid layers and use eraser tool to remove the right half of element that extends onto the car. D/shadow.

Merge Visible. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking. Add Name and relevant copyright and tube licence. Save as Png.

Thanks for stopping by. i hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and your pleased with the results.

Sal :)

FTU Inked And Proud (No Scrap)

Update - The template for this tutorial is currently unavailable. I have left the tut up for those whom may already have the template or who want to use create a different one..

Inked and proud was written by Me on 27th March 2013. It is of my own idea and creation and any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed

Tube of choice- Preferably 1 featuring a tattoo. I have used 'Style Life' a fabulously sexy new tube by Arthur Crowe  HERE

Template 2 by Marilyn @ Marilyn's Creationz  HERE 

Mask of choice

Word Art of choice. If you want to use the one I made, you can download it  HERE

Filters Used

EyeCandy - Chrome

Xero - Radiance

Open Template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits and valentine word art.

In layer palette - Rectangle 1.  Selections - Float. Paste a close up of your chosen tube and move a tattooed section beneath the selected area. De float - invert and delete. Apply Radiance to suit your tube and change blend mode to luminance legacy. Select none.

Rectangle 2 . Repeat what you did for previous layer but paste a facial close up inside the selection. For the smaller love word art within this rectangle I adjusted the colour using Colour Balance - Manual colour correction.

Rectangle 3 . Repeat as for rectangle 1 again but select a different part of your close up for inside the selection and lower your opacity a little. I had mine at 75.

Rectangle 4. Selections- float- new raster layer. Flood fill inside the selection with a linear gradient made up of 2 colours from your tube. Angle 45- Repeats-1. Select none. Adjust gaussian blur by 10 and apply Xero- Radiance to your liking. For word art within this rectangle change blend mode to hard light.

Frame layers. Apply EyeCandy Chrome. Settings I used below. Drop shadow.

Paste your main tube and duplicate, drop shadow the original and on your copy adjust gaussian blur by 3 and change blend mode to soft light. Paste word art and drop shadow.

Mask layer- open new raster layer at bottom of palette. Flood fill with a colour or gradient. I used Metal Steel preset gradient - set on linear with angle at 45. Re size layer 97% and load mask from disk- fit to layer. In layer palette delete mask and merge group. I re sized 90% and used raster deform to position.

Merge Visible. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking. Add name and relevant copyright and licence info. Save as Png... and were done. Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and you're happy with your tag. Sal :)

FTU Bad Reputation ( No Scrap )

Bad reputation was written by myself on 22nd February 2013. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed
Tube of choice. I have used the awesome artwork of Arthur Crowe  HERE
Mask of choice. I have used mask 13 by Leah. You can get it HERE
Template 25 by Me. HERE

Filters Used
Xero-Radiance
Eyecandy- Chrome- Shadowlab (optional )

Open template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits and background layer. Mask layer, add a new raster layer bottom of layer palette. Flood fill with black and resize to 97%. Load mask from disk -fit to layer. In layer palette delete mask and merge group, duplicate and merge down.

 Layer palette-large blue rectangle- select all -float-new layer and flood fill with black. Apply texture effects- weave, settings below. Select none and delete original template layer.

Merge thin grey rectangles and select -float- new layer. flood fill with metal steel gradient from colour palette-angle 0 repeats 0. Apply texture effects-blinds with settings below.

Change blend mode to difference and select none. Don't delete original grey rectangles. Select them  in layer palette, take your selection tool and draw 2 small rectangles,  right end of top rectangle and left end of bottom rectangle and hit delete.Select none.

Merge both arrow layers, Select- float and add new raster layer. Flood fill with linear gradient, dark grey and a colour from your tube, ( I used Blue) angle 45 -repeats 1. Apply texture effects - weave as before but change width to 8 and both colours to black. Select none, delete original layer. Apply Xero radiance, play around with the random button till you get the effect you like and drop shadow.

large grey rectangle- select all and float and add new layer. Flood fill with same gradient as used on arrows. Paste a close up of your tube and selections invert and delete excess. Select none. Change blend mode of tube layer to luminance legacy and apply radiance to suit. Duplicate tube and on top copy adjust gaussian blur by 5 and change blend mode to soft light.

Dark rectangle 1- Select all - Float -add new layer. Flood fill with same gradient as used for large rectangle keeping the dark grey but changing your foreground colour. (mine was yellow) Image-mirror your close up and paste as new layer, Move to desired position and invert selection and delete excess.Select none. Apply radiance. Change blend mode to hard light, repeat this for rectangle 2 but have your tube facing the opposite way and change your blend mode to multiply.

For the frames, Dont know and Me wordart- Eyecandy-Chrome with settings below. I drop shadowed frames and used Eyecandy-Shadowlab on my word art.

For remaining word art. Adjust- Brightness and Contrast- 250-50 and shadowlab with no blur, if desired.

Stars-Shadowlab or gradient glow to suit and add a drop shadow to staples.

Merge Visible, crop/resize and sharpen to your preference. Add your name and relevant copyright info and save as Png. Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and your happy with your results.

Used a Tube by Elias Chatzoudis on this one. Available HERE

FTU Starry eyed

Starry Eyed was written by myself on the 14th February 2013. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

I dedicate this tutorial to my sis Ely. It s been nearly a year since she got me back into psp and hooked on tagging and I know she's a fan of this template :)  Always encouraging and supportive in everything I do in life. She's our family rock and I hope she knows how much we all love and appreciate her. Not just my sister, my best friend too xoxo

Supplies Needed

Tube of choice- I have used the amazing artwork of Arthur Crowe. Available HERE

Gorgeous FTU Scrap kit Dream E-scape by Kirsty @ Kirstys scraps HERE

Template 18 by Me HERE

Filters Used

Penta-Jeans

Xero-Radiance

Eyecandy-Gradient Glow/Shadowlab

Open template, duplicate and close original. Delete credits, background and both circle stars. In layer palette - Blue rectangle 1, select-float-new raster layer. Go to materials palette-Pattern-Graphic 08-Angle 8- Scale 75, flood fill inside selection, Select None and delete original layer. Repeat this for blue rectangle 2, Changing your angle of your pattern to 352.

Layer Palette-merge black circle 1 and 2. Select-float and paste paper 7 resized to 70%. You will notice that your paper doesn't quite fit inside the selection. This is ok as we want a black edge to our circles and we will be merging down with the original template layer. Defloat-invert and delete. Apply Xero -Radiance, see settings below.  Select none and merge down.

Layer palette-Red Rectangle. Select- float and add a new raster layer. Flood fill with a 2 colour linear gradient (I used black and purple taken from circles) Angle- 45 repeats -0. Select none and delete original layer. Drop shadow.

White rectangle. Select -float-new raster layer. Flood fill with a dark colour (I used grey) Apply Penta Jeans with settings at - amount-40, border width-2, interval-2. Select none and again merge this new layer down with the original, we want to keep the white border. Drop shadow.

Back to layer palette-Grey rectangle. Select -float-new raster layer. Flood fill with a 2 colour gradient (My foreground is a green taken from tube, background Black) Angle- 45, repeats-0. Apply texture effects-weave. See settings below.

 Paste a close up of your tube inside the selection, defloat-invert and delete. Apply Xero-radiance and change blend mode to luminance legacy. Select none. Delete original layer.

Next step applies to both small circles and whites stripes. Select-float. Paste paper 10, defloat-invert and delete, select none. Drop shadow. Delete original layers.

Large star, Select-float and paste paper 4 resized at 50%. Defloat-invert and delete, select none, delete original. Duplicate the star and select - float the duplicate. Defloat-modify-contract by 6-invert and delete. Select none. change blend mode of original (bottom copy) to multiply. Small star stripes - Eyecandy gradient glow. Thin, width 3 colour/opacity as desired.

Paste your main tube and apply Xero-Radiance as/if required. Drop shadow. Move to desired position. I used eraser tool to remove the bottom of large rectangle (close up) that was below her head. Depending on which tube you use , you may not need to do this.

Layer palette again. Large wordart. Adjust-color balance-manual colour correction. Choose desired colour and apply. Drop shadow or shadow lab to your preference. I applied Eyecandy- shadow lab-settings-Direction-315, distance- 2, opacity-100, blur-0, black. Repeat again if you want a stronger effect. Smaller wordart, shadowlab as above with no repeat.

Add elements of choice and dropshadow. I used...

Glitter stars-resize 90%. Bottom of tag, behind all other layers, duplicate and flip. Move into position.

Star scatter-resize 50%. Left of tag. Use eraser tool to delete unwanted stars that overhang.

String-resize 35%. top left of tag. Duplicate-mirror-flip, position copy bottom right of tag.

Add Name and relevant copyright info. Merge visible, crop/resize and save as PNG. Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and your happy with your tag , Sal :)