Beyond All Hope

SUPPLIES NEEDED

PSP ( I am using XI )

PTU Tube : Jac-eek by the wonderful Gemini Creationz. I had a hard time picking one but you can find it  HERE.

PTU Scrap Kit : Hocus Pocus by the talented Mystical Illusionz. You can pick this kit up HERE.

Mask401 by Vix. I just love her masks!! Grab it HERE.

Filters : Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Xero - Radiance 

Open new blank canvas 600 x 600 and flood-fill black - selections - select all - float - defloat - new raster layer - copy and paste miz-pp23 into selection - select none - layers - new mask layer from image - mask401 source luminance selected and all others deselected - merge group and name layer mask - apply gradient glow to your mask layer with the following settings : 

Copy and paste miz-frame3 as new layer - resize 70%  - hide your mask and canvas layer - with your eraser tool erase the long piece on the frame - mirror - make other two layers visible -  position at top-right of canvas kind of over the skull - duplicate and rename the top frame 1 and the bottom 2 - gradient glow with the same settings as before but opacity set to 100% on frame 2 - duplicate frame 2 two more times for a total of 3 gradient glow frames - rename the last two 3 and 4 and position in order - make frame 2 active - adjust - add/remove noise with the following settings :

Repeat your glitter steps on the last two frames but change your % lvl each time - copy and paste your tube as a new layer and resize 70% with the following settings :

Position in center of the frame and name tube 1 apply Xero Radiance with the following settings :

duplicate and name tube 2 - position tube 2 as your top layer and hide - make tube 1 active and with your eraser tool erase her arms and legs that hang beneath the frame - make tube 2 layer active and erase all of the bottom half so she is positioned behind the frame -  with your crop tool select around entire image to clean up from the tube - copy and paste miz-ghost2 as new layer and resize 70% and position as shown : 

Your ghost layer should be behind your frame layer - copy and paste miz-spookyeyes as new layer and position behind all layers except your black canvas and move to the very bottom of your tag - copy and paste miz-candle - mirror - resize 15% and add a yellow drop shadow... you can play around with the opacity until you like it - copy and paste miz-candle2 as new layer - add the same dropshadow and resize 15% - position your two candles in the bottom left of your tag making sure these are your top two layers - copy and paste miz-doodle as new layer - resize 30% - mirror - gradient glow with the following settings :

position between your 2 candle layers - copy and paste miz-spider as new layer and resize 15% - gradient glow with the same black settings - position at the bottom of your candle layers - add all © and txt - now open animation shop - back in psp hide frame 2 - copy merged - paste into animation shop - back in psp unhide 2 and hide 3 - copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop - save.

Vicki

Supplies Needed

PSP ( I am using XI )

PTU Tube : Lotus by the wonderful Gemini Creationz. I had a hard time picking one but you can find it  HERE.

PTU Scrap Kit : Uninteded by the talented BlackWidowcreationz. You can pick this kit up HERE.

Mask 92 by Vix. I just love her masks!! Grab it HERE.

Filters : Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

ok lets get started. Open new blank canvas 600 x 600 - flood fill black - copy and paste Paper4 as new layer - do not resize - layers - new mask layer from image - vixmask92 - source luminance selected - merge group - duplicate your mask layer 3 times and merge all mask layers down - copy and paste Image36 as new layer and resize 90% with the following setting :

Copy and paste Image25 as new layer and resize 75% with all the same settings - free rotate 90 left - copy and paste tube as new layer and position in center of frame and drag down so her head is just over the top - add a drop shadow with the following settings : 

duplicate tube and position one on top of frame and one beneath. 

To make things somewhat easier lets rename our layers :

From top to bottom - 

Tube 1

Frame

Tube 2

Stars

Mask

Canvas

Now with your crop tool crop around the entire canvas on your tube layers - hide tube 1 - erase the bottom half of tube 2 - make tube 1 active - erase the bottom half of tube 1 but very carefully erase around her hand - ok now it is up to you but I went and erased all the other part of tube 1 that caused a dark drop shadow - copy and paste Image8 as new layer and resize 85% - rename curtain and position behind tube 1,2, and frame - copy and paste Image9 as new layer - resize 85% - position in top left corner behind all layer except canvas - rename moon - duplicate - change top moon blend mode to dodge- merge your two moon layers - copy and paste Image22 as new layer - position behind your curtain layer - copy and paste Image7 as new layer and position on the left of your frame - copy and paste Image19 as new layer - resize 60% - free rotate 25% left - paste at the bottom of your plant -add Eye candy gradient glow with the following settings :

 copy and paste Image42 as new layer - resize 50% - position at the bottom of your plant over your ribbon layer - copy and paste Image15 as a new layer - resize 50%  - erase all of the stem - duplicate and position as shown - copy and paste Image13 as new layer and position at the bottom of your frame. Make sure it is behind all of your left elements - ADD ALL OF YOUR © and any name or txt you would like :)

Sweet As Candy

SUPPLIES NEEDED

PSP and Animation Shop

Scrap Kit : T.G.I.F by Butterfly Kisses Scraps. You can find this cute little kit HERE.

Tube used :  Alisha. I just love the work by Myka .... Just stunning! You can get all her cute tubes HERE.

Mask : 336 by Weescotlass and you can grab it HERE

Filters : Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Open new blank canvas 600 x 600 - selection - copy and paste Paper16 into selection - select none - layers - new mask layer from image - load your mask - merge group - gradient glow using the soft rainbow setting but adjust the glow width to 3 -hide mask layer -  copy and paste Frame05 as new layer - adjust - add noise - monochrome and uniform selected 70 - effects - gradient glow with the following settings :

with your magic wand tool select inside the frame - new raster layer - selections - modify - expand 7 - copy and paste Paper16 into selection - select none - copy and paste tube as new layer - position your tube so you can not see beneath her to the background - duplicate - position one tube on top of frame and one beneath - with your eraser tool erase the area of her body between the arms so she is sitting nicely on but behind the frame - copy and paste HeartCluster02 as new layer - resize 50% and position on bottom right of frame - gradient glow black with the same settings as the frame - copy and paste Sucker as new layer and resize 50% position behind your heart layer - with your eraser tool erase any ribbon of of the sucker that may be showing - Copy and paste Sparkles01 as new layer and position behind frame layer - copy and paste Ribbon04 as new layer - resize 70% - gradient glow - position on top of the frame and beneath the tube - copy and paste Butterfly02 as new layer and position on top - resize 30% - free rotate left 20 - mirror - gradient glow - position bottom left of frame - repeat all butterfly steps with Butterfly01 and position as shown - copy and paste Diamond01,02, and 03 as a new layer and position behind your butterfly layers as shown - merge all three down - gradient glow - duplicate and position as shown - copy and paste Flowers02 as new layer - gradient glow - position behind frame and paper - duplicate - position top flower layer at the top of frame above the ribbon layer - erase all of your flower layer except that one large flower that overlaps the ribbon-

Copy and paste Wire01 as new layer - mirror - gradient glow - position your wire as the top layer and move to the top left of the frame as shown - duplicate - position your second copy as the layer just above your mask layer - with your eraser tool erase the long strand of wire that cuts across the front and the little piece that covers the end of the frame.

Add all your txt and copy-rite and lets animate :)

Copy your sucker layer and paste as a new image - erase all of the stick ( you may want to make it large so you can get the fine white part off as well ) Crop around the sucker as close as possible - paste as new animation in Animations Shop - effects - insert image effect - rotate - length 1.9 sec - frames per sec - 17 - now delete all frames except for 1,2, and 3 - back in PSP ... copy merged - paste as new animation in AS - duplicate selected until you have three frames of your tag  - propagate paste - make sure your first frame is selected - select all - switch over to your sucker - select all - copy - switch back to your tag - paste into selected frame - position lined up as close as possible to match your other sucker - Save :)

Erotica

Psp and Animation Shop Needed

Scrap Kit used : Death Becomes Her. This kit was put together by one of the sweetest women I know. She is always there to lend a helping hand. The wonderful staff at PSP Asylum, Shani, and many others have opened up an amazing group called T.A.G (Taggers & Artists Giving). I think this is such an amazing thing to do. You can read more about T.A.G HERE. The scrap kit you can find HERE.

Tube used : Gothic Angel by the very talented Freya Langford-Sidebottom. You can find it HERE.

Mask 344 by Weescotslass found HERE.

Filters: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow, Xero - Radiance, Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation

 Open new transparent image 600 x 600 - selection -select all - copy and paste WP_DBH_PP8 into selection - select none - open your 344 mask - layers - new mask layer from image - 344 source luminance selected - merge group down - copy and paste WP_DBH_FILMSTRIPFRAME as new layer - resize 40% making sure all layers is deselected - add gradient glow with the following settings : 

Position at top of mask layer - close your mask layer - make film strip active - with your magic wand tool select inside each frame ... if you are unsure how to do this select inside your first frame holding down the Alt button while you select the rest - selections - modify - expand by 7 - add a new raster layer and paste WP_DBH_PP18 into selection - position behind frame - select none - copy and paste your tube with no wings as new layer position some part of the tube behind frame 1 to your liking - hide tube - make film strip active and with your magic wand select inside first frame - selections - modify 7 - invert - make your tube layer active - hit delete - select none (you may need to crop around the entire image if part of your tube hung over the canvas) - repeat your tube/strip step for the remaining strip using different parts of the tube - merge all body parts down as one - add xero - radiance with the following settings : 128, 50, 128, 255 - make your strip layer active and duplicate it 3 times for a total of 4 - on your first strip add Alien skin constellation with the following settings :

Repeat your glitter on the other 2 strips changing only the random seed - leave the bottom strip free of glitter - copy and paste WP_DBH_PP3 as new layer and position at the bottom of all layers - crop around canvas - make your mask layer active - adjust - add/remove noise - 70 - copy and paste WP_DBH_TRUNKS as new layer - position as top layer - resize 40% - copy and paste winged tube layer as a new layer and position towards the bottom-center as shown in mine above - add gradient glow with the same settings as before - copy and paste WP_DBH_FLAMES as new layer - resize 83% and position it the rest of the way yourself so it fits evenly along the sides - Position behind all layers except mask and background - copy and paste WP_DBH_LOOPYWIRE as new layer - resize 60% -  position at the top of the strip layer as shown - move beneath the strip frame layer - duplicate -flip - position this layer on top of the frame making sure it is above the glitter as well - paste WP_DBH_CIRCLESPLATTER as new layer - resize 75% and position on beneath your tube, chest, and flame layer - gradient glow  - copy and paste WP_DBH_ARCH as a new layer - gradient glow with the same settings but change the colors to a purple - resize 75% - move to the right hand side as shown - duplicate - position the bottom layer underneath all layers except mask and background - position the top layer above all layers except the chest and tube - with your eraser too erase the bottom half of your top arch layer - duplicate the bottom arch layer - mirror - duplicate - position the top arch layer - position the top layer above all layers except the chest and tube - with your eraser too erase the bottom half of your top arch layer - copy and paste WP_DBH_ARCH one more time - resize 90% position in the center - repeat your glow and duplicate/erase steps - copy and paste WP_DBH_STAINEDGLASS - resize 15% gradient glow - position over the circle of the arch - duplicate and repeat for the other 2 circles - copy and paste WP_DBH_LEATHERCORSET - resize 30% - add a drop shadow to your liking - position bottom left - copy and paste WP_DBH_BOOT2 as new layer - resize 35% - drop shadow - position bottom left - copy and paste WP_DBH_WHIP1 as new layer - resize 41% - free rotate 20 to the right - position on top of corset and boot as shown - duplicate - position bottom layer behind boot layer - with your eraser tool erase the strings of the whip so it runs behind it - copy and paste WP_DBH_TRIBALORCHID as new layer - resize 41 % position behind your boot, corset, and whip - duplicate - mirror - position as shown - copy and and paste WP_DBH_ROSEBREANCH - resize 25% - duplicate - on the top layer change blend mode to screen and merge two together - mirror and position as shown - copy and paste WP_DBH_ROSE as new layer - resize 50% and position as shown - Add a new raster layer and position at top - effects - 3D effects - buttonize - height and width 2 solid and select a pretty purple - Add all © You can use the same wordin I have or pick your own. I have chosen part of the lyrics to Erotica by Madonna. :)

Now to animate this baby.....

Open animation shop - in paintshop pro make sure your top 2 glittler strip layers are closed - copy merged - paste over into animation shop - back in psp close your bottom glitter strip and make middle strip visible - copy merged - paste after current image - repeat with the last glitter frame - save - All through all done!

Jar of Heart

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Kit Used : Jar of Hearts by BlackWidowcreationz. You can find all of her amazing stuff HERE.

Tube of choice or this awesome tube I am using by James Adams found HERE

Template by CrazyCakesScraps. I am not sure what the name of this template is but it is the one that reads, "I didn't discover curves ... ". It was posted on Wed. September 8, 2010. You can get it HERE

Filters : Eye Candy 4000

 Open up your template. Image - resize with the following settings :

Delete the © and word layers.

Merge your left black rectangle down with the right. Selections- select all - float - defloat. Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_PP3 as new layer - invert - delete. Now with your crop tool crop around the entire canvas to clean up the extra paper. 

Now repeat your merge and selection steps with the pink rectangle and with your paintbrush tool paint it #71088a. 

After deselecting your purple rectangle make the layer active. EyeCandy 4000 - Gradient glow with the following settings : 

 

 

Repeat your selection, color, and glow steps on your inner stripes layer.

Repeat glow on your black rectangle layer.

Make your main circle layer active - selections - select all - float - defloat -expand by 2 and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_PP5 into selection -select none - gradient glow.

Make your pink circles active - selections - select all - float - defloat - paste BWC_JarsofHearts_PP1 as new selection - invert - delete - crop around your canvas - select none. 

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL11 as a new layer - resize 50% but make sure all layers is deselected. Position on top of your purple circle and adjust to your liking -make your purple circle active - selections - select all - float - defloat - invert - make cloud layer active and hit delete - select none - repeat with other side.

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL13 as new layer and position in the top right corner of your little rectangle 3 layer as shown - duplicate - mirror and merge your two tree layers together. Make rectangle active - selections - select all - float - defloat - invert - make tree layer active - delete. Repeat these steps on the other rectangle 1 layer.

Make your circlemess layer active - selections - select all - float - defloat -expand 2 - now take your paint brush tool and set the color for gradient with these settings :

For the color I used black and the same purple as before. Gradient glow. 

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL14 as new layer - gradient glow - resize 60% position as shown :

Duplicate - mirror - merge wings - duplicate - keep one layer on top and position one wing layer behind the purple rectangle. With your eraser tool erase the joints of the wings on the top wing layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer - position to your liking inside the left black rectangle - make your rectangle active - selections - select all - float - defloat -invert - make your tube layer active and hit delete. Repeat this with the right rectangle - merge down - duplicate your double tube layer and on your top layer change the blend mode to darken - adjust the opacity to 32.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer and resize 70%. Position as shown and add a drop shadow to your liking.

Open BWC_JarsofHearts_EL16 and paste as a new layer - resize 25% - gradient glow - position as shown.

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL27 as new layer - resize 50% - gradient glow - position on both sides of your tube. Make sure your jar is on top of the flower layers but still position beneath the main tube.

Copy and past BWC_JarsofHearts_EL7 as new layer and position by your right bat wing - gradient glow.

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL9 - resize 50% and position on your right - gradient glow - paste it once again and resize 60% gradient glow and position next to your small candle.

Copy and paste BWC_JarsofHearts_EL18 as new layer - resize 50% - free rotate to the left 30 - position slightly behind your jar as shown.

Add any txt and ALL ©