Verity

SSLisa came up with this beautiful little Goth girl for me to play with, and while she would have worked well with the guilt kit, I thought I might do something a bit for Vintage for her.



And of course my initial plan had been to put on some Disturbed and rock this, but my arthritis has flaired up, making it a bit hard for me to focus. So it will probably be a little while before I get this done.

Rock Star Dreamz Tutorial

This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs). Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The Rock Star Dreamz taggers kit by Kimmie's Kreations. This kit is available for purchase at Sophisti-Scraps. Please note that we are using one of the tubes included in the kit.

The Glitterbug 4 Script by Bluebird Designs, which may be downloaded for free here. (Note: we will not be using the script, only the enclosed glitter tiles).

Wee Scots Lass mask #228, which you can download HERE.

Font of Choice.

Optional Silver Alpha by Crazed's Creations which may be download for free from her blog.

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Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in most other versions of PSP.

Before you begin, make sure you've added the glitters from the glitter bug script to your Patterns directory in My PSP Files, and the Masks to your Masks directory.

Open a new raster canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, flood fill white.

Open RSD Paper 1, resize to 800 x 800 pxls, and add to canvas.

Open music glittertrail 4, resize to 85% and add to canvas, centered at H500, V130.

Open Paper 11. Resize by 70%. Select Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk and locate Wee Scots Lass mask # 228, Make sure the fit to canvas box is checked and click on Load.

Using your pick tool, drag the guide lines out until they take up the whole canvas area. Then select Layers --> Merge --> Merge Group. Copy and paste Paper 11 to your main canvas centered.

Open Grunge Frame 5 and add to canvas, centered. Using you pick tool, rotate the frame approximately 20 degrees, counter clockwise. on the pallet layer, click on paper 11, and also rotate it counter clockwise to match the frame.

On the layer pallet, click on the frame layer to activate it. Open RockStar doll 5 and add to canvas, centered at H250, V430.

Open guitar element 1. On the Materials pallet, find glitter-bug tiles, glitter pink. Using you paint bucket tool, glitterize guitar element 1. Make sure you glitter all the notes as well.

Resize guitar element 1 to 70%. On the layers pallet, click on paper 11 to activate it, then cut and paste guitar element 1 to the canvas, centered.

On the layers pallet, click on the frame layer to activate it. Open corset 4, resize to 65% and add to the canvas, centered at H600, V600. Using you pick tool, rotate clockwise about 20 to 30 degrees. Relocate the center to H530, V580.

Open lanyard 1, resize 70% and add to the canvas centered at H580, V290.

Open Backstage Pass 3. On the materials pallet, set your foreground and background colors to White (#FFFFFF). On the Backstage pass, using the Arial Black font (72 points, bold, centered) type "VIP" (in all caps). Use your pick tool to size appropriately.

Select --> Layers --> Merge -- Merge Visible. Resize to 50% and add to the canvas, centered at V590, H500.

Open Flair 2, resize 50% and add to the canvas, at v580, H100.

Click on the Rock Star Doll to activate, and add a drop shadow. I am using offsets of H10, V10, Opacity 60, Blur 25, and color Black.

Using a font of your choice, add the copyright and designer info to the tag just under the bottom of the frame. The correct copyright for the Rock Star Doll is

"(c) LK Designs http://sophisticatedscraps.blogspot.com"

The designer info is

"Scraps by Kimmie's Kreationz"

I am using the font Clarence, which is my new favorite font of the week. Use your pick tool to resize to taste. It's okay if it goes over the corset some.

Save your artist's copy as a .pspimg file.

Adding a Name: Usually I leave this up to you. If you wish to use the optional Silver Alpha, proceed as follows:

Minimize your main canvas and open a new raster canvas, 800 pxls wide, 300 pxls high with a transparent background. You can turn your grid on if you'd like, I just use the little checkerboard pattern on the canvas to line things up.

Open the letter(s) of choice. This is a taggers size font and will not need resizing. Repeat the procedure with each of letters in the name you are spelling out. If you have double letters - as in the A and N in my name - you need only do this once as you can use duplicate function to replicate them on the canvas.

Since the alpha only comes in one size, you may wish to use your pick tool to resize the "lower case" letters in the name.

Using the pick tool, line the letters up on the new canvas to spell out the name you wish to add to the tag. Note that if you have a LONG name, you may need to make the letters a bit smaller to fit them all onto the canvas.

One you have the name composed to taste, select, Layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible. Edit and copy the name and then reactivate your main canvas. Add the name to the canvas, centered at around H300, V100. This may change depending upon how long the name is. Use the pick tool to resize and relocate the name to taste. You may add a drop shadow to the alpha if you wish.

You are now ready to save the finished tag as either a .png or .jpg. Select --> Layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible. Resize the canvas by 75% (600 x 600) pxl. Save as --> .jpg.

Your all done! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions or get stuck, please feel free to E-Mail me.

Butterfly Garden Tutorial

This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs). Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The Whimsy Butterfly Garden by Gemini Creationz. This kit may be purchased at Sophisti-Scraps.

Tube of choice. I am using the Seasonal Fae Cookie posers by Sophisticated Scraps and Images.

Wee Scots Lass masks #235 & #245, which you can download HERE.

Shel Belle's FTU Summer Sun alpha, which may be downloaded from her blog. This is a full sized alpha, I have scripted it down to use for tagging.

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Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in most other versions of PSP.

To begin, open a new canvas, 800 x 800 pxls, Flood fill white.

Open WBG Paper-3. Select Layers --< Load/Save Mask --< Load Mask from Disk and find WSL Mask 235. Make sure the "Fit to canvas" box is checked and then click on "Load".

Layers --< Merge --< Merge Group, then copy and paste Paper 3 to the main canvas, centered.

Open WBG Paper-1. Select Layers --< Load/Save Mask --< Load Mask from Disk and find WSL Mask 245. Make sure the "Fit to canvas" box is checked and then click on "Load".

Layers --< Merge --< Merge Group, resize to 60%, then copy and paste Paper 3 to the main canvas, centered at H250, V550. Use your pick tool to rotate the paper about 30 degrees clockwise.

Open Birdhouse 1, resize to 80% and copy and paste to the main canvas, centered at V670, H400.

Open Tube of choice. I am using Sophisticated Scraps Seasonal Faes - Spring 2. Copy and paste to canvas centered at V400, H450.

Open Grass Flowers, and resize to 35%. Add to your canvas centered at H300, V600.

Repeat with TallGrassFlowers, but center on the canvas at H500, V600.

On your layers pallet, click on the blue paper layer to activate. Open Sunclouds1, resize to 65% and add to your canvas, centered at H220, V130.

On your layers pallet, click on the TallGrassFlowers to active. Open Ivy 1, resize to 75%, and add you your canvas centered at H400, V600. Using your pick tool, rotate the ivy about 30 degrees clockwise, then relocate the vertical center to 650. This should put the ivy down along the bottom of the tag.

Open WBG Sign, resize to 65% and add to canvas, centered at H580, V650.

Open Flowers of choice, 1 through 6, resize 25% each and place at random along the ivy at the bottom of the tag.

Open Butterflies of choice 1 through 5, resize 25% and place at random in the air around the Fae at the top of the tag.

Add a drop shadow of choice to your Fae. I am using Offsets of Vertical & Horizontal 10 each, Opacity 60, Blur 25.

Select Image, rotate right. On the (now bottom) part of the tag, next to the birdhouse post enter the copyright information for the tag.

For the Seasonal Fae, the copyright info is:

(c) LK Designs; http://sophisticatedscraps.blogspot.com

You may add the Scrap Designer information (Gemini Creationz) and the tagged by information as well.

I using a foreground color of Red #ea3130, and a background info of muted yellow #f8d189, and am using the font Footlight MT Light, Bolded and Centered.

Select Image, rotate left.

You may now save the artist's copy as a .pspimage.

For the name, I am using the Summer Sun Alpha by Shel Belle, which is an optional full sized alpha that I have scripted down for tagging. You may add your name as you wish.

For the purposes of this tutorial, I am locating the name on the left hand side of the tag, centered at H200, V550. Your mileage may vary. I have also added a drop shadow to the name, again, that is a personal preference.

Select Image, resize, make sure the resize all layers box is checked and resize the tag 75% (600 pxls by 600 pxls). You may then either drop the white background, merge visible and save as a .png file, or leave the white background in place and save as a .jpg file. Either way is acceptable.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions or get stuck, please feel free to E-Mail me.

Optional JPG file with white background:

Summer Splash Tutorial

This tutorial was written by Dianna Richards of Digicats (and Dogs). Any resemblance to any other tutorial, published or unpublished, living, dead or undead, is purely coincidental.

Please do not rebroadcast, redistribute or otherwise claim this tutorial or any part there of as your own work.

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Items you will need to complete this project:

The Splish Splash Splosh taggers kit from Gemini Creationz. This kit is available at the Sophisti-Scraps Boutique.

The Cookie - Seasonal Fae from Sophisticated Scraps. This poser pack is exclusive to the Sophisti-Scraps Boutique.

Wee Scots Mask #116, which may be downloaded for free from her website.

Shel Belle's FTU Summer Sun alpha, which may be downloaded from her blog. This is a full sized alpha, I have scripted it down to use for tagging.

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Note that H# and V# refer to Horizontal and vertical coordinates on your canvas grid. Make sure you have View, Rulers checked in order to see the ruler grid.

When I say "Add to your canvas" I expect that you will copy and paste it as a new layer, unless otherwise state in the tutorial.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. It was written using PSP X1, but should work in most other versions of PSP.

Open a new canvas, 800 x 800, flood filled white.

Open SSS Paper 9. Select Layers --> Load/Save Mask --> Load Mask from Disk. In the drop down box select Wee Scot's Lass Mask 116. Make sure the "Fit to Canvas" box is checked and click on "Load".

Layers --> Merge --> Merge Group; then copy and paste to your canvas, centered.

Repeat with SSS Paper 5, but resize the Paper to 80% before loading the mask.

Open SSS Frame (the white circular frame) and add to canvas, centered.

Select Image --> Resize and resize the canvas to 75% (600 x 600 pxls).

Open SSLisa - Seasonal Faes - Summer 1 and add to canvas, centered.

Open SSS-Watersplash, mirror and resize to 75%. On the layer pallet, click on the frame layer to activate it, then add the resized splash to the canvas, centered at H220, V220.

Open sss-Seaweed1, and add to canvas, centered at H175, V350 (behind the Fae, and to the left).

Open SSS Seahorse, and resize by 50%. Add to canvas centered at H480, V280 (behind the Fae and a bit to the upper right).

On the layers pallet, click on the Fae layer to activate and add a drop shadow. I am using Offsets of H10, V10, Opacity 60, Blur 25, Color black.

Open SSS Bucket, resize by 50% and add to the canvas, centered at H170, V460.

Open SSS_flowerfushia, resize by 50% and add to the canvas, cented at H250, V500.

Add your copyright information to the tag. For Lisa's Summer Fae, the information you need to add is:

(c) LKDesigns http://sophisticatedscraps.blogspot.com/
Scraps by Gemini Creations

I have set my foreground color to #0078bc (blue), and my background color to #6eb814 (green), and am using the Archon font set to 12 points, bold, centered.

You may now save the artist's copy as a .pspimage.

Adding a Name: Usually I leave this up to you, but if you wish to use the Summer Sun Alpha, proceed as follows.

The alpha is a full sized one. For the moment, minimize your main canvas and open a new raster canvas, 600 pxls wide, 300 pxls high with a transparent background. You can turn your grid on if you'd like, I just use the little checkerboard pattern on the canvas to line things up.

Open the Summer Sun capital letter of choice. If you have already recripted the alpha to taggers, resize to 50%, add to the canvas. If you've not rescripted it, you may need to reduce it to 15% or 20%. Repeat the procedure with each of the lower case letters in the name you are spelling out. If you have double letters - as in the A and N in my name - you need only do this once as you can use duplicate function to replicate them on the canvas.

Using the pick tool, line the letters up on the new canvas to spell out the name you wish to add to the tag. Note that if you have a LONG name, you may need to make the letters a bit smaller to fit them all onto the canvas.

One you have the name composed to taste, select, Layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible. Edit and copy the name and then reactivate your main canvas. Add the name to the canvas, with the Vertical center at around 450. The exact location will depend on the size of the name you are adding. Once you have added it to the canvas, use your pick tool to resize and relocate it to taste.

Just on a side note, you should always place your name somewhere over the image in you tags, as that helps to prevent piracy of your work. Yes, believe it or not, there are tag pirates out there too!

Just for fun, I've added a drop shadow to the name as well. The detail are the same as for the Fae tube.

You are now ready to merge the image, and save the finished tag as .jpg or .png file. If you want to save it as a .jpg, simply select layers --> Merge --> Merge Visible, and save and your all done.

To save as a .png, you will need to delete the bottom, white layer before merging visible and saving.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions or get stuck, please feel free to E-Mail me.


Alternate .jpg version

Paradyce Lost

I had done these tags earlier and wasn't going to put them up until a certain kit was launched, but as the scope of the project has changed, I guess I'll throw them out now.

These tags all use scraps from the old "Paradyce Lost" collab kit that was available some time ago from Farrah's Designer Scraps store. I have added some of my own scraps in, but on a limited basis. The posers are all the wonderful artwork of Lisa from Sophisticated Scraps and Images.



The little charmer in this tag is from the Gothic Dollz freebie pack on Lisa's Blog. If you haven't snagged it yet, head on over and do it now.

I used to work as a radio personality (a.k.a. Disc Jockey) and did a goth show. It aired under the name of "Di before Dawn" although everyone thought it was "Die before Dawn". I guess that was understandable. Hence, I dubbed the tag, "Die before Dawn".



"Toni Punked" was available briefly from Simply Beautiful Scraps before Farrah gave it over to Krissy and Sox. Lisa's been doing all cookie posers with Sophisti-Scraps, but I just love this particular bunch of girls. Very urban grunge.

As Toni has a love/hate affair with Zen Cart, I've named this tag "Zen ate my soul".

The license plate is something I made up, and something similar is going to be available in our new secret "2TtP" project.



The little charmer in this one is something Lisa donated to the "2TtP" project. If you're on the designer list, you know what I'm talking about. The rest of you...::shhhhh::: It's a secret!

Need I say the tag is entitled Paradyce Lost?



Who needs heaven when you can have Paradyce? So "Heaven can wait" is dedicated to the wonderfully talented Lisa, and uses one of her Leather Cookie posers which is available at Sophisti-Scraps.

I love the whole cookie poser line. The chibis that were so popular for a while just sort of weirded me out - I really didn't think they were cute for the most part - but the cookies are deliciously adorable!

Anyway, 'nough playing around. I need to do my CT Assignment.

Huggs!

Indulgence

These two I did do for myself and they're a little bit more graphic than the Fae tags.

The first one uses Jessica's Razors and Roses kit, which I got a Taggers Scraps.



It's a suicide/love triangle thing. The two head shots were from LK Designs' Good Vs Evil and and fully body chick is from the Hard Rock collection, both of which you can get at Sophisticated Imaging.

The second layout uses Thru Sugar's Eyes, also from Scraps by Jessica. This is a kit I think I'm going use quite a bit with the puddins as the colors will work really good, both with Miss Diamond and with Sir Tristan.



The Posers are from LK Designs' Attitude freebie.

Rock of Ages

Lisa, from Sophisticated Scraps has a new blog called Sophisticated Imaging, where you can find some of her tubes to download for free. Included, among other things, is a hard rock pack.

I matched one up against Designs by Helly's Hard Rock Mama collection and off we go.