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This Tutorial was written on November 28th, 2011 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FoursXsDesigns

You must purchase her work for use and you can do so HERE

Waiting For Tonight Template by Me

You can download that HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using BigMask_001 by Vix

You can find her masks HERE

Brushes of Choice

I am using three different ones.

Two are butterfly trails I got from Obsidian Dawn

Which you can find HERE

The other I can't remember where I got

It's a Bokah brush though

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain

Xero – Radiance

MuRa's Meister – Copies

VM Toolbox – Blast

Xero – Fritallary

Simple – Half wrap

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open your template.

Delete the credit layer

Delete the two circle layers.

Image → Canvas Size

I increased both by 100 just to give a bit more working room.

Take your Rectangle Marquee, go to your tube (I'm using the platinum one for this tutorial) and zoom in on either her thigh or her stomach area and using it select a decent sized square (it'll still be small).

Ctrl + C

Open a new canvas 200px by 200px

Ctrl + V

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Filter → Simple → Half Wrap

Take your clone stamp and blend in the lines in the middle a bit.

Edit → Define Pattern

Now go to your original Canvas, Ctrl + Click on the thumbnail of the rectangle

Add a new layer.

Using your flood fill tool, change the mode from foreground to pattern.

In the drop down box select the pattern we just made and then fill your selection on the new layer with this.

Deselect.

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur

Angle of 0 and strength of 100.

Filter → VM Toolbox → Blast

Strength of 101

Duplicate this layer and merge down.

Select your rectangle again, invert the selection and click delete on it.

Invert your selection back.

Selection → Modify → Expand, by 4

Change your flood fill tool back to foreground and choose a darker color from your rectangle you made just a second ago and fill a new layer under it in your selection with this color.

Filer → Noise → Add Noise

Amount – 10%

Gaussian

Monochromatic

Add A drop shadow to this layer.

Go to your close up tube, copy and paste it onto your canvas.

Resize and reposition so it's where you'd like it on your canvas.

I flipped mine horizontally.

Once you're happy with where the first one is at.

Filer → MuRa's Meister → Copies

Line, all at default but change the number to about 4 or 5

Select your rectangle again and invert the secletion.

On your new tube line layer press delete.

Deselect.

Duplicate the tube layer.

On the top one.

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur

Radius of 5.

Change the blend mode to Soft light.

On the bottom one change the blend mode to luminosity, opacity set at 50%

Delete the original black rectangle layer.

Go to the star layer in your layers pallate.

Select it as we did with the rectangle.

Select → Modify → Expand, by 3

Flood fill with color of Choice.

Deselect.

Filter → Noise → Add Noise, Same as before.

Add a drop shadow to this layer

Using your close up tube again, copy and paste onto you canvas once more.

Filter → MuRa's Meister → Copies

Wallpaper Rotate, all at default.

I did this twice to get the coverage I wanted.

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur.

Angle 50, Distance 50

Select the Star again.

Invert the selection and on the layer we're working with press delete.

Deselect.

Add your close up again.

I once again flipped mine horizontally

Resize and reposition so it's in the star where you want it.

Select the star, invert and delete once you're happy with it.

Deselect.

Change the blend mode to Luminosity and the opacity at 50%.

Delete your original star layer

Copy and Paste your full body tube into your canvas.

Resize and reposition to your liking.

Once you're happy with that.

Add a drop shadow of choice.

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default except the blue channel, slide all the way left to 0.

Filter → Xero → Radience

something subtle that just brights the tube up a bit.

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask.

All at default.

Select each of the three rectangles and flood fill on a new layer with color of choice.

If you need to merge them all.

Filter → Xero → Fritallary.

5, 49, 100, 52

Select the three

Select → Modify → Expand, by 2

Flood fill with color and add noise as before.

Add a drop shadow.

Add a new layer just about your white background.

Flood fill with color of choice.

I used a blue from the aqua version of the tube just to give it some more color.

Apply your mask here.

I lowered my opacity to 70% here.

Add a new layer above your mask layer add the brushes you'd like too.

Change the wordart to your likign, recoloring and adding which effects you'd like.

Add your name.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Resize if you'd like to.

****Most Important***
Add your copyright information.

If you're happy with your tag save to your liking and you're done!!!

Here is a new template I made for a tutorial I just wrote.

If you download let me know!!!

Thanks so much!!!

Ashly!!

You can download it HERE

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This Tutorial was written on November 22nd, 2011 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FoursXsDesigns

You must purchase her work for use and you can do so HERE

This particular image is part of the Christmas Gift from PTE

Kit of choice.
I am using a scrapkit called “Holiday Ice” by Designs by Sarah

You can purchase that for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using BigMask_006 by Vix

You can find her masks HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Constellation (animation)

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Frame 1

Copy and Paste onto your canvas

Scale down by 80% and Rotate -10 degrees

Duplicate this layer and on the bottom one Rotate it -10 degrees

Open pp8

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Have it as your top layer in your layer pallate.

Ctrl + Click on the top frame thumbnail layer there to select the frame

Go to your paper layer, invert your selection and press delete

Deselect

Change the blend mode of this layer to “Color”

Merge those three layers down and add a drop shadow to the merged layer.

Open pp6

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Drag Below your Frame layer

Use your magic wand and select inside of your frames

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Deselect.

Now We're going to go to the tube :)

Choose the layer you'd like to use for this one.

I did the Half body with the snowflake as the piece holding the fuzzy bit around her neck together (Layer 2)

Copy and Paste into your canvas.

Resize and position as you'd like it.

Duplicate it and drag this layer below the frame layer so you have one just above and one just below it.

Erase any parts on both tubes that are extending past the frames that you don't want to.

To the Bottom add a drop shadow.

To the top tube

Filter → Xero → Porcelian

All a default, except the blue channel all the way to the left to 0.

Filer → Sharpen → Unsharp mask

All at default.

Open pp11

Resize to 600px by 600px

Drag to just above your white background layer

Apply your mask here.

Now we're going to embellish.

Do so to our liking, resized, rotated and position as you want.

I used the following:

~Just about the mask layer~

Flakes

leaves

tree 3 (no drop shadow)

~Above the frame layer, below the top tube layer~

Ornament2

Ornament1

bow3

bow3

bow2

button1

button1

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Resize if you'd like to.

*****Most Important*****
Add your copyright information!!!

If you don't want to animate then you're done!!

You can save as a .jpg or hide the white layer and save as a .png

~*~Animation~*~

Go to your top most tube layer and duplicate it twice so you have 3 of the same layer.

Use your lasso tool to select around just the hair on the tube.

Select on the bottom of the three tube layers here.

Filters → Alien Skin Xenofex 2 → Constellation

Star Size – 4.00

Size Variation – 85

Edge Star Density – 3

Overall Star Density – 2

Overdrive – 100

Twinkle Amount – 75

Do this filter on the other two layers, just hit randon seed on each one.

Now deselect.

Go to your animation window.

Have it set to play forever, delay set at .15 sec.

Hide the top two tube layers we're working with.

Add a new layer and hide the bottom layer and unhide the middle layer

Add a new layer hide the middle tube layer and unhide the top tube layer.

Press play to see it running.

If you're happy with it save as a .gif

You're done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!!!

I'd love to see results and if you have any questions feel free to ask me!!

Huge Huggles!

Ashly

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This Tutorial was written on November 19th, 2011 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Anna Marine

You must purchase her work for use and you can do so HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a scrapkit called “Autumn Becomes Winter” by Mythical Designs

You can purchase that for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I cannont remember where I found the one I am using

I'll look around for it and if I find it i'll post a link to it :)

Filters Needed
Xero – Radience
Xero – Porcelain

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation (for animation)

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Frame3 and copy and paste it into your canvas.

Resize by 60%

Duplicate this layer.

Ctrl +Alt+Shift+B (convert to black and white)

Rotate the bottom, now black and white layer by -15%

Erase parts of this frame so that it looks like the two frames are weaving around each other.

Merge Down and add a Drop Shadow.

Open paper11.

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste as a new layer

Use your magic wand and slect inside your frames, also added the tiny pieces with a bit of the lasso tool.

Invert your selection and on the paper layer click delete.

Deselect.

Open paper1

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste as new layer onto your canvas

drag to just above the white background layer.

Add your mask here.

Open up your tube and copy and paste onto your canvas.

Resize and reposition as you'd like to.

Once you're happy with it duplicate this layer and drag one below your frame layer.

The other above it.

Erase any parts that are sticking outside of the frame.

On the bottom one add a drop shadow.

On the top one:

Filer → Xero → Porcelain

All at default, except the blue channel, set to 0.

Filter → Xero → Radiance

Something subtle that compliments your tube

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask

All at default.

Now we're going to embellish.

Do this to your liking with drop shadow of choice

Resized and rotated as you'd like to as well.

I used the following in this order:

~Above mask, below paper frame back~

Element40 (no drop shadow)

Element15 (no drop shadow and duplicated, repositioned)

Element30 (no drop shadow)

Element23 (no drop shadow)

~Just below your frame layer~

Element 22 (use your rectangle marquee tool to select just one that you like, invert and delete the others)

Duplicate this layer and move just above your frame as well.

~Above the heart diamond layer we just moved above the frame~

Element6

Element31

Element38

Element35

Element45

Element44

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Upper left pixel color, all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to.

*****Most Important****
Add your copyright information

If you're happy with you tag and don't want to animate you're done.

Save as a .jpg

or hide the white layer and save as a .png

If you do want to animate, let's go :D

Go to each of your diamond dangle layers and duplicate them both twice so you have a total of 3 of each.

Use the following filter on the first layer

Filter → Alien Skin Xenofex 2 → Constellation

With the following Settings.

Star Size – 4.00

Size Variation – 85

Edge Star Density – 3

Overall Star Density – 2

Overdrive – 100

Twinkle Amount – 75

Do this on all other 5 layers of the diamond dangle but hit random seed each time.

Once you're done hide all but the bottom two layers.

Now we're going to go to our animation window

Have the animation set at forever and the delay at .15 seconds

Add a new layer and hide the bottom two diamond layers and unhide the middle two diamond dangles.

Add a new layer and hide the middle layer of dangles and unhide the top two layers.

Press play to see your sparkles go :)

If you're happy with it save it as a .gif and you're done!!!

I hope you like this tutorial!!

I'd love to see anything you come up with or if you have any questions at all!

Thank you so much!!!

Ashly

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This Tutorial was written on November 15th, 2011 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of VeryMany

You must purchase their tubes for use and you can do so HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a scrapkit called “Dark Love” by Alikas Scraps

You can purchase that for use HERE

You'll also need your own sparkles of choice :D

I am using some sparkles from Alika's Totally Zirconia Kit. You can get it at the same shop :)

Mask of Choice
I am using Mask_84 by WeeScotslass
You can snag that from HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Radience
Xero – Porcelain

Penta.com – Jeans

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Paper13

Resize 600px by 600px

Copy and Paste into your canvas

Take your preset shape tool, choose the heart shape and with your color set to black.

Draw out a decent sized heart on your canvas.

Drag it below your paper layer

Apply a clipping mask between them.

Merge them together.

Draw out another heart in the middle of the heart, smaller and once you're happy with how the frame will look, rasterize this layer, take your magic wand, select inside the heart.

Click on your heart paper layer and press delete.

Deselect and then delete the black heart layer.

On the paper layer again

Add a bevel and emboss

Rotate to your liking and resize if you'd like to as well.

Ctrl + Click on it in your layers pallate

Select → Modify → Expand, by 4

Add a new layer and flood fill with a color that compliments the paper.

Deselect.

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Amount 20%, Gaussian and monochromatic checked.

Merge the two layers together

Add a drop shadow to this layer

Open Paper18

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas

use your magic wand and select inside of the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection and on the new paper layer click delete.

Deselect.

Filter → Penta.com → Jeans

amount 15, border width 4

Go to your tube and get your half body tube.

Copy and paste into your canvas.

I flipped mine horizontally.

Resize and Reposition to your liking.

Duplicate this layer.

Move one below your frame and one above it.

Delete any parts that are sticking outside of your frame

One the bottom one add a drop shadow.

One the top one

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default, except blue channel to 0.

Filter → Xero → Radiance

Something subtle that brightens it back up a bit

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask

All at default.

Open your close up tube and copy and paste it into your canvas

This layer will be between your bottom half body tube layer and the paper background layer.

Repostion and Resize

Delete any parts that are outside the frame

Change the blend mode to luminosity and the opacity at 50%

Open Paper19

Resize to 600px by 600px.

Copy and paste into your canvas.

Drag this layer to just above your white background and apply your layer mask.

Now, we're just going to embellish.

Do so to your liking with your drop shadow of choice and resize as you'd like.

I used the following in this order:

~Above Mask Layer, Below Frame Background Layer~

flower4

flower3

~Above the top tube layer~

button02

flower01

flower02

heartstring2

flower05

flower06

button02

bow3

bow3

Add your sparkles of choice here (no drop shadow, opacity at 75%)

bow2

bow2

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to.

***Most Important***

Add your copyright information.

If you like your tag, hide the bottom white layer and save as a .png to keep the transparency

or keep it as is and save as a .jpg.

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

I hope you enjoyed it!

If you have any questions feel free to email me!!

Huge Huggles!

Ashly.

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This Tutorial was written on November 15th, 2011 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube(s) of choice.
I am using the artwork of SkyScraps

You must purchase these tubes for use and you can do so HERE and HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a scrapkit called “Twilight Wedding” by ChiChi Designs

You can purchase that for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using Mask_105 by WeeScotslass
You can snag that from HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Radience
Xero – Porcelain

Penta.com – dot and cross

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Frame4

copy and past into your canvas.

Rotate it Clockwise 90 degrees.

Resize by 65% and rotate -10 degrees.

Position in the upper left of your canvas.

Duplicate this layer, on the new layer, flip horizontally.

Position in the lower right of the canvas, just slightly overlapping the other frame.

Open Paper9

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas, drag this layer below your frame layers in your layer pallate.

Using your magic wand select inside each of your frames.

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert your selection and on the paper layer press delete.

Deselect.

Filter → penta.com → dot and cross

amount – 15, Cross distance – 10, cross width – 2

Add a drop shadow to each of your frames.

Select inside of the bottom right frame with your wand again

Expand by 5.

Click on the other frame layer and press delete.

Deselect.

Go to your Bella tube.

I am using the half body, non vampire Bella (Layer 3 for this tube)

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize and position as you'd like to.

Duplicate this layer and drag one just about the bottom frame the other just above.

Erase any bits that may be sticking outside the frame at the bottom for the bottom tube layer.

Add a drop shadow of choice to this one.

Go to the top Bella tube layer.

Erase anything at the bottom that is outside the frames and what also overlaps the frame.

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default except the blue channel slide all the way to the left to 0.

Filter → Xero → Radiance

Something subtle that you like for this tube. I went just a tad darker here.

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask

All at default settings.

Go to your Edward tube.

Copy and paste onto your canvas.

Position this layer between the paper frame background we made and the frame he's going into

Resize and reposition as you'd like to.

I flipped mind horizontaly.

Delete anything that is outside of the frames on this one.

Change the blend mode to luminostiy.

Duplicate the later

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, Radius of 5

Change the blend mode to saturation, the opacity at 80%

Open Paper15

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas.

Drag this layer to just above the white background layer.

Apply your layer mask here.

Now we're just going to embellish the tag :D

Do this to your liking, with drop shadows of choice.

I used the following, in this order in the pallate:

~Below the Mask Layer~

ScatteredHearts (duplicated, no drop shadow)

~Above the Mask Layer~

PetalsSparkles (no drop shadow)

WA2 (no drop shadow)

Rose

RosesnPearls

RedRibbon

Leaves (duplicated, no drop shadow)

Lantern String (flipped horizontally)

~Above the Top Bella tube layer~

HeartString

PearlNecklace

Clock

Musicsheets

Rings

Apple

Leaves2

Flower

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Resize if you'd like to.

***Most Important!!***

Add your copyright information.

I went and changed my white background to black and erased any of the white hearts the looked like they were cut off or I didn't like.

If you're happy with your tag hide the white background layer and saved your image as a .png to keep the transparnecy or .jpg if you'd prefer :)

Thanks so much for trying my tutorial!!

I'd love to see what you make and if you have any questions feel free to contact me!

Huge Hugs,

Ashly