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Monday, February 13, 2012

Wicked Intentionz- PTU tut

10:21 PM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies-

Kit- Wicked Intentionz by Gina's Gems Scraps which is available at Twilight Scraps here. This kit is packed full with 177 elements, 8 frames and 34 papers!!

Tube- I used a gorgeous image by Virgo which is available for purchase from PicsForDesign here with a valid license.

Mask- AR315_CMC_mask140 from the Creative Misfits blog here

Photoshop CS5 or program of choice

(I use a Mac, so when I use "Command" you may need to hit "CTRL" with Windows)

Open a New image (Command+N) 700x700

Place metal frame 1 in center of image

Press W to activate your Magic Wand Tool, click inside each part of the frame

Select>Modify>Expand by 3

Pull paper of choice to image, pressing Shift before you release to center on canvas

Select>Inverse, hit Delete on paper layer, Deselect

Click inside the left frame circle- Select>Modify>Expand by 3

Position close up of tube in selection under frame, Select>Inverse, hit Delete on tube layer

Repeat above steps with remaining frame circles

Play with the blend modes and textures of each close up to get an effect you like.

On the left and right tubes I applied Luminosity blend mode, duplicated and applied Hard Light

On the center tube layer, I applied Luminosity and a canvas texture-

Filter>Texture>Texturizer- Canvas on default settings

Add main tube of choice, duplicate

On top layer- Filter>Blur>Gaussian blur of 2

blend mode Screen, opacity 50

add drop shadow to bottom tube layer

Open your mask layer on a new canvas

Pull paper of choice to mask image, hide paper layer (click the eye next to it)

Make sure your mask layer is activated

Select>Color range- click in the black area of the mask image- OK

Now unhide your paper layer, activate it and hit delete

Command+A, Image>Crop

Drag new mask layer to your original image..

you can close out the canvas you prepped your mask on

Now decorate your tag with elements from the kit

Resize, rotate and add drop shadows as needed

To resize/rotate- Command+T to activate Transform tool

Click the chain link in the work bar (between the W and H) to maintain ratio

To flip an element- Edit>Transform- Flip horizontal/vertical

To add a drop shadow- Open your Layer Styles window by either double clicking the layer, hitting the LayerStyle button at the bottom of your layer palette (looks like "fx") or go to Layer>Layer Style

From bottom to top I used:

goth tree 1- duplicate, reposition

wing element 1

bottle cap 6

jeweled dagger

candle 1

dahlia 1

jewel element 4

wing element 2

candle 5

blown glass bottle

dark angel bowl

When happy, go to Image>Trim>Transparent Pixels

Resize image if needed

Add license and copyright info

Add name and any additional text

Merge, save, enjoy :)

Thank you for trying my tut! If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me: bananas_68@yahoo.com

Labels:PFD,Photoshop tut,PTU tut,Twilight Scraps | 0 comments

Friday, February 10, 2012

Tag Show Off

9:03 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Just wanted to show off this tag I made using a gorgeous tube by Eugene Rzhevskii, available for purchase at PFD! Kit used is "Candies Valentine", is FTU and can be found at Puddicat Creations here.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

I teamed up with my girl annaica's place to bring you this cute collab! Denim Days is filled with shades of blue with a pop of yellow to bring a nice, mellow mood to your tags and give you a break from the holiday tags!!! We hope you enjoy it :D Feel free to mix elements from both kits in your creations. I'd love to see anything you make, just email me- banana_68@yahoo.com Please respect my TOUs and do not share this kit :)

You can download my part here or here

Pick up annaica's part here

Labels:freebie,FTU kit | 14 comments

Thursday Madness at SATC!!!!

7:13 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

The designers at SATC have gone mad!!! $1 deals all day long!!! Stop by and get my kits for $1 today only!!!! You don't want to miss this one! Come visit the store and stock up :D

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Snag a Tag!!

8:04 PM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Here are some snags I did using a fun kit by Wicked Princess Scraps called Jam Master. You can visit her blog here for stores she sells in and to grab some of her goodies :D I used a hot template by Kandi Kisses which you can get from her blog here. Please do not try to copy this tag, or alter it in any way! To snag, just click to enlarge and then right-click save to computer.

Labels:freebie,FTU tut,snaggable,Wicked Princess Scraps | 1 comments

Amore- PTU Tut

7:27 PM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies-

Kit- Amore by Bibi's Collections. You can get this cute kit from SATC here

Tube- I'm using an Exclusive Club tube by Lady Mishka. You can find more of her work at PFD

Texture- I used #18 from here

Animation- SimoneAni72 here

Font- Scriptina, a FTU font here

PS CS5 or program of choice

(I use a Mac, so when I say "command" you may need to use the "Ctrl" key)

Open a new canvas for a banner- I prefer 600x200

Flood fill with color or gradient of choice- I used the eye dropper tool and picked one from my tube

Open your texture and reduce the image size to the width of your banner

Drag the texture to your banner and place above your flood filled layer

Change blend mode to Screen, opacity 60%

Duplicate Texture layer (command+J)

Edit>transform>flip horizontal

Change blend mode to Hard Light, keep opacity the same

Now place your tube of choice in the center of the banner. A close up works best :)

I duplicated her 2 times for a total of 3 layers:

The bottom layer I drop shadowed

The middle layer- blend mode Soft Light

The top layer- blend mode Screen, opacity 70%

Now use elements from the kit and place them behind all those tube layers

Duplicate, rotate, resize and drop shadow as needed.

I used:

4

6

19

22

28

34

45

50

56

Highlight your background layer, Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Color

That will get rid of ant extra bits of drop shadow/elements outside the banner

Choose 2 colors for your foreground and background

Command+A on your bottom layer

Add a new layer and move to the top of palette

flood fill with foreground color

Select>Modify>Border- 2 pixels

Select>Inverse, hit delete

Add new layer under that and flood fill with 2nd color of choice (hit X on your keyboard to toggle colors)

Select>Modify>Contract- 1 pixel

hit delete

Add a new layer and flood fill with first color choice

Select>Modify>Contract- 2 pixels

hit delete, Deselect

I refilled each layer with color to make them stand out more, and added noise to the middle layer

Add your license and copyright info to tag

add name and any text

If you aren't going to animate, save now as PNG

To animate:

Open your animation and Group Layers if they aren't already:

Select>All Layers (alt+command+A)

Layer>Group Layers (command+G)

Drag the group over to your banner..I put mine under my tube and above a few elements

Open your group and Hide all the frames except Frame 1 (click the little eye next to them)

Open your Animation Window (Window>Animation)

If needed, Convert to frame animation

-you can do this by clicking the little button in the bottom right of the

animation window that has 3 horizontal squares on it-

You should already have your first animation frame there for you.

Duplicate Selected Frame (the button on the animation window next to the trash can)

In your layer palette, hide Frame 1 and unhide Frame 2

Duplicate Selected Frame

In layer palette, hide Frame 2 and unhide Frame 3

Continue this process until you have all the animation frames done

I set my time delay to 0.1 seconds. View your animation and if you're happy, save :)

File>Save for Web and Devices

Make sure you save as a GIF file

Thank you for trying my tut. If you have any questions or would like to show me your results, feel free to email me: bananas_68@yahoo.com

Labels:animated,Forum Set,PFD,Photoshop tut,PTU tut | 1 comments

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

New kit and tuts!

7:41 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Here's a fun, bright birthday kit to play with!!! Please check the left side of my blog for where you can purchase it :) Hope you have fun with it and I'd love to see anything you make with it- bananas_68@yahoo.com

Amy used this kit in her tut "Celebrate" here

And then here are some tuts using my "Heavenly Peace" kit, also found at PTE

Dream by Leah here

Lavender Love Affair by Amy here

Labels:PTU kit,tags with my kits,Tasha's CT | 0 comments

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