TOOT TOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right folks, it's time for the Brat Pack Blog Train to leave the station.

This month our theme was Honey to the Bee, so I made a cute little CU bee template for all of you :) 

Be sure to check out the rest of the stops on the train...

Stina ::Staffy Scraps: designs by stina::

Tootypup: Tootypup Scraps

You are here>>>> Amy: Gimptastic Scraps

Becky: Becky's Creations

Bratti: Brattitude Scraps

Brenda: Ditz Bitz

Carrie: Skinnis Stats and Scraps

Dilcia: Disyas Digitals Designs

Elisa: Digital Designs by Elisa

Janet: Eye Opening Designs

Jodhi: Miggins does scrapsville

Lins: Lins Creations

Miriam: Ellanoir

Paula: CraftyPoly

Pink: Pink's Poetic Scraps

Sarah: English Rose Designs

Tammy: TLP Designz

Blue is one of my fave colors, so when I found this fairy I knew I needed to make a kit inspired by her and ALL blue of course. I hope you all like it :)

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 Tony T, you must have a license to use this art. This tube is a TPP exclusive, which you can find HERE.

~Greek Goddess PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground.

~Mask of choice. I used HPD mask 17 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Allura.

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 (round frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 1 center it behind Frame 6, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 5 (square frame), place it under Frame 6 & Paper 1 in your layer box. Add drop shadow.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Dove
Lyre
Leaves 2
Shield
Stone Pitcher
Branch
Jewel 1
Bottle
Deco 2
Deco 3
Scroll
Bowl
Flower 3
Glitter Spill

~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 Glitter Spill)~

7. Open Paper 6

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:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Greek Goddess from Tasha's Playground. You can purchase this kit exclusively at The PSP Project.

Tube of choice. I am using the matching tube to this kit from Tony T.  You can purchase this tube exclusively at The PSP Project.

Font- My Nerd

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 5. Layer>Scale Layer 75%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angel box put -15. Place frame in center of the canvas. Select the magic wand and click inside the frame. Select>Grow 5. Open paper 5. Move below the frame in the layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Make the frame active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 3, 3, 5, black, 50.

-Open deco 1. Make the top layer. Scale 85%. Place at the bottom of frame. Repeat drop shadow. Make the frame layer active and erase any part of it below deco 1.

-Open frame 2. Move below deco 1 layer. Scale 40%. Rotate 20. Place this frame to the right side of tag. Click inside frame with magic wand. Grow 3. Open paper 2. Move below the frame layer. Add Alpha Channel. Scale 40%. Place paper in selection. Invert & Delete. Open tube. Place in selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode of the tube to value. Repeat drop shadow on frame.

-Open frame 2 again. Move above big blue frame in the layer box. Scale 35%. Rotate -20. Place above other frame 2 to the right of the tag. Add paper 3 to frame (repeat steps above for adding paper to frame 2). Open tube and place in selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode of the tube to value. Repeat drop shadow on frame.

-Open frame 2 one more time. Make the top layer. Scale 35%. Rotate 20. Place to the right side of frame at the top of the other 2 frame 2 layers. Add paper 4 to this frame. Open tube and place in selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode of the tube to value. Repeat drop shadow on frame.

-Open tube. Make it the top layer. Scale 65%. Place in the center of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light.

-Open lace. Make the bottom layer. Scale 85%. Place in the center of tag.

Other Elements: (repeat drop shadow on all element layers)

deco 3

columns (flip)

branch (flip)

flower 1

flower 2

leaves 2

flower 3

flower branch

vase (rotate 20)

key

sparkle 2

strand

stars

ribbon (flip)

-Add name and copyright and you're done!



So, I was feeling a bit dark and gloomy and decided to make a kit inspired by my favorite serial killer...Dexter Morgan. Okay, so he's not a REAL serial killer, but a little creepy nonetheless...LOL.
What can I say?? I have a thing for the dark and deadly.

If you do too this kit is for you!!!!!

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).

~Kiss my Pink PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground which you can get HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of KiwiFire Storm, you must have a license to use this art which you can get from TPP HERE.

~Template of choice. I used MPM Template 214 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Twelve Ton Goldfish.

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 3
Paper 4
Paper 11
Paper 12

~I added noise to some of the template layers to make them look glittery (Filters > Noise > RGB Noise).

~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:

Glass

Chain

Wheels

CD

Flames

Lips

Stars

Briefcase

Bag

Jello Shot

Drink 1

Bomb

Cute Skull

~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 Glass)~

5. Crop Image (Image > Autocrop Image).

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

7. Add copyright info and name

8. Save as .png

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

Are you ready for some fairy fun???

Here's a new kit for all of you called Fairy Garden. It's full of bright, Spring colors and fun garden elements. It contains 40 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers. 

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 Kiss My Pink from Tasha's Playground. You can purchase this kit exclusively at The PSP Project.

Tube of choice. I am using the matching tube to this kit from KiwiFireStorm. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase them at The PSP Project.

Template 375 from Divine Intentionz
Mask- 29 by me HERE

Font- Life Savers

 -Open template. Image>Scale Image 450x350 px. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px and click center. Delete credits and the wordart layer (make sure you don't delete wordart #1, just wordart)

Tasha over at Tasha's Playground asked me to make some masks to compliment her new kit Greek Goddess. I hope you all like :)

 

 



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 Shawli, you must have a license to use this art which you can now get from TPP HERE.

~Finally PTU scrapkit by Sweet Cravings Scraps.

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

~Font of choice. I used Wednesday Medium.

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 8 (square), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 17 center it behind Frame 8, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 5 (egg frame), place it over Frame 8 & Paper 17 in your layer box. Add drop shadow.

 5. Open Paper 8 center it behind Frame 5, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

6. Open tube, add drop shadow.

7. Open and place the following elements:

Flower 4
Flower 9
Tape 1
Tape 2
Doodle 1
Basket 1
Wordart
Egg 1
Egg 3
Egg 5
Candy Tin
Easter Bunny
Easter Chick
Egg Pop 3
Butterfly 1

~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 Tape 1 & Tape 2)~

8. Open Paper12

9. Open mask

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

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

12. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

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

14. Add copyright info and name.

15. Save as .png

You are finished :)

I have a new kit for you all today called Snuggle Bunny. 

This kit was inspired by a HOT tube by Keith Garvey called Snuggles.

The kit contains 35 elements, 5 frames and 10 papers. 

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.

I apologize in advance if this tut is hard to understand. As I was writing it I was hoping someone would be able to get it lol. Enjoy!

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Hop To It from A Taggers Scrap

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Danny Lee. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase them from SATC.

Font- Great Vibes

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open egg 7. Layer>Scale Layer 55%. Place near the bottom in the center of canvas. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 5, black, 50.

-Open egg 3. Make the top layer. Scale 40%. Place to the left of egg 7. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open egg 4. Make the top layer. Scale 40%. Select the flip tool and click canvas. Place to the right of egg 7. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open flower 7. Make the bottom layer. Scale 50. Place to the right side of eggs. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Merge Down (to merge flower with shadow). Layer>Layer To Image Size. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Flip.

-Open carrot 1. Make the bottom layer. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put 90. Place carrot to the right side of the other elements. Repeat drop shadow. Merge carrot with shadow. Layer To Image Size. Duplicate and flip.

-Open eggplant 2. Rotate 180. make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place to the right side. Repeat drop shadow. Merge with shadow. Layer to image size. Duplicate and flip.

-Open eggs 2. Move below the other egg layers in the layer box. Scale 35%. Place on the left side of egg 7. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open eggs 1. Scale 35%. Place to the right side of egg 7. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open basket 8. Scale 35%. Move above the carrot layer in the layer box. Rotate -15. Place to the left on top of the other elements. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open basket 7. Scale 35%. Move above the carrot layer in layer box. Rotate 20. Place to the right side on top of the other elements. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open bunny 4. Move below the egg layers in the layer box. Scale 65%. Place above egg 7. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open grass 4. Make the bottom layer. Place in the center of the rest of the elements, only a bit above them this time.

-Open grass 3. Make the bottom layer. Place in the center of all the elements.

-Open grass 1. Move layer above grass 4 in the layer box. Scale 50%. Place to the left of grass 4. Layer to image size. Duplicate and flip.

-Open tube. Move to above grass layers in the layer box. Scale 30%. Place in center of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Duplicate. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to hard light and lower the opacity to 50.

Other elements:

flower chain

flower 6

flower 1

scatter 1 (lower opacity to 65)

wordart

-Add your name and copyright and you're 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 Serentiy from Tasha's Playground

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Sue Rundle-Hughes. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase them at PSP Tube Stop.

Font- Janda Elegant Handwriting

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open water. Place towards the bottom of canvas.

-Open tube. Layer>Scale Layer 65%. Place to the right side of water. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Place duplicate tube under the main tube in the layer box. Select the rotate tool. Click the canvas and in the angle box put 180. Select the flip tool and click canvas to flip the tube. Place tube in the water (to it will look like a reflection). Make the water layer active. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Make the duplicate tube active. Select>Invert. Edit>Cut. Select>None. Lower the opacity of the duplicate tube to 80.

-Make the main tube active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 5, black, 50. Duplicate. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light.

-Open tree. Make the bottom layer. Flip. Scale 75%. Place to the right side of tag. I erased part of the tree sticking below the tube. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open grass mound. Make the bottom layer. Place in the center of the rest of the elements.

-Open water again. Scale 75%. Move above the grass mound in the layer box. Place to the right side of tag at the bottom. Duplicate. Place duplicate to the left die od tag, so it look like there is a pond.

-Open grass 3. Move above the water layers in the layer box. Scale 65%. Place to the right side of tag. Duplicate 3 times and place the duplicates on the left side of tag.

Other elements:
flower 5
log
stones
cattail 1
cattail 2
rock
clouds
dragonfly (rotate 25)
lights
butterfly 2 (rotate -30)

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



Who doesn't love a shopping spree??? I know I do...LOL. Get ready to Shop Til You Drop!!!!!

This kit contains 50 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers. 

Okay, I think I kept you waiting long enough...LOL. 

Here's my new FTU kit called Fiery Attitude. It packs a punch full of attitude for sure!!!! 

The kit contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

Be sure to leave a thank you if you download :)

Who doesn't like a good tease from time to time????

I thought you all might like a little peek at a FTU kit that will be coming your way soon...

Keep your eyes peeled O.O

 

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

FTU kit 50 Shades of Shamrock from Tasha's Playground
Fonts- Uncial Antiqua & Great Vibes

-File>New 600x600 px.

 -Select the text tool. Font: Uncial Antiqua, Size:100, Foreground color: White. Click canvas and type the 1st letter of your name. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Shrink 1. Edit>Cut. Select>Grow 1. Open paper 1. Move paper layer below white text layer in layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Layer>Scale Layer 50%. Place paper in selection. Select>Invert. Cut. Select>None. Filters>Deco>Add Bevel. Uncheck work on copy. Press ok. Make the white outline layer active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Merge these 3 layers together (Layer>Merge Down). Place to the center left side of canvas.

-Repeat for the rest of the letters in your name using different papers.

-Open grass. Make the bottom layer. Place behind your name.

-Open the rainbow and also put this behind your name.

-Open flower 3. Move below rainbow layer. Scale 35%. Place to the left side of tag. Layer>Duplicate 3 times. Place each flower layer side by side at the bottom of the name. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 5, black, 50.

Other Elements:
stairs
flower 4
butterfly
shamrock 2

-Make the top layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Great Vibes, Size: 35, Foreground Color: Black. Click canvas and type 'Happy St. Patrick's Day'. Place text below your name. Alpha to selection. Change foreground color to 5da100 and background to ffcc5b. Select the blend tool. Gradient: FG TO BG (RGB), Shape: Linear, Repeats: none. Layer>New Layer. Add gradient. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Grow 1. Add new layer. Move new layer below gradient layer. Change foreground color to black. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Select none. Repeat drop shadow.

-Add copyright and you're finished!

If you would like to use this tag anytime of the year, go ahead and leave out the word art.

 

TOOT TOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's that time again!!!!!!!!! The Fantastically Free Blog Train has left the station and is bring massive amounts of awesomeness your way...as always ;)

This time around we were Thinking of Spring and were inspired by a fresh, bright and fun color palette. 

You can grab our kits below, be sure to check out ALL of the other stops on this train...

Leah's portion:

Amy's portion:

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Xoiya Creations

Rissa Designs

Wicked Princess Scraps

Scraps Dimensions

Tasha's Playground

StacieCakes Creations

Niqui's Designs

Millie's PSP Madness

Dwana Designs

Amy & Leah's Gimptastic Tuts  <<<<< you are here

 

You may need to click on the tag to see the animation.

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

Tube of choice. I am using the art of KR Drawings. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

Texture 2 from Sanami276

FTU Kit Heavenly Peace from Tasha's Playground

Word art from me HERE

animation 299 from Scrappy Bit Of Fun 

Fonts- Housegrind & Modern735 BT Condensed

 

-File>New 600x225.

 

-Change your foreground color to 6e7472 and your background color to 131311. Select the blend tool. Gradient: FB TO BG (RGB), Shape: Radial, Repeat: none. Click the top middle of canvas and drag mouse straight down (press ctrl to make a straight line). Layer>New Layer(rename this layer 1). Click the middle of the left side of the canvas and drag all the way to the right side. Change the mode of the layer to overlay.

 

-Make background layer active. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Distorts> Ripple.

 

 

 

-Open texture. Rename this layer texture. Make the top layer. Change the mode to overlay.

 

-Make the top layer active. New Layer (rename border). Change foreground to 131311. Select the bucket fill tool and fill canvas. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Shrink 3. Edit>Cut. Bucket fill canvas with white. Shrink by 1. Cut. Bucket fill with 6e7472. Shrink 2. Cut. Select>None.

 

-Add new layer (rename layer border shadow). Move new layer  below border layer in the layer box. Bucket fill with black. Alpha to selection. Shrink by 5. Cut. Select none. Filters>Blur Gaussian Blur 20.0.

 

-Open tube. Move below layer 1. Layer>Scale Layer 60%. Place to the far left side of tag. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select Flip tool and flip. Make the top tube layer active. Layer>Merge Down. Rename this layer tubes 1. Open tube again. Move below tube 1 layer. Place tube to the far left side of tag. Layer To Image Size. Duplicate & Flip. Merge all the tube layers together. Change the mode to overlay.

 

 

I made a couple of tags and some extras using a stunning new kit from Tasha's Playground called Spring Dreams. This kit is so soft and pretty, it has loads of possibilities for all your Springtime taggies.

Click on the extras to grab the full size version. 

*PLEASE do NOT alter these in anyway*