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Template: Template 129, by Rosey can be found here.
Tube: by Jamie Kidd, Candice 62-1, available for purchase at CDO.

Filters used: Mura's Cloud & Copies, PentaCom ColorDot, Xero Fratillary.

Foreground Colour=6F2F65
Background Colour=090909

SA=Select
F=Float
DF=Defloat
NL=New Layer
SN=Select None

Drop shadow used: 2,2,35,5, can be added after finishing eash step.
Deleted template layers after each step.

We'll begin by making our own mask for this tag.
Open a new image, 834x456, flood fill with black, add a new layer, use your rectangle selection tool with these settings: Rectangle, Add (Shift), Feather 45, Anti-alias checked. Draw out a medium sized rectangle on your new layer, be careful not to get to close to the edges of your image, flood fill with white, center this layer in your image and merge layers down.

Open the template, duplicate the image and close the original.
Delete the credits layer, layer 10 and copy of layer 10.

Select the bottom layer and add a new layer, flood fill with black and apply your new mask, merge group.

Create a Linear gradient using the foreground and background colours, Angle 0, repeats 0.

Select Raster 12 layer in your template, SA, F, DF,NL, flood fill the selection with your gradient, SN.

Select Copy of Raster 12 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, Invert the gradient and flood fill with the gradient, SN.

Select Raster 13 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with forground colour,  keep selected and apply Mura's Cloud filter use default settings, repeat for copy of raster 13 layer.

Select Raster 11 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with your gradient set on Sunburst, invert UNchecked, SN, DO NOT DELETE this layer hide template layer.

Select Raster 8 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with your gradient set on Sunburst, invert UNchecked, apply Penta Com Color Dot, change the Value to 120 and the Distance to 10, SN, hide template layer.
Repeat for Copy of Raster 8 Layer.

Select Raster 2 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with LINEAR gradient, invert checked, repeats 1, Adjust, Add Noise, Noise=75, Gaussian and Monochrome selected, repeat noise, keep selected.
Selections, modify, contract by 5, add a new layer and flood fill with the same linear gradient, SN.

Select Raster layer 1, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with your back ground layer, repeat for copy of raster 1 layer.

Select raster 3 layer, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with your foreground colour, apply Xero Fratillary using these settings: Granularity=3, Aggression=170, Tessalation=17, Variation=67. Repeat this step for the Copy of Raster 3 layer.

Select raster layer 5, SA,F,DF,NL, flood fill with your background colour, do NOT delete the template instead and some noise to it using the same settings as before, repeat this for copy of raster 5 layer.

Ok lets add the tubes now.

Go back to Raster 11 layer SA,F,DF, copy and paste the medium sized tube as a new layer, selections invert and hit delete. Layers arrange, move up, change the blend mode to Overlay. You can now delete the template layer.

Select your tube layer again, and hide all the layers in your layers pallet that are below the tube layer including the tube, select the very top layer in your pallet and merge layers visible. You can now unhide everything.

Using your move tool, move your merged layer down a bit in your image.

Select your text tool, create as Vector, using a pixel font set at 10 and background colour set at 6F2F65 type your name, Align, Center In Canvas.
Apply Mura's copies use these settings: Pre-set Menu=Tiling, Shift Mode=Line, Tile Mode=Normal, change Number to 1 and gap size to 2 hit OK. Position so that it fills nicely inside the black rectangle on your merged layer.

Back to your merged layer use your magic wand, feather set at 0 and click inside the Black rectangle, selections Invert, go to your text layer that you just did and hit delete.

Copy and paste the Small size tube (layer 1) as a new layer position to the right, see finished tag. Add a drop shadow of 3,3,100,10 with shadow on new layer checked.
Use your erasor to erase the bottom of the shadow, this will make the tube look better. Select your tube layer and Merge Down.

You can add your name again if you choose, resize all layers 70%, add © and YOUR DONE!!

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Tube by Suzzane Richards available at CDO.

plugins:
Xero Fratillary http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/freeware.htm
EyeCandy4000, Gradient Glow.
Xenofex 2 Constellation

PSP plugins, Edge Effects, Texture, Drop Shadow, Inner Bevel.

Foreground Colour: 32C3D2
Background Colour: F48734

Open new image 600x250, flood fill with gradient using the fg & bg colours. Angle 0, repeats 0.
Apply Xero Fratillary filter, Granulation 5, Agression 37, Tessalation 100, Variation 51.
Effects, Edge Effects, Enhance.

Custome Selections, Left 0, Top 75, Right 600, Bottom 175, Promote selection to layer.
EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow, Select "Thin Green Line", in the Bsaics tab Glow Width 24, Soft
Corners 30, Opacity 100, In the color tab select the blue (32c3d2).
Add a drop shadow 0,0,50,0.

Custom selections, same as before, add a new layer and flood fill with the blue, select none.
Effects, Texture Effects, Weave use these settings:
Gap 1
Width 13
Opacity 2
Weave Color Black
Gap Color the orange (f48784)


Custome selections same as before, c/p tube, position to the Right, selections invert and delete.
Add a drop shadow 1,1,50,10, custome selections same as before, invert and delete.
Image Mirror, change the blend mode to Luminance Legacy.

C/P tube again as new layer, resize 50%, position and add a drop shadow 1,1,50,10.

C/P Blue fish resize 50% position and add the same drop shadow.

C/P Orange fish, resize 35% position and add the same drop shadow.

Add a new layer flood fill with the same gradient but change the Angle to 180.
Select all, modify contract by 3, hit delete, add drop shadow.

Hide your background layer and merge visible.

Add your © and name, I used Saginaw font with an Inner Bevel, use these settings:


Bevel Shape 2
Width 15
Smooth 0
Depth 6
Ambience -3
Shininess 0
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 50
Elevation 30

Add a drop shadow, and apply the bevel again.

ANIMATION

Duplicate your background layer, twice so that you have 3 total.
On first background layer apply Xenofex2 Constellation, use default but check "Keep Original
Image"
Select 2nd background layer, apply constellation but hit the "Random Seed" button once.
Repeat this for the 3rd background layer. Hide 2nd and 3rd background layers.

Edit Copy Merged.
Open Animation Shop, Edit Paste as new animation, in PSP hide the 1st background layer unhide
the 2nd and copy merged, in AS Edit Paste after Current Frame, repeat this step for 3rd
background layer. View your animation and save as a GIF.

Thanks for trying my tut.





Spiral Out Of Control
Filters used:

Tramages-Spiral3, and Pool Shadow

Jeux De Lignes, Entrelacment

AAA Filters-Good Vibrations,

AAA Filters-Foto Frame,

DSB Flux-Noise,

Lokas 3D Shadow,

Mura's-Copies

Font: Mea Culpa



New image 600x250, using foreground (FG) colour 675D39 and background colour (BG) 412426 create a gradient choose the Starburst Style with repeats at 9. Flood fill your image.

Apply Tramages Spiral 3 filter set Rotations at 3 and Darken/Lighten to 236.

Custom Selections, Left-0, Top-75, Right-600, Bottom-175, promote secton to layer.

Selections, Modify, contract by 3, select the Raster 1 layer hit delete, select none. Apply AAA Filter, Good Vibration using these setting: Frequency 5, Amplitude 4, Frame Size 0, select Waves and Lighten. Repeat the filter.

Select the Promoted layer and lower opacity to 58, select none. Apply Jeux De Lignes use default settings.

Add a drop shadow, -9,9,100,15, and then again at 9,9,100,15.

New layer, flood fill with BG colour, layers arrange send to bottom.

Layers Merge Visible, apply AAA Filter Foto Frame enter these numbers starting at the top, 4, 55, 15, 1, 0, 10, 0, 100.

New layer. Custom selection, use the same settings as before, selections modify, contract by 15, flood fill with your FG colour, select none, move the rectangle to the right edge of the white frame.
Apply Tramages Pool Shadow use default settings.

Type your name size 36 in Vector, go to Objects, Align, Center In Canvas, convert to raster layer. Apply Mura's Copies, Line setting, you'll have to adjust the "number" according to the length of your name, mine is only 4 letters long so I chose 5.

C/P your tube and position to the left, apply Lokas 3D Shadow I used these setting, Blur 90, Transparency 23, Angles X,Y,Z 0, Offsets X, Y 10, Perspective 78.

Add your name again, and add a drop shadow 1,1,100,2.

Add your © and your done. Here's one I did for a friend.

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Tut Name:Seductive
Kit Name:Brillamment created by Annliz available for download at Digiscrapbooking Boutique
Visit Annliz's blog here
Tube:Ismael Rac, Candycane, you can purchase this tube here. I've recoloured parts of the tube to suit my tag.
Mask: Vix Mask174 available here
Template: Template71 by AquaRebel315 dsnz here
Filters Used: DSB Bright Noise, Xero Radiance
Font:The Nautical Gal,size 100 forground 7747AE, background white.

This tut assumes that you have a good working knowledge of PSP, I use version 9 but I'm sure this tut can be done in any version.
This tut is of my own creation, similarities to other tuts is coincidental.

sa-f-df = Select All, Float, Defolat.
sa-f-df-nl = Select All, Float, Defloat, New Layer.
sn = Select None
c/p = Copy & Paste
ds = Drop Shadow

Open tube, template and mask in PSP, duplicate the template and close the original.
Delete the first 5 layers.

Let's begin
Starting on the bottom layer of the template unhide the background layer, add a new raster layer, sa.
Open pap1 and resize to 800x800 pixels, c/p pap1 into selections, sn, apply your mask and merge group.

Select the Raster 1 layer, sa-f-df-nl, open paper4, resize to 800x800 pixels c/p Into Selections, selections, modify, contract by 8 pixels, sn.
Apply an Inner Bevel use the settings below.


Apply a drop shdaow & hide the template layer.

Select Raster 2 layer, sa-f-df-nl, open paper1 resize to 800x800 pixels, c/p as new layer, move the paper up as far as it will go, selections invert delete, sn.
Apply DSB Bright Noise,  settings Mix-57 apply again.
Repet this step for Raster 4 & Copy of Raster 4 Copy layers, delete the template layers as you go along, add a drop shadow.

Select Raster 3 layer, sa-f-df-nl, open paper3 resize 800x800 pixels c/p Into Selections, sn, delete template layer.
Repeat this step for layers 5 & Copy of Raster 5. Hide the template layers we'll use them again.

Select Raster 5 layer, sa-f-df, use close up of your tube, I've resized mine 60%, c/p as a new layer and position over the marching ants, invert and delete.
Layers, Arrange, Move to the top.

Apply Xero Radiance with these settings; Strangeness-191, Charm-50, Truth-33, Beauty-255. Go to Adjust, Hue & Saturation, both settings at 0, apply a ds.
Duplicate this layer and go to Image Mirror.

Open your full size tube and resize it 75% c/p this as a new layer.

Lets add some elements add drop shadows as you go along, I used the following but feel free to add any other that you like.
El18, resize 35% and then 40%,  c/p above mask layer position to the left and down a bit, duplicate and mirror layers merge down, duplicate and Image flip.
El7, resize 35%, c/p as new layer move to the right, duplicate and mirror image.
El17, resize 35% and then 40%,  c/p above mask layer position to the  and down a bit, right duplicate and mirror layers merge down.
El15, resize 35% and then 60%   c/p as new layer position at the bottom of the tag.
El19, resize 35% c/p as new layer place this layer above the and then resize again 50% c/p as new layer, position and duplicate Image Mirror.

Hide the white layer and merge visible, resize all layer 80%.
All done, add your text and ©.

Tut Name:Simplicity
Kit Name: In All Simplicity by MLDesign, you can download this kit at www.DigiScrapBooking.ch
You can visit her blog here
Tube:Polka by Anna Liwanag, I purchased this tube at PTE, not sure where she is selling now.
Mask: Vix Big Masks2, mask number 19 download here
Template: by Designs by Ali, it's a halloween mask you can find it here on her blog.
Filters Used: Xero Porcelain (optional)
Font: Sylfaen, just google I'm sure you'll find it. White forground black background.

This tut assumes that you have a good working knowledge of PSP, I use version 9 but I'm sure this tut can be done in any version.
This tut is of my own creation, similarities to other tuts is coincidental.

sa-f-df = Select All, Float, Defolat.
sa-f-df-nl = Select All, Float, Defloat, New Layer.
sn = Select None
c/p = Copy & Paste
ds = Drop Shadow
See finished tag for placement of tube and elements.

This is a full sized kit, so you'll have to resize papers and elements, I'll give the resize settings as we go along.
Open tube, template and mask in PSP, duplicate the template and close the original.
Delete the following layers;DBA, Raster 5, and mask layer.

Let's begin
Go to Image, canvas size increase the size to 750x650.
Start by selecting the bottom layer of the template, add a new layer and flood fill white, Layers Arrange, Send To Bottom.

Open P06 and resize to 800x800 pixels, C/P P06 as new layer, apply the mask and merge group. Use your Move Tool (M) to center the mask layer in your image.

Select the Back Rectangle layer, sa-f-df, open P08 and resize to 800x800 pixels, c/p P08 as newlayer, selelctions invert and hit delete.
Add a drop shadow 2,2,34,6 to the Rectangle Frame layer.

Select the Small Side Frame layer, sa-f-df, open P14 and resize to 800x800 pixels, c/p P14 as a new layer, selections invert and hit delete,rename this layer paper14.
Add a drop shadow using the same settings to the Frames layer.

Select the Rectangle Frame layer again, using your magic wand select the top black square, c/p your close up, position, invert selections and hit delete.
Dupilcate this layer so that you have 3 total, position the other 2 layers in the frames and merge them into one tube layer.
Adjust, Hue and Saturation both settings at 0, apply Xero, Porcelain with green and red settings at 0 and blue at 255, add a ds.

C/P full size tube as new layer and position to the right.

Now for the elements,% and then 50%
Element 064 (black branch) resize 35
Element 092 (wordart) resize 35% and then again 30%, c/p as new layer, free rotate 90 to the Left.
Element 054 (Ribbon) resize 35 % and then again at 40%
Element 013 (stars) resisze35% and then 30%
Element 065 (leaves) resize 35% and then 60%
Element 07  (bow) resize 35% twice
Hide the white background and merge all layers. resize your image 80%, go to adjust sharpen once.
Your all done, add your text and ©.
Thanks for trying my tut.