~Click Image to see full size~

Here is a layout I made using the kit, "Just Beachy" by Kikeka Kits

She is retiring this one very soon so be sure to check it out and get it for a great price.

You can find the kit HERE - Be sure to get them before they're gone!

The pictures are of my little girl that I took while we were on a weekend away last year.

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on April 11^th, 2012 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.

Do not translate or script.
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

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Jennifer Janesko

Use must purchase a license to use her artwork and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am a PTU kit called “Ruby” by Kikeka Kits

You can find this kit HERE

It's actually going to be retired and is on sale for just a short time so get it along with some of her other amazing kits at a steal price!

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask99 by Weescotslass Creations

Which you can find HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

This is a full sized kit so there is lots of resizing involved but it's WELL worth it!!

I did usually down to about 20% and then adjusted from there.

Open frame03

Add it to your canvas and scale down

Angle it a bit

Duplicate and adjust the angle and position of the frame

Add a drop shadow to both of the frames

Open paper10

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below your frames

use your magic wand to select inside each of the frames

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

On the paper layer press delete.

Open paper01

resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the mask here

Add your tube to your canvas

Resize and reposition to your liking

Add a drop shadow

Duplicate

On the new layer delete the drop shadow

Filter → Blur → Gaussian blur

change the blend mode to soft light and the opacity to 50%

erase the frame that's going through the other frame at the bottom

Add your tube to each of the frames

erasing what is extending outside of them

Change the blend modes to luminosity

the opacity of the bottom frame at 50%, the top at 30%

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless stated:

branch02

branch02

scatter03 (no drop shadow)

flower03

branch01

sequins

ribbon03

butterflies

ribbon01

ribbon04

butterfly

butterfly

flower02

flower01

button01

gem03

gem03

gem03

button05

button05

button05

button03

button03

button03

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

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

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on March 27^th, 2012 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.

Do not translate or script.
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 Keith Garvey

Use must purchase a license to use his artwork and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using a PTU Kit, “Geek Chic” by Kikeka Kits

Which you can find for purchase HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using PTUMask8 by Vix

Which you can find HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open frame02

Add to your canvas

Scale down to 65%

Add a drop shadow

Open paper04

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below your frame

Use your magic wand to select inside the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete.

Deselect

Open paper07

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below the other paper layer

Apply your mask here.

Open your close up in between the peach paper and the frame

Flip horizintally

Resize and position as you'd like to

Erase any of the tube that's outside the frame

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

Add your full body tube to your canvas and resize and position to your liking

When you have that duplicate it

On the bottom on add a drop shadow

On the top

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0 px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless stated:

Scatter02

wire01 (no drop shadow)

flower01

bow05

notebook02

bow03

flower07

flower06

flower05

flower02

wordart01 (I added a stroke to this one)

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you don't want to animate....

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

If you do want to animate...

Open up pen

Add it to your canvas somewhere you want it to end

We're basically going to be working backwards a bit right now.

Once you're happy with that and have a drop shadow on it

Duplicate it and move it a bit, rotate slightly if needed

Duplicate again and move it a bit more and rotate a tad more

And do this until you place your pen tip on the very end of the name.

Now we're going to duplicate both the name layer and the pen.

On the name layer erase just a bit of the name

place the pen tip and the end of the name now where you erased to.

Duplicate both again and erase a bit more and move the pen

Now just keep duplicating this and doing that until you reach the very end of your name.

Remember make smaller erases for a more smooth actual writing out effect but, not so many it takes you hours and hours to do it either.

Now we're going to our animation window and we're going to start with the last layers we used, the rest all hidden.

Add a new animation window and hide the first two layer and unhide the second.

Keep doing this as you go along like you're just writing out the name :D

Then leave the fully name open and just unhide each of the first pen layers we made until it's in it's resting position.

I did all my layers at .1 seconds, except the very last frame I held for .5 seconds

Press play to see it go.

If you're happy with your results then save as a .gif and you're done!!

~Here is my unanimated version~

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on March 10^th, 2012 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.

Do not translate or script.
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

Use must purchase a license to use their artwork and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the PTU scrapkit, “I Wanna Dance” by Kikeka Kits

Which you can find for purchase HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask84 by Weescotslass

Which you can find for download to use HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open Flowers03

Add to your canvas

Resize by 80%

Add a drop shadow

Open paper11

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below your frame

Use your elliptical marquee tool with a feather of about 5px

Drag out a circle about the size of the frame, invert your selection and on your paper layer press delete

Deselect

Open paper03

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below your other paper layer

Apply the mask to this layer.

Add your tube and reposition and resize on the left of the canvas, add a drop shadow.

Add your closeup to your canvas, between the frame and the first paper layer

Flip horizontally and resize and reposition as you'd like

Select your frame background paper and invert again, on the tube press delete.

Change the blend mode to luminosity and the opacity to about 35%

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless stated:

greenery01 (no drop shadow)

string03 (no drop shadow)

ribbon04

scatter01

crown

slippers01

flower04

flower04

flower03

flower03

bow04

bow02

bear02

sparkle01 (no drop shadow)

sparkle01 (no drop shadow)

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

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

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on February 15^th, 2012 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.

Do not translate or script.
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 TooshToosh

You must purchase a license to use their work HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a Scrapkit called, “Toadally Cute” by Kikeka Kits

Which you can purchase for use HERE

Mask of Choice.

I am using Mask445 by Vix

Which you can find HERE

Filters Needed:

Xenofex 2 - Constellation

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

flood fill with white

Open frame04

Rotate 90 degrees

Free transform and lower just the width to 80%

Then we're going to resize the whole frame down to 80%.

Take your tube and add it around the frame where you're wanting to.

Merge them all together and then delete the parts of the tubes outside of the frame

Change the blend mode of the tubes layer to soft light.

Add a drop shadow to the frame

Open paper05

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas

Drag below your frame layers.

Use your magic wand to select inside the frame

Select → modify → expand, by 5

Invert the selection and press delete on the paper layer.

Deselect

Open paper 04

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas and drag to just above the white background layer

Apply your layer mask here.

Add your frog tube to your image again to where you'd like to

Once you're happy with the position and size add a drop shadow of choice

Add the butterfly tube to the upper right corner of the canvas to your liking as well

Add a drop shadow.

Now just embellish and add the elements you'd like to to your tag.

I used the following in this order from the bottom layer up with a drop shadow unless specified.

Heart06

grass02 (no drop shadow)

flower12

scatter02 (no drop shadow)

branch01

ribbon03

string01 (no drop shadow)

heartstem02

flower05

flower08

flower07

flower06

bow03

bow03

heart03

heart03

heart01

heart01

Add word art if you're wanting to.

Add a new layer and flood fill with black, change the blend mode to screen.

Filter → xenofex 2 → Constellation

With the following settings:

 Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information

Now Go to you animation window, delay set at .15sec, set to repeat forever

Leave the first frame alone

Add a new frame and move the butterfly just a bit

Add a new frame and move it a bit more.

Keep doing this until the butterfly has moved back around to where it orginally was so it sort of has a looping feel to it.

I have 42 frames total.

When you're happy with your animation save as a .gif and you're done!!!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on January 3^rd, 2012 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.

Do not translate or script.
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 Keith Garvey

Which you can purchase for use HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a Scrapkit called, “PS I love you” by Kikeka Kits

You can find this HERE

I also used some sparkles from another one of her kits called, “After the Rain” I used this kit in a previous tutorial I did, you can skip using this or find some others you'd like to use if you'd like or even get that kit, it's an amaing kit and will not disappoint.

Mask of Choice.

I am using Mask349 by Vix

Which you can find HERE

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

Open up a new canvas

Open paper05

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas.

Take your Ellipse Tool

and draw out a circle 450px by 450px, color black.

Drag the shape layer below the paper layer

In your layers pallate hold down the alt key until the two little circles come up (you cursor will just change) When it does click your left mouse button once.

Click on the original paper layer, and then merge visible

Ctrl + A

Layers → Align Layers to Selection → Vertical Centers

Layers → Align Layers to Selection → Horizontal Centers

Deselect

Use your Ellipse tool again and drag out another black circle with the size of 350 px by 350 px

Ctrl + A

Layers → Align Layers to Selection → Vertical Centers

Layers → Align Layers to Selection → Horizontal Centers

Ctrl + Click on the white circle in your layers pallate to select the circle.

On the paper layer, press delete.

Deselect

Delete the ellipse circle we just made.

Ctrl + Click on your now frame in the layers pallate to select it

Select → Modify → Expand, by 3

Add a New layer and flood fill with color of choice on the new layer

Deselect

Drag below your paper frame

Filter → Noise → Add noise

25%, Gaussian, Monochromatic

Add a drop shadow to this layer

On the paper frame add a bevel and contour

All at default, except change soften to 15

Merge the two layers together.

Add a new layer and drag below your frame

Flood fill with white.

Open paper06

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

This will be above the white layer, below the frame we made

Use your magic wand to select inside of your frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert your selection

On the paper layer we just added, press delete

Deselect

Open paper08

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Have this layer below the frame background layer we just made

Apply your mask here

Open vine04

This will be above your frame backround but below your frame

Resize and position to your liking

Change the blend mode to overly

Open your tube

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize and position how you'd like to

Duplicate once you're happy with this

Have one just above your frame, one just below

on the bottom one, erase any of the tube that may be sticking below your frame

Add a drop shadow.

The top tube layer, erase any of the bottom that is over the frame our outside of it.

Once you're happy with this, duplicate this layer

On the new layer

Filter → Blur, Gaussian Blur, Radius of 3.0

Change the blend mode of this layer to overlay

Now just add the elements you'd like to on your tag

resized and repositioned to your liking

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless specified

doodle02

ribbon01

doodle01 (no drop shadow)

vine01 (no drop shadow)

flower04

flower04

button04

button03

tag01

heart03

heart03

umbrella02

leaves04 (I erased a bit of this stem)

flower08

bow02

bow04

bow03

I then added two sets of sparkles here

I also added my own wordart here

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 results save to your liking and you're done!!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on December 11^th, 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 Elias Chatzoudis

You must purchase his work for use and can do so HERE

One with a close up works best.

Kit of choice.
I am using a PTU Scrapkit called, “Blue Zircon” by Kikeka Kits.

You can purchase this kit for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using Mask362 by Weescotslass

You can find her masks HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain

Xero - Radience

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

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open up framestamed

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize by 70%

Duplicate this twice.

Move them both below the original frame layer.

On the 'middle' new duplicated layer

Convert to black and white and rotate by 5 degrees.

On the bottom duplicated layer

Rotate by -5 degrees.

Image → Adjustments → Photo Filter

Select Cooling filter (80) and the amount to 75%

Merge the three together and add a drop shadow to the merged layer.

Open Paper11

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Drag below your frame layer

Use your magic wand to select inside your frames layer

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert your selection and on the new paper layer press delete.

Deselect.

Open up paper01

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas.

Drag just above your white background layer

Apply your mask here.

Open up your tube.

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

Add it to your frame a couple of times.

Just at different sizes and positions.

Once you're happy with them.

Merge the layers you made together.

Select your paper background layer

Invert the selection and on the merged layer press delete.

Change the blend mode to luminosity, opacity of 50%.

Add your fully body tube to your canvas now.

Position and Resize to your liking.

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default but the blue channel set to 0.

Filter → Xero → Radiance

Something subtle that suits your tube.

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask

All at default.

Add a drop shadow of choice to this tube.

Now just embellish to your liking.

With drop shadows of your choice.

I used the following in this order, with a drop shadow unless otherwise specified.

~Above the layer mask~

branch03

branch03

branch02

Scatter02

branch03

~Above the top tube layer~

tag01 (I added the xoxo to this as well)

bow02

leaves01

flower06

flower03

gemstone02

gemstone03

butterfly01

bow03

butterfly01

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're happy with your tag you're done!

Save it to your liking!

If you have any questions or would like to show me what you've made feel free to email me!

Huge Hugs!

Ashly

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on October 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 Melissa Dawn

This is a Limited Edition Tube only available until October 31^st, 2011

You can find that HERE along with all of her gorgeous work.

Kit of choice.
I am using a scrapkit called “Too cute to spook” by Kikeka Kits.

You can purchase that for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using Mask_6 by ChiChi Designs
You can snag that from HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Clarity
Xero – Porcelain

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

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Frame02

Copy and Paste onto your canvas and scale down to 65%

I added a bit of a bevel and an outer glow to mine as well as a drop shadow.

Open Paper09

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas and move this layer below your frame.

Use your magic wand and select inside of your frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert your selection and on the paper layer, press delete.

Open Paper07

Resize to 600px by 600px

Move this below your frame paper background and apply your mask here.

Now go to your tubes.

Select the one you would like on the outside of your frame.

I used the one titled “1”

Position and resize to your liking.

Filter → Xero → Clarity

All at Default.

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

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

Add a drop Shadow.

Now Go back to your tube and Copy and Paste Just the cat with wing (the one titled “4”) onto your canvas

Resize and position over the other tube so it looks like it's part of it

Once it's perfect do the same two filters as you did before.

Add an outerglow to this layer as well as a drop shadow.

Now we're going to go back to our tube and Get the kitten without the wing (layer “5”) and copy and paste it into your canvas.

Move this layer in between your frame and the paper frame background layers.

I flipped mine horizontally and then resize and reposition to your liking.

Once you have that, Ctrl + Click on your frame background paper thumbnail

Invert the selection and then on your new tube layer we've been working with press delete.

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Duplicate this layer.

On the new layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, Radius of 5

Change the blend mode to overlay

Now we're just going to embellish a bit.

Do so to your liking and add drop shadow of choice.

Resize and position as you'd like to as well.

I used the following:

~ Between the mask and frame background layers~

String01 (no drop shadow)

~Above the frame but below the tube with the pumkins and light~

lollipop01

candy06

flower07

flower08

flower06

flower06

bow02

candy01

~Above the top tube layer~

Spider (I also added a bit of an outer glow here)

bow01

flower08

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Resize the image if you'd like to.

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright info here!!

If you're not wanting to animate then hide the white background layer and save as a .png and you're done!

If you want to animate lets get started.

Go to your spider layer.

Duplicate it and “nudge” it 10 times. (with your move tool selected tap the up arrow key 10 times)

Duplicate this layer and nudge it 10 times, if you need to erase the bits of the string that extend above the bow and flower.

Duplicate again and nudge 10 times, erase the string.

I did this 9 times so that I have a total of 10 spider frames.

Now we're going to go to our tube image with the lightpost.

Zoom in a bit so we can see it well.

I used the polygonal lasso tool to select all the yellow parts of the post.

Ctrl+C

Ctrl+V

Duplicate the new layer.

On the original copied layer

Image → Adjustments → Black and White, just use the default settings.

Now hide all of the spider layers except the original spider you added.

Now we're going to go to our animation window.

(window → Animation)

I have my delay set to .15 seconds set to go forever.

Add a new animation layer.

Hide the original spider and unhide the first spider layer.

Go to your yellow light post pane layer and change the opacity of this one to 90%

Add a new layer in the animation window

Hide the spider you're one and unhide the next one up and change the opacity to 80%

Keep adding new layers and change the spider to the next one up and lowering the opacity by 10%

When you get to 0% you're going to start lowering your spider back down.

Once you get back to 80% your spider should be at the lowest point again so on the last animation layer only change the opacity of the flame layer to 90%

I ended with a total of 20 frames.

Press play to see your animation at work.

If you're happy with what you've done the save as a .gif and you're done!

Thank you for trying my tut!

I'd love to see any tags made from it!

If you have any questions feel free to email me!

Thanks again and Huge hugs!

Ashly

Here is the non animated version!

~Click Sample to see at full size~

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on October 18th, 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 beautiful work of VeryMany.

This is an exclusive at Scraps and the City
You must purchase a license to use their work and you can do so HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using After the Rain by Kikeka Kits by Gina
You can purchase this kit for use HERE

Mask of Choice
I am using Gemsmask-2 by Gems Taggin Scraps
You can Download that HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain
Xero - Radiance

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

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open up the element porthole

copy and past onto your canvas

Scale down by 50%

Open paper08

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Scale down by 50%

Take your magic wand tool and select inside the porthole

Select ---> Modify ---> Expand

I expanded by 4px, click okay

Invert your selection and on the paper layer, click delete.

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

Resize and postion to your liking.

Filter ---> Xero ---> Porcelain

All at default except the blue channel set to 0.

Filter ---> Xero ---> Radience

Something subtle that just brightens the tube back up a bit

Filter ---> Sharpen ---> Unsharp Mask

All at default.

Open paper12

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and past into your canvas.

Drag it to just about the white background layer

Apply your mask here.

Add any elements you'd like to now.

I used the following in this order.

Resize, place and drop shadow of choice on all.

(these are all behind the mask and frame just about the mask layer)

Ribbon02

hearts

jar02

flower08

flower07

beads01

Rainbow (this one is in between the porthole and paper backround, I also erased any parts that were outside of the porthole here)

Now go to the alphas

I chose to do the word “Rain” in them

Scale all down to 15%

I added an outer glow and drop shadow and rotated them a bit as I wanted to.

Add any other wording you'd like it.

I also rasterized the word “Rainbow” and erased bits so it looked like it was looping around the “R” in rain and the tube as well.

Add your name to the tag.

Image ---> Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked

Resize if you're wanting to.

*Most Important*

Add your copyright info to the tag.

Now, if you don't want to animate you're done!

If you do, let's do this!

-----Animation-----

Go to your 'rainbow' layer and duplicate it.

Turn off the visibility of the first one, we're going to leave it as is.

Using a soft round brush of around 100px erase a bit of the duplicated layer.

Once you've done that duplicate this layer, turn of the one you just copied and then erase a bit more on the newly created layer.

Do this until you have nothing left.

I ended up with 6 layers for the rainbow part :)

Now, turn them all off and go to your main paper background layer.

Create 4 new layers above it.

Flood fill all with black.

On the very first one go to

Filter ---> Noise ---> Add noise

Amount – 100%

Uniform and Monochromatic.

Go to the next layer

Filter --->Noise ---> Add noise

All the same but amount to 95%

Go to the next layer

Filter --->Noise ---> Add noise

All the same but amount to 90%

Go to the next layer

Filter --->Noise ---> Add noise

All the same but amount to 85%

Now, on each of these layers we're going to go to

Filter ---> Blue ---> Motion Blur

I did an angle of 50 and distance of 15.

Change the blend mode of all 4 layers to soft light.

Now ctrl + click your frame background paper to select it, invert your selection.

On each of the 4 noise layers we made click delete so that the rain only happens inside of the porthole.

Turn the visiblity off on all of those layers.

Now, open up your animation window.

(Window ---> Animation)

Set your delay at .15 secs and set to loop forever.

On the first layer in that pallate turn the visibility of the first rain layer on.

Add a new layer turn off the first rain layer and turn on the second

Add a new layer, turn off the second rain layer and turn on the third

Add a new layer, turn off the third rain layer and turn on the fourth

Add a new layer, turn off the fourth rain layer and turn back on the first.

Add a new layer, turn off the first rain layer and turn back on the second.

Add a new layer, turn off the second rain layer and turn back on the third.

Add a new layer, turn off the third rain layer and turn back on the fouth.

Now, add a new layer and turn off all rain layers.

Add another layer but change nothing

Add one more layer and turn on the smallest rainbow layer

Add another layer and turn off the first rainbow layer but turn on the second.

Keep doing this until you're at the complete rainbow.

Add two more of the complete rainbow layers

Add another layer and turn everything off so it's just the paper background showing again.

Add two more.

Now, we're going to test it.

It should now rain and then the rainbow comes out and then repeats!!

If you're happy with it Saved your creation

and You're done!!

I'd love to see what yo come up with!!

You can send them in to me as well as if you have any questions!!

Thank you for trying this out!!

Huge hugs!

Ashly

Here is one I did without the animation as well :D

A Sweet Addiction Tutorial

This Tutorial was written on August 3^rd, 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.

***Supplies Needed***

Photoshop – I used CS3 but any should work

Tube(s) of Choice

I am using the beautiful work of Suzanne Wolcott

You must purchase a license to use her work

You can do so HERE

Font of Choice- I'm using Mrs Saint-Delafield

Mask4 by Lizquis

Which you can get HERE

Scrap kit by KiKeKa Kits called “A Sweet Addiction”

Which you can purchase HERE

~Filters~

Xero Porcelain

~~~Remember that tutorials are guidelines, add a bit of your own spin on them and make them your own!!~~~~

*~*~*Lets Get Started*~*~*

Open a new canvas.

I start with 600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Paper 8, resize to 600px x 600px

copy and past to your canvas

apply mask to this layer

at the angle of 25 degrees, sized 425 px

Rasterize and center the mask

Open cbg_asweetaddiction_frame01

Copy and paste into your canvas

Edit --->Transform---> Scale 13%

Edit---> Transform--->free rotate 19.5 degrees

Center the frame

Add drop shadow

Open cbg_asweetaddiction_frame03

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Edit --->Transform---> Scale 13%

Center the frame

Add drop shadow

Open Paper 10, resize to 600px x 600px

Cope and Paste it into your canvas

Take your magic wand and select inside each of the three frames

Select --->Modify ---> Expand by 3

Invert your selection

With the paper layer selected press delete

Drag this layer below your frame layer

Lower the opacity to 70%

Add your 3 tubes in between these two layers, deleting the excess your don't need the same you you just deleted the bit of the frame backing you don't need.

On each of the images change the blend mode to luminosity.

As well as:

Filter ---> Xero ---> Porcelain

At default settings except blue channel set at 0

Add your main focus tube, position and resize where you'd like it

Apply the Porcelain filter to this one as well

Filter ---> Sharpen ---> Unsharp mask

With the following settings:

50%, 1.0 pixels, 0 levels

Add a drop shadow and outer glow with a color to match your tube

All default settings except opacity at 100%

Add any elements you'd like, resized to your liking and drop shadowed.

I used in this order:

cbg_asweetaddiction_scatter01 (below frame01, opacity at 50%)

cbg_asweetaddiction_ribbon02 (above frame01, below your frame paper back layer)

Now the rest above the frame03 layer but, below your focus tube layer

cbg_asweetaddiction_bubbles

cbg_asweetaddiction_icecream

cbg_asweetaddiction_cherry

cbg_asweetaddiction_rose02

cbg_asweetaddiction_ribbon01

cbg_asweetaddiction_flower02

cbg_asweetaddiction_flower01

cbg_asweetaddiction_candy01

Add your name to your tag.

Image---> Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked, okay.

Rize to your liking

******MOST IMPORTANT******

Add your copyright info

Save your image and you're done!!

If you try my tutorial please send me your results so I can see them as well!!

TYSVM for stopping by!!

Ashly