Whisper In The Wind Designs : CT Tag & Tut for Michelle's Myths' Cemetery Gates scrap kit, and featuring the Stirring Magic tube by TonyTz!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

CT Tag & Tut for Michelle's Myths' Cemetery Gates scrap kit, and featuring the Stirring Magic tube by TonyTz!

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Preview of the Cemetery Gates scrap kit by Michelle's Myths!

Tutorial using the Cemetery Gates scrap kit by Michelle's Myths, and featuring the Stirring Magic tube by TonyTz!

Supplies Needed

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

The Cemetery Gates scrap kit by Michelle's Myths, which can be purchased at The Sweet Pinups shop HERE

The Stirring Magic tube by TonyTz, which can be purchased at Tony's shop HERE

Mask #44 from Beci B & Mask #54 by Sisterzpsptreasures

Template #233 from Denz Designz

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to open the template #76 from Addictive Templates. Next, let's create our mask; for this tag I chose 2 masks. For the 1st one, I have chosen a mask #44 from BeciB, and the 2nd is temp#54 from Sizterzpsptreasures. Okay, in Paint Shop Pro (PSP) click FILE>OPEN>and open the 1st 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 slime green 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! :) Just copy and paste it to the tag, leaving the size as is...make sure the mask is on the very back layer. Repeat these steps with the 2nd mask...only use a black and white gradient..and this mask will be in front of the first one.

***(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.)***

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! The first thing we want to do, is place papers on parts of our template. The following is where your papers should be. Paper #1 on rasters 3 and cop3, paper # 11 on raster 2, paper # 3 on rasters 7 and copy 7, paper # 6 on rasters 4 and copy 4, paper # 4 on raster 10, paper # 7 on raster 5, paper # 8 on raster 6, and paper # 5 on raster 11. Increase the size of the word art at the bottom. The next thing we want to do is to add our tube images. Find and open the full view tube image, reduce it by 50% and place her centered at the bottom, making sure the bottom of her pot is under the bars and word art. Now duplicate it, and cut or erase the bottom half of the tube...place the top half in the circle on the left..decrease size until it fits...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place in the right side circle. Use the effects menu and do black and white with a green base for both.

Next, find the El # 35 the spiderweb and increase it by 30% and place it centered on the tag...it should be on the layer in front of the 2 masks. Next, find and open the el # 4 tree and reduce it by 20%; place one in the top left corner...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place in the top right corner...make sure they are on the layer underneath the spiderweb. Next, find and open the spiders 1 and reduce it by 25% and place on top of the raster 17...duplicate and flip it horizontally and place on the left side on raster 16. Next, find and open the tombs 15 and reduce it by 80% and place on the bottom right, making sure it is behind the purple heart.

Next, find and open the tomb #17 and reduce it by 80% and place it on the bottom left, and make sure it is in the forefront. Next, find and open the grass 1 and leaving the size as is, place it on the very bottom on the right side...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the bottom left; make sure you slide the toms on the sides back to the forefront. Next, find and open the pumpkin 1 and reduce it by 85% and place it on the bottom left, on the right side of the tombstone...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place it on the bottom right..make sure they are in the forefront.

Next, find and open the fog and reduce it by 50% and place it in the top left corner...duplicate it and place it in the top right corner. Next, find and open the moon and reduce it by 60% and place in the top left corner, make sure it is in the forefront. Next, find and open the clouds and leaving the size as is, place it in the top right behind the tree layer...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place it on the top left, again, behind the trees.

Next, find and open the swirl 2 and reduce it by 50% and place it on the right side behind the orange circle layer...duplicate and flip it horizontally and place it on the left on the layer behind the orange circle. Next, find and open the bats #1 and reduce it by 60% and place on the top right. Next, find and open the tomb 5 and reduce it by 35% and place on the bottom right, behind the headstone. Next, find and open the spiders 2 and reduce it by 50% and place on the bottom left tomb...duplicate it to make it darker; duplicate again and flip it horizontally and place on the right side tomb..duplicate to make it darker. Lastly, remove the dotted lines around the ornage circle and black sticks.

Lastly, add 3D drop shadows wherever you would like them to be. Make sure at this point that you add the copyright information (VERY IMPORTANT)!!

You did it! You now have finished this tag. 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