Amore!

Two new CT Tags for Designs by Norella!  Mathcing kit by Michelle's Myths.  Both can be purchased at PicsForDesign!  In the top tag I also used an awesome new template by Niqui's Designs.  All three are awesome for Valentine tagging!

"Amore" poser:

http://picsfordesign.com/en/catalogue/id_108550_amore_poser_tube.pix

Matching scrap kit "Mi Amore":

http://picsfordesign.com/en/catalogue/id_108551_mi_amore.pix

FTU template from Niqui's Designs:

http://niquisdesigns.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-template.html

Snaggable FB Cover

New snaggable FB cover!!  This one uses Barbara Jensen's tube Satin Seduction (Layered-49-3) and Amy Marie's Kits kit "Pretty Princess".  Enjoy!!

Beautiful Kimmy

I’m writing this tutorial using Photoshop CC.  I am assuming the reader has a basic working knowledge of  the Photoshop program.  I believe the instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested on any other version.

This tutorial is my own creation.  Any similarity to any other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the process is pretty similar in most tutorials).  J

Supplies I used for this tutorial:

Poser -  Kimmy by Designs by Norella.  It is PTU and can be purchased here.  Make sure you register and receive your license from the website to use this tube.

Kit – Something Beautiful  by Tinas Magical Scrap World.  It is FTU and can be downloaded  here.

Font – Kismet NF.  It is a free font and can be downloaded  here.

Abbreviations:

SS – Screen Shot

DS – Drop Shadow

B&E – Bevel & Emboss

Instructions:

Open the folder that has your Kit elements in it.

Open  the PSD file of your tube.

 Open a new working canvas sized 700 px by 700 px with a transparent background.

From the Frames folder of the kit, add flowerframe1 and resize it to about 275%.  Move the frame to the upper left side of the canvas.

Add stringframe1 and resize it to about 285%.  Position it so that if overlaps the right bottom corner of flowerframe1.

Add paper21, resize to about 225%.  Drag the paper so that it completely covers the inside of the flower frame.  Drag the paper21 layer below the flowerframe layer.

Click on the flowerframe layer to make it the active layer.  Select the magic wand tool and click inside the empty part of the flower frame.  Make sure it selects the entire empty space of the frame.  Now from the main menu choose:  Select > Modify > Expand.  Expand the selection by at least 5 pixels.  Then Inverse your selection (Ctrl + Shift + I).  Now all of the canvas except the empty part of the frame is selected.

Click back on the paper layer to activate it.  Right click on the paper and select Rasterize layer.  Then press the Delete key on your keyboard.   Voila, now your paper should be all gone except the portion in the center of the frame.  Deselect the area (Ctrl + D).

Now add paper11, resize to about 225%.  Drag the paper so that it completely covers the inside of the stringframe.  Drag the paper11 layer below the stringframe layer.

Click on the stringframe layer to make it the active layer.  Select the magic wand tool and click inside the empty part of the stringframe.  Make sure it selects the entire empty space of the frame.  Now from the main menu choose:  Select > Modify > Expand.  Expand the selection by at least 5 pixels.  Then Inverse your selection (Ctrl + Shift + I).  Now all of the canvas except the empty part of the frame is selected.

Click back on the paper layer to activate it.  Right click on the paper and select Rasterize layer.  Then press the Delete key on your keyboard.   Voila, now your paper should be all gone except the portion in the center of the frame.  Deselect the area (Ctrl + D).

Switch over to your tube file.  Make sure you have hidden all the layers except the main one.  Use the

Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a box around just the part of the tube you want to display in the flower frame.  Copy (Ctrl + C) the selection.

****Note:  If you are working with a multiple layer tube, you may need to save the image you are using as png file  with only the layers you want turned on.  Then you can open up the png file and use it to copy from.

Go back to your working canvas and paste (Ctrl + V) the selection.  Make sure the layer you are working with is above the paper21 layer.  Resize the selection from the tube to fit inside your frame.  Once you like what is being displayed inside the frame.  Right click on the layer and select “Create Clipping Mask”.  This trims away any part of the pasted in selection that falls outside of the trimmed paper.  To enhance the clarity of the tube, from the main menu choose:  Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen.  Repeat the steps to copy and paste the part of the tube you want to display in the string frame as well clipping the tube layer to paper11 layer.

After the face layer is clipped to Paper11, from the main menu choose:  Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.  This flips the face so it is looking in the opposite direction.

Next Add the full tube to the canvas and resize it to fit.  Position the full body tube to the left of the canvas overlapping with the flowerframe in the upper corner. 

****Note if you are using a full sized tube like Kimmy you will have to shrink the size considerably.  I shrunk the tube to 20% and still had to adjust it a bit.

Make sure this is now the uppermost layer.  Flip the tube using the Flip Horizontal command from above.  Right click on the tube layer and select Blending Options.

Select the Drop Shadow (DS) option and mirror the settings below then click ok:

• Adding DS make the images stand out from the canvas.  You can play around with the angle to change the effect.  I prefer 120 for the angle of most of my elements.  Once you have the angle set anytime DS is applied it will use the same settings.

Apply the Sharpen filter as well to enhance the clarity.

Now let’s add the background.  Add paper28 and resize it to cover the entire tag.  Drag the paper28 layer to the very bottom of the layers so it is behind everything else.

Add a new layer and add the name you want to the bottom right side.  I chase to use Kismet NF font sized to 172 pt.  I then applied a golden colored style to it to make it stand out more.

To frame the tag, add a new layer and make it the topmost layer.  Then using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, draw a box around the entire tag.  From the main menu choose:  Select > Modify > Border and choose a width of 15 pixels.  Use the paint bucket tool to fill the border with color.  Then you can apply any complimentary style that you want.  I play around with different ones until I like the way it looks.  After you add the first layer effect, deselect the selection so you can see the full effect of the style on the border.

 

From here you can add whatever other elements you like and resize them and position them as you want.  Below is a list of what I chose to do.  You can choose to use the same ones or experiment with other elements. 

• Added flower2  above the flowerframe  layer and resized it 139%.  I overlapped the flowerframe.  Added DS.
• Added flower3 below  that layer and resized it 139%.  I slightly overlapped the flowers.  Added DS.
• Above the stringframe layer I added clip1 resized to 145% and positioned it so that it was to the right of the tube and over lapped the frame.  Added DS.
• Above the clip1 layer I added butterfly4  and flipped it horizontally.  I positioned it so it looked like it was perched on the heart and added DS.
• Added the sweetflower1  and resized it to 150%, positioning it below the heart.  Added DS.
• Added glassbutterfly3  to the right side of flowerframe.  Added DS.

The last step is to be sure to add the proper artists copyright and save as a .png file!

Thank you for trying  my tutorial.  If you would like to offer any feedback, please comment on the blog and let me know if you have questions or suggestions to improve the instructions.

Bunny Love

Here is another FB Cover I made.  It was made using Bunny Love tube by Derzi at Beehive Studio  and a matching kit by Hania's Design.  Enjoy!

Snowflake Miracles

I’m writing this tutorial using Photoshop CC.  I am assuming the reader has a basic working knowledge of  the Photoshop program.  I believe the instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested on any other version.

This tutorial is my own creation.  Any similarity to any other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the process is pretty similar in most tutorials).  J

Supplies I used for this tutorial:

• Poser -  Snowflake by Designs by Norella.  It is PTU and can be purchased here.  Make sure you register and receive your license from the website to use this tube.
• Kit – Winter’s Love by Wicked Princess Scraps.  It is FTU and can be downloaded  here.
• Font – Fontdinerdotcom Sparkly.  It is a free font and can be downloaded  here.

Abbreviations:

SS – Screen Shot

DS – Drop Shadow

B&E – Bevel & Emboss

Common  Steps:

Instructions:

Open the folder that has your Kit elements in it.

Open  the PSD file of your tube.

Open a new working canvas sized 700 px by 700 px with a transparent background.

Add your Snowflake tube and resize her to fit the canvas.  Position her to the right of the canvas.  Add a DS to Snowflake.  I like to use an angle of about 120 degrees.

From your kit, add the Twig Frame and resize it to about 400%.  Position it to the left of Snowflake.  Drag the layer below Snowflake.  Add DS.

Next add paper PP2 and resize it so it covers at least all of the empty part of the frame.  Going beyond the empty area is fine as we are going to clip it to fit.  Make sure the paper layer is below the Frame. 

Select the Frame layer. Select the Magic Wand tool and click inside the empty part of the frame.  Make sure it selects the entire empty space of the frame.  Now from the main menu choose:  Select > Modify > Expand.  Expand the selection by at least 5 pixels.  Then Inverse your selection (Ctrl + Shift + I).  Now all of the canvas except the empty part of the frame is selected.

Click back on the paper layer to activate it.  Right click on the paper and select Rasterize layer.  Then press the Delete key on your keyboard.   Voila, now your paper should be all gone except the portion in the center of the frame.

Now go back to your original tube file (not the one in your working canvas, but the one still open from the beginning).  Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a box around just the part of the tube you want to display in the frame.  Copy (Ctrl + C) the selection.

****Note:  If you are working with a multiple layer tube, you may need to save the image you are using as png file  with only the layers you want turned on.  Then you can open up the png file and use it to copy from.

Go back to your working canvas and paste (Ctrl + V) the selection.  Make sure the layer you are working with is above the paper layer.  Resize the selection from the tube to fit inside your frame.  Once you like what is being displayed inside the frame.  Right click on the layer and select “Create Clipping Mask”.  This trims away any part of the pasted in selection that falls outside of the trimmed paper.

Add the word art from the kit next.  Position it at the bottom of the canvas and resize it to fit in the empty space.  I chose 347% and added a layer to make it stand out more.  I also added a B&E using the Outer Bevel Style, Technique Smooth, and Up Direction.  And a Stroke in red with a size of 1.

At this point I like to add the background.  You can either use a mask or the Brush tool.  For this one I used my brush tool with a cloud brush and a red from Snowflake outfit.  I then just painted random areas until I liked how it looked.

From here you can add whatever other elements you like and resize them and position them as you want.  Below is a list of what I chose to do.  You can choose to use the same ones or experiment with other elements.  All of these I added in order from the bottom up between the bottom layer and Snowflake.

•  Added Flourish above the bottom  layer and resized it 497%.  Made this off center toward the left.
• Added Flowerflourish above that layer and resized it 1375%.  Made this off center toward the right.
• Above the Twigframe layer I add Leaves resized to 249% and positioned it so that it over lapped the top of the frame.  Added DS.
• Added Popflowerbranch layer to the left side of the frame.  Resized to 241% and added DS.
• Added the Leaf to the left side and resized it to 214%.  Added DS.
• Added Branch to the left side and resized it to 178%.  Added DS.
• Added Branch2 to the bottom  resized to 178% and rotated slightly.  Added DS.
• Added Redribbon to the middle of the canvas so that is ran along the bottom of the frame.  I just resized it to stretch slightly over the left side.  Added DS.
• Added Blingleaf beside Branch2 and resized it to 195% and slightly rotated it as well.  Added DS.
• Added Bauganvilleflower to the left side of the frame  resized to 218%, slightly rotated and added DS.
• Added Rosecorsage to the left grouping and resized it to 378%.  Added DS.
• Added Blingflower resized to about 185% to connect the grouping at the bottom and the grouping on the left so that it slightly overlapped both.  Added DS.

Add your name to the top middle of the tag using the font of your choice.  I chose Fontdinerdotcom Sparkly and a type size of 100.  Then I applied  a complimentary style to it.

The last step is to be sure to add the proper artists copyright and save as a .png file!

Thank you for trying  my tutorial.  If you would like to offer any feedback, please comment on the blog and let me know if you have questions or suggestions to improve the instructions.

Steampunk Samantha

 I’m writing this tutorial using Photoshop CC.  I am assuming the reader has a basic working knowledge of  the Photoshop program.  I believe the instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested on any other version.

This tutorial is my own creation.  Any similarity to any other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the process is pretty similar in most tutorials).  J

Supplies I used for this tutorial:

Poser -  Samantha by Disgns by Norella.  It is PTU and can be purchased here.  Make sure you register and receive your license from the website to use this tube.

Kit – Traveller Vip Steampunk by Conchi.  It is PTU and can be purchased  here.

Font – FHA Condensed French.  It is a free font and can be downloaded  here.

Style – Bannana from the Fruit Styles by aleksdi90.  It is a free style pack and can be downloaded here.

Instructions:

Open the folder that has your Kit elements in it.

Open  the PSD file of your tube.

From the kit elements open Travellervipsteampunkdnvintageframe.png  the canvas it opens on will become your working canvas going forward.

If you want to use the tag for profiles on Facebook, you will need to make your canvas square.  Normally I start with a square canvas but in a case where I am letting the base element determine the size I go in and adjust the canvas size using (Alt + Ctrl + C). 

When I look at the canvas size I see that it is set to 787 px X 694 px.  Changing the size of the canvas does not change the size of the elements or the image.  I simply make my canvas a square by changing the Height to 787 px to match the larger width size.  The canvas size screen should look like this:

After you are done changing the Canvas size, go to the Image Size (Alt+Ctrl+I) and change the resolution to 72 Pixels/Inch.

During this tutorial we will be resizing a lot of elements.  It is important to make sure you  do this without distorting them.  Below are general instructions on how to do this:

·         You can resize your elements without distorting them in one of two ways:

o   Hold down Alt + Shift on your keyboard, and use your mouse to select one corner and drag

o   Increase the scale size up in the action bar by the same percentage (100% is the beginning size)

After you have resized it, click the a on the action bar to commit the change to the element.

Refer back to the sizing section if you forget how to do this at any time.

Now back to the design.  Open the papers folder for the kit and add Travellervipsteampunkdnpaper12.jpg  to the picture.  Resize the paper so that it just slight overlaps the center of the frame.   Select the paper layer in your layers sidebar and drag it down so it is below the the frame layer. 

Next bring in your tube.  This is a full size tube so it will be quite a bit larger than your working canvas.  Resize it until it fits in the frame and position her to the left side.  Right click on the tube layer and select Blending Options.  Turn on your Drop Shadow and change the angle until you like the shadow outline (I set mine to 131 degrees).

Now  from the kit, add Travellervipsteampunkdncar.png.  Resize it to fit into the frame.  Drag the car layer down below the tube layer so that Samantha (our tube) is standing in front of the car.

Now add Travellervipsteampunkdnairballoon.png and resize it so that it looks like it is floating in the sky far away.  Position it in the sky where you like it best.  I chose to put mine over the dip in the mountains.

From here you can add whatever other elements you like and resize them and position them as you want.  Below is a list of what I chose to do.  You can choose to use the same ones or experiment with other elements.

·         Add Travellervipsteampunkbutterfly.png from the kit and resize it so it is small enough to perch on the motor block of the car.  You can also put the butterfly elsewhere or leave it out altogether if you don’t like it.

·         Add Travellervipsteampunkdnglitters.png to the bottom of the picture and resize so it fits under the car.  Then move this layer below the car layer.  It now looks like there is gold dust on the road.

·         Add Travellervipsteampunkdnmalete.png to the canvas.  Resize it and position it by the feet of the tube.  Drag the layer up so it is in front of the car.

·         Add Travellervipsteampunkdntank.png to the canvas.  Resize the tank and position it next to the trunk.  Then drag the layer down below the trunk layer so that it looks like the trunk slightly overlaps the tank.

·         Add Travellervipsteampunkdncat.png to your canvas.  Resize it and position it so it is lounging on the top of the trunk next to Samantha.  You may need to drag the cat layer up above the trunk layer.

Once you have all the elements you want in the frame, it is time to think where you want to put the name.  There are several cute “tag” elements in the kit.  I thought it would be fun to use one of those on the bottom of the frame as the base for the name.  I chose Travellervipsteampunkdnlebel.png and resized it to fit my needs.  I even “distorted” this one a bit to make it fit the way I wanted on the frame.

Next I selected my font  (FHA Condensed French) and set it to size 80.  Then I applied the Bannana style to it.  You can choose your own font and style or use these.

Now for the most important part – the copyright!  The proper crediting for this tube is ©Designs By Norella  www.designsbynorella.blogspot.com  PFD_your license #.

Now  Add your name using whatever font and style you like.  I used FHA Condensed French and a style of Bannana (see the link to download both in the supplies above).

The last step is to be sure to add the proper artists copyright and save as a .png file!

Thank you for trying  my tutorial.  If you would like to offer any feedback, please comment on the blog and let me know if you have questions or suggestions to improve the instructions.

New FB Cover - Dragon Princess

Sharing a FB Cover I made using the beautiful work of Angelica S.  The tube is called Dragon Princess and I used her Amethyst's Treasure kit to go with it.  Enjoy!

Albony #2

Woo hoo!  I've finished CT Tag #2!  I'd love to hear if you like it!

CT Tag for Designs by Norella using her gorgeous poser tube "Albony" available at PicsForDesign. Scrap kit used is "Midnight Drama Kit" by Tiny Turtle Designs and can be purchased here.

Albony

My first ever CT Tag for Designs by Norella using her gorgeous poser tube "Albony" available at PicsForDesign. Scrap kit used is "Masquerade Ball" by Gimptastic Scraps.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!!!  This blog will be dedicated to showcasing my CT work.  It is not for making requests for tags, but when I finally get the hang of tutorial writing I will be adding them here as well.

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