That's right folks, it's time for another trip on the January Rain Blogtrain...and let me tell you, this one is Spooktacular...LOL. 

The palette this time was bright, fun, Haloween colors. This train is FULL of awesome CU & PU goodies, so be sure to check out ALL of the stops...you can find the blog list below.

This time I created a CU/PU set of alpha's for all of you...

Click HERE to download

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Lix, you must have a license to use this art which you can get from Lix's Tubes Store HERE. *This tube will available Monday 10/1/12*

~Fall Frolic PTU scrapkit by A Taggers Scrap.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 363 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Mathilde.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer ( I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Frame 6 (rectangle frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 7 center it behind Frame 6, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 5 (wooden frame), place it under Frame 6 & Paper 7 in your layer box.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Leaves 4

Leaf Scatter 3

Flower 2

Flower 7

Flower 13

Fungi

Fungi 3

Fruit

Hedgehog

Birdhouse

Bird

Pumpkins

Apple

Berries 3

Ladybug

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements (except Leaf Scatter 3)~

7. Open Paper 14

8. Open mask

9. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

10. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

11. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

12. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

13. Add copyright info and name.

14. Save as .png

You are finished :)

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Lix, you must have a license to use this art which you can get from Lix's Tubes Store HERE.

~Spooked PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 84 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Poster Slab Caps.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer ( I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Frame 5 (rectangle frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 7 center it behind Frame 5, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 4 (round frame), place it under Frame 5 & Paper 7 in your layer box.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Evil Teddy
Flair 4
Brad
Pumpkin 1
Pumpkin 2
Ghost
Frog
Potion 2
Eyeball
Log
CandyCorn 2
Skull 2
Flower 2
Bat

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements (except Ghost)~

7. Open Paper 12

8. Open mask

9. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

10. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

11. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

12. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

13. Add copyright info and name.

14. Save as .png

You are finished :)

I am happy to share this awesome PTU tutorial from our friend Tasha over at Tasha's Playground. She used one of my new Halloween templates and I think it turned out great!

YAY!!!!!!! I love seeing results with my kits. Here are a few awesome ones for all of you...

This stunning tut called Dead of Night is by Sherena @ Sherena's Sweet Treats. She used my PTU kit also called Dead of Night.

This gorgeous tut called Amazing Autumn is by Millie @ Millie's PSP Madness. She used my PTU kit also called Amazing Autumn. Millie also made some extras that you can grab HERE.

Last but not least is this HOT tut called Ready, Set, Go Pink by Magik @ Manipulated By Magik. She used my portion of the FTU Check Your Chichi's collab.

It seems that our Box account has been flooded with downloads this month and we have reached our "bandwidth" limit for the month. We are working on it for sure, but the downloads may not become available again until the 1st of the month. PLEASE keep checking back, hopefully the issue will be resolved soon. We really appreciate all of our fans and we truly apologize for the temporary inconvenience. 

Thank you for understanding.

I have a little freebie for all of you :) These are photos I took and I thought I would share them as a freebie. These are both PU and CU okay, so you can use them as background images in tags or as papers/overlays in your scrapkits. All I ask is that you follow the TOU. I hope someone can find some use for these.

Click HERE to download

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit BOO-Tang Time from Creative Intentionz. You can purchase this kit at The PSP Project.

Tube of choice. I am using the are of Verymany. You must have a license to use this tube. You can purchase the one I used at Pics For Design.

Template 158 by me HERE

Mask 2 by StaciRose over at Creative Misfits Creations

Font- Secret Recipe

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x386 px. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px and click center.

-Let's add papers to the template layers. Make the template layer active (see below). Right click template layer in layer box and choose alpha to selection. Open paper (see below). Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 0, 0, 10, black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

1- paper 7

3- paper 8 no drop shadow

5- paper 9 no drop shadow

6- paper 6

7- paper 10

8- paper 4

9- paper 1

10- paper 3

-Make layer 2 active. Colors>Colorize. Hue: 278, Saturation: 50, Lightness: -28. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Repeat dor layer 4.

-Make words layer active. Repeat noise. Filters>Decor>Add Bevel. Uncheck work on copy. Filters>Enhance>Unsharp Mask.

-Make words back active. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Make the original (bottom) layer active. Colorize- Change only the lightness to 100. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Duplicate. now make the duplicate (top/white) words back active. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube. Move below the word layers. Layer>Scale Layer 55%. Place tube in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

Elements:

grave

sparkles

pumpkin

doodle

boo juice Rotate -20

ribbon 3

spider web

spider

goblet Rotate -20

bow 2

-Open paper 9. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

It still seems a little early for Halloween templates to me...but I have seen so many Halloween tags I couldn't resist!

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This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Pumpkin Fields PTU scrapkit by DarkMoon's Dream which you can get @ Lollipops N Gumdrops HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a license to use this art which you can get HERE.

~Template of choice. I used Leah's template 106 which you can get on our blog HERE.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 302 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Alex Brush.

Let's get started!!!

1. Open a new layer (I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to Alpha).

2. Open template in PSD format, move layers of template around until they are the way you like them.

~Add paper from scrapkit to individual layers of the template (Right click on template layer in layer box > Alpha to Selection > CTRL I > Select paper layer in layer box > Delete).

These are the papers I used:

Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 4
Paper 6
Paper 7
Paper 8

~I added a bevel effect to some of the template layers (Filters > Decor > Add Bevel).

~I colorized some of the template layers to better match the scrapkit (Colors > Colorize > play with the setting until you get the desired color).

~Add drop shadow to template layers (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open tube, add drop shadow.

4. Open and place the following elements:

House
Lamp
Clove
Cookie 2
Branch 1
Grave Stone
Owl
Ghost
Basket
Ribbon 1
Book
Berries
Crow
Pumpkin
Dried Plant
Bottle

~Some of the elements may need to be sized down. Using your scale tool in your tool box adjust the pixel size until element is the correct size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements (except Ghost)~

5. Open Paper 3

6. Open mask

7. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

8. Merge Layers (Image > Merge Visible Layers).

9. Crop Image (Image > Autocrop Image).

10. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

11. Add copyright info and name.

12. Save as .png

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!

My CT team have been busy working with my brand new PTU kit called Dead of Night. They have whipped up some awesome tuts and goodies for all of you...

This hauntingly beautiful tut is by Tasha @ Tasha's Playground, it's called Dead of Night

Beth Ann @ Dazzled By Beth-Ann made this fantastic tut called Dead of Night in 2 versions. I can't decide which I like better, they are both STUNNING.

This hot & spooky tut is from Belinda @ BKC Designs, it is also called Dead of Night. She made some matching extras that you can grab HERE.

Belinda also made some fab cluster frames for all of you, you can grab them HERE.

Thank you ladies!!!! All of these are so great!!!!!

Are you ready to be scared out of your mind???? Well all the ghouls and creeps in the Dead of Night are sure to do the trick. Get ready to defend yourself against the onslaught of ghouls that lurk in the Dead of Night. You will have no choice but to wait for night to fall and pray for morning! This creepy kit contains 55 elements, 5 frames & 10 papers.

 Here are a few tags I made uisng the super awesome new PTU kit from Tasha's Playground called Spellbound! Check out Tasha's blog to see what stores she sells in so you can pick up this spooky kit!



Hello all, I have a couple of results to share will you...

This adorable tut is by Sherena @ Sherena's Sweet Treats and it's called Tooth Fairy Visit. She used my PTU kit Tooth Fairy Time.

This super cute tut is by Beth Ann @ Dazled by Beth Ann, it's called Tooth Fairy Time and she also used my Tooth Fairy Time kit.

Finally, I just HAD to share this flippin awesome tag that Kiya of Kiya Designs made for me. She used my Facebook Fan Freebie kit for this one. All you have to do is become a fan of our FB page and you can get this kit.

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Complicated from Sweet Cravings Scraps

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Roman Zaric. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase them HERE

Template 418 from Divine Intentionz

Mask 84 from weescotslass

Fonts- Seedy Motel & Sick Capital Vice

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x318 px. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px and click center.

-Let's add papers to the template layers. Make the template layer active (see below). Right click template layer in layer box and choose alpha to selection. Open paper (see below). Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 5, black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

thin rectangle 2- paper 10

thin rectangle 1- paper 11

diamond- paper 5

circle left- paper 3

circle right- paper 12

square 2 right- paper 8

square 2 left- paper 9

square center- paper 7

rectangle- paper 4

square right & square left- paper 1

-Open frame 5. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 40%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put -15. Place frame in center of tag. Select the magic wand and click inside the frame. Select>grow 5. Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 55%. Place on frame. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Move duplicate tube below the frame layer. Invert & delete. Select none. Make the original tube active. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Merge Down (to merge tube with drop shadow). Select the eraser tool. Erase the bottom of tube so it looks like she is sticking outside the frame. Repeat drop shadow on frame.

-Make the top layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Seedy Motel, size: 40, foreground color: black. Click canvas and type 'It's Complicated'. Place tect to the botton left of tag. Alpha to selection. Grow 1. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below text layer. Change foreground to white. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Grow 2. New layer. Move new layer below white bucket filled layer. Bucket fill with 861213. Select none. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.50. Add drop shadow of 0, 0, 10, black, 100.

Elements:

chain arrow 1

chain arrow 2 - flip

fractual 2

moon

dice

cauldron of skulls - rotate -10

butterfly 1

grass 1

metal skull 1

frame 2

-Open paper 7. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in Gimp.

-Add name with Sick Capital Vice font. Also add copyright and you're done!

Are you all ready for some awesome results with my kits??? Well hold on to your hats...

Check out this freakin ADORABLE tag by Kiya @ Kiya Designs. She used my new PTU kit called Tooth Fairy Time for this one and I am just in love!!!! She made some extras that you can grab HERE.

This precious little beauty is from Belinda @ BKC Designs. The tut is called Waiting for Tooth Fairy and she also used my PTU kit Tooth Fairy Time. She made some extras that you can grab HERE.

Belinda also made a couple of super cute cluster frames with Tooth Fairy Time that you can grab HERE.

Last but not least, Beth Ann from Dazzled by Beth Ann made this awesome FTU tut using parts of our new Check Your Chichi's FTU collab. You can find the tut HERE.

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Forest Hideaway from Tasha's Playground. You can purchase this kit at The PSP Project.

Tube from Angela Newman. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

Mask 353 from weescotslass

Font- Precious

_File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 3. LayerScale>Layer 75%. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Select the rotate tool. Click canvas and in the angle box put -8. Select the magic wand. Click inside the frame. Select>Grow 5. Open paper 7. Move paper layer below frame layer in the layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on keyboard. Select>None. Make the frame active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Make sure the frame layer is active. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select the flip tool and click canvas, to mirror the duplicate frame. Move the duplicate frame to the very bottom layer.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 75%. Place tube in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open fence. Move this layer below tube layer. Scale 50%. Place to the bottom left of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Merge Down to merge fence with drop shadow. Layer to image size. Duplicate & Flip.

-Open dead grass. Move layer above both fence layers. Scale 35%. Place to the bottom right of tag (next to tube). Duplicate. Move a little to the right. Keep duplicating the grass until it is the length og the fence. Merge all dead grass layers together and repeat drop shadow. Duplicate and flip.

Other Elements:

branch 2

leaves

mushroom 2

tree stump

leaf scatter

kitty

flowers

butterflies

-Open paper 1. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in Gimp.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

That's right, we are back with another 4 part collab for all of you...yup, I said 4 parts!!!! We have again partnered up with some of our talented friends to create a HUGE collab.

This collab is special because it is in honor of breast cancer awareness...hence the name "Check Your Chichi's"...LOL. 

Download Amy's portion HERE

Download Sarah's portion @ Sarah's Tags N Things HERE

Download Tasha's portion @ Tasha's Playground HERE

We hope you enjoy our collab, and of course...check those chichi's!!!!!

I was lucky enough to be able to play around with the new PTU collab I Love The Night Life! You can purchase this collab over at The PSP Project.

Feel free to snag the tags below. All I ask is that you do not alter them in any way or claim as your own.



Nothing is more exciting than losing a tooth and waiting for the tooth fairy to come. Tooth Fairy Time will make you feel like a kid again, it's full of dreamy fun and tooth fairy magic. It contains 40 elements, 5 frames & 8 papers.

I made a freebie cluster frame for all of you...

You can download the frame HERE 

Here's a tag I made with the frame...

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Red Delicious PTU scrapkit by A Taggers Scrap which you can get HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Jennifer Janesko, you must have a license to use this art which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Freebooter Script.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer (I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Frame 2, I tilted the frame slightly using the Rotate Tool. Add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 19 center it behind frame, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open tube, add drop shadow.

5. Open and place the following elements:

Flower 1

Flowers 2

Flower 6

Staranise

Chipmunk

Fern

Brooch

Pumpkin

Jewel

Brush

Berries

Acorns

Apple 2

Bird

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements~

6. Open Flower Overlay (element), place it under ALL other layer in your layer box. This will give the effect of using a mask. 

7. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

8. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

9. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

10. Add copyright info and name.

11. Save as .png

You are finished :)

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Playing Doctor from Gimptastic Scraps

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Elias Chatzoudis. You must have a license to use his tubes. You can purchase them at Elias Art Shop.

Mask 193 from weescotslass

Fonts: Will&Grace, Yesteryear & Signerica Fat

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 3. Layer>Scale Layer 70%. Select the magic wand. Click inside the frame. Select>Grow 5. Open paper 5. Move paper layer below the frame layer in the layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Open tube close up. Place tube inside the frame. Delete. Change the mode to soft light (or whatever looks best with your tube). Select>None. Make the frame layer active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open frame 1. Make the bottom layer. Scale 70%. Place in the middle of white frame. Add drop shadow of 0, 0, 5, black, 80.

-Open frame 2. Make the bottom layer. Scale 75%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put -10. Place in the middle of tag. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 85%. Place in the middle of white frame. Layer>Duplicate Alyer. Move the duplicate tube below the white frame layer in the layer box. Make the paper layer below the duplicate tube active. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Make the duplicate tube active. Invert & delete. Select none. Make the original (top) tube layer active. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Merge Down to merge tube with the shadow. Select the eraser tool and erase the bottom part of the tube sticking out of the frame.

-Make the top layer acitve. Select the text tool. Font: Will&Grace, Size: 25, Foreground color: white. Click canvas and type 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away'. Place text at the bottom of tag. Alpha to selection. Grow 1. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below the text layer.Change foreground to black. Select hte bucket fill tool. Fill the selection. Select none. Repeat drop shadow.

-Still using the text tool, change your font: yesteryear, Size: 35, foreground af1e22. Click canvas and type 'but if the doctors cute screw the fruit'. Place this text below the other text. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.30. Alpha to selection. Grow 2. Add new layer and move below current text layer. Bucket fill with white. Select none. Repeat drop shadow.

Elements:

RX  - rotate 10

nurse hat

stand

heart gems

apple

flower 1

flower 2

papaer dolls

syringe

patient chart

-Open paper 4. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in gimp.

-Add your name with the signerica fat font. Also add copyright and your done!

Here are a couple of fantastic results from my CT ladies...

This adorable tut is by Beth-Ann @ Dazzled by Beth-Ann, it's called Autumn Moments and she used my PTU kit Amazing Autumn.

This sexy tut is by Sherena @ Sherena's Sweet Treats, it's called Beautiful and she used my PTU kit Nature's Jewel.

Fabulous work as always ♥ Thank you!!!!