~~ Sassy ~~

*please remember you can click on the tag to see the orginal size*

Supplies Needed

The scrap kit Samantha the sassy is by Wicked Princess you can get here
Tube of choice, I am using the artwork by Keith Garvey, you can get here
Mask of choice, or you can use the one I provided. Please if this is your mask and would
like credit please email me and I will be glad to change my files and give proper credit.
download my supplies here
Font used MeaCulpa or any of your choice.  


Lets get started:
1. New image 700x700 we can downsize later.

2. Select all, copy and paste paper pp 11 as a new layer, selections invert, hit the delete key.

3. Open the mask provided, or your own mask. Standing on your new paper layer, layers, new mask layer, from image, look for your mask in the drop down menu, if your using the one I provided, make sure source lumincance and invert mask data is checked, hit okay.

4. On your layers palette, standing on your group mask layer, hit merge group layers.


5. Open the wire tube, copy and paste, make sure it is above the mask layer.

6. Open the cardboard frame, copy and paste as a new layer. Image resize 70%. Move over to the right of your image, now duplicate this frame, image mirror and move it to the left of your original frame. Merge those frames together. Add a drop shadow, 2,2,50, 6.00 black.

7. Taking your magic wand, click in each of the frames, copy and paste as a new layer paper pp12, selections invert, hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections none. Move your paper below your frame.

8. Taking you magic wand again and click on the inside of the left frame. Using the tube of your choice, paste as new layer. Selections invert, hit delete again. Move your tube below your frame layer.

9. Standing on your tube layer, go to effects, texture effects, blinds use these settings. 3, 40, color black, both horizontal and light from left/top checked. hit ok Blend mode lighten.

10. Standing on your tube layer, duplicate this layer, image mirror. Now your tube should be on the frame on the right.

11. Open the doubleribbonstar, copy and paste as a new layer. Image resize, I did mine by 25%. Place on the top of the frame making it look like it is holding the frames together. Duplicate, and mirror flip. Merge those two ribbons together. Add a drop shadow-0,0,68, 8.00 black hit ok.

12. Open the rosejasmincluster, paste as a new layer. Resize by 80%, place on top left frame. Add drop shadow, same as above.

13.Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer, place in the middle of your frames. Add a drop shadow-1,1,50 11.00 black. hit ok.

14.Open the hornedframe tube, copy and paste as a new layer. Resize by 40%, drap over the right side, you can erase some of it to make it look like it's handing on the frame. Add the drop shadow 2,2,50,6.00 black. hit ok.

15. Open my sparkle tube in the supplies, copy and paste as a new layer. Duplicate it, image flip. Now merge those 2 sparkle layers together, and then duplicate that layer, image mirror.

16. Now is the time to resize your entire image the way you want. I did mine to 500x500

17. Pick your font, I used MeaCulpa, size 54 stroke 1.. I also opened paper pp1 and used it in my materials palette, set on the pattern. Type our your name, promote to layer. Now standing on your font layer, selections, select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 4, add a new layer, now on that new layer flood fill white, selections none, move this white layer below your pattern font layer. Add a drop shadow to your white, 2,2,80,2.00 black. hit ok.

18. Standing on your pattern font layer, effects, 3d effects, inner bevel, bevel 2, width 8, smoothness 0, depth 1, ambience -4, shininess 0, color white, angle 315, intensity 50, elevation 30 hit ok.

19. Now you can add any copyright info, or even add any extra elements you like. Once done, save as you wish. I always save mine as a .png so it will show up clearer due to the drop shadows.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and come back soon. 

Update

Hiyas e1..

   I am sorry I haven't been able to kick out the tuts like I hope to be doing. Things at home are real busy right now. I am a active member in my kids school PTO and we throw a carnival every year in Oct., so I have been so busy working on many things to get it ready. Also, as most know my hubby is disabled from being injured overseas so I take him back and forth to dr visits along with my own. I so deserve a medal, lol. Our fall carnival is this friday the 22nd, so I hope things calm down some so I can get alot more tuts out for all.

I also wanted to remind you all that if you click on my tag it will bring up a new window and that will show you the orginal size of the tag, sometimes it makes it look blurry so that's why I made it to where you can click on it and see how it really suppose to look. Just remember to hit your back button to get back to the tut. I hope this helps any confusion.

I also love ideas, so if you have an idea of how you would like to see a tut done please feel free to send me your idea. For example, "hey Tabby I'd like to see some cutesy, or sexy, or a specific type." My email is tabbykatztutz@gmail.com put in subject line- tag idea.

Please send your friends to my blog, the more the merrier. But as always please do not snag anything from my blog and claim them as your own. And always remember to add any copyright info to you tags, it's out of respect for the artist that allow us to use their creations.

Have a great week all!
Hugssss
Tabby

~~Wisteria~~

(you can click on the tag to see how it looks at orginal size)

Scrap kit Wisteria by StacieCakes, you can get here
Poser out of her kit as well. Please leave her watermark intact with the poser.
Font BroncStomper or one of your choice
Mask by Tonya's Temptations mask 5 you can get here
No outside plugins.

Ok lets get started:
1. Open a new image 600x600 transparent.

2. Open the paper of your choice or use the one I did. Paper 8. Copy and paste as a new layer.

3. Open your mask in psp, minimize it. Go to layers-new mask layer- from image and look for your mask- if using one I did, it's mask5- source luminance checked, invert mask data unchecked-hit ok. Standing on raster group, merge group. Now you have raster 1 layer and group raster 2 layer.

4. If you want a white background this is where you can flood fill raster 1 with white, or if you choose a transparent back, leave all alone and move on.

5. Open circle 3, copy and paste as a new layer- image-resize by 80%- adjust-sharpness-sharpen- add drop shadow- 1,1,50,11.00 black hit ok.

6. Taking your magic wand, click the middle of the smaller circle, now click the middle of your outter circle- selections-modify-expand by 7, now take the paper of your choice or the one I used paper 10, copy and paste as a new layer-selections-invert, now hit the delete key on your keyboard. Now move that paper layer below your circle layer-add drop shadow- same as above or your own.

7. Taking the tube tree 2, copy and paste as a new layer- image resize by 70%. Move to the bottom left of your circle some, now we are going to make it look like it's coming out of the circle. So standing on your tree layer, lower the opacity just enough so you can see your circle. Taking your eraser , erase only the part of the tree that is sticking over the circle edges. Once done, move your opacity back to normal, add drop shadow. Same as above.

8. Open mushroom 1-copy and paste as a new layer- resize by 40% and place near the tree, I mirrored the mushroom, which is image -mirror.. You will now do the same as you did the tree to make it look like it is coming out of the circle. Or you can leave it out. Add the same drop shadow as we have been doing.

9. Take mushroom2 and do the exact same thing, except this time resize by 35% and do not mirror the tube. Place it next to your last mushroom and take off the parts that stick out of the circle, add drop shadow.

10. Now take your poser of choice of if you use the one out of the kit, please keep her watermark on the bottom, copy and paste as a new layer, downsize to match you tag, I did mine to 44%, add same drop shadow, move her to the right of your circle.

11. Open both stars tube, copy and paste the yellow-image resize to 25% place on her hand, do the same with the purple star, but resize this one to a few pixels smaller, place it on the yellow star. Add drop shadows. This makes it look like she is holding the stars.

12. Open 2 clouds, down size one to 40% place top right, then the 2nd one to 35% make them overlap as I did, merge those 2 clouds together and add drop shadows.

13. Now take 2 heart colors of your choice, down size one to 35% place over clouds, then next color to 30%-image mirror, and place near other hearts and merge those two layers. Add drop shadow.

14. Open your light ray, resize by 50% and move below the heart layer, Image-rotate-free rotate- right and 15.00. Now make it look like its right behind a heart.

15. Open 2 of the colors of butterflies you want to use, copy and paste as a new layer, image rotate-free rotate-right 15.00, image resize-30% add drop shadow place over one mushroom, now the 2nd butterfly, you will rotate same, then image mirror, downsize by 25%, drop shadow and place over another mushroom.

16. Open your sparkles tube, copy and paste as a new layer move under your circle layer but above your paper layer. I then duplicate this sparkle and move it just a tad.

17. Open both doodles, copy and paste as a new layer. Downsize both to 50%. Move right above your mask layer. Now take one of the doodles and image mirror. Move next to the other doodle, merge those two together, add drop shadow. Now go to effects-texture effects- mosaic-antique- number of columns-57, or rows-57, summetric checked, tile diffusion-54, grout-1 and grout % 64, hit ok.

18. Image resize, make sure all layers are checked, resize to 500, then height will adjust properly. Hit ok.

19. Use the font of your choice and size, foreground white, and background I used paper 10, click on pattern in your background and find the paper, angle 0 scale 100, now type out your name , effects-3d effects-inner bevel- bevel 2, width 8, smoothness 0, depth 1, ambience -4, shininess 0, color white, angle 315, intensity 50, elevation 30, hit ok. Add drop shadow 2, 2, 80, 2.00 black, hit ok.

20. Now you can add any other elements you choose or leave as is. Add your watermark as well. Save how you would like to save. I save mine as a png since it's a transparent tag. Which I just go up to save as, then choose the name you want, and go to the drop down list and find .png hit ok.

There ya go, I hope you enjoyed this tut. Come back soon. ~hugss~



~~ Lollipop Kisses ~~

Template used by Toxic Desirez you can get here
Scrap kit Pink-a-licious by Addictive Pleasures you can get here
Paid tube by Elias Chatzoudis you can get here
Font I used Cocktailshaker

Lets get started:

1. Open your template of choice or the one I used and duplicate, close out original.

2. Standing on your circle layer, PP9, selections select all, float, defloat, copy your paper layer
paste as a new layer, now hit selections invert and the delete key on your keyboard. Still standing
on your paper circle, merge down to the original circle layer. Add a drop shadow: 0,0,80,4.00 black.

3.  Frame layer, I left the same and just added same drop shadow as above.

4.  Glittered rectangle 1, P1, please repeat the same instructions as your circle layer. Once done,
go to adjust-add/remove noise-add noise uniform checked, 50% and monochrome checked, hit ok. Now
add same drop shadow.

5.  Rectangle 1- P6, same as instructions #2. Same drop shadow.

6. Rectangle 2- P4, repeat same as above with same drop shadow.

7. Glitter rectangle 2- P11 same as above as well, then add your noise, adjust- add/remove noise-add noise
same settings as above, add your drop shadow.

8. Small rectangle- P12, ok I sound like Im a broken record, lol..but we are still doing the same as
#2 with the same drop shadow. ( when I add papers to an extisting template, I always do the same way with the copy and paste, then invert and delete, this just makes it look more clean and not blurry. Then I
always merge down to the original layer.)

9. Frame 1, frame back 1 and frame 2 and back 2 I left the same as is. All I did was add a drop
shadow. 0,0,80,4.00 black.

10. I added drop shadows to the lollipops and wordart as well.

11. I used Elias artwork, I copy and pasted as a new layer, downsized to match my tag placed her
within my tri-color frame and added a drop shadow of 1,1,30,3.00 black.

12. On my ribbon I decided to make it look like it was wrapping around my tube. I copied and pasted
the tube, downsized it by 50% or match your tag, then duplicated that ribbon and moved the copied
layer below my girl tube. Standing back on the orginial layer, lower the opacity just a bit so you
can see the girl. Now you can erase the ribbon that is over her head and the lollipop, this will give
that wrap around effect. Now bring the opacity back to 100. Go to your copy layer of the ribbon and
add a drop shadow 1,1,30,3.00 black. There ya go looks like its wrapping around your tube.

13. Standing on the background layer I opened splatter and copy and pasted as a new layer. Standing
on that layer, I duplicated the spatter, image mirror, then merge those 2 layers together, now
duplicate again and image flip. Add drop shadow 1,1,30,3.00 black

14. Now bling it up by adding your elements of choice, your watermark and any copyright info. Since I added the lip lollipop I decided to take off the lollipops on the left side, and add a bow at the end of my lip
lollipops, to give it a different look.

15. I opened my font size of your desire, stroke set at 0.0, then I picked P1, in your materials pallatte
click on your background, go to patterns and find the paper you choose. Type out your name, then promote to raster layer. Now standing on your name, selections, select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 4, new layer and flood fill with white, selections none..bring that layer below your paper font layer, add a drop shadow, you can leave like that or even add noise to the white.

Now you can save your tag as you like, I save mine in a png form unless I am going to use animation. This
leaves that yucky white background off and makes your drop shadows look like they are suppose to.

I hope you liked this tut, please check back soon.
Hugss

~~ A Womans Prayer ~~



~~ A Womans Prayer ~~

Scrap Kit by: Wicked Princess you can get here:
Tube by Keith Garvey you can get here:
Template used is by Toxic Desirez you can get here:

Font used Feel Script

Let's get started:

~ Open your template of choice or the one I used, duplicate it then close out the original.

~ On the upper left and right rectangle back I left those the white glitter, just added a
drop shadow-  vertical-0, horizontal-0, opacity-80, blur 80 color black

~ On the upper left rectangle, stand on the layer, selections select all, float then defloat,
choose PP16 (or the one of your choice), copy and paste as a new layer, selections invert, now
standing on the paper layer hit delete on your keyboard. Your left with just your paper filling
the rectangle, now merge down to the upper left rectangle. Add the same drop shadow as above.

~ Stand on the layer upper right rectangle, and choose the same paper and do the same as above.

~ Now, the steps following for all your shapes you will do the same steps as above just using different
papers of choice. I used the following papers: Upper right and lower left circle 1-PP7; Upper right and lower right glitter circles-PP20, Upper right and lower left circle 2- PP15, remember to put drop shadows on all.

~ On the Glitter circles, after I pasted my papers I went to Adjust-add/remove noise, Uniform, 50% and monochrome checked. Ok

~ Standing on the Pink circle (the bottom one), selections-select all-float-defloat, PP6, selections-invert, delete. select none.  Merge down to pink circle, add drop shadow.

~ Stand on the glitter circle, go to Adjust-Hue/saturation-Hue Map, leave all of it the same except Lightness shift, change that to a 100, this makes it white, click OK. Add drop shadow.

~ I left the black circle the same as is.

~ Top pink circle selections-select all-float-defloat, PP14. selections invert, hit delete, select none, merge down, Add drop shadow.

~ Dotted line 1, I colorized them black, or you can any color. add drop shadow.

~ Standing on your dotted line 1 that is right above Sm Stars, merge down., take your color dropper tool, run it over part of the darkest green of one of your papers, then left click, this color will now be in your color pallatte window,Take the tool -Change to Target Brush-and run it over the dotted line and small stars, it will then change them to the color you picked up with your dropper tool.

~ Frame back left and back right, I did a little different. Once again pick up your dropper tool,
now pick 2 colors from your tag, right click for the foreground, and left click for the background color.
Now go to your color pallatte-click on your foreground, click on gradient-look for the foreground/background color-angel-40, repeats-2,style-linear, hit ok
Now I merged down the frame back left to the right, and then selections select all, float, defloat..take your flood tool and fill your boxes. select none, drop shadow. ~ Frame left and right I left the glitter white color.

~ Large stars I kept black, or you can change them to any color or paper of choice.

~ Standing on the bottom layer, take the element silverdoodle2 and copy and paste as a new layer, place where you would like, add a drop shadow.Once you have it where you like, I duplicated the layer, and image mirror, place it below the first doodle. Merge those 2 layers. I then added silverdoodle3 and did the same thing.

~ Standing on your doodle layers, lower the opacity to 50.

~ Now comes your imagination, add whatever elements you like and place them where you like. Resize them to match your tag.  Always add drop shadows, the settings I used are: 0,0,80, 8.00 and black

~ If you would like to add the heartwreath like I did, I copied and pasted as a new layer right over my big pink circle, then downsized it till it fit right around the edges, added drop shadow.

~ The pink bow I added to the flowers, was bowteardrop, I placed it, then duplicated that bow,
image rotate, free rotate, right and 15, then placed it right over the orginal bow. add drop shadow.

~ The awareness ribbon, I drapped over the right rectangle, then erased just a tad bit on the top, to make it
look like it was hanging over the rectangle. Add drop shadow.

~ Once you get all the elements you like on it, I like to downsize mine before I put my licensed tube on it, or my watermark, and name. Image, resize, I usually do mine 475x475, make sure resize all layers are checked and lock aspect. hit ok.

~ Now add your licensed tube or whatever tube you like, and your watermark. Please make sure add any copyright info needed.

Thank you so much for trying my tut, hope to see you back soon. ~Hugss~  

~~ Pumpkin Fairy ~~

(as always you can click on the tag to see the orginal size)



~~ Supplies needed ~~

Mask of your choice
Scrap kit I used by QueenBrat you can get here
Poser used out of QueenBrats kit as well
Font used Parseltongue  which you can get here

Let's get started:

~ Open a new image 600X600 transparent background, you can resize later.

~ Open your mask of your choice into psp.

~Selections select all, take a paper of your choice, and copy- paste into selection.

~ Goto- Layers - new mask layer- from image-pick the mask from the source window drop down menu.
Source Luminance checked, now depending how your mask looks you will check the invert mask data, or
uncheck it. You want the paper in the main part of your mask. Hit ok.

~On your layer pallatte, stand on the group-merge layer and merge group. Now if you want a white
background you would add a raster layer and bring it down to the bottom and flood fill with white.

~ Now is where you get creative, add any and all elements you want. Add drop shadows to each, and make
sure you resize so they are proportioned to the tag.

~If you want to add the frame 1 from her scrapkit like I did, I downsized it to fit around my mask, on each picture.
Add a drop shadow, I used effects-drop shadow:

    Vertical-1
         Horiztontal-3
        Opacity- 80
                             Blur 7.00 and color black

~Above your bottom layer, if you added white, or below your mask if you are leaving it transparent,
add glitter 1 and 2, merge those 2 layers together, then duplicate-image flip-image mirror. It just gives more
glitter to your background. Merge both glitter layers. *if you are using another kit that does not
come with glitter, you can use your air brush set to the round, and any size you wish and take
colors from the kit you choose and paint some dots on a layer and then adjust-add/remove noise, and make your own.

~Add the bow 3, downsize it, place where you want, you can leave it like that or add another bow, then
image mirror and put ontop, to make it look like it has double ribbons. Add drop shadow.

~ I like to downsize my tag now before adding the name, image resize make sure resize all layers is
checked, then for width I use 475 to 500, your choice, the height will adjust on its own. *Please note
if you are a tag maker and use dolls, then resize your tag before you place the doll on, or your doll
will be disfigured, and not be within the artist rules.*

~ Pick a font like you like and add that, size as big or small as you like as well.I used Parseltongue, this
font you have to pick a big size,mine was 80. I placed mine under the poser to make it look like
she was laying on the font.

~ Effects- 3d effects - inner bevel- bevel 2, width 8, smoothness 0, depth 1, ambience -4,
  Shininess-0, light color white, angel-315, intensity-50, elevation-30, ok

~ Effects 3d effects- drop shadow vertical-2, horizontal- 2, opacity-80, blur 2.00 black, ok

~Now just add your watermark, any artist info that is needed and merge how you normal do. You can
add annimation or merge flat if you want a white background, or save as a .png file if you choice
to have it transparent.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and please come soon.      

~~Masked Beauty~~

(you can click on the tag to see the orginal size preview)

~~ Supplies Needed ~~
Template of choice or your welcome to use mine
download here  Please do not share

Scrap kit by: Rieka_Rafita you can get here

Or any of your choice, please respect the artist wishes and do not share.
Font of choice

I used a paid tube by Keith Garvey which you can find his work here:

Plugin-Lokas Software Gel or just use effects inner bevel.

Lets get started:

~ Open template and duplicate orginal, close out orginal.
If you can want your tag smaller you can downsize template now.

~ You can flood fill your background white, or leave it transparent depending on how you
like to save your tags. I leave mine transparent since I save them as a .png file.

~ Stand on the oval raster layer: using your magic wand click the center of the oval. Keeping
selected go up to Selections-modify-expand by 1

~ Pick the paper of your choice and paste as a new image, still on your paper layer and
your ants marching on your oval layer, hit selections-invert: now hit your delete key. selections none

~ Now you have the white layer around your oval, you can leave that or add noise or another paper color.
You follow the same instructions as you did for the inside of your oval however, omit the modify by 1
I am adding noise. So I am using my magic wand clicking on the white, then going to adjust-add/remove noise uniform checked and the noise is your choice, I used 50%, monochrome checked-hit ok, then select-none.

~ Once you pick which way to have your white, you can add a drop shadow to your oval. The setting I used
was: Vertical-0
     Horizontal-0
      Opacity-80
      Blur-6.00
      Color-Black

~ You will then repeat with all the other shapes of your template the same way, using any paper or color of your choice, and drop
shadow of your choice.

~ Once you have all your shapes the way you like, you then add the elements of choice. You will
need to downsize the elements as you place them on your tag. By doing that you will go up to
image-resize-make sure it is in pixel size and using smart size. You can play with the % to your
liking, depending on the size of your tag. **Remember to add drop shadows on each element,
it will make them stand out and look better on your tag.

~ Take a tube of choice, I used a Garvey tube and placed it in the center rectangle, I took the magic wand clicked the center of the rectangle, placed the
tube how I wanted her then selections -invert and hit delete, while standing on the tube layer.
This takes the excess off that, it appears she is coming out of the  box. Drop shadow, same as above, 0,0,80,6

~ Do the same with the outer boxes. Standing on the Garvey tube layers I changed those tubes from
normal to Luminance (legacy).

~ Stand on your very bottom layer, the background, and Find the RR_SplashGlitter, copy and paste
as a new layer, downsize to 70%, lower if your tag is bigger than 600x600..Move up the right of your tag
Now take the other color of the splash glitter and do the same. Now merge those 2 layers together only.

~ Go up to Effects-Mosaic-Antique: Number of columns-57  Tile diffusion-54
                                   Number of rows- 57    Grout width-1
                                   Symmetric checked     Grout diffusion 64   click ok.

~ To add your name pick a font you like, I used ChopinScript size you prefer, type our your name
 promote to a raster layer

~ Effects Lokas-Gel settings Bevel Width-12, Depth-80, Color overlay checked, color #5a2744
  Color opacity- 100, shadow-black, highlight and shadow opacity- 40, hit ok.
  ( if you do not have lokas gel, you can go to effects-3d effects and inner bevel, your desired setting.

~ Drop shadow on your text- vertical-1, horizontal- 1, opacity- 30 and blur 3, color black. ok

~ put your watermark, and any license that you may use for any paid tubes.

~ You can add any animation to your tags, then take it to AS, add your own style.

~ Once all done, you can save your tag as you see fit. Merge flat,if you used a white background, or merge visable if you are going to save it as a .png file, this will keep it a transparent background.

I hope you enjoyed this tut and stop back by to check for any new tuts up.