Sky's Style

Supplies Needed: 

PSP & Animation Shop

Tube of choice. Art by SkyScraps. Find the tube: here

Cluster  by me: here

Plugins:

Gittes Plugins

Xenofex 1.0

Font here

Open the cluster. Delete the credits layer and leave the one you like.

Resize and expand the canvas.

Activate the rectangle tool:

Foreground: none

Background: #f53993 

Make a rectangle in the canvas:

Click in one of the corners and drag it down to to round the corners.

Convert to a raster layer. Selections - All - Float - Defloat.

Selections - Modify - Contract: 10 pixels.

Add a new layer. Name it: Border. 

Fill with a dark color: #242222

Selections - Modify - Contract: 10 pixels. Edit - Clear.

Add a new layer. Flood fill with any color.

Effects - Plugins - Gittes Plugins - Diagonale Silver

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Luminance.

Do not deselect yet. Selections - Invert. 

Activate the rectangle layer. The border is selected.

Selections - Float.

Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Glass:

Select a dark color to fill, I've used black.

Deselect. Duplicate the rectangle, activate the original layer.

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 10 pixels.

Effect - Artistic Effect - Halftone:

Open the tube. C/p in the canvas, place it and with the freehand selection tool, 

make a selection around the word to remove the excess of the tube.

Add drop shadow:

V: 2 H: 0

O: 55 B: 10

Add copyright and your name. You can export now as a jpg or png or..

To animate:

Add a layer, flood fill with white or any color. Send to bottom.

Activate the layer: Border. 

Effects - Plugins - Xenofex 1.0 - Origami:

Copy Merged. Paste as a new animation. Back to psp, undo the effect and apply the effect again

but change the Random Seed to: 20.

Copy merged, in animation shop. paste after current frame. Back to psp, undo the effect and apply the effect again

but change the Random Seed to: 35.

Animation - Animation Propieties:

Speed: 15.

If you like it save and you're done :)

Extras: Punk Hoodie

ღ Download free extras here

ღ Tube by Verymany

ღ Scrap Punk Cano by Bibis Collection

Cluster and cluster frame: Punk Cano

ღ Freebies Cluster scene and cluster frame

ღ Scrap Punk Cano by Bibis Collection only @ SATC here

ღ PSP and PSD files.

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Extras: Victorian Charm

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ღ Tube  by SkyScraps

ღ Scrap Victorian Charm by Inzpired Creationz

Butterflies and Pearls

Supplies Needed: 

PSP and Animation Shop 

Tube of choice. Art by Barbara Jensen. Find the tube: here

Cluster frame by me: here

PSP shape  here

Texture JC_028 here

Silver pattern made by me here

Lokas - 3D Shadow here

Font here

*Preset shape and texture: I received it from a yahoo group several years ago

**If you know who made the preset shape let me know to give credit.

Open the cluster frame. Keep the layer background and frame of choice. 

Delete the rest. Resize and expand the canvas if it's necessary.

Open the pattern. Place it in the background in the materials layer.

Make a gradient with two  colors from your tube:

My choice:

Foreground: #99b6ab

Background: #2b3e31

Style: Linear

Angle: 135

Repeats: 0

Invert: unchecked

Activate the background layer. Selections - All - Float - Defloat.

Delete the layer and add a new one.

Flood fill with the gradient.

Effects - Texture Effects - Texture:

Activate the preset shape tool. Select a shape of your choice:

Ensure the foreground is null and the pattern is in the background. 

Create the shape to cover the inside of the frame:

Convert to raster layer. Remove any excess.

Selections - All - Float - Defloat.  Selections - Modify - Expand by: 2 pixels.

Add a new layer, flood fill with a dark color. I used the one from the gradient: #2b3e31

Deselect. 

Add drop shadow:

V: -1 H: 3

O: 40 B: 6

Move the layer below the shape.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas. Resize if needed and place it in the right side.

Effects - Plugins - Lokas Software - 3d Shadow:

Add a wordart of choice. Add your name and copyright. Export now as jpg or png, for a static tag.

To Animate:

Activate the preset shape layer. Copy, open animation shop.

Paste as a new animation. 

Effects - Insert Image Effect:

Delete the first frame. Reserve for later.

Back to psp. close the layers above the preset shape. 

(frame, tube, name, copyright, wordart if you added one)

merge all the others layers: white background, frame background, preset shape border and preset shape.

Rename it: 1. Copy merged.

In animation shop, paste as a new animation. Duplicate until you have 13 frames.

Activate the animation you did before, select all the frames and drag it to the background.

Place it above the preset shape.

Back to psp, close layer: 1. Open all the other layers. Copy Merged.ç

Go to animation shop, paste as a new animation. Duplicate until you have 13 frames.

Activate the first frame and select all. Carefully drag it into the first frame of the main animation.

Change the speed to: 14  and play the animation. If you like save and you're done. 

Cluster Frames: Victorian Charm

ღ Freebie Cluster frames

ღ Scrap Victorian Charm  by Inzpired Creationz: HERE

ღ PSP and PSD files

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Magik Fall

Supplies Needed: 

PSP 

Tube of choice. Art by SkyScraps. Find the tube: here

Cluster frame by me: here

Masks by Gems 27 here

Plugins:

Muras Meister  Cloud

Eyecandy 4000

Font here

Open the cluster, pick one of the versions. Copy and paste as a new image.

Close the original file.

make a gradient with two colors from the tube:

fore: #d9ba55

back: #972f00

repeats 0

Style: Sunburst

Add a new layer, send to the bottom. Flood fill with the gradient.

Effects - Texture Effects - Fine Leather:

Effects - Art Media Effects - Black Pencil:

Detail: 80

Opacity: 15

**Note: Depending of your chosen colors, you must to change the opacity intensity.

Adjust - Add Noise:

uniform

20 percent

Monochrome

Duplicate the layer.

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 5

In the layer palette, change the blend mode to: Overlay.

Merge down the layers.

Layers - Load mask: gemsmask-27

Merge group.

Duplicate 2 more times. Merge down.

Duplicate again, Image - Free Rotate:

left - 90 degrees.

Merge the masks layers.

Activate the background layer. 

Flood fill with a light color: #d9ba55

Selections All - Float - Defloat.

Effects - Plugins - Muras Meister - Clouds:

Deselect.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas.

Effects - Plugins - Eyecandy 4000 - Shadowlab:

Add the name and copyright. Export as a jpg or png now, if you want a non animated tag.

Activate the selection tool:

Make 3 rectangles (hold the ctrl key, to do multiple selections):

Selections - Modify - Feather: 10 pixels.

Add a new layer, name it: 1. (do not flood fill, blank layer)

Invert the colors, in the materials palette. Lighter color, in the background.

Effects - Plugins - Muras Meister - Clouds:

Add a new layer, name it: 2. 

Apply the cloud effect but change the:

Cubic: 15

Add a new layer, name it: 3. 

Apply the cloud effect but change the:

Cubic: 10

To animate:

Close the layers: 2 and 3. In the layer palette click on the eye.

Add a new layer, flood fill with white, send to the bottom.

Copy Merged. Open animation shop, paste as a new animation.

Back to psp, close the layer: 1 and open the layer: 2.

Copy merged, paste after current frame.

Back to psp, close the layer: 2 and open the layer: 3.

Copy merged, paste after current frame.

Select all the frames and change the speed to: 17

Play the animation and save if you like it!

Extras: Every Leaf

ღ Download the extras here

ღ Tube by SkyScraps

ღ Scrap Magik Fall by Bibis Collection

Clusters frame and scene: Magik Fall

ღ Freebies Cluster scene and cluster frame

ღ Scrap Magik Fall by Bibis Collection here

ღ PSP and PSD files.

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Extras: Halloween Night

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ღ Tube  by Ismael Rac

ღ Scrap Trick or Treat by Inzpired Creationz

Extras: Boo to you

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ღ Tube  by Jenna Forsyth

ღ Scrap Trick or Treat by Inzpired Creationz

Cluster and cluster frame: Trick or Treat ICZ

ღ Freebies Cluster and cluster frame

ღ Scrap Trick or Treat by Inzpired Creationz here

ღ PSP and PSD files.

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Extras: Spell on you!

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ღ Free tube by Lia

ღ Scrap Hilda Spooky Licius by Bibis Collection

Extras: Spell Binding

ღ Download animated extras here

ღ Tube by Vinegar

ღ Scrap Hilda Spooky Licius by Bibis Collection

Freebie Cluster: Hilda Spookylicious

ღ Freebies Cluster scene and cluster frame

ღ Scrap Hilda Spooky Licius by Bibis Collection here

ღ PSP and PSD files.

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Wiccan Beliefs

Supplies Needed:

Psp

Tube of choice. Art by SkyScraps. Purchase it: here

Scrap kit The Wiccan Way (PTU) by My Nerdy Notebook here

Font here

Open: NN_Frame5. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 194x209 pixel size. Smart Size.

Place it in the top left side, duplicate. Image - Mirror. Merge visible.

Duplicate, Image - Flip. Merge visble and place it in the center.

With the magic wand click inside of every frames. Selections - Expand by: 7 pixels.

Add a new layer, move it below the frames.

Open: NN_Paper7. Copy and paste into the selection. 

Effects - Texture Effects - Fine Leather:

Open the closeup of the tube, c/p in the canvas, place it in the right side.

In the layer palette change the blend mode to: Luminance (Legacy)

Add a new layer.

Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout:

Selections - Invert. Activate the closeup layer, Edit - clear. Deselect.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas, place it in the center. Resize.

Add drop shadow:

V: -1 H: 3

O: 45 B: 8

Open: NN_BookOfShadows. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 436x352 pixel size. Smart Size.

Place it at the bottom of the tube and frame

Open: NN_Candle. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 206x166 pixel size. Smart Size.

Colorize to match your tube, place it in the left bottom corner, duplicate. Image - Mirror.

Open: NN_Familiar. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 404x326 pixel size. Smart Size.

Place it in the right side, next to the candles

Open: NN_RuneStones. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 433x349 pixel size. Smart Size.

Rotate: Left - 40 Degrees. Place it in the left middle of the frames. 

Duplicate, place it in the right side.

Open: NN_Bell. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 150x121 pixel size. Smart Size.

Place it at the bottom, next to the candles.

Open: NN_Spider. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 307x248 pixel size. Smart Size.

Place it at right top frame corner.

Open: NN_Skull. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 165x133 pixel size. Smart Size.

Image - Mirror. Place it next to the book.

Open: NN_Athame. c/p in the canvas. Resize at: 330x266 pixel size. Smart Size.

Image - Mirror. Rotate: Right - 60 Degrees. Place it at the bottom in the right corner.

Add more elements the tag:

NN_Button

NN_Chalice

Always: Resize, sharpen and place as desire. 

Add drop shadow:

V: 2 H: 2

O: 40 B: 4

Add copyright and your name. Merge Visible, copy and paste as new image. Export as a png or jpg.

Extras - I heart Music

♥ New Tag + Free Extras♥

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ღ Created with the new killer tube by Arthur Crowe!!

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Kawaii Kei

Supplies Needed:

Psp and Animation Shop

Tube of choice. Art by Cute Loot. Find the tube: here

Forum set 013 by me PSP & PSD here **new link here

Plugins:

Dsb Flux

L en K landksiteofwonder - Zitah

Eyecandy 4000 

Xero here

Font here

Open the template, duplicate the file.

Close the original and delete the credits layer.

Make a gradient with two  colors from your tube:

My choice:

Foreground: #c266f7

Background: #99e7ff

Style: Linear

Angle: 300

Repeats: 5

Invert: unchecked

Flood fill the background with the gradient.

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds:

Effects - Plugins - Dsb Flux - Blast:

Effects - Plugins - L en K landksiteofwonder - L en k's Zitah:

Duplicate the layer. Apply Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 3 pixels

In the layer palette hange the blend mode to: Overlay or Hard Light. Merge down this layers.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas. Place it in the center and resize if it's needed.

Duplicate the layer. Apply Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 3 pixels

In the layer palette hange the blend mode to: Screen and low the opacity.

Merge down this layers.

Effects - Plugins - Xero - Radiance:

Add your name and copyright.

To animate:

Activate the layer: Rays Animated - 1

Change the opacity to: 40.

Effects - Plugins - Eyecandy 4000 - Gradient Glow:

**It's optional, you can add a simple drop shadow or nothing.

Copy merged. 

In animation shop, paste as a new animation. Back to psp, hide the layer: Rays Animated - 1

and open the next (Rays Animated - 2), apply the glow and change the opacity.

 Copy merged, paste after current frame in animation shop.

Repeat with the layers: 

Rays Animated - 3

Rays Animated - 4

Rays Animated - 5

Rays Animated - 6

Play the animation. If you like save and you're done.