*~*Summer Breeze*~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely work of Erin Ewer which can be purchased at Digital Art Heaven.

Please do not use artwork without a valid license!!

(A tube that comes with the full image works best, but you can always substitute a nice paper background from a scrap kit)

Filters:

DBS Flux

Mura Meister

Lets Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 300

Select all - copy and paste your full image or background paper into selection - deselect

Select all - float - defloat - contact by 10 - invert - promote selection to layer - deselect - move to top - rename Frame

Activate background layer - duplicate

On bottom layer - apply DSB Flux - Linear Transmission

Activate top background layer - apply Gaussian Blur at 5.00 - change blend mode to multiply or whatever looks best

Activate frame layer - with magic wand - feather set to 0 - click in center

Effects - 3D effects - Cut Out

Deselect

Copy and paste your tube - move under frame layer

Position tube over corresponding background image.

Resize tube slightly so that is a little smaller than the background layer image

Add drop shadow of choice.

For Text:

Choose 2 colors from your tube/image

Close out the foreground color for now

Select a block type font and type the first letter of your name

Flip your color choices - and have the background one open - foreground closed

With your preset shape set to circle - draw a circle slightly larger than your letter

Convert to raster and duplicate until you have enough for all the letters in your name.

Line the circles next to each other in a row - merge visible

Reverse your colors again and type out the remainder of the letter of your name

Place a letter over each circle until all are filled

On your circle layer -  duplicate - activate the bottom circle layer-

apply DSB Flux Linear Transmission

Merge together your letter and both circle layers - position to your preference

Add copyright and license information

Save!!!

Tune Time - 

Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts

*~Sail On Sailor~*

SUPPLIES:

Tube of choice - I am using the art of ©Kate Lightfoot

Filters:

VM Toolbox - Square Blur

VM Distortion - Distortion by Hue

Eye Candy 4000 - Glass

Xero - Porcelain

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 600

Copy and paste your tube - resize as needed

Duplicate - rename top layer - Tube.  X-out this layer for now.

Rename raster 2 - Tube Copy - stay on this layer

Select Preset Shape Tool - set to rounded rectangle

Set background to color of choice

Add a new layer - draw out a rectangle - do NOT cover all of your tube

Move rectangle below tube copy layer - activate tube copy layer - merge down - rename Shape - duplicate.  Rename duplicate layer - Duplicate Shape.

Stay on the Duplicate Shape layer

Effects - VM Toolbox - Square Blur

Effects - VM Distortion - Distortion by Hue

Effects - Eye Candy 4000 - Glass - clear glass settings - choose a color you prefer - I used white

Move below shape layer - stay on shape layer

Change blend mode to overlay (or preference) and lower opacity to 70%

Activate tube layer - un-x - resize 95%

Effects - Xero Porcelain - default settings

Add drop shadow of choice

Optional:  Adding text around your tag.

Set your foreground to a contrasting color - background to null.

Select your rectangle shape - NOT the rounded rectangle.

Draw out a rectangle slightly larger than your tag rectangle.

Center in canvas.

Choose the color(s) and font you wish to use.  Place your cursor on the rectangle until you see an "A".  Left click - your text window will open.  Type out what you want - when happy with the results - click apply.

On your layer palette - click the + sign.  On the rectangle layer - click the eye on the

NEW RECTANGLE layer

Now click the Vector 1 layer - right click and choose - Convert to Raster Layer

Add any effects such as a bevel, gradient glow, drop shadow and move under tag layer.

Add copyright and license information and name.

Merge and save!!!

Tune Time:

The Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor

*~Undun~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely work of ©VeryMany

LnK - Zitah and Jouri

Simple - Center Tile

Toadies - Plain Mosaic Blur

Penta - Color Dot

Xero - Porcelain (optional)

Let's Begin:

NOTE:  Label the layers as suggested so that it will make it easier to follow!!!!

Open a new image 600 x 250

Choose from your tube  a dark color for your foreground and a light color for your background

Change foreground to gradient:

Fill canvas

Apply LnK - Zitah:

Add a new layer - fill with grad - rename Grad 2

Apply LnK - Jouri:

Apply Simple - Center Tile - default settings

With magic wand - feather set to 0 - click the black lines

Note:  if you miss any - hold down the shift key and keep clicking until all are highlighted

Add a new layer - fill with light color - deselect - rename Light 1

Dupicate - rename Skew

Staying on Skew

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew:

Activate Light 1 

Noise - Gaussian - 30% - mono checked

Delete Grad 2 layer

Activate Skew layer - with wand - click the widest segment - add a new layer and fill with light color - deselect - rename Diagonal Light:

Activate Skew layer again - click diagonal segment to the left of the one you just did - add a new layer - fill with dark color - deselect - rename Diagonal Dark

Staying on this layer - apply blinds:

Duplicate layer - flip

Apply Toadies - Plain Mosaic Blur - default settings - rename Blur

Edge effects - enhance

Duplicate - activate Blur Layer (this should be the bottom of the two layer)

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Activate Diagonal Light 

Effects - Penta - Color Dot:

Scroll down to Skew layer - arrange bring to top

Scroll to Light 1 - arrange bring to top

Activate layer 1 (bottom layer)

Copy and paste tube - a close-up works well if you have one

Resize and position - remove excess

Duplicate tube layer

Activate Light 1 layer - with wand - select top and bottom areas

Activate top tube layer  - delete - deselect

Activate bottom tube layer - change blend mode to Luminance(L) and lower opacity to 60%

Copy and paste full size tube - resize and position

Change blend mode to Overlay

Optional - apply Xero Porcelain to full tube and top tube layer if you like.

Add a new layer - fill with color choice - select all - contract by 2 - delete - add noise - gaussian - 50% - mono checked

Add copyright and license information and name.

Merge and save!!!!

Tune Time:  Undun by The Guess Who

*~Honesty~*

NOTE:  This tut uses something that may be new to you - it's a Alpha Channel selection template.  Think of it as a regular template - but instead of colored shapes on different layers - this is one layer - you add layers and choose a selection and fill.  It's very easy to use and I hope you will find it a fun new experience.

Supplies:

PI2_Honesty Supplies - HERE

Tube of choice

Filters:

Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver

VanDerLee - Unplugged X

Penta - Dot and Cross

Filter Factory J - Drink to me

Let's Begin:

Open your tube, honesty template and lines deco

Duplicate the honesty template and close the original

Minimize the lines deco for now

From your tube - choose a light color for your foreground and a dark color for your background

Set your foreground to gradient:

Fill honesty template (which will referred to as the canvas) with gradient

Apply Filters Unlimited - Special Effects 1 - Shiver:

Apply VanDerLee - Unplugged X:

Select Vertical Tile

Apply Penta - Dot and Cross: 75/12/0

Selection - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - select the Diamond shown in the window

Promote selection to layer - deselect 

Filters Unlimited - Special effect 1 - Shiver - default settings

Layers duplicate - image mirror - move this layer under the other diamond layer - activate top diamond and merge down

Effects - Image Effects - seamless tiling:

Change blend mode to Luminance (L) and reduce opacity to around 70 - or whatever you prefer

Change the foreground gradient to this setting:

Add a new layer - fill with gradient

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel -

Click the arrow on the right side of the window and select PI2_Large Box

Load - selection - invert - delete - invert - contract by 10 - delete - deselect.

Duplicate

Activate the bottom of the 2 duplicate layers - apply Filters Factory J - Drink to me 

Activate the top layer - merge down

Effects - image effects - seamless tiling - same settings

Effects - Edge effects - enhance

Change blend mode to Hard Light - opacity to around 80 or your preference

Merge down.

Activate your bottom layer

Selections - Load/Save selection from Alpha Channel - choose PI2_Side Triangles

Promote selection to layer - deselect - move to top

Apply drop shadow - 5/5/50/5.00/black - repeat with -5/-5/50/5.00

Open PI2_Lines - copy

Paste as a new layer on your canvas

Select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with color or gradient choice (you may need to click a few times to get the effect your want).  Deselect.

Change the blend mode if you like - I changed mine to screen.

Delete original lines layer

Add your tube - resize and position - add drop shadow of choice

Add copyright and license information.

Add a new layer - fill with color choice - select all - contract by 2 - delete - deselect - or add a frame option of your choice.

Add you name and save!!!!

Tune Time - Billy Joel - Honesty

*~Bette Davis Eyes~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - a close works well.

Note:  Please make sure the artist allows color/blend manipulation.  Most do, but there are a few who do not!!!!

DecoBDE_PI3 - Optional

Filters:

AP - Lines - Silverlining

Eye Candy 4000 - Weave

AP Lines and Deco available - HERE

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 250

Choose a medium color for your foreground and a dark color for the background.  These can be any color you wish, but they have to be of the same color.  They do not have to be from the tube as the blend will be changing that.

Set your foreground to gradient:

Fill canvas with gradient

Apply Eye Candy 4000 - weave:

Color choice - your dark shade

Rename layer - Weave

Add a new layer - apply custom selection:

Fill with gradient.

Apply AP Lines - Silverlining:

Deselect.

NOTE:  If you want your dots a different color than white - select your color - write down the R-G-B numbers and change them in AP Lines

Rename this layer Dotty

Duplicate dotty 

On duplicate layer - effects - geometric - circle

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - set to 20

Rename layer Blur

Staying on Blur - select all - float - defloat 

Add a new layer

Copy and paste your tube into selection - deselect

Activate Blur layer - resize 110%

Duplicate a few times if needed

Activate your tube layer - change blend mode to Luminance(L)

I also added Xero Porcelain to my tube - default settings - optional

Copy and paste DecoBDE 

Activate Target brush - Colorize with either foreground or background color.  

Add a new layer - fill with one of your color choices

Select all - contract by 3 - delete - deselect

Adjust - Noise - 

Add watermark and license information and name.

Merge and save !!!!

Tune Time:

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

*~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

Sunday Morning !!!

This tut was inspired by Laine (owner of PSPX3) who always gives the group the weekly challenges on Sunday Morning!!!

Note: Written using PSP X - a basic knowledge of PSP and it's tools is required.

Items needed:

Van Der Lee Unplugged - Defocus

If you need this - you can get it HERE

(it can be installed in Filters Unlimited if you have that program)

Bordermania - Frame #2

PI2 - Geometric Mask

PI2 - Geometric Templates

Texture - Corel_08_048

Mask, templates and texture - HERE

Tube of choice

Let's Begin:

Open a new image - 600 x 250

From tube or complimentary colors - set foreground to light/medium color, background to medium/dark color

Change foreground to gradient:

Open your tube - copy

On working canvas - add a new layer - select all - paste tube into selection - deselect

Effects - Image effects - Seamless Tiling:

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur:

Layers - duplicate

Image - mirror

Effects - Texture - Mosaic Antique:

Change blend mode to overlay and lower opacity to 70%

Layers - merge visible 

Adjust - sharpen

Add a new layer - fill with gradient

Effects - textures - apply texture:

Apply PI2 - Geometric Mask

Merge group

Duplicate - activate the bottom mask layer

Effects - Van Der Lee - Defocus:

Activate the top mask layer - Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - same settings

Change blend mode to overlay - reduce opacity to 50%

Layers merge down

Copy and paste PI2_Geometric Template 1

Select all - float - defloat 

Add a new layer - fill with gradient

DO NOT DESELECT

Add a new layer - copy and paste tube into selection

NOTE:  Depending on the tube you use - this may distort the tube. First you may wish to try resizing the tube,  if that doesn't work then paste as a new layer and position in the center.

Deselect

Delete original template layer

Move gradient layer below mask layer

Activate your tube - apply drop shadow - change to one of your colors

Copy and paste PI2_Geometric Template 2

Select all - float - defloat

Activate mask layer - promote selection to layer

DO NOT DESELECT

On promoted layer - selection - modify - expand by 2

Add a new layer - fill with foreground color - deselect.

Duplicate

Activate bottom filled layer 

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - set at 10.

Activate the top filled layer - change the blend mode to overlay

Merge these 2 layers together

Move under the promoted layer 

Delete the original template layer

On promoted layer - change blend mode to multiply - merge down

Merge visible entire canvas

Effects - Bordermania - Frame #2

Add copyright, license and name.

Merge and save !!!!

Tune time:  Spanky and Our Gang - Sunday Morning