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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Spring delight

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
5/27/2009
Things you need.
Tube of your choice
I have sent a few things Here
Font of choice I used Betsy
No plug ins used.
Can use simple sparkle if you wish.
PSP 9 was what I used, but can be
done in other versions.
OK lets get started

1. open psp and new image 500 x 500 I like to work
large, can re size later.

2. Copy and paste tube as a new layer.
Re size if you need to.

3. Duplicate layer, go to layer pallet
Close off the top layer and make sure you are on
layer 2

4. Go to effects and rough leather. I used these
settings you can play around with it tell you get
something you like.


5. Adjust Gaussian Blur apply these settings.


6. Effects 3D add a drop shadow to your liking.

7. Click on the top layer and make it active now, and open it up.
Re size your tube to about 85 percent, depending on the size of tube your using.
Then move the tube to where you like it......



8. Add accents to your tube to dress it up if you like.
Be sure and add your watermark.
Then when your happy with everything merge all layers

10. Add another layer and flood fill with a color from your tube.
Layer arrange and send to bottom.

11. Effects blinds set to your liking.

12. Add a border of 2 pixel a color from your tube.

13. Add another border of 2 pixel of a different color.

14. Add another border of 10 your first color.

15 Click on the borders with your magic wand and add a bevel of your choice.

16. Now you can add a name or anything else.

When you have finished then save your image, and share.


Hope my little tutorial here helps you learn something new.
Need help just give me a shout at
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com

Another example I did.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Still life in Pink

Still Life in Pink
Hi my name is
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
I'm still kind of new to writing tutorials.
If you have any hints for me please share them.
No copy rights intended here, this is just
for fun and as a learning tool.
5/21/2009


THINGS YOU WILL NEED

Graphic of choice
PSP I'm using 9 for this tutorial.

Plug ins
AAA foto frame HERE
Graphic plus HERE
Supplies I used HERE

Find the graphic you want to use.
Duplicate it and close the original.
If to large re size it to your liking.
This is the one I used.


Pick a color for your background.....#932b40
Also pick one for your foreground........#b0686d
these are the colors I will be using.

Hint.........if at any point you don't like what you see or do, remember
edit undo is your best friend in psp and you won't need to start over.

1. Add a border of 2 pixel any color besides what is in your graphic.
Click on it and flood fill tool, and fill with the gold bead pattern, or one of your choice.
Angle 0
Size 80
Keep selected and go to selection and invert.

2. Now to effects 3D cutouts with these settings.

Now reapply but change the vertical, and horizontal to -5
Select none.

3. Add another border of 2 using your foreground color

Hint
when you open up to add your border right click on the color box



opens up...

...there you will see the background, and foreground colors you have picked,
so no need to go back and forth to your color pallet.

4. Add another border of 2 using your background color.

5. Add another border of 2 of different color, and click on it and flood fill
with the gold, the deselect.

6. Add another border of 2 of foreground color.

7. Add another border of 30 background color.
Magic wand and click on the inside of the border.

8. Effects AAA foto frame with these settings.
Or play around a pick your own......it's all up to you.


selection and none.........magic wand and click on the white and flood fill with
your back ground color keep selected.

9. Filter graphic plus quick tile 1~~~Settings 188, 142, 119
can play until you get something you like.
Then apply, go back and apply once more using the default settings.
Can add a bevel if you wish........I didn't this time. Then selection and none.

10 Add another border 3 pixel make it a color that is different from the rest so it will not bleed thru.
Then magic wand and select this border and flood fill with the gold pattern.

11. Add another border of 2 using your foreground color.

12. Add another border of using your background color, then magic wand and select this border.
Then effects graphic plus using cross shadow....settings I used



If you don't like the settings I used then play around until you get something you like.

13. Add a inner bevel

If happy with what you see select none.

14. Add another border of 3 and select and flood fill with the gold, invert
and add your cut out once again.......5, 50, 5, keep selected and repeat but
change the vert, and horz. to - 5 then deselect.

15. Add another border of 1 background color.

16. Add corners or anything you like.

Also add your water mark now and anything else you want to add to this.
Then re size to your liking.

Now your ready to save and share.......would love to see what you guys do with this.
jcuttlebear01@aol.com
Do hope you learned a few new things, and enjoyed my tutorial.
Hugs JoAnn
Happy PSP'n
Thank you ladies for trying this out for me.
Sample by
ccreations58 aka Chris

Sample by
Fairladi101 aka Pati


Sample by
GGMOM9 aka Mary














Monday, May 25, 2009

Happy Doxie

A big thank you to
Sassyann3250718 aka Annie
for being my inspiration for this tutorial.

Tutorial by
Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
5/23/2009

Have any problems feel free to E-Mail me
with the questions, I will be more then happy to help you out.

All graphics and tubes I use are collected.
These tutorials are to be used as a learning tool only.
Don't intend to break any copy writes here.
I need help with Tutorial
if link don't work for you its
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com
Be sure and put dnd and what tutorial so I will know.

Anyone can do this.
Things you will need
Graphic of choice
PSP I'm using 9
Supplies HERE
Plug ins
Filters unlimited 2 HERE
Eye candy 5 Impact HERE

OK lets get started.

1. Open graphic of choice and make a copy of it, close the original.

2. Pick a color for your background and your foreground from the picture your using.
I'm using for my background #70522e
And this is my foreground color #a27f55

3.. Get the

and go and make a small square of what you would like
for your accent in the border........then go edit copy and paste as a new image.
Minimize for now we will use it later.
Then selection and none.


4.. Add a new raster layer

5. Get your selection tool again and change it to eclipse.


Go to your graphic and draw around you item you want to use.
Be careful not to get to close to the edge.....
Hint.......
If you have trouble look down at the bottom of the psp and you will see the numbers
saying how large your picture is, take and divide the first number which on mine its



Now you can use your ruler if its easier for you find that in view and ruler.
Start at 240 across then top move your mouse down until it says 180 then click on the mouse and
drag it out. Hold you mouse button down until you get it like you want.
That's how you find the center of the picture or pretty close to it.
Once you get it like you want you can get rid of the ruler.


6. Now merger all layers and invert, then hit your delete key
one time.
Selection and none.

7. Get your magic wand tool and click on the outside of your graphic and
then selection invert........now go selection modify and use these settings,



then click OK.

Now you will have 2 sets of ants running around your graphic......
add a new layer and flood fill with a gold or color of your choice.
Make sure when you do the flood fill your on the top layer, not the merged layer
when happy with it you can add a bevel if you wish.
I used eye candy 5 Impact bevel
Settings tab
Flat edge small
Then basic set to these



Bevel to your liking


Selection none if your happy with it then merge all layers.
You can use just the 3 d inner bevel if you wish.....it's all up to you.

8. Add a new raster layer, then flood fill it with your background color, then
layers arrange and send to bottom.

Make sure you are on the bottom layer for the next 2 steps.

9. Now go to effects, and filters unlimited, special effects 1
I used the default, but you can click on random until you see
something you like then click OK......now remember if you don't like it
edit undo and do it again..........don't start over.

10. Now filters unlimited and buttons & frame glass frame 2. and just get it,
where it touches the picture you don't want it to go in to far......I used 17 and 128
Play around until your happy. Then merger layers.

11. Add a 2 pixel border make sure its a color that isn't on the frame part.
Then get magic wand and click on the new border, and flood fill with the gold pattern.
Then selection and none.

13. Add a 25 pixel border now click on it with magic wand, then the pattern we
saved early go find it in your pattens and set to your liking.
I set mine to......0 angel, and size 100. Then flood fill the border with that pattern.

14. Then filters unlimited and add the same glass frame as before, I used the default
setting this time.......play around tell you get what you want.

15. Add another 2 pixel border, then selection, all, and modify, contract by 2 then invert.
This is a little trick to keep from bleeding threw to your other colors, it comes in handy
a lot of times.
Flood fill with the gold pattern then kill the ants......selection and none.

16. Add another 2 pixel border your background color.

17. Your ready to add corners or accents of any kind that you want to add.

When you have finished and like everything merge all layers.
Add your water mark and a name or anything you wish.
Re size and sharpen after you re size. Now your ready to save and share.




another example I did.

Do hope you found this tutorial helpful.
Please share with me what you do, would love to see.
Thank you so much for giving my tutorial a try.
Hugs and God Bless












Monday, May 18, 2009



These are my own ideas.

No tutorials used here.

Just done for fun not for profit.

If you snag one please leave my name in tack.

Hugs JoAnn