FTU Tutorial: Ocean Treasures

Supplies needed:

The kit "Ocean" from Elves of Rosegarden HERE

Mermaid tube of choice (I used a beautiful tube by Verymany, Mermaid 4) which you can purchase from HERE. Please use proper license!

Font of choice 

Let's get started!

(Remember to add drop shadows as you go along!)

Open sl_Frame_1.  Shift+D to duplicate, close original.
Resize by Pixels > 700, all layers checked.
sl_44, resize 78%, all layers UNchecked.
Drag this layer under the frame layer.
Move very slightly to the right and up just a little.
sl_33. Drag this layer to very bottom in layer palette and position as you wish to fill the rest of
the frame.  Erase everything that is sticking out of the frame.
Highlight top layer.  sl_26, resize 65%. Rotate left 9°.
Move this to the bottom right of the frame, where the water covers the bottom of the frame.
sl_19, resize 80%.  Move down to bottom left of canvas.
Duplicate and move over to the right side of the frame, and move down slightly to the bottom of your
canvas.  Merge down.  Drag this to very bottom layer.
Highlight top layer. sl_25, resize 20%. Rotate left 6.  Adjust>Sharpen. Move down to bottom left of frame where the
water is splashing out and drag this layer below the frame layer.
Highlight top layer.   sl_48 resize 50%.  Position to where the top of the stick is just touching the bottom left corner
of the frame.  Duplicate, and drag the duplicate layer to just below the frame layer. 

Highlight the top stick layer and erase everything of the stick except the part that is resting on the corner of
the frame.
Now highlight el_26 (the water/sand layer) and erase the parts covering the stick.
sl_46, resize 75%.  Change blend mode to color.  Erase parts on the bottom that are showing on
the sand.
sl_22, resize 85%.  Move to bottom of the frame to where the right edge meets the bottom
right corner of the frame. Blend mode to dodge.
sl_31, rotate left 90, Flip vertical. Resize 50%.  Place over the right edge of the frame.
sl_9, resize 25%.  Flip horizontal and move to bottom right corner of frame.
Duplicate. Resize 85%. Flip horizontal and move down near the end of the stick.
Paste your tube, resize and position as desired (I resize mine by 53% and I put her on the
right hand side of my canvas, and dragged this layer down between the two sl_9 layers.)
sl_41, resize 22%.  Colorize if desired.  Place this under your tube layer, behind and to the
of her knees (I assume mermaids have knees lol).
sl_30 to top layer, resize 28%.  Place beside the stick, in front of your tube beside her extended
arm.
sl_7.  Flip horizontal.  Resize 13%.  Sharpen.  Move down to just at the bottom of sl_30. 

Duplicate and drag that layer below sl_30. 

Highlight the top sl_30 layer and erase the left side to make it look like the leaf of the plant is hanging over
the top of the shell.
Use your freehand selection tool and select the pearl to the left of the shell.  Ctrl+C to copy. 
Ctrl+D to deselect. Ctrl+L to paste as new layer and move to the right, beside the mermaid,
just below the flowers. Duplicate and resize 90% and move where desired.
sl_15, resize 18% flip horizontal and place at the bottom on the sand.
sl_32, resize 10%.  Place between the starfish and the flower on the stick.
sl_40, resize 8% and place to the right and slightly down of sl_32.
sl_5, resize 8% and place between sl_40 and sl_32.
sl_27.  Resize 15%. Sharpen. Place toward the top left of the water in the frame.
sl_51, resize 10% and place above and to the left of sl_27.
sl_18. Resize 7%.  Place in front of the fish, up a bit.  Colorize if desired.
sl_16.  Effects>Geometic Effects>Circle, transparent.

Resize 120%.  Effects>Geometic Effects>Perspective-Vertical. Distortion: 30, transparent.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance. Duplicate.
Effects>Edge Effects>High Pass>10, Desaturate checked.
Drag this layer to bottom.
Duplicate. Resize 90%.  Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur>Angle 230, Strength 100.
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance More.
Press K on your keyboard to call up your pick tool and move toward the top of your canvas.
Colorize if desired.

Add your copyright, name and save as .png!

This tutorial was written by Shazza on July 28, 2018.

Here are some examples created by the talented members of The Taggers Lounge

My tutorials

Hi everyone, I have neglected posting a lot of my tutorial so I have been taking the time to add some of them today.  Hopefully most of the supplies are still available!  This is turn-off of writing and posting tutorials!  I get so frustrated seeing a tutorial I would love to do only to follow the link to the supplies and they are no longer available!  I guess this is the reason why I am noticing less and less FTU tutorials and more PTU tutorials.  At least if you purchase a kit, you will always have it. 

I have recently taken advantage of some BMS deals so I will try to find some time to write up some tuts for them so you may be seeing more PTU tutorials for me.  If you're a scrap hoarder like I am, I do recommend taking advantage of tho BMS deals!  (If any newbies out there are wondering what BMS means, it stands for Buy My Store - lots of designers offer these at great prices!)

I hope you enjoy my tutorials and I would love to see your results if you take the time to do them!

FTU Tutorial: All Things Wonderful

SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Scrapkit from Amy and Leah's Gimptastic tuts  HERE - We will be using the kit MMCP 1
Mask 195 from Sophistocate Simone HERE
Tube of choice (sitting tube works best), or use the VeryMany tube I used from HERE. (I used Yvonne).  Please use proper license.
Font of choice (I used Aleidita, which is a pay font)


Open a new transparent canvas, 700 x 700.
Paste Frame 3.  Resize 90%.
Paste Frame 1.  Resize 86%.  Drag to bottom layer
Use deform tool and drag down until it fits within frame 3.Highlight top layer and merge down.  Rotate left 9°.
Paste cluster 1, move to bottom left of frame.
Paste cluster 3, move to bottom right of frame beside cluster 1.
Paste Cluster 2.  Resize 95% and move to bottom right of frame behind cluster 3. Drag to layer just above frame layer.
Highlight top layer and paste Cluster 4. Resize 80%. Rotate left 9°.  Move along top of frame.
Paste Frame 2.  Resize 45%.  Drag to just above frame layer and move down to bottom right of frame so that some is showing above and to the right of cluster 2.
Paste your tube - Reize and position and you wish (I resized mine 45% and positioned her to the right of my frame, below all clusters. 
 Add a new layer at the very bottom of layer palette.  Select all, paste paper 2 into selection.  Deselect.
Apply mask.  Sharpen, then sharpen again.  Merge group.
Add your copyright/license and save as .png!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on April 28, 2018.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.


Here are some examples by the talented member of The Taggers Lounge

FTU Tutorial: Bee to Blossom

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

Scrapkit: Bee to Blossom by Melissaz Creationz- HERE
Tube: Augustina by MeryMany  -  HERE  Please use proper license

or tube of choice (a sit down tube works best)

Mask of choice

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*Remember to add drop shadows as you go along*
Open E20.  Shift + D to duplicate.  Close original.
Resize canvas to 700 x 700.
Open E09. Resize 90%. Drag down to behind frame on left.
Duplicate. Mirror and flip and position behind frame on right.
Open E18 and place on top of frame on left.
Open E35. Mirror, then flip and place along bottom left of frame.
Open E30.  Resize 90%.  Paste at bottom left of frame on top of twig.
Open E34.  Mirror.  Resize 70%. Move to right of canvas.
Open E11. Resize 80% and place to the right of frame.
Open E21.  Resize 70% and place to right of flowers in box.
Open E12.  Resize 80%.  Mirror and drag this layer to just above the frame layer and position on the bottom of the frame.
Open E25.  Resize 30%. Mirror, then position along bottom of watering can and flower box.  Sharpen if needed.
Place tube in center, or position where desired.
Highlight your frame layer in your palette.  Use your magic wand, point to point or freehand and draw a circle on top of it.
Add new layer and drag this layer beneath the frame layer.  Paste paper of choice into selection (I used P12). Ctrl+D to deselect.
Add a new layer, drag to very bottom of layer palette.  Select all and paste paper of choice into selection.  (I used P07). Deselect.
Add mask of choice, name and copyright and save as .png!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on August 7, 2017.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Here are some examples made by the talented members of The Taggers Lounge

FTU Tutorial: Golden Summer

SUPPLIES NEDED:
Scrapkit by Tasha's Playground - Golden Summer   HERE
Mask 64 by Moonbeams & Spiderwebs HERE, or mask of your choice
Tube of choice (I used the tube Eva by Alex Prihodko HERE
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Add drop shadows as you go along.

Open porthole. Shift + D to duplicate, close original.
Increase canvas size, 700 x 700 center.
Resize 120%, move up on your canvas a bit.
Take your freehand magic wand tool and draw a cirle around the porthole.
New layer, drag below porthole.  Open paper 1 and paste into selection. Deselect.
Open water. Place to bottom left of the frame.  Duplicate to darken a bit,
merge down.  Duplicate again and move to right side of frame. Erase any water that is
overlapping outsides of the frame.  Merge down.
Open scatter.  Rotate right 90° and drag down to on top of the water. Gaussian blur 5.
Change blend mode to Screen.
Open sparkle2.  Resize 60%, place to just where the horizon on the water is.
Open sun. Resize 40%. Place to upper left of frame.
Click on frame layer.
Open sand. Place toward bottom left of frame.
Duplicate. Mirror horizontal, flip vertical.
Open seaweed. Place just above the sand at the bottom of the frame.
Open boat and move to left corner of frame/canvas.
Open bucket. Resize 75%. Flip vertical. Place to right side of frame.
Go to your top sand layer, duplicate and drag above the bucket layer. Use your deform
tool (hit k on your keyboard to open) and drag the node down to where the sand
is covering just the bottom of the bucket, and drag the left node down to remove
the sand from off the boat (or you can just erase it).
Open bird. Resize 55% and place on top of the bucket.
Open log. Resize 40%. Place between boat and bucket.
Open rope. Resize 25%. Rotate right 60°. Sharpen.
Place on the far right end of the boat on the part that sticks up. Erase
parts of the rope to make it look like it's hanging off.  I also erased the
part that was showing in front of the bucket.
Open starfish.   Flip vertical.  Flip horizontal.  Place to left of frame.
(I raised mine up a bit and erased part of the rope that was overhanging at the
top.)
Open your tube and resize and place as desired. (I put mine lying down at the bottom.)
Open swirl and drag down to just below your tube and tube layer
Open any of the shells/starfish2 you want, resize and place to your liking.
Go to very bottom of palette, new layer.  Select all.
Open paper 6, paste into selection.  Deselect.
Add mask and merge group.  Duplicate, merge down. Duplicate and merge down again.
Resize 60%.  Move up and left. Duplicate and mirror.  Duplicate and place as you wish.
Merge all mask layers.
Add name and copyright and you're done!

Written by Sharon Murray on 5/27/2017.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Here are examples by some of the talented members of The Taggers Lounge

Rhonda

Bev

Pamela

Tika

Lisa

FTU Tutorial: Halloween Scare

This tutorial is written for those with knowledge of PSP
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice: I'm using the beautiful art work of VeryMany.  (I am using Witch 7)
You must obtain a license to use HERE
Freebie Scrapkit "Halloween Scare" by SuziSu at PFD HERE
Mask 5 by Horseplays Pasture Design HERE or mask of choice
Font of choice

Ok Lets go!
(Remember to add drop shadows as you go along...)
Open Element 12.  Resize 40%. Duplicate 2 times and place along bottom of canvas. Overlap each one slightly and erase the parts that are ovelapping the other parts of the fence.  Merge visible.

Element 18, resize 70%.  Place on the left hand side of the fence then drag this layer below the fence layer in your layer palette.

Highlight top layer.  Element 14, resize 23%. Place along the top fence rail - align with the left side of the fence.  Duplicate and drag this over to right side to the edge of the fence rail. Erase the pumpkin that is overlapping in the middle.  Merge down.

Element 26.  Resize 33%.  Position on the left side, in front of the fence, just down below and to the right of the ghost in front of the tree. (This layer should be in front of the fence, not behind it)

Element 8, resize 15%.  Place on the right top of the fence.

Element 28,  Resize 25%.  Place on the bottom of the canvas on the leaves at the bottom of the fence. Duplicate. Resize 90%. Mirror and place beside the first pumpkin.

Element 31.  Resize 25%.  Position behind the first pumpkin on the left.

Element 19.  Resize 16%.  Duplicate.  Place on the upper left corner of the tombstone.  Drag upward to where most of the white web is overhanging then erase that part.  (The spider should almost align beside the cross).

Element 32.  Resize 10%.  Place on left bottom in front of the tombstone.  Duplicate.  Resize 90%.  Mirror and place to the right toward the end of the fence, or where desired.  Add more if you like and position.

Highlight the fence layer and use your freehand selection tool and select the bottom portion of the leaves.  Don't make your selection completely straight at the top, make some waves and kind of outline some leaves. Once selected, highlight in the layer palette, right click  and promote to layer.  Drag this to the very top of the palette.  Deselect and position along the bottom of the
pumpkins/mushrooms.

Open your tube and resize and position as desired.  (If using the same tube as me, resize 42%, and position beside the pumpkins, drag down in layer palette to below the leaves layer and erase the bottom part of the tube that is overhanging at the bottom.

I added Element 25, resized 65%, rotated 90 right and placed behind the witch, with the broom part in front of the pumpkins.  I duplicated and then moved it all the way to the right to where it's just showing on the right side of the witch and moved the layer down in the palette to underneath my mushroom layer.  I then erased the part of the broom that is still showing on the left of the witch. (Using this element will depend on your tube and how you want to position it)

Element 30.  Resize 33%.  Position on top right of canvas. Duplicate. Merge down.

Add new layer at very bottom of palette.  Fill with black.  Apply your mask.  Duplicate.  Merge down.  Duplicate.  Merge down again. Position to the right side of the canvas as close to the edge as you can get. Duplicate.  Position to the left side of the canvas,  as close to the edge as you can get. Erase parts in the middle where the masks overlap.

Add your name and copyright, save as .png!

Here are examples made by talented members of The Tagger Lounge

Bev:

 Rhonda:

Tika:

This tutorial was created on October 14,2017 by Shazza.  Any resemblance to another Tag or Tutorial is purely coincidental

FTU Tutorial: Strawberries

Tube of choice (I am using "Barbara" by Misticheskaya, which you can
purchase from PFD.  Please use proper license.
**Scrap kit "Strawberry Wine" by Rieka_Rafita HERE
Mask of choice
Font of choice

**I wrote this last year and am finally getting around to posting it now.  In that time, it appears that the link to the kit is no longer available.  This is one of the main reasons I stopped writing tuts ggrrr!!
Please use an alternate kit if you do not have this one.  Sorry!

Add drop shadows as you go along.

Open RR_Frame2, Shift+D to duplicate and close original.
Resize canvas size to 700 x 700
Open and paste RR_Bow.  Place toward bottom of frame.
Open RR_Leaves.  Mirror.  Place on the left side of the frame.
Open RR_Frame 1 and paste as new layer. Resize 110%.
Open and paste RR_Flower1.  Resize 40% and position at left bottom
of frame.  Duplicate. Flip horizontal.  Resize 85%.  Position to the left
of the first flower.
Open and paste RR_Cupcake.  Resize 60%.  Position beside the the
flowers on the right.
Open and paste RR_Strawbery4.  Resize 30%.  Place beside cupcake on right.
Open and paste RR_Flower2.  Resize 40%.  Rotate left 55.  Flip horiontal. Sharpen.
Position beside the cupcake.  Let the red flower touch the cupcake.
Open RR_StrawberryBasket2. Resize 60%. Position at right bottom
corner of frame.
Open and paste RR_Strawberry3.  Resize 20%.  Place beside basket on
the left.
Open and paste RR_Strawbery2.  Resize 30%.  Position between red
flowers and the cupcake.
Open RR_Dragonfly.  Resize 30%.  Place where you like on your tag.
create a new layer on the very bottom.  Select all and paste in paper
of choice.  I used RR_Paper9.
Add mask of choice.  Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance.
Adjust>Blur>Motion Blur: Angle 210, Strength 65.  I resized my mask
105%, then added Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance again.
Open and paste RR_Glitter1.  Move to left side of canvas.  Duplicate
and mirror.
Paste the glitter tube again.  Use your pick tool (or deform) and drag
down halfway the size of the glitter and then move it to the bottom
of your canvas.
Add your copyright and name and save as .png!

Here is a tag Rhonda made

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on July 9, 2017.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Tutorial: Bones

Thought it was time to write another tutorial and even though it's still in the middle of August, I am ready for fall / Halloween!

This tutorial was written using PSP 2018 but is compatible with any version.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Kit used:  Bibi Bones from SNCo
Tube: Jasmine Becket-Griffith 98-1 from CDO.  Please make sure you use proper license.
Mask: Gems mask 166. Her mask link is no longer available, just right click and save.  Visit her blog!
Font: Rue Mademoiselle

Add drop shadows as you go along! (I used 0, 0, 60, 20)

Open paper 1.  Shift+D to duplicate.  Close original layer.
Adust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize set both to 0.
Open paper 5 and paste as new layer. Change blend mode to Exclusion. Merge down.
Add mask gemsmasks-166.  Merge layer group.  Copy.
Open a new transparent 700x700 canvas.  Paste the masked layer.  Resize 85%.
Now we will add our elements (see my tag for reference)
Element 78, resize 70%
Element 77, resize 55%
Element 48, resize 40%
Element 82, flip horizontal, Adust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize set both to 0, resize 30%
Element 5, rotate left 90°, resize 60%
Element 68, resize 60%
Element 55, resize 85%
Element 88, flip horizontal, Adust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize set both to 0, resize 40%
Duplicate. Mirror horizontal, rotate left 9°, resize 80%, sharpen
Element 37, flip horizontal, resize 80%
Element 7, resize 40%
Element 10, resize 8%, sharpen
Element 3, resize 40%
Element 74, resize 45%
Element 70, resize 20%, sharpen
Element 56, flip horizontal resize 35%, sharpen
Paste tube and resize (I resize mine 65). Adust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize set both to 0.
Duplicate. On original tube layer, add gaussian blur 4.
On top tube layer, change blend mode to hard light.
Element 72, Adust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize set both to 0, resize.
Add you copyright info, name and save as .png!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on August 18, 2018.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.