About Me

My name is Susan M. Im a single stay at home mom of a wonderful little autistic boy.
My hobbies are PSP.
I love helping my friends who are starting with PSP.
Any similarity or resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional. Pls do not recopy my tutorials anywhere. Many thanks Susan.

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Blinkie created by Rabid Designz. She does some amazing work ! Thanks so much Melissa.



Blinkie created by my long time friend tweety here. Thanks so much my friend :)

My blog was designed By Alika's Scraps. Thanks so much. You did an amazing job !

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Monday, April 4, 2011

postheadericon Sweet Spring Tut


Feel free to use my tutorial as a guide and have fun giving it your own spin.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

Needed Supplies & Filters :


Tube of Choice .. I am using the work of Valarie Wade (www.valariewade.com) which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through My Tag Art here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a gorgeous PTU Kit from Clarey called "Sweetest Spring" which can be purchased here.

Mask of Choice .. I haved used Vix_Mask363 & Vix_Mask431 which can be downloaded here.

Font of Choice .. Alex Brush

Filters of Choice .. Xenofex/Constellation (optional)

Let's get started
 New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 1. Select none. New mask layer from image, Vix_Mask431, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group.

New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 10. Select none. New mask layer from image, Vix_Mask363, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group. Resize 105%.

Effects/Xenofex/Constellation with the following settings:


Copy and paste Swirl 2, resize 75% & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste Clouds 3, mirror & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner.

Copy and paste Round Frame 1, resize 80% & drop shadow.

Copy and paste Foliage 2, resize 75%, rotate left 55 & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side of your frame.

Copy and paste Curled Ribbon 2, resize 85%, rotate left 90 & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side of your frame. Layer duplicate & mirror.

Copy and paste Flower String, resize 85% & drop shadow. Position along the bottom of your frame.

Copy and paste Bow 1 & drop shadow. Position top centre of your frame.

Copy and paste Stemmed Flower 1, resize 80%, rotate right 20 & drop shadow. Position on the right hand side.

Copy and paste Butterfly Trail 2, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side towards the top.

Copy and paste Rainbow, resize 80% & drop shadow. Position towards the bottom.

Copy and paste your tube & drop shadow. Depending on your tube of choice, position so the lil gal looks like she is sitting on the rainbow.

Copy and paste Butterfly Trail 1, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position on the right hand side towards the bottom.

Copy and paste Bee Trail, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side towards the bottom.

Copy and paste Label 2, resize 65%, rotate left 10 & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner.

Copy and paste Label 1, resize 65%, rotate right 10 & drop shadow. Position below your first label.

X out white background, merge visible. Open white background, resize to your liking (I have used 500x500).

Add copyright and name on your tag. I have used Alex Brush, Size 60, color #bf3943 and then the following gradient glow and then drop shadow.

Save and you are done.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. Pls feel free to experiment and use my tutorial as a guide.

postheadericon Tut using my "Lil Boys/Lil Girls Are" kit

My dearest friend tweety has again wrote an adorable tutorial for me, this time using one of my latest kit "Lil Boys Are/Lil Girls Are" kit. Just beautiful as always ! 

Thanks so much my dear friend. Tutorial can be found here.

postheadericon Tag using my FTU tut "Happy Easter"

My dear friend Jenn created this adorable tag using one of my latest tuts "Happy Easter". Tut is FTU and can be found here. Thanks so much my friend !
Sunday, April 3, 2011

postheadericon Bunnies Hopping Tut


Feel free to use my tutorial as a guide and have fun giving it your own spin.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.
 
Needed Supplies:


Tube of Choice .. I am using the work of Suzanne Richards which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through CDO here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a gorgeous PTU Scrap kit by Heartfelt Perfections called "Chirpy" which you can purchase here.

Mask of Choice .. I have used WSL_Mask349 which can be downloaded here.

Word Art of Choice .. I have used easter word art by Aussie Scrap Designs which can be downloaded here.

Font of Choice .. Easter Bunny

Let's get started

New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 8. Select none. New mask layer from image, WSL_Mask349, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group.

Repeat using Paper 3. Layer duplicate and merge down these last 2 mask layers.

Copy and paste Element 15, resize 40% twice & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout. Position bottom left hand corner.

Layer duplicate, mirror, flip & resize 75%. Position top right hand corner.

Copy and paste Element 38 and resize 40%  twice. Using your magic wand, select the center portion of your frame, selections modify/expand 5. Copy and paste Paper 1 below your frame layer, resize 40% twice, selections invert and hit delete. Select none and then drop shadow your frame.

Copy and paste Element 20, resize 40% twice & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner of your frame.

Layer duplicate, mirror, flip & resize 85%. Position top right hand corner of your frame.

Copy and paste Element 21, resize 50% twice & drop shadow. Position top left hand corner.

Copy and paste Element 1, resize 40% twice & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side.

Copy and paste Element 2, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position on the right hand side. Layer duplicate & resize 85%. Position next to your first flower.

Copy and paste Element 14, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position towards the bottom.

Copy and paste Element 5, resize 35% twice, flip & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste Element 6, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position along the bottom as well.

Copy and paste Element 4, resize 30% twice & drop shadow. Positon bottom right hand corner.

Copy and paste your tube & drop shadow.

Open your word art in PSP & resize all layers 45% twice. Select Raster layer 2, adjust color balance/manual color correction from black to #e84c92. Add the following gradient glow and then drop shadow.



Select Raster layer 3, adjust color balance/manual color correction from #404040 to #c36195. Add again the gradient glow & drop shadow.

Merge visible layers and copy and paste onto your tag. Position top centre.

X out white background, merge visible. Open white background, resize to your liking (I have used 500x500).

Add copyright and name on your tag. I have used Easter Bunny, size 60, color #e84c92 and then added the same gradient glow and drop shadow as before.

Save and you are done.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. Pls feel free to experiment and use my tutorial as a guide.
Friday, April 1, 2011

postheadericon Easterific Tagger Size Kit


Easterific Tagger Size Kit

This kit contains 25 papers (800x800 in size) & 93 elements. Elements include baskets, bows, bubbles, butterflies, doodles, easter eggs, flowers, frames, ribbons and a variety of special elements which include an adorable lil poser gal, 2 bunnies, a duckling & easter chocolates.

So hop on over to this perfect easter themed kit ! !


postheadericon Tomorrow is World Autism Awareness Day ! Help support autism research !

 Tomorrow is World Autism Awareness Day ! 
Help support autism research by purchasing a piece of Joseph's puzzle for 10$.
Visit here.

postheadericon Help support autism research .. purchase In My Arms Lil Man !

In My Arms Lil Man PTU Scrap Kit 

This kit is based on a gorgeous commission piece titled "Little Man" by the very talented Joanne Schempp. The commission was generously purchased for me by an anonymous donor and I chose to have it represent my lil man and I.

The print can be purchased here and the tubed version through My Tag Art here.

Since my lil man was diagnosed with autism last fall,
pls note all proceeds from the sale of this kit will be donated
to Autism Speaks to help fund autism research. 

The kit contains 79 elements and 20 papers (800x800 in size). Elements included are bows, butterflies, buttons, doodles, frames, ribbons and a variety of matching elements like basket, birdhouse, birds, window frames, foliage, flowers, water drops, picket fence and 2 adorable matching lil posers.

If you have any questions, pls feel free to contact me at The_Taker_@Hotmail.com.

Thanks so much for supporting autism research by purchasing this kit.