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Shimmering Star Tutorial

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This tutorial we will be using one of our Preset Shapes. There will be quite a few screen shots so please bear with me as we go through each process. You will need: A cute tube - I used one of Chrissy Clark's tubes. You must be a registered member of My Tag Art to purchase the tubes, but you can use any tube you like. Font - I used Castellar which came with my PSPX1. Plugin Filters - Flaming Pear-SuperBladePro - DSB Flux-Bright Noise If you don't have these filters, you can use a nice supple Inner Bevel & Add Noise. My supplies - a mask. I can't remember where I got this mask from If it is yours or you know where it comes from, please let me know HERE Animation Shop New white canvas 700x700 We will resize before going into Animation Shop select 2 colours from your tube for your Foreground & Background Gradient with these settings Preset Shapes - 8 sided star - width 12 - draw out a star 3/4 to fill your canvas - O

Mothers Day Tutorial

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You will need: A nice tube - I use one of Zindy Nielsens PFU tubes, but you can use any tube you like. Scrap kit called "Just For You" from ScrappinMar HERE This scrap kit is full size, you will need to resize down a fair bit, but I will give you the sizes. A nice font New white canvas 700x700 Copy & paste one of the Fan Elements as a new layer. Resize 25% Bicubic, all layers unchecked. Duplicate-Mirror & move to match original image. Merge Down Adjust-Sharpen. Give this drop shadow Copy & paste one of the Flower Elements - resize 60% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. Move to the left of the Merged Fans. Adjust-Sharpen.Give same drop shadow as before. Duplicate-Mirror. Merge Down. Copy & paste one of the Lily Elements as a new layer. Resize 20% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. Adjust-Sharpen. Give drop shadow. Move to the right of the merged flowers, duplicate-mirror. Merge Down. Now drag that layer below the merged flow

Pink Sherbert Tutorial

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You will need: A pretty tube - I used one from Jennifer Nilsson. You must be a registered member of MyTagArt to buy the tubes But you can use any tube you like. Scrap Kit " Tulips As One " from Swheat Creations.blogspot go HERE scroll down about half way you will find the downloads to  the scrap kit. My supplies - Flower Cluster Frame made from the Scrap Kit HERE Font of choice Plugin Filter - Penta.Com-Jeans New white canvas 700x700 We will crop down at the end. Copy & paste my Flower Cluster Frame as a new layer. Magic Wand-click inside of the Clustermaking sure you have marching ant in all areas-Selections-Modify-Expand 20.Copy & paste one of the papers from the scrap kit - Selections-Invert, hit delete. Selections-None. Move the paper layer under the cluster layer. Make top layer active - copy & paste your tube as a new layer. Back on the cluster layer, make it active - Selections-Select All-Float-Defloat - make tube layer

Soft Blue Mermaid

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You will need: A tube - I used one of Joanne Schemmps tubes. You must be a regisred member of Tag My Art to but the tubes. HERE But any tube will do. Scrap Kit called "Soft Blue" from FantasyMomentsScraps HERE A nice scripty font Plugin Filters: FilterFactory Gallery Q-GravityBlossom Two Moon-RotoBlade If you don't have these Filters you can use your Effects for the Blurred Background layer. New white canvas 700x700 We will crop this down at the end. Copy & paste Element 99 as a new layer - resize 65% Bicubic-all layers unchecked Magic Wand, click inside of the frame, making sure to click under the bow as well. Selections-Modify-Expand 5. Copy & paste one of the Papers from Scrap Kit that will match your tube. Selections-Invert, hit delete. Selections-None. Move the Paper layer below the frame layer. Make Frame layer active, give this drop shadow Copy & paste either Element 65 or 66 as a new layer - resize 80%

Polkadot Tutorial

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You will need: A good knowledge of your PSP - I use PSPX1 but can be done in earlier & later versions A tube - I used a PFU tube from ©Chrissy Clark You have to be a registered member of My Tag Art HERE to buy the tubes. But you can use any tube you like. Scrap Kit called "Polkadot" from DesignsByVaybs HERE Font - OogieBoogie - in my supplies HERE Plugin Filters: FM File Tools-Blend Emboss New white canvas 700x700 We will crop down at the end. Copy & paste one of the Star Frames from the Scrap Kit that will match your tube. Magic Wand - click inside of the Star - Selections-Modify- Expand 5. Copy & paste a Paper from the Scrap Kit as a new layer. Selections-Invert - hit delete. Selections-None. Move the Paper layer below the Star layer. Give the Star this drop shadow Copy & paste the Polkadot Wire as a new layer - Duplicate-Mirror, move the mirrored copy down a little-Image-Flip. Carefully grab the Flipped wir

Lilac Dreams Tutorial

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You will need: A tube - I used a Jenifer Janesko PFU tube from CILM You need to be a registered member to buy the tubes. A nice script font Scrapkit called "Lilac Dreams from SimplySensationalScraps HERE Plugin Filter - Eyecandy 4000 New white canvas 700x700 Preset Shapes - draw out a rectangle, colour black or a dark colour to suit your tube.Place it left on your canvas Go to Effects-Image Effects-Page Curl-LOwer Left Corner, with these settings Chose 2 colours that will suit your tube. Duplicate-Mirror - Merge Down Preset Shapes - have your foreground colour active, background nulled using the Line Style - draw out another rectangle just a little bigger that the Merged ones Selections-Select All-Float-Defloat - Plugin Filters-Eyecandy 4000-Glass. Pheww - that is hard part done. Copy & paste one of the Scrolls from the scrapkit, placing it centre of the rectangles. Give the Scroll this drop shadow Adjust-Sharpen.

Denise Tutorial

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You will need: Scrapkit called 'Denise' from Fantasy Moments Scraps HERE Tube - I used an artist from MPT. You need to be a registered member to buy tubes. But any tube will do. Font - I used Old English - came with my PSPX1, but any fancy font will do Mask from Vix PSP Mask - 218 HERE Scroll down the page till you see 12th June 2008. New white canvas 700x700 Copy & paste one of the papers from the scrapkit as a new layer. I used Paper15. Open up Vix Mask 218 & minimise it. New Mask Layer, From Image - with these settings Merge Group Copy & paste as a new layer one of the elements 18-19 or 20 whichever suits your tube. Copy & paste as a new layer either element 46-47 or 48 which ever suits your tube Resize 65% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. Move the ribbon down to just above the bottom of the circle - Freehand Selection Tool, carefully draw around the edges of the ribbon, then hit delete. Selections-Select None. Do

Summertime Friends

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You will need: 3 tubes from the same artist - I used tubes from ©SpringAngelPoserTubes HERE You have to register to join her site then click on the Png Button to download the tubes. My supplies including my template & word art HERE Font of choice Plugin Filter-Two Moon HERE New white canvas 750x750 We will resize later Open up my supplies - minimise the Word Art for now. Copy & paste my template as a new layer - resize 85% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. Magic Wand - click the outside frame of the template - select a nice colour from your tubes as your foreground colour in your Materila Palette. Flood fill the selected frame. Selections-None. Inner Bevel these settings Magic Wand, click inside each of the diamond shapes. Selections-Modify-Expand 5 Now select another colour from you tubes as the background colour in you Material Palette, Gradient with these settings New Raster layer - flood fill with your gradient. Selections-No

Shabby Love Tutorial

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You will need: My template HERE Tube - I used one from MichaelLandefeld You need to be a registered member of CILM to buy his tubes But any tube will do. Scrapkit called 'Shabby Love' from DesignsByVaybs HERE Plugin Filter - Eyecandy 4000 Open up my template from supplies. Delete my copyright. Make Lg Rectangle layer active - Selections-Select All-Float- Defloat & use one of the papers from the scrap kit. I used paper 12. Copy & paste the paper as a new layer - Selections-Invert, hit delete. Selections-None. You can now delete the original Lg Rectangle. Make Sm Rectangles active - Selections-Select All-Float-Defloat. Paste the same paper as you used before. Selections-Invert, hit delete Selections-None You can delete the original layer of the Sm Rectangles now. Make Heart layer active - Selections-Select All-Float-Defloat, paste the same paper as before. Selections-Invert, hit delete. Selections-Select None. Make Lg Rectangle Fra