Spook Me Baby

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spookylicious" by Designs by Ali available from Twilight Scraps
Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey available with a licence from My PSP Tubes
**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**
Template 101 by Beth available from her blog

WSL_Mask185 by Chelle available from her blog
Fonts of choice - I am using Poultrygeist and Whackadoo Upper
Plugins: Greg's Factory Output II > Pool Shadow
Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow (optional) and HSB Noise


Let's begin...


Open Template 101 by Beth
Shift D to duplicate and close off original

Image > Canvas Resize 700 x 500 (centred)
Flood fill excess background white

Activate ORANGE RECT FRAME and select with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1
Flood fill with Black

Selections > Modify > Contract by 3
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection

KEEP SELECTED!!

Effects > Plugins > Greg's Factory Output II > Pool Shadow with default settings
Repeat once

Activate ORANGE STAR FRAME and repeat above steps

Select RECT BACKGROUND with your Magic Wand
Paste a paper of choice as new layer (one with the spider web)
Resize by 60%
Position to liking
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Activate SPOOKY WORD ART
Adjust Brightness and Contrast with the Bright Preset setting
Brightness - 100
Contrast - 0

Repeat twice

Select BLACK STAR BG with Magic Wand
Paste a spider Web paper of choice as new layer
Resize by 60%
Centre the web to the centre of the Star
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Paste Barbed Wire as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position along Black Dotted Line
Erase any overhanging excess
Duplicate, then Image > Flip

Duplicate again, Image > Rotate by 90
Position to the left on Dotted Line
Erase overhanging excess, then
Duplicate and Image > Mirror

Layers > Merge > Merge Down till all Barbed Wire is one layer
Delete Dotted Line layer



Paste Grass2 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position to the left inside Frame
Duplicate several times and position
Layers > Merge > Merge Down to one layer
Move down slight
Make a selection around bottom of Grass
Delete then deselect



Paste Ghost1 as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position to the left
Lower opacity to 50

Paste Cat as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position in lower right

Paste Bat as new layer
Image > Mirror
Resize by 15%
Position in upper right

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask185
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 30

Crop and resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Poultrygeist
Foreground - #4ddc4c
Background - #000000
Stroke width - 1.0

Type out your text of choice
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice
I am using Whackadoo Upper
Same text colours

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add a drop shadow of choice

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!


** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your SPOOKY WORD ART layer
Duplicate twice and rename WordArt1, WordArt2 and WordArt3

Activate WordArt1
Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > HSB Noise with the following settings:



Hide WordArt1 and activate WordArt2
Repeat Noise, adjusting Random Seed

Hide WordArt2 and activate WordArt3
Repeat Noise once again, adjusting the Random Seed

Now to animate!

Activate WordArt1 and hide WordArt2 and WordArt3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide WordArt1 and activate WordArt2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide WordArt2 and activate WordArt3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Select all and change Frame Properties to 20
Now save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::


Here is a non-animated version:



© Tutorial written by Stina on 12th September 2009
All rights reserved

Love Love Love

Supplies

Template #57 by Yvette which you can find on her blog Essence of Creativity
Scrap kit of choice - I used "Sweethearts Day" by Just a Girl Designs which can be purchased at Exquisite Scraps
Tube of choice - I used Keith Garvey's lovely artwork featuring Bettie Page which cab be purchased from My PSP Tubes and used under licence
Vix Mask_177 by Vix at her blog VixPS
Font of choice - I used Will & Grace which can be found at daFont.com
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

~ Step 1 ~

Open your supplies in PSP and minimise
Duplicate Yvette's template (Shift +D) then close off original
Delete copyright layer
Go to Image / Canvas Size and resize canvas to 700 x 550 with the centre checked

Open a lovely patterned paper of choice (I used Background6) and resize it by 80%
Using your magic wand (Tolerance 0; Feather 1) click the grey area of the "rounded rectangle layer on your template
Paste your paper as a new layer and position it over the rectangle where the marching ants are
Selections / Invert then Delete
Deselect

Go to Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Duplicate layer then rotate by 10 to the left
Position layer to your liking
Apply a drop shadow of choice to both layers
Delete original rounded rectangle layer

~ Step 2 ~

Choose another lovely paper (I'm using Background18 from the scrap kit) and resize by 80%
Once again, using your magic wand with the same settings click the grey "heart" layer
Paste your paper as a new layer and position over the heart
Selections / Invert then Delete
Deselect
Delete original "heart" layer

Add a new raster layer and move to the top
Using a nice colour from your tube or first paper (something in contrast to the heart) flood fill your new layer
Select the "dotted heart" layer
Go to Selections / Float / Defloat then Selections / Invert
Hit delete and deselect
With your top layer activated go to Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Your heart and dotted heart should now be one layer
Delete original "dotted heart" layer

~ Step 3 ~

Find a nice heart element
For this I used a Ribbon and Glass Heart Element in a similar colour and colourised the ribbon to complement
Resize and position along the top of the dotted heart
Duplicate and position in the same place on the opposite side
Layers / Merge / Merge Down to merge your two heart elements, then
Layers / Merge / Merge Down to merge the elements with the main heart

Duplicate so that you should now have TWO heart layers
On the original Rotate by 10 to the left
On the duplicate Rotate by 10 to the right
Position the duplicate heart slightly to the right and resize by 90%
Move the original to below the top rounded rectangle layer and position to the left to your liking
Add a drop shadow of choice

~ Step 4 ~

Open Wings1 or another element of choice and resize by 60%
Position along the bottom of the rectangle layer beneath the tip of the heart
It should be almost centre to the rectangle layer
**You may need to move the LOVE…LOVE…LOVE…LOVE word art down slightly**
Open Roses_Red, or another floral element, and resize by about 40 - 45%
Duplicate several times and place below the heart and rectangle layers - I also rotated and mirrored them, creating an almost frame-like look, so that they stick out from behind hearts etc.

Using a dark coloured paper (for this I used the same paper as I did for the heart) paste as a new layer and move to the bottom above the white background
Your Mask should be minimised so go to
Layers / Add New Mask Layer / From Image
Find Vix Mask_177
Source Luminance checked - Invert Mask Data UNchecked
Click OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Resize Mask layer by 90% - Bicubic resample

~ Step 5 ~

Add your tube and position to your liking adding a drop shadow of choice
Add your name using the Will & Grace font, or one of your choice
In your materials palette, foreground blank and background (for your text) in a colour that matches your tube
You can do this by using your dropper tool to select a colour to closely match
Type out your name and convert to raster layer
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Add a drop shadow:
Horizontal and Vertical - 2
Opacity - 20
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #000000

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

Save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

::st!na::

© Written by Stina on 22nd January 2009
All rights reserved

Teenage Dirtbag

Supplies

Template #31 by Designs by Ali which you can find on her blog here
Scrap kit of choice - I used "Teenage Dirtbag" by Brandi of Grunge & Glitter
and can be purchased at Digital Chaos
Tube of choice - I used the © artwork of Keith Garvey purchased through
My PSP Tubes. Please ensure you have a licence to use his artwork
Chain tube here
Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow
Fonts of choice - I used 2Peas Important Note and Buffet Script which are paid fonts

~ Step 1 ~

Open template and duplicate. Close off the original.
Delete watermark
Resize template to 550 width - Bicubic and all layers CHECKED
Image / Canvas size and resize canvas to 600 x 550
Add new raster layer and flood fill with white
Layers / Arrange / Send to bottom

~ Step 2 ~

Open 2 nice grungy papers (if using the same kit I used papers 3 & 5)
On your working canvas select Stars1 (in black)
Go to Selections / Float / Defloat
Paste your paper on your canvas, resize by about 60%
(depending on the size of your paper) and position over the stars
Selections / Invert
Hit delete
Deselect

Still on this layer go to Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4 / Gradient Glow (in white)
with the following settings:

On your second star layer (in grey) repeat steps
Selections / Float / Defloat
Paste your second paper of choice and resize as necessary
Once happy with the positioning repeat
Selections / Invert
Hit delete
Deselect

Still on this layer apply the Gradient Glow again with the same settings as above,
then apply again (in black) with the following settings:

You can delete the star template layers as we no longer need them

~ Step 3 ~

Open chain tube (supplied) and resize by 50% bicubic resample
Paste as new layer and position it just below the top inner star
then move it below the star layer so the chain appears to go under it

Open the heart2 element or element of your choice and resize by 25%
Paste as new layer and position it at the end of the chain
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Your heart and chain should now be one layer

Duplicate then Image / Mirror then position on opposite side
(see my tag for reference)

Add BlingDoodle1 (or doodle element of choice),
resize and position to one side on bottom layer
Duplicate and mirror

Paste your tube as new layer and resize as necessary
Position to your liking (depending on your tube)
Add a drop shadow:
(Vertical & horizontal 2, Opacity 50, Blur 5.00)
Crop tag and resize

~ Step 4 ~

Set your foreground #00000 - stroke width 1.2
and your background #d45883 (or a colour to match your kit and tube)
Add the words Teenage Dirtbag in the font of your choice
(mine is 2Peas Important Note)

**For this next step you will need to add a black layer just so you can see what you are doing. You can delete it after this step**

Change your background colour to white (no foreground)
and write your name in another font of choice (I used Buffet Script)
I use write all my text on a Vector layer so if you do also ensure
you then convert this layer to Raster before applying the plugin

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4 / Gradient Glow with the same settings as above in black

Add your © copyright, licence and watermark

Save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it.

::st!na::

©Tutorial written by Stina on 19th January 2009
All rights reserved