The night is calling Tutorial

This tutorial was written on October 15th, 2009 by Donna Mae AKA Sapphire Love. The concept of the tag is mine and mine alone. Any resemblance to any other tag/tut is pure coincidence. This was written for those with working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.


Supplies Needed:
All Hallows Eve by Cazie's Designs
Mask of Choice
Tube by Popeye Wong, He's a free to use artist, check him out!



Open your new document, 500 x 500.

Open Cazie_All Hallows eve_Frame02, re-size by 25%, paste into your document, add your drop shadow > opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 1.

Open Cazie_All Hallows eve_WingedSkull, re-size by 35%, paste into your document, add your drop shadow > opacity 20% > distance 3 > size 1.

Open your tube, re-size her by 75%, paste into your document, add your drop shadow > opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 1.

Re-size your tube to 500 x 721, use your rectangular marquee tool and select her "head" area, paste her into your document, behind your frame, set her opacity to 50%.

Set your foreground color to #490303, press shift + control + n and a new layer should pop up. Move that layer until it's under your frame, and your tube inside the frame. Use your Ellipitcal Marquee Tool, select inside your frame, use your paintbucket and fill in the color. Go to Filter > Texture > Grain > Intensity 17 and Contrast to 50.

Use your mask of choice in the color you choose, my color is #606060.Go Up to Filter > Noise > Amount 7 > Uniform Checked & Monochromatic Checked.


Open Cazie_All Hallows eve_Candle-1, re-size by 30%, then again by 78%. Add your drop shadow > opacity 20% > distance 3 > size 1.

Use your Ellipse Tool, create a circle around your frame, get your text tool, put it over the line until you see a ~ looking type thing, but sideways, then begin your wording.

Add your name, tag it,and viola, you are done. :D Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

Pink Punk Tutorial

Supplies needed:
Pink Punk(tagger) by Envied & Admired Scraps. Which you can purchase HERE
Xero: Fritillary
Tube called "The Perfect Melody" by Popeye Wong He's a free to use artist, so use him! :D
Alrighty, let's start shall we? :)

Open your new document, 500x500.

Open frame_6, re-size by 90%, paste into your new document. Add your drop shadow. Opacity 20% > Distance 3 > Size 3.

Open Paper_15, use your Ellipitcal Marquee Tool, Select a section of the paper, paste it into your document, behind your frame.
Duplicate it 3 times.Open your Xero Fritillary, Have your settings like this:
and up the variation by ONE with each layer.
Animate it, time deley to 0.01 seconds.

Open up your tube, re-size her by 85%. Paste her into your document. Add drop shadow, Opacity 30% > Distance 2 > Size 3.

Open bling_3, re-size by 20%, paste into your document, duplicate it everytime you need to cover a hole.

Open bling_4, re-size by 20%, paste into your document, duplicate it everytime you need to cover a hole.

Open bow_6, re-size by 40%, paste into your document, add your drop shadow. Opacity 20% > Distance 3 > Size 3.

Open skull_3, re-size by 40%, paste into your document, add drop shadow. Opacity 20% > Distance 3 > Size 3.

Open jukebox, re-size by 50%, then again by 40%, paste into your document.

Open Microphone, re-size by 30%, paste into your document.

Write yuor name, tag & you're done. :D

Trick or Treat Tutorial

Supplies:
Spooky Treats by I Don't Give A Scrap, Which you can purchase HERE
Mask
Alien Skin Xenofex: Constellation
Word Art
The tubes which are Free to Use, by Popeye Wong, you can find them HERE
Open up your new document, 500 x 500.

Open up STBatFrame~IDGAS, re-size by 65%, paste into your new document. Add drop shadow, opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3.

Open up your tube, re-size by 80%, paste into your new document, flip, add drop shadow, opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3.

Open STPaper22, use your Elliptical Marquee Tool, select an area of paper, paste it into your new document, erase what is showing behind the bats.

Open STHauntedHouse, re-size by 50%, and then re-size by 70% again. Paste into your document, behind the frame. You might have some of it sticking out of the bottom, but you can just erase that.

Open up your SECOND tube, re-size by 45%, paste into your document, move her down, she might be poking her feet/cape out, but that's okay, just erase it. Add your drop shadow Opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3.

open STCandy14~IDGAS, re-size by 20%, paste into your document & flip.

Open STCandy12~IDGAS, re-size by 15%, paste into your document.

Open STCandy13~IDGAS, re-size by 15%, paste into your document & flip.

Open STCandy11~IDGAS, re-size by 10%, paste into your document.

Open up the word art supplied, paste into your document(no need for re-sizing)

Go back to your frame layer, take your Magic Wand tool, and click inside the frame, right click, copy.

You will have a new frame, remove the effects from it. Duplicate that layer until you have 4 layers.

Go up to your Alien Skin Xenofex 2: Constellation, have your settings to Star Inches 0.04 > Size Variation 2 > Edge Star Density 2 > Overall Star Density 1 > Overdrive 100 > Twinkle Amount 100.
Now hit "Random speed" and go to each layer and hit random speed.

Go to your Image Ready(If you have a version of adobe that is lower than CS3) and animate. But if you have CS3 Go up to Window > Animation, and animate. Put the time delay to .01.

Open up the mask I have supplied, and paste it into your document, behind everything, you might have to stretch it a little bit to make it show, but thats okay :D

Add your name, copyright information & you're done!! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial :D

Endless Love Tutorial

Supplies needed: Endless Love Collaboration Kit by Missy & Scraps with Attitude, which you can purchase HERE
Template 4 by Yvette

Let's begin. :D

Open up your document, 500x500.

Open up your template & remove the copyright layer.

Open up Endless Love_Paper 9. Go to Edit > Define Pattern & Click Okay.

Go back to youre template, select your "Small Frame" layer, right click it > blending options > pattern overlay > select the pattern you 'defined', set your scale to 73% & click okay.

Now, make all your other layers invisble(including the white one) except the layer "Small Frame", hit Shift + Control + N, You should have a new layer. Then hit Shift + Control + E & those layers should be merged.

Go to your Lokas Software > Cotton > Bevel Width 9, Bevel Depth 100, Shadow color #aeaeae.

Go to "Large Frame" and repeat everything you have just done with the "Small Frame" layer.

Open up Endless Love_Paper7, Edit > Define Pattern > Okay.

Go back to your template, make sure all layers are invisible except "Large Photo", right click > Blending Options > Pattern Overlay(The pattern you just defined) > Okay.

Shift + Control + N, Then Shift + Control + & layers should be merged.

Make sure all layers are invisible again, except for "Small Photo", Rlight Click > Bleding Options > Pattern Overlay(The pattern you just defined), and click okay. :)

All layers invisible, except for "rectangles" right click > blending options > color overlay > black.

Shift + Control + N, Shift + Control + E, all should be blended.

Make all your layers visible again (except the copyright one, and white background), Re-size by 94%.

Past the template into your new document.

Add drop shadow opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3.

Open up your tube.

Use your Rectangular Marquee Tool & Select your brides face. You might end up getting some of your groom, but don't worry.

Paste her on the top small square, erase what's over the inner line of the square.(If you've gotten some of your groom, erase him completely).

Now do the same thing with your Groom, but the bottom square.

Now grab your tube, move it into the big square, move it down slightly, erase anything that goes outside the bottom inner line of the square. Add Drop shadow Opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3 > Uncheck global light, and make the angle -34.

Open up Endless Love_Red Rose Long, re-size by 20%, paste into your document. Erase the bottom part of the rose so it looks like it's tucked behind the bottom small square.

Add a drop shadow opacity 30% > distance 3 > size 3, Uncheck global lighting, make the angle -152.

Open up Endless Love_Flower 1, re-size by 15%, paste into your document, add drop shadow opacity 20% > distance 3 > size 3. Duplicate layer, and paste it onto the other corner.

Open up Endless Love_Flower2, re-size by 15%, paste into your document, add drop shadow opacity 20% > distance 3 > size 3. Duplicate layer, paste onto other corner.
(make sure it's under your bride & groom layer so it doesn't look funky.)

Open up Endless Love_Word Art 1, re-size by 20%, paste into document.

Add your name, tag it & you're done. :D

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

It's not a color...

Scrap kit called "L is for Love" by Monica's Sweet Addiction
It's free to use. :)
Tube I used is by Popeye Wong. He is a Free To Use artist. Be sure to check out his stuff!