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September 28, 2014

Fright Night - CT Tag, Cluster freebie and Extras - Heather's Devine Dezigns



New fabby kit from Heather's Devine Dezigns - Fright Night - Visit her HERE!

Here is a cluster I made!

Right Click and SAVE!


Tag I made using Cluster and other elements from the kit!


Extras!











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September 21, 2014

Autumn Flair - CT PTU Tut - Autumn's Aroma by Karra's Kreative Korner



I used PSP X 6 to create this tag but any other version will work

Scrapkit is a unique and beautifully done kit by Karra's Kreative Korner names Autuns' Aroma. Available HERE and HERE

Using the beautiful work of Trinita available HERE

Texture by Vix HERE
I used the one in Set 2 3rd from right

Font is FTU Billy Angel

Here we go!

Don't Forget your drop shadows!

Open New Image 700 x 700
C/P your tube of choice

EL Frame 4 - C/P and place behind your tube
Magic Wand, click inside frame  Selections - Expand by 4 -
take your Texture of choice, Adjust - Hue Saturation - 
Hue: 233 Saturation 111
C/P and place behind your frame
 Selections - Invert - Delete
Do Not Deselect
Take the closeup of your tube, C/P and place on your texture and place it to your liking, HIT DELETE

On your Closeup tube layer - Duplicate - On your copy Gaussian Blur 6
Properties - Softlight. On your Original Tube Layer - Properties Screen - Opacity 50 THEN 
Duplicate that layer. Once your are happy with it we can move on :D

**Optional - Same Texture - Saturation Zero
C/P  and place in front of the first Texture layer- Selections - Delete
If you notice it will give some shadow to your close up  layers and tone down the brightness.**

EL Flowers 2 resize to 80, C/P and place to the bottom left. Duplicate this layer, flip horizontal, flip vertical and place to the top right. EL Pillows resize to 40 C/P and place by your tube to the bottom. EL Basket resize to 30 C/P and place behind Pillows. EL Heart Deco resize to 30 and place behind pillows. EL Flower Pots resize to 25 C/P and place to the bottom left.
EL Pinecones resize to 50 C/P and place to far bottom left, duplicate this layer flip horizontal and place to the bottom far right behind tube. EL Fence 2 resize to 70 and line it up with your tube to the bottom. EL Flower 3 resize to 30 C/P and place to the bottom to cover whatever is left showing of the tube. EL Passion Fruit resize to 20 C/P and place by Flower 3.
Duplicate Passions Fruit and place right on the edge of EL Basket.
Take your eraser tool, round 5 and erase the bottom of the Passion Fruit to make it look like its in the basket.
For the background behind the frame and elements. I used EL Tree .. Eraser tool and erase tree limb. Duplicate this layer 4 times and framed it around my frame
El Leaves 2 resize to 30 C/P and place on your closeup tube layers, duplicate this layer 3 times and place as wanted
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

You are almost done!

Go to your main tube layer - duplicate
Adjst - Blur - Gaussian Blur 3.0 Properties Soft light

Add your mask, I used Paper 8 for mine!

For the name .. I went to Properties - Layers Styles - Bevel
Effects - Enhance Edges.
Duplicate Layer - Properties Soft Light
Drop Shadow

If your happy with your tag..merge visible!
Give it a touch of Radiance
Add your name copy write and license info
Save As PNG!


Thanks for looking!



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Conjuring - CT PTU Tut - Hocus Pocus by Drea's Creations




I created my tag using PSP X6 but any other version will work

Scrapkit is Hocus Pocus by Drea's Creations available HERE and HERE , This delightful kit perfect for the coming Halloween season is filled with unique elements, none duplicated and some gorgeous papers 
Tube is the lovely work of Alex Prihodko. You need a license to use his art and you can get that HERE
Mask is by Wee Scott Lass and its number 117 available HERE
FTU Font Warlock
Filters
DSB Bright Noise
Xero Radiance
Add your drop shadows!
Open Image 700 x 700
Flood Fill White
C/P your tube of choice on your canvas
EL 126 Frame resize to 80, C/P and place behind your tube
Magic Wand, click inside Frame
Selections - Expand by 3
Paper 2, resize to 60 C/P and place behind frame
Selections - Invert - Delete
DESELECT
EL 74 Black Grass, resize to 80 C/P and place behind frame to the left, duplicate this layer and place to the right
EL 22 resize to 30, C/P and place by tube
EL 27 Broom - resize 50 , Rotate Left, C/P and place to the left of the frame
EL 30 Pumpkin, resize to 20 C/P and place to the right behind tube
EL 37 Cauldron resize to 30 C/P right in front by tube
EL 48 and 0 Potion Bottles resize to 20 C/P and place in front of Cauldron
EL 46 resize 30, C/P and place by potion bottles
EL 55 and 57 Spell books - resize to 15 C/P to the bottom right
EL 50 Leaf Scatter, resize to 30 C/P and place to the bottom
EL 70 resize to 70 C/P and place to the left behind broom
EL 12 and 15 resize to 30C/P and place them one on each side of the frame
EL 95 and 96 flowers, resize to 20 and scatter them at the bottom
EL 3 Pouch resize to 20 C/P and place by your tube
EL 113 Smoke resize to 80 C/P inside frame
Eraser tool,  and erase an excess
EL 116 Ghosties ( I love them) resize to 50 C/P and place to top right
For behind the frame, take EL 58 resize to 60 C/P to the left side of the frame. Duplicate this EL 4 times and encircle behind your frame (See tag for reference)
On your tube layer, duplicate
on your copy tube layer, gaussian blur 6.0
properties - screen - opacity 80
Merge tag, give it a little radiance.
Add Your name, CR and License info!
Save as PNG!
Thanks for looking!





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September 20, 2014

Midnight Hour - CT PTU Tut - Spellbound by Jackie's Jewels





I used PSP X6 to create my tag but any other version will do!

Scrapkit is by Jackie's Jewels named "Spellbound"
The beautiful kit is filled with 115 elements and 15 hauntingly beautiful papers!
Visit her HERE

Tube is by the fabulous Arthur Crowe. You need a license to use his art and you can get both HERE

Mask is by Wee Scott Lass
Mask # 3 - HERE

FTU Font Mephisto

Filters
Xero Porcelain and Radiance

HERE WE GO!


Remember your Drop Shadows!

Open New Image 700 x 700

C/P your tube of choice onto canvas

EL 19 resize to 80, C/P to the bottom
EL 13 resize to 70, C/P up to the left
EL 31, resize to 30, C/P and place on the door
EL 82 resize to 70, C/P to the bottom right behind EL 19
Duplicate this layer twice, and scatter the layers as shown on the tag
EL 116, C/P behind EL 82
EL 92, resize to 70, C/P behind EL 82
EL 94, resize to 80, C/P be the Door to the right
El 98 , 99 and 101, resize as small as you like, C/P and scatter them around the grass
EL 81 resize to 50 C/P and place to the bottom left by Door
Duplicate this layer and drape it over one of the Tombstones
EL 70 and 110 resize to 30 C/P and place to bottom left 
EL 66 resize to 30, C/P and place by pumpkins
Duplicate this layer and place to the other side of pumpkins
EL 106  resize to 50, C/P and place to the bottom by your tube
EL 43 resize to 80, C/P and place on top of  EL 106
EL 78 resize to 80 C/P and place by the Door 
EL 49, C/P and place towards back to the right
El 8 resize to 50 C/P and place down to the left o of your tube
EL 9 resize to 30, C/P and place to the bottom by tube

Close off your tube

Merge Visible 

Open tube layer
Duplicate - Adjust - Gaussian Blur 6
Properties Hardlight - Opacity 70

Go to your Merged Tag layer
Effects - Zero Porcelain
You can play around with the settings till you get it where you like
I also gave it a touch of Radiance

If your happy with your tag great!
Add your mask, I used Paper 3.
Merge Visible, Crop if needed, Add your name, license and copy write!

Save as PNG!
Thanks for looking!




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Witches Welcome! - CT PTU Tut and Freebie WA - Witch Doctor by Kissing Kate



I created this tag using PSP X 6

Scrap kit is by Kissing Kate named Witch Doctor.
Fabulous kit!
Available HERE

Tube Art is by Arthur Crowe
available HERE

Filters
DSB Flux
Xero Radiance

Mask is by Rocked By Rachel HERE

FTU Font Nightmare

WA is by me

Here We Go!

Open New Image 700 x 700
C/P your tube of choice onto your canvas
Take your Preset Tool - Eclipse
Background Black Foreground Null
Draw a circle, convert to raster
Rename Circle
Still on this layer
Selections All - Float - Defloat
New Layer
Selections  - Modify - Selection Borders - 3 Outside
Flood Fill with one of your Tube Colors
Rename Border 1
DO NOT DESELECT YET
New Layer
Selections - Modify - Selection Borders - 3 Outside
Flood Fill with a second color from your tube
Rename Border 2
Delect
On your Border 1 Layer
Go to Properties - Layers - Bevel 
Border 2
Effects - Dsb Flux Bright Noise - Lighter 46
Working with the  Circle Layer
Selections All - Float - Defloat - New Layer
Take Paper 4 resize to 80
C/P and place on your circle
Selections - Inverts Delete
Deselect
EL 48 Moon
C/P and place right above behind your tube
EL 10 Tree resize to 20
C/P and place towards the background as you wish
EL 63 Gate resize to 80
C/P  place in front of Moon towards Middle
Take your eraser tool and erase any excess
EL 47 Tree resize to 80
C/P and place to the left
EL 20 Cauldron resize to 30
C/P to the right
EL 22 Spell Books resize to 20
C/P and place in front of Cauldron
EL 21 Yellow Flower resize to 10
C/P and place next to books
EL 6 Grim Reaper resize to 50
EL 11 Pumpkin resize to 20 resize and place right in front of EL 47 Tree
C/P and place behind EL 47 Tree
EL 3 Bird resize to 10
C/P and place to the bottom
EL 23 Leaf resize to 20 scatter them as you wish to the bottom
Add your Drop Shadows to your Elements!
For behind the Circle Frame
I used EL 59  Purple Flower and EL 54 Black Flower
I also used EL 41 Web as an accent!
Close off your tube Layer...Merge Visible
Add Xero Radiance
Open your tube layer
Duplicate - Adjust - Gaussian Blur 6
Properties - Overlay - Opacity 57
For WA
Selections All - Float - DeFloat 
C/P paper of choice
Invert - Delete - Deselect
Properties - Layer Styles - Bevel
Selections All - Float - DeFloat - New Layer
Flood fill with color of choice
Move that layer to the bottom
Effects - DSB Flux - Bright Noise
Darker
Place whever you wish
Add your name, copy write and license info
Save as PNG!
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September 16, 2014

All Hollow's Night - CT PTU Tut - Something Wicked by Karras Kreative Korner



I created this tag using PSP X6 but any other version will work

Scrapkit is a wickedly fabulous kit by Karra's Kreative Korner named Something Wicked
Available HERE and HERE

I am using the beautiful work of Alex Prihodko. You need a license to use his art and you can get both HERE

Mask is by Vaybs HERE

FTU Font NIGHTMARE

Filters
DSB Flux - Bright Noise
Xero - Radiance


Here We Go!



Open new Image 700 x 700
C/P your tube onto your canvas
Frame 3 C/P and place behind your tube
Take your magic wand click inside Frame
Selections - Expand by 4
C/P paper 6
Selections - Inverts - Delete
 Working on the inside of the frame
Cloud resize to 40
C/P to the upper left duplicate this layer and place to the upper right
Haunted House - resize to 80
C/P to the background
Tree resize to 20 
C/P  and duplicate this layer and scatter them as you wish
Take your eraser tool and erase any excess
Fence 
C/P to to the background
Tombstone resize to 40
Image - Free Rotate - Left 15
C/P to bottom right
Pumpkin resize to 30
C/P to the left
Working with the Outside of the Frame
Branch
C/P to the left, duplicate this layer and place to the right
Coffin resize to 30 C/P to the bottom
Book resize to 20 C/P and place on top of Coffin
Flower 1 and 4 resize to 20 and scatter them at the bottom as you wish
Leaf branch resize to 60
C/P and place to the bottom
Owl resize to 20 place to the bottom
Butterfly resize to 20
Flip Horizontal C/P and place to the bottom
Folded Ribbon resize to 50 C/P and place to the bottom right
Glitter Scatter Resize to 60
C/P behind your elements in front of tube (see Tag for Reference)


I added the following Elements to background behind Frame
Wired Cross
and Swirls

And to bottom I added the cloud element to create a "fog" ground

If your happy with your tag great!

Go back to your main tube layer
Duplicate. On your copy layer
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 6.0
Properties - Overlay - Opacity to 71 or whatever you may like

For the name
Type out Name, convert to Raster
Selections All - Float - Defloat - Add New layer Selections - Expand by 2
Flood Fill Black
New Layer
Selections - Expand by 2
Flood Fill with #d09454
Effects - DSB Flux - Bright Noise 
Mix 55
Back to your Original Name Layer
Properties
I used Emboss and Bevel
You can play around with the setting till you are happy with your result!

Merge Visible
Add your name License and Copywrite info
Crop if needed and you are done!

Thanks for looking!


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September 14, 2014

Bad Romance - CT PTU Tut - Coyotie Designs



I used PSP X 6 to create my tag but any other veriosn will work

Scrapkit is a Naughty Cute kit by Coyotie Designs named Bad Romance and you can get that HERE

Tube is from the fabulous Barbara Jensen and you can get that HERE

Filters
Penta - Jeans
Xero Radiance


Mask is by Rocked by Rachel HERE

FTU Font Zebra

Slats were created by Me


HERE WE GO!!


Open Image 700 x 700
C/P and place your tube of choice unto the center the of your canvas
Take Preset Tool
Rectangle - Background Black Foreground Null
and make 5 slats
(see tag for reference)
Click on one of the slats
Selections All - Float - De Float
and C/P a close up of your tube
Selections - Invert - Delete
Select None
Do this step for the other Slats
Merge Down your Slats name this layer SLATS
Selections All - Float - De Float C/P Paper 1
Selections Invert Delete
Then
Merge Down the TUBE layers 
Duplicate 
On your Tube copy layer 
Adjust - Blur - Gaussain Blur 6
Properties Screen
Effects
Penta - Jeans - Amount 68 Border Width 38
On Original Tube Layer
Properties Luminance


EL Feather Rose - C/P and place to the left. I duplicated this layer 3 more times and placed behind to make a frame
Merge Down the Feather Rose Layers
(see tag for reference)

El Heart Couch - Resize to 60
C/P and place at the center, place your tube on the couch

EL Wrist Cuff - Resize larger to 105 place right behind your tube

I used the following elements to place at the  of my tag

 Corset
 FeatherWhip
Chrome Heart
Heart Lips 1
Jewel Dangle
Kiss 1
Stiletto
El Candle
EL Wine and Grapes


If your happy with your tag Great!

Merge Visible, Add your mask of Choice Name and CR info!

I added a little Radiance!

Merge as PNG and you are done!



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September 13, 2014

For the love of Autumn - CT PTU TUT - A Day of Harvest - Jackie's Jewels


I used PSP X 4 to create this tag but any other version will work

I am using a beautiful scrap kit by Jackie's Jewels named A Day of Harvest
Visit her HERE

Alos using the gorgeous work of Vika Mistecheskaya. This is an EXCLUSIVE tube and it is available at PFD
Template is by ME!
Mask is a beautiful Fall one by Dee available HERE
Font is FTU Sevrige
HERE WE GO!
Open New Image 700 by 700
C/P your tube of choice onto the center of your canvas
Go to your Color Palette
I am using color #fddc83
Take your Preset Tool - Eclipse and draw out the shape
Convert to Raster and name it Yellow Oval
Draw another Eclipse this time a bit larger
using color #cb4517 and name is Orange Oval
Now on your color palette change the color back to #fddc83 
Go to Selections All - Float- De float -  NEW LAYER
Selections Border size 3
Effects - DSB Flux - Bright Noise - Darker 62
You have created your own little template :D
On the Orange Oval Layer 
Selections All - Float De Float
C/P  PAPER 1
Selections Invert Delete
Selection Non
On the Yellow Oval
Selections All - Float  - De Float
Take PAPER 5, resize to 60
C/P onto that layer
DO NO DESELECT
Still working with this layer
Take a closeup of your tube
C/P and place as you like
HIT DELETE
Duplicate your Tube Layer
On your copy 
Adjust - Blue - Gaussian Blur 6
Properties SCREEN
On your original TUBE layer
Properties Luminance
Lower Opacity to 69
You can start adding the elements!
Frame 5 - C/P behind your template to the left
DUPLICATE this layer 
Merge Down
Duplicate this layer again
Flip Horizontal and place to the right
MERGE DOWN
Duplicate again
On your copy go to 
Photo Effects - Black and White Filters
Click OK
Go to Properties Overlay
This will give leaves frame a darker color with shadows :D
Branch 1 Resize to 70
Rotate Left
C/P and place behind the frame 5
I duplicated this layer several times and place in different areas to behind Frame
Repeat the above steps for PineCone 1 Element
(see tag for reference)
Element Chicken Wire - Resize to 60
C/P and place behind your frame to the left
Duplicate this layer and place to the right
Element Hay - Resize to 50
C/P to the right behind your tube
Element Mushrooms 1 - Resize to 40
C/P and place to the left next to Pinecones
Element Pumpkins - Resize to 60
C/P and place to the bottom center
And of course I love Animals so I am putting in there the cute little squirrel :D
Element Mask...This is a gorgeous element and I am so using it...lol
Resize to about 70
C/P and place to the top left behind your frame and elements
Duplicate this layer
Merge Down
Duplicate again Flip hortizontal and place to the bottom Right right underneath the tube
Duplicate your MAIN tube Layer
Gaussian Blur 6
Properties Overlay
Opacity to 79
Merge Visible Crop if needed
Add Name and CR information
Your Done!!
Thank You for trying my tut!
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