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•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Eye Candy: Gradient Glow for name.
Font used: Ornatique
Tube of choice: I'm using "Christina Marie" by SkyScraps from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Christina Marie" by Tiny Turtle Designs from SATC
Animation: none
Mask: 0131HERE
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open a new image 700 x 650, transparent background.
Open a paper of choice and use Mask 01031. Merge group and copy. Paste on your canvas.
Copy and paste element 32 as a new layer.

Copy and paste your tube. Using your selection tool set to rectangle and feather set to 20, remove her legs from the knees down.
That way she'll fit on your canvas without having to re-size her.

Add drop shadow:
V=2
H=-6
Opacity=77
Blur=3
Color=Black
Check mark next to : Shadow on new layer.
OK

Grab your pick tool and holding down the shift key on your keyboard, click on the left upper hand node and pull up and over to the left. Release.
Go to Adjust, blur, gaussian blur, 6.
OK so next time remember to remove the check-mark, otherwise you'll have many layers.

Copy and paste element 8 as a new layer.
Re-size by 70 % and flip.
Free rotate to the right by 90 degrees. Re-size again by 70%.
Move to the lower left hand side, covering her knees.
Add drop shadow.

C/P element 121 as a new layer and re-size by 50%. Move down by the flowers and add drop shadow.

C/P element 81 as a new layer and re-size by 25%. Move down by the flowers and add drop shadow.

C/P element 73 as a new layer and re-size by 25%. Move over to the right side of tag and add drop shadow.

Repeat for element 53. Place on her lap.
Repeat for element 49. Move down at bottom to the left of other flowers.
C/P element 60 and re-size by 35%. Move down in front of other cat. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 55 and re-size by 35%. Move to lower left hand side. Add drop shadow.

C/P element 7 as a new layer and re-size by 75%. Send to bottom and position to upper left hand side. Sharpen and add noise.

Add element 40, re-size by 20%. Add on top of the flower bundle down by her knees. Add drop shadow.

Add a few leaf elements, such as 78 and 36. Re-size them and stick them here and there. Merge visible.

Add artist copyright. Merge down.
Save.

Add your name and save as PNG.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Monday June 10, 2013.

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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 and  Lokas Software: 3D Shadow.
Font used: Quickier Demo
Tube of choice: I'm using Fairy 3 by Al Rio from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Sweet Spring" by Tiny Turtle Design from SATC
Mask: 0126SS
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open paper 16 and duplicate. Close original.
Re-size by 90%, 72 dpi.
Duplicate layer and change blend mode to Multiply.
Merge visible.
Apply mask of choice or mine 0126. Merge group. Duplicate and change blend mode to Multiply again.
Merge together.
Copy and paste tube as a new layer. Re-size by 90% and move up a little.
Copy and paste element 169 and re-size by 84%, sharpen and position in front of your tube at the bottom.
Add drop shadow.
V=9
H=-11
Opacity=66
Blur=9
Copy and paste element 25 and re-size by 30%. Position to left side of your tube.
Copy and paste element 127 and re-size by 55%. Position behind tube and over her head. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 148 and re-size by 55%. Position behind main flower layer and to the right. Add drop shadow.
Activate tube layer.
Copy and paste element 109. Position behind main flower layer and to the left side of tag. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 85 and re-size by 45%. Position behind bear layer and to the right. Add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 16.
Repeat for element 50. First time re-size by 40% and move behind tube and position right upper hand side of tag.
Do again but re-size by 50% and mirror. Move more to the left hand side. Add drop shadow to both layers.
Add bird element 35, re-size by 25%. Add drop shadow.

Merge all visible.
Add artist Copyright.

For the name, select your text tool and choose font of choice or Quickier Demo.
Size: 177, Bold.
Background color: #e0c7f4
Foreground color: null
Type your name out.
Covert to raster layer.
Duplicate layer. On top layer add following drop shadow:
V=-1
H=-8
Opacity=74
Blur=11
Checked mark next to: Shadow on seperate layer.
On the bottom text layer, go to Eye Candy, Gradient Glow:
Under Color ta, select FAT.
Under Basic tab, enter 5 for width, 2 for soft corners and 100 for Opacity. Check Draw Outside Selection.
Go to Lokas Software, 3D Shadow:
Blur: 29     Transparency: 56
Angle X: 0    Angle Y:0
Angel Z: 0     Zoom: 99
Offset X: 2    Offset Y: 15
Perspective: 64    Color: Black

Merge name layers together.

Merge all visible and save as PNG.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Monday, June 4, 2013.

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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used: 2Peas Cherub
Tube of choice: I'm using "Denim Princess" by SkyScraps from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Denim Princess" by Tiny Turtle Design from SATC
Animation: None
Mask: 0109
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.

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Open Mask 0109 and minimize for laer.
Open a new image 685 x 685, transparent background.
Copy and paste element 80 and 56 as new layers on this canvas.
Re-size both. Flower by 25% and bow by 35%.
Position flower in center of bow. Add drop shadow to flower and to bow.
Merge them together.
Copy and cut.
Now re-paste so it will be directly in center of tag.

Go to Effects/Plugins/Mura Copies select Encircle.
Use default settings but change number to 8 and X & Y to 61.

C/P element 39 and re-size by 25%. Move to right.
C/P tube of choice. I re-sized my tube by 75%.
C/P element 130 and re-size by 30%. Sharpen and add drop shadow.
Repeat Mura Copies, but make the following changes:
Number:  27
Shift X:  77
Shift Y:  77
Angle:  4
Rotation: 101
Phase:  7
Everything else same.
Move this layer below the other circle frame.

Copy and paste element 38 as a new layer and move to bottom. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 47 and re-size by 23%. Move to the left near her knee, add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 68.
C/P element 14 as a new layer and move behind your tube. Add drop shadow.

Open Paper of choice, duplicate and re-size by 84%. Close original.
I used Paper 2 and Mask 0109.
Apply your Mask and merge group. Copy and paste on your tag, move layer to bottom.

Select different flowers from the kit and C/P a few of them around the bottom of your tube. Add drop shadow to each. Some that I used, 28, 56, 45 and I added ribbon 43 at top right hand side of frame. Re-size all of them.
C/P ribbon 55 and drap on the left hand side over your tubes leg. Make sure the dog's head is selected and promoted above the ribbon layer.

C/P element 108 and re-size by 23%. Position at bottom of frame, near tube's left leg. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 118 and re-size by 26%. Position at bottom of frame, near tube's left leg. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 74 as a new layer and position below large white tulip layer. Re-size by 50% and move to the left,

duplicate and move to the right. Adjust positions to your liking.
Back on top layer.
C/P element 71 and re-size by 18% and move in front of dog. Add drop shadow.
Add shoes of choice, I used element 49 and duplicated. Staggered them a little and added drop shadow to each.

Merge visible and save as PNG.
Add your name and artist copyright.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Monday, June 3, 2013.

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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro, I'm using version 10. Animation Shop 3.
Plugin : Gradient Glow by Eye Candy 4000 (for name)
Font used:
Tube of choice: I'm using "Bluey" by SkyScraps from SATC.
Scrap Kit : I'm using "Bluey for SkyScraps" by Tiny Turtle Designs from SATC
Animation: I'm using my own, SimoneAni-Bluey

Mask: HERE
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Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open paper Bluey 5 and duplicate. Close original.
Go to Image and change canvas size to 700 x 700.
Promote background to layer.

Apply mask. I'm using on of my own, Mask0113. Merge group and duplicate. Merge down.
C/P element 34 as a new layer. Re-size by 60% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 99 as a new layer. Re-size by 40% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 97 as a new layer. Re-size by 40% and move to lower edge of mask. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 4 as a new layer. Leave centered over your mask layer. Duplicate and on duplicated layer change blend mode to Hard Light.
C/P your tube as a new layer and add drop shadow.
C/P element 25 as a new layer. Re-size by 20% and move to lower edge of mask. Position behind and to the left of blue flower bundle and duplicate. Free rotate to the right by 80%. Add drop shadow to both. Move the duplicated layer  at top of flower bundle layer but leave it behind.
C/P element 5 as a new layer. Re-size by 30% and move to center of tag and behind the flower bundle again. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 28 as a new layer. Re-size by 20% and move to center of tag and behind the flower bundle again. Add drop shadow.
Repeat for element 10. I positioned this little bird on the gem at bottom of tag.
C/P element 81 as a new layer and position behind all the flowers layrs on the upper left hand side. Add drop shadow.
C/P element 77 and 66 as new layers. Position behind your tube. Add drop shadow. I re-sized the umbrella by 80%.
C/P element 62 as a new layer. Re-size by 37% and move to the lower right hand side in front of your tube. Add D/S.
C/P element 60 as a new layer. Move to left hand side of canvas.
C/P element 59 as a new layer. Re-size by 28% and move to lower center of tag and position over the wings. Add drop shadow.
Add butterfly, element 39. Re-size and add D/S.
Do the same for element 112. Position behind umbrella on right side of tag.
If you have a close up of your tube, add it to your background and change blendmode to luminence and drop Opacity to 58. Now click on your mask layer, go to Selections, select all, Selections, float, Selections, Invert. Now delete your close up layer, you should have all the excess tube removed. De-select.

Merge visible.
Add artist copyright and kit maker name.

Now to animate.

Go to Selections, select all.
Go to Edit and copy merged. Paste as a new animation in Animation Shop.
Hold your Ctrl key down and repeatedly hit letter L on your keyboard for a total of 16 frames.
You can watch the count on the lower right hand side of your screen in AS.
Open SimoneAni-Bluey-WITH-shadow.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.

Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.

Position on your tag and click into place.

Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.

To save:

Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices. UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible. Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization. I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background.  To add background, go to Animation: Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.
Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Sunday, May 19,  2013.

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Please click on TAG to see in full size.
•••  Supplies needed to complete this tutorial. •••
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 Save your tag often. Nothing like working long and hard on a tag and PSP crashes.
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Open Mask0113 and minimize in PSP.
Open a new image 600 x 600.
Open element 88, copy and paste as a new layer on your canvas.
Open Poser 1, re-size by 30% and paste as a new layer.
Duplicate. On bottom tube layer, add blur of 3. On top tube layer change blend mode to screen.
Add drop shadow.
Open Poser 7, copy and paste as a new layer and move below your flower frame.
Using your mover tool, move your tube more to the left side.
With your magic wand, feather set to zero, click inside.
Go to selections, modify, expand by 10.
Go to selections, invert and delete.
Leave selected.
Open paper of choice, I used Paper 22.
Copy and paste as a new layer. Move below your tube close up.
Hit delete on your keyboard.
De-select.
On your tube close-up, decrease to opacity to 48 and change the blend mode to overlay.

Copy and paste element 45 as a new layer. Re-size by 70%. Move this layer to the bottom and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 39 as a new layer. Re-size by 44%. Leave this layer above the purple roped frame.
Duplicate and free rotate to the left by 45 degrees. Move this leaf to the very bottom layer.
Drag the leaf so it peaks out at the bottom towards the left side of frame. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste element 100 and mirror.
Free rotate to the right by 45 degrees.
Duplicate. Mirror and Flip.
Merge these two layers together.
Duplicate. On the bottom layer add drop shadow.
On top layer, add blur of 2 and change blend mode to Multiple.

Copy and paste element 96 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 93 and re-size by 36%. Position at bottom of tag to the left side and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 92 and re-size by 32%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 85. Position at bottom of tag and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 84. Free rotate to the left by 90 degrees and mirror. Add drop shadow. Position on the right side of flower frame.
Copy and paste element 28 and re-size by 30%. Position behind the tube on the right side of tag. Duplicate and mirror.
Drop shadow both layers.
Copy and paste element 48 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 35 and re-size by 26%. Position to top of frame just above the leaves and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 34 and re-size by 25%. Position at bottom of bucket and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 22. Position behind lilac layer and add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 1 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 105 as new layer, re-size by 25% and move to the left side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.
Copy and paste element 87 as new layer, re-size by 20% and move to the right side of tag at bottom. Add drop shadow.

Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer on your tag and move it to the bottom.
Apply your mask. Merge group.

If you're not animating you can stop here and add the finishing details, such as Artist Copyright and scrap kit maker.
Add your name and merge All visible. Save as a PNG file.

If you are animating, go ahead and still add the copyright details.
Now starting with your top layer, X-out all layers working your way down to the purple vine just above your flower frame.
Right click on your mask layer and merge visible.
Go to Selections, select all and copy.
In Animation Shop, right click and paste as a new animation.
Hold Crtl key on keyboard and tap letter L until you have a total of 17 frames.
Open SimoneAni413
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.

Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, make sure Propagate Paste is selected.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place.

Open SimoneAni418
Go to Edit, select all.
Go to Edit, copy.

Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.
Position on your tag and click into place. I placed one to the left side and one to the right side.

Go back to PSP and X-out the bottom layer and UN-hide all your hidden layers.
Merge visible. Copy layer and paste as a new layer in AS.
Go to Edit, copy.
Activate your tag.
Go to Edit, Paste, paste into selected frames.

Play and save.
Don't forget to add your name.
You can see my name tutorial HERE.
You can either do it animated like in the tutorial or still.

To save:
Go to File, Save as, enter the name of your file and select the folder to save to.
Now click on Customize:
Under COLORS TAB:
Number of colors: 255 Colors
Create palette by: OPTIMIZED OCTREE
Reduce colors by: Error Diffusion
Under OPTIMIZATIONS TAB:
set a check mark beside the second, third and forth choices.
UN-check the 1st and last.
Under PARTIAL TRANSPARENCY:
check Convert pixels less than 92
Yes, blend with this color: change to white #FFFFFF
Click OK. Click Next, next, next, next.
Play your animation.
At times your animation may or will come out terrible.
Optimization in Animation Shop is not the greatest.
You can play around will your settings, especially under the Tab: Optimization.
I change this setting at times from anywhere between 70 and 100.
Some people add a white background.  To add background, go to Animation:

Animation Properties, select Opaque and change color to white.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial,
Hugs Simone
Please, always direct people to my blog to download my animations.
Do not load to any other download site and don't claim as your own.

Tutorial written by SophisticatSimone aka Lorraine Halle on Wednesday, May 1,  2013.