My Tutorial Place

Farm Living Tag

2009-08-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

This is a cute little tag, perfect for us country folks and those who are country at heart!

Kit can be purchsed at Country Hollow Scraps or Misses BeeHaven Digital

Farm Living
For best results, the following products are needed:

Kit: Farmers Helper Tagger Size by Country Hollow Creations
Font: BlackJack or your choice.

From Tagger kit, you will need to use:

Paper 4, Paper 1, Barn 1, Farm man, Farm lady, Hay, Goat,
Baby chicken 1, Flower 2

1) Open a new 1000x1000 pixel - 300 ppi raster layer.
2) Open paper 4, copy and paste onto new raster.
3) Open paper 1, copy and paste on top of paper 4. Rotate to the right
at 18 degrees.
4) Open flower 2. Copy and paste as shown. Add drop shadow as desired.
5) Open barn 1. Copy and paste as a new layer.Use eraser tool to erase bottom
corner of paper 1, below barn. Apply shadow as desired, to both barn and paper 1.
6) Open Farm Man, reduce to 80%. Copy and past as shown. Open Farm
Woman. Reduce to 80%. Copy and Paste as shown. Add drop shadow to each, as desired.
7) Open Hay, reduce to 48%. Copy and paste as shown.
8) Open Goat. Mirror. Reduce to 35%. Copy and past in barn door as shown.
Using eraser tool erase back half of goat, to look like he is coming out
of the barn. (see my example) Add white drop shadow, as desired.
9) Open baby chicken 1. Reduce to 80%. Copy and paste as shown. Add drop shadow
as desired.
10) Open a new raster layer. Using paint brush and a light grey color, apply shadow under farmers
hay and chick, as shown. My settings are Size:35, Hardness: 50, Step 10, Opacity 72,
Blend Mode:Softlight
11) Add desired text.
12) Add credits.
13) Merge all layers as visible.
14) Resize as desired. Save as a PNG file.

Spread the Joy

2009-08-23T11:32:00.000-07:00

A new tag. I used Schnegges Scraps Marina Kit. Tube is by Amber Kelso, used under licence. There is no tut right now, but I may go back and write one.
You can purchase the kit at the following stores:
Misses BeeHaven
Star Gazer Scraps
Paradise 4 Scrappers
Treasured Scraps

New Tag and Tut

2009-08-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

Puppy Love Tag

To acheve simular results, the following products are required:

Kit: Cute Twister Mini freebie by Kaklei Designs.

Tube: Amber Kelso's Tube package D
YOU MUST HAVE A LICENSE NUMBER TO USE THIS TUBE.
THE TUBE AND LICENSE CAN BE PURCHASED HERE.
Artist's blog

You can find the tutorial and how to get the freebie kit HERE!

I'd love to see your results! Have fun!

New Tag "You Want Me" and Tut Now Added!

2009-08-14T22:30:00.000-07:00

You Want Me-tag

For best results, you will need the following:
Bits'N'Bobs
Template no 4 (freebie)
Poser
Pink Poison (purchase HERE)
Kit
Rock With Me by Schnegge Scraps (purchase HERE)
Motorcycle by Schnegge Scraps (purchase HERE)

From each kit, you will use:
Rock With Me kit:
paper 5, paper 14, doodle, paper 6,
Motorcycle:
Bike 5, chain 2
Pink Poison:
Tube 5

(This is a more advanced tutorial than the others I have written)

1- Open Template no 4. Delete copyright text.
2- Standing on slats layer, select all slats. Open paper 5. Copy and paste into selection, on original
template. Deselect all. Shadow as desired.**
3- Standing on rectangle 4, select with magic wand. Open paper 14. Copy and paste into selection.If desired, use bevel tool, bevel selection as desired. De-select rectangle 4. Stand on rectangle 3 layer.Select, paste paper 14 into selection. Again bevel as desired, de-select. Repeat with rectangle 2.
4- Select rectangle 4 mat, flood fill with black. Repeat with Rectangle mats 3 and 4.
5- Select star 1, flood fill with black. Repeat with star 2. Bevel if desired.
6- Open Wire. Reduce to 50%. Copy and paste, at lower right, as shown. Duplicate-mirror-flip.Place at top left as shown.
7- Open Doodle. reduce to 70%. Copy and paste as shown. Duplicate and mirror image. Place as shown in my sample.
8- Select all letters in the "you want me" layer. Open paper 6. Copy and paste into selection. Using beveltool, bevel as desired. Shadow as desired.** Deslect all.
9- Select "tiny words" layer, and delete. Select rectangle 1. Flood fill with grey (html#404040). Bevel as desired.
10- Select rectangle 1 mat, flood fill with black.
11- Open Bike5. Resize to 72 ppi and 200x211 pixels. Copy and paste as shown. Add shadow as desired**.
12- Open tube 5. Reduce to 45%. Copy and paste as shown. Add drop shadow as desired.
13- Open chain 2. Resize to 72 ppi . Resize again to 30%. Rotate to right at 9 degrees.Drap the first link of chain over top of star 2. Use eraser tool erase right side of chain, to arm of tube as shown. Duplicate and mirror, place as shown, from right arm to star 1. Use eraser tool to erase any extra chain, as desired and needed.
14- Add tube credits.
15- Resize as desired.
16- Save as PNG file.

**For shadowing, I used a freebie script, Soft Spray. It can be found HERE.

Ice Princess

2009-08-11T09:37:00.001-07:00

Ice Princess

To acheive the same results, the following kit is required:
Starlight Starbright Stargazer Scraps Collab. This is Schnnegges Scrap's portion of the collab.

This kit is part of a Collab from Stargazer Scraps, at the moment you can
only get here it at Stargazer Scraps. From 01 September you can find the
kit under the header Schnegge at Stargazer Scraps.

You will need the following elements frm the kit:
Paper 7,paper 6, glitter 2, Heart 4, Poser, flower 2, flower 12, carriage, ruffle

1-Open a new 800x800 pixel rester layer.
2-Open paper 7. Resize to 80%. Copy and paste as a new layer, on original raster layer.
3-Open paper 6. Resize to 80%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate right at 10 degrees.
Apply drop shadow as desired.
4-Open glitter 2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Use magic wand, select the
inside of the circle. Go to selection-modify-expand. Set expantion at 10. Click OK.
Open paper 7. Copy and paste as new layer. Go to Selections-invert. Then edit-cut. Then selection-select none. Move new paper circle layer behind glitter frame.
5-Open heart 4. Copy and paste as as shown.
6-Open Poser, copy and paste as shown. Apply drop shadow, as desired.
7-Open flower 2. Reduce to 70%. Copy and paste as shown. Add drop shadow as desired.
8- Open flower 12. Reducue to 70%. Copy and paste as shown. Add drop shadow as desired.
9-Open carriage. Copy,paste and add desired drop shadow.
10-Open ruffle. Copy and paste behind flowers and heart, as shown. Rotate left at 18%.
11- Add desired text and designer credits.
12-Resize to 72 ppi, 400x400 pixels.
13-Save as a PNG file.

Dream With Me

2009-08-08T15:24:00.001-07:00

To acheve the same results, the following kit is needed:

Dream A Little Dream by Schnegges Scraps

Available at the following Stores:
Stargazer Scraps
Treasured Scraps
Whisprd Designz
Misses BeeHaven
Paradise 4 Scrappers
Twilight Scraps

You will use the following items from the kit:
paper 14, paper 7, frame heart 2 , poser 2, bling 2, butterfly pendant,
bow 2, butterfly 4, flower 7, flower 8, dream word art

Dream With Me Tag

1- Open a new 800x800 pixel raster layer.
2- Open paper 14, resize to 80%. Copy and paste to the new raster layer.
3- Open paper 7, resize to 80%, Copy and paste, rotate right at 18 degrees.
4- Open Frame Heart 2. Copy and paste. Rotate left at 13 degrees. Add shadow as desired.
5- Open poser 2. Copy and paste as shown. Add shadow as desired.
6- Open Bling 2. Copy and paste in upper left of tag, as shown.
7- Open Butterfly Pendant. Resize to 82%. Copy and paste as shown.
8- Open Bow 2. Resize to 73%. Copy and paste as shown. Add shadow as desired.
9- Open Butterfly 4. Copy and paste, behind Butterfly Pendant, as shown. Add shadow as desired.
10- Open Flower 7, copy and paste as shown. Add shadow as desired.
11- Open Flower 8. Copy and paste as shown.Rotate left at 13 degrees. Add shadow as desired.
12- Open Deam word art. Rotate right at 9 degrees. Place as shown. Add shadow as desired.
14- Add credits for kit and tube.
13- Resize as desired (mine is 72ppi/ 500x500 pixels).
14- Save as PNG image.

I also used the preset script "Soft Spray" (freebie!) which can be found at
http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/alaia/354/freestuff/presets.html

My Passion Tutorial

2009-08-07T10:20:00.000-07:00

My Passion tag

To achieve the same results, the following products are needed:

Kit: Song for A Wounded Heart by Kaklei Designs Mini Freebie Tagger Kit (you must be a member of Coolscraps Digital to get the free kit)

Tube: Purple Passion Tube pack and mini kit by Digital embellishments (tube 4)
Available for purchase HERE.

Font: Carolingia or your choice

Instructions:
1- Open a 700x700 pixel raster layer.
2- Open paper 1. Copy and paste as a new layer, onto original canvas.
3- Open paper 6. Copy and paste as a new later. Rotate to the left at 18 degrees.
4- Open bowribbon, reduce by 27%. Copy and paste, add drop shadow as desired.
5- Open frame 3. Reduce by 25%. Copy and paste as shown in my example. Apply drop shadow as desired.
6- Open flower 12.Reduce by 31%. Copy and paste as shown. Apply drop shadow as desired.
7- Open bow 2. Reduce by 30%. Copy and paste, as shown. Apply drop shadow as desired.
8- Open journal. Reduce by 46%. Rotate to the right at 18 degrees. Position as show, behind ribbon.
Apply drop shadow as desired.
9- Open Flower doodle. Copy and paste behind paper 6, as shown. Apply drop shadow as desired.
10- Open Purple Passion tube 4. Reduce by 50%. Apply in front of frame as shown.
11- Add desired text to tag.
12- Add credits.
13-Save as a PNG file.