Glitter

YOU WILL NEED:

* Paint Shop Pro or similar. I used PSPX but you should be able to make this tag in earlier versions. You will need a good knowledge of PSP to make this tag.

* Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Caron Vinson. You need a license to use her artwork which you can purchase from CILM.

* Font of choice. I used Chocolate Box which you can download HERE.

* Tramages Pool Shadow Filter HERE (click on Graphisme Photoshop then on the next page Filtres then Tramages).

* Cardboard Frames and Accents made by me. You can download them HERE.

* Mask and glitter sprinkles made by me. You can download them here MASK and GLITTER.


LETS START!

1. Open your supplies in PSP. Open your font (by double clicking on it in Windows Explorer) and minimise to use later.

2. Open a new image 500 x 500 with a white background.

3. Copy and paste your tube, frame, accent and glitter to your canvas (the accent on top, the glitter on the bottom). Resize the frame (I resized to 90%) and sharpen using the settings given below. Resize your tube to suit your frame and sharpen if necessary.

4. Add a new raster layer above the white background layer and floodfill with a dark colour that compliments your tube and accent. I used #87798e. Apply the mask to this layer and reduce the opacity to 60%.

5. Position your tag elements where you want them. Duplicate your tube and place the frame between the two tube layers. Use your freehand selection tool with a feather of 0, to roughly trace around the part of the tube on the outside of the frame that you want to delete. You will be adding a drop shadow later so take enough of the tube covered by the frame away so that the shadow wont show later. Delete the excess tube on the bottom layer. Using your eraser, erase the excess tube on the top layer. Apply drop shadow at the following settings to the bottom tube layer, the frame and the flower accent.

6. Position your glitter layer where you want it. Use your eraser to get rid of any stray bits of glitter you don't want.

7. Add a new raster layer above the glitter layer. Using your magic wand with a feather of 0, select inside the frame and expand the selection by 3. Floodfill on the new raster layer with a colour or gradient of choice (I used the Duotone Lavender gradient that came with PSPX set on Sunburst).

8. Apply Tramages Pool Shadow at the settings given below. You can adjust the top 3 settings if you have too much light or dark in the mix. Adjust - Add/Remove Noise at the settings given below.

9. Activate your text tool and with the colour you used to floodfill as the background, type your name using the settings shown below. Stretch out your name to a suitable size and convert to raster. Selection Float and defloat and apply Tramages Pool Shadow to your name using the same settings as before (again adjust for too much light or dark if you need to). Select none. Apply drop shadow but change the opacity to 70 and the blur to 4. Position your name to your liking.

10. Add your copyright information and watermark. If it is difficult to see use a white drop shadow to make it stand out more.

11. Save as a .jpg and you are done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Pretty Pastels

YOU WILL NEED:

* Paint Shop Pro. I used version 10 but you should be able to make this tag in any version.

* Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Caron Vinson and you can purchase her art at CILM.

* Brushes of choice. I am using the Grasses and Plants brushes by Stephanie Shimerdla which you can download from HERE (under Nature).

NOTE brushes are in abr format but an image pack is available. For the best result you can use ABRviewer to convert the brushes to png format which you can then import to PSP.

* Font of choice - I used Nueva.

* My Pretty Pastels scrapkit HERE.

* Charm of choice. I used one from my It's So Blue scrapkit HERE.


LETS START!

1. Open a new image 500 x 500 with a white background. Open the bows, ribbons, doodles and flower frame from the Pastels scrapkit.

2. Copy and paste the flower frame to the canvas and resize to 72%. Sharpen using the settings below.

3. Add a new raster layer. On your frame layer, use your magic wand to select outside the frame. Selections - Invert - Modify - Expand by 6. Floodfill on the new raster layer with the purple colour from the scrapkit (colour swatch is included). Select none. Apply a Gaussian blur of 20. Apply Blinds twice (once vertical, once horizontal) at the settings below. Reduce layer opacity to 80%. Drag this layer below the frame.

4. Copy and paste the doodles you want to use to the canvas. Make sure this layer is below the blur layer you just did. Resize and position the doodles to your liking. I resized to 80% and resized a second doodle to 80% twice. If you have more than one layer of doodles, merge the doodle layers together. Select your Colour Replacer tool . Set your foreground on the Materials Palette to the glitter tile you want to use (I scaled my pattern to 65%) and the background to black (the colour you want to change). Using the settings shown below, click on your doodle and the black will change to glitter. Click on this icon to colour all the black pixels on the current layer.

5. Sharpen the doodles using the same settings as before. Add drop shadow at the following settings to the doodle and frame layers.

6. Add a new raster layer above the doodle layer. Activate your paintbrush tool with the purple from the scrapkit as your foreground colour. Add your brushes to the canvas. Use the rotate function to change the brush angle.

7. Activate your frame layer and copy and paste a ribbon to your canvas (I used a thin one). Image - Free Rotate - Left 10 degrees. Position to your liking. Back on your frame layer, use your magic wand to select outside the frame. Go back to your ribbon layer and press delete. Select none. Use your soften brush to smooth any rough edges. Copy and paste the matching bow to the canvas and resize to 90%. Position the bow along the ribbon (no need to rotate it). Copy and paste the charm to the canvas between the ribbon and bow layers. Position it so that the chain is roughly in the middle of the knot on the bow. Carefully erase any of the chain that is above the bow. Apply the same drop shadow as before.

8. Copy and paste your tube to the canvas. Resize and sharpen if necessary. Position to your liking. Add your copyright information and watermark. Close the white background layer off and merge visible. Control C then V to cut and paste your image, add a new raster layer and floodfill with white. Drag the white layer to the bottom.

9. Activate the top layer on your new canvas. Use your text tool at the settings below to type your name. The foreground on the materials palette is the purple colour and the background is the glitter (still at 65%). Add drop shadow at the settings shown below and then sharpen your name using Unsharp Mask at the same settings as before but this time change the strength to 112. Apply the drop shadow again.

10. Position your name to your liking. Save as a jpeg and you are done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Shimmer

YOU WILL NEED:

* Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop or similar. I used PSPX but you should be able to make this tag in earlier versions.

* Tube of choice. I am using the art work of Caron Vinson. You will need a license to use her art work.
Tubes can be purchased from CILM.

* Accent tube of choice - I used a flower from the tube
(I tubed the image myself I don't know if the purchased tube includes the flower).

* Font of choice - I used Freak Turbulence from HERE.

* Muras Filter Meister - Copies HERE.

* DSB Flux - Bright Noise HERE.


LETS START!

1. Open your tube and scrap kit in PSP. Open your font (by double clicking on it in Windows Explorer) and minimise to use later.

2. Open a new image 600 x 600 with a white background.

3. Copy your accent tube to the canvas. Apply Muras Copies at the following settings. If you don't like the look of your wreath, try flipping or mirroring the image for a different effect. Change the number to make your wreath fuller or lighter. Resize your wreath to 80%.

4. Duplicate your wreath layer and apply Gaussian Blur to the bottom layer. Merge your two wreath layers together.

5. Copy and paste your tube to the canvas. Resize (I resized to 80%), sharpen if necessary and position. Merge with the wreath layer.

6. Hold the control key down and press c then v. Your canvas should have cut and pasted as a new image. Add a new layer and floodfill with white. Drag the white layer to the bottom. Close the other canvas and continue working on the new one.

7. Activate your text tool and type your name using the following settings. Use a light colour for the foreground (#e8d7e7) and dark for the background (#af77d6).

8. Stretch out your name. Convert to raster and position to your liking. Apply drop shadow at the settings below (colour is #88619f). Repeat shadow but change V and H to -1.

9. Add copyright information and your watermark. Merge all layers. Duplicate the merged layer twice so that you have 3 layers in total. Use your magic wand at the settings shown below, to select the fairy's wings and the light outline of your text.

10. Apply the Bright Noise filter to each layer at the settings below. Remember to click on Mix for each layer.

11. Save your file as an Animation Shop .psp file.

12. Open your file in Animation Shop. Save as a .gif and we are done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Glam Goth

YOU WILL NEED:

* Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop or similar. I used PSPX but you should be able to make this tag in earlier versions.

* Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Caron Vinson. You need to purchase a license to use her art. You can buy her images and tubes from CILM

* Bead accent tube.

* Font of choice - I used Arial.

* Diamond Mask.

* Check pattern tile.

* You can download my supplies HERE. Included are the bead accent tube, the check pattern and the mask.

These items are made by me and are for personal, non commercial use. You may share them but please give credit. You MAY NOT profit from them in any way, including but not limited to including them in collections for sale or on tags for sale/profit/work for hire. Legally if an item exchanges hands and consideration (something of value not necessarily money) is received, it is considered to be a sale regardless of what label others would like to put on it.


LETS START!

1. Open your supplies in PSP. Open your font (by double clicking on it in Windows Explorer) and minimise to use later.

2. Open a new image 500 x 500 with a white background.

3. Add a new raster layer and floodfill with black. Apply your mask to this black layer and convert to raster layer.

4. Activate your magic wand and click inside the mask. Selection - Modify - Expand by 3. Add a new raster layer and floodfill selection with your check pattern. Make sure this layer is below the mask layer. Do not deselect.

5. Copy and paste your tube above the check layer. Resize and sharpen if necessary. (I resized to 80%). Selection - Invert - press delete. Apply drop shadow at the following settings -

6. Add a new raster layer above the white background layer. Floodfill with a dark complimentary colour from your tube. I used #c63b36. Resize this layer to 50%. Free rotate (Image menu) 45 degrees. Apply Gaussian Blur twice at the following settings -

7. Activate your pen tool on the following settings. Draw a line from corner to corner using the mask edge as a guide.

8. Ensure that the colour you used for your blur layer is set as the background on the materials palette. Activate your text tool and using the following settings type your name. Repeat your name until it fills the side of the tag. You will have to experiment with text size according to the length of your name. Put at least 2 spaces between each name. Promote selection to layer, select none. Duplicate, mirror and flip. Merge name layers. Duplicate, free rotate 90 degrees and merge name layers.

9. Add copyright information and watermark. Make sure all parts of your tag are positioned where you want them then merge visible.

10. Copy and paste your bead accent to your canvas. The beads and the string are on different layers so you can recolour your beads to match your tube if need be. You can also make the tone darker if you Adjust - Brightness and Contrast - change brightness to -40 and contrast to 0. Resize to 80%. Free Rotate 45 degrees. Duplicate, mirror, merge bead layers. Duplicate, flip, merge bead layers. Sharpen bead layer and add same drop shadow as before. You can stop at this point and save as a jpeg file if you don't want to add the animation.

11. Duplicate the bead layer twice. Apply sparkle filter of choice. I used Constellation with the following settings, changing the random seed for each layer.

12. Duplicate the background layer twice and merge a bead layer to each background. Save as an Animation Shop .psp file.

13. Open your file in Animation Shop, change your frame properties if necessary (I changed mine to 20).

14. Save as a .gif and you are done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Blue Noise

YOU WILL NEED:

* Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop (or similar programs)

* Tube of choice - I have used the artwork of Caron Vinson and you can purchase her work from CILM

* Crop Circles Ding Font HERE

* Font of choice

* DSB Flux Bright Noise Filter (can substitute PSP Noise) HERE

* Two Moon RotoBlades and Vertical Ripplie Filters HERE


LETS START!

Set up your supplies ready for use. Install any fonts or plug-ins and restart PSP if necessary. Have your tube open in PSP.

Open a new image 500 x 500 with a white background. Choose two complimentary colours from your tube, one dark one light (I used #6ebeea and #c3e9f0). Select your text tool and with the following settings, type one of the dings (I used e).

Stretch out your vector as shown below. The finished shape should be wider than it is tall.

Convert your vector to a raster. Add a new raster layer and drag it beneath your shape. Return to your shape layer and using your magic wand tool on the following settings, select all the blank spaces inside your shape.

Activate your blank layer and Selections - Modify - Expand by 2. Floodfill the selections with your light colour (or another complimentary colour - I used #addeec). Apply Two Moon RotoBlades Filter at the following settings. Select none.

Activate your original ding shape layer and apply drop shadow at the following settings. Merge your two shape layers and apply the drop shadow again.

Duplicate the shape layer so you have a total of three shape layers. Close off the two duplicate layers and using your magic wand tool, select the light colour in the middle of the ding shape on your bottom shape layer. Apply DSB Flux Bright Noise Filter at the following settings to each layer, making sure you click on Mix to change the noise position for each layer.

Activate the white background layer and promote to a raster layer (right click - promote background layer). Activate your Preset Shapes tool at the following settings and draw out a rectangle using the example at the top of the page as a guide. Use the dark colour you used for your ding as the foreground with the background turned off. Convert to raster layer.

Add a new raster layer and pull below the frame you just made. Use your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections - Modify - Expand by 2. Activate the new raster layer and floodfill the selection with the light colour you used in your ding. Apply Two Moon Vertical Ripplie at the following settings. Select none.

Select your frame layer. At this point you can add a filter effect to your frame if you would like to (I used Super Blade Pro with a clear glass preset) but it looks just as good plain. Add the same drop shadow as before and merge the frame, the Ripplie layer and the white background layer together. Duplicate this layer so that you have three. Merge each shape layer with a background layer so that you have three layers left.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Resize and sharpen if necessary (I resized to 60%). Position your tube (and any accent tubes you want to use) and apply the same drop shadow as before. If you have used more than one tube, merge your tube layers together. Duplicate your tube layer and merge to each of the background layers.

Activate your text tool and add your name in a font of your choice. Use the dark colour that you used for the frame. If you applied an effect to the frame, apply it to your name. Apply the same drop shadow as before. Duplicate the name layer and merge to each background layer. Repeat this process for your copyright information and watermark. Crop your canvas to remove any unwanted white background. Save as an Animation Shop .psp file.

Open your image in Animation Shop and save as a .gif file and you are done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.