♥I LOVE AMERICA♥

♥This is for my dear Friend, Kristi,
who has given me the confidence to do what I'm doing....thank you so much!!♥

This tutorial was written by RyLee on June 15, 2009. It's concept is copyrighted to
me, RyLee. Any creation you make from my ideas are yours. You may print this out
for your own personal use, but please do not copy it any way to put online, pass out,
or rewrite without my permission.
Please do not attempt to claim as your own.
This tutorial has been registered with TWI.

This was written in PSPX2, but will work in other versions.

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop - optional

Patriotic Scrap Kif of your Choice
I used "Patriotic". It is a free to use kit by I Got Lucky Skraps.
Kristi, thank you so much for sharing your talents, you Rock!!
Pleave leave a comment if you download it.

Mask of choice
I used a mask by Vix - 341
you can get the mask by going to
Vix's PSP
on the navigation bar, click on goodies, then on masks,
scroll down until you see
March 2, 2009
masks 326-345
341 is in that zip, but please use a mask of your choice if you prefer.

Font of Your Choice
I used Matisse ITC which is a font that I paid for, therefore, I cannot share.

Tube of your choice
I used a tube by Joel Adams. You can purchase a license to use Joel's art
by visiting CILM.

Alien Skin - Xenofex 2 - Constellation

Ready to start??

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN

Step 1:

Open up a new image 700 x 700, 72 dpi
flood fill with white
Open a paper of choice. I used I Got Lucky Skraps-Patriotic paper 3
Copy and paste as a new image.
Go to Layers - Load/Save mask/Load mask from disk
look for Vix 110 or one that you choose to use.
apply the mask, delete mask layer, merge group.

Step 2:

Open up the elements and look for "iglskraps_patriotic_frame6, copy and paste as a
new layer. I didn't resize, but you may want too. Open up brad2, copy/paste
"under" the frame, on top of the mask layer. This you will need to resize so the blue
frame is on the metal rim, I resized by 70%.
Position it into place. If your happy with the way it looks, in your layer palette, make
sure you are on the frame layer, then merge down.
Add a drop shadow of choice. I used v&h-2, opacity-50, blur-6.

Step 3:

Open up the element "iloveamerica", copy/paste as a new layer.
You will need to resize this so if fits into the frame.
I resized mine by 50%, but this is up to you.

Next step is Optional:
I add silver glitter around the word art.
Make sure that the word art layer is highlighted,
Selections/Select All/float/defloat/modify/expand by 6
Add a new layer "under" the word art, flood fill with glitter of choice.
Selections/Select None
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step 4:

Open up your tube of choice,
Copy/paste as a new layer, resize to your liking.
Add a drop shadow of choice...I used v&h-2, opacity-50, blur-6.
I moved my frame over a bit so the tube wasn't blocking the "I love America"
(optional)

Step 5:

Add any elements that you want, be creative, it's your tag!!!
Don't forget to add a drop shadow.

If you don't want to Animate, now you can resize your tag to your liking,
add your artists copyrights, add your name or name or saying.
Save as a jpeg or png.

**Please when resizing, make sure the dpi is at 72**

**Just a Note: Before I added my sparkles, I resized my tag, sometimes I find that
resizing after you added noise or sparkles, makes my animation jumpy....this is my
preference, you do what you are use to doing.

If you want to Animate with sparkles.....follow me
(Optional if you don't have a tube that is holding sparklers.)

Use your magic wand with the following settings:
add(shift); rgb value; tolerance-11; feather-1, anti-alias checked
you may want to zoom in on the image, then with the magic wand, click in the middle
of each little tear drop shape (the white part) you can make these as big as you
want, it's your creation. Make sure you get each and every one.

Once your done using the magic wand, duplicate the tube twice for a total of 3 layers.
Highlight the top one, go to

Effects/Alien Skin/Xeno-Fex/Constellation with the following settings:
go to the Settings tab, open it, and choose
Lots of Stars, then apply the following settings,


Close off layer 1, highlight layer 2, go to
Effects/Constellation, hit random seed, hit okay.
Close of layer 2, highlight the last layer, repeat as above.
Selections/Selection None.
Add a drop shadow of choice to all 3 layers of the tube.

Again, if you didn't do this before, make sure you add your artists copyright info,
add your name, a name or a saying.

Close off tube layers 2 and 3
click on the top of your tag, copy/copy merge
Paste as a new Animation in Animation Shop.
Repeat this process for layer 2,
paste "after current animation" in Animation Shop.
repeat for layer 3.
Once all 3 frames are in Animation Shop, review your animation.
If it looks good, save as a gif.

Thank you so much for trying my tutorial. I hope this was easy to follow and understand.
The results are yours and you should be proud. This tutorial is just a guideline or teaching
tool for some.
If you should have any questions, please give me a shout in my shout box.

Happy
Creating

Here is another result.
Use your imagination and you will love your results.

"Luck of the Irish"

I, RyLee, wrote this tutorial on March 02, 2009.

All ideas and creativity are my own and any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.Please feel free to print it out for your own personal use, but please do not claim it as your own. All materials and tubes used are copyright to their respective owners and will be credited accordingly. If there is something I have used and it is yours, please let me know so I can give you the credit you deserve.

This tutorial is registered with TWI.

Supplies:

Paint Shop Pro

Animation Shop

Tube is by Tom Hoover of My PSP Tubes, (MPT). You must have a license to use tube which you can obtain when you purchase from MPT.

Scrap kit: Luck of the Irish by RyLee’s This n That Scraps

Template: by Bluey of Blue Dream Designs

Visit her blog and look for the template “Irish Charm”

Please leave a little note of appreciate when you download the template.

Animation: Glitter tiles by Aardvark here

there are quite a few different ones to choose from as well as colors.

I used drops 2 – gold.

I couldn’t find a Leprechaun at the time I did this tag, so I made The little Leprechaun by following a tutorial by Pracken.

Which, can be found here

The tutorial is easy and goes pretty fast.

Let’s Begin!!!

Open up the template from Bluey,

Shift D to duplicate and close the original.

Go to image/canvas size/resize 700 x 700

Highlight the bottom layer and flood fill with white

In your layer palette, click on the “circle” layer to make it active.

Selections/Float/Defloat

Add, as a new layer, paper of choice

Selections/Invert/hit the “delete key” on the keyboard

Select/Invert/Modify/Select Selections Border

Use the following settings:

Check:

Both

Anti-alias

Border width – 6

Add a new raster layer on top of the circle layer, flood fill with gold glitter

Select None

Delete the circle template layer.

Make sure the border layer is activated, right click, merge down.

Add a drop shadow

V & H – 0

Opacity – 70

Blur – 7

Or a drop shadow of choice.

Duplicate this layer, resize by 85% and move into the upper right

corner. Move the larger circle to the bottom left corner.

Refer to my tag for placement of circles.

The next layer is the “thin rectangles”. For this layer, I used a ribbon from the scrap kit, resized it to about the same size of the template. Add a drop shadow of

V & H – 2

Opacity – 70

Blur – 7

Or shadow of choice

Duplicate/flip move into position.

Moving up to the “large rectangle”

Make sure it’s active in the layer palette,

Select/Float/Defloat

Paste as a new layer paper of choice.

Select/Invert/hit the “delete key” on the keyboard

Select/Select None

Add the same drop shadow as above or one of your choice.

Don’t worry about positioning that will come later.

Once done with both the thin rectangle and the large rectangle layers,

go back and delete the template layers for each.

Activate the shamrock layer

Select/Float/Defloat

Copy and paste as a new layer paper of choice

Select/Invert/hit the delete key on the keyboard

Select/Select None

Activate the “shamrock outline” layer

Select/Float/Defloat

Add a new layer, flood fill with gold glitter

Select/Select None

In the layer palette, make sure the shamrock outline is still active, right click, merge down.

Repeat with the same drop shadow.

Duplicate the shamrock, resize the duplicate by 85%

Image/Mirror

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Again, go back to the layer palette and delete the template layers for the shamrocks.

Paste your tube of choice on top of these layers.

Whew…..still with me???

Depending on what tube you use and whether it is sitting or standing, may depend on how you want to arrange your bottom layers.

Refer to my tags for reference.

Add a drop shadow to your tube

V & H – 2

Opacity – 70

Blur – 7

Or shadow of choice.

Add more elements if desired, don’t forget to add drop shadows.

I couldn’t find a rainbow that I liked,

so I created one using a rainbow gradient and the airbrush tool.

You can use whatever you want for this, but this is how I made mine.

Open up a new image, 600 x 600

Flood fill with white.

Add a new raster layer on top of the white background.

In your materials, scroll through your gradients until

You find a rainbow gradient that you like.

Use the following settings:

Now, we are going to use the “airbrush” tool with the following settings.

Starting in the upper left corner, draw out an arch or desired shape for your rainbow. (refer to my tag)

Towards the bottom of the rainbow, I just kept making it wider.

Once you have the rainbow to your liking,

Copy/paste as a new layer onto your tag.

Position it as desired.

Now, the animation.

If you don’t want to animate, now is the time

To resize your tag to your liking, add your artist copyrights, add a name, I used Leprechaun Hats as the font for the top tag and KellsFLF on the bottom tag. The choice is yours.

Save as a jpeg or png.

That’s it!!!

Animation

Now, if you want to animate the rainbow, the best thing to do is to close everything in PSP except your tag. It will be less confusing.

Open Animation shop and find the animation that you want to use.

Edit/Select All

Copy

Paste back into PSP as a new image.

Depending on the animation, depends on how many layers or frames you will have.

Now, you might know an easier way to do this, then go for it, but this is the only way I know how….lol

On your tag, highlight the rainbow so it’s active.

Select/Float/Defloat

Select/Modify/contract by 8

(This number may differ depending on the width of your rainbow)

DO NOT DESELECT

If your rainbow is going to facing the opposite direction, make sure you mirror

each frame of the animation before you start to flood fill.

Add a new raster layer above your rainbow, rename it G1

Highlight your animation, rename each layer G1, G2, G3, etc until all layers are renamed.

In your materials palette, click on the foreground box and then on the patterns tab. Find the animation/pattern and select it,

Go back to the tag, make sure the layer G1 is highlighted, flood fill with the animation.

Add a new raster layer, rename G2,

Go back to the animation, hide G1, highlight G2,

Go to the patterns tab and select the animation. Be careful not to select the “current” image because that is the G1 animation and you will end up with the same pattern.

Go back to the tag, flood fill layer G2 with the animation.

Repeat this step until all the layers are added.

It is time consuming and a little confusing....lol

Once all the animation layers are added to the tag,

Select/Select None.

Hide all the animations layers except G1,

Copy/copy merge into AS as a new animation.

Back to PSP, hide G1, unhide G2,

Copy/copy merge into AS after current image.

Repeat this until all layers are in AS. Depending on the animation, depends on the number of frames. If you used the one I did, you should have 8 frames.

View your animation.

If it appears that the animation is running backwards,

Go to Edit/Select All

Animation/Reverse Frames

View your animation again.

If all looks okay,

Save as a gif.

That’s it, if you made it this far, thank you!!!!

I’m still in the learning stages of writing tuts.

This tut if for guidance only, you don’t have to use the elements or colors or papers that I have. Use your imagination and make the tag to suit you.

"Pink Crush"

Pink Crush

I, RyLee, wrote this tutorial on January 26, 2009. Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. Please feel free to print it out for your own personal use but please do not claim it as your own. All materials and tubes used are copyright to their respective owners and will be credited accordingly. If there is something I have used and it is yours, please let me know so I can give you the credit you deserve.

This tutorial is registered with TWI.

This tutorial assumes that you have good knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:
Paint Shop Pro
(I used PSPX2, but can be done in any version)
Tube of choice. I am using the cutest tube from Dominic Marco. You can purchase this tube from CILM. You must have a CILM license number in order to use this tube.
The scrap kit is a PTU kit called “Crush”
by Kristi from I Got Lucky Skraps
Mask of choice or the one I used is by Vix 177
Visit Vix PSP, tab over to “goodies” and browse through her masks.
Glitter is from Sentimental Style set 4
Remember to leave a little note of "thanks" in a shout box or
comment box after downloading the supplies.

Let’s Begin!!


Open up the glitter or paper of choice in PSP and minimize.

Open up a 600 x 600 transparent image, 72 dpi.
Flood fill with white.
Choose a frame of choice, copy/paste as a new layer, resize. Depending on the kit you use, you may have to resize a few times to get the desired size.
The frame is from Kristi’s kit, I resized the frame by 65%.
Image/free rotate, 90 degrees to the left.
Adjust/sharpness/sharpen.

Using your magic wand, click inside the frame,
Selections/modify/expand by 15. (this number will vary depending on the
Frame you use.) Choose a paper of choice, copy/paste as a new layer under the frame. You may want to resize the paper. I resized by 75%.
Selections/invert, make sure you are on the paper layer, hit delete on the key board.
Selections/select none.

Copy/paste tube of choice. Resize and crop according to your
Preference. To get the effect of the image hanging over the frame,
I duplicated the frame, move the duplicated frame above the image, (your layer palette should be as follows:

Frame
Image/tube
Frame
Paper
White background

I used the lasso tool and outlined the part of the frame I wanted to delete, making sure the top frame layer is highlighted, hit delete on the keyboard.
Selections/select none.

Add a drop shadow to the Bottom frame layer.
I used vert/horiz. 2, 65, 7
Apply
Add drop shadow again, changing the vert/horiz to -2.
Apply

Add a drop shadow of choice to the image/tube.

Add any elements or embellishments of choice.
Add a drop shadow to each.

Open up your Materials palette, click on the pattern tab,
Scroll until you find the glitter that you have minimized, select.
Add new raster layer above the white background layer,
Flood fill this new layer with the glitter or color of choice.
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask from Disk
Scroll until you find Vix_177 mask or mask of choice.

You can add brushes if you want instead of a mask, the choice is yours, it’s your tag.

Depending on the mask you use, you have the option of resizing the mask so it’s a bit bigger than the original. On the tag below, I resized the mask by 105% so more of the mask layer was visible.

Now to resize.
Image/resize
Make sure lock aspect ratio is checked, change to the size you want,
(I usually resize between 400-425, good size if you are emailing)
Make sure you resize in pixels,
Check that you are resizing at 72dpi,
All layers are checked,
Click okay.

Finally, add your copyright information. Make sure the copyright is visible and is clear, and you have your appropriate license number, if you are using a PTU image.

Add your name or saying of choice in the font of choice.

Merge visible and save as a jpeg or png.

That’s it, all done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.
Here is another tag using "Crush" by Kristi.

~Sexy Silhouettes~

I, RyLee, wrote this tutorial on January 24, 2009. The ideas and creativity are mine. Any
similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. This tutorial is register with TWI.

Supplies Needed:

3-4 tubes of choice, the tubes must be from the same artist.
When choosing tubes for this tut, it would work better if the images are standing.
I am using the amazing artwork of Mark Yanko. You MUST have a license to use his art which you
can purchase from CILM. You can also visit his website, Mark Yanko to view more of his fantastic art and to
learn a little bit about him. He is an amazing artist and person.

SUPPLIES

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow and Chrome
Either a mask of choice or a brush of choice for the background. I used a brush that I have had
for a while. I'm sorry, I don't know who it belongs too. If it's yours, please notify me and I will
be happy to give you the credit you deserve.

This tutorial may look complicated, but it is very easy if you have some knowlege of PSP. This was
done in PSPX2, but can be done in all versions.

Let's begin.

Open up an image 700 x 500, 72 dpi, transparent.
Flood fill with white.
Choose the 3-4 images you want to use, open them, but minimize them for now.
Grab your preset shape tool, rectangle, foreground/stroke properties is Black, line width 15, solid.
Draw out a rectangle that is long but narrow. See my tag above for reference. Convert to raster
layer.
Duplicate this rectangle move to the middle leaving a small space between them.
Duplicate one more time, move into position. Make sure that they line up evenly and that the spaces
between them are about even. Hide the white background layer, merge visible.

To give the frame a little pizzazz, I added a barbwire effect. This is optional.
Grab your preset shape tool again, rectangle, tab over to the Line Style box, and scroll until you
find a line style that you like. I used Barbed Wire, line width 3, choose a color in your
foreground/stroke properties that you will be able to see on top of the black rectangle. It
doesn't matter what color because once you apply the filter, it will look like chrome.
Draw out a rectangle on top of the black frame. Make it just a bit smaller than the frame.
Convert to raster layer.
Effects/Eye Candy 4000/Chrome with the following settings:

Duplicate this layer twice. You can flip and mirror them so they look different on each frame. I
also used Adjust/Sharpen on each of the chrome layers just to give them a bit more sharpness and
shine.
Make sure they are lined up, hide the frame layer and the white background, and merge the chrome
layers visible.

Now for the fun part. Choose one of your tubes, copy and past as a new layer. Move the tube into
the first frame. (I have the tubes positioned on top of the chrome layer). Resize the tube so it
just fits inside the frame. Refer to my tag for placement.
Most artist allow you to mirror the Images, however, if you are using Mark Yanko tubes, please
follow his TOU's. He does not allow mirroring.
Once you have the tube to where you like it, Selections/select all/float/defloat, you should have
marching ants around the tube, add a new raster layer, flood fill with black. You should have a
black image of the tube, delete, the tube layer so you will be left with just the black image.

Repeat this step for the other two frames.

Now that you have all the images in their frames, you can now select the Selections tool, rectangle
and postition the tool over the inside edge of the bottom of the frame. We want to delete any part
of the image that is hanging over. Draw a rectangle the length of all 3 frames making sure that you
have all pieces of the image that you want deleted inside the rectangle. see below



Highlight your first image,
hit delete on your keyboard. Repeat this step for the other two images.

Okay, now you are going to resize the tag, if you want a smaller tag. The reason I am resizing now,
is because when I applied the blind effect to each of the frames, the effect became distorted
after I resized. To keep the clean, sharp effect of the blinds, I found that it is best to resize
before applying it.

Image/resize make sure lock aspect ratio is checked, all layers is checked, and change the size of
the pixels. I normally resize anywhere from 400 to 450 depending on the tag. For this particular
tag, I resized to 450. click okay.
Note: if you are using a scrap kit please make sure that the dpi is at 72.

Add a new raster layer above your white background. Use your magic wand, click inside each of
the black frames, Selections/modify/expand by 4. Highlight the new raster layer, Flood fill with
black or a dark color of choice from your main tube, selections/select none.
Highlight the black fram layer again, use the magic wand and click inside the first and the third
frame.

Effects/texture effects/blinds and apply the following:



These settings are just a guide. You can play with the settings and the color to achieve the look
that you like the best. Selections/select none.
Highlight the frame layer one more time, use your magic wand and click inside the middle frame
only.
Effects/texture effects/blinds, everything stays the same except check the "horizontal" box.
Selections/select none.

Highlight your blackframe layer and give it a drop shadow. I used v-h, 2, 71, 8. Repeat changing
the v-h to -2.
You can use Eye Candy 4000 to give each of your black silouettes a white glow effect to make
them stand out just a bit.
I used thin white glow set at 3. You may have to use the selection tool one more time to get rid of
the white glow that is hanging over the frames from the images.
You can give them each a slight drop shadow. I used v&h 0, 71, 8.

At this point, I hide my white background and merged visible all the layers. This way, if you need
to adjust the silouette layer, you can easily without messing each layer up, or you can lock each
layer. This is up to you.

Add your main image as the top layer. Resize and move into position. Add a drop shadow of choice.

Add a new raster layer above your white background layer. This is where you can add a mask or
some brushes. This is up to you, be creative.

Add your artist copyright information and your license number if applicable. If you are using a
PTU artist, then a license number is required. Please make sure that the copyright information is
visible and is clear.

Choose a font of choice, add a name or saying.
For the tag above, I used a font fat, ArabBrud, size 100, stroke 3, foreground/stroke color of
choice. Type out the name, position it, convert to raster layer. Add a new layer under the name,
use your magic wand, click inside each letter, selections/modify, expand by 1 or 2 depending on the
width of the outline, flood fill with color of choice, then apply the blind effect, using vertical or
horizontal, apply, selections/select none. This is optional.

Save as a jpeg or png.

That's it, your done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial, and I hope you enjoyed it.

I'm fairly new to tutorial writing, so I hope this was easy to follow and understand.

Remember, tutorials are only guides, be creative add things, change colors, etc., give it your own

flair. The finished tag is yours.


Here is another example of the tag using the beautiful artwork of Barbara Jensen.
You must have a license to use her art, which you can purchase from her website.
Barbara Jensen