Hop Into Spring This is a simple and fun tut. I used the awesome artwork of Joel Adams in my first example, which you can get at Creative Design Outlet. In my second example at the bottom I used the fabulous artwork of Keith Garvey which you can get at PSP Tubes Emporium. Please use these tubes with the proper licenses. The scrap kit I used is Hop Into Spring by Bratty at Pure Purrfection Creators Corner. The font I used is Springtime Flourish. Open the fence from the kit. Shift D to duplicate it. Close out the original. Resize by 97% so the fence is at 100%. Move down slightly. Open paper 1. C & P (copy & paste) behind fence. Put the grass part down below the fence a little bit. C & P tube of choice and resize 85%. Position to the right side, making sure you stay on the paper. C & P Bunny, mirror and duplicate. Resize 1 bunny 55% and 1 bunny 45%. Position to the left side of tag. C & P Bird, resizing 35%. Position on top of fence. C & P Music Notes, resizing 15%. Duplicate twice and position up by bird. Type Hop into Spring and position to your liking. I used color 62942e and added a glow with f2c780 with a medium band. Chart below. Drop shadow all layers except for the paper layer. Merge visible, copy and paste as new image. Resize to your liking. Add copyright info.

It has been awhile since I posted so I will update things now. On Feburary 13 I fell and broke my right arm severly. When I do things I tend to do them in a big way and this was no different. Pictures posted below. I spent Sunday night in our hometown hospital and moved to another hospital 58 miles away the next day by ambulance. Every bump and dip in the road brought severe pain. I was given morphine several times during transport. I was supposed to have surgery that afternoon, but had to wait until Tuesday afternoon, because they had to order a part for my arm. I felt like a car ordering a part a part and waiting on it to come in. The surgery went well, they had to take apart my elbow to put a metal plate and a metal rod in, then they put my elbow back together. The rod goes from my elbow to my shoulder. I need to get pictures of the metal parts, will try to remember it next time I see the doctor. I was then released on Thursday. I spent more time in the hospital for my broken arm then I did for my double mastectomy. It has been a month since I fell. The break area just has twinges every now and then, not too bad. My hand is another story. I damaged my radial nerve. It was pinched off for 2 days while waiting for surgery. My hand is still very swollen and the tight skin is very painful. At first I had no feeling in the skin but that has returned. But I have very limited movement in my fingers. I can move them backwards, but can't make a fist. I can move my thumb a little bit. I can't move my wrist at all. And I have no surface feeling in my forearm up to the elbow. I don't know if I can move my elbow yet or not, but I will find out tomorrow (March 17th). They are taking the splint cast off and putting on a brace. This will still give me protection in the break area while allowing my elbow to move. I will probably start therapy after getting the brace. I am right-handed and an avid crafter, so the way my arm is now is really worring me. I hope that eventually I will get full use of my hand and be able to work with my plastic canvas and rubber stamps again. Please keep me in your prayers and your fingers crossed. Thanks.

Love And Desire This tutorial is entirely my idea. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Hope that you enjoy working this tut as much as I did making it. Supplies: Love n Desire Scrap kit by Cowgirl Creations and can be found HERE: Tube is by Barbara Jensen and can be found HERE: Mask is by WeeScottLass170 and can be found HERE: Open Mask in PSP Outside Filters: MuRa’s Meister Copies Xero Porcelain I chose the red elements on Barb’s tube and colorized the following piece: Stockings Silver Blue to 255, 255 Drop Shadow used throughout 5, 5, 50, 5 Black Canvas size: 750 x 700 I start out large for plenty of room to put things, then I size down at the end. Ok, let’s start. 1) Paper XCCLD3. Copy and paste into your canvas. Resize to 150% to cover all the canvas. Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image. Merge group. Resize 110%. Drop shadow. 2) CCLD Chain Link. Copy and paste on top of mask. Resize 110%. Colorize 255, 255. Drop shadow. 3) CCLD Pearl Scatters. Copy and paste on top of chain link, move to the left. Colorize 255, 255. Duplicate, mirror. Merge both, drop shadow. 4) CCLD Glitter Doodle 1. Copy and paste on top of pearls. Resize 70%. Move to top left corner. Duplicate, mirror, flip. Merge both, drop shadow. 5) CCLD Heart Trail. Copy and paste on top of glitter doodle layer. Resize 110%. Drop shadow. 6) CCLD Chrome Heart. Copy and paste on top of heart trail. Use magic wand, make sure all spaces are clicked. Selections, modify expand by 5. 7) XCCLD Paper 5. Copy and paste on top of chrome heart. Selections, invert, delete, move below chrome heart. DO NOT DESELECT. 8) Using font of choice, I used Cantilope size 14 stroke 0 color black. Type out word Love, or word of choice. MuRa’s Meister copies with the following settings: 9) SSLD Blossum Stick. Resize 70%. Duplicate, mirror, rotate duplicate left 15. Merge both. 10) CCLD Flower Plant 4. Resize 70%. Merge with blossum stick layer. Put this below Chrome heart layer. Duplicate, put duplicate above heart layer and erase parts over the middle bar of chrome heart. Drop shadow both layers. 11) Copy and paste Barb’s tube. Apply Xero porcelain with these settings: 12) CCLD Boot 1 and CCLD Boot 2. Resize both boots 70%, mirror, put in lower right hand corner stacking them on top of each other and offset them. 13) Resize tag to you liking. This is what I do. I save tag in psp format first. Then I merge visible, copy and paste as new image. Resize tag 97%, all layers NOT checked. Resize tag 70%, all layers ARE checked. Add credit info. 14) Apply name or saying that you wish. Save in either png format or jpg format. We are finished. Thanks for looking at my tut. I would love to see your results. You can send them to me at glitterdeb75@yahoo.com I will put them here on my blog to display them.

Sorry I have been away for awhile. Life just gets in the way sometimes. Wish I could devote all my time to psp, but alas, it is not to be. Both boys were having finacial troubles and of course we had to help them. Derrick is now back driving a truck and getting back on his feet after being evicted from his home, along with his girlfriend and their two kids. They are staying at Tanya's parents for now, and you know that is never good for any relationship, especially with 9 people living in one house. Enough to drive anyone crazy. LOL Dustin is living with us for now and he is trying to get all the paperwork needed to go to truck driving school, then he will be driving truck also. We are just a family of truck drivers. LOL I am dealing better with myself and my physical appearance. You know the saying that sometimes you would forget your head if it wasn't attached? Well, with me it is my breasts, and I DID forget to take them with me during Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve and Day with my family then went to Colorado to spend the rest of the weekend and hubby's birthday on the 28th with his parents, and guess what I forgot? You guessed it, my boobs. LOL Can't say that I am vain in my appearance, just plum forgot them. Well, I have written another tut. First one in awhile. Hope that you all enjoy it.

Sexy in Aqua This tut was written on July 18, 2009 by GlitterDeb (that's me) This is entirely my idea, any resemblance is totally coincidental This was written using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 but can be done in others. Supplies Needed: Scrap kit is by Kittie’s Sinful Designz called Odelina - Faery Series Part 1 and can be found HERE Template is MC_template67 by Melissaz Creationz and can be found HERE Mask is WSL_mask226 by Chelle at WeeScotsLass Creations and can be found HERE I am using the wonderful art work of Jamie Kidd and it can be found at CILM. Please don’t use this tube unless you have the license to use it and have acquired the tube legally. HERE Font I used is Engaged. HERE Ok, let’s begin. Open mask in PSP. Open up the template. Duplicate and close out the original. Delete copyright layer. I like to work on a big canvas so go to Image, Canvas Size, and make it 700x700. Close out all the layers. Click on Raster 7. Use you magic wand and touch inside the black square, flood fill with black, select none. Click on Raster 2. Selections, select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 7 from the kit, selections, invert, hit delete key on keyboard, select none. Click on the merged layer. Selections, select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 16, selections, invert, hit delete key on keyboard, select none. Click on merged layer again. Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 3, fill with black, select none. Next, click on Raster 5. Selections, select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper20, resize by 50%, selections, invert, hit delete key on keyboard, select none. Repeat this on all Copy of Raster 5 layers. Open your tube image. This tube has a full length layer and also a headshot layer. Copy the headshot layer. Click on Raster 5 layer again, selections, select all, float, defloat, paste headshot layer, position in box where you want the tube, selections, invert, delete, select none. Repeat on Copy of Raster 5 layers, except for the bottom box I used the full length tube to get a smaller face. Click on Raster 4 and use the magic wand on it. Fill with black. Repeat on all Copy of Raster 4. Copy and paste full length tube and position to the left side of tag. In the scrap kit open up button 2. Copy and paste into tag, position where desired. Resize to your liking. Duplicate 2 times and arrange to your liking. Open flower 1 in scrap kit. Copy and paste into tag, arrange on top of buttons. Open up clipped flower in scrap kit. Copy and paste into tag. Resize to your liking and position at the top of the tag. Copy and paste paper 16 and position on the bottom. Open mask, go to layers, new mask layer, from image, click ok. Merge group. Put drop shadows on all layers that you want. Add your copyright and license number. Add your name and/or saying onto tag. I used the font Engaged and with black in the foreground and paper 16 in the background. And we are done. I hope that you liked this you enjoyed this tut as much as I did. Thanks.

This tut was written by GlitterDeb (that's me) on July 18, 2009. It is entirely my idea. Any similarities are totally coincidental. Supplies Need: I wrote this tut in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, but any PSP program will work. Scrap Kit: Called Odelina - Faery Series Part 1 by Kittie’s Designz and can be found HERE Mask: Mask is WSL_181 and can be found HERE Tube: I am using the fabulous artwork of Joel Adams and can be purchased at CILM. Please do not use this tube unless you have the proper license and have obtained the tube legally. HERE Font: I used Fling LET and can be found HERE Let’s Begin I like to work on a big surface and then resize later, so open up a new canvas 700x700 and flood fill with white. Open up Frame 2, copy and paste onto your canvas. Resize 110%. Take your magic wand and holding down the shift button click inside the frame, including in all the little open spaces around the flowers. This will allow you to get the whole frame covered. Copy and Paste paper 1, selections, invert, delete key, select none. Put the paper layer below the frame. Open up tube and resize 110%. Click on the frame layer again and use the magic wand as before where you think you are going to place the tube. Copy and paste tube and place it where desired. Duplicate tube. Close out the duplicate and click back on the original. Do not move either tube layer. Selections, invert, delete, select none. Place this tube layer under the frame layer. Add drop shadow. Open up the duplicate tube layer. Add drop shadow on this tube, then erase the parts that you don’t want on top of the frame. Now we are going to add the elements. Open up Button 1 (yellow button) and resize to 75%, duplicate twice. Move buttons to desired positions, add drop shadow. Open Flower 1, resize to 25% and place above the buttons. Open up Ginger 1, resize to 75% and place under the buttons where desired. Erase stem showing below buttons, if desired. Open up Heliconia, place below buttons, rotate as desired, and erase stem below buttons if desired. Drop shadow all. Open Flower Stem. Mirror and place on the right side with the other flowers from the frame, place as desired. Move below frame, duplicate, move duplicate layer above frame. Erase excess on top layer to your liking. Add drop shadows. Open Ribbon 3, duplicate and mirror duplicate layer. Place both layers at bottom of frame and below frame. Add drop shadows. Open up Pixie Dust Trail. Place below frame but above paper layer, so the stars show behind your tube layer. Duplicate and position to your liking. I didn’t drop shadow my pixie dust but you may if desired. Add copyright info and license. Add your name or saying. We are finished. I hope that you liked this tut. Thanks.

This tag was written on July 30, 2009 and is entirely my idea. Any similarities are purely coincidental. I am writing this using Paint Shop Pro X, but can be done in any version. Scrap Kit: KSD_Adalina TS Harlequin Series by Kittie’s Sinful Design HERE Font: Edwardian Script ITC Open frame 1, duplicate, close out original. I like to work on a big space so I use canvas size 700 x 700. Add drop shadow to frame. Return to frame layer. Click the magic wand inside frame, selections, modify, expand by 8. Copy and paste paper 3, selections, invert, delete key, select none. Place paper layer under frame. Open pillow. Resize to desired size. Go to deform tool, hold control key and move top of pillow to appear like it is laying down. Duplicate pillow. Place in the left lower corner and one in the right lower corner. Drop shadow both. Open Adalina Pink Harlequin. Resize to liking, position under frame on top of left pillow. Duplicate Harlequin and close out. Back to original Harlequin layer. Drop shadow. Erase pieces that are sticking out beneath the frame. Open Duplicate and place above frame. Erase pieces where desired. Open Golden Brown Harlequin. Resize to liking, mirror, place under frame on top of pillow on right side. Duplicate Harlequin and close out. Back to original Harlequin layer. Drop shadow. Erase pieces that are sticking out beneath the frame. Open Duplicate and place above frame. Erase pieces where desired. Open Flower 1, resize to liking, duplicate 2 times (3 flowers total), arrange to your liking on the left upper corner of frame. Drop shadow all 3. Open Branch and resize to liking. Rotate to the right 90 degrees, place under flowers. Duplicate, rotate 90 degrees and place at the bottom of the flowers. Add drop shadow to both. Open Peacock Fan. Resize to liking. Arrange under the frame on the left side. Add drop shadow. Open Ornament 2, resize to liking, arrange on top of the frame on the right side. Add drop shadow. Open Sequins 2, arrange at the top under the frame. Duplicate 5 times (6 sequin layers total). Arrange 2 on both sides and one at the bottom of frame. Add drop shadow to all 6. Open Sequins 2, arrange at the top under the frame. Duplicate 3 times (4 sequin layers total). Arrange one on each side and one at the bottom. Add drop shadow to all 4. Open Diamond Rain, resize to liking. Arrange right under the frame, but on top of the paper layer. I duplicated the rain, then added a drop shadow using 1, 1, 50, 5. Open Silver Frame, and resize to liking. Arrange at the bottom of frame. Click magic wand in middle of frame, selections, modify, expand by 2. Copy and paste paper 17, selections, invert, delete key, select none. Merge these two layers. Add Copyright and watermark. Add names or saying. I hope that you enjoyed this tut as much as I have. Thanks for looking.