An Award!!!

I have recieved this lovely award from Tiffany over at Sweet Southern Comfort Creations. Thank you so very much, Tiffany!!! I am going to re-gift this wonderful award to the following 5 blogs.



Shal's World

Tinabug Creations

Cowgirl Creations

The Life and Times of Leah

Belle of the Ball Tutorials and Scraps

Woohoo.. A Tutorial Using my Starrified Freebie Kit

April from Cowgirl Creations has written a wonderful tutorial using my Starrified Freebie Kit!!! Isn't it just wonderful?!? Thank you so much, April!!!

I recieved my first Award!!!

This is from WitchysHeart from Creationz by WitchysHeart.

Thank you so much, WitchysHeart!!!

I'm supposed to pick 10 blogs to pass this too,and list 10 things about me.

1. I live in North Carolina, but was born in Pennsylvania.

2. I'm actually very shy and won't talk to you unless you talk to me first.

3. I am on my second marriage.

5. I got married when I was 15 and was divorced by 20!

6. I have three children, the first came when I was 17...

7. I sincerely dread turning 30...which isn't but, a little over a year away...

8. I've been playing wiht PSP on and off for the past 5 years.

9. I love to learn new things and think everyone should learn something new everyday!

10. I hate dogs and much rather prefer cats, but due to a really bad experience with my last cat, Lucky(*cry*), I now own a fluffy pomeranian...

This is who I have selected so far. Seems alot of people have it... and I don't know that many people...

1. Shal's World

2. The Life and Times of Leah

3.

Wow! Another Tutorial!

Wow! I have found another tutorial using one of my kits! This lovely tut is called Season Greetings, and is using my Christmas Wishes freebie! It was written by the loely, Beaches from Blame Beaches Tutorials, and you can find it HERE! Thank you so very much, Beaches!!!

Yet, Another Awesome Tutorial using My Christmas Wishes Kit

Julie from Bits N Bobs Tutorials , has made me an awesome tag and tutorial using my Christmas Wishes Kit. Thank you so very much, Julie!!! It's called Mary Christmas and you can find it HERE.

And, another Awesome Tutorial using My Christmas Wishes Kit

Wow! I seem to be hitting the jackpot with this kit! Witchy has made another awesome tutorial using my Christmas Wishes kit! It's called HoHoHo, and you can find it here.

Thank you so very much, WitchysHeart!!! You did a fantabulous job!!!

Yet, Another Awesome Tutorial using My Christmas Wishes Kit

Tweety from Tweety Tutorials has made this gorgeous tag from my Christmas Wishes kit. It's totally awesome, and she even wrote a tutorial for it! You can find the tutorial here, it's called Christmas Wishes.

Another Awesome Tutorial using My Christmas Wishes Kit

My good friend, Susan, from Shal's World has created a lovely and very gorgeous tag using my kit, Christmas Wishes. :D You can find this tutorial, called White Christmas, here. Thanks so much, Susan!!!!

Tutorial Used with my A Winters Tale Kit

Christina from Tinabugs Creations has written a wonderful tutorial, called On Santa's Naughty List, using my A Winter's Tale Kit!!! Lovely job, Christina!!! Thank you so very much!!! You can see it here!

My Second Tut - Wintergreen Wonderland

Supplies
Tube of Choice -
I am using the awesome artwork of Jose A. Cano, which you must have a license to use. Please do not use his work without purchasing a license from MPT, here.

Scrap Kit of Choice - I have used a gorgeous Greeny Pay to Use Kit by Shal, called Wintergreen Wonderland, which you can pick up at Mistaken Art.

Mask of Choice - I have used WSL_283 and WSL_289 by weescotslass which can be downloaded from her blog, Weescotslass Creations, here.

Font of Choice - I am using a font called Santas Big Secret and Black Chancery Which you can pick up at DaFont, here.

Plug-In Filters Needed - You need Mura Meister Copies and Eye Candy 4 for Gradiant Glow.

Now, Let's have some fun!

Let's open a new image, 600 by 600 pixels.

Open up LWS_WW_Frame 1.
Drag it over to the new image you just opened.
And close out the original image.
Add a drop shadow to you're frame of 0, 0, 100, 3.

Choose your tube and place it where you would like to.
I just let mine center when I drug it over.
Remember to cut off any excess part of the tube you don't want to show.
You can do this by using you're magic wand tool.
Add a drop shadow to you're tube of 0, 0, 100, 3.

Choose 1 of the papers.
I just picked a color. so I chose LWS_WW_Paper 12.Place you're paper underneath the frame (and, or tube if you put it underneath the frame).
Make sure you're frame layer is active and then Using you're selection tool, click on the inside of the frame.
Modify and then Expand by 5.
Selections, Invert, and delete on you're paper layer.
Selections, Selcet None.

Okay.. Let's give some character to our layer underneath the frame.
Minimize your tag for a minute.

Open a new image 600 by 600 pixels.
I am using the font Santas Big Secret.
Click on your font tool and set you're background color to #315d32.
Click in your new image and type the text Santa Baby and apply.
Hit Objects, Allign Center, and then Center in Canvas.Convert the text to a raster layer.
Now let's apply the filter, Mura Meister Copies to it.
Use the settings Line, Tile, Normal1, 50, 50, -6, 0, 0, 100, 4, 0, 30, 2

Go back to your tag
Find the your background layer underneath the frame.
Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, Invert.
Drag your text layer over to your tag.
Hit Delete to erase all the excess away.Selections, Selcet None.

Now, let's add a background layer!
I chose LWS_WW_Paper 6. Just add it to you're background layer.
I added noise to mine.
You can do this by Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise.
I used the settings Gaussian, 25, Monochrome checked.

Let's find a Mask now for our background!
I have applied WSL_289 mask to it and merged the group together.
Duplicate that layer.
Hit Image and then Mirror.
Then Hit Image again and Flip.
Merge those two layers together.

I have added a second background layer, underneath the one we just made.
I have chosen to use LWS_WW_Paper 17.
I have applied WSL_283 mask to it and merged the group together.
Merge the group together, and make sure it is underneath the original layer.

Now to add some elements!
Open up LWS_WW_Bells 2.
Resize them by 60%. and place one where you would like it on top of the snowflake on the top of the frame.
Duplicate the Bells and then Image, Mirror.
Merge the bells together.
Add a drop shadow to you're bells of 0, 0, 100, 3 color is black.

Open up LWS_WW_Double Bow 3.
Resize them by 40%.
Then we need to rotate them a bit.
Image, Free Rotate and Let's rotate them 15% to the left.
Place one where you would like it to cover the top edge of the bells.
Duplicate the Bows and then Image, Mirror.
Merge the bows together.
Add a drop shadow to you're bows of 0, 0, 100, 3 color is black.

Open up LWS_WW_Beads 1.
Resize them by 40%.
Then we need to rotate them a bit. Image, Free Rotate and Let's rotate them 15% to the left.
Place one where you would like it to cover the top edge of the bells.
Duplicate the Beads and then Image, Mirror.
Merge the bows together.
Add a drop shadow to you're beads of 0, 0, 100, 3 color is black.

Open up LWS_WW_Candle 3.
Resize them by 30%. and place one where you would like it on top of the snowflake on the bottom of the frame.
Duplicate the Candles and then Image, Mirror.
Merge the bells together.
Add a drop shadow to you're candles of 0, 0, 100, 3 color is black.

And then, randomly place some snowflakes around the frame.
Resize and rotate as needed to get you're placements right.
Place them where you would like, or use my completed tag as a reference.

Add you're copywrites and any other needed info to the tag.

Let's Add the name to our tag now!
I have used the font Santa's Sleigh Full - pixel size 18 - with a stroke width of 1I used the color #396c38 for my foreground color and #62af63 as my background.
Add your name.
Move it around towards the bottom of your tag somewhere, where you like it.
Then hit, Objects, Allign, Horizontal Center in Canvas.
Convert to a Raster Layer.
Let's add a gradiant glow to our name now.
Glow Width 3, Soft Corners 100, Overall Opacity 100, Draw Only Outside the Selection Checked.
I used a really light color from my tag and a darker one in the slider.
Opacity at 100%.
Add a drop shadow to you're name of 0, 0, 100, 3 color is black.

Merge visible and save!

All Done!

Tag Show-Offs

Here are some wonderful tags made using my, A Winter's Tale Kit by the gals over at The Designer Mall group at Cafemom! Wonderful job ladies!!! Thank you!

Tag Show-Offs

My Good friend, Susan from Life with Shal, made me this gorgeous tag using my A Winter's Tale Kit. She did a fantastic job! I just love it, Susan! Thank you so very much!!!

My First Tut! - Snowflakes

Supplies

Tube of Choice - I am using the amazing artwork of Ismael Rac which you must have a license to use. Please do not use his work without purchasing a license from AMI.

Scrap Kit of Choice - I have used a Free to Use Kit by myself, called A Winter's Tale, which you can pick up at my blog here.

Mask of Choice - I have used WSL_289, made by weescotslass which can be downloaded from her blog, Weescotslass Creations.

Font of Choice .. I am using a Free to Use font called Santa's Sleigh Full, which you can pick up from DaFont here.

Word Art of Choice - I am using the wonderful word art by Lori from Word Art by Lori. You can get it from here. Just click on her blinkie for Word Art to find it.

Now, Let's have some fun!

Let's open a new image, 600 by 600 pixels.

Open up Frame 4, or whichever other color you prefer.

No need to resize!

Drag it over to the new image you just opened.

Add a drop shadow to your frame of 0, 0, 100, 3.

Choose your tube and place her where you like her.

Duplicate her, so that you can be sure to cut off the excess and have her head over the top of the frame too, if you would like.

Remember to cut off any excess part of the tube you don't want to show.

Convert the tube layer to grayscale.

Add a drop shadow to your tube of 0, 0, 100, 3.

Let's get our paper for inside of the frame.

I chose Paper24, because it matches my black and white theme I am using.

Using your Magic Tool Tool, select the inside of the frame layer, remember to get the four corners as well.

Modify, then Expand by 2. Selections, Invert.

Make sure the paper you just placed it active and hit delete to get rid of all the excess that you don't need.

Feel free to use whichever paper matches you're theme most.

Now to add some elements!
I added Snowman 2. I have resized him by 75% and grayscaled him to match my tag.

Add a drop shadow to Snowman of 0, 0, 100, 3.

I used the Snowy Tree inside my frame to fill up some extra space.

I just resized it by 75% and it fit under the frame layer well.

Just place it wherever you would like it.

Add a drop shadow to your tree of 0, 0, 100, 3.

I used Paper 29 for the background layer.. had to have a little bit of color!

I have applied WSL_289 mask to it and merged the group together.

And then, randomly place some snowflakes around the frame.

Again, I wanted a little flair, so I have chosen a sbowflake to match my background layer.

Resize and rotate as needed to get you're placement right.

Place them where you would like, or use my completed tag as a reference.

Choose one of the fabulous word arts and place it where needed.

I find it best, when using word art like this, to place it where you want, and then add a new layer, with whatever color you are using.

I am using #64a162 to match my background layer.

So add a new layer and flood fill with you're color.

Go back to the word art and Selections, Select All, Modify, Expand by 2, Invert and then Delete on you're new colored layer.

Move the colored layer under the word art and change the blend mode to Overlay.

Usually this will do the job!

*If not, you can always use the Adjust-Hue & Saturation- Colrization Method.*

Add the same drop shadow we used before it you feel it is needed.

Add you're copywrites and any other needed info to the tag.

Time to add you're name.

I have used the font Santa's Sleigh Full - pixel size 24 - with a stroke width of 2.

I used the color #64a162 for my foreground color and black as my background.

Add you're name and merge visible and then save!
All Done!

I would love to see any results! Feel free to have fun and play with this tutorial. It doesn't have to be exactly the same! Difference.. is a wonderful thing!

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

Tag Show-Offs

My good friend, Susan, from Shal's World , made this gorgeous tag for me using my A Winters Tale Kit! Thank you, my wonderful friend! You did a very fantastic job!!!