Cookies for Santa- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Elias Chatzoudis. You can purchase his work HERE. This is a PTU tagger kit called Christmas Goodies by Sticky Kisses Designs. You can buy it HERE. I've used Christmas Template 005 by Cin at So Elegantly Wasted. You can download it on her blog HERE. The mask is WSL_Mask209 by Wee Scott Lass Creations. Download it on her blog HERE. The ingredient wordart is in my supplies and for personal use only! You can get it HERE. Font used is LD Jilly Nilly. Let's Begin! Open the tag template, and resize the canvas from the center to 800x800 by going to Image>Canvas Size. Delete the credits layer, and the layers named Santa's NL, Me, and Naughty Girl. Open paper10 from the kit. Copy your paper and go to the template. On the layer named 12, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat. Paste your paper by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer. Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper. Be sure to delete the original layer of the template. (Follow this procedure when asked to Copy and Paste a paper to a layer of the template.) Open paper14. Copy and Paste this paper to layer 10 of the template. Open paper7. Copy and Paste this paper to layer 3. Colorize Layers 4, 7, 9, and hanging stars to match by going to Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize Open ingredient wordart from my supplies. Copy and Paste it above top layer of template. Arrange it over the black paper to the left. Open measuring spoons from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open bow2 from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open sugar from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open mitten from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open milk from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open butter from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open eggs from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open hat from kit. Image>Mirror Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open cookie1 from kit. Copy and Paste it on top as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right as shown. Copy and Paste your tube as a new layer on top. Arrange it to the right as shown. Open flower1 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the red circle. Resize and arrange it to the left of the tag. Layer>Duplicate twice and arrange them around the tag as shown. Open paper14 and Copy and Paste it to the bottom of the tag. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named WSL_Mask209. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange mask to fit as shown in the tag. I used the font LD Jilly Nilly. Use a size that you like with a stroke width of 5. Foreground color to white and background color to #7b7d4e. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible All Finished!

Winter Wonderland- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Suzanne Woolcott of Gorjuss. You can purchase her art HERE. This is PTU kit called Winter Wonderland from Cora's Creations. Visit her blog for links to her stores HERE. The mask is WSL_Mask283, by Wee Scot Lass. You can get it HERE. My supplies are for personal use only. Get it HERE. Font used is Aquarelle. Let's Begin! Open a new canvas that's 800x800 pixels. Open winter trees from my supplies. Copy and Paste it to your canvas. Open window-01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to fit around the winter trees. It's ok if a little white shows at the top and bottom. Open your tube of choice. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Arrange it as shown. Open charm from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the upper left as shown. Open bow-03 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it on the charm as shown. Open candles from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Image>Mirror Resize and arrange it to the bottom of the window as shown. Open cluster from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open ribbon-07 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open string from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open snowflake-01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the bottom as shown. Layer>Duplicate, twice Resize and arrange the 2 around the tag as shown. Open paper pp02 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom of the tag. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named WSL_Mask283. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange it to fit as shown. I used the font Aquarelle. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 6. Foreground color to white and background color to #5e5b58. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible All Finished!

Lights Camera Action- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Keith Garvey. You can purchase his art HERE. This is an PTU kit called Cinema, by Cora's Creations. Visit her blog for links to her store HERE. Template 96 by Essence of Creativity. Visit her blog to download HERE. The mask is WSL_Mask35 by Wee Scott Lass Creations. Download it on her blog HERE. The wordart is in my supplies, which are for personal use only! You can download it HERE. Font used is Just One More Picture. Let's Begin! Open the tag template, and resize the canvas from the center to 800x800 by going to Image>Canvas Size. Delete the credits layer and sexy angel text layer. Open paper pp05 from the kit. Copy your paper and go to the template. On your pink rectangle layer, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat. Paste your paper by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer. Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper. Be sure to delete the original layer of the template. (Follow this procedure when asked to Copy and Paste a paper to a layer of the template.) Using paper pp05 from kit again, Copy and Paste it to the pink circle layer as well. Open frame03 from kit. Copy and Paste it to the top of the template. Open paper pp03 from kit. Using the magic wand tool, select the negative space within the circles of the frame. Expand your selection by going to Selections>Modify>Expand by 3 Copy and Paste your paper as a new layer. Selections>Invert, hit the Delete button on your keyboard Selections>None Move the paper layer below the frame layer. Open star03 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the stars. Resize and arrange it to cover the template stars. Duplicate it 3 times, mirroring and flipping as needed to cover all the stars. Open camera from kit. Copy and Paste above the rectangle layers. Resize and arrange it in the center as shown. Open star04 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the bottom of the tag as shown. Open 4 tubes of choice. Copy and Paste them below your circled frame. Resize and arrange them so their faces show through the circles. Erase extra portions of the tubes by using your magic wand tool and selecting inside the circle of the frame and then expanding as before by 3, then selecting the appropriate tube and inverting then deleting. Open flash_lights from kit. Copy and Paste it to your tag. Resize and arrange it by one of your tubes. Open Lights Camera Action Wordart from my supplies. Copy and Paste it below the template. Resize and arrange if needed. Open paper pp01 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom of the template. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named WSL_Mask35. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange it to fit as shown. I used the font Just One More Pitcure. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 6. Foreground color to white and background color to black. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible All Finished!

Cowgirl Tease- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Elias Chatzoudis. You can purchase his art HERE. This is PTU kit called Cowgirl from Cora's Creations. Visit her blog for links to her stores HERE. I used Template282 by Divine Intentionz. You can get it HERE. The mask is WSL_Mask350, by Wee Scot Lass. You can get it HERE. Font used is Shadowed Black Wide. Let's Begin! Open the tag template, and resize the canvas from the center to 800x800 by going to Image>Canvas Size. Delete the credits layer and wordart layer. Open paper pp10 from the kit. Copy your paper and go to the template. On your gray circle cutout, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat. Paste your paper by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer. Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper. Be sure to delete the original layer of the template. (Follow this procedure when asked to Copy and Paste a paper to a layer of the template.) Without unselecting the selection, go to Selections>Modify>Expand by 3. Paste paper pp03 by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer. Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper. Move this layer below the pink paper. Open paper pp08 from kit. Copy and Paste it to frame background and the TEASE layers. Copy and Paste your tube above the frame background. Image>Duplicate your tube. Go to the frame background layer. Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat Go to the lower tube, Selections>Invert and press the Delete button. On the upper tube use the eraser tool to erase parts of the tube hanging over the bottom of the frame background. Merge the two tubes together. Duplicate the layer called frame. Move the second frame above the tube. Use the eraser tool to erase the upper portions of the frame so the tube hangs out. Colorize the frame layer, heart layer, and glittered circles to match. Open flower03 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the circle layer. Resize and arrange it to the bottom of the tag. Duplicate it twice and arrange them around the tag as shown. Open swirl from kit. Copy and Paste it in the back of the tag. Resize and arrange it to the right as shown. Open rope from kit. Copy and Paste it above the circle layer. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open horse from kit. Copy and Paste it to the top of the tag. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open sheriff from kit. Copy and Paste it to the top of the tag. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open glitter dots from kit. Copy and Paste it above the swirl. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open glitter from kit. Copy and Paste it behind the TEASE wordart. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open ribbon09 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the circle. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open paper pp09 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom of the tag. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named WSL_Mask350. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange it to fit as shown. I used the font Shadowed Black Wide. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 4. Foreground color to white and background color to #2e241f. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layers and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible All Finished!

B-day- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Scott Blair. You can purchase his art HERE. This is PTU kit called B-day from Cora's Creations. Visit her blog for links to her stores HERE. I used Template76 by Blissfully Beth. You can get it HERE. The mask is WSL_Mask219, by Wee Scot Lass. You can get it HERE. The wordart is in my own and is in my supplies, for personal use only. Get it HERE. Font used is akaFrivolity. Let's Begin! Open the tag template, and resize the canvas from the center to 800x800 by going to Image>Canvas Size. Delete the credits layer and wordart layer. Open paper pp01 from the kit. Copy your paper and go to the template. On your gray circle layer, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat. Paste your paper by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer. Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper. Be sure to delete the original layer of the template. (Follow this procedure when asked to Copy and Paste a paper to a layer of the template.) Open paper pp07 from kit. Copy and Paste it to the brackets layer. Open paper pp05 from kit. Copy and Paste it to the rounded rectangle layer. Open paper pp08 from kit. Copy and Paste it to the gray tabs layer. Open paper pp10 from kit. Copy and Paste it to the black tags layer. Copy and Paste your tube to the top of the template. Image>Duplicate your tube. Go to the circle layer. Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat Go to the lower tube, Selections>Invert and press the Delete button. On the upper tube use the eraser tool to erase parts of the tube hanging over the bottom of the circle. Merge the two tubes together. Open frame02 from kit. Copy and Paste at the bottom of the template. Resize and arrange it to the side of the frame. Open heart balloon from kit. Copy and Paste it above the tube. Resize and arrange it to the right of the tag as shown. Open ribbon02 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open ribbon01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open heart from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open stars from kit. Copy and Paste it behind the tube. Resize and arrange it as shown. Open bow02 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right as shown. Open cupcake02 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open present04 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open button01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it at the bottom of the tag as shown. Open paper pp06 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom of the tag. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named WSL_Mask219. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange it to fit as shown. I used the font akaFrivolity. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 6. Foreground color to white and background color to #ca385b. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible All Finished!

Native- FTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Elias Chatzoudis. You can purchase his art HERE. This is an FTU kit called Thanks, by myself. Visit my blog to get it HERE. The mask is by Binty but since I altered it, it is included in my supplies, which are for personal use only and can be downloaded HERE. Add the mask to your mask folder. Font used is Goombella. Let's Begin! (Note: this is a full size kit so resize everything to 800 pixels before you copy and paste to your canvas.) Open a new canvas at 800x800 pixels. Open Indian Feather Frame from my supplies. Copy and Paste it onto your canvas. Open paper9 from kit. Resize it to 800x800 pixels. Go to your canvas and select the magic wand tool. On the frame layer, select the inside of the frame. Expand the selection by going to Selections>Modify>Expand- 5 Copy and Paste your paper as a new layer. Selections>Invert, and hit the Delete key on your keyboard. Selections>None Move the paper layer below your frame. Copy and Paste your tube on top of the frame as a new layer. Arrange it to the left of the frame as shown. Open the basket from my supplies. Copy and Paste it above the frame layer. Resize and arrange it to the left of the tube as shown. Open element20 (leaves) from kit. Copy and Paste it below the frame. Resize and arrange it to the right of the tag as shown. Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror Open frame1 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize, rotate and arrange it so it shows a little outside of the frame. Open element24 (swirl) from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize, rotate and arrange it to the side of the frame. Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror Open dream catcher from my supplies. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right of the tag as shown. Open element25 (butterfly) from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right of the tag as shown. Open element25 (spray) from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right of the tag as shown. Open paper10 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom, below the leaves. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named Bintys-Twi-Meadow. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group. Resize and arrange it to fit as shown. I used the font Goombella. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 6. Foreground color to #faf2cd and background color to #31231d. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 50 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible Animation To animate it, save your tag and open it in Animation Shop. Right click the tag and click Duplicate Selected. Duplicate your tag until you have four frames. Open the animated flame from my supplies. Copy the flame animation by going to Edit>Select All, Edit>Copy Click your tag and select all by going to Edit>Select All Then paste your animation by going to Edit>Paste>Into Selected Frame Paste the frame to the bottom right of the tag, by the tube. You can now view your animation and save as a GIF. All Finished!

Vintage Christmas- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Suzanne Woolcott at Gorjuss. You can purchase her art HERE. This is a PTU kit called Vintage Christmas by Seven's Scraps. You can visit her blog for links HERE. The mask is by Vixen, #253. Download it on her blog HERE My supplies are for personal use only and can be downloaded HERE. Add them to your mask folder. Font used is Kelly. Animation Shop3 was used for the animation. Let's Begin! Open a new canvas 800x800 pixels. Open wreath01 from the kit. Copy and Paste it to your canvas. Copy and Paste your tube on top of the wreath as a new layer. Resize your wreath to fit your tube as shown in the tag. Open ribbon01 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the wreath. Resize and arrange to fit around the wreath as shown. Open giftbow01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange bow as shown in tag. Open candycane02 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right as shown. Open rudolph01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the right as shown. Open snowman01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open present01 from kit. Copy and Paste it as a new layer. Resize and arrange it to the left as shown. Open garland01 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the ribbons. Resize and arrange it at the bottom as shown. Open star03 from kit. Copy and Paste it above the wreath layer. Resize and arrange as one of the biggest star in the tag. Duplicate layer and arrange in a circle, 5 stars in total. Open frame10 from kit. Copy and Paste it below the wreath layer. Resize and arrange it around the wreath. Open paper10 from kit. Copy and Paste it at the bottom layer of the tag. Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk. Apply the mask named Vix_Mask253. Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, Go to Merge>Merge Group. I used the font Kelly. I set it to 72 pixels, with a stroke width of 6. Resize the font to a larger size to fit the tag. Foreground color #fdfbf3 and background color to black. Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool. Set the stroke width to 0. Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer. Drop shadow everything except the mask. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 50 opacity, 4 blur. Add your copyright info and your tag. Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible Animation To animate it, save your tag and open it in Animation Shop. Right click the tag and click Duplicate Selected. Duplicate your tag until you have four frames. Open the animated stars from my supplies. Copy the star animation by going to Edit>Select All, Edit>Copy Click your tag and select all Edit>Select All Then paste your animation by going to Edit>Paste>Into Selected Frame Move the star into a place between two of the star within the tag and click to paste it. Continue to paste into selected frame pasting the animated star between all of the stars in the tag as shown. You can now view your animation and save as a GIF. All Finished!