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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Lucky- PTU

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Supplies-
Kit- "Lucky" by Kim's Korner. You can purchase this great kit at Twilight Scraps. 
Tube- I'm using "Patricia" by Misticheskaya. This tube can be purchased at PFD.
Font of choice
Photoshop CS5 or program of choice
(I use a Mac, so when I use "Command" you may need to use "Ctrl")

Command+N to open a new window 700x700
Open your frame of choice. I chose Frame 04. 
Hit W to activate the magic wand tool. Make sure both  Anti-Alias
and Contingency are checked, tolerance 100. Click inside the frame.
Resize and drag paper of choice to canvas, Select>Inverse, hit delete on paper layer.
Drag tube close up to canvas above paper, hit delete on keyboard.
Deselect. Change blend mode of close up to Screen or whatever you like :)
Open and resize the Harp, place to side of frame.
Do the same with the Pot of Gold and Rainbow. You may need to flip the Rainbow
and resize so it appears to be coming out the Pot of Gold.
Now open your Coins layer. Duplicate and Reposition along bottom of frame. 
Place some below and above the Pot of Gold layer.
On the opposite side of your frame than the Harp, 
place the Horseshoe Cluster, a Bow, and a flower.
Open and place the Whiskey. Command+T to rotate it so it's laying on it's side.
At the top of your tag, place Wordart4. Double click the layer to bring up Layer Style window.
Add a 1 px White Stroke and a small drop shadow so it stands out
Place your main tube choice on the canvas. I put her between the coin layers to add
depth to the tag- that's just a personal preference.
I like a nice glow on my tubes, so I duplicate, then go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur 2
Change blend mode to Screen, Opacity 65%- play with the blend options to see what you like! 
Go through and add a nice drop shadow to your layers. To do this, double click 
a layer, click "Drop Shadow" and create your settings.
Then Right-Click that layer, Copy Layer Style.
You can then Right-Click the other layers and Paste Layer Style
For your main tube, only drop shadow the bottom tube layer.

Now Image>Trim-Top Left Pixel Color
Image>Resize Image (if you want)
Add your license and copyright info
Add name and any text of choice
Merge, save as PNG file, 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

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Skullz N Stripez- New kit!

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I have a new punked out kit for you all!! Skullz N Stripez is filled with 66 elements and 15 papers, all tagger sized. It has a great punk feel, sprinkled with some skullicious flavor!! You can find this kit at SATC and PFD!! Have fun with it, and feel free to email me anything you make with this kit- bananas_68@yahoo.com

Here are some tuts my CT gals made with the kit-
Rockin Stripes
Skullz-N-Stripez
Cyber Blues
Out of Control




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Monday, March 5, 2012

New kit, tuts and a freebie!!

5:00 PM | Posted by | Edit Post
This new kit is a pink wonder!! Roller Girl is a great compliment to Keith Garvey's newest tube "Roller Babe", but will also look fab with tons of other artists!!! Check the left side of my blog for where you can purchase this! I'd love to see anything you make with this fun kit :o)

A couple of my rockin' CT chicks already have some tuts and a freebie for you! 
Leah did this tut, Roller Girl, featuring the hot Garv tube the kit was made for
Plus she made this hot tag just for fun, and because she loves me :)

Tragedy made this Rockin' and Rollin' tut
And now for the freebie :) Amy did this great tag and cluster frame using my kit. You can grab it on her blog here!

Snags from Karra and a tag show off here
And my girl Wicked Princess made these amazing snags here

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New FTU CT Tut!!

10:30 PM | Posted by | Edit Post
First, I can't believe it's already March!!! Already this year is going by fast!!!
Next, I have a new CT chick :) Her name is Magik, and I think you're gonna like her ;o) She's worked with my kits before and after a referral from my girl Tragedy I invited her on the team! And lucky for me, she said yes!! 
Here is her first tut, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, which uses my FTU kit "Lucky"

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Midnight Blues- PTU

8:04 PM | Posted by | Edit Post
Supplies-
Kit- Midnight Blues by Rabid Designz. This kit is available at Twilight Scraps here
Tube- Anna Marine available for purchase from CDO with a valid license
Mask- VixMask 363 here
Font of choice
Photoshop CS5 or program of choice
(I use a Mac, so when I say Command, you may need to hit Ctrl)

Command+N to open a new image 650x650 with a white background
Open your mask, drag paper 1 to that canvas
Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All
Command+C to copy
Then activate your paper layer, hit Q to enter Quick Mask mode
Command+V to paste mask on paper layer-it should now be tinted red
hit Q on the paper layer to exit Quick Mask mode. 
You should now have marching ants outlining where your mask is laying on the paper, 
reposition or transform as needed
Click Add Layer Mask at the bottom of the layer palette
-it's the button that looks like a circle inside a rectangle
Now Right click and Convert to Smart Object
Then right click again and Rasterize Layer
Drag your mask to your tag canvas 

Open your tube of choice and position in the center of the mask
I like to add a nice glow, so I duplicated the tube
On top layer, Filers>Blur>Gaussian blur 2
Blend Mode Screen, Opacity 55%
Drop Shadow the bottom tube layer
Build around your tube with elements from the kit.
Drop shadow (Layer Style> drop shadow) and resize 
(Command+T, click chain link on tool bar between Width and Height) as you go along
From bottom to top I used:
3
12
24
37
18
11
35
26
34
8
18

Now crop your tag- Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner
Resize your tag- Image>Image Size- make sure Constrain Proportions is checked
Add your license and artist copyright info
Add name and any additional text
If you aren't going to animate, delete white background, save as PNG :)

To animate:
Activate Element 37 in your layer palette
Command+J to duplicate 2x for a total of 3 layers
Using your magic wand tool, click on the orb until you've selected most of it
On the first layer apply
Filter>Distort>Glass with these settings-

Repeat with the 2 remaining orbs, just change the Scaling slider by 10 each time.
Now Duplicate Element 12 for a total of 3 layers
click on the silver frame with your magic wand
Filter>Noise>Add Noise- Amount 10%, Uniform Distribution
Command+F on the remaining 2 layers
Now hide the first 2 layers of Element 12 and Element 37
Window>Animation- Your first frame should appear in the animation window
Duplicate the frame, Unhide the 2nd layer of both elements, hide the 1st
Duplicate the frame, Unhide the 3rd layer of both elements, hide the 2nd
Change your time delay to your preference..I used No Delay
File-Save for Web & Devices, save as GIF, enjoy :)

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





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