Nature Forum style tag tutorial

Nature tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
March 2020

what you will need 

a tube
 i am using Nature by

© Alehandra Vanhek

this is an Exclusive tube so you need to be a member of the club

you can get it at PicsforDesign.com

filters

Muras Meister- copies

eye candy 4000- gradient glow & HSB noise

Alien Skin Xenofex 2-crumple

Photo Effex- scanlines

ok let start

open a new transparent image 600 x 250

take your eye dropper tool and get 2 colors from your tube ( i used green and dark teal from her dress)

make your background color a gradient linear , angle 36 repeats 2 invert checked,

flood fill with your gradient 

c&p your tube resize to fit, then place in center, Muras Meister copies- wallpaper rotate, then adjust blur gaussian blur at 12

layers duplicate, Xenofex 2 crumple, c&p your tube, resize to fit, place on left side of tag, Muras 

Meister copies line make the top number about 4 or so, i made my tube a little bigger for this step

layers, blend mode luminance legacy and bring properties to about 60 or so or whatever you like

now get your rectangle tool and draw a long thin rectangle towards the bottom (see mine) convert to raster layer,

get your text tool, pick out any font of choice, (i used the font nature) stroke width 1, size 48, create as vector, line style normal

type the word Nature, only with your colors change the background back to color instead of a gradient when happy with it convert to raster, add inner bevel of choice, add DS ( i used H 2 V -2 Opacity 68 Blur 7)

c&p your tube again, resize to fit, image mirror place kind of towards the right, sharpen add same DS

go back to the layer where the rectangle is, photo effex scanlines click apply

go to top layer, new raster layer select all flood fill with color of choice, selections contract by 2, edit clear selections invert, add inner bevel of choice

select none

add a thin gradient (eye candy 4000) with the same color as your frame , layers duplicate, go to original frame, gaussian blur at 8

go to top layer, eye candy 4000 HSB noise and just play around with it until you get the color you want, adjust sharpen

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

  

you can use any font you want for your name i used Saginaw which you can get at Dafont.com

thats it ! thanks for trying my tutorial i hope you had fun and enjoyed it

Nature Tutorial by
Ladyjai3Creations
March 2020

Smile Feedback tutorial

Smile Feedback tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
March 2020

what you will need

a tube

i am using Photographer by
© Lorri Kajenna 

you can purchase this at PicsforDesign.com

filters

Muras meister- copies

all other filters are built in paint shop pro

eye candy 4000- for copyright info, license nos, etc.,

Lets begin

open a new transparent image 600 x 250

c&p your tube place in center

Muras meister copies - wallpaper rotate default

adjust blur gaussian blur at 12

reflection effects- feedback default

duplicate layer image mirror bring layer properties to 50 or so

merge down

c&p your tube place on left side of tag, bring properties down to 37 or lower sharpen add DS (H 2 V -2 Opacity 68 Blur 7)

resize your tube c&p and place on right side sharpen add DS

new raster layer select all flood fill with a color from your tube selections contract by 2 edit clear selections invert, add an inner bevel, select none

add a thin gradient glow to your frame layers duplicate go to original frame gaussian blur at 8

go to top layer, adjust add remove noise uniform at 30% then random at 30% merge down sharpen

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

the font i used for my name was Photographs, you can get it at DaFont.com

thats it! i hope you enjoyed this tutorial and had fun with it. 

Smile Feedback tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
March 2020

hello 

i have a set of St Patrick's snags for you all

The tube is by

© Misticheskaya 

you can purchase this tube (psp Patty) at PicsforDesign.com

The scrap kit i used is by 

Pink Paradox Productions

Rocking Shamrocks

and you can purchase it 

here

its an awesome St Patricks kit filled with beautiful elements & papers for all your holiday tags

i hope you enjoy the snags

Springtime Tag Show off

This is just a tag show off with an older tube by

© Alehandra Vanhek

"Springtime"

it can be purchase at PicsforDesign.com 

I used a wonderful tutorial by

DianaD

you can find the tutorial here

its a super tutorial and very easy to do

the paper I used is from Uncovering Spring by

Pink Paradox Productions

thanks for looking!

Tag show off

Just a tag show off

i used a tube by

© Misticheskaya 

Lilu is preparing to take a nap

you can purchase this at PicsforDesign.com

The kit i used 

Goodnight Wishes by

Pink Paradox Productions and you can purchase it here

This is a beautiful good night kit.

lots of beautiful elements to make your good night tags with

thanks for looking

Uncovering Spring Tag Tutorial

Uncovering Spring Tag Tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
March 2020

what you will need

Uncovering Spring kit by
Pink Paradox Productions

you can purchase this kit here

a tube

i am using Flowers for Amy by © Misticheskaya

you can purchase this tube at PicsforDesign.com

or you can use any spring themed tube

filters

eye candy 4000 - gradient glow (copyrights & license info)

mask of choice 

font

any springtime font will do
look over at DaFont.com

Ok lets start

open a new transparent image 800 x 800 ( we will crop it later)

frame 1 image rotate to the right or left c&p onto your canvas, resize to fit
(i resized by 70% until it looked right)

move the frame a little to the left, layers duplicate image rotate 20 degrees to right merge down

magic wand mode replace RGB value, contigious checked feather 0 anti alias checked outside

click inside your frames, you will have to hold the shift key and use the magic wand to get all the frames

selections expand by 2 c&p paper 3, selections invert, edit clear, select none.

in your layers palette just drag the paper under the frames go back to top layer

c&p your tube, resize by 70% 3 x and place in center ( i used the white layer) sharpen add DS (your choice)

c&p ele 84 duplicate 2 x then kind of spread them around merge down 2 x then use your eraser to 

take off the ends (see mine )

then place the grass under tube

c&p ele 134 resize by 70% 3 x and place behind tube off to the left (see mine for placement)

sharpen add DS

c&p ele 117 resize by 70% 3 x and rotate 20 degrees to right and place behind stump layers duplicate,

 image mirror, then place behind stump on opposite side, sharpen add DS

c&p ele 122 resize by 70% 1 x and place behind flowers, sharpen add DS

c&p ele 100 resize by 70% 2 x and place behind tree stump in front of the leaves, sharpen

c&p ele 94 place in front of tree trunk, sharpen add DS, duplicate rotate 10 degrees to left and move a tad to the left

c&p ele 62 resize by 70% 4 x and place behind tube on right side sharpen add DS

c&p ele 45 resize by 70% 3 x and place by books sharpen add DS go to top layer

c&p ele 37 resize by 70 % 3 x  rotate image 20 degrees to left sharpen add DS and place in front of tree trunk and dandelions

c&p ele 82 resize by 70% 1 x and place on frame sharpen add DS

go to bottom layer c&p paper 27, apply your mask go to photo effects, film & filters,  film looks- vibrant foilage, creative filters- custom and then take a shade of green from your tag and set it at 10 click ok

you can crop your tag to the size you want now

merge all visible, save as png resize tag as you want, i always resize mine to 500 width

add your copyright info, license info, designers credit and your own taggers watermark , this is where i use the gradient glow is on the copyrights so it is clearer to see. i always use a thin white gradient

 thanks for trying my tutorial i hope you had fun!

Ladyjai3Creations
Uncovering Spring Tag Tutorial
March 2020

Surface Tension tutorial

surface tension tutorial
by Ladyjai3Creations
Feb 2020

what you will need

a tube

i am using a tube by ©Nene Thomas
Nene Thomas 9-3

you can purchase this at CDO

filters

muras meister copies

filters unlimited- distortion filters -surface tension

eye cand4000- gradient glow- (copyrights info,etc)

Open a new transparent image 400 x 275

select all copy tube and paste into selection select none

muras meister copies- wallpaper rotate (default)

adjust blur gaussian blur at 13

filters unlimited- distortion filters surface tension (default)

c&p tube image mirror and place on left side sharpen add DS (your choice)

choose 2 colors from your tube with the eye dropper tool one light one darker

get your text tool out choose a font 48 stroke width 1 

type your text i chose Hope  convert to raster layer effects 3d effects inner bevel of your choice

DS of your choice

new raster layer, select all flood fill with your light color, selections contract by 2, selection invert, edit clear select none

put an inner bevel on the frame (your choice) eye candy 4000 gradient glow thin everything default with the color of your frame

layers duplicate, go to original frame adjust gaussian blur at 8

top layer add remove noise at 50% uniform then add remove noise 50% random merge down

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

the font for my name is FairyDustB 

thats it! thanks for trying my tutorial! i hope you had fun and it was easy to follow

Ladyjai3Creations
Surface Tension tutorial
Feb 2020