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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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Saturday, January 21, 2012

postheadericon Forever & Always Gardener 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 Sue Rundle Hughes which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through PSP Tube Stop here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a great PTU kit from Heartfelt Perfections called "Enchantment" which can be purchased here.

Mask of Choice .. I have used Vix_Mask363 which can be downloaded here.

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

Font of Choice .. Alex Brush

Let's get started

New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer and floodfill with #b24047, effects/texture effect/texture and select texture of your choice, I have used fine canvas. New mask layer from image, Vix_Mask363, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group.

Copy and paste Peavine, resize 85% & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout. Position along the bottom right hand corner. Layer duplicate/mirror.

Select your Elipse/Oval in your Preset Shapes Tool, line style solid/width 25/anti alias checked/color #c8c3a5 as foreground and draw out a nice size oval frame. Object/align/centre in canvas & convert to raster layer. Adjust/add remove noise/add noise/uniform monochrome checked/50%. Effect/3d effect/inner bevel with the following settings.

 
Using your magic wand, select the center portion of your frame, selections modify/expand 5, copy and paste Paper 1, resize 55%, selections invert and hit delete. Copy and paste Bow 2, resize 55% & hit delete. Select none & drop shadow your bow & frame.

Copy and paste Rose leaves 2, resize 55% & drop shadow. Position bottom right hand corner of your frame. Repeat with Rose leave 1, mirror & position bottom left hand corner of your frame.

Copy and paste White Flower, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side. Copy and paste Rose 2, resize 75%, mirror, rotate right 50 & drop shadow. Position on the bottom right side of your frame.

Copy and paste Daisy, resize 35% & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner of your frame. Layer duplicate and move next to your first daisy.

Copy and paste String, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand side. Repeat with Green Ribbon, mirror & position bottom right hand side.

Copy and paste Bow, resize 75% & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste your tube, resize as necessary & drop shadow. In my case, I had the heart plant on a seperate layer, so I then did the same with that.

Copy and paste Ribbon, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste Word Art, resize 65%, adjust/color balance/manual color correction from black to #b24047, add the same noise effect as used before. I then added a size 3 fat white/gradient glow followe by drop shadow. Position top left hand corner.

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

Copy and paste your word art and resize 75%. Adjust color balance/manual color correction from black to #c2476e. I then added a size 3 fat white gradient glow followed by drop shadow.

Add copyright and name on your tag. I have used Alex Brush, Size 72, Color #b24047 and then added the same noise, gradient glow & drop shadow as used on the word art.

Save and you are done.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.
Pls feel free to experiment and use my tutorial as a guide.
Thursday, January 19, 2012

postheadericon Beautiful Love 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 Sweet-PinUp which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through The PSP Project here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a great PTU kit from Designs by Stina called "Angel Kisses" which can be purchased here.

Mask of Choice .. I have used WSL_Mask84 which can be downloaded here.

Word Art of Choice .. I have used word art from Blissfully Beth which can be downloaded here.

Font of Choice .. He Formed My Heart

Let's get started

New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 2. Select none. New mask layer from image, WSL_Mask84, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group. Resize 110% & layer duplicate.

Copy and paste Frame 3, resize 85% & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout.

Copy and paste Bow 1, resize 65%, rotate left 90 & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Repeat with Bow 2 and position next to your first bow.

Copy and paste Frame 1 & resize 85%. Using your magic wand, select the center portion of your frame, selections modify/expand 5, copy and paste Paper 12, resize 65%, selections invert and hit delete. Copy and paste below your frame your tube & resize as necessary. Layer duplicate and drag this layer above your frame. On the tube layer below you frame, hit delete & select none. Select the tube layer above your frame and erase the bottom portion of the tube so it appears to be coming out of your frame. Drop shadow your frame.

Copy and paste Roses 1, resize 40%, rotate left 25 & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner of your frame.

Copy and paste Flower 1, resize 30% & drop shadow. Position bottom centre of your frame a little to the left. Layer duplicate & mirror.

Copy and paste Winged Heart 1, resize 65% & drop shadow. Position bottom centre of your frame.

Copy and paste Balloon 1, resize 75% & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner. Repeat with Balloon 2 and position a little lower. Copy and paste Air Balloon, resize 45% & drop shadow. Position bottom right hand corner.

Copy and paste Fluffy Heart 1, resize 40% & drop shadow. Position top left hand corner.

Copy and paste Hearts 4, resize 25% & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner.

Copy and paste Hearts 3, resize 75%, rotate right 90, adjust/add remove noise/add noise/uniform monochrome checked/50% & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste Birdie 1, resize 25% & drop shadow. Position bottom right hand corner.

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

Copy and paste your word art and resize 75%. Adjust color balance/manual color correction from black to #c2476e. I then added a size 3 fat white gradient glow followed by drop shadow.

Add copyright and name on your tag. I have used He Formed My Heart, Size 60, color #dc7495 and then added the same noise effect, gradient glow & drop shadow as used 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.

postheadericon Taking Back PSP


Taking Back PSP is a community event designed to bring taggers together for a fun evening, and at the same time raise funds for Pink Ribbon.org - an international organization focused on breast cancer research -- something that has affected each of us in one capacity or another.

Join them at the end of March, when they will hold a one time event, where attendees will have access to a TON of exclusive tubes, scrapkits, CU items --- and win door prizes including gift certificates, tubes, and other wonderful things.

Your event ticket will cost you a meer $10.00.
ALL of which will be donated to PinkRibbon.org.

Watch the group here, and their blog for more details and how you can donate to earn your event ticket.

postheadericon Tut using my "Forever Twilight" Tagger Size Kit


My dear friend tweety has done it again and wrote this gorgeous tutorial using my "Forever Twilight" scrap kit ! Thanks so much my friend .. it's adorable ! Tutorial can be found here.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

postheadericon Shh ... Baby Dreaming 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 Micah Carmichael which you must have a license to use. I am licensed through PSP Tube Stop for this tube.


Image of Choice .. I have used one of my own personal photographs here.


Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a great PTU Kit from Cindy's Creative Designs called "Blue Magic" which can be purchased here.

Mask of Choice .. I have used Vix_Mask26 & Vix_Mask257 which can be downloaded here.

Word art of Choice .. I have used word art from Linda's Place which can be downloaded here.

Font of Choice .. Cutie Pie

Let's get started

New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 6. Select none. New mask layer from image, Vix_Mask26, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group. Resize 105%.

Copy and paste Bling 1 & resize 75%.

Copy and paste Butterflies 3, resize 80% & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout. Position top left hand corner. Layer duplicate and position bottom right hand corner.

Copy and paste Wings 1, resize 50% & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner.

Copy and paste Corner 1, resize 50% & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner.

New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 1. Select none. New mask layer from image, Vix_Mask257, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group.

Using your magic wand, select the center portion of one of your frames, selections modify/expand 5, copy and paste your image below your frame layer, resize as required, selections invert and hit delete. Select none.

Repeat with both of the other frames. Drop shadow your frame.

Copy and paste your tube, resize as required & drop shadow. Position top left hand corner.

Copy and paste Bow 5, resize 50% & drop shadow. Position at the base of your middle frame. Repeat with Bow 4 and position top right hand corner of your middle frame.

Copy and paste Flower 1, resize 40% & drop shadow. Position at the bottom of your bottom right hand corner frame. Copy and paste Dragonflies 1, resize 50% & drop shadow. Position bottom right hand corner.

Copy and paste Sparkles & resize 50%. Position bottom right hand corner. Layer duplicate and position top left hand corner of your top centre frame.

Copy and paste your word art, resize 30%/60%, adjust/color balance/manual color correction from black to #141c2f. I then added a size 3  fat white gradient glow followed by drop shadow.

Copy and paste Butterfly 1, resize 30% & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner.

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 Cutie Pie, Size 36, color #141c2f, then added the same gradient glow and drop shadow as used on the word art.

Save and you are done.

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

Monday, January 9, 2012

postheadericon Cake Makes Everything Better 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 Ava Schwark which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through PSP Tube Stop here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have used a great FTU Kit from PF Desgins called "Celebrate Birthday". This is a Facebook Exclusive Freebie so you will need to like this page in order to download the kit.

Mask of Choice .. I have used WSL_Mask130 which can be downloaded here.

Word art of Choice .. I have used word art from Create with TLC which can be downloaded here.

Font of Choice .. Cutie Pie

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, WSL_Mask130, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group. Resize 115% & layer duplicate.

Copy and paste Element 16, resize 50% twice & drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout.

Copy and paste Element 39, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position bottom top left hand corner. Layer duplicate and position a little lower on the left hand side. Layer duplicate and position on the right hand side.

Select your Elipse in your Preset Shapes Tool, line style solid/width 20/anti alias checked/color #d4708c as foreground and draw out a nice size circular frame. Object/align/centre in canvas & convert to raster layer. Adjust/add remove noise/add noise/uniform monochrome checked/65%. Effect/3d effect/inner bevel with the following settings.

Using your magic wand, select the center portion of your frame, selections modify/expand 5, copy and paste Paper 2 below your frame layer, resize 50% twice, selections invert and hit delete. Select none & drop shadow your frame.

Copy and paste Element 38, resize 40% twice & drop shadow. Position on the right hand side. Layer duplicate, resize 80% and position a little lower.

Copy and paste Element 34, resize 40% twice & drop shadow. Position on the left hand side.

Copy and paste Element 4, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position top left hand corner. Repeat with Element 8 and position next to your other balloon.

Copy and paste Tube, resize as necessary & drop shadow.

Copy and paste Element 10, resize 35%/25% & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner. Copy and paste Element 29, resize 50% twice & drop shadow. Position next to your parcels.

Copy and paste Element 27, resize 45% twice & drop shadow. Position on the right hand side. Repeat with Element 26 & rotate right 10. Position next to your first noise maker.

Copy and paste Element 39, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position bottom right hand corner.

Copy and paste Word art, resize 40%/45%, adjust/color balance/manual color correction/from black to #4ab4cd. I then added the following gradient glow and then drop shadow.

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 Cutie Pie, Size 48, color #4ab4cd, then added the same gradient glow and drop shadow as used on the word art.
 
Save and you are done.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.
Pls feel free to experiment and use my tutorial as a guide.
Sunday, January 8, 2012

postheadericon Love Is In The Air 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 Sweet-PinUp which you must have a license to use. Please do not use her work without purchasing through The doll Shop here.

Scrap Kit of Choice .. I have great PTU kit from Graphics by Poka Dot called "Sweet Love" which can be purchased here.

Mask of Choice .. I have used WSL_Mask110 which can be downloaded here.

Word Art of Choice .. I have used word art from Word Art Fun which you can download here.

Font of Choice .. Cutie Pie

Let's get started

New image 600x600 and floodfill with white. New raster layer, select all, paste into selection Paper 2. Select none. New mask layer from image, WSL_Mask105, invert transparency unchecked, and merge group. Resize 110%.

Copy and paste Frame 2, resize 50%/60%. Adjust/add remove noise/add noise/gaussian monochrome checked/65% & then drop shadow. I have used 2/2/40/4 throughout.

Copy and paste Spray, resize 50% & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner. Layer duplicate/flip & position bottom left hand corner.

Copy and paste Frame 4 & resize 50% twice. Using your magic wand, select the center portion of your frame, selections modify/expand 5, copy and paste Paper 12 below your frame layer, resize 30% twice, selections invert, hit delete. Select none and merge down your frame layer with it's background layer and then drop shadow. Position top left hand corner. Layer duplicate and rotate right 15. Position down and to the right of your first heart frame.

Copy and paste Bow 1, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position at the top of your bottom frame.

Copy and paste Frame 1, resize 35% twice, add the same noise effect as used before & drop shadow. Position along the bottom.

Copy and paste Heart Dangle, resize 50%/40% & drop shadow. Position hanging from the top heart frame.

Copy and paste Swirl 1, resize 50%/40%, add noise & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner. Copy and paste Fuzzy Butterfly, resize 35% twice, rotate right 20 & drop shadow. Position top right hand corner.

Copy and paste Rose, resize 35% twice, rotate right 90 & drop shadow. Position along the bottom towards the right hand side. Layer duplicate, rotate left 10 & position next to your first rose.

Copy and paste Wine 1, resize 35% twice & drop shadow. Position bottom left hand corner.

Copy and paste your tube, resize as necessary & drop shadow. Copy and paste Sweet Spray, resize 35%, rotate right 90 & drop shadow. Position bottom centre.

Copy and paste your Word art, resize 40%/45%, add size 3 fat white gradient glow followed by drop shadow. Position top left hand corner.

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 Cutie Pie, Size 60, color #710d17 and then added the same noise effect, gradient glow & drop shadow as used 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.