Tuesday, September 3, 2024



This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 9/3/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tubes of Choice I used
Yuriko Shirou 21-2, 21-2, 21-3
Font of Choice I used Versal
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000,Xero- Porcelain, Radiance, Bad Dream

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

Open a new canvas 700x700

Grab your rectangle tool and make a tall rectangle
convert to raster layer and center in canvas
rename Center Rect
Make another one to the left and convert to raster layer
rename Left Rect
Duplicate your Left Rect
Image-Mirror Horizontal and rename Right Rect

Pick 3 tubes of choice or Bundle of choice (from CDO if you have any!)
I am using ScrapWDD_YurikoShirou-Package-21

Drag Paper 6 onto your canvas underneath your Center Rect
RS 65%
grab your magic wand and select inside your Center Rect
Selections-Modify Expand by 3
Selections-Invert
activate your Paper 6 and hit delete

Do that step again for your next 2 rectangles
using different Papers
for the left rect I am using Paper 1
for the right rect I am using Paper 5

Drag Yuriko Shirou 21-1 (the JPG version) onto your canvas below your left rect
align where you would like
activate left rect
magic wand, select inside left rect
Selections-Modify expand by 3
selections-Invert
activate your tube layer and hit delete

Now do that step again for your center and right rectangles
*NOTE*
the center rectangle I did use the PSD tube 21-2 so it would fit in the rect
I resized it to 80% 
The right rect I used the JPG version 21-3

this is what your tag should be looking like



Activate tube 21-1 (in your left rect)
Duplicate
Plugins-Xero-Porcelain-default settings
Apply Blend Mode-Overlay
Merge down your copied tube layer into your original tube layer 

Activate tube 21-2 (in your center rect)
Duplicate
Plugins-Xero-Radiance


lower your opacity to 74
Merge down your copied tube layer into your original tube layer 

Activate tube 21-3 (in your right rect)
Duplicate
Plugins-Xero-Bad Dream-default settings
Apply Blend Mode-Hard Light
Merge down your copied tube layer into your original tube layer 

grab your text tool
I used font-versal-size 100
type your word of choice
my first word is DESPAIR
convert to raster layer
Image-Free Rotate-Left-90
Place on the left side of the left rect

Type out your next word mine is ALONE
change your Direction to Vertical and Left


convert to raster layer
place between left and center rect

type another word mine is SORROW
and place it between center and right rect

Change your direction back to normal
type your next word mine is DEPRESSION
convert to raster layer
Image-Free Rotate-Right-90
place to the right on the right rect

Merge together all of your word layers
Plugins-Eye Candy 4000-Gradient Glow
with these settings



add ds I used 
V:0, H:2, Opacity:90, Blur:5.00

Drag paper 5 onto your canvas
put this as your bottom layer in your LP
Add a mask- I used AKK_Mask074

Drag JPG 21-3 onto your canvas above your Mask Layer 
position between left and center rect
drag below your mask layer


Drag JPG 21-2 onto your canvas above your Mask Layer
position between center and right rect
drag below your mask layer 



activate your Group Layer-Merge Group
Objects-Align Center In Canvas

Drag Paper 2 onto your canvas and
move this all the way to the bottom in your LP
add another mask I used AKK_Mask02
activate your Group Layer-Merge Group

Crop your tag
add your copyrights and name(s)
and we are done!!







This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 9/3/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tubes of Choice I used
Cuddly Rigor Mortis Tubes 92-3, 103-1, 128-2
Font of Choice
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000, Eye Candy 5 Glass

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

Open a new canvas
700x250

Pick 3 tubes of choice 

Activate your Ellipse Tool
Change your foreground color to a color from the first tube you are using
I am using 92-3 so I am using pink
Hide your background color

Make a circle on the left side of your canvas
Rename Left Circle 
Convert to raster layer

Copy and Paste CRM 92-3 onto your canvas beneath your circle
RS 50% (or RS your tube to where it fits inside the whole circle)

Activate your Left Circle, grab your magic wand
select inside your circle
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
Selections-Invert 
Activate your tube layer and hit delete

Do those steps again using your next two tubes
 and changing your foreground color to match those tubes

Add a DS to all of your circles I used
V:0, H:2, Opacity:45, Blur:5

Activate your 92-3 tube layer
Selections- Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Defloat
Add new raster Layer
Eye Candy 5 Glass
with whatever settings you like
Do this step again for your other tube layers

Grab your ellipse tool and make another circle
place it above your left circle layer
grab your text tool and write what you would like
Hide the ellipse layer and convert your text to a raster layer
Do this step again but on your other circles and add the rest of your text
Add Eye Candy 4000 Gradiant Glow and DS to your texts

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a 
solid colored background or a gradient background
and add a mask

Add copyrights and name(s)
and we are done!







This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 9/3/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice I used
Enamorte Tubes 74-1 and 82-1
Template is also by me HERE
Font of Choice
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000 on name

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

Open sig banner temp
shift+d to duplicate
close out original
delete credits


Pick 2 tubes that have the same color scheme
I am using Enamorte Tubes 74-1 and 82-1

Copy and Paste Enamorte 74-1 underneath Left Square
align where you would like
Activate your Left Square and grab your magic wand and select inside of it
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
Selections-Invert
Activate your tube layer and hit delete
Do this again but paste it underneath the Right Square

Copy and Paste Enamorte 82-1 onto your canvas
RS 68%
Move this below your border layer
Drag your Bottom Rect above your tube layer
Grab your selection tool and select the parts of the tube on the bottom
and hit delete




Add a New Raster Layer make this your very bottom layer
flood fill with a gradient of choice or a background

Copy and Paste Enamorte 74-1 onto your canvas
and position it all the way to the right, 
right above your Gradient/Background Layer as shown in my tag
We only want her eyes showing on the very top
Grab your selection tool and select all parts of the tube that
are showing and hit delete or use your eraser tool
Do this again but place it at the bottom left of your Banner
Apply Screen Blend Mode on both

Add a new raster Layer and flood fill with color of choice from your main tube
I used Purple
Grab your magic wand and select inside Bottom Rect
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
Selections-Invert
Activate your Colored Background Layer and hit delete
Do this again but on your Top Rect
Add Texture Effects - Blinds to both




Select your text tool and type whatever you would like in the Bottom Rectangle
Finish it with writing something in the Top Rect
I used the color white and lowered the opacity

Add your copyright and name(s)
and if you aren't animating then we are done! 




Animation::

Alright stay with me lol!

Open up your animations in Animation Shop
I am using Sophisticat Simone Animation 398 and 
Rebel Dezigns Animation 1707 from Package 568

On Simones animation select all frames
Copy and Paste after current frame
Delete frames 26-34
So now it has 25 frames like our Rebel Animation

BACK TO PSP

Merge together your Left and Right Square layers
HIDE THIS LAYER
(Make sure that your tube layers are still underneath your square layers)
Activate your bottom layer on your layer palette
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged

BACK TO AS

Paste as new animation and CTRL+L to make 25 frames
Edit-Select All

Activate your Simone Animation 
Make sure you select all and Propagate Paste IS ON
Copy and then Paste into selected frame I pasted it on my main layer tube

Activate your Rebel Animation and resize



Select all, 
copy and paste into selected frame 
on your Left Square Tube Layer
Paste it again on your Right Square Tube Layer

BACK TO PSP

Layers- View None
Make visible your Merged Left and Right Square Layer
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged

BACK TO AS

Paste into selected frame and align where they go

And the animation is finished!!








This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 9/2/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Kit and Tube Used
FTU Golden Havoc by CCD
Template by Me
Fonts of Choice
Plugins Used: Xero Soft Mood, Penta Color Dot, Xero Fritillary

Supplies HERE

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Open Template Havoc
Shift+D to duplicate and close out original

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a color from your tube
I used #ffc100

Drag element 23 onto your canvas
RS 60 %
move this above your Left and Right Shape

Activate your bottom Rectangle and move this above element 23

Activate element 23
Grab your selection tool and select the bottom half and hit delete



Sharpen and add DS V:0, H:5, Opacity:50, Blur:10

Drag Tube 1 onto your canvas below Right Long Rect
Place where half of his face is showing
Activate Right Long Rect
Grab your magic wand and select inside Right Long Rect
Selections-Modify-Expand by 2
Selections-Invert
Activate your tube layer and hit delete

Duplicate your tube layer
Image-Mirror-Horizontal
Move below Left Long Rect
Xero-Soft Mood-Default Settings
Do this on your other tube layer also
Apply Texture Effects-Blinds to both Tube layers




Drag element 59 onto your canvas below Right Shape Layer
RS 25% place it to where it fills in the entire shape
Activate Right Shape Layer
Selections-Modify-Expand by 2
Selections-Invert
Activate element 59 and hit delete

Drag element 58 onto your canvas below your Left Shape Layer
RS 30% place it to where it fills in the entire shape
Activate Left Shape Layer
Selections-Modify-Expand by 2
Selections-Invert
Activate element 58 and hit delete

On element 58 and 59
Apply Penta Color Dot 
with these settings


Then apply Blend Mode- Hard Light on Both

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a gradient
or you can use my Gradient Background I provided in supplies

Select your Magic Wand
Activate Top Rectangle and click inside of it
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
Selections-Invert
Activate your Gradient Layer/Background and hit delete
Do this step again in your Bottom Rectangle

Drag element 7 onto your canvas above your colored background Layer and RS 30%
Place at the left side as shown in my tag
Duplicate - Mirror - Mirror Vertical
Merge Down
Grab your selection tool and select the pieces that are showing to the right
and hit delete
Duplicate and Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 45 onto your canvas above your colored Background Layer
RS 25%
Duplicate- Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 8 onto your canvas below Element 45
RS 25% place to the left as shown in my tag
Duplicate- Mirror Horizontal
Merge together both element 45s and element 8s
Grab your selection tool and select any that is showing above
and hit delete
or use your eraser tool up to you!

Drag element 92 onto your canvas above Bottom Rectangle and RS 15%
Place in the center bottom as shown in my tag

Drag Paper 1 onto your canvas above your Colored Background Layer
Blend Mode- Multiply

Activate your Top Rectangle
Add Xero Fritillary
use whatever settings you like
(because I forgot to take a screenshot lol)
Do this again on your Bottom Rectangle


Grab your text tool and write whatever you would like if you want to
I lowered the opacity on my text

Add a new raster layer
Selections-Modify-Contract by 6
Selections-Invert and flood fill with gradient or color of choice
Apply Foto Frame




If you aren't animating then we are done!
Add your copyrights and name(s)




Animation::

In PSP

Activate your Bottom Background Layer
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged

BACK TO AS

Edit-Paste as new animation
CTRL+L to make 25 frames
Select All

Activate your Rebel Animation 67 (the bats)
Select All-Edit-Copy
Activate your Tag and Edit- Paste into selected frame in the center

Activate Rebel Animation 1378
resize


Select All-Edit Copy
Activate your tag and Edit-Paste into selected frame
on the bottom left and right

BACK TO PSP

Hide your bottom background layer
Activate all your other layers
Edit-Copy Special-Copy Merged

BACK TO AS

Edit-Paste Into Selected Frame
and we are done! 







This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 9/2/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
Tube of Choice-
I used Anna Marine 69-1
Font of Choice
I used a mask by me - AKK_Mask05
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000 Gradiant Glow, Xero Bad Dream
I Used a free kit by Chaos Priestess 
Angel Fall


**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!
Drop Shadow settings used: V:0, H:3, Opacity:50, Blur:10


Open a new canvas 650X650

Drag AFFrameEl01 onto your canvas
Objects-Align-Center in Canvas
RS 93%

Copy and paste your tube layer underneath your frame
I am using the JPG preview of Anna Marine 69-1

Grab your magic wand and select inside the frame
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
Selections-Invert
Activate your tube layer and hit delete

Duplicate your tube layer
Plugins-Xero-Bad Dream-Default Settings
Blend Mode-Screen
Merge down into your original tube layer

Drag AFFlowerEl02 onto your canvas & RS 50%
Place to the bottom right
Add DS 

Drag AFKeyEl onto your canvas & RS 65%
Place below AFFlowerEl02 add DS

Drag AFFoliageEl onto your canvas & RS 50%
Place below AFKeyEl add DS

Drag AFFlowerEl01 onto your canvas & RS 85%
Place below AFFoliageEl as shown in tag add DS

Duplicate AFFlowerEl02 and move above AFFlowerEl01 to the right

Drag AFStarClusterEl onto your canvas
Flip Horizontal , RS 55% and place above your frame layer to the right

Drag AFHeartEl onto your canvas
RS 35% place above AFFlowerEl01 as shown in tag add DS

Duplicate AFFoliageEl and move below AFStarClusterEl to the right

Drag AFWordartEl onto your canvas & RS 50%
Put this above all your other layers to the left
Add Eye Candy-Gradiant Glow-White 

Drag AFPaper03 onto your canvas
and load mask I used AKK_Mask05

Crop your tag and add credits and name(s)
And we are done!


Friday, August 9, 2024

This tutorial was written by Ashley Zimmerman on 8/8/2024
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies I Used:
PSP – I used 2020 but any version will do
FTU Tube of Choice- BHD_FTUTube-Clown24
Template is also by me
Font of Choice - Strange and Weird
I used a mask by me - AKK_Mask035
Plugins Used: Eye Candy 4000 Glass, DSB Flux-Bright Noise, Muras Meister
I Used 1 of my Free kits 
BHD_GothicXmas

Template & Tube : HERE

**Abbreviations I use**
DS- Drop Shadow
LP-Layer Palette
RS-Resize

DONT FORGET TO SHARPEN and ADD DROP SHADOW to EVERY ELEMENT!

Open Santa_Naughty2 Template
Shift+D to duplicate and close out your original template
resize your canvas to 815x260

 activate Lil Black Rect
Selections-Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Defloat
Open your tube BHD_FTUTube-Clown24 (or tube of choice)
(keep your tube opened in PSP!)
Edit-Copy
Edit-Paste as new layer on your template and select your *MOVE* tool
place your tube where you would like it in the rect
Selections-Invert and press delete
Blend mode Luminance Legacy Opacity 82

activate your Lil Black Rect
Selections-Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Modify-Expand by 3
add a new raster layer name it Lil Rect Border
flood fill with color of choice
Plugins-DSB Flux-Bright Noise-Intensity 35
Sharpen and move below your Lil Black Rect layer

Activate Gradiant Rect
Selections-Select All
Selections-Float
Selections-Defloat
go back to your tube canvas
Plugins-Muras Meister Copies-Line with these settings

Edit copy
Edit-Paste as new layer on your template 
and select your *MOVE* tool
place your tube where you would like it in the rect
Selections-Invert and press delete
Plugins-Xero-Bad Dream with these settings



Activate your pxl txt and change the opacity to 30

Now the next elements are all going to be UNDER our
Black Rect Layer

Drag element 273 onto your LP & RS 30%
place all the way towards the left
Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 283 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below el 273 to the left
Duplicate and do the same Mirror as above

Drag element 285 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below element 283 to the bottom left
Duplicate and do the same Mirror as above

Drag element 287 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below element 283 slightly to the right
Duplicate and do the same Mirror as above
Merge your copy of el 287 down into el 287
Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Vertical

Drag element 279 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below element 287 as shown in tag
Duplicate-Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal
Merge your copy of el 279 into el 279
Duplicate-Image-Mirror-Mirror Vertical

Drag element 282 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below element 285 and move this to the center bottom
as shown in tag
Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Vertical
your template should be looking like this now




Drag element 107 onto your LP & RS 30%
place below element 282 and move towards the top to fill in those gaps 
that are shown in the Screenshot above
Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Vertical

Drag element 72 onto your LP & RS 25%
place below el 279 all the way to the left side towards the bottom
Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Horizontal

Drag element 55 onto your LP
Image-Free Rotate-Right-Free 20
RS 15%
place above your Naughty Glass Layer

Drag element 7 onto your LP & RS 20%
place below element 55 and move it all the way towards the left
as shown in tag

Crop your tag
add your copyrights and name(s)

and we are done!!! 

Hope you enjoyed!!
xx