Whisper In The Wind Designs : Talk About Friendship by Sweet Cravings Scraps, and featuring posers by MediEvil Creations - CT Tags, a Tut, & a FREEBIE cluster frame

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Talk About Friendship by Sweet Cravings Scraps, and featuring posers by MediEvil Creations - CT Tags, a Tut, & a FREEBIE cluster frame

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Tutorial using the Talk About Friendship scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, and featuring the posers by MediEvil Creations

Supplies Needed

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

The Talk About Friendship scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, which is available for purchase at Wilma4Ever HERE

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Any mask of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to start a 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 the 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 metallic 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 #10 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. Now find the doillies #6 and open it and reduce the size by 15% and center it on the tag. Decrease the size of the mask by 25% and slide it to on top of the doillies.

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! Find the couch and open it and reduce it by 70% and place it centered at the bottom of the tag. Now find the Lucie #3 poser by MediEvil Creations, and open her, and reduce her size by about 50% and place her centered as if she is sitting in the middle of the couch. Now find bow #5 and open it, and repeat this process on all 4 corners..place the bow on a corner...duplicate and flip it horizontally....duplicate it a third time and then turn it straight up and down, so the bows form a circle. Now find butterfly #2 and open it and then reduce the size by 90% and place one in the center of each of the 4 corner bows. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the lamp and open it, decrease the size by about 45% and place one on both sides of the couch..pull up the length slightly. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the flower #3 and open it and decrease the size by 25% and place it on the right side of the couch and duplicate it 6 times, moving a little down each time...repeat the process on the left side of the couch; now use the side layers menu and slide the bottom bows and butterflies back to the forefront. Now open the Glitter circles #3 and reduce the size by 35% and place on the left side and then duplicate and flip it horizontally and place on the right side.

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 meat robynebutts@gmail.com, so I can place it on my blog.

Hugs and blessings,

Robyne

Here is a FREEBIE cluster frame I created using the Talk About Friendship kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, which caqn be purchased at Wilma4ever HERE Feel free to snag and use it, but please link back to my blog, the designer's blog, or the link to where the kit can be purchased...do not claim it as your own work..ty!

Preview of the freebie cluster frame I created using the Talk About Friendship scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps.

You can download this freebie cluster frame by simply right-clicking on the image below, and then saving it to your computer. (It is in PNG format).