Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever

Tube of choice, Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Stars and Stripes Forever by Gemini Creationz
Font of choice I used SwingSet BB
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open gemini_s&sforever_p7 c/p as a new layer, and apply a
mask of choice, I used grungeframe10mask by bunnysattic

Now open gemini_s&sforever_frame3 c/p as a new layer
resize by 80% and then grab your magic wand and click
inside the frame opening, expand by 9 and then invert,
open gemini_s&sforever_paper11 c/p as a new layer,
hit delete, and make sure it is below the frame layer. Now
open gemini_s&sforever_foldedribbon2 c/p as a new layer
rotate to the left by 90% and arrange along the bottom of
the frame, now open gemini_s&sforever_fireworks3 c/p as
a new layer, arrange below your ribbon layer,now open
gemini_s&sforever_fireworks1 c/p as a new layer resize
by 75% two times and place near the bottom right of
the tag, Now open now open gemini_s&sforever_starwire
c/p as a new layer arrange along your ribbon at the bottom
of the frame, now open gemini_s&sforever_starcirclescatter
c/p as a new layer arrange to right above your mask layer,
Now open gemini_s&sforever_flower4 c/p as a new layer
arrange below the ribbon layer and resize by 48% place
behind the fireworks, now open gemini_s&sforever_flower2
c/p as a new layer arrange below the white flower and
resize by 35% now open gemini_s&sforever_flower3 c/p
as a new layer, arrange to above your white flower and
resize by 45%, now add a dropshadow of choice to your
tag (I did not dropshadow the fireworks I did add a small
graident glow to these and the star scatter) and a tube of
choice hide the white background layer and merge visible.

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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Good Night Moon

Good Night Moon

Tube of choice I used Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott
Scrap used Sleepy Time by PolkaDot Scraps
Font of choice I used 2Peas Picnic Basket
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

open PDS_ST-paper4 c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of
choice, I used HorsePlay's Pasture Mask 1

Now open PDS_ST-stars1 c/p as a new layer and resize by
80% duplicate and mirror, place one towards the top of the mask
area and one towards the bottom area of the mask, now open
PDS_ST-moon2 c/p as a new layer and resize by 75% place to
your liking,I rotated mine to the left by 30% and then mirrored it
Now open PDS_ST-frame1 c/p as a new layer and
grab your magic wand and click inside the frame opening and
expand by 9% now invert and open PDS_ST-paper2 c/p as a
new layer below the frame and then hit delete and select
none, Now open PDS_ST-pillow and c/p as a new layer,
arrange to your liking, resize by 85% now open PDS_ST-clock,
c/p as a new layer and resize by 75% and place near the pillow,
Open PDS_ST-ribbon3 c/p as a new layer and arrange this layer
to right below your frame and paper layer, Now open PDS_ST-ribbon2
c/p as a new layer and flip and mirror place near your other
ribbon. Now lets open PDS_ST-lamp c/p as a new layer and
resize by 75% and then mirror this, Now lets open PDS_ST-wa1
c/p as a new layer and place towards the top of the tag, I used
a slight gradient glow on mine, Now add a dropshadow of choice
to your tag and a tube of choice, (the stars and moon dont get a dropshadow)
hide your white background layer and merge visible.

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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A Beautiful Sunset

A Beautiful Sunset

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon in both examples
Scrap used Vampire Diaries FTU kit by PolkaDot Scraps
Wardart of choice or the one I made HERE
Font of choice I used Gravura LET
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open PDS_VD-paper7 c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of
choice, I used yezmask_019 I duplicated and mirrored then
flipped it. merge the two together,

Now open PDS_VD-frame5 c/p as a new layer, mirror,
now open PDS_VD-frame2 c/p as a new layer and resize by
85%, you want it to be cover most of the red frame, like in
my tags, Now open PDS_VD-leaves2 c/p as a new layer, arrange
below the top frame layer, place towards the top right, I duplicated
mine and then rotate it to the right by about 18%, Now paste it
again and bring this to the top, I duplicated it 3 times, rotating them
each a bit to make a little cluster at the bottom left of my frame
Now open PDS_VD-leaves1 c/p as a new layer, arrange to right
above the frame layer, and along the bottom edge of the frame
I duplicated mine and rotated it to the right by 18%, Now lets
open PDS_VD-ribbon3 c/p as a new layer, I changed the color of
this to match the background picture I am using, Now open
PDS_VD-clock and c/p as a new layer, place with your ribbon and
leaves, Now open PDS_VD-flower4 c/p as a new layer and resize
this by 65% place with your clock and ribbons, Now open
PDS_VD-key, c/p as a new layer and resize by 65% and then
rotate to the left by 40% now open PDS_VD-ribbon1 c/p as
a new layer, mirror and then resize by 65% place on the key
Now add a dropshadow of choice and a tube of choice, hide
the white background layer and merge visible.

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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Just Blue

Just Blue

Tube of choice, I used Lia and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Freshness Add on by Lilas Design
(Frame HERE)
Font of choice I used Roselyn
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open Lilas_freshnessaddon_paper1 resize by 19% and
c/p as a new layer, apply a mask of choice, I used
Becky's Mask 22. Duplicate and then flip, and
then mirror, now merge the 2 mask layers

Now open my frame I supplied, c/p as a new layer and
resize by 70% now rotate to the left by 6% grab your
magic wand and click inside the frame opening and then
expand by 9% and then invert, Now open Lilas_freshnessaddon_paper2
resize by 19% and then c/p as a new layer below the frame layer
hit delete and select none. Now lets open Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt1
c/p as a new layer, resize by 19% now mirror and arrange
along the bottom edge of the frame, now duplicate, mirror
and then rotate to the left by 80% arrange along the right
side of the frame, I duplicated both of mine and then
placed these layers below the frame and paper layer,
then resized them by 80% and then rotated them both
a bit so they "Fill" the empty leaves area, Now lets open
Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt 10 c/p as a new layer arrange
to right above the mask layer and resize by 19% place
with your other leaves, I duplicated mine a couple times
again "Filling In" the empty spots, I pasted it again this
time place the layer to the top, resize by 19% place with your
leaves along the side and bottom, you can duplicate a couple
times and resize some if you want, Now let open
Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt2 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 14% arrange with your leaves on the top of the frame,
now open Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt3 c/p as a new layer
and resize by 25% and place with your paper element
Now open Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt5 c/p as a new layer
resize this by 13% and tuck it between the two paper
elements, Now open Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt6
c/p as a new layer, below all the flowers and resize by
13% duplicate a few times and also rotate to your liking
now open Lilas_freshnessaddon_elmt14 c/p as a new layer
again this is below all your flowers, resize by 25% I duplicated
mine 2 times, mirrored one and then rotated one by 70%
placing along the right side of the frame, Now lets open
Lilas_freshnessaddon_elm11 c/p as a new layer, resize by
25% place peeking from behind the flowers, I duplicated
2 times and then arrange all three to peek out, when you are
happy with your tag, add a dropshadow of choice and a tube
of choice, hide the white background layer and merge visible.

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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Celebrating The 4th

Celebrating The 4th
Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon
Scrap used The 4th By X-Clusively Christy Scraps
(Full size kit used in this tut)
Font of choice I used powderworks
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open xcd-4-pp11 resize by 19% c/p as a new layer and
apply a mask of choice, I used Vix_Mask178
Now open xcd-4-pp1 and do the same as above using
the same mask, I flipped and mirrored one of them

Now lets open xcd-4-frame6 c/p as a new layer and resize
by 45%, now go back to your mask layers and make sure
they are peeking out from behind the frame, now grab your
magic wand click inside the frame opening and expand by 9
then invert, open xcd-4-pp-4 resize by 19% and c/p as a
new layer below your frame, hit delete, select none, now
open xcd-4-greenery1 c/p as a new layer, arrange this below
your frame and paper layer, resize by 35% and then rotate
to the left by 90% Now paste this again, bring this layer to the
top and resize by 35% and then rotate it to the right by 90%
Now open xcd-4-greenery4 c/p as a new layer and resize by
35% arrange along the bottom edge of the frame, I duplicated
and flipped mine and duplicated the original and then mirrored it
now open xcd-4-greenery3 c/p as a new layer, arrange to right
above your frame layer, duplicate and mirror, Now open
xcd-4-leaf1 c/p as a new layer, resize by 26%, duplicate and
rotate it a bit a couple times, Now open xcd-4-frame4 c/p
as a new layer, arrange to right above the mask layers, resize
by 66% place near the red mask, do the same with xcd-4-frame5
resizing by 66% and placing it near the blue mask, now open
xcd-4-ribbon1 c/p as a new layer and resize by 50% arrange this
above all the greenery, Now open xcd-4-flower3 c/p as a new
layer, resize by 30% arrange below your ribbon layer, now open
xcd-4-flower1 c/p as a new layer and resize by 48% place this
with the other flower, now open xcd-4-flower2 c/p as a new layer
resize by 36% and then mirror place with the other flowers
now lets open xcd-4-heart c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer
to right below the white flower layer, resize by 30% and then rotate
to the right by 50% Paste again this time resize by 25% and do
not rotate, Now open all three buttons, c/p as new layers, arrange
them below your flower layers, resize the white one by 30%, the blue
one by 30% and the red one by 19% scatter them around, when you
are happy with your tag add a dropshadow of choice and a tube of
choice, hide the white background layer and merge visible.
(the blue and white flowers have a dropshadow already)

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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Grunge Angel

Grunge Angel

Tube of choice, I used Rion Vernon and Keith Garvey
(The Keith Garvey tube is an Exclusive tube for The Dangerous Mindz
forum you can get this tube HERE)
Scrap used Grunge It by Pimp'd Designz
Font of choice I used Slender
Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,
All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity
with any other tutorial is purely coincidential.
Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog!

Open a new image 650x650 and flood fill white,
I am trying to make my tags smaller so I am going to start with
a bit smaller work area, this is your choice if you want
to make a larger tag.

Open pd-pp-10 c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice
I used 298 Insatiable Dreams mask using the manual
correction tool I changed the color to a blue to match the
tape I will be adding,

Now lets open pd-frame-02 c/p as a new layer
resize this by 80% , grab your freehand selection tool
and go around the inside of the frame making sure
that when you add your paper that the edges will be
hidden by the frame, open pd-pp-05 c/p as a new
layer below the frame, and hit delete, leave selected
and then open pd-pp-09 c/p as a new layer right above
this paper and hit delete, change the blend mode on
this layer to luminance (L) now select none open
pd-tape-02 c/p as a new layer, resize by 60% and
then rotate to the left by 20% and place near the
top left of your frame, now duplicate, flip and mirror
placing at the bottom right of the frame, (making sure
this piece of tape stays the top layer)
open pd-ribbon-01 c/p as a new layer, place near
the bottom of the frame,resize by 75% and then
rotate to the right by 10% now open pd-string c/p
as a new layer, flip and then resize by 75% place with
your ribbon, Now open pd-print-04 c/p as a new layer,
arrange to right above your mask layer, arrange it towards
the top, now duplicate, mirror and then flip, arrange this
towards the bottom of the frame, I duplicated mine again
this time I used the manual correction tool to change the
color to match the piece of tape

I duplicated so I have 3 of these in the blue, The one
in the middle I used gamma correction to darken it just
a bit, Now open pd-stars-01 c/p as a new layer, arrange
to right above the mask layer, and place towards the left
of the frame, duplicate and mirror, Now add a dropshadow
and tube of choice, hide the white background layer and
merge visible.(I did not dropshadow the stars layers)

I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info,
it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right
information and Save the way you prefer to save tags,

I hope you enjoyed this tut
smiles
christy
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The 4th

"The 4th"

Freebie Mini Kit

With Independence Day coming in just a couple

weeks and with the help of a sweet friend (Janeann)

who gave me the idea for this kit, I give to you

a Red, White and Blue kit.

This kit is avaliable in both Full Size and Taggers Size

You can grab the Full Size Kit HERE

You can grab the Taggers Size Kit HERE

smiles

christy

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