Whisper In The Wind Designs : CT tag, tut, & FREEBIE cluster frame using the Daisies & Demons scrap kit by Devilish Dezines, and featuring the Comptesse Alana tube by SSP

Sunday, May 5, 2013

CT tag, tut, & FREEBIE cluster frame using the Daisies & Demons scrap kit by Devilish Dezines, and featuring the Comptesse Alana tube by SSP

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Tutorial using the Daisies & Demons scrap kit by Devilish Dezines, and featuring the Comptesse Alana tube by SSP.

Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro - I am using X5, but any should do

The Daisies & Demons scrap kit by Devilish Dezines, which can be purchased at Scraps and the City HERE

The Comptesse Alana tube by SSP, which can be purchased at Scraps and the City HERE

Any mask of your choosing, I chose a mask from PSP-Pals

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to start an new image in Paint Shop Pro (PSP for short). To do this, look at the top left corner, and click on FILE>NEW> a pop up will open...set width and height to 600, make background white, and make sure the transparent box is not checked. Click okay, and you now have a blank size base for your tag, already sized and ready to go.

***(NOTE: there is a layers menu on the right side of your screen..if u do not see it then look up top and click VIEW>PALETTES>LAYERS and it will open up...u use this layer to bring things to the front..say for example u put a shoe on the tag but it went behind a bucket and u want it in front of the bucket...while holding the left click button on your mouse or touch pad down, you would slide the shoe to the layer the bucket is on..it would now be in the front...use this anytime u want to bring something to the forefront.)***

I have chosen a mask from PSP-PALS. Okay, in Paint Shop Pro (PSP) click FILE>OPEN>and open the mask you have chosen, then start a new image FILE>NEW>600x600 and transparent needs to be checked. Choose color or gradient on the right side layers menu; I chose a silver gradient...flood fill the new blank image with the color or gradient..the flood fill is the paint bucket shape. Now go to the top layers menu and click NEW MASK LAYER> from image...a pop up opens..click on the title of the mask you chose in the drop down menu. now go back to the side layers menu and click on the square that has the layers combined...right click it then click merge..the merge group..and voila..you have a mask layer now! :) Now, let's add a nice paper to add some color to your tag. To do this, click on FILE>OPEN> find paper #5 and open it, then click on the pick tool on the tool menu on the left (it looks like an arrow)..a white dotted line will surround the paper, now click EDIT>COPY> find the image 1 tab at the top and click on it...you will do this every time to paste new items as you want to keep building on Image 1 (this is your tag), now click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Decrease the size to fit. Slide the mask to the layer the paper is on in your side layers menu, so your mask is on top.

Now, let's go ahead and add our tube, as we will be building everything else around her. Okay, click FILE>OPEN> find your Comptesse Alana tube and open her then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again, and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce her size by 75% and place her centered on the tag. Now click on the Clock and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> Click on the Image 1 tab again and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Leave the size as it is and place it centered behind the tube.

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #53 flower and open it and then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 85% and place it centered in the top left corner...duplicate it and flip it horizontally...this gives u 2 flowers in the corner, making for a full bloom; now, repeat this process in the other 4 corners. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #81 house and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab, then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 85% and place it on the right side of the tube. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#54 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab, then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 80% and place one on each side of the tag.

Okay now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #73 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY>click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce it by 80% and place it up at the house. Okay, click FILE>OPEN>find the EL #71 and open it and then click EDIT>COPY>click on the image 1 tab and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 85% and add place it next to the pole, duplicate, flip horizontally, and then use the side layers menu and slide the flowers back to the forefront.

Now Click FILE>OPEN>find the EL#17 car and open it then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again, and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 85% and place it on the left side, towards the back; use the side layers menu and slide the tube and pink flowers back to the forefront. . Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #5 and open it then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Decrease the size by 90% and place it on the right side back by the house door. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #1 bird and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by about 90% and place it on the top of the car; use the side layers menu to slide it to the car level, so it is in the forefront.

Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#8 spider and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 85% and place it on the skull the tube is holding; now use the side layers menu and slide it to the tube layer, soit is in the forefront. Now Click FILE>OPEN>find the EL#22 grass and open it then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again, and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place it in front of the car, slightly angled. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#25 and open it then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again and then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Decrease the size by 95% and then place it on the stone path, and use side layers menu to slide it to the forefront.

Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#29 bat and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 80% and place it in the top left area. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#50 lantern and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 90% and place it on the right side of the book. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL #32 wheel and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place it back against the house...flip it horizontally. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#10 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place it in the top right.

Click FILE>OPEN> find the DEL#18 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Leave the size as is, and center on the tag. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#23 clouds and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 80 right, then duplicate, flip it horizontally, and place it in the top left. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#44 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place at the back by the car. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#49 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 85% and place it on the bottom front.

Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#43 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place on the left side back by the car. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#46 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Leave the size as is and center on the tag; use side layers menu and slide this to the very bottom, so all the other elements are in the forefront. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#39 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 90% and place it on the top right under the bat. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#78 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 90% and place at the back right, behind the house.

Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#91 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 95 behind the mushrooms; use the side layers menu and slide it to the forefront. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#60 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 95% and place it on the stone path...duplicate it 6 times, and keep moving it upwards until it is on the entire length of the stone path. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#99 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 95% and place it by the car front.

Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#63 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 95% and place it on the right side of the house. Click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#84 and open it, then click EDIT>COPY> click on the Image 1 tab again then click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce the size by 98% and place it below the window on the house. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#95 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 80% and place one on each side of the tag. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#56 and open it then click on EDIT>COPY> click on the image 1 tab again and then click on EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER. Reduce its size by 95% and place it in the open space in the bottom left.

You did it! You now have finished this tag. You will need to add copy wright info to your tag, as it is the law. Finally, add a name in any font and color of your choosing.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you did, please follow my blog and pass it along to others. If you make a tag using this tutorial, please send it to me at robynebutts@gmail.com, so I can place it on my blog.

Hugs and blessings,

Robyne

FREEBIE cluster frame I created using the Daisies & Demons scrap kit by Devilish Dezines, which is available for purchase HERE

Feel free to snag and use this cluster frame, but please do not claim this as your own work; please simply link back to my blog..TY :)