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Shy Snowflakes



This tut was written by me (GlitterDeb) and any similarities to others is purely coincidental.

Supplies:

Template: Dezigns by Ali #144
HERE
www.DesignsbyAli.blogspot.com

Scrap Kit: Bittersweet Designs
Snowflakes and Snowmen
HERE
www.Designsbybittersweet.blogspot.com

Tube: Artwork by Elias Chatzoudis
HERE
www.mypsptubes.com
www.elias-design.gr
Do not use my tube unless you have the proper license to do so.

1. Open up template in PSP. Shift D to duplicate. Close out original.

2. Add new raster layer, flood fill white and send to bottom.

3. Close out all layers by clicking on eye in layers section, except for Raster layer 1. Copy Bittersweet Designs paper 3.
Selections>select all>selections>float>selections>defloat>paste as new layer>resize 50%>place where want>selections>invert>delete key on keyboard>selections>select none. Delete raster layer 1.

4. Open up raster layer 4 in layers sections.
Copy Bittersweet Designs paper 7.
Selections>select all>selections>float>selections>defloat>paste as new layer>selections>invert>delete key on keyboard>selections>select none. Delete raster layer 4.
Merge visible. Add drop shadow using these settings:

Close out this layer.

5. Open up raster layer 2.
Copy Bittersweet Designs paper 4.
Selections>select all>selections>float>selections>defloat>paste as new layer>resize 50%>place where you want>selections>invert>delete on keyboard>selections>select none. Delete raster layer 2.

6. Open up raster layer 3. Copy Bittersweet Designs paper 6.
Selections>select all>selections>float>selections>defloat>paste as new layer>selections>invert>delete on keyboard>selections>select none. Delete raster layer 3. Merge visible. Add drop shadow using same settings. Close out layer.

7. Open new image 600x600. Flood fill with metal steel gradient. Copy image.

8. Open raster layer 6.
Selections>select all>selections>float>selections>defloat>paste as new image>selections>invert>delete key on keyboard>selections>select none.
Delete raster layer 6. Add drop shadow with same settings.

9. Repeat step 8 on raster layer 7.

10. Repeat step 8 on raster layer 8.
Open up all merged layers now.

11. Open up tube. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 80%. Place in-between squares where you want it.
Bring to top and add drop shadow with same settings.

12. Open up Bittersweet Designs Bow 6. Resize to 30%. Place where desired. Add drop shadow with same settings.

13. Open up Bittersweet Designs Wrap 10. Resize 30% then resize again 75%. Place under Bow 6. Add drop shadow with same settings.

14. Open up Bittersweet Designs Snowflake 4. Copy and paste as new image. Resize 40%. Place where wanted. Add drop shadow with same settings.

15. Open up Bittersweet Designs Snowman 3. Copy and paste as new image. Resize 25%. Place where wanted. Add drop shadow with same settings.

16. Open up Bittersweet Designs Felt Doodle 7. Copy and paste as new image. Resize 25%, rotate right 45, and place right above white layer, on left side.

17. Open up Bittersweet Designs Felt Doodle 6. Copy and paste as new image. Resize 25%, rotate right 45, and mirror. Place right above white layer, on right side.

18. Add copyright information and watermark. Merge all (flatten).
Save your tag as a template.

19. Add your name. I used Font Frosty size 48 stroke 1, foreground Black, background 119,13,13. Add drop shadow using same settings.

I hope that you enjoyed this tut.

Winter Wishes tut

Winter Wishes



This tut is entirely my own design (GlitterDeb), any resemblance to any others is purely coincidental.

Supplies needed:
Template -- Dezigns by Ali #93 found HERE

Scrap kit -- Winter Wishes available at
The Creative Box HERE

I used the artwork of the fabulous Daniel Esparza available through Creative Image Licensing and Management (CILM) You can find his artwork HERE

Jasc Paint Shop Pro

1. Open up the template in Paint Shop Pro.

2. Shift D to duplicate template. Close out original template.

3. New Raster Layer, flood fill with white, and send to the bottom.

4. In layers box, on the right hand side, close out all raster layers except for raster 6, by clicking on the eye.

5.Highlight raster 6. Open up BFK_ paper12 from kit. Copy.

6. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - resize paper by 110%, making sure resize all layers is UNCHECKED - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 6. Add drop shadow.

7. Highlight raster layer 1. Open up BFK_paper5 from kit. Copy.

8. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - resize paper by 110%, making sure resize all layers is UNCHECKED - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 1. Add drop shadow.

9. Highlight raster layer 8. Open up BFK_paper13 from kit. Copy.

10. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - resize paper by 110%, making sure resize all layers is UNCHECKED - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 8. Add drop shadow.

11. Highlight raster layer 2. Open up BFK_paper 4. Copy.

12. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 2. Add drop shadow.

13. Highlight raster layer 4. Use paper 13 again. Copy.

14. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 4. Add drop shadow.

15. Highlight raster 3. Open up BFK_paper2. Paste, arrange where you want it, where you like the snowflakes.

16. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 3. Add drop shadow.

17. Highlight raster layer 5. Use paper 13 again. Copy.

18. Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Delete original raster layer 5. Add drop shadow.

All layers of template should now have a paper layer and all original template pieces should be deleted. Put a drop shadow on all raster layers.

19. Open up tube of choice, copy. Click on rectangle on the left, Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Add drop shadow.

20. Open up BFK_ball1. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 45%. Copy this ball and paste as new layer 2 times. Leave 1 ball straight up, rotate one ball 45 to the left, and rotate one ball 65 right. Add drop shadow on all three. Arrange at the bottom of the tree to your liking.

21. Open up BFK_cookie1, copy and paste as new layer. Resize to 25%, arrange at the top of the tree. Add drop shadow.

22. Open up BFK_snowman1, copy. Click on the inside of the tree, Selections - select all - float - defloat - paste as new layer - resize to 50% - arrange inside of tree - selections - invert - delete key on keyboard - selections - select none. Add drop shadow.

23. Open up BFK_wordart2, copy. Paste as new layer, resize to 40%. Arrange where you like, add drop shadow.

24. Open up BFK_bow3, copy. Paste as new layer, resize to 40%, arrange between boxes. Add drop shadow.

25. Add copyright, URL, and watermark. Don’t forget to add your license number if using a pay artist.

26. Merge all (flatten). Save as your template.

27. Add your name, or name of choosing, arrange where you like, and add drop shadow. Font I used is Candia Script SSK size 48 stroke 1. Foreground color Black. Background color #e563a1.

28. Save and you are done.

I hope that you enjoyed this tut as much as I did making it.

Can find the scrap kit here

I forgot to post a link to where you can find the awesome scrap kit I used in my tut, so here it is: here

Season’s Greetings
This tutorial is entirely my design (GlitterDeb), any resemblance to any other is purely coincidence.
Supplies Used:
Scrap kit used is PTU Winter Wishes from The Creative Box, thanks so much for letting me use this awesome kit.
Tube of choice. I used the art of Creo Creddies from www.creographix.at
Mask used was: Candyass_seasons greetings mask 1.
Be sure to save often so you don’t lose your work.
Start out by opening a new canvas of 600 x 600, will resize later.
Copy and paste paper of choice as new layer, I used paper 12 from the kit.
Open your mask in Paint Shop, go to Layers, new mask layer, from image.
Merge group.
Drop shadow used throughout:
Open up BFK_frame2, copy and paste as new layer. Resize by 150%.
Take your magic wand, and while on frame layer click inside the frame. Go to Selections, modify, expand by 12.
Copy and paste paper BFK_12.
Selections, invert, delete key on keyboard, select none.
Place this layer under the frame layer.
Copy and paste tube as new layer and place on top of paper but under the frame. If tube is too big resize.
Open BFK_wrap3 and copy and paste as new layer. Enlarge by 115% and place at the bottom of the frame.
Add your drop shadow to frame, tube and ribbon.
Open up BFK_ball1. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize to 40%. Copy and paste ball as new layer twice. Place balls in the lower left corner, arrange to your liking. Rotate one ball right 45, and one left 65. Add your drop shadow.
Open up BFK_flower3. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize to 50. Copy and paste as new layer 1 time. Place in upper right hand corner or to your liking. Add drop shadow.
Add your copyright and watermark if used.
Merge all. Resize to 85%. Save here for your template.
Add name in lower right corner, or to your liking. I used the font:
Roselyn size 48
Stroke 1
Foreground color: Black
Background color: #f1899b
Save and your done.
I hope that you have enjoyed my tut.

Hello Everybody

Hello everyone, and welcome to Glitter's Spot. I have just joined the world of bloggers. LOL
I discovered the world of PSP a little over a year ago and joined several groups and started requesting tags from those groups. I really like the diversity of the different artists out there and I was amazed by how the taggers would take those artists work and create signature tags with them. So I became a Siggy Piggy and requested everything that I could. A junkie was created.
I started to get the itch to try my hand at making these wonderful tags but I could not afford the program for it. Then a wonderful friend in one of my groups gave me the program, thanks so much Yvonne, and I started learning how to operate it.
Another wonderful friend help me with easy animations, thanks so much Lisa.
This was at the beginning of June of this year. I started making tags, at first I just put things together, and some of them were rather ugly. Then I discovered that there were tutorials out there to help you with making tags, so I tried following them. But most of the tuts out there were for people who already had a working knowledge of PSP and it was so confusing to me. Especially the tuts for animation, I was totally lost. But I kept at it, and tried different things, and eventually I got the hang of it. I remember one particularly hard animated tut that I wanted to try, but I just couldn't get the hang of it. It just wouldn't turn out right, but everyone kept encouraging me so I kept trying. Eventually I figured out what I was doing wrong and the tag turned out beautifully.
There is still so much to learn and I learn something new everyday. I started making better and better tags. So I tried to make some tags out of my own imagnation and got pretty good at that. I had lots of requests for my tags, which really boosted my morale.
Then I found the add from The Creative Box looking for tut writers. On a whim I decided to send in some samples of my work and I was accepted. I was really surprised and thankful that they decided to take a chance on me. So I have ventured into the world of tutorial writing. I have finished my first tutorial and I think that it turned out rather well, but then again I am biased. LOL I hope to continue writing tuts and I hope that others can enjoy them as well.
This is where I will post my tuts, so keep a watch out for them. I hope that you enjoy using the tuts as much as I enjoy writing them.
Thanks for checking out my spot.