*~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

Too Shy, Shy

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice

VM Distortion - Vision Impossible

VM Instant Art - Tripolis

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 300

From tube - choose 2 colors - a light/med for your fg and a medium/dark for background.

Set foreground to gradient

Fill canvas with gradient

Apply VM Distortion - Vision Impossible

Selection tool set to rectangle - feather at 0 - select the area shown below:

Promote selection to layer - DO NOT DESELECT

Textures - Weave

VM Instant Art - Tripolis

Deselect

With arrow key - move this layer to far right side

Add drop shadow

Activate bottom layer - with custom selection tool with the settings of top and left - zero  - right and bottom 300 - promote layer to selection - deselect - image - mirror

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

Add a new layer - fill with one of your color choices - select all - modify - contract by 2 - fill with other color choice - contract by 2 - fill with first color choice - contract by 2 - delete - apply cut out

Deselect.

Add copyright and license info and name - save!!!