Wedding Belles

OK, so the other day I was looking for a nice wedding tag and realised I haven't got any - hence this tutorial today! I'm really pleased with the way it came out and I adore this scrapkit! Click on the tag so you can see the animation too :)

This tutorial was written by me on 26th April 2009.
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely coincidental
and unintentional. I try and keep my tutorials as simple as possible
but they are written assuming you have a good working knowledge of
PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

For the Love of Romance scrapkit by Lynne at BabyCakes Scraps.
You can purchase this HERE
Tube of choice. I am using a gorgeous tube by Popeye Wong -
it's a freebie too! You can find it HERE
Mask of choice or the one I am using - mask 84 by Weescotslass HERE
Font of choice - I am using Miss Lankfort

Ready? Let's go!

1. Open a new image 600 x 600 and floodfill white
2. Copy and paste paper 14 as a new layer. Apply the mask and add a small dropshadow to this layer
3. Copy and paste paper 7 as a new layer. Resize as necessary and add the same dropshadow
4. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer and place where happy.
5. Copy and paste the glasses as a new layer. Resize as necessary and add a small dropshadow. Place at the bottom right of your tag. Duplicate the glasses layer twice so you should have three glass layers in total
6. On the first glass layer add Alien Skin Constellation with the following settings:-

2.00, 43, 50, 0, 88, 100 - make sure keep original image is selected

7. On the second glass layer add the same constellation settings but hit the random seed button once
8. On the third layer add constellation with the same settings but again hit the random seed button once
9. Add any other elements of choice, your copyright and text

TO ANIMATE:-

1. Hide glass layers 2 and 3. Go to edit, copy merged and paste as a new animation into animation shop
2. Back in psp, hide glass layers 1 and 3 and unhide glass layer 2. Edit, copy merged and in animation shop go to edit and paste after current frame
3. Back in psp, hide glass layers 1 and 2 and unhide glass layer 3. Edit, copy merged and in animation shop go to edit and paste after current frame
4. View your animation and save as a gif file

Thanks for trying my tutorial :)

I've been tagged!!

I've been tagged by Nae of Afternoon Delight - thank you hun x

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:-

1. My holiday in September
2. Summer!
3. The weekend
4. Seeing my mum tomorrow
5. Pay day!
6. Shopping for smaller size clothes (when I eventually get there lol)
7. Any new Garvey tubes
8. My niece's graduation from High School

8 Things I Did Yesterday:-

1. Went to work
2. Played on my Wii Fit
3. Caught up in my groups
4. Spent a little time in PSP
5. Looked to see if any new tubes had been released yet
6. Paid some bills
7. Spoke to my mum
8. Fell asleep on the sofa!

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:-

1. Find my hubby a job he actually enjoys doing
2. Not have to watch my weight all the time
3. Make the world's debt disappear
4. Visit New York
5. Visit New Zealand
6. Hire someone to do my gardening
7. Hire someone to do my painting
8. Buy a house

8 Things or Shows I Watch:-

1. Criminal Minds
2. CSI
3. CSI: New York
4. Lost
5. Fringe
6. The Big Bang Theory
7. Bones
8. Two and a Half Men

8 People I Tag:-

1. Beaches of Blame Beaches
2. Dee of Little Mama Dee's PSP Tuts
3. Sue at Wacky Winnie's
4. Stayyseee at Stayyseee Productionzz
5. Seachell of Seachell's Scrapz
6. Rockin of Rockin's Ruckus
7. Julie of Julie's Creationz
8. Simone at Scrappy Bit Of Fun

Hope I didn't manage to duplicate anyone!!

Gimme Some Sugar

This tutorial was written by me on 19th April 2009.
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely
coincidental and unintentional. I try to keep my tuts
as simple as possible but they are written assuming you
have a good working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

Cupcake Mini Kit by Delicious Scraps HERE
Template 69 by Divine Intentionz HERE
Font of choice. I am using Miss Lankfort
Tube of choice. I am using the awesome artwork
of Keith Garvey. You must have a licence to use his
work which you can purchase from HERE

Ready? Then let's get started!

1. Open your template in PSP. Make a duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright layer. Now go to image and canvas size - resize to 500 x 500

2. On the layers pallette highlight the circle layer. Go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Keep selected and copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer. Selections, invert and delete. Add a small dropshadow and delete the original circle layer.

3. Repeat the above step with the thin rectangles 1, thin rectangles 2 and frame layers using different papers from the kit. On the frame background layer select inside that layer using your magic wand and floodfill white

4. Copy and paste one of the mats as a new layer, resizing as necessary, and give it a small dropshadow. Drag to the bottom of the other layers but above your white background. Duplicate so you have two mat layers. On the original layer go to adjust, blur and add guassian blur of 20

5. Copy and paste a tube of choice - see mine for placement. Using your selection tool set to rectangle, delete the bottom half of your tube

6. Add any other elements of choice - I used some of the flowers and bows and dotted them around my tag

7. Add your name and copyright and that's it, all done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial :)

Natural Beauty

This tutorial was written by me on 19th April 2009
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely coincidental
and unintentional. I try and keep my tutorials as simple as
possible, but they are written assuming you have a good
working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

Caring Carrie Scrapkit from Designs by Ali HERE
Font of choice. I am using Miss Lankfort
Mask 248 by Weescotslass HERE
Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Jennifer Janesko.
You will need a licence to use her work
which you can purchase at CILM HERE

Ready? Let's get started!
This is a nice easy tutorial :)


1. Open a new image 600 x 600 and floodfill white

2. Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer and apply the mask

3. Copy and paste one of the frames as a new layer. Add a small dropshadow

4. Using your magic wand select inside all the white parts of the frame. Then go to selections, modify and expand by 6. Keep selected and copy and paste your tube as a new layer, then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Keep selected still and copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer. Then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard again.

5. Add any other elements of choice, I used some flowers and one of the dragonflies

6. Add your name and copyright and that's it, all done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial, if you would like your result added to my slideshow please send it to me by email

St George's Kits anyone?!

I have to say I'm disappointed - so many beautiful scrapkits around and I can't find a St George's Day one anywhere! My mojo came back today and I really wanted to get a St George's Day tut up but having trouble finding any supplies - I have a suitable tube though! If anyone has any idea where I can find one please let me know!

Woohoo yay me!

Woohoo I did it! I've been learning all about making my own layouts today, can't believe it's as simple as it sounds but we'll see! Haven't attempted to make my own one yet as I've only just added this new layout today, but I will have a go at some point!

Just a test!

Please ignore me, just testing out my new signature lol

I'm done!

Ok well that was a lot quicker than I expected it to be lol.

I've decided on this gorgeous new layout from Allie Brown's Layouts - she has so many amazing designs it's so hard trying to pick one but I love this one. Please check out her blog, you can find the link on the right hand side >>>>>>

Thank you so much hun for making these beautiful layouts for us, and to all the scrapkit makers who allow their kits to be used too :)

Hugs, Sue

Please excuse the mess!

Hey everyone, please excuse the mess for the moment! I thought it was time for a layout change so am just trying to choose one - it's so hard though as they are all amazing! You may see several layout changes in quick succession until I've decided lol

Hugs, Sue

Happy Easter everyone!!

Hey everyone, just a quick note to wish you all a very Happy Easter. I'm in the middle of cooking my roast dinner and the smell is making me sooooo hungry lol

I am also going to have a go at making some little Easter cakes later on - wish me luck, it's been ages since I made anything like that!

Hugs, Sue

Happy Sunday!

Well I hope everyone is enjoying the last day of the weekend - I can't believe they go so quickly! I'm looking forward to Easter weekend so I can have a well earned break from work! I've treated myself to a few new tubes this morning so am trying to get some tuts done using them! I've also added a slide show to my blog - if you would like the tags you have made as a result of my tuts posted on the slide show please email them to me at suesdesignz@hotmail.co.uk

I would love to see them!

Hugs, Sue

PS. I've also just noticed the excessive use of exclamation marks - sorry :)

Feel The Groove

This tutorial was written by me on 1st April 2009
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely coincidental
and unintentional. I try and keep my tutorials as simple as
possible, but they are written assuming you have a good
working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

Template 8 from Chica's Designz HERE
Rock Revolution Scrapkit from Misfits Scrapz HERE
Font of choice.
Tube of choice. I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey.
You will need a licence to use his work
which you can purchase at MPT HERE


1. Open the template. Make a duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright layer

2. Copy and paste a tube of choice as a new layer and bring to the top of your layers pallette. Add a small dropshadow. Duplicate your tube layer and move the duplicated tube below the wordart layers. Take your selections tool and draw a rectangle around the bottom part of your duplicated tube, then hit delete on your keyboard so that it looks as though one leg is in front of the wordart and the other is behind. See my tag above to get a better idea! Once this is done X out your tube layers so we can work on the rest of the tag

3. On your layers pallette highlight rectangle 1. Go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Add a small dropshadow to this layer.

4. Repeat step 3 for the second rectangle layer using a different paper

5. Highlight the bottom stitch layer on your layers pallette and go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Floodfill black and add a small dropshadow. Repeat with the top stitch layer

6. Highlight frame 1 on your layers pallette. Go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Repeat on frame 3 using the same paper.

7. Highlight frame 2 and follow step 6 above using a different paper

8. Highlight frame back 1 on your layers pallette and go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste the same paper as you used for step 7 as a new layer then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Keep selected and copy and paste a tube of choice as a new layer, then go to selections, invert and hit delete. Repeat with frame back 3 using the same paper

9. Highlight frame back 2 and repeat the above step using the same paper as you used in step 6

10. Leave flowers 1 and 2 as they are, I just added a small dropshadow to them

11. Add any elements of choice, I used some of the buttons and the vinyl. Add your name and copright and you're done!

I received an award!!

I received an award from Mo of Mo's Creations!

Thank you so much hunni for thinking of me, I had a rough day yesterday so you really cheered me up x

The rules are that I am to pass this on to 15 other blogs but that's impossible lol, so I am going to pass this award to the blogs that I find myself visiting all the time :)

Missy at Divine Intentionz
Bluey at Blue Dream Designs
Beaches of Blame Beaches Tutorials
Bel Vidotti at Le Fleur Stuffs
Sue at Sue_31 Did_It Tutorials and
Diane at Candy's Treats

Please check out their blogs!

Bear Hugs

This tutorial was written by me on 1st April 2009
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely coincidental
and unintentional. I try and keep my tutorials as simple as
possible, but they are written assuming you have a good
working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

Template 189 from Divine Intentionz HERE
Bear Hugs scrapkit from Bel Vidotti HERE
Font of choice - I am using Inspiriation Rob

Ready? Then let's get started. Make sure your supplies are open in PSP but minimize for now

1. Open template 189. Make a duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright layer

2. On the rectangle layer go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Add a small dropshadow and delete the original layer

3. Repeat the above step with the stars and brackets layers. I also added an inner bevel to these two layers

4. Copy and paste one of the bears as a new layer, resizing as necessasry

5. Copy and paste a couple of the butterflies as new layers, resizing as necessary. Add any other elements you wish and your name and copyright

That's it, you're done! Thanks for trying my tutorial. This would be the perfect size to use as a signature tag :)

One of those days ......

Ever had one of those days where you feel you can't do anything right? Am feeling very down today and must admit to having a little cry when I came home this evening much to the bemusement of my poor hubby who hadn't a clue what was wrong lol. Oh well, maybe an evening of psp will sort me out!

Hugs, Sue

Perfect Pose

This tutorial was written by me on 31st March 2009
Any similarities to other tutorials are completely coincidental
and unintentional. I try and keep my tutorials as simple as
possible, but they are written assuming you have a good
working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop


SUPPLIES NEEDED:-

Template 7 from Chica's Designz HERE
Love Bug scrapkit from BlueDream Designs HERE
Font of choice. I am using Inspiration Rob
Eight tubes of choice from the same artist. I am using the
artwork of Keith Garvey. You will need a licence to use his work
which you can purchase at MPT HERE

Ready? Then let's get started. Make sure your supplies are open in PSP before you start

1. Make a duplicate of the template and close the original. Delete the copyright layer. On the circle frame layer go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer. Then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Delete the original circle frame layer

2. Repeat the above step on the circle layer using a different paper

3. Repeat again on the film back layer using another paper

4. Highlight the film strip layer. Using your magic wand select inside the top square. Go to selections, modify and expand by 2. Copy and paste one of the tubes as a new layer, then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Repeat this step with the other four squares using different tubes. Move the film strip layer above the tube layers. Merge the five tubes together and change the blend mode to luminance

5. On square 1 layer go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Delete the original square 1 layer.

6. Repeat step 5 with square 2 and square 3.

7. Highlight frame 1 layer. Using your magic wand click inside the frame and go to selections, modify and expand by 5. Copy and paste a tube of choice into the frame then go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Deselect and drag the tube below the frame layer. Highlight frame 1 again and this time go to selections, select all, float and defloat. Floodfill with a colour of your choice, I used black for mine

8. Repeat step 8 with frame 2 and frame 3

9. Highlight heart 1 layer. Go to selections, select all, float and defloat and floodfill with a colour of your choice. I used bright pink for mine. Repeat for the other hearts and the doodle if required.

10. Add any elements you wish to your tag. I deleted the doodle layer and used some lilies instead, and dotted a few bows around the tag. Add your name and copyright and that's it!

Thanks for trying my tutorial