Tutorial: Steampunk Gears

 Hi there, here is a quick and easy tutorial how to make your own steampunk gears!  Download the Gear fontand install: https://www.dafont.com/gears-icons.font

Now we will make our texture.

Open a new image 200 x 200 pixels.

Fill with #523818.  

Add Noise: Uniform, 100%, Monochrome checked

Duplicate, add Noise with same settings.  Add Gaussian blur of 1.  Sharpen 5x.

Add new layer and fill with #523818.

Play with the top two layers until you get something you like.  

Merge and save to your textures folder if you like.  Also, try adding different colors to the top layer and keep playing with blend modes.

Open new 500 x 500 transparent canvas.

Set your materials palette fill to the pattern you just made.

Choose your text tool, set size to 300 - 400 and choose a gear that you like.

Optional:  Add inner bevel of your choice or use mine:

Also feel free to play with a Brightness/Contrast settings.

Here are some I made, feel free to snag!

I'd love to see what you create, please email them to me at MyzticDesignzz@gmail.com

Time to Relax

Here is a tut I recently wrote for The Taggers Lounge, I keep forgetting to post them!

SUPPLIES:

Scrapkit called "Time to Relax" by Crazy Cat Creations, HERE

Mask 029 by sylvie, HERE (second one down)

Tube: Veronika by Fiodorova, HERE (or tube of choice, but sitting tube will work best!)

One of the tubes for the background I've put together HERE (or use your own)

Remember to add drop shadows as you go along.  (I used 2, 2, 30, 7, black)

Open new transparent canvas, 700 x 700

Select all, paste CCC_Paper 7 into selection.  Deselect.  

Add mask, merge group and resize 95%.

Paste CCC_ele 8.  Resize 25%.

Use Freehand selection tool and make a selection around the frame.

Add new layer, drag under frame layer and paste mist of choice into selection. (Resize if needed)

Paste CCC_ele 4 on top layer.  Flip Horizontal. Resize 10%. Position along the window sill on the left.

Paste CCC_Flowers 5, resize 10% and position to the left bottom of frame.

Duplicate, Mirror Horizontal and drag this layer under the frame in the layers palette.

Paste CCC_Flowers 6 on top layer, resize 10%, rotate right 10% and position under flowers 5 on the 

left.

Duplicate, mirror horizontal and move down very slightly.

Paste CCC_ele 6, flip horizontal and resize 5% and position to the right of frame on leaves.  Sharpen.

Paste CCC_flowers 1, resize 4% and position on bottom right of the leaves on the left. Sharpen.

Paste CCC_flowers 4, resize 4% and position on bottom of flower 1, down and slightly to the left. Sharpen.

Paste tube, resize as needed and position near center of frame.

Paste CCC_food 1, resize 10% and position in front of tube to the right (if using same tube, it will

go in front of her hand)

Paste CCC_food 2, resize 6% and position in front of the coffee mug, down and to the right slightly.

Paste CCC_ele 5, resize 11% and position to the left of the coffee mug.

Paste CCC_ele 1, resize 13% and position to the left of the book.

Add your name, copyright and save as .png!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on September 7, 2019.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Check out the results from the talented members of The Taggers Lounge:

Linda

KITT

Rhonda

Alexandra

Lisa

FTU Tutorial: VM Love Angel

Supplies: Scrapkit - Chocolate Hearts by Black Widow Creations - HERE
Tube - VeryMany Love Angel 2 HERE or tube of choice
Plugin: Mura's copies (if you do not have that plugin, you can download the frame HERE)


OK, let's go!
Remember to add drop shadows as you go along!
Open a new transparent canvas, 700 x 700
Paste EL19 and resize 25%.
Paste EL7, resize 25% and place beside the first rose and merge down. Objects>Align>Horz. Center in Canvas. Merge visible. Plugins>Muras Copies, Encircle and change number to 8 or 9. Resize 120%, sharpen if desired.
Paste EL31 and drag below the frame layer. Duplicate, image flip horizontal. Resize 105% and change opacity to around 40.
Paste EL14, drag to top layer and position on top right of the frame.
Paste EL6. Resize 50% and place on top above EL14. Paste EL4 and place on bottom right of frame. Paste your tube, resize if needed and position as you like. (If using the same tube as me, I resized her 55% and put her to the left side of my canvas)
Paste EL1 and paste just under EL4 (XO) layer. Move to where the ribbon is sticking out on the left side and just below your tube. Duplicate and drag above EL4 (XO) layer and move to where the ribbon is sticking out of the right side of the element.
 Erase the part in front of the O and make it look like the ribbon is going inside, then coming out the back.
Paste EL18, resize 40% and place just under the tube layer and position above EL4 (XO) layer, just toward the bottom of it.
Highlight top layer. Paste EL22, resize 40% then rotate left 15° and place on left bottom of tube. Paste EL21, resize 45% and place on top of the red heart, but overlap on the right side.
Paste EL15, resize 80% and drag just below the frame layer and position along the bottom of your tube. Duplicate and drag below EL15. Gaussian blur 12.
Add your name and copyright!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on February 10, 2018.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Here are some beautiful samples created by the wonderful members of The Taggers Lounge.  I would love to show yours off too, just email to my at myzticdesignzz@gmail.com!

Tutorial: Happily Never After

It's been quite a while since I've written a tutorial (and I still need to get some of my old ones transferred over!) but came up with this one.  I hope you like it!

This tutorial was written for those with a knowledge of PSP.

You will need: 

Kit :Twisted Fairytale by Candy's Treats.  This is a freebie kit, you can find it HERE 

Mask 157 by Simone, which you can find HERE, or mask of choice

Tube of choice (I chose the beautiful artwork of Laguna, which you can purchase from PFD.  

Ok, let's get started!

Open a new transparent canvas, 700 x 700.

Copy cluster 3, paste as new layer.  Resize 90%.

Use your magic wand and click inside each frame, expand by 8.

New layer, drag underneath cluster layer.  

Copy paper 15, paste into selection.  Ctrl+D to deselect.

Copy twistedwater and place toward bottom of frames, so that the bottom of

the water is not showing on the bottom of the cluster.  Change blend mode

to Luminance.

Copy lightburst and paste as new layer.  Drag toward bottom so that light

is shining just above the cluster plants.  Change blend mode to Lumincance.

Copy twistedlights. Resize 65% and paste on top of plant cluster. Erase parts

covering the clock. 

Copy twistedfairytaleflowers and paste as top layer.  Resize 50%. 

Place on the right side of the frame, just above the cluster plants.

Duplicate and place on left side.  Raise up slightly.

Open butterlfly2, resize 25%. Rotate right 22.  Place almost halfway up on the 

left side of the frame.

Open cluster2 and paste under the frame background and drag down so that a little

is showing under the main cluster plants and shift to left a little bit.

Open cluster3 and drag to bottom layer and arrange so that a little is showing

at the bottom and the left side.  Duplicate.  Drag up and to the left slightly.

Open wordart Happily Never After and resize 65%.  Place just below the bottom

left of the clock.

Highlight top layer and paste your tube, position in center (a sitting tube

will work best)

Add drop shadow of choice to layers.

Add layer at very bottom. Select all. Open paper 25, paste into selection.

Deselect.

Add your mask  and merge group. Resize 95%.

I added texture polished stone default effect to my mask.

Add your name and your copyright and you're done!

This tutorial was written by Sharon Murray on April 17, 2017.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Here are some beautiful samples created by the wonderful members of The Taggers Lounge.  I would love to show yours off too, just email to my at myzticdesignzz@gmail.com!