Saturday, July 19, 2014

New In Stores

A few new kits in stores now.  They are well worth it..

This is definitely a Girlie Kit.  This Beautiful Tagger Size Kit has 
54 Elements, 20 Papers and 7 Frames

 
This beautiful Boho Chic is colorful Tagger Size kit has  
50 Elements, 18 papers and 3 frames.

Love Lavender then this is a kit for you. 
A Feminine Girly Kit comes with  
40 Elements, 11 Papers and 4 Coordinating frames.  

Friday, July 18, 2014

New CT Tag for Foxy/CDO

CT Tutorial for Foxy's Designz









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Thank you for taking the time to do my tutorial. I hope you enjoy it, and would love to see your results, and receive your feedback! This tutorial was written by Mellie on July 17, 2014 and is copyright to me, the way I word thing's and the images that I use. All other images are copyright to their respective owners, including tubes/art, font, scrapkits and templates and should not be used without purchasing or written permission, nor without reading their terms of use. This tutorial is for education purposes only and is in no way intended to be used as any other purpose. This tutorial was written with the tube and kit in mind that is being shown, therefore, you may have to adjust your setting's should you choose to use images not suggested here, in this tutorial. For this tutorial, you will need to know several things. Paint Shop Pro (I am using version X), and a good working knowledge of how to operate it, layer palettes and plug-in filters, masks, templates...etc. I will also assume that you add your desired drop shadows to each and every layer. :)

You will need the following in order to duplicate my tag:

PSP X or similar version
A Font of choice
Tube: Michi Art


Let's begin!

Open paper 1, duplicate and close original. Right click layer palette, promote background layer. Add your mask, then go to layers>merge>group. Duplicate this layer. Layers>merge>visible. Resize to 60%, all layers unchecked.

Open Frame 1, copy/paste as new layer. Resize to 60%.

Open element 12, copy/paste as new layer. Resize to 60%. Take pick tool and rotate to liking. Place to right of frame.

Open element element 16, copy/paste as new, top layer. Resize to 60% and use pick tool to rotate slightly to the right.

Open element 5, copy/paste as new layer. Image>mirror, resize to 60%.
Place to right of frame.

Open element 2, copy/paste as new layer. Resize to 60% and place over leaves layer.

Open element 10, copy/paste as new layer. Using your pick tool, resize down so that it covers the bling that was already part of previous layer. Drop shadow.

Open element 7. Copy/paste as new, top layer. Use pick tool to size down to desired size.

Open element 8, copy/paste as new, top layer. Recolor to liking and resize down using pick tool. Place over to the left of the ribbon layer.

Open the tube close up layer. Copy/paste as the layer above your frame layer, but below the elements. Resize to liking using the pick tool.

Add your name and copyright information. Viola! You are done.

Thank you for taking the time to do my tutorial. I hope to offer more in the future, so keep checking back!

Monday, July 14, 2014

CDO CT Tags for Hungry Hill




New CT tags for Alison Sarah Hungry - Hungry Hill Scrap. I used her kit Tuesday Afternoons and the artwork of Pinup Toons You can find this awesome scrap kit here:http://www.cdoestore.com/index.php?p=product&id=42816&parent=497 And the tube can also be found at CDO here: http://www.cdoestore.com/index.php?p=product&id=41442&parent=216 And here: http://www.cdoestore.com/index.php?p=product&id=34368&parent=216

Saturday, July 12, 2014

CT For Monti - Anna Liwanag



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Thank you for taking the time to do my tutorial. I hope you enjoy it, and would love to see your results, and receive your feedback! This tutorial was written by Mellie on June 12, 2014 and is copyright to me, the way I word thing's and the images that I use. All other images are copyright to their respective owners, including tubes/art, font, scrapkits and templates and should not be used without purchasing or written permission, nor without reading their terms of use. This tutorial is for education purposes only and is in no way intended to be used as any other purpose. This tutorial was written with the tube and kit in mind that is being shown, therefore, you may have to adjust your setting's should you choose to use images not suggested here, in this tutorial. For this tutorial, you will need to know several things. Paint Shop Pro (I am using version X), and a good working knowledge of how to operate it, layer palettes and plug-in filters, masks, templates...etc. I will also assume that you add your desired drop shadows to each and every layer. :)

You will need the following in order to duplicate my tag:

PSP X or similar version
A Font of choice
Mask 12 by MoonBeams and SpiderWebs
Kit by Monti scraps at CDO
Tube by Anna Liwanag at CDO
Plug-In Xero: Radiance
Penta.com - color dot

Let's begin!

1) Open a new transparent canvas 700 X 700.

2) Choose a close up layer of the tube, copy/paste onto canvas.
Duplicate the tube layer, and go to effects>plug ins>xero>radiance with default settings. Click the original tube layer> layer blend Luminance, opacity 55%.

3) Open frame 7. Copy/paste onto canvas. Resize to 70%. Drag as bottom layer. Using magic wand click inside the frame and go to selections>modify>expand by 5 pixels. Add a new raster layer and using the dropper tool, select 2 coordinating colors from the frame. I'm using #f1d79d and #5fa2bc, choose gradient as your fill and flood fill the selected area. Deselect and drag below frame layer. 
4) Still on gradient layer, go to effects>plug ins>penta.com>color dot with this setting: 200, 8, 255, 255, 255. Click ok.

5) Click your frame layer. Use the magic wand to select the inside again, and go to selections>modify>expand by 5 pixels. Selections>invert. Click on your top tube layer tap delete on the keyboard. Repeat for original tube layer.

6) Deselect and stand on copy of tube layer> blend mode hard light, opacity 85%. Stand on original tube layer and go to effects>plug ins>xero>radiance, default settings. Repeat.

7) Open element 69. Copy/paste as new, top layer. Resize to 70%. position mid/top right of frame.

8) Open element 70. Copy/paste as new layer. Drag to bottom layer, resize to 70% and position just to the top right of former element layer.

9) Open element 80. Copy/paste as new, top layer. Resize to 70% and position left mid/bottom of frame.

10) Open element 4. Copy/paste as new, top layer. Resize to 30% and go to Image>free rotate, click right, click free and type in 60.00, click ok. Position to bottom of flower element.

11) Copy/paste close up layer of tube. Drag below the bow layer. Image>resize 65%. Place her so that the bow will cover up where the image is cut off.

12) Copy/paste paper 4 as new, bottom layer. Add your mask, layers>merge group and resize this layer as desired.

13) finally, add your name and copyright information. Layers>merge visible and copy/paste as new to crop. Resize as desired.

That's it, you're done.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

-Mellie