BBQ Time Tutorial

Hi all,
Check out this awesome tutorial by Bridget using my newest kit All American Cookout. Thank you so much Bridget!! I totally love what you did with this kit!!! Click the tag go to the tut. Thanks again hun!!

I Don’t Need Tutorial

I Don't Need Chocolate

©2011 Staceys Designs

This tutorial was written by me. Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial was written using PSPX3 but should be able to be done in all versions. Please do not copy this tutorial or tear apart to claim it as your own. What you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you please. Please do not use this tutorial to gain profit from your results.

This tutorial is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:

A scrap kit of your choice, I am using the amazing work of Honored Scraps. You must purchase this kit before you can use. This kit is called Cocoa Kisses. You can do so at Treasured Scraps.

Tube of your choice. I am using the amazing art work of Keith Garvey. You can purchase his work at PTE. You must have a license to use his work.

This tutorial is written as a guideline. You do not have to use the same supplies I use unless you want the same end results that I have achieved.

1) Open paper11. Duplicate this image and close the original.

2) Open Foldedpaper3. Copy and paste as a new layer.

3) Open Frame2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80% and move it so that it is just below the folded paper line. See header for placement.

4) Open Rose1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 70%. Move to the lower left side of your frame. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Duplicate and mirror.

5) Open KissMe1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 70% twice. Position on the left side rose to the right. See my header for placement.

6) Open Chocolate1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 70%. Move it down below your kisses layers. Position slightly to the left of center. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Duplicate and mirror.

7) Activate your frame layer. Select the first frame on the left and the 3rd frame with your magic wand tool. Expand the selections by 2.

8) Open paper8. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections invert and delete. Adjust the opacity to 39 and the layer properties to soft light. Select none.

9) Select the last two frames. Expand by 2.

10) Open paper14 copy and paste as a new layer. Invert the selections and delete.

11) Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Move it to the top and center it at the bottom of your frame.

12) Type out the text "I don't need chocolate, I don't need roses, I only need you!" in a font, size, and colors of your choice. Position on the top right under the folded paper. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

13) Add all copyrights and any other text you would like to add.

14) Crop off the excess from the bottom. Resize to a size of your liking and save in your desired format.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs and Love
Stacey

Easter Blossom

Easter Blossoms

©2011 Staceys Designs

This tutorial was written by me. Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial was written using PSPX3 but should be able to be done in all versions. Please do not copy this tutorial or tear apart to claim it as your own. What you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you please. Please do not use this tutorial to gain profit from your results.

This tutorial is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:

A scrap kit of your choice, I am using the amazing work of Honored Scraps. You must purchase this kit before you can use. This kit is called Easter Blossom. You can do so at Treasured Scraps.

Tube of your choice. I am using the amazing art work of Keith Garvey. You can purchase his work at PTE. You must have a license to use his work.

This tutorial is written as a guideline. You do not have to use the same supplies I use unless you want the same end results that I have achieved.

1) Open paper 6. Duplicate the image and close the original.

2) Open frame4. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Go to image free rotate and rotate it by 90 degrees to the right. Leave where it is.

3) Open swag1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80%. Move the left hand side of your frame. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Duplicate it and mirror.

4) Open rose4. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80% twice. Give it a drop shadow of your choice and position on the right side on top of the swag. Duplicate and mirror.

5) Open egg10. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80% twice. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Free rotate to the left by 30 degrees. Duplicate and mirror.

6) Open eggcross1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 80%. Position in the center. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

7) Activate your frame layer by clicking on it.

8) Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. If you are using the same one I am you won't have to resize it or move it. If you are using a different tube adjust it to your liking if you need to. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

9) Open the bunny. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 70% and move it up so that it is under the eggcross. Give it a drop shadow of your choice. Position to your liking. Duplicate and mirror. (This step is optional).

10) At this point I deleted the paper layer because I liked it better without. You can leave the paper if you want to.

11) Add all proper copyrights and any other text you would like to add.

12) Merge it visible if you didn't use the paper or merge flat if you did. Resize to your desired size and save in your desired format.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs and Love
Stacey

Winter Days

Before I post this tutorial I have a challenge for you all.  Since most taggers only use scrap kits to tag this tutorial is geared more for you. This is to show you that you can do fun things with your photos even though you don’t scrap. So here is my challenge. For ever tagger that completes this tutorial and sends me their results (staceysdesigns@gmail.com) I will give you one scrap kit of your choice that I have done. This offer will expire on Jan 25th 2011 due to the fact that I am having surgery on the 26th. Now here is the tutorial:

Winter Days

©2011 Staceys Designs

This tutorial was written by me. Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial was written using PSPX3 but should be able to be done in all versions. Please do not copy this tutorial or tear apart to claim it as your own. What you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you please. Please do not use this tutorial to gain profit from your results.

This tutorial is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:

A scrap kit of your choice, I am using the amazing work of Gemini Creationz. You must purchase this kit before you can use. This kit is called Winter Day. You can do so at HERE.

You will need 3 photos of your choice. Please make sure these are photos you have permission to use.

Since I know that not all people who use scrap kits are actual scrappers and that a lot of you are taggers I thought I would show you all what could be done with a tagger size kit using your own photos in a fun way. If you are a scrapper this might even teach you something new that you can use scrap kits for :-)

So grab a cup of coffee and get ready to dazzle everyone with your creativity!!

1) Open a new image 7inches by 5inches. Make sure you change the units from pixels to inches.

2) Select all and then open paper 14. Copy and paste it into the selection and select none. You can also close the paper.

3) Open frame 6. Resize it to a width of 1500 pixels. Adjust sharpness sharpen. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Move near the bottom of your image.

4) Open the icicles. Copy and paste them as a new layer. Move to the top of your image. Using your pick tool (or raster deform tool in version lower than 10) and drag them to either end of your image.

5) Move your frame up and under the icicles to your liking.

6) Open the winter day word art. Resize to a width of 1200. Adjust sharpness and sharpen. Copy and paste as a new layer. Move to right below your frame to your liking. Give it a drop shadow of your liking.

7) Open the snow drifts. Copy and paste as a new layer. Using your pick tool (or raster deform tool) drag the drifts out across your image. Position on the bottom to your liking.

8) Open the snowy trees. Copy and paste them as a new layer. Go to image mirror and position them to the left your frame in the snow drifts. Give them a drop shadow of your choice.

9) Open the snowman. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Position it to the right of your frame. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

10) Now is the time to move things around to your liking. Add anything else you might want to add. Once you are happy with the placement of everything move on to step 11.

11) Activate your frame layer by clicking on it. Using your magic wand tool select the inisde of all 3 frames. Go to selections and expand the selections by 15.

12) Click on your paper layer and press your delete key. Select none.

13) Merge it all visible and save this so you can use it again if you would like to.

14) Add a new layer. Move it below your image. Using your magic wand tool select the inside of the first frame. Go to selections modify and expand by 15. Activate the new layer you just added. Open one of your pictures and copy and paste it into the selection. Select none.

15) Repeat step 14 for the last two frames.

16) Add a new layer and move it to the top. Add some journaling about the pictures you used.

17) Merge it all flat and save it in jpeg format.

18) Now the best part of all and the part that will dazzle all your friends. Get yourself a piece of 5 * 7 photo paper and print out this image. Put it in a frame and display it for all to see!!

Now wasn't that fun to do? I would love to see what you all come up with for this.

Hugs and Love

Stacey

Home For The Holidays

Well I know it has been awhile since I have written a tutorial but I have a new one for you tonight. I hope that you enjoy it and I would love to see your results from it!!

Home For The Holidays

©2010 Staceys Designs

This tutorial was written by me. Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial was written using PSPX3 but should be able to be done in all versions. Please do not copy this tutorial or tear apart to claim it as your own. What you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you please. Please do not use this tutorial to gain profit from your results.

This tutorial is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:

A scrap kit of your choice, I am using the amazing work of Honored Scraps. You must purchase this kit before you can use. This kit is called Christmas Treasures. You can do so at Treasured Scraps.

Tube of your choice. I am using the amazing art work of Keith Garvey. You can purchase his work at MPT. This tube was part of the 2010 Christmas Gift so if you didn't get that you will have to select another tube to use.

This tutorial is written as a guideline. You do not have to use the same supplies I use unless you want the same end results that I have achieved.

1) Open paper 1. Press shift and d to duplicate it and close the original. We will be working on the duplicate. In your layer palette right click on the background layer and promote background layer.

2) Open frame2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Go to image and free rotate to the left by 30 degrees. Leave where it ends up.

3) Activate your frame layer. Select the inside of all 3 frames with your magic wand tool. Go to selections modify and expand by 5. Add a new raster layer. Move it down below your frame layer. Flood fill this layer with a dark color from your background paper. Select none.

4) Select 2 close up images from your tube. I used the ones that were the closest view. Copy each as a new layer. I put the largest one in the middle frame and then duplicated the other one and put them in the end frames. Once you have them in position activate your frame layer by clicking on it.

5) Select the inside of the bottom frame. Go to selections modify and expand by 2. Go to selections and invert. Activate the tube that is in that frame and press the delete key. Change the blend mode to luminance legacy. Repeat for the remaining two frames.

6) Open the Christmas tree of your choice. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Move it all the way to the top. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

7) Open the Santa of your choice. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Resize it by 60 percent. Position on the tree to your liking. Give him a drop shadow of your choice.

8) Open you full size tube. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Position to the right of the tree. Give her a drop shadow of your choice.

9) Open the word art that is in the clip art folder that says Home For The Holidays. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Resize by 60%. Go to image free rotate to the left by 30 degrees. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

10) Crop off all the excess parts of the tag.

11) Add all proper copyrights and any other text you would like to add.

12) Resize to your desired size and save in your desired format.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs and love

Stacey

FREEBIE FREEBIE

Hi all,
I have another freebie for you all today. These layouts were made using an awesome kit called Autumnal and it is by Gemini Designs. You can get this awesome kit HERE and be sure to check out her blog HERE

You can download both of these quick pages below the second preview:

Download HERE

FREEBIE: Quick Pages

Hi all,
I have been given the amazing honor of working with Gemini Creationz making layouts using her awesome scrap kits.

You can pick up this amazing kit HERE in her store and also be sure to check out her BLOG for other awesome products and deals.

This is a preview of the amazing kit called Bewitching:

Here is a preview of the quick pages I made using this kit. If you download them I promise that yours won’t have the pictures in them. This kit has so many possibilities!!! You will not be disappointed in this kit!!! Download link below the preview. Please leave some love if you download.

These are for personal use only!!!

Download HERE