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- Vivienne
- Hello and welcome to my blog! I am Vivienne, living in the UK and married with a son who now lives in Perth, Australia and a daughter who has given me two gorgeous grandsons! Paint Shop has been my hobby for more years than I can remember and I love making tags. I have always loved doing tutorials written by others and a couple of years ago started writing them myself. As well as tag tutorials, I also have a Tips and Tricks page where you will find tutorials on basic Paint Shop techniques. I hope you enjoy my blog and have fun with my tutorials. Please be sure also to check out the Tag Gallery and see some of the awesome results to the tutorials!
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In this
tutorial I used the fabulous layered tube
“Perk Me Up” from pack
54 by
Barbara Jensen.
You can purchase
the tube from
The kit is called “Stolen
Kisses” by
This gorgeous kit
can also be found at
You will also need
a mask, I used Big Mask 017 by
Vix.
I used the font
This tag is best saved on a white background.
If this is the first tutorial of mine you have followed,
please check out my “About my tutorials” page before starting, thank you.
I used a drop shadow of vertical and horizontal 5,
opacity 85, blur 10.
Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 650 pixels and fill
with white.
Copy pp2, make a new layer on your canvas, select all,
paste the paper into the selection, deselect and apply the mask. Resize 95%, duplicate and merge the top copy
down onto the original copy.
Paste element 24 as a new layer, resize 70% and rotate 90
degrees in either direction. Select the
interior with your magic wand, expand the selection by 10 and make a new layer
below the element, copy pp1 and paste it into the selection, deselect. Apply the drop shadow to the frame and merge
it down onto the paper.
Paste your tube as a new layer, resize as needed, place
in position and apply the drop shadow. I
resized my tube 70%.
Paste el29 as a new layer, resize 70%, drag below the
merged layer and position top, left, duplicate, move the duplicate down and to
the right, erase the parts the overlap and apply the drop shadow to each.
Paste el7 as a new layer, resize 65%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste el16 as a new layer, resize 40%, place in position and
change the blend mode to “Overlay”.
Paste el17 as a new layer and drag above the merged layer,
resize 70%, flip, rotate 10 degrees to the left and position on the left. Duplicate, mirror the duplicate and move it
over to the right. Apply the drop shadow to both layers. I re-coloured this element black.
Paste el1 as a new layer, resize 50%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste el11 as a new layer, resize 40% and rotate 20
degrees to the right, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste el18 as a new layer, resize 35%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste el2 as a new layer, resize 40%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste el21 as a new layer, resize 45% and rotate 90
degrees to the right, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste element 30 as a new layer, resize 60% and place in
position.
Paste el31 as a new layer and bring to the top, resize
40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Check the positions of your layers and make any necessary
adjustments, when you are done, crop your tag, add your copyright information and
text and export as a jpeg on a white background.
In this tutorial I
used the fabulous new layered bonus tube
“Little Ballerina”
by
Barbara Jensen.
This beautiful
tube is free with a tube purchase of $10 or more from
running until midnight on 5th March.
The kit, also
called “Little Ballerina” is by
This gorgeous kit
complements the tube perfectly and can also be found at
You will need the
free filter “Metal Peacocks” from
( Gallery E).
You will also need
a mask, I used mask 84 by
Font of choice.
Please check out my “About my tutorials” page if this is
the first tutorial of mine you have followed, thank you.
I used a drop shadow of vertical and horizontal 5,
opacity 85, blur 10.
Open a new transparent canvas 650 by 600 pixels and fill with
white.
Copy pp1, make a new layer on your canvas, select all,
paste the paper into the selection, deselect and apply the mask. Resize 110%.
Paste element 3 as a new layer, resize 75%, rotate 90 degees to the right and place in
position. Select the interior with your
magic wand, expand the selection by 20 and make a new layer below it, copy pp3
and paste it into the selection, deselect.
We will come back to this.
Paste element 7 as a new layer, resize 70%, place in
position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste your tube as a new layer, resize as needed, place
in position and apply the drop shadow. I
resized my tube 60%.
Paste element 30 as a new layer, resize 60%, drag below
the tube, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste element 5 as a new layer, resize 45%, place in
position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste element 28 as a new layer, resize 55%, drag below
elements 30 and 5 and position on the left, duplicate
and position the duplicate on the right, apply the drop shadow to each.
Paste element 21 as a new layer, resize 60%, rotate 70
degrees to the left and position on the left, duplicate, drag the duplicate
down below the roses and move over to the right, apply the drop shadow to each.
Paste element 15 as a new layer above the roses, resize
50% and rotate 20 degrees to the left, place in position and apply the drop
shadow.
Paste element 13 as a new layer, resize 60%, place in
position and apply the drop shadow,
Paste element 12 as a new layer, resize 60%, place in
position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste element 29 as a new layer, resize 35% and rotate 10
degrees to the left, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Check the positions of your layers and make any necessary
adjustments.
Paste your tube again, drag down below the frame and resize as needed,
duplicate, mirror the duplicate, position on either side of the main tube and
merge the top copy down onto the bottom copy.
Select the interior of the frame and expand the selection a before,
invert the selection and hit delete on the merged layer. Apply the Metal
Peacocks filter on the tube (you can move the sliders about if you want to
change how the effect looks on your tube) and apply the drop shadow to the
frame.
Paste element 20 as a new layer, resize 20% and rotate 20
degrees in either direction, duplicate, mirrror the duplicate, place in
position and apply the drop shadow to each.
When you are done, crop your tag, add your copyright
information and text and export on a transparent background as a png.
In this tutorial I
used the fabulous art of
Enys Guerrero.
You need a license
to use Enys’ art, available at
I used an amazing
kit called “For All Eternity” by
This is a huge kit
with some awesome elements and can be purchased at
I used two masks
in my tag, mask 141 by
and mask 209 by
Gems.
I used the font
Please check out my “About my tutorials” page if this is
the first tutorial of mine you have followed, thank you.
I used a drop shadow of vertical and horizontal 5,
opacity 85, blur 10.
Open a new transparent canvas 650 by 650 pixels and fill
with white.
Copy Paper_7, make a new layer on your canvas, select
all, paste the paper in the selection and apply Gems’ mask. Resize 95%.
Copy Paper_9, make another layer on your canvas and paste
this paper into the selection, deselect and apply Weescotslass’ mask.
Paste E31b as a new layer, resize 70%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Frame_1 as a new layer, resize 55%, rotate 10
degrees to the right and place in position.
With your freehand selection tool set on point to point and with feather
on 0, draw a selection around the heart in the frame like my screenshot below
then make a new layer below the frame, copy Paper 7 again and paste it into the
selection, deselect. Apply the drop
shadow to the frame twice.
Paste E96 as a new layer, resize 75%, drag down to just
above the clock, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E68 as a new layer, resize 70% and mirror, position
on the right and apply the drop shadow, duplicate, mirror the duplicate and position
on the left.
Paste E30 as a new layer, resize 60%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E43 as a new layer and bring to the top, resize
35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E22 as a new layer, resize 70%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E18 as a new layer, resize 30%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E54 as a new layer, resize 65%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E23 as a new layer, resize 30%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E39 as a new layer, resize 30%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E40 as a new layer, resize 20%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E89 as a new layer, resize 45%, place in position
and apply the drop shadow.
Check the positions of your layers now and make any
necessary adjustments.
Paste your tube as a new layer, resize as needed and
place in position below the frame. When you
have your tube in the right position, duplicate it and drag the duplicate up
above the frame, apply the drop shadow to the bottom copy. Be careful
not to move the tube. Now carefully erase parts of the top copy that you want
to be below the frame. I resized my tube
85% and erased around the cogs and the wire mesh.
Paste E57 as a new layer, resize 35% and rotate 20
degrees to the right, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E85 as a new layer just above the frame, resize
70%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste E87 as a new layer, resize 70% and place in
position.
Paste E97 as a new layer, resize 70% and place in
position. Make a new layer below this
word art and fill with a light colour from your tube, go back to the word art
and select it, float it and defloat it, expand the selection by 3 and then invert
it and hit delete on the coloured layer, deselect. Merge the word art down onto the coloured
layer and apply the drop shadow. You can
use the Gradient Glow on Eye Candy on the word art instead if you have it.
When you are done, crop your tag if needed, add your copyright information and text, then export on a transparent background as a ping.
In this tutorial I
used the beautiful art of
Jessica Galbreth from
The Vintage Angel collection.
You need a license
to use Jessica’s art, available at
The kit I used is called “If You Love Something” by
This beautiful kit
was created for and inspired by
Omneya from
You can purchase it
at
You will also need
a mask, I used mask 32 by
Babes Designz.
Unfortunately Babes has removed her blog so
I have uploaded the mask for you
here.
I used the Windows
font
Century Gothic.
Please check out my “About my tutorials” page if this is
the first tutorial of mine you have followed.
I used a drop shadow of vertical and horizontal 5,
opacity 75, blur 10.
Open a new transparent canvas 650 by 600 pixels and fill with
white.
Paste Moon-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
50%, move up and to the left and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Window-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
66%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste your tube as a new layer, drag below the window, place
in position and apply the drop shadow. I
resized my tube 90% and used the Digital Noise Removal adjustment (Adjust –
Digital Noise Removal with Correction Blend set to 40), then unsharped mask.
Paste WA3-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and bring
to the top, resize 80%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Netting-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer,
resize 60% and apply the drop shadow, drag down below the tube and place in
position.
Paste Grass-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
85%, mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Flowers2-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer,
resize 70%, mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Cluster-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and
bring to the top, resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Hat-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize 35%,
mirror, drag below the word art, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Book-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Ribbon2-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer,
resize 65%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste WaxRose-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and
bring to the top, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Brackets-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and
drag below the rose, resize 50%, place
in position on the left and apply the drop shadow, duplicate move the duplicate
over to the right and erase any part that overlaps hiding the join behind the
rose.
Paste Key-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and bring
to the top, resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Berries-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Bird-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Check the positions of your layers and make any necessary
adjustments.
Click on the bottom white background layer, make a new
layer, paste one of the papers into the selection (depends what colour
background you will use your tag on), deselect and apply the mask (you will
need to have the box “Invert mask data” checked). Rotate the mask 10 degrees
to the left, move it over to the left and use your Pick Tool (Raster Deform
tool in older versions) to stretch it out by pulling at the nodes so some shows
on the right.
Paste Smuged3-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer,
resize 90%, position bottom, left and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Butterfly-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer and
bring to the top, resize 18%, duplicate, mirror the duplicate, place in
position and apply the drop shadow to each.
Paste Sparkles-GI_IfYouLoveSomething as a new layer, resize
60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.
Paste Cloud-GI_IfYouloveSomething asa new layer, resize
50%, drag below the book and place in position.
When you are done, crop your tag if needed, add your copyright information and text, then export on a transparent background as a png.
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