Christmas Memories - almost free to use - Tutorial

When I started writing this, I thought the tube was FTU. It's not. See what happens when you get old?

Everything else is tho.

You can find this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Witch Craft PTU Tutorial

I don't have my holidays mixed up. Really I don't. It was intended to be Gothy, not Halloweeny. In any case:

Amberly Berendon's "Beautiful Yet Deadly" tube, and the Two Friends, Two Styles taggers kit by Gothic Inspirations. The beautiful Betwitched alpha is from Gemini Creations.

You can try this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Victoria's Musings

This is more or less an independent tutorial, as the only CT I'm on for the stuff I'm using is Sky's "I make my Cinema" tube from SatC - and I'd purchased the tube previously in any case.

I am using the Victoria's Musings kit by Scrappin with Lil Ole Me, who seems to share my Steampunk addiction. The really cool typewriter key alpha is by Memory Scraps.

You can try this tutorial - which is real easy, all the work is done by the frame - at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

A Pirate's Christmas (PTU)

Jess (Gothic Inspirations) has been procrastinating, so I still don't have a 2010 holiday kit from her. Instead I'm using her Christmas in July taggers kit.

I am using "Cleo Claus" by Amberly Berendson as the tube. Cleo is Berendson's feline semi-furry pirate captain, and Berendson as quite a few bits of artwork dedicated to her character.

The "Tis the Season" alpha is by Gemini Creationz.

This tutorial is available for you to try at Di Before Dawn.

Cyber Monday Freebie & Sale

OMG! How funny is this? About a year ago, I made this overlay pack for the Just 4 Taggers grand opening collab...and I haven't seen them since.

I honestly thought they were backed up on the one CD that was corrupted, never to be heard from again. Tonight I was cleaning up some directories on my hard drive and look what I found!

So...I figured hey. Maybe someone can use them.

This is a set of six 800 x 800 pixel overlays and six sample papers for use in your holiday projects. They are commercial use friendly, and saved to 300 DPI. I also added in some holiday gradients and some elements for you too play with - the elements are taggers size as well.

Since I didn't get to give you a Friday Freebie, with it being Black Friday and all, I figure a Cyber Monday freebie is in order.

Please remember that by downloading this kit you agree to my terms of use which state, in part that that that you cannot redistribute, rebroadcast, resale, or claim my graphics as your own. That means placing this kit on 4Shared, RapidShare or any other file sharing site for any reason is a strict NO-NO! That constitutes redistribution.

If you know someone who is interested in this kit , please direct them to my blog where they can download their own copy. Free to use is NOT the same thing as free to share. My graphics are copyright protected.

Plus I already pay for premium download service so you don't have to wait for your freebies, and the links stay here FOREVER, so you don't have to put this kit anywhere else to share it, just link to this post.

To download from MediaFire, click HERE.
The password is "Holly Daze" - no quotes.

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Now...Cyber Monday...

Run, don't walk, over to TKOScraps where all my taggers kits, including my brand new "Once Upon a Christmas Knight", are on sale for just $1.

Plus there are specials all over the store so it's one Cyber Monday sale you really don't want to miss! Trust me...I don't want to miss it either!

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget that Wednesday is the launch of the Gothic Inspirations Ho Ho Ho Blog Train. If you want to see what is available on that train, Click the blinkie below:



If on the other hand, you like surprises, just come back on Wednesday and see what I've got for you! :)

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Mama Noel (PTU) Tutorial

I notice one of my neighbors was industrious this holiday weekend and got their Christmas lights up. They are now running up their FPL bill.



I had bought this tube to use with a different kit, but I just wasn't getting the results I wanted, so I ended up writing another tutorial with that kit.

Crazed's Silver Bells was released last year, but it's a very pretty kit and worked great with the tube. You can grab it at Scrappetizing, where it's currently on sale for $1.

The alpha is FTU, and there's a download link in the tut.

You can try this one for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Treasure Isle PTU Tutorial

Avast thar matey! Cap'N Jack Sparrow'd be havin' a word with ya!



You know I just loved this tube and had to do something with it, right? This Jack Sparrow tube is a freebie by Danielle Pioli, which is available at MIStaken Art.

I am using the Arrr Treasure Isle kit by my good friend Jessica at Gothic Inspirations for the scraps.

And yes, she is a big Johnny Depp fan too, so she just melted when I sent her this tag! :)

You can try this tutorial for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Woodland Winter (PTU) tutorial

This is my second tutorial using the Golden Christmas taggers kit by Tammy's Scraps. There are just so many cool elements in this kit, it's hard to choose from!

The font and the alpha I'm using are both free to use, there is a download link available in the tut.

This is a scraps only tut. You can try it for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

(Sorry it took so long, but my hands were swollen yesterday and I was having a heck of time trying to type. It's a bit better today.)

Once upon a Christmas Knight...

You've heard the old tales. Brave knight rides out on noble steed to slay the dragon and save the maiden fair? Well, once upon a Christmas Knight, things turned out just a wee bit different...

This beautiful Yuletime themed kit consists of 20 beautiful papers and 103 gorgeous elements, including 3 Christmas Knight posers by ©Perfect Posers.

Aside from a couple of baby dragons, you are also getting: 10 frames, 5 bows, 5 ribbons, 5 tags, 3 gifts, 3 poinsettias, 3 trees, 3 snowflakes, 2 candles, 2 decos, 2 garlands, 2 Heraldic Shields, 2 ornaments, 2 pine cones, 2 sleighs, 2 stockings, 2 swords, 2 tapestries, 2 tinsel, 2 Xmas crackers, 1 angel, 1 berry twig, 1 bling, 1 candy cane, 1 carpet, 1 Christmas Ball, 1 Christmas Bells, 1 fireplace, 1 gingerbread house, 1 ginger man, 1 ginger woman, 1 glitter leaf, 1 gold bells, 1 bold berries, 1 gold leaf, 1 gold swan, , 1 holly, 1 jingle bell, 1 leaping lord, 1 lights, 1 partridge in a pear tree, 1 penguin, 1 puppy, 1 red & gold star, 1 reindeer, 1 rocking horse, 1 Santa Moon, 1 Santa, 1 snowflake curtain, 1 star, 1 stars with ribbon, 1 swag, 1 swirl, 1 sword with shield, 1 toy soldier, 1 winter bells, and 1 wreath.

300 DPI. Personal use only.

And remember to show your baby dragons lots of loving care. They adore gifts!

Get your fairy tales fractured at:

 
 

Because once a knight...

"You gave me a rocking horse?"

"Well, you'd fall off a real one."

"I'll remember that the next time you need rescuing."

The last time I needed rescuing it was Bob, my near-deaf 80 year old neighbor, that did the deed, but we won't get into that.

"You know what this kit needs?"

"Besides a different tree?"

"A Dragon."

"Well, if you're putting a dragon in there, you'd better give me a sword..."

Skelly Night PTU Tutorial

The licensing management shuffle really stumped me here, as I've no idea where Misty got off to. In any case, I'm sticking with the MPT license until I find out otherwise. If anyone knows who is licensing her artwork now, please shoot me an e-mail. Thanks!

I am using the Silent Night taggers kit by Grunge and Glitter Scraps, and I really love all the colors in it. Great job Brandi!

The alpha is one of my favorites, a freebie from Julie It Is. You can try this tutorial for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

A Squirrel's Christmas PTU Tutorial

I am using the stunning new Golden Christmas taggers kit by Tammy's Scraps. I LOVE this kit! The rustic elements are incredible! I think I'm gonna do a second, scraps only tutorial with this kit, maybe tomorrow, because I adore so many of elements and didn't get to use them.

I used A Squirrel's Christmas Gift by Judy Mastrangelo for the tube. This was one of the tubes we received from My PSP Tubes as part of our 2010 Christmas Gift.

You can find the tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Thanks for letting me use your kit hun, it's awesome!

Hell's Angel tutorial (PTU)

Jess got me an MtA gift card for my birthday, and I finally went shopping. So now I have new tubes and needed to do something with them. Especially this one!

A new tutorial using Jo's Black Dagger Brotherhood: Wrath tagger kit. I just LOVE those wings!

The tube is from James Jacks at MtA, and the alpha, which is also available at SATC is from Gemini Creationz.

You can try this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorial.

Thanks for letting me use your kit. Hope you like what I've done with it.

Ax Murder, anyone?

My family always brings out the worst in me. I am using the Horror Whorez taggers kit by Gothic Inspirations. Artwork by James Jacks. Alpha by Sarah Bryan.

You can find the tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Hope the rest of you are having a Happy Thanksgiving.

Vintage Noel Tutorial PTU (Free Scraps)

Tis the season to be broke and while I was trolling around for free taggers kits this morning, I totally forgot about the wonderful Joyeux Noel taggers kit that I had downloaded from Marie's blog yesterday.

This is a beautiful kit filled with silvers and golds and some absolutely stunning elements! Thank you Marie for making this gorgeous kit available to us all for free. It's a fabulous early Christmas gift.

For this tag, I am using her Marina tube, which is a awesome vintage tube, and the Tis the Season alpha by Gemini Creationz. Both of these are PTU.

You can try this tutorial for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

A Winter's Chill Tutorial

Check out this brand new tutorial from Naughty Angel using my Winter's Chill taggers kit!

She is using the awesome artwork of Ismael Rac.

Winter's Chill is available at Scraps and the City.

You can try this tutorial for yourself at Concret Angelz Tutz.

Thanks so much Naughty, for using my kit and thanks for this great tag!

Christmas Lights (PTU) tutorial - Scraps only

I had originally wrote this using some MyPSPTube licensed artwork, decided I liked it better without, and re-wrote it so that it's a scraps only tutorial. Everything is included - even the gingerbread alpha - in this great taggers kit by Sky Scraps.

Christmas is available at Scraps and the City, and is currently on sale for 33% off.

You can try the tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

(Note that is tag looks best on a darker background, otherwise you kind of lose the snow effect.)

If you want to see the original version of the tag, you can view it HERE.

Santa's Little Helper tutorial (PTU)

I have written a new tutorial using the Letter to Santa tagger kit by DN Scraps (Conchi). This is an adorable little kit with lot of cute elements in it - made it hard to choose what to use. You can get a whole bunch of nice looking tags out of just this one kit.

The artwork is by Angela Newman and was part of the My PSP Tubes Christmas Gift this year. If you purchased tubes from My PSP Tubes during 2010, you would have received a download for the gift.

The cute alpha is by Wishing on a Starr and is a PTU alpha called Mistletoe and Wine. Both the kit and the alpha are available at Scrappetizing.

To try this tutorial, please visit Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Digicats has gone Techno! TechnoPunk!

Every once in a while I get these wild hares up my butt. I was working on something entirely different, when this idea just popped into my head.

And then, spent a whole day going "this isn't going to work, this isn't going to work."

What the heck do I know? Worked perfectly well.



Leave the mundane world behind and reach for the stars with TechnoPunk, a mix of modern industrial, vintage technology and pure fantasy. It's a brand new twist on the Steampunk theme.

20 papers and 100 elements including 3 Xenon Techno Fairy posers come with this kit for you enjoy. And check out these great elements:

10 frames, 5 bows, 5 flowers, 5 ribbons, 5 tags, 4 cogs, 3 gears, 2 borders, 2 brads, 2 cabinets, 2 canisters, 2 crows, 2 blings, 2 masks, 2 musical notes, 2 sequins, 2 wasps, 1 airship, 1 arsenic, 1 barricade, 1 boots, 1 chain, 1 chopper, 1 circle, 1 clock hands, 1 clock, 1 curtain, 1 dragonfly, 1 engine, 1 gauge, 1 glasses, 1 goggles, 1 hat, 1 guitar, 1 half gear, 1 keyboard, 1 keys, 1 lantern, 1 leaves, 1 lights, 1 lock and key, 1 manhole cover, 1 oil can, 1 pipeworks, 1 plant, 1 propane, 1 screen, 1 smoke, 1 Steampunk amp, 1 stick pin, 1 sticker clock, 1 torch, 1 umbrella, 1 victrola, 1 window, 1 winged heart, and 1 world clock.

It's the sort of warped synthesis of elements you've come to expect from the mind of the Digicat.

300 DPI. Personal use only.

Go techno at:

 

TechnoPunk

(Trained professional. Do not try this at home.)

A "Techno Punk" is someone who:
-Enjoys techno
-Enjoys punk
-Has or has had odd-coloured hair
-Is also a Mindless Self Indulgence fan
-Likes neon
-Loves clubs

At least, that's what the Urban Dictionary says. In the modern world, it's also called SynthPunk.

Now...how to apply that to the Steampunk universe...

This should be out later today, or maybe tomorrow.

On a side note: I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, down in Bonita Springs, so I will likely be offline for a good portion of the day.

A Gothic Christmas

A new Gothic kind of tutorial for the Gothic kind of crowd using A Gothic Kind of Christmas taggers kit by Laura's Designz, and the Buffy Gaian Dark tube by Sky Scraps, which is one of my favorites.

You can try this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Winter's Chill tutorial

An absolutely gorgeous tag and tutorial from Carol at Hugahave's Haven. She is using my winter's Chill taggers kit.

Carol said "Oh my gosh, I just love this kit, it absolutely gorgeous!"

You can try this tutorial for yourself HERE.

Winter's Chill is available at Stargazer Scraps.

Thanks to Carol for her awesome work and thanks so much hun for using my kit!

O Christmas Tree tutorial

I am trying out for the Stargazer Scraps CT.  ;) I know it is only open to a very select group of people, so I do not know if I have what it takes. But it sure looks like fun!

A little bit of holiday fun using the O Christmas Tree tagger kit by Candy's Treats - which you can still get for a buck today at Stargazer Sundays - and some fabulous artwork by Elias Chatzoudis.

You can try this tutorial for yourself at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

Snowflakes tags and quick tags

A couple of tags and some awesome quick tags/pagers using my Snowflakes taggers kit as available at Scrappy Luv.

Mary from The Creativity Box creative team did the work on them!

Be sure to stop buy and snag them and leave her a thank you as well.

Snowflakes is available at

 

Winter's Chill tutorial

Check out this awesome tutorial from Elizabeth using my Winter's Chill taggers kit which is available at Mystical Scraps.

Love the animation!

Try this tutorial for yourself at Jorgie's Place.

Thanks sweetie, this is one great tag!

Tut! Tut! Tut! (I'm a train!)

It's been a while since I wrote a new tutorial, but I just had to play with the hot new Samy tube by Sky Scraps!

I used my Sin City taggers kit for the scraps.

You can try this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.



I adore SteamPunk stuff, I really do. The scraps are from Gothic Inspirations' SteamPunk taggers kit, and the tube is "Olivia" by Sky Scraps.

You can try this tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.



Yet another hot tube by Marie a.k.a. Sky Scraps. This time I am using the Steampunk Sass taggers kit by A Taggers Scrap.

You can find the tutorial at Di Before Dawn tutorials.

A Doctor Who Christmas

Mary did this rather inventive tag using my new Clockwork Christmas kit and my CU London Calling pack. I got rather a kick out of it.

That is an actual police box. The police box in my British Vacation kit is not a police box at all, but a Tardis. (Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.)

And I do have some Dr. Who presets for poser, including a K-9. Maybe I should work on that?

I lost track around the sixth doctor. It didn't help that our PBS station didn't broadcast the episodes in any sort of order, so one week you'd have Tom Baker, the next week we'd get a Jon Pertwee episode.

On a side note, for those who asked about Mom, she was moved to a nursing home today and if she works hard on her rehab, can go home in about two months. As an added incentive, she can't call QVC or Home Shopping Channel from the nursing home, and I know that's gonna kill her.

When I talked to her earlier, I got her new phone number and she said "And can you network that for me please?" I'm like..."Wha? Net???? Oh, you want to to me e-mail my aunties." They're teaching her high tech language now!

Freebie Friday: 40 Days

OMG! I'm so sorry. Things have been nuts around here, with my mom in the hospital and all. I forgot to get this posted!

I thought this one was kind of appropriate, because, you know...when it rains, it pours, and it's really been pouring down around here. I only wish it was water.

And the animal came, two by two,
It was a couples only cruise
What else could they do?

Looking for rainy day fun? Look no further. Come take a ride aboard a big floating zoo and tag your way to the sun.

30 800 x 800 pxl papers, 20 Frames and 10 tags are only the beginning. Add in another 98 elements and you've got a mega-good time on the good ship Noah.

On board fun stars with 6 fish stickers, 6 animal love stickers, 7 animal couples, 10 bows, 10 flowers, 10 waves, 5 buttons, 5 clouds, 5 ric rac, 5 wraps, 5 stick pins, 3 lightning bugs, 3 rain curtains, a selection of weather related doodles, a pair of rainbows and a pair of doves to help you find dry land again.

And don't forget the ark!

All the elements are saved as .png files so they open in any program, and everything is saved to 300 DPI in case you'd like to print out some rescue messages to stick in bottles.

Getting stranded at sea was never so much fun! Book your passage now!

This is another formerly PTU kit that is now FTU.

Please remember that by downloading this kit you agree to my terms of use which state, in part that that that you cannot redistribute, rebroadcast, resale, or claim my graphics as your own. That means placing this kit on 4Shared, RapidShare or any other file sharing site for any reason is a strict NO-NO! That constitutes redistribution.

If you know someone who is interested in this kit , please direct them to my blog where they can download their own copy. Free to use is NOT the same thing as free to share. My graphics are copyright protected.

Plus I already pay for premium download service so you don't have to wait for your freebies, and the links stay here FOREVER, so you don't have to put this kit anywhere else to share it, just link to this post.

To download from MediaFire, click HERE.
The password is "Umbrella" - no quotes.

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More Steampunk adventures from Digicats!

He's crazy! He's mad! And he's working in the Lab!

Forget clocks and gears, this Steampunk themed taggers kit allows you to have fun with some truly dangerous substances!

20 papers and 100 elements set up your scientific experiments including three Mad Scientist posers.

"What's in the lab?" you ask...and well you should. You are getting 10 frames, 5 bows, 5 flowers, 5 ribbons, 5 tags, 3 bottles, 3 cogs, 3 gears, 2 candles, 2 clocks, 2 explosions, 2 lightning, 2 sticker clocks, 1 airship, 1 arrows, 1 astrolabe, 1 barrel, 1 beaker, 1 bee, 1 books, 1 bookshelf, 1 bookstand, 1 butterfly, 1 camera, 1 canister, 1 chair, 1 chemicals, 1 clockworks, 1 container, 1 gear stack, 1 glass ball, 1 globe, 1 goggles, 1 hazardous, 1 hook, 1 hot air balloon, 1 jug, 1 lab assistant, 1 lantern, 1 magnifying glass, 1 map, 1 moon, 1 mortar, 1 orbit, 1 pipeworks, 1 planet, 1 plant, 1 pocket watch, 1 poison sign, 1 potions, 1 St. Elmo's Fire, 1 steam, 1 steamheart, 1 steampunk plate, 1 stitches, 1 telescope, 1 top hat, 1 unbrella, 1 victrola, 1 wheel gear, and 1 window.

300 DPI. Personal use only. And of course, you're responsible for cleaning up your own toxic spills.

Get Blinded by Science at:

 

He blinded me with Science!

"Oh wow!," he says. "That looks just like my old chemistry teacher, screaming, because I'd just blown something up in lab again."

Yup, that's my man!

My Cameo tutorial

Another lost tutorial that I found while weeding through my old mail, this one was done by Nancy M using my Ghost of You taggers kit. Nancy writes of the kit "This is one awesome kit to create with. Very pretty elements and papers."

Ghost of You is available at:

 

You can try this tutorial for your self at Designs by Nancy M.



Thanks for this beautiful tag Nancy, and for this awesome tutorial!