Leanne has created a new wonderful tag tutorial. I love the outcome of this tut.
You can find the tutorial here.
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Leanne (from Bella’s Design) has created a new wonderful banner tag tutorial using one of my kits.
You find the tutorial here.
Program used PSP9
Supplies: kit Funny Bunny by me. It can be bought at Digital Scrap World.
My mask. Right click to save to your computer.
A tube. I use one of Lady Mishkas. You can buy her art tubes at picsfordesign.
Optional: Eye Candy 6 Gradient Glow.
* Open a paper of your liking. I use paper 2. Duplicate. Close the original. Save your duplicate. This is now your working canvas.
* Open the embellishments you want to use. I use the following elements: button 1, cloud, cupcake, frame 1, flower 12 and 14 and swirl 2.
* C/p them onto your working canvas. Now resize to 600*600 px. (Smartsize plus All Layers checked).
* Place the elements to your liking. Or use my tag as reference.
* Rasterise the paper layer. Add the mask to this layer (/Invert Mask Data checked).
* Add a new layer. Flood fill with white. Drag below the paper layer.
* Add a drop shadow to the elements. Use quite a lot of blur on the two flowers and less blur on the frame.
* Time to c/p your tube to the canvas. Duplicate it. On the first tube (if you use the same tube as me) layer resize to 50%. Mirror.
* The second tube needs to be resized to 20%.
* Drag the big tube beneath the frame layer. On the frame layer select inside the frame with your Magic Wand. Expand 5 px. Then on your big tube layer promote to selection. X-out the original big tube.
* Add a drop shadow to your small tube layer.
* Add copyright info.
* Add your name. I use a font called “Follow You Into The World”. Size 30. Convert to raster.
* Select two colors from your tag as foreground and background colors. Then open Eye Candy 6 Gradient Glow and apply a glow, that looks something like this:
* Add a drop shadow to your text.
FINITO! 
Don´t forget to go and snag this freebie from the kit:
Program used: PSP9
Supplies:
kit My Obsession – it can be bought at Digital Scrap World
my mask – right click to save
an image and a tube of your liking – I use the wonderful artwork of Lia from www.linmida.com
* Open a 600*400 px. canvas. Save.
* Open paper 10. Resize to 600*600 px. (SmartSize). C/p onto your canvas. Close the original paper without saving.
* On your canvas go to the empty layer 1. Select all/float/defloat. Then Crop To Selection.
* Add a new layer above the paper layer. Flood fill with white.
* Apply my mask to this white layer with the following settings:
* Merge group.
* Apply a shadow.
* Open Cluster 2. Resize to 20%. C/p to the canvas. Close the original without saving.
* Move it a little to the right.
* The cluster already has a shadow applied, but you can add some more, if you like.
* Open the image and tube, you would like to use. I used Lia’s (www.linmida.com) amazing artwork, so I started tubing/extracting the dog. C/p them to your canvas. Resize if needed. If you use the same images as me, then it wont be necessary.
* With the freehand selection tool trace around the round frame in the cluster. Go to the image layer and promote selection to layer. X-out the original image layer.
* If needed drag the promoted selection layer beneath the cluster.
* Be sure, that your tube is the top layer.
* Add a shadow to your tube.
* Add text and copyright information. A TIP: you write the copyright sign by holding down the ALT button and then typing 0169.
I used the following fonts:
Some Weatz Swashes for my name and Small Type Writers to the copyright info and the title “Pets”.
* Optional: I applied a gradient glow (with Eye Candy 6) to both my name and the copyright info.
FINITO!
The finished tag:
I hope you enjoyed!
Program used: PSP 9
Supplies: Seamless Pattern Creator 1 (PSP Scripts). The pack can be bought at Digital Scrap World.
A colorswatch and a texture. Or you can use mine (right click to save to your own computer):
* Install the scripts. How to do it, is described in the pack.
* Open the colorswatch and your texture pattern in your PSP.
* Chose two colors from the swatch with your color picker. I use color 5 as my background and color 8 as my foreground color.
* Run script “lhsPATTERN_TILE_vol1_01″. You now have a seamless tile that looks like this:
* Open a new 3600*3600 px. canvas.
* Chose a color from the swatch. I use #7. Pick the color with your color picker and flood fill the canvas.
* Add a new layer.
* In your color/material palette chose the pattern option. Find your new tile and set the scale to 25:
* Flood fill the empty layer with this pattern.
* Add a new layer. Again go to the color/material palette and find lhsPATTERN_tut_SeamlessPatternCreator1. Set the scale to 100.
* Flood fill the new layer in your canvas with this pattern.
* Change the blend mode of this layer to overlay and lower the opacity to approx. 65.
Your paper is now finished! Remember to save!
I have made three other examples of how to use the Seamless Pattern Creator 1. I have left out the text here and is just showing the settings with pictures.
EXAMPLE # 1:
I combine two of the scripts in this one. That can be done, when the tiles has the same size (/in this case 600*600 px) and the scale and angle is set to the same.
Background color in the paper: #5
Result:
EXAMPLE # 2:
Paper background color: # 6
Result:
EXAMPLE # 3:
Paper background color # 1.
Result:
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You can download the four papers here. These are 3600*3600 px. while the examples above are 600*600 px. You will have to click a couple of times on these preview to get to the full size.
Program used: PSP 9
Level: Intermediate.
Supplies: kit Spring Cleaning by me. It can be bought at Digital Scrap World.
Pictures or tubes of your liking.
My mask. It can be downloaded here.
A font – I use VAG Rounded Lt.
* Open paper 1. Duplicate. Save. This is now your working canvas.
* Open the following elements and c/p them to your canvas:
cardboard05,
coffeestain,
frames03,
flower06,
brad02,
bow1
* Resize the brad to50%.
* Place everything like this and add a shadow to all elements (except the coffee stain):
* Resize the canvas to 550px. (Smartsize). All layers checked.
* Crop the canvas like this:
* Promote the background (/the paper) to a raster layer.
* Add a new layer. Flood fill it with white. Drag the layer to be the bottom layer.
* Apply lhsMASK04 to the paper layer with these settings:
* Merge group.
* With the Freehand Selection Tool select inside the three frames:
* Keep selected and then press delete on the stain layer, the cardboard layer, the merged group layer (/paper with mask) and to the white bottom layer.
* C/p the pictures or tubes you would like to use to the canvas. Drag them beneath the white layer. Cut away any excess that disturbs the other pictures/tubes within the frames.
* Add your name plus (if needed) copyright info.
* Save!
Your tag is finished!
I made two versions: one with pictures of my Nephew
and one with the lovely artwork of Susanne Woolcoot. 
Program used: PSP 9
Level: beginner
Supplies: My background. It can be downloaded here. Plus a tube of your choice. I use one called “Musk Rose II” by Maxine Gadd. You can get it here.
* Open my background image. Duplicate. Save. This is now your working canvas.
* Duplicate the background layer. Set the new layer´s blend mode to burn.
* C/p your tube to the canvas. Lower the opacity. You need to be able to see the background clearly. With your rectangle selection tool select inside the light border like this:
Be sure, that all of your tube (inside the light border) is selected.
* Keep selected, promote your tube to selection. X-out the original tube layer.
* Add your text and tag. I wrote “Waiting” with font Typewriter size 48. I chose a red color from the womans lipstick. Change the blend mode to burn.
* Add copyright info (remember your license number), if needed.
Your tag is finished!
I hope you enjoyed this super easy tutorial!
Lise-Lotte S.
Program used: PSP 9
Supplies: kit Longing For Summer by me. It can be bought at Digital Scrap World.
A tube of your choice. I use one of TooshToosh gorgeous tubes. You can find her site here. And the tube I used here.
A photo.
My masks. They can be downloaded here.
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow.
* Open the two masks in PSP.
* Open paper 3. Duplicate. Save. This is now your working canvas.
* Resize the paper to 600*600 px. (Smartsize). All layers checked.
* Duplicate the paper layer.
* Add a new layer. Flood fil with white. Drag this layer to the bottom of the canvas.
* On the bottom PAPER layer add New Mask/From Image with these settings:
* Merge Group.
* Repeat with the second paper layer. This time use lhsMASK_02. Merge Group again.
* Your canvas should look like this:
* Open the following elements: pearl cluster, frame cluster and button 1.
*C/p the elements onto your canvas. Resize them all to 18% (Smartsize) with All Layers unchecked.
*Add a shadow to the elements.
* Place the elements like this:
*Add a new layer above the paper layers. Open Picture Tool and find lhsGLITTER_kitLongingForSummer_PU_yellow. “Draw” a line with the glitter at the lower edge of the frame cluster. Add a very discrete shadow.
* Add your tube. Add a shadow.
I use one of TooshToosh cute tubes. I resized it to 85% and lowered the opacity to 85.
* Add copyright info.
* With the Rectangle Selection Tool select the frame:
* Go to the pearl cluster layer and press delete.
If your glitter layer can be seen within the selected area, then select that layer and press delete.
Repeat with the two paper layers and the white layer.
* Open the photo you want to use. C/p to the canvas. Drag it to the bottom of the canvas. Resize and reposition as needed.
* Add your tag name/text.
I chose to write on a circle, that I had drawn with the Eclipse Tool. Then I wrote my text on the curve of the circle. X-out the eclipse so that only the text remains visible. Then promote to layer.
I used font Pupcat Rg. size 36. Color black.
* Apply Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow – color white – with these settings:
* Add a shadow to the text.
* Open button 3. C/p to the canvas. Resize the button to 10%. Add a shadow. Place it after the curved text.
FINITO!
This is my result:
I hope you enjoyed!
Program used: PSP 9
Outside filter: Mura Meister Copies
Supplies: kit Sweet Spring by me. It can be bought at Digital Scrap World.
My Picture Frame. It can be downloaded here.
A tube of your choice. I use one of Tooshtooshs. It can be bought here.
* Install the Picture Frame by c/p the file to c:/documents/MyPSPfiles/PictureFrames
* Open a 550*550 px. canvas. Save.
* C/p the two butterflies to the canvas. Resize 18% (Smartsize).
* Add a shadow to the two butterflies and position them next to each other. Mine looks like this.
Merge the two layers.
* In Mura Meister Copies apply these settings:
* Open paper 4. Resize to 550*550 pixels (Smartsize). C/p it onto your canvas. Place it behind the butterfly-layer.
* Apply my Picture Frame with these settings:
* Open Leaf02. C/p it to the canvas beneath the butterflies. Resize it 18% (Smartsize). Copy it and mirror the copy.
* C/p flower 2, 6 and 7 plus ribbon 6 to your canvas. Resize all to 18% (Smartsize).
* Rotate two of the flowers to two different positions.
* Place everything to you liking. Mine looks like this:
* Add a new layer. “Spray” some sprinkles of glitter beneath the butterflies. I use the pink glitter tube. The Picture Tube is included in the kit. Place the layer above the Picture Frame layer.
* Add shadows to the elements. I also added a discrete shadow to the Picture Frame.
* C/p your tube above the Picture Frame layer. Resize if needed. I use one of Tooshtoosh´s cute tubes. I lowered the opacity of the tube to 74%.
* If needed add the copyright info.
* Optional: “tag your tag”.
Your tag is finished. Save.
My result:
