It's Halloween

 

For this tutorial you will need:

A tube of choice, I am using the art of Very Many
to use this tube you will need to purchase it from Very Many Tubes HERE

The beautifully spooky It's Halloween kit
by Pammyyy's Perfections from the following stores
https://elegancefly.com/
http://allthatglitterzstore.com/
http://scrapsncompany.com/
https://www.secretgardendesigns.shop/
Please check out the rest of Pammyyy's kits they are fab
Lori's Mask LLM_663 HERE

Filters Used
MuRa's Meister - Copies
Xero Radience (Optional)

Drop shadow used throughout V 0,  H-4, opacity 40, Blur 10

Lets Begin

Open a blank canvas 700 x 700, flood fill with white.

Add a new raster layer, selections, select all, Copy & Paste (C&P) Paper 5 into selection, selections, select none.

Apply Lori's mask LLM_663, Merge, Merge group.

C&P Element 48 as a new layer, resize by 25%, Add MuRa's Meister Copies, Set the Number to 10, Set Shift Y and Shift X to 60, apply. Add a drop shadow (DS)

C&P Element 49 as a new layer, resize by 25%, Add MuRa's Meister Copies, Set the Number to 14, Set Shift Y and Shift X to 55, apply. Add a drop shadow (DS)

C&P Element 76 as a new layer, Resize by 60% arrange on the right side, add a DS

C&P Frame 3 as a new layer, Resize by 45%, with the magic wand click in the centre, selections, modify, expand by 2, add a new raster layer and move this layer below the frame, change the foreground colour to #d66115 and the background colour to #962abf select the foreground background gradient, angle 45, repeats 0, flood fill the selection *foot note  

C&P your tube close up. resize as needed, arrange to your liking, selections, invert then hit delete, selections, select none. 

Hide all the layers except the frame, gradient and tube layer, merge, merge visible, unhide the layers, Adjust the Hue/Saturation/lightness with the following settings

free rotate the frame 25 degree left add a DS.

C&P Element 50, resize by 25% Duplicate, mirror and arrange at the left bottom of the frame, add a DS to both layers.

C&P Element 75, resize by 50% Duplicate, arrange at the left of the frame, add a DS, move this layer below the flower layer, add a DS.

C&P Element 48, resize by 30% Duplicate, arrange at the left of the frame, add a DS.

C&P Element 23, resize by 40% Duplicate, arrange at the bottom of the frame, add a DS

C&P Element 60, resize by 30% Duplicate, arrange at the left of the frame. see my tag for reference, add a DS

C&P your tube of choice as a new layer, Resize and arrange to your liking. Optional. duplicate the tube layer, on the duplicate layer add Xero Radiance with the following settings

Change the Blend mode of this layer to Screen or Soft light which ever looks best. add a DS to the original tube layer.

C&P Element 73, resize by 315% arrange in front of your tube, add a DS

Add your name and Copyright info. Thank you for trying out my tutorial

*I did not have the Foreground background gradient in PSP 2020 I found it online if you need it you can download it HERE

Trick or Treat

 

 For this tutorial you will need:

A tube of choice, I am using the art of VeryMany Tubes,
to use this tube you will need to purchase it from VeryManyTubes Here
My Supplies here

This is a quick & Easy tut

Drop shadow used throughout H 3, V – 3, Opacity 66, Blur 8, colour Black

Open a blank canvas 700 x 700 flood fill with white

add a new raster layer, go to selections, select all, 

Copy and paste the paper into selection, selections, select none.

Open the mask, go to Layers, new mask layer then from image, select Halloween_MMask2 from the drop down menu and apply, Right click on that layer, merge group.
 

Copy and paste the frame as a new layer, move slightly to the left activate the magic wand, tolerance 10, feather 1, mode add(shift) on all 4 black parts of the frame, copy and paste the tree image or the image of your choice as a new layer, go to image, resize and resize by 70%, Smart size, resize all layers unchecked go to selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard, add a drop shadow to the frame.
 

Copy and paste the broom stick as a new layer, go to image, rotate, free rotate and rotate 6 degrees right, make sure rotate all layers is unchecked, add a drop shadow

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer resize & arrange as desired, add a drop shadow.
 

Open the word art colourize the trick Treat layer to match your tube, colourize the OF layer to your liking Go to edit copy merged and paste as a new layer, go to image, resize and resize by 60%, Bicubic, resize all layers unchecked, I added a thin gradient glow 2 times(optional) 
 

Add your name & Copyright Information. Your done!

 

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Tutorial written by © Mythical
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The Witching Hour

 

For this tutorial you will need:

A tube of choice, I am using the art of Anna Marine, to use this tube you will need to purchase it from The Creative Design Outlet here

An Awesome PTU now FTU Kit called Gone Bad by Chichi Designz you can find it here 

mask295 by Weescotslass here Masks are listed down the side

Put the mask into your mask folder
Open a blank canvas 700 x 700 flood fill with white.

Copy and paste paper as a new layer, go to Image Load/Save mask, Load mask from Disk and select WSL_Mask297, go to Layers, Merge, Merge group.

Copy and paste the GlitterBling as a new layer.

Copy and paste the wall as a new layer.

Copy and Paste Tree 1 as a new layer, Position it as shown in the screen shot below.

Copy and paste the GhostClock as a new layer.

Copy and paste frame 1 as a new layer, go to Image, Resize and resize by 85%, Smart Size , Resize All Layers unchecked.

Copy and paste the Ghost as a new layer, go to Image, resize and resize by 80%, position him at 10 o'clock

Copy and paste the Sign as a new layer, go to Image, resize and resize by 50%, Position at the bottom left of the frame. add a drop shadow H2 V-2, Opacity56, blur 6, Colour Black

Copy and paste the lantern as a new layer, Go to Image, resize and resize by 35% position at the right of the frame so it looks like it is stuck to it, add the same drop shadow as above

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, Position to your liking add a drop shadow H&V2, Opacity60, blur 10, Colour Black, Go to Image, duplicate, drag the original layer below the frame layer, Make sure the duplicate layer is active then with the eraser tool erase the tube to reveal the frame, make the original layer active and erase any part below the frame.

Copy and paste the Skull as a new layer, go to Image, resize and resize by 20%, posion at the foot of the sign, add the same drop shadow as used on the sign and lantern.

Copy and paste the FeatherRose as a new layer, Go to Image, mirror, back to Image, Resize and resize by  50%, lay the rose in front of the skull.

Add your name & copyright information. You are Done!

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Tutorial written by © Mythical
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Green Halloween

For this tutorial you will need:
A tube of choice I am using the art of Elias Chatzoudis
to use this tube you will need to purchase it from My PSP Tubes here

My supplies here (these supplies are made by me, use them as you wish)

Font used Impress BT, you can get it here

1.

Open a blank canvas 600 x 600 flood fill with white,

Copy and paste the texture as a new layer, recolour to your liking

2.

Go to Effects, Texture effects, blinds change the colour to a prominent colour from your tube and apply with the following settings

Width – 2

Opacity – 24

Both Horizontal & Light from left/Top checked, Change the name of this layer to bg.

3.

Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer 2 or 3 times depending on the size of the tube, aim to fill most f the canvas, arrange to your liking, activate the top copy, go to layers, merge, merge down, activate the crop tool, snap crop rectangle to – merged opaque, change the blend mode of this layer to screen or soft light which ever look better.

4.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, arrange to your liking, activate the crop tool, snap crop rectangle to – merged opaque.

5.

Copy and paste the web as a new layer, position to the left top corner as desired.

Copy and paste the spider as a new layer, arrange on the web as desired.

6.

Add a new layer, go to selections, select all, selections, modify and contract by 8 pixels, selection, invert flood fill with a light colour from your tube, go to adjust, add and remove noise, add noise, 25%, random checked, monochrome checked, selections, select none.

7.

Add a new raster layer, flood fill with black, go to selections, select all, modify and contract by 1 pixel, then hit delete on your keyboard, selections, select none.

8.

Add your name & Copyright information

 

Avatar

1.

Open a blank canvas 150 x150 flood fill with white.

2.

Copy and paste the bg from the signature tag, arrange to your liking, activate the crop tool, snap crop rectangle to – merged opaque.

3.

Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer, arrange to your liking, activate the crop tool, snap crop rectangle to – merged opaque.

4.
copy steps 6, 7 and 8 above.

Your done!

  

All Hallows Eve

 

For this tutorial you will need a tubes of choice.
I am using the art work of Elias chatzoudis to use this tube you will need to purchase it from from PSP Tubes Emporium here
Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow
Penta Color Dot
Font Used Treasure. you can get it Here
All Hallows Eve template, You can get it at my Blog Here


. Open the template in paint shop
Activate the CircleInner layer.
Selections, select all,
Selections, float,
selection de float
Choose two colours from your tube of choice
Choose a darker colour for the foreground and lighter colour for the background
Click on the top colour and make a Foreground-Background gradient with the following settings:
Sunburst selected,
Repeats 0
Invert checked

Add a new raster layer and flood fill the circle. Do not deselect
Apply Penta Color Dot with the following settings
Value 90
Distance 6
Color R, G & B all 255

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer
Selection invert and hit delete on your keyboard
Selections, select none.

Duplicate the tube layer, on the duplicate layer go to adjust, Blur, Gaussian blur set radius to 3.00 and apply, change the Blend mode of this layer to soft light. On the original layer change the Blend mode to Luminance Legacy

Hide the background layer doodle, cat, and three bat layers and merge, merge visible
Unhide all layers

Acivate the cat layer.
Selections, select all,
Selections float,
Selection de float
Add a new raster and flood fill with black, selections, select none
Apply Eye Candy 400, Gradient Glow with the following settings
Basic Tab:
Glow width 3.00
Soft Corners 25%
Overall Opacity 100%
Draw only inside selection checked
Color tab
Medium & use the light colour from your gradient

Repeat the above steps with the bats layers

Add the following Drop Shadow to all 4 layers
H & V 2
Opacity 65
Blur 8.00
Color Black
Copy and paste your chosen tube as a new layer and place as desired, add the same
drop shadow.

Active the font tool, Select a font (I used Treasure size 48) set your foreground colour
to null and your background colour to Black
Type out your name and apply the same Gradient Glow as we used on the bats and
cat. Add the same drop shadow to this also.

Add you copyright Information.
Your Done!

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Tutorial written by © Mythical
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Beauty in Darkness

For this tutorial you will need

A tube of choice, I am using the art of Anna Marine to use this tube

you will need to purchase it from The Creative Design Outlet here

The beautiful  IB Lorenzo Sperlonga 2015 kit by the talented Ladyhawwk here

Mask 32 by Ria here - Mask 54 by Tonya here

Open a blank canvas 600 x 600, flood fill with white. go to selection select all, add a new raster layer.

Open paper 2, copy and paste into selection, selections, select none. go to layers, save/load mask, load mask from disk, apply mask54 by Tonya with the following settings, source luminance checked, fit to canvas checked, hide all mask checked, go to layers, merge, merge group. 

Go to layers, duplicate then to adjust, add/remove noise, add noise, apply to the duplicate layer with the following settings Monochrome checked, random, set noise to 20%.

Open paper 4, go to resize, resize by 600 x 600 pixels, smart size, all layers checked, copy and paste onto your canvas, go to layers, save/load mask, load mask from disk, select Masks32_zpsedzzp7cp, apply with the same settings as before,go to layers, merge, merge group.

Open Ele 15, copy and paste as a new layer, go to layers, resize, resize by 70%, smart size, resize all layers unchecked. move slightly to the left of the canvas as shown below.

Go to layers, properties and rename this layer Leaves.

Open Ele 11, copy and paste as a new layer, go to layers, resize, resize by 75%, same settings as before.

Open Ele 9 , copy and paste as a new layer, go to layers, resize, resize by 45%,move to the bottom left of the ring, add the following drop shadow, H 6, V -6, opacity 65, blur 8, color black, use these settings throughout this tutorial.

Open Ele 4, copy and paste as a new layer, go to layers, resize, resize by 55%, position at the right of the canvas, add a drop shadow.

Open Ele 2, copy and paste as a new layer, go to layers, resize, resize by 45%, position to your liking, add a drop shadow.

open your tube of choice, resize and position to your liking, go to layers, duplicate, move the original layer above the Leaves layer, with the duplicate layer active, select the eraser tool, default, size 32, erase any part of the tube that you want hidden at the bottom. add a drop shadow to the original layer.

I added digital camera noise removal in adjust, photo fix to my duplicate tube layer with default settings twice

Add your name, resize if needed add your copyright info. delete the bottom white layer, your done!

Hocus Pocus

For this tutorial you will need a tube of choice.

I am using the art of VeryMany Tubes, to use this tube,

you will needto purchse it from the VeryManyTubes store here

Ladyhawwk Designs part of the CDO Collab kit, its amazing!

Masks 19 & 24 by me here & here

Muras Meister Copies

Drop shadow used through out H 6, V -6, opacity 55, blur 8, color black.

Open a blank canvas 600 x 600, flood fill with white.

Open Ele 21, copy and paste onto your canvas as a new layer, go to layers, properties and rename this layer Mask1.

Go to effects, plugins, Muras Meister Copies, select wallpaper from the drop down menu and apply with default settings, add a new raster layer, go to selections, select all, make the mask 1 layer active, go to selections, invert, then hit delete on your keyboard, go back to selections, select none.

Delete the top blank layer.

Go to layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk, select MD_14_19 from the drop down menu, source luminance checked, fit to canvas checked, hide all mask checked, load. Then go to layers, merge, merge group.

Go to image, resize and resize by 110%, resample using smart size, resize all layers unchecked.

Add a new raster layer, go to selections, select all, Open Paper 3, copy and paste as into selection then back to selections, select none, go to layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk, select MD_14_24 from the drop down menu, same settings as before , apply, then go to image, resize and resize by 85% using the same settings, then layers, merge, merge group.

Open Ele 9, copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas.

Open Ele18, copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas, go to image, resize and resize by 80%.

Open Ele 17 copy and paste as a new layer, go to image, resize and resize by 60%, position at the bottom left of the grave stone. add a drop shadow.

Open Ele 15 copy and paste as a new layer, go to image, resize and resize by 75%, position accross the grave stone. add a drop shadow.

Open your tube of choice, resize and arrange to your liking, go to layer, duplicate, then dupliate again, on the first duplicate layer go to adjust, blur, Gaussian blur set the radius to 1, on the top duplicate tube change the blend mode of the layer to screen or soft light whichever suits your tube best. back to the original layer add a drop shadow.

With your top layer active, open Ele 6, copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas, go to image, resize and resize by 40%, position to your liking, add a drop shadow.

resize you image if needed, delete the bottom white layer, add a name and the copyright info. your done!