*~The Letter~*

Remember when we used to write letters and use stamps??  LOL

Everything is electronic now - but I still love seeing pretty stamps!!!

Supplies:

PI2_Stamped - HERE

Tubes or images of choice

Scrap kit 

Mask

Anything else you can think of !!!!

I'm not really going to write a tut as I want you to use your own imagination.

Below are just the basics and then I have included a few I did for inspiration.

Let's Begin:

Open PI2_Stamped - duplicate and close the original

Open tubes, images and what ever else you plan to use.

I suggest you resize the Stamped image before proceeding - this way you can see how your images will look and there won't be any distortion later.

With your magic wand - click inside the box or boxes you wish to add something to.  If you plan to fill more than one at a time - remember to hold down the shift key.

Selection - expand by 4 - add a new layer and then paste your image as a new layer or into selection.  If you paste as a new layer - remember to invert and hit delete so that the excess is removed.  Deselect - move under frame.

Now continue the above step until all the stamps are filled.

Add any accents and drop shadow of choice - mask layer if you like - whatever you want - after all it's YOUR creation!!!!

Tune Time - The Box Tops - The Letter

This one I used the art of  ©Jasmine Becket-Griffith - which you can purchase at CDO

This one was made with a scrap kit from Tiny Turtle Designs

This one with the art of ©VeryMany

Flutter !!!

This tutorial was inspired by Goblin, a friend and member of PSPX3.  She was (like many are) a little frustrated with animating tags.  But she stuck with it and kept trying and now she is on her way to being a master!!!!

So I told her I would continue writing tuts that hopefully will help her along that path!!!!

Supplies:

Tube of choice  - one with wings, either a fairy or angel works best.

I am using the wonderful art of ©Molly Harrison available at CDO.

NOTE: Check to make sure the artist allows their work to be animated, some do not!!!  So read their TOU carefully!!!

Scrap kit of choice - 

I am using one from Tiny Turtle Designs.

Mask of choice

Xero Porcelain (optional)

Animation Shop (which will be referred to as A/S)

DISCLAIMER:  Written using PSPX.  A basic working knowledge of PSP and it's tools is required.

Let's Begin:

Open a new image - I started with 600 x 600 - you can determine what you prefer.

Find a nice frame, some papers, and elements from your kit that you wish to use to create a tag.

Make sure you add a background to your frame.

Once your tag is done.  Add your tube.  Resize and position. 

NOTE:  Make sure that the 'wings' are not obstructed by any elements, also make sure that they are on top of your frame if you have them an an edge.

Once happy with your tag - remove any excess from your tube.

Add drop shadow of choice to elements and frame.  DO NOT add a drop shadow to your tube !!!!

Duplicate your tube layer - activate the bottom layer and rename Tube Blur.  Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 4.00

Activate your top tube layer - rename Tube.  Add Xero Porcelain, default settings if you wish - this is optional.

If you wish to add a mask layer - do so now - remember to merge the group.

If you want to resize your tag - you MUST do that now.  Make sure ALL LAYERS is checked when you do this.

Close out all your layers EXCEPT your Tube layer.

Activate your freehand selection tool - with the following setting:

Activate your Tube layer.  With the freehand selection tool - carefully select the 'wings' of your tube.  Make small movements around the wings so that you get all the details - also you may wish to zoom in so that you can see easier.

Promote selection to layer.  DO NOT DESELECT. Rename this Wings.

Activate Tube layer and delete.

Activate Wings layer - copy - open A/S and paste as a new animation.

Effects - Insert Image Effects - on the first screen - set as shown below:

Now click the CUSTOMIZE button - on this screen change the settings as shown below:

Click OK

You will see now that you have 16 frames.  Scroll to the front of the animation.  Left click on the FIRST frame and hit delete.  You now have 15 frames.

Back in PSP - open all layers.  Still on your Wings layer - Selection - modify - expand by 2.  Now activate your Tube layer and hit delete.  Deselect.  Delete the Wings layer.

Add a new layer at the bottom and fill with white.

Add your copyright and license information and name.

NOTE:  Again make sure that your text does not interfere with the wings 

of your tube.

Edit - Copy Merged.

In A/S - Paste as a NEW animation.  Edit - duplicate selected.  Repeat duplicate selected until you have 15 frames.

NOTE:  If you have too many frames - just click the first one and hit delete - keep doing this until you have the correct amount.

Activate your wings animation (the first one you made).  Make sure that you click on the first frame - Edit - select all - copy.

Now make sure the Propogate Paste button is selected.

Open your tag animation (the second one you made) - again click the first frame - Edit - Select all.  Now Edit - Paste Into Selected Frame

Carefully place the wings so that they line up with the blurred image.

Run your animation - save !!!!

Tune Time - Heather Maloney - Flutter