FTU ~ WONKALICIOUS

Here's my latest tutorial, which can be found exclusively on Creative Addictions.  Ive used the fabulous art of Ester Duraes, tubes can be bought at DSI.

If you'd like to try the tutorial, just come along to Creative Addictions - you dont need to join as our exclusive tutorials are open to guests.

Finally Justice Howard tubes are available again woohoo !!

I soooo love Justice Howards art - and was gutted when I lost loads of her awesome work when my computer died.

At last tubes are available to buy again from her own store, psptubes.net - I bought some today and as you can see Ive got new clothes on my blog already LOL

Huge thanks going out to Christina, for getting these to me so quickly.

FTU ~ ROCKED IT !!

My latest FTU tutorial, which can be found exclusively at Creative Addictions .

You dont have to be a member to do our exclusive tuts, but you wont be able to see everything we've got going on over there unless you register as a member. 

Click here to go straight to the tut.

FTU Tut ~ Feel The Beat

My latest tutorial, which can be found on Creative Addictions.

You dont have to be a member to view our exclusive tuts, but will need to sign up if you want to join in the rest of the fun.

Click here to go to the tutorial

AUTUMN SPLENDOUR CLUSTER FRAME FREEBIES

These cluster frames were made from an amazing kit by Shani, the kit is a Multiple Sclerosis Awareness kit ~ and to be honest, I had to force myself to stop at just these 3.  I couldve gone on forever playing with all the elements included.  You can download Shani's free Peace, Love, Cure kit from here

You can download all 3 from here

Hope you enjoy playing with them, as much as I did making them.

xoxoxo

2 Halloween Cluster Frames

You may be wondering whats with all the clusterframes being posted at the moment....well, one of our challenges over on Creative Addictions has been to make them using any of Vaybs wonderful free scrapkits.  It's been such fun, all the members are going Clusterframe Crazy LOL

This time Ive used The Witches Den free scrapkit, and made 2 cluster frames ~ both frames are in the one download.

A HUGE thank you to Vaybs for sharing her kits with us all. 

You can download her kit from Designs by Vaybs

My frames can be downloaded from here

Enjoy

xoxoxo

Steampunked Clusterframe Freebie

As you can probably tell, my new addiction is clusterframes lol

I used what I think is one of my very favourite Steampunk kits around....and its totally free ! You can download this fab kit from Designs by Vaybs

You can download my clusterframe here

Dont forget to leave a note if you download :)

xoxoxo

Pimp It !! Cluster Frame freebie

I used Vaybs fabulous Pimp My Swag freebie scrapkit for this clusterframe

You can download the frame from here

Vaybs Pimp My Swag kit can be downloaded from Designs by Vaybs

Please leave some love if you download, I'd love to see some of your creations too

 xoxox

Summer Bright Cluster Frame

I used the FTU Rainbow Fling scrapkit  by Vaybs for this clusterframe.  You can download the frame here 

You can download Vaybs' scrapkit from Designs by Vaybs , thanks for allowing us to use your creations hun.

Award

Woot woot I have been given this award by MsGoddess2U at X's & O's Dzynz

This award is to acknowledge blogs that rock.
If you know a blog that rocks and want to give them this award,
then send them a message saying... "Your Blog Rocks"
Since I have accepted this award from MsGoddess2U, I must pass it on to
5 other people that I think their blogs rock (I added an extra blog since I got it twice).
There are no rules to this award;
only that you send it to 5 people that you think deserve this award.
Make sure you leave them a message.

I have chosen these blogs:
Brights Kreationz

Gwils Creations

Denz Designz

Imaginative Designz

PSP tuts & tags by Q

You ladies rock !!  Thank you so much for sharing your creations and creativity with us xx

FTU Tut ~ BOXED BEAUTY

This tutorial was written by me on 8th May 2011 and assumes you have a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarities to other tuts are purely coincidental.

This tut is exclusive to Creative Addictions.

You dont have to be a member to view our exclusive tutorials, but as an unregistered member you wont be able to see everything else we have on the forum.

Go HERE to the tutorial

FTU TUT ~ This Way, That Way

My latest FTU tut:

 This Way, That WayYou can find this tutorial on Creative Addictions, just click HERE to go to the tutorial.

You dont have to be a member to do our members exclusive tutorials ~ that section of the group is open to everyone. 

 

I used the gorgeous art of Jose Cano, his tubes must be used with a license and can be purchased from PTE

PTU tut ~ Bunnilicious

My latest tutorial, just in time for Easter ~ is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Tutorials dont need to be copied verbatim, you can use different elements and place them where you like.

Be creative, use a tutorial as a reference but its good to "make it your own".

You will need:

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Jessica Dougherty, this tube can be purchased from CDO

Font of Choice - I used Girls Are Weird

The Spring into Easter scrapkit by Tezza.

This cute kit is themed to be used as either a Spring or Easter kit, it's packed with lots of elements & papers. It's well worth buying from Butterfly Blush Designs

Mura Meisters - copies

Lets get started

Open a new image 650 x 650 & floodfill white

Copy & paste patchworkflower4 as a new layer

apply mura meister copies

Duplicate layer that layer & on the original layer, adjust, blur, motion blur

Erase the blur from inside the circle

Adjust, add noise at these settings

On the duplicate layer apply a drop shadow: 2, -2, 40, 4

Use the magic wand to click inside the circle, selections modify, expand by 15

Copy & paste paper 10, right click on the layer, promote selections to layer,

Delete the original paper, deselect and drag the paper to below the frame

Copy & paste the daffodil element and place centre tag, duplicate, mirror and place slightly higher than the original

Drag the duplicate layer down underneath the orignal

Copy & paste Easter Basket1, place in front of the daffodils, slightly to the right

Copy & paste the Easter Train element as a new layer

At this point, you can have some fun using whichever elements you like...or use the ones I have:

Bunny with egg2

Balloon1, resized to 47, image rotate left 10, placed top left of the tag

Dragonfly1, resized to 47, rotated 20 and placed it top right, adjust sharpen

Add your chosen tube, resizing if necessary and place where you think it looks best on your tag

Give all layers except the frames a dropshadow of 1, -1, 40, 4

If you need to resize your tag, do it now

Add your name & correct copyright and save as a png

Thats it all done, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and email me some of your creations to show off here.

PTU Tut ~ Travellin' Emo Style

Add caption

My new tutorial, written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Tutorials dont need to be copied word for word, you can use different elements and place them where you like. You can recolour elements, if the kit designer allows this.  Be creative, use a tutorial as a reference but its good to "make it your own".

You will need:

PSP - I used 9, but any version will do.

A tube of choice, I used art by Lady Mishka which can be bought from PTE

Mask 17 by Vaybs, which can be found here

The scrapkit I used is by Conchi of DNscraps.

The kit is called Obsessions and can be purchased from Butterfly Blush Designs

Font of Choice - I used AL Hurried Note, which can be downloaded from Fonts101

Eyecandy (any version) - gradient glow to add to name

Conchi allows recolouring of this kit, I have recoloured the heartframe 2, hearts4 element and the paper to suit my tube

Lets get started

Open a new image 650 x 650, floodfill white

Copy & Paste heartframe 2

Resize 70% and sharpen

Open the hearts4 element, mirror, copy & paste as a new layer underneath the frame layer

On the frame layer, Use the lasoo tool (freehand selection tool) set on Point to Point & click around the edges of the frame

Right click on the layer and promote selection to layer

Go to the heart4 element layer, right click and promote selection to layer

Deselect & delete the original heart4 layer, carefully erase any bits you may have showing under the frame

Copy & paste your chosen tube, and the motorbike element ~ place to your liking

Duplicate the tube & move that layer above the motorbike

On the top tube layer erase one leg, so it looks as if she's straddling the bike

Add any other elements you wish from this fab kit, resizing as necessary

Add a dropshadow of 2, -2, 30, 4 to all layers except the tube layer & the motorbike layer

Use dropshadow of 1, -8, 30, 4 to the bottom tube layer

Use dropshadow of 2, -2, 30, 4 on the motorbike layer twice

On the second dropshadow layer, use the raster deform tool and bring the top of shadow down

Manoeuvre it so you can see a shadow of the frame (see my tag for reference)

Go back down to the bottom layer, copy & paste a paper of choice

Layers, new mask layer and find the DBV 17 mask in the dropdown list

Apply with the luminence and invert boxes checked

Resize the mask layer to 110

Add your name and any text you want, adding a gradient glow and dropshadow

Delete the white background layer and merge all layers visible

If you need to resize your tag, do it now.

Add the correct copyright and your license number, if using ptu artwork

Save as a png image

Thats it, you're done !

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I'd love to see any of your creations

FTU TUT ~ Girlz R Punk

My latest FTU tut, Girlz R Punk. 

You can find this tutorial on Creative Addictions, just click on the tag to go to the tutorial. 

You dont have to be a member to do our members exclusive tutorials ~ that section of the group is open to everyone.

I used the cute n gorgeous art of LadyMishka, license bought while she was selling at Pics For Designs.

You can now buy her work from PTE

PTU Tut ~ Deviously Cute

Click on the tag to see a larger image

This is a simple tutorial, but is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Tutorials dont need to be copied verbatim, you can use different elements and place them where you like.

Be creative, use a tutorial as a reference but its good to "make it your own".

You will need:

PSP - I used 9, but any version will do.

Template 289 by Missy here

A tube of choice - I used the artwork of Jasmine Beckett-Griffith, bought when she was with CILM.

You can now buy her tubes from CDO
The cute Lil Devils scrapkit I used is by Brooke of Sweet Diva Dzigns

This kit can be purchased from Butterfly Blush Designs

Font of Choice - I used PeaNoodles Girlfriends from here

AAA Filter Transparency Vignette here

Penta.com Dot and Cross

Eyecandy (any version) - gradient glow

Lets get started

Open the template, Shift & D together to duplicate it. Close the original.

Delete the top copyright layer.

Highlight the glitter cirlce edge layer, click inside with your magic wand tool

Selections, modify by 3

Copy & paste your chosen tube as a new layer ~ resize as necessary and place to your liking,

Selections, invert, delete, leave selected.

Copy paper 8 and paste as a new layer, drag both those layers underneath the glittered circle layer,

place the paper to your liking behind the tube, hit delete on the keyboard, de-select.

Add a heavy dropshadow to your tube layer -1, -6, 60, 4 with the "as a new layer" box checked

Highlight the glitter circle layer again & click inside with the magic wand, modify by 3, invert

Highlight the dropshadow layer, hit delete and deselect.

Highlight the rectangle2 layer, selections, select all, float, defloat

Copy & paste paper 4 as a new layer

Copy & paste your tube again, resize as necessary

Selections, invert

Highlight the paper and hit the delete button, move to the tube layer, delete and deselect.

Stay on the tube layer,

Apply AAA Filter Transparency Vignette with these settings: transparency 100, increase size 0, inverse box UNchecked.

Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds, horizontal, W = 2, O = 17, light from left/top, colour picked from your tube.

Add a slight dropshadow 0, -2, 50, 4 (uncheck the new layer box)

Delete the rectangle2 layer

On the Circle layer - selections, select all, float, defloat

Copy & paste paper 4 as a new layer, invert and delete as usual

Apply Penta.com Dot and Cross with these settings: 72, 10, 2

Delete the circle layer

Repeat those steps (but dont apply the filter) for the rectangle1 and thin rectangle layers, using paper 9.

Use the manual color correction tool to change the color of thin rectangle1 to match your tube or paper.

Take your magic wand and click on just the pink letters of the wordart, use the color correction tube to change it to match the rest of the tag.

Apply a dropshadow of 1, 1, 50, 4 to all the layers except the tubes

Add any of the great elements in the kit, see my tag for reference

If you need to resize your tag, do it now.

Add the correct copyright info and your name.

To add your name on a curved line -

click on your elipse tool, use any color as your foreground color, background color null

draw out a circle and take your font tool, hover the cursor over the circle line you've just drawn until you see the arrows change to a A symbol.  Click there and write your name.

Then in the layer palette, click on the little + the vector 1 layer.

This will open up another 2 layers, click on the eye to close the new elipse layer

Right click on the Vector 1 layer, convert to raster.

Add a gradient glow and dropshadow to your name and move into position using the Move tool.

Delete the white background layer, merge visible and save as a png

I hope you liked my tutorial, I'd love to see your creations too.

PTU Tag ~ Memories

Dunno why I name my tags LOL, but thats just me I guess ;-)

It's strange tho, cos when I write a tut it can take me ages to come up with a name for it ~ and yet when I'm making a tag to post here a name just comes to me while Im making it.....weird huh ?  lol

Here's another tag I made using Mads' scrapkit Love Overdose.  You can buy this kit at Sigtag Kits.com

Visit her store to check out all the other kits she has.

Click on the tag to take you there.

This time around Im using the stunning art of Camilla Drakenborg ~ she was one of the first artists I bought when they all went PTU.....I love her art, particularly this tube which you can buy at Up Your Art

PTU Tag ~ Swoon

Here's my latest play with Madhatters scrapkit Love Overdose, which can be purchased at Sigtag Kits.com

Make sure you check out all her other kits while you're there.

Click on the tag to take you to Mads' store.

For this tag, I used the awesome art of Al Rio. You can buy this tube from Treasured Scraps.

PTU Tutorial ~ Wild Thing

This is a simple tutorial, and is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Remember, tutorials dont need to be copied verbatim, you can use different elements and place them where you like. Be creative, use a tutorial as a reference but its good to "make it your own".

Click on the tag to see a larger image

Needed:

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Gennadiy Koufay, bought when he was with CILM.

(At the time of writing, there's no info about where he will be selling his art in the future).

Font of Choice - I used Rat Infested Mailbox here

Vix mask 364 from here  346-365

Eyecandy (any version) - gradient glow

Wordart is optional, I one I used can be downloaded from WordArt World

The Color Me Wild scrapkit by Treasures by Terry

This gorgeous kit can be purchased from Butterfly Blush Designs

Lets get started

Open a new image 650 x 650, floodfill it white

Copy & paste paper 1 as a new layer

Layers - new mask layer - find the Vix mask364 in the dropdown list

Apply mask source luminance, invert UNchecked - click OK

Right click on the palette layer and merge group.

Copy & paste element Paw 1, resize 75 and place it bottom right of the tag

Duplicate this layer twice and place each pawprint up the righthand side of the mask

Highlight the middle pawprint layer, image rotate left 30

Merge down those 3 layers and apply a white gradient glow with these settings

Apply gradient glow again, same basic settings but in the colour tab change your settings to these

Copy & paste Heart 5 as a new layer, resize 70, rotate left 30 and place top left of the mask

Copy & paste Corset 2, resize 50, rotate 30 right

Copy & paste matching umbrella & purse elements, rotating the umbrella right 30 and place over the top pawprint, resize the purse 70 and place bottom left of the mask

I used Flower6 resized 70 and again rotated right 30 & placed it in front of the purse.

Copy & paste Paw Chains 2 & 3 and place far left of the tag

Place your chosen tube to the left of the tag

Apply dropshadow of 1, -1, 45, 4 to all layers except the mask, pawprints and tube

On the tube layer, apply a dropshadow of 2, 5, 45, 4

The wordart I have used is huge, so in order to avoid the edges pixellating I resized to 80 percent 9 times. This step is a personal choice, and if you're happy resizing in fewer steps thats fine.

Drag the wordart layer below the tube layer.

I have left it uncoloured, again personal preference ~ but you could floodfill the word WILD if you prefer.

If you want to resize your tag, do it now, BEFORE adding your copyright info.

Add your name, give it a gradient glow and dropshadow

Delete the white background layer, merge visible

Now, add your artists credits & save as a .png

That's it, you're done !!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

I’d love to see your results.

Valentine Luv

I just love the rich colours of this Love Overdose kit, which can be purchased from Sigtagkits.com.

Thanks Mad, for letting me play with it !

Ive used the gorgeous valentine angel tube by Keith Garvey, bought when he was with MPT.

You can now buy his art from the newly opened PTE (PSP Tubes Emporium).

With all the recent happenings with the licensing sites, many in the tagging world have been thrown into a state of confusion ~ but personally, I will support my favourite artists & buy their tubes from whichever store they choose to sell from.  It's not for me to tell someone where to work or who to work for, and I wont be drawn into the drama. 

PTE have announced that Keith Garvey & Elias Chatzoudis tubes bought from MPT can be used with a PTE license number.  Im still undecided at the moment whether I will do that or continue using my MPT license on tubes bought from there tho.

Overdose on Garv tag

I made this Valentine tag using the Love Overdose scrapkit by Madhatter, which you can purchase over on Sig Tag Kits.com

The tube Ive used is, of course by the awesome Keith Garvey ~ someone give that man a knighthood LOL.

You wrote this tut when KG was signed with MPT, you can now buy his art from PTE

I will be posting more tags made from this gorgeous kit during February, so dont forget to come back and check them out.........better still, why not go on over to Sig Tag Kits.com and buy the kit and make your own tags ~ I'd love to see what you come up with, and Im sure Mad would too.

On Angels Wings

Here is another tag I made from Mads Angels Among Us scrapkit, a ptu kit which can be found at SigTag Kits.com. 

Now that we all tend to use ptu artists, we forget there are still some awesome artists that allow free usage of their art.  This time around, I used the the beautiful work of Lindsay Archer

My new tut Bad Girls Rock

Here is my latest tutorial, which can be found exclusively on Creative Addictions.

I used the amazing work of Robert Alvarado, you must obtain a license from MPT to use the same artist, and the awesome FTU scrapkit Good Girls Gone Bad by ButterflyFlutterby Creations which can be downloaded from HERE

Click on the tag to go to the tutorial

You dont have to be a member of Creative Addictions to do our exclusive tuts, we have 8 member tut writers currently hosting tuts there.  I hope you like what you see and decide to register with us, so you can join in with everything else we have.

Whirligig Tag

Here's another tag Ive made from Mad Hatters versatile Angels Among Us kit

You can buy the kit at SigTag Kits . 

 I love Pin Up Toons, the tubes Ive used were purchased from CILM.  Pin Up Toon tubes can now be bought from CDO and may not be used without a license.

Teddy Cuddles Tag

I had another play around with Mad Hatters kit Angels Among Us, and as you can see it also lends itself to the less angelic tube too .....look, she even has her "Bad Girl" panties on LOL.  Thanks Mad, for letting me loose with this beautiful kit. 

You can purchase the kit from Sig Tag Kits

For this tag I used the amazing art of Keith Garvey, purchased from MPT.

Keith now sells his tubes at PTE

I am now a Creative Team member of Sig Tag Kits

Happy New Year everyone !!  Start of a new year, a new decade, a new licensed site opens (CDO)  ~ AND a new venture for me.....2011 is looking good so far !

I am now part of Mad Hatters Creative Team (sigtagkits) yay !!  I love creating tags from my own ideas, Im not a great fan of following tutorials ~ I much prefer to explore my own creativity rather than copy someone elses.  Having said that,  I will still be using this blog to host tags of my own tuts, which are hosted only on Creative Addictions.

If I write any tutorials using Sig Tag Kits scrapkits, I will post the entire tut here on this blog and not on Creative Addictions.

I made this tag using a beautiful kit called Angels Among Us.  The kit includes 6 papers that measure 800 x 800 pixels and 23 elements in assorted sizes ~ and can be purchased at Sig Tag Kits.  Thank you Mad, for giving me the opportunity to have a play with this awesome kit.

Click on the tag itself to go straight to the kit I used.
I used the awesome art of Jennifer Janesko, you can now only buy her tubes at Creative Outlet Designs

Im really looking forward to creating for Sig Tag Kits, I hope you like my creations and will be back to see more.

Hugs

xoxoxox