Blinkie Tut

First you are going to need a kit or elements of your choosing. I am using my Creepy Zombie kit that is exclusive to Scrapsnco HERE
You will also need a font that will show up well for your blinkie. Each computer is different so choose wisely.......lol

Ok, lets start and prepare for lost of layers, working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop.

Open a new image 300x100 with a transparent background.
I start my blikies this big and resize them in animation shop.
Fill with the paper or color of your choosing.
I used paper 06 from my creepy zombie kit.
Merge all and keep as your "background".
Add some elements you wish to use.
Add a new layer and add your element.
I resize mine to about 30-25%.
Place them how you wish and add a drop shadow if you wish.
I used these settings 1,1,80,5.
Once things look how you want, merge all, copy, and paste as a new image in animation shop.
With your font of choosing type in what you want the blinkie to say.
I changed my font size to 30.
Go to Objects, Align, Center in Canvas.
Convert to Raster Layer.
I added a white gradient glow from Eyecandy 4000.
Merge all and go to paste after current.
Go back to your original with out the writing, copy, paste after current.
CTRL Z until the font is gone and there is only your "background" layer or your original layer you have as your first cell in your animation shop.
At this point I add a butterfly or something to move around a bit before I finish off my blinkie.
It just adds that little something fun. ;)
Add your final saying and go to Objects, Align, Center in Canvas.
Merge all and copy and paste after current.
Go to your first cell in animation shop, copy, paste after current.
Now it's all about the animation shop......lol
Choose your second cell or frame and go to effect and choose an effect you want to use.
Do the same thing for your final words for your blinkie as well.
I use Effects, Insert Image Transition and what ever you choose.
Once you like how everything looks, CTL A and all the boxes light up.
Enter & ALT and you can change the speed, I use 35 or 45.
View animation, CTL & S and 150x50 and save.
Hope this tut works for you. :)

Elias Halloween-FTU

I am using the tube of Elias Chatzoudis and you can get all his tubes at his store HERE
(I bought this tube at PTE when they were up and running, please use the appropriate license.)
DBS-Bright Noise
Xero-Porcelain

That's about it. :D

Open an image 600x250.
Select 2 colors from your tube that compliment each other and use your Foreground gradient and fill your image with that gradient.
Effect-Distortion Effect-Displacement Map,Dither 25 pct, stretch to fit canvas checked,blur 0, 2D, intensity 100%, OK.
Use your preset shape-rectangle and make a rectangle like mine.
Objects-Align-Center In Canvas-Convert To Raster Layer.
Choose a Halloween type font and type out "I Love Halloween" or something else you like.
Make sure it stretches the full length of your canvas.
Objects-Align-Center In Canvas-Convert To Raster Layer.
Add a new layer and add your tube.
Duplicate your tube.
Bottom layer-Blur-Gaussian Blur-3-OK.
Add Xero-Porcelain and make sure all the colors are 0,ok.
Add this drop shadow -5,5,50,5.
Top layer make the blend mode Hard Light.
Hide everything but the tubes and Merge Visible.
Merge Visible again.
Add a new layer and add a color from your tube again.
Selections-Contract-8-ok-invert-Contract-3-ok-add a new layer while you still have the marching ants and add another color, right click to stop the ants.
Add your copyright and license info and name.
Hide the very top layer of your border and merge visible.
Click on the border and use your DBS-Bright Noise-Mix-100%.
Merge all and paste as a new image in your animation shop.
CTL+Z until your noise is gone.
Re add the noise again, merge all, paste before current, and repeat.

Enjoy!!

Burn Baby Burn-FTU-Ismael Rac

For this tut you will need a tube of choice.
I am using Ismael Rac HERE.
You need a license to use his work.

You will also need Alien Skin Eye Candy5-Fire and Mura's Miester-Copies.
Font of choice and my template you can get HERE
(This template was made for this tut and this tut alone.)
If you get lost, look at my tag. :D

Lets begin.

Open template-shift & D- close out the original template.
Remove the credits.
Go to back ground and select 2 colors from your tube.
Go to your gradients and find your foreground/background gradient and click on it.
Fill with the gradient.
Hide Burn Baby Burn and the 2 banners for now.
Add a new layer to the background and add your tube.
Add this drop shadow: 1,1,50,5.
Duplicate your tube and hide the top layer.
On the bottom layer, duplicate again and CTL&M and mirror it.
Merge down the tube you just mirrored.
Open Mura's Miesters-Copies-Line and change the top number to 5, hit OK.
Merge visible and effects-texture effects-mosaic glass-use the default settings.
(Use the scroll down menu and click on default.)

Unhide everything and move your tube to the top layer.
Change the color of the banners to match your tube.
On the bottom banner-adjust-add/remove noise-uniform-55%.
Merge down the words and both banners.
When that is done add the same drop shadow as before.
You should have 3 layer now.
Your background layer, banner layer, and tube layer.

At this point you will want to add all your copyright, license number, and name.
On the background add 3 layers and name them 1,2,3 and open your alien skin eyecandy5-fire.

Layer 1: Make sure start from bottom is clicked.
Use these settings: 200,18,60,80,40,95,0.
Repeat all this for layers 2 and 3 and make sure you are hitting random seed.

Once this is all done. hide layers 2&3 and merge all.
Copy and pate in your animation shop.
CTL&Z will let you go back so you can unhide layer 2 and delete layer 1.
Merge all, copy, and paste after current.
Repeat with layer 3.

In your animation shop, CTL&A will light up all your frames.
View your animation and if you need to alter your animation.
ALT&Enter.
Enjoy.

Arthur Crowe EMO Set-FTU.

I'm using the art of Arthur Crowe you can find all his amazing tubes and other goodies at his store HERE
Font I am using is Diamante and is a FTU font you can get HERE
Plugins I will be using are Eyecandy 4000-Gradient Glow, Murias Miesters-Copies, and Xero-Porcelain.

Lets begin...

Open a new image 600x250, add your tube, duplicate-mirror-merge down.
Open muras copies-line-10-ok.
Move the tube up a little and merge all.
Adjust-Blue-Motion Blur-0,100%-do this again and this time angle 90.
Effects-Distortion-Displacement Map.
Click stretch to fit image-2D-offset-Repeat.
Click on any of your textures to make the background image your own.
Add a new layer and add your tube-duplicate-mirror-merge down-duplicate again.
Set your top layer to Hard Light and bottom layer to Multiply.
On the bottom layer Adjust-Gaussian Blur,5.
Add Xero-Porcelain-make sure all your colors are at 0-ok.
Merge All.

Type the name you want for your tag.
I used white.
Use your wand and click on the first letter, Adjust-Color Balance-Manual Color Corrector.
Source-White,Target-Black.
Right click so there are no more marching ants.
Selections-Select All-Float-Defloat-add a new layer and add your gradient glow (choose 1 or 2 colors from your tube.)
Merge down and add this drop shadow 1,1,50,5.
Add your copy right and license number.

Add a new layer of a color from your tube.
Selections-select all-modify-contract-4-delete.
Duplicate for a total of 3 times.
Arrange how you'd like things to look on your tag.

Back to the border.
Top layer-Adjust-Noise-55% or whatever you want.
Do the same things with the copies of the borders.
Hide the other 2 layers.
Click on the top layer-merge visible-copy-paste in your animation shop.
Go back one-click on the next layer-merge visible-paste before current.
Repeat above.
Merge visible-paste before current.
CTL A and view your animation to make sure it's what you want.

Enjoy!!

Jose Cano-FTU-Tut

For this tut you will need a tube of choice, I'm using Jose Cano who can be found at Cano Tubes
I am using animation 247 from Simone and you can find all of her beautiful animations on her blog HERE
Font of choice and your imagination.

Open a new image 600x250 and choose 2 colors from your tube of choice.
Set your background color and foreground color to your liking, go threw your gradient palette and find foreground/background color.
Fill the background with the gradient color.
Add a new layer and add your tube, position where you like, duplicate and hide the top layer.
Open Mura's Miester-copies-duplicate-change the top number to 10.
Effects-artistic-halftone-circle-change the colors to match your tube.

On the tube layer, duplicate again.
Bottom layer-adjust-gaussian blur-5.
Add Xero-Radiance-use default.
Add Xero-porcelian-make sure all the colors are 0.
Add this drop shadow to the bottom tube layer -5,5,50,5.
Top layer change blend mode to luminance or what ever you prefer.

Add a new layer-add a matching color to your tube-selections-contract-6-delete.
Add another new layer-another color that matched your tube or the gradient-selections-contract-3-delete.

Add your copyright and proper license.

How I animated:
Hide the border,tube layers, merge visible.
Copy the halftone,paste as a new layer in animation shop.
Paste before current as many times as the animation, mine was 20.
CTL+A highlights all frames in animation, copy, paste on your halftone layer.
Place where you want.
Hide the merged layer, merge visible rest of the layers.
Copy paste as a new layer, paste before current 20 times, copy, paste on your animation set.
Play and save.

Enjoy!!

Martin Abel Tattoo Facebook Banner

I am using one of Vix's wonderful textures that you can find on her blog HERE
(Leave her some love when you download them. ♥)
I am using a tube my Martin Abel and you can find him at CDO HERE
You need a proper license to use his tubes.
Any tattoo font will do and the one I am using is found HERE


Word art by me and just right click and save to your computer.


Open a new image 817x323
Fill with white of matching color from your tube.
Add your tube as a new layer and fallow these directions.
Open Mura Miester-copies-preset-Wall Paper-Rotate-30-OK.
Merge All-Adjust-Motion Blur-90 degrees-and again-0 degrees.
Open the texture of choice-re size-817 or about that size-and move to how you like to see the texture.
Go over to the right to the layered section and make the blend mode-overlay.
Merge all again.
If you like a different blend mode, please use it.
Add a new layer and add my word art-re size-65% and add a gradient glow and add this drop shadow 1,1,80,5.
Add a new layer and add your tube.
Add elements if you wish and just make it your own.
Merge all again and add your proper copyright for Facebook when should look a little something like this. ©Martin Abel CDO_1234
Enjoy!!

To make a Facebook avatar.
Image-Canvas Size-300x300-and click on the little arrow in which direction you like.
Play around with it.
Add same copyright for Facebook and your name.

Garv Rocks-FTU

Template and kit can be found on my scrap blog HERE

I am using a tube by Keith Garvey I bough when MyPspTubes was around.
Keith now has his own store HERE (You still need a license to use his work.)

Font is VTK Dear Love and is FTU and you can get it HERE

Open my template-shift&d-close out the original template.
Remove my credits by hitting delete.


Merge down the bottom right and top left blue rectangle.
They are above each other.

Grab paper07 and fill the rectangles.
(Open pape07-as a new layer-selections-rectangles you just merged down-select all-float-defloat-invert-delete paper layer-select none.)
Add a gradient glow and this drop shadow 1,1,80,5.

Grab paper08 and fill top right rectangle.
Grab paper02 and fill bottom left rectangle.
Merge down-add gradient glow and add same drop shadow.
Fill the big black rectangle with paper06.
Add drop shadow, no gradient glow unless you want to.
Fill the white star with paper04.
The black border of the star, color if you like or leave as is.
To change the color Shift&L.
Add drop shadow.
Merge down the 2 red stars.
Adjust-noise-55%-uniform-add gradient glow and drop shadow.
Go to the credits layer and add your tube.
Use this drop shadow -5,5,50,5.

Grab the rockin skull-re size-55%-rotate-free-left-15%-and place as a new layer on the top right rectangle you merged down.
Go to the black star border-add a new layer and add the motorcycle-add drop shadow.
On the motorcycle layer-grab the sunglasses-re size-45%-add as a new layer-add drop shadow.
On the star layer-add a new layer-add the rock on hand-re size-45% and place at the bottom left star.
The black rectangle layer-grab the spiked belt- and place in the middle of the rectangle-add drop shadow.

Merge visible-add your copyright and proper license number.
Emjoy!!

I Luv Arthur Crowe-FTU

I'm using the incredible work of Arthur Crowe. You must have a license to use his work. Visit his store HERE

I don't remember the font I used, but you can get a ton of FTU fonts HERE

All my FTU kits and templates can be found on my scrap blog HERE

Open the template-shift&d- and close out the original template.

Remove my credits or raster 2.

Grab the music scatter and place on the background or raster 1.
Merge down the 2 pink squares and add paper03.
Add a white gradient glow if you want and then this drop shadow 1,1,80,5.

Grab paper06-merge down the black rectangles and fill with paper06.
Use the same drop shadow as above.

Grab paper01 and fill the orange rectangle-add a gradient glow of choice and same drop shadow.

Merge down both hearts and delete them.
Grab skull01-re size-45%-place on the heart layer you just merged down-rotate-free-15%-right-duplicate-mirror-and use your move tool and move the skull down to the bottom right ish corner. (See my tag for example.)

Red circle-adjust-noise-100%-uniform-monochrome checked.
Add drop shadow.

Grab paper08 and fill the white circle.

Grab your tube of choice and add as a new layer.
Play around with setting and plugins and make it special.

Go back to the white circle-add a new layer-grab headphones-re size-45%-rotate-left-free-15%-and place bottom left of your tube.
Add a new layer-grab sneakers-re size-45% and place in front of the headphones.
Go to top right rectangle on the template-and add lips02 as a new layer.
Re size lips02-45%-rotate-free-15%-right and add your drop shadow.
Merge visible and don't forget your copy right and license info!!
Enjoy!!

Merry Christmas and Blessed Yule

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year!!

Elias Christmas Tut

For this tut I am using the work of ELias Chatzoudis. You need a license to use his tubes and you can purchase his work HERE
I am using some Christmas templates Minxy made and you can get them off her blog HERE
Font I used is MaSexy and you can get this freebie font HERE

No scraps needed, just some plugins and a bit of imagination!!

Open Minxy's template439-shift&D and close out the original template.

Remove Minxy's credits and also the background layer.
Merge down copy of dotted circle and dotted circle.
Change the color, adjust-color balance-manual color correction-the top color is the color you are changing and the bottom color is the color you want to make it.
Choose a color from your tube-adjust-noise-100%-uniform.
Merge down circle 2 and circle.
Change the color if you wish like you did above.
Apply Tramages-Tow The Line the default settings.
Apply a white gradient glow to the circle and this drop shadow 1,1,80,5.
On the black square change the color if you wish and add Xero-Fritillary and just mess around with the settings to something you like.
Add a white gradient glow and the drop shadow as above.
Merge down square 3&2 and change the color if you wish, I left if green.
Go to Effects-Texture Effects-Blinds-5,45 color black, horizontal and reapply the same effect and check from left to right and horizontal and see what happens!!
Apply the white gradient glow and same drop shadow.
Repeat above for the red box.
The white back of the tree, add the noise and drops shadow.
We are starting with tree pt4 and add the tramages zero tolerance default settings strait down to pt1.
Tree end add the xero fritillary.
Square back add noise and drop shadow.
For the word art, grab your magic want and make sure the contigous isn't checked and click on the black part and change the color to a color of your tube, add noise to your liking.
Add your tube as a new layer and re size to fit the tag.
Add your license info and proper copyright.
Merge visible and if you wish to animate you may do so.

This is how I did mine.
Add name you want, convert to raster layer.
Selections-select all-float-defloat- add a new layer, add gradient glow.
Add this drop shadow 1,1,80,5 and make sure shadow on a new layer is CHECKED.
Add noise-100%-uniform, merge all.
Copy and paste in your animation shop.
Go back until your noise is gone from your gradient glow.
Re add the noise, merge all, copy, and paste before current.
Repeat and view your animation and save.

Enjoy!!

Tut by Wynters Wonders using my kit It's A Witch Thing.

Wynter used my kit and made this wonderful tag. You can see this tut and also other tuts done by her. Thank you again Wynter.
See this and other tuts on her blog HERE

Autumn Cove-PTU-Crafted By Gina

Mask by Melissaz Creationz #13 you can visit her blog HERE
Font of choice or you can use the one I used Cambridge HERE
Kit is called Autumn Cove by Crafted By Gina and you purchase her tagger size kits HERE
I'm using the wonderful art of Elias and you can now visit his own personal store HERE

Open your paper06-Shift&D and close out your original paper.
Apply your mask and merge group.
Grab the grass and add a new layer.
Re size by 80%-add a drop shadow-layers-duplicate-mirror-re size 80% and use your move tool and move it so it looks like mine and merge down the copy.
Go to the mask layer and add window01 as a new layer and move behind the grassy knoll you just added. (Refer to my tag for placement or idea.)
Back to the mask layer and add branch01-re size 80%- rotate-left-15% and place behind the window you just added so it looks like it's peeking out behind the window.
Use your move tool and click on the window and add blueberries02 as a new layer and add the blueberries-re size-70% and place to the left of the window a bit.
Use the move tool and move everything to how you like it and merge visible.
Grab flower02 and add as a new layer-re size-40% and place in front of the blueberries.
Grab blueberries01-add as a new layer-re size-40% and place to the left of the grassy knoll like mine.
Merge visible and add your tube, license info, and your done!!
Enjoy!!

BCA Tut FTU

You will need my BCA kit that you can find HERE
You will also need a BCA tube of choice. I'm using one I bought from MPT, but you can also now find Elias tubes HERE
I'm also using my BCA template and gradient you can get off my scrap blog HERE
Pretty script font of choice or MarmaladeJF which I used and you can get FTU HERE
Eyecandy-4000-Gradient Glow and Xero-Porcelain.

Lets begin!!

Open my BCA template-Shift+D and close out the original template.
Remove my credit layer and also the pink ribbon.
Raster4 add paper01 and add a gradient glow.
Add a drop shadow. I used 1,1,80,5
Next layer I added paper03 and a gradient glow.
Add another drop shadow.
Raster3 add my BCA gradient or paper07 and a gradient glow.
Add drop shadow.
Raster2, leave alone for now.
Word circle, you can change the color or add a gradient glow and drop shadow.
Add your tube as a new layer.
Back to raster2.
Add a close up of your BCA tube add a new layer.
On raster2 layer do the fallowing:
Selections-float-defloat-invert-delete the close up layer.
Duplicate your closeup tube layer.
On the bottom layer Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur-5 and add Xero-Porcelain.
Make sure all the colors are 0.
On the top layer, play around with your blend mode.
I used Hard Light.
Lower opacity to 60%- add porcelain again and merge down.
Add a slight drop shadow.

Lets decorate!!

Grab flower 1 and 2.
Re size flower01-roate-free-15%-right and place as a new layer just under the large circle and add a drop shadow.
Duplicate-Mirror.
Do the same again for flower02 as above and repeat again for flower01.
Look at my tag for ideas.
Add flair01- re size 55%-rotate-15%-right-free and place as a new layer.
Drag your flair layer just below the word circle.
On the word circle layer grab the pink sneakers-re size- 50% and place in front of the flair as a new layer and add a drop shadow.
On the tube layer add butterfly01-re size-40%-rotate-free-left and place on top of a flower of choice.
Merge visible.
Add your copyright and license info and your done.
Enjoy!!

Zombiefied-PTU-Crafted By Gina

I am using a wonderful kit called Zombiefied by Crafted By Gina and you and purchase it HERE
I using the art of Pinup Toons and you can get them HERE

I'm using a mask by Vix and you can get her goodies off of her tut site HERE
Font I am using is Beyond Wonderland and is a FTU font you and get HERE
You will also need Eyecandy 4000-Gradient Glow

Lets begin!!

Open paper09-Shift+D and then close out the original.
Apply your mask of choice, Vix's mask is Halloween 0904.
Merge Group and add 2 new layers.
Grab frame01 and place on the top layer and place in the middle of the mask.
Grab paper08-copy-paste on the middle layer under the frame layer.
Use your majik wand and click on the inside of the frame-selections-expand-4-invert-delete and paper layer.
Add a drop shadow to the frame layer and merge down the frame and paper layer.

Grab the green hand, re size 60%-rotate left-15% and place on the upper left of the frame as a new layer.
Grab the "Zombie" word art-re size 65%- rotate-free-15% and place as a new layer on top of the hand you just added.
To the word art, add a gradient glow and a drop shadow.
Add your tube as a new layer and a drop shadow.
Re size if you need.

On the tube layer, add the cat-re size 55% and place to the bottom right of the frame.
On the "Zombie" word layer, add a new layer and grab the 2 balloons.
Re size bother balloons 65% and rotate one left and the other right and add a drop shadow.
On the same layer add the bats-re size 55% and place in the frame.
On the same layer you are on, grab 2 pieces of candy.
The round piece re size 55% and place to the bottom left of the frame.
The long piece, rotate free-15%-Right- add a drop shadow.
Move your tube so it looks like she is sitting on the candy.
Merge visible and add your copyright and also license info and enjoy.
You may animate from this point on if you wish or just leave as is.

Autism Speaks-FTU-Crafted By Gina

I'm using a wonderful FTU kit of Gina's called Autism Speaks, you can get it on her blog HERE

I'm using the wonderful work of Elias Chatzoudis and you can get his tubes HERE

I'm using a mask of Vix from her goodies section which you can find on her tut site HERE

You will need a font of choice too.

Ok......Lets begin!!

(This is a rather large tag and you can resize if you wish at the end of the tut.
I prefer to work on a larger scale.)

Grab paper02, copy and paste as a new image.
Add your mask and merge group.

Add 2 new layers and on the top layer grab vine01 and place in the center of the mask, copy, paste, mirror and place.
On the middle layer add the close up image of your choice.
Using your majik wand and click on the center of the vine frame we made.
Selections-Modify-Expand-3-Invert and delete the tube layer.
Playing with the blend mode, find a blend you like.
I used hard light.

Merge visible and add your tube as a new layer and mirror, if you want.

Grab flower06 and place behind your tube.
Grab the puzzle pieces and place to the left of your tube.
As a new layer, grab the autism word art re size 55% and place it so it reads AUTISM SPEAKS.
I added a gradient glow.
Grab flower05, resize 55%, mirror, and place above the white flower you just added and also below the white flower too.
You are going to use the same yellow flower and place right above the puzzle pieces.
Grab butterfly02, resize 65%, rotate free-15 degrees- right and place near a flower.

Add your copyright and license info and ENJOY!!

Fibromyalgia Awareness-Crafted By Gina-FTU

I'm using a wonderful awareness kit from Gina. You can find it on her blog HERE

You will need a mask and the Misfits blog has a bunch of wonderful masks HERE

I'm using the work of Keith Garvey and you can find his tubes PTE
You need a license to use his work.


I'm not sure of the font I'm using is FTU or not, but DaFont has a ton of free fonts you can grab HERE

Filter used Xero-Porcelain

I chose to animate my tag using some butterflies.
The butterflies I used can be found HERE

This is a full size kit and there will be a bunch of resizing.

Lets begin!!

Open your paper03 and resize to 700x700, copy and paste as a new image, CTL V.
Add your mask and merge group.
Add 2 layers On the top layer grab frame 2 and resize 30% and place in the middle of the mask layer.
On the layer below the frame, grab paper paper01 and resize to 600x600 and place below the the frame.
Trim up the paper layer by using your rectangle selection tool.
On that same paper layer add your tube and trim it up using the rectangle selection tool again.
Add the Xero-Porcelain default setting and kit OK.

Merge visible and lets decorate!!

Grab the wrap02 and resize 30% and place at the bottom of the frame.
Grab flower01, resize 10% and place on the bow of the wrap.
Grab the awareness ribbon, resize 15%, rotate free-right-15% and place at the upper left corner of the frame.
Grab flower02, resize 10%, and place on the awareness ribbon.
(Don't forget to add your drop shadows.)

Grab birdie 1&2, resize 15%, place at the bottom right corner of the wrap and place so it looks like they are kissing.
Grab butterfly 2&3, resize 10% and place around the flower on the wrap.
I mirrored the second butterfly so it looked like they were flying around it.

Add your copyright info and license.

If you wish to animate from here, this is how I did it.

Open your selected animation in animation shop and highlight all the frames CTL A,leave as is for now.
(My butterfly animation has 15 frames.)
Open your tag in animation shop as a new animation and place before current until you have 15 frames or as many as your animation has in it.

CTL A highlight all frames of your tag and just leave as for now.
Copy your animation and place on the FIRST frame of your tag and place it where you'd like.
View your animation and make sure it's where it needs to be and enjoy!!

Dark Streak-PTU-SkySraps

For this tut you will need a tube of choice.
I'm using the stunning work of Suzanne Woolcott, you must have a license to use her work and you can purchase her tubes and other art HERE

The kit I'm using is Dark Streak by Skyscraps. You can purchase her kits and tubes SATC

You will need a mask of choice and you can find a ton of free ones HERE

You will also need a font of choice and the one I'm using is PTU, but Fontspace has some great free ones for you to choose from HERE

No filters are needed so lets begin!!

Open your paper of choice, copy and paste as a new image, CTL V.
Apply your mask of choice.

Grab the rose bunch and place as a new layer.
Resize to 45%, rotate free-60 degrees and place to the bottom of the mask.
(Look at my tag for reference.)
Copy, paste and mirror the rose and place so the stems overlap each other.

On the mask layer grab both of the loopy candy canes and resize 50% and place the dark one first to the left of the roses and then the lighter of the candy canes.
If you notice, they look like trees.
Don't forget to add a drop shadow.

Next grab the twig and berries and resize 35% and place in front of the tree.
Back to the rose layer.

Add your tube as a new layer.
Back to the rose layer, again...lol

Grab your flowers of choice from the kit you are using.
Resize 30% and place on the rose layer.
I did mine as so.

Resize 30%, added drop shadow, placed, copy, paste, mirror, and place.

Merge visible and add all you copyright and license info and you done.
Enjoy!!

Garv Witch Quote

For this tut I used the wonderful work of Keith Garvey and you can get Garv's tubes at his own store HERE
(I bought this tube at MPT and using that license.)

You will also need 2 different fonts and mine are PTU and I can't share.
You can go to 1001 Free Fonts and get some free ones HERE

You will also need DBS Flux-Bright Noise.

Oh and let not forget Google!!
Going to need a pagan/wiccan quote or a random quote from Facebook works just as well.....lol

Open a new page 600x237 and fill with a gradient that matches your tube.

Adjust-Sharpen-Sharpen.
Effect-Distortion Effects-Wave-0,1,16,85,Repeat.
Add your tube as a new layer and add a slight drop shadow.

Type in your quote-convert to raster layer and add a drop shadow.
Add a new layer-selections-contract-10-invert-and add the gradient you used for your main layer and add a drop shadow.
On the border layer adjust-noise-25%-uniform.

Add your copyright and license info.

Lets animate!!

Grab your majik wand and set the tolerance to 15%.

On the wave and click on the middle-Expand-50.
Bright noise-25% and click off your majik wand.

Merge all and paste in your animation shop.
Ctrl Z lets you go back, so lets go back until until the bright noise you added is gone.
Keep the little ants marching and re add the bight noise at 25%.
Select none-merge all-copy and paste before current.
Repeat the last part and re add the bight noise again and select none and merge all.

View your animation, save as and enjoy!!

Woooo Hooooo!!

Working on some FTU tuts!!

I know I have a bunch of PTU, but will have some FTU soon.
My son crosses over to Boy Scouts Monday and will start to have a little free time.

Cub Scouts will be done soon and I'm looking forward to the little break.......lol

That's my update, for now!!.....lol ♥♥♥

Elias Hero Tut...

For this tut you will need Eyecandy 4000-Gradiesnt Glow and Mura's Miesters-Copies
Everything else is on your PSP.

Tube of choice, preferably a action hero looking tube or villain.....lol
I'm using the fabulous work of Elias Chatzoudis and you can get his tubes at PTE

The font I'm using is PTU, so here's a link to some FTU comic fonts for this tut HERE

Lets begin...This is fun and easy!!

Open a new image 600x300 and fill with the color from your tube.
You will need 2 colors.

Paste the smaller tube as a new layer and use your Mura's copies and use the preset menus and scroll down to the Wall Paper-Rotate.
Press OK and go to your Effects-Distortion Effects-Pixelate-11-OK.
Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur-5.00-OK
Effect-Artistic-Halftone-Circles-3.
The top color is the color that will be left on your tag.
This is where it's up to you.
It can be lighter or darker.
Mine was a lighter color.
Ok....Lets add s word.
I chose MEOW.

Type your word-convert to raster layer.
Open your copies again and the drop down preset menu.
Wall Paper-Perspective and the top number your want to be between 20 & 50, OK.
Add your tube as a new layer and add a white gradient glow to your tube and resize if need.
Add a drop shadow.
On the word layer add a word box from your preset shape.
Back to the tube, the blended layer selection to your right change the selection to Hard Light-Duplicate-Merge Down.
Looks a little comic bookish.....lol

Before you merge all, arrange your tag how you want it to look.
Merge ALL!!

Add a new layer-Selections-All-Modify-Contract-3-OK-Invert.
Add your color from the tube.
Use your majik wand and click on the inside of the border you just added.
Selections-All-Modify-Contract-3-OK-Invert.
Zoom in a little fill the line bellow the border you just made.

Add a drop shadow and merge all.

Add your copyright, license info, and your good to go.

If you want to animate you may do so.

Place the name of the person receiving the tag.
Convert to raster layer-add drop shadow.

Ok...Adjust-Noise-50%-Uniform-Merge All-Copy-Paste as a new animation in your animation shop.
Ctl-Z takes you back to where the noise is gone.
Re add the noise and merge all and copy-paste in animation shop-before current.
Repeat last step again and paste before current in animation shop.
View your animation and your don!!