Autumn Mood tutorial

 

Autumn Mood tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

May 2025

what you will need

a tube

i am using Autumn Mood 2 by ©  Alehandra Vanhek

you can get this at www.vmartists.com 

filters

filters unlimited 2.0

filters unlimited 2.0- distortion filters- surface tension

default setting

adjust- blur- motion blur at angle 300- strength 100

repeat 1 x

AAA frames- foto frame

font used for name- Autumn Nights

okay lets begin

open a transparent image 600 x 250

get 2 colors from your tube, i used her jacket colors, light for foreground, darker for background, make a new gradient out of those colors angle 23 repeats 2

flood fill with your new gradient

filters unlimited- distortion filters- surface tension-2 x 

adjust blur- motion blur- 300 angle 100 strength

filters unlimited- texture- striped paper fine default settings

c&p your tube, resize to your liking, place on right side of tag, sharpen, add preferred drop shadow

background layer- c&p your closeup and if you dont have a closeup then just mirror your tube and resize a little and place on left side of tag

top layer- new raster layer- select all, flood fill with your gradient, selections, modify contract by 2, hit delete on keyboard, select none

merge all flatten, AAA frames-foto frame width 10 opacity 80, all the rest settings at default, image-borders, 2 all checked, light foreground color, then 1 with the color black 

add your copyright and license info and your own taggers watermark, merge all flatten , save as jpg

you are done! i hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 

Autumn Mood tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

May 2025

tag show off

 

just a little tag show off

starting to get back into tag making

might make a tut out of this one 

have a good day everyone 

Copper corkboard tutorial

this is an older tutorial i did in 2017 but kind of refined it

Copper Corkboard Tag Tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

Febuary 2017

what you need

a tube ( one with a close up)

i am using Sweet Cappuccino 3  by 

©Very Many 

you can purchase this tube at www.verymanytubes.com

but any tube with a close up will do

filters

eye candy 4000- gradient glow & hsb noise ( optional)

font- coffee at midnight demo (Dafont.com)

ok lets start

open a new transparent image 600 x 250

take 2 colors from your tube and make a gradient out of them

angle 25 repeats 2

flood fill your image with the new gradient

adjust add noise uniform 30% monochrome checked

adjust add noise automatic small scratch removal

c&p your tube resize to fit, (65% 2 x) place on right hand side of tag

add a thin white gradient glow to your tube

click on your background c&p your close up change the blend mode to luminance legacy bring down the layer properties to 37 add DS (your choice) add the same gradient glow to your close up

top layer new raster layer select all, flood fill with gradient you made earlier selections modify contract by 2 hit delete on keyboard, selections invert add inner bevel (your choice)

add gradient glow thin the same color as the frame

layers duplicate go to original frame adjust blur gaussian blur at 8 go back to top layer apply penta.com - color dot default settings then merge down add a slight DS

add your copyrights, license info and your own taggers watermark, merge all flatten and save as jpg. add your name and you are done! thanks for trying my tutorial. i hope it was easy to follow

i would love to see your results, send them to me and i will post them here. 

Ladyjai3Creations

Copper Corkboard Tutorial

Febuary 2017

 

Umbrella tutorial

 

Umbrella Tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

January 2025

what you will need

a tube

i am using Umbrella by ©  Alehandra Vanhek

you can purchase this at www.verymanyartists.com 

paint shop pro (i am using x7)

filters

eye candy 4000- gradient glow (copyright & credits)

tramages- pool shadow 

screenworks- lace screen (default)

AAA frames- foto frame

okay lets start

open a transparent image 600 x 250

take a light color and darker color from your tube, i took the blue and the brown in her outfit

make a gradient out of that

fill your canvas with the gradient angle 20 repeats 0

tramages- pool shadow (default setting)

screenworks- lace screen 

c&p your close up tube resize to your liking, duplicate 2 x then spread across canvas then merge down 2 x 

if you have the filter copies you can use that instead

layers- properties- take down to 30 or so

c&p your tube- resize by 70% 3 x or so, place on right side of tag, sharpen add DS (H 2 V-2 Opacity 68 Blur-7)

image add borders, symmetric checked 2 blue , add borders 3 symmetric brown, add borders symmetric 2 blue

AAA frames- foto frame width 10, opacity 80 all other settings stay the same

image add borders, symmetric checked, 3 brown 

add your copyright and license info, and your own taggers watermark, merge all flatten, save as jpg 

you are done! i hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow

Umbrella tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

January 2025

Santas helper snags

 

some Christmas snags for you all

i hope you enjoy and have a Merry Christmas and the Happiest of new Years 

Lavender Coffee Ashley

 

Lavender Coffee Ashley

by Ladyjai3Creations

September 2024

what you will need

paint shop pro ( i am using version 17)

a scrap kit i am using Lavender Coffee by Elli's Creations

you can pick it up here https://payhip.com/EllisCreationsscraps

a tube 

the kit has lots of tubes in it but i used Ashley by Zlata_M

you can buy it here  https://picsfordesign.com/catalogue/id_151608_ashley.pix

font - Coffee at Midnight (you can get this at DaFont.com)

filters

eye candy 4000-gradient glow (credits)

okay lets begin

open a transparent image 800 x 800

(we'll crop it down later,i just like to have lots of room to work)

c&p ele 12 resize by 70% 1 x

center in image

magic wand , mode add (shift) match mode RGB value tolerance 0 contigious checkedfeather 0 anti alias checked outside

click in center of frame, selections,modify,  expand by 2 c&p ele 7 selections invert delete, select none, drag paper under frame 

top layer, c&p ele 63, place on bottom left hand corner, resize by 70% 2 x sharpen add DS of choice

c&p ele 65, resize by 70% 4 x, sharpen, add DS of choice

c&p ele 99, resize by 70% 3 x (or your preferred size) sharpen add your DS, place behind the coffee beans

go to frame layer, c&p your tube so it looks like shes right on top of frame slightly, sharpen add DS

frame layer, magic wand, c&p your tube close up , selections invert, hit delete on keyboard, select none, 

layer properties soft light, add DS

top layer, c&p ele 89 resize by 70% 2 x place on bottom right side of tag, sharpen, add DS

c&p ele 91, resize by 70% 3 x and place beside coffee pot, sharpen add DS

now you can crop it to any size you like, merge visible, add your credits and license info, copyright info, i usually resize mine to 550 width the height will automatically resize, you can use a thin white gradient on your credits or a white drop shadow to make it more clear. you can also use a thin gradient glow on your name too

merge visible , save as png  

thats it! you are done, i hope you enjoyed this tutorial

Lavender Coffee Ashley

by Ladyjai3Creations

September 2024

Pearl in the Shell snags

 

here are some new snags that go with my tutorial, Pearl in the Shell

tube ©  Alehandra Vanhek

you can purchase this at www.picsfordesigns.com

i hope you enjoy using them

Ladyjai3Creations

June 2024