Mystical Designs & Tags

Free CU Poser tube pack

2009-10-19T20:31:00.000-07:00

I have some things going on here at the house financially and a good friend gave me this idea. I am offering a small Sample CU Poser tube pack for anyone who donates $1.50 or above for me using the Donate button from paypal. It is a way to say thank you for helping me out as well as you get this CU tube pack that you can use in your scrap kits or for commercial use. It comes with 3 poser renders. I will email you the pack once I have received a notice of donation. Thank you for everything you guys do.

Ardyn Posers

2009-10-19T11:52:00.000-07:00

Meet Ardyn. She is cu/pu okay. TOU is included in the zip file. You may purchase her here.

Aubry Posers

2009-10-19T11:50:00.000-07:00

This is Aubry. She is Cu/pu okay. TOU is found in the zip file. You can purchase her from here. Designer name is Mystical Designs

Arwyn Posers

2009-10-19T11:40:00.000-07:00

She is ready for Halloween. She is CU/PU okay and she is in stores now. You can go here to purchase her.

Fall Colab In Stores Now

2009-10-19T11:22:00.000-07:00

9 Designers have contributed to this collab!

Get at least:

22 Tagger Papers
35 Full Papers
37 Tagger Elements
28 Full Elements
9 Posers
2 Full Size Quickpages
2 Tagger Size Quickpages

This collab will only be in the store until November 30th!

New Thanksgiving Kit By Me

2009-10-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

This kit is available in full size only. I love Thanksgiving time and this is a kit I made for this. You can get it here. Digital Pixel Pixies

I have a new award.

2009-02-04T05:10:00.000-08:00

Mmmmmm. Looks good doesn't it. Yumm. I love lemonade and it reminds me ofsummer. With it being cold out there and all we need all of the summer thoughts we can get right???

I received this from one of my Team Leaders I am working with for the Creative Teams. Thanks Julie from Bits N Bobs. I love it girlie.

Now these are the sites I would like to nominate to receive the award.

Scrappy Stuff by Essy
Morgaine
Stacey
Weescotslass
CT Work
Black Faery Designs
Digital Dezerts
Bouquet of Pixels
Pinku Pixie's Bits
Designs by Amilyn

And here are some rules ;
1. Put the logo on your blog or post
2.Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude
3. Link to your nominees within your post
4. Let them know that they have recieved this award by commenting on their blog
5. Share the love and link to this post with the person from whom you recieved your award.

New Tutorial: Celtic Irish

2009-02-03T17:02:00.000-08:00

Supplies Needed

The scrapkit I am using for this tutorial which can be purchased here.

Mask by Monti's Pixel Playground which can be found here.
Name of Mask is Monti's Needles and Pins Mask.

Plugins Needed
Eye Candy 4000: Glass Preset

Now let's get ready to do this.

Install your mask into your masks folder of Paint shop pro.

Open a new image 600x600 Transparent.

Go up to Selections, Select all. Open up paper of your choice. I chose Celticcelebrationpapers17. Go up to edit copy. Close out of the original image. Go up to edit paste into selection. Leave Selected.

Go up to Layers, Load save mask from disk, and load mask from disk. Find your mask you will use and hit ok. Go up to Selections, Select None. Right click on your Group and hit layers merge, merge group.

Now open up your frame you are going to use. For this tutorial I am using CelticCelebrationElements21. Go up to edit, copy and close out of your frame. Go to the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to image, resize and resize this to 28 percent and make sure that resize all layers is not checked and click on Okay.

Click on your Magic Wand tool and select your spaces on your frame holding down shift to select them all. Open up your paper you are going to use. For this one we are going to use CelticCelebrationPapers16. Go up to edit copy. and close out of this paper. Click on your bottom layer and go up to layers, new raster layer. Go up to edit, paste, paste into selection. Go up to Selections, Select None.

Highlight your frame layer and go up to Effects, 3d effects, and Drop shadow using these settings. Horizontal and Vertical at 2. Opacity at 50 and blur at 8. Shadow color is black.
Click on ok.

Highlight your bottom layer. Open up CelticCelebrationElements16. Go up to edit, copy. Back to your image you are working with go up to edit paste, paste as new layer. Go to Image, resize and resize it at 75 percent. Apply the same drop shadow as previous layer.

Highlight your second layer in your layer palette. Open up CelticCelebrationElements41. Go up to edit, copy. Close this out. Go to your image you are working with and go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go to Image, Resize and resize it at 20 percent and position using my tag for a sample. Now click on your eraser tool and erase the dress along the right outer edge on the bottom. Now add the same drop shadow as previously.

Now highlight the layer under your tube. Open up CelticCelebrationElements04. Go up to edit, copy. Close the original out. Go to your image you are working with and go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go to Image, Resize, and resize this to 20 percent and place using my tag for a sample. Add the same drop shadow to it.

Now open up CelticCelebrationElements07. Go up to edit, copy. close the original out. Go to your image you are working with and go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize, and resize this to 20 percent and place using my tag for a sample. Add the same drop shadow to it.

Now open up CelticCelebrationElements36. Go up to edit, copy. Close the original out. Go to your image you are working with and go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize, and resize this to 35 percent and place using my tag for a sample. Add the same drop shadow to it.

Now highlight your top frame layer. Open up CelticCelebrationElements02. Go up to edit, copy. Close the original out. Go to your image you are working with and go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. go to image, resize, and resize this to 10 percent. Position on tag using my tag for a sample and add the same drop shadow.Duplicate that layer and move to the oposite side using my tag for a sample.

Now open up CelticCelebrationElements15. Go up to edit, copy. Close the original out. Go up to edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize and resize this to 10 percent. Position using my tag for a sample. Now using your eraser set at 5 pixels go ahead and erase the part over her thumb to make it look like she is holding the branch. Now add the same drop shadow.

Highlight your 4th layer down and open up CelticCelebrationElements10. Go up to edit, copy. Close the original out. Go up to edit, paste, and paste as new layer on the image you are working with. Now position it as you see on my tag. Add the same drop shadow.

Now highlight your top layer. Add a new raster layer Using your Black Chancery font at size 48 and color #0A4C09. Type out Kiss me and hit enter and the second line type out I'm Irish and click on Okay. Apply the same dropshadow. Go up to Effects, Plugins, Eyecandy4000 and Glass. Use the default settings but change the glass color to white. And click on Okay.

Now add your name on the bottom as show in my tag and apply the same drop shadow and the same Glass effect.

Don't forget to add the correct copyrights and export as a jpeg or png.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

New Tutorial: Aqua Fairies

2009-01-27T06:43:00.000-08:00

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice: The Tube I am using is going to be a freebie on my site.

The scrapkit I am using for this tutorial can be purchased here.

Mask by Other World Fae which can be found here.

Template49 by Yvette which can be found here.

Okay Now let's get started.

Now put your mask you are going to use in your psp masks folder and let's open up Psp.

Now open up your template. The one I am using is called Yvette_EOC_Template49. Shift + D to duplicate image and close out the original.

Delete your Copyright layer. Highlight your background Layer and Open up your paper from your scrapkit you want to use. For this layer I used BNB-paper-2. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the paper. Click on edit, paste as new layer on your image you are working with. Rename that layer Mask.

Now go up to Layers, Load/save mask, Load mask from disk. I am using OtherworldFaeSabremask1. Make sure Source Luminance, Fit to Canvas, and Hide all mask is checked and click on Load. Position this layer so that it shows a bit on either side. Now right click on this and Merge Group.

Now highlight your circle layer and go up to Selections, Select all, Selections float, Selections Defloat. Open up your BNB-paper-4. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the paper. Go up to edit, paste, paste into selection on your image you are working with. Go up to Selections, Select None. Effects, 3d Effects and dropshadow of 2,2, 100 and 8.00 and click on OK.

Highlight your Large Rectangle Layer and go up to Selections, Select all, Selections float, Selections, defloat. Open up your BNB-paper-1. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the paper. Go up to edit, paste, paste into selection on your image you are working with. Go up to Selections, Select None. Apply the same drop shadow as above.

Highlight your thin Rectangles Layer and go up to Selections, Select all, Selections float, Selections, defloat. Open up your BNB-paper-5. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the paper. Go up to edit, paste, paste into selection on your image you are working with. Go up to Selections, Select None. Again, Apply the same drop shadow as above.

Highlight your Heart Layer and go up to Selections, Select all, Selections float, Selections, defloat. Open up your BNB-paper-6. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the paper. Go up to edit, paste, paste into selection on your image you are working with. Go up to Selections, Select None. Again, apply the same drop shadow as above.

Now open up your tube of choice and go up to edit copy. Close out of your tube. Go to edit, paste, and paste as new layer. Resize the tube as needed to fit your image. If you are using my tube then resize it to 28 percent making sure resize all layers isn't checked. Position using my tag as a example. Add the same drop shadow. Rename this layer tube.

Open up the BNB-chain. Go up to edit copy, and close out of the image. Click on your image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize the chain layer at 45 percent. Rename that layer chain and drag it under the tube layer in your palette. Go up to effects, 3d effects and add the same drop shadow as above.

Now highlight your circle layer. Open up BNB-doodle. Go up to edit copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 90 percent. Position it using my tag as a sample. Rename layer to Doodle and add the same drop shadow as before.

Now highlight your tube layer. Open up BNB-wordart. Go up to edit copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 60 percent. Rename the layer to wordart and reposition using my tag as a sample. Add the drop shadow as before.

Highlight the Large Rectangle layer. Open up BNB-feathers. Go up to edit copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 60 percent. Postion using my tag as a sample. Rename this layer feather. Add the same drop shadow as before.

Now highlight your tube layer. Open up BNB-curled-ribbon-2. Go up to edit copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 35 percent. Position using my tag as a sample and rename this layer ribbon. Add the same drop shadow as before.

Open up the BNB-clipbinder-3. Go up to edit copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, and paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 35 percent. Go up to Image, Rotate, Free Rotate. Make sure left is selected and free under degrees. Change it to 30.00 and make sure nothing else is checked. Click on okay and position as shown in my tag. Go up to adjust, Sharpness and sharpen. Rename this layer to clip and add the same drop shadow as before.

Now open up BNB-fairy-2. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, and paste as new layer. Go up to Image, resize and resize this layer to 40 percent. Reposition this layer using my tag as an example. rename this layer shadow and add the same drop shadow.

Now open up BNB-fairy. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, and paste as new layer. Go up to Image, Resize and resize this layer to 40 percent. Reposition this layer using my tag as an example. Rename this layer fairy and add the same drop shadow.

Now open up BNB- butterfly. Go up to edit, copy and close out of the image. Click on the image you are working with and click on edit, paste, and paste as new layer. Go up to Image, resize and resize this layer to 10 percent. Reposition this layer using my tag as an example. Rename this layer tattoo.

Now for our background for our name we will use BNB-paper-2 as a texture and using the font signature at 48 size. Type in your name and position it as you need to. Now add the same drop shadow. Go ahead and save your work. Add the correct copyrights for the tube and you now have your new tag.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

New Tutorial: Love Hurts

2009-01-23T06:47:00.001-08:00

Supplies Needed

Tube of choice: The tube I am using is from a pack called Grunge Chick and can be purchased here.

The scrapkit I am using is called Grunge Love and can be purchased here.

Mask by Wee Scots Lass Creations: WSL_Mask117 which can be found here.

Font I used is Black Chancery again.

Plugins needed
Eye Candy 4000: Glass Preset

Okay now let's get started.

Go ahead and put the mask in your Jasc Paint shop pro masks folder and open up Paint shop pro.

We will start with a new image 600x600, transparent.

Now you can use a paper of your choice but I used BNB-paper-5 opened that one up. Go to my image and go to selections, select all. Go to your paper and go up to edit, copy. Go back to your new image and edit, paste into selection. Close out your paper image.

Now we will go up to layers, Load/Save Mask and Load mask from disk. Make sure source luminance is checked, Fit to canvas is checked, and hide all masks is checked, Invert transparency is not checked. Click on Load. Right click on the layer in the layer pallette, Click on Merge, and Merge Group. Rename that Layer Mask.

Open up BNB-frame-2 and go to edit, copy. Close it out and go to your image and click on edit paste as new layer. Rename that layer Frame. Go to image, resize 90 percent and make sure Resize all layers is not checked. Click on okay.

Open up your tube of choice. If you use the same one I use it is BNB-GC-6. Go up to edit, copy and close out the original. Go to your image and click on edit paste as new layer. You may need to resize the image and if that is the case go up to Image, Resize and if you use the same tube resize at 25 percent. Make sure resize all layers is not checked. Click on okay. Position your tube to the side using my tag for an example and apply a drop shadow to the tube. Rename the Layer tube.

Now open up the BNB-wordart-1 and click on edit copy and close out the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize and resize it at 50 percent. Make sure resize all layers are not checked. Click on okay. Position the word using my tag as a sample and rename layer to Love.

Now open up the BNB-wordart-3 and click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize and resize it at 50 percent. Make sure resize all layers are not checked. Click on okay. Position the word using my tag as a sample and rename layer to hurts. Move that layer up under Love in the layer palette.

Select the frame layer and open up BNB-dangles. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize and resize it at 50 percent. Position the dangles using my tag as a guide. The ribbon will go over the top of it to hide some of it so that is fine if it goes on the frame some. Rename that layer dangles.

Now open up BNB-scrunch-ribbon-1. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize and resize it at 50 percent. Position the ribbon at the top of the frame using my tag as a guide. Rename that layer Ribbon1

Open up BNB-rose-1. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, Rotate, Free rotate click on right, and free and put in 90 making sure all layers and rotate single layer around canvas are not checked. and click Ok.
Go to image, resize and resize it at 60 percent. Position the rose at the bottom right using my tag as a guide. Now this next part you need to click on your erase tool. Make your size at 10 and Erase the leaf and the stem that holds the leaf. Rename that layer rose 1. Go up to layer duplicate. Go to Image, Mirror. Move the left rose to meet the stem in the middle of the frame. Rename that layer Rose 2.

Open up BNB-ribbon. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize. resize at 35 percent. Position the ribbon at the bottom to hide the rose stems. Rename Layer Ribbon 2.

Open up BNB-brad-1. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize. Resize at 25 percent. Position the brad to the left bottom to hide the ribbon start. Use my tag as a guide for placement. Go up to layers duplicate. Move the duplicate to the other side to match my tag position. Rename that layer brad 2 and the layer under it brad 1.

Open up BNB-pin-3. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize. Resize at 40 percent. Position pin to the left as shown. Click on your eraser tool and erase part of the pin. Now add a drop Shadow. Rename layer to pin.

Open up BNB-charm. Click on edit, copy and close out of the original. Go to your image and click on edit, paste as new layer. Go to image, resize. Resize at 40 percent. Position the charm to the left as show on the tag. Click on your eraser tool. Set size to 5 and erase part of the loop on the charm. Rename layer to charm.

Please remember to add all copyrights. Also add your name in the font you choose and save as either a .Jpeg or PNG.

Resize and crop the image to fit your needs. And there you have it. I hope you find this easy to follow. I have fun making these tutorials.

New Tutorial: In Love

2009-01-22T14:17:00.000-08:00

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice: I used a tube from Poser Emporium but any tube will work.

Scrapkit Sweethearts by Monica of Simply Sensational Scraps which you can find here.

Template by missy_tagtemplate136 which you can find here.

Font I used is Black Chancery.

Plugins Needed
Eye Candy 4000 the Glass Preset

Okay now let's get started.

Open your template and press "shift D" to duplicate image and close original template.
On your duplicate template you need to delete the copyright layer, and all three of the wordart layers as we will not be using them.
Activate the background layer and floodfill with white.

Select your circle layer. Go to Selections, select all. Go back to Selections and float. Then open paper21 from the kit and go to Edit Copy. Go back to your template and click on edit- paste into selection.
Go to Selections and select none. Now go to effects, 3d effects and drop shadow. Add a drop shadow of your choosing.

Select your rectangle layer on your template. Go to Selections, select all. Go back to Selections and float. Then open up paper18 from your kit and go to Edit Copy. Go back to your template and click on edit - paste into selection.
Go to Selections and select none. Now add the same drop shadow that you added previously to your circle layer.

Select your Heart layer on your template. Go to Selections, select all. Go back to Selections and float. Then open up paper2 from your kit and go to Edit Copy. go back to your template and click on edit - paste into selection.
Go to Selections and select none. Now add the same drop shadow that you added previously.
Now staying on the heart layer go up to effects, plugins, Eye Candy 4000, glass. Now leave everything default except glass color. Change that to White. It will be on the bottom left hand side. Click on Ok to Apply and position the heart using my tag as a guide.

Go back to your rectangle layer and open up your tube or image that you are going to use. Edit copy and Edit Paste as new layer into the template. Making sure the tube layer is between the Rectangle and heart layers. Resize to fit and add the same drop shadow as previously.

Now open up frame3 under the scrapkit folder. Edit copy, and paste as new layer into your template. Resize to fit around the image. Add the same drop shadow to the frame layer.

Now turn off the visibility on the Circle layer, and the heart layer and the frame and background layer. Go up to Merge, Merge visible. That should merge the tube and rectangle sections together.

Now turn the all of the layer's visibility back on. Select the frame layer. Go up to selections, select all, Selections - float, Selections - defloat, Selections - Invert.

Now select the merged layer and take your Eraser and erase part of the tube and background that is showing through the hearts and L on the frame layer. Now go up to Selections and Select none.

Now add the elements that you would like to add to finish off your tag. Don't forget to add the © for the image or tube you used and add your name. For the effects that I did to my tag you can always use the drop shadow and the glass effect on the text. Now save your image as a . Jpeg and you are done.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow. I will add more if I get really good feedback. Keep on the lookout for them.