Lorri Kajenna Snags

here are some snags I did featuring the beautiful art of

© Lorri Kajenna

you can find this and her other beautiful works of art at

PFD

The kit I used is by Designs by Vi

and it is also available at PFD

it is called

My Egyptian Princess

you can purchase this and a license at

PFD

As always, please do not add your name to them

thanks and enjoy

Pure Gold Forum Style Tag Tutorial

Pure Gold Forum Style Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
April 2016

what you will need

paint shop pro ( i am using version 16 but any will do)

a tube of choice (preferably one that is just of the head)

i am using Gold by Karen Middleton
you can purchase this and her other beautiful works at CDO

filters

eye candy 4000- gradient glow and hsb noise
Muras Meister copies

FM file tools- blend emboss

font of choice ( i used sheila which is a free font)

ok lets start

open a new image 400 x 275 transparent

c&p your tube as a new layer

Muras Meister copies ( wallpaper shrink setting)

gaussian blur at 10 monochrome checked

motion blur  angle 315 strength 100 ( repeat blur twice)

texture effects, weave gap size 2 width 5, opacity 2  fill gaps checked weave color gold, gap color black
click ok

get out your rectangle tool, default settings, line width 3 (i am using black for foreground and gold for background)

draw a thin rectangle across your tag to almost the width of the image, objects align, horizontal center in canvas, convert to raster layer, move toward the top of tag

layers duplicate, image flip , layer duplicate again and place in center of tag or you can use objects align center in canvas.

merge down 2 x

take out your magic wand  and click inside each strip selections modify expand by 2

make a gradient mix out of a light and dark gold colors angle 0 repeats 10 linear

flood fill the strips with the gradient mix

distortion effects, pixelate, width 4 height 9 symetric unchecked

Add DS 1 -1 68 7

c&p your tube and place on right hand side you will have to resize it to fit. i resized mine by 70%

blend mode luminance legacy add DS (same settings)

new raster layer then paint brush, pick out a text brush you would like on the tag, reduce the size of

the brush, i used the color black so it would show up better. click on the tag 3 or 4 x

Add a DS but use the gold color we used before

new raster layer select all flood fill with a color that goes well with the tube

selections modify contract by 3 hit delete on keyboard, select none

add remove noise random 10% monochrome checked

add a thin gradient glow to the frame the same color as the frame add DS  (2 -2 68 7)  but use the color black then repeat but use -2 2 68  7

Add your copyrights, license number and tag name merge all flatten save as jpg.

you are done! i hope you liked this tutorial and it was easy to follow. i would love to see your results, send them to me and i will showcase them here. thanks for trying my tutorial

here is the first one I did. if you want this size, then just make it 600 x 250

Ladyjai3Creations
April 2016
Pure Gold Forum Style Tag Tutorial

Summertime Tag Tutorial

Summertime Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
April 2016

what you will need

Paint shop pro
i an using 16 but any version will do

a tube
i am using a tube by © Alex Prihodko

which you can purchase at PFD
(Summer)

filters

eye candy 4000 -gradient glow & hsb noise

(used mainly for copyrights and my name)

a Scrapkit

i am using Summertime Mini by

Foxy Designz and you can purchase this at
CDO

font- seaside resort (free font)

ok lets start

open a new image 700 x 425

c&p frame 1 as a new layer, center in canvas

magic wand tool mode add (shift) match node RGB value, tolerance 0, contiguous checked feather 0,anti alias checked

click the middle of both sides of frame, c&p paper 3 as new layer, selections invert hit delete on keyboard select none

drag paper under frame (in your layer palette)

c&p your tube

if you are using what i am using, resize by 45% then 70% center on frame

c&p ele 8 resize by 70% 2 x then 85% place behind tube on left hand side

c&p ele 11 resize by 70% 3 x place on right hand side of tag upper right corner

c&p ele 21 resize by 50% 2 x then by 70%

place on right side of tube

adjust sharpen, add DS (2 -2 68 7)

c&p ele 25 resize by 50% 2 x image rotate 20 to the left add a fat white gradient glow , sharpen add DS place on left hand corner

place ele 29 behind tube and lighthouse anywhere you want

c&p wordart1 resize by 50% 1 x and place on tube towards the bottom ( see my tag for placement)

merge visible, resize to whatever size of tag you like, add copyrights, license and your name. save as png

i usually use a thin white gradient glow for the copyrights and license just to make it clearer

you are done! thank you for trying my tutorial, i hope you had fun and it was easy to follow. i would love to see your results, send them to me and i will showcase them here

Ladyjai3Creations
April 2016
Summertime Tag Tutorial

Pretty Spicy Snags

a set of snags for you

using the art of ©Very Many

www.verymanytubes.com

and the matching kit "Alluring Spice" by

Pink Paradox Productions

http://www.pinkparadoxproductions.com/store

Enjoy!

Escapee forum style tag tutorial

Escapee forum style tag tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations

April 2016

what you will need

paint shop pro

i am using 16 but any version will do

a tube

i am using a tube by © Amy Brown

(54-3 Escapee) or use a tube with a close up also

you can purchase this tube and a license at

CDO

filters

eye candy 4000 -gradient glow & hsb noise

fm file tools blend emboss

distortion effects- pixelate

simple- zoom out & flip

AAA frames-foto frame

fonts

fairydust B

Faerie (name)

open new image 600 x 250

eye dropper tool and take a light color from your tube and place as foreground and slightly darker

color and place as background

change foreground to a foreground-background gradient mix

angle 0 repeats 10

flood fill with your new gradient

distortions effects, pixlate, block width 4 block height 9 symetric unchecked

FM file tools- blend emboss default settings

simple- zoom out and flip

repeat blend emboss

c&p your tube resize to fit and place on left hand side of tag add DS

c&p close up of tube image mirror- blend mode luminance legacy add DS i used 2 -2 68 7

get your text tool out and choose what font you want to use (i used Fairydust B) size 48 stroke width 2  use a gold gradient for the outline and the light color for background

type out what you would like, i typed Escapee (all caps) or whatever you want, when happy with it, convert to raster layer, place where it looks good and  add DS.

( 2 -2 68 7)

AAA frames foto frame with these setting and use on each layer width 10 opacity 70 all the other settings at default.

image add borders symetric checked width 2 black

add your name, copyrights, license and url merge all flatten save as jpg. (i use gradient glow thin

width 3 white with the copyrights and license)

you are finished!

i hope you liked this tutorial and it was easy to follow. send me your results and i will showcase them here. thanks for trying my tutorial.

here is another example using a tube by

© keith garvey

http://garvgraphx.com

you can purchase this tube and a license at the above website

Ladyjai3Creations

April 2016

Welcome Spring snags

a set of snags for you using the gorgeous art of

©Very Many

you can purchase this tube and her many other gorgeous works of art here

www.verymanytubes.com

the kit I am using is Joy of Spring by

Pink Paradox Productions

she has some fabulous kits over there

go and check them out

enjoy !