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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Fall Days- PTU

4:38 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies:

Kit- Red Delicious by A Taggers Scrap. Visit her blog here for info on where you can purchase this great kit.

Tube- I'm using a great tube by Zebrush, which you can find at PFD here

Mask- BeautyofAutumnMaskbyTonya from the Misfits blog here

Font- Eight One or font of choice

Photoshop CS5 or font of choice

I am on a Mac, so when I use Command, you may need to use Ctrl

Here we go :)

Open a new canvas 700x700

Open frame 1 and place in center of canvas.

Place paper 20 under the frame.

With the frame layer active, choose your Magic Wand Tool (w) and click inside the frame.

Select>Modify>Expand by 5px. Select>Inverse.

Activate the paper layer and hit Delete on your keyboard.

Deselect. Double click the frame layer to bring up Layer Styles.

Add drop shadow of choice.

Open Leaves 2 and place on right of frame. You may need to angle it to get it just right.

Command+J to duplicate. Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Reposition to left side.

Drop shadow both copies.

Add Brush to bottom of frame. Duplicate, flip and reposition as I have in my tag. Add drop shadows.

Add main tube of choice to middle of frame. I like a soft glow on my tubes, to do this:

Duplicate tube layer. On top tube Filters>blur>gaussian blur 2.

Change blend mode to Screen, Opacity around 35%.

Drop Shadow the original tube layer.

Now decorate your tag with elements from the kit. From bottom to top I used:

(refer to my tag for placement)

butterfly house

bow 3

ribbon 2

acorns

butterfly

light

flowers 2 (duplicate, flip, reposition)

chipmunk

vase

pumpkin

sign post

apple 3

mushroom

Add drop shadows and sharpen elements (Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen)

Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.

Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,

or use a paper from kit.

Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.

Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.

Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.

Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.

Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)

Right click- convert to smart object

Right click- Rasterize layer

Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer

Resize it if needed.

I duplicated it once to make it darker.

With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire

tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.

This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.

Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.

Add your license and copyright info to the tag.

Add name and any other text of choice.

Merge, save as PNG and 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) or post them on my Facebook :)

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Here is my first Halloween kit of the season, Spellbound!! This kit has shades of green, orange and grey and will cast a spell on those spooky tags! Check the left side of my blog for stores I sell at! Hope you enjoy :o)

And here is a tag I made with the kit-

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Farewell Summer- PTU

5:44 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies:

Kit- Farewell Summer by A Taggers Scrap. Visit her blog here for where you can find this great kit!

Tube- I'm using a Pin Up Toon which you can purchase at CDO with a valid license.

Mask- Vix Mask 365 here

Font- Janda Stylish Script here

Photoshop CS5 or font of choice

I use a Mac so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl

Here we go :)

Command+N to open a new canvas 700x700

Open Frame 10. Command+T to bring up Free Transform and angle the frame to the right a bit. Command+J to duplicate. Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Reposition to the left.

Right click the top frame and choose Merge Down.

Position your tube close up behind each frame, and your paper of choice under the tubes.

I used paper 1.

Click inside each frame opening using the Magic Wand Tool (w).

Select>Modify>Expand by 5px. Select>Inverse.

Hit Delete on the tubes and paper layers. Deselect.

Change blend mode of tubes to Soft Light.

From bottom to top, add the following elements-

(refer to my tag for placement)

fence

box

bouquet

flower 10

leaves 3

wheelbarrow

flower 5

umbrella

basket

ribbon

flamingo

bottle 2

flower 3

birdhouse

grapes

Add main tube behind the birdhouse.

Add drop shadows to tube and elements.

To do this quickly, double click one of the element layers to bring up Layer Styles.

Apply your drop shadow of choice. Right-click that layer and Copy Layer Style.

On all the other layers, just right-click and Paste Layer Style.

Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.

Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,

or use a paper from kit (I used paper 7).

Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.

Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.

Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.

Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.

Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)

Right click- convert to smart object

Right click- Rasterize layer

Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer

Resize it if needed.

I duplicated a few times to make it darker.

With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire

tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.

This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.

Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.

Add your license and copyright info to the tag.

Add name and any other text of choice.

Merge, save as PNG and 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) or post them on my Facebook :)

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

I'm Not Emo- FTU Mini Kit

9:37 PM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Taggers Art e-mag is highlighting SATC for the month of September, and for this occasion I have made a mini kit available for download :) During Sept you can find the kit at Taggers Art here. And I also have an interview to read inside the mag, which you can download here!! Hope you enjoy both of them!

Don't forget, I'm 30% off at SATC through Sept 9!!

*You can now download this from my blog here*

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Autumn Fox- FTU

6:31 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies:

Kit- Amazing Autumn by Gimptastic Scraps. Visit her blog here to grab it!

Tube- I'm using a cute tube by Max-13-Tulmes which you can find at PFD here.

Mask- HorsePlay's Pasture Mask 27 here

Font- Quickier or font of choice

Photoshop CS5 or program of choice

I use a Mac so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl

Here we go :)

Start with a new canvas 700x700

Place Frame 5 in center of canvas.

Add close up of tube below frame. Position to either side of frame.

Add paper of choice below the tube. I used Paper 5.

Once positioned how you want, Click inside the frame with the magic wand tool (w).

Select>Modify>Expand by 5px. Select>Inverse.

Hit Delete on the close up tube and paper layer. Deselect.

Change blend mode of close up to Soft Light.

Add Frame 4 below the paper so the leaves peek out the top and sides.

Above the frame, add tube of choice to the opposite side of frame from the close up.

Now above the tube, place the following from bottom to top-

Refer to my tag for placement.

leaf 4- Command+J to duplicate. Edit>Transform>flip horizontal. Reposition

duck

berries

flower 5- duplicate, flip, reposition

flower 1

pumpkin- duplicate 2x, resize, reposition

tomato

flower 4

ball

mug

bird 1

hedgehog

Now add drop shadows to each of the elements.

To do this, double click one of the elements to bring up Layer Styles. Apply DS of choice.

Right-click element, Copy Layer Style.

On the remaining elements: right-click, Paste Layer Style.

Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.

Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,

or use a paper from kit (I used paper 7).

Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.

Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.

Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.

Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.

Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)

Right click- convert to smart object

Right click- Rasterize layer

Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer

Resize it if needed.

I duplicated a few times to make it darker.

With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire

tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.

This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.

Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.

Add your license and copyright info to the tag.

Add name and any other text of choice.

Merge, save as PNG and 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) or post them on my Facebook :)

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Fall In Color- FTU

8:04 AM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

Supplies:

Kit- Fall in Color by A Space Between. You can find this FTU kit here.

Tube- Soon Fall by Alex Prihodka. This gorgeous tube can be purchased at PFD here.

Mask- I used AutumnSplendorMaskbyTonya here

Font- Some Weatz

Photoshop CS5 or program of choice

I'm on a Mac, so when I use Command you may need to use Ctrl

Here we go :)

Open a new canvas (Command+N) 700x700

Place element 37 in center of canvas.

Place paper 7 behind it and click inside the window using the magic wand tool.

Select>Modify>Expand by 5. Select>Inverse.

Hit Delete on the paper layer. Deselect.

Double click the frame layer to bring up Layer Styles. Add drop shadow of choice.

Place element 19 to right side of window. Duplicate (Command+J).

Resize and place copy behind original.

Now position your tube on your tag. I did this first so I could place the elements around her.

To add a soft glow to your tube-

Duplicate tube layer. On top copy Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur 2.

Change blend mode to Screen, Opacity 75%.

Play with the blend modes and opacity to suit your taste and tube ;)

Drop shadow bottom tube only.

Now add elements from the kit to your tag.

Refer to my tag for placement, or do your own thing.

From bottom to top I used:

5

25

77

*19*

18- duplicate, resize, reposition

30

7

9

43

11

27

49

1

*tube*

21

50

Add drop shadow to each layer.

The easy way to do this is to right-click your frame layer and "Copy Layer Style".

Then right-click each element layer and "Paste Layer Style".

Now let's get our mask ready! Open your mask on a new canvas.

Add a new layer above it, and flood fill with color of choice,

or use a paper from kit (I used paper 35).

Make sure your mask layer is activated and Command+A to Select All, Command+C to Copy.

Activate the paper layer, hit Q to turn on Quick Mask mode.

Command+V to paste the mask..it should now be tinted red.

Hit Q to turn off Quick Mask mode and there should now be marching ants on your canvas.

Hit the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette (rectangle with the circle in it)

Right click- convert to smart object

Right click- Rasterize layer

Drag completed mask to your tag canvas as the bottom layer

Resize it if needed.

With your Rectangular Marquee Tool (m), draw out a selection around the entire

tag, just slight smaller than the canvas. Image>Crop.

This will get rid of any stray pixels or drop shadows you don't see.

Image>Trim>Top Left Pixel Corner to remove the excess space.

Add your license and copyright info to the tag.

Add name and any other text of choice.

Merge, save as PNG and 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) or post them on my Facebook :)

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Choo-Choo!!! New Blog Train Freebie!

7:20 PM | Posted by Tasha | Edit Post

The O'Scrap Blog Train has left the station!!! This month's theme was Back 2 School so I have a mini-kit for the occasion :) These bright colors are a little out of my norm, but I decided to give it a shot and try something different lol!! Hope you enjoy! Please do NOT share the link to this download...free to use doesn't mean free to share. You can grab the kit here. And thank you's are always appreciated around here :o)