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I am Angela aka Alika. PSPing for 8 years, have been making kits for a lil over a year. I have two children. 1 daughter who is 3 and 1 son who is 20 months. You may use my scrap kits in your tutorials or challenges but please link them back to me. Thanks! I would love to see your creations with my kits please email them to alikasscraps@hotmail.com and I will add them to my blog!
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**Forewarning** Some of my tuts are written with a sense of humor and a bit off the wall please do not take any language seriously! They are not for the faint of heart. I am making them this way to make it fun for me and to bring a bit of laughter and brightness back into the PSP World. If you have any problems with them please contact me at the address below**

All my Tutorials were written by me. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please do NOT claim as your own or try to alter them in any way. If you want to post my tuts in your PSP Groups, please post a text link back to this site. I love to see everyones results, just send them to alikasscraps@hotmail.com and I will put them up on my blog!

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

PostHeaderIcon Blood Tutorial

~BLOOD~
You cant see it here but the skulls are animated
Supplies:
Plugin- DSB Flux
Template 11 by WitchysHeart HERE
Lifes Blood scrapkit by Gothic Inspirations HERE
Jasc Paint Shop Pro
Jasc Animation Shop
Tube of choice
I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey
Do not use without purchasing and with the correct license
You may purchase Keith Garvey artwork HERE
Open up template 11
Open paper 4 from scrapkit
Edit, Copy
Click on black rectangle left layer
Selections, Select all
Selections, float
Selections, defloat
Edit, paste as new layer
Image, resize, 60 percent, resize layers unchecked
Selections, invert
Edit, clear
Selections, select none
Effects, 3d effects, drop shadow: 3, 3, op: 100, blur 5, color black
Do the same for layers: Black rectangle right and pink rectangle middle
Open paper 1 from scrapkit
Edit, copy
Highlight pink rectangle left layer
Selections, select all
Float
Defloat
Edit, paste as new layer
Image, resize 70 percent
Selections, invert
Edit, clear
Selections, select none
Effects, 3d effects, use same drop shadow
Delete pink rectangle left layer
Repeat for layers: pink rectangle left and black rectangle middle
Open paper 2 from scrapkit
Copy
Select bottom black bar layer
Select all
Float
Defloat
Paste as new layer
Invert
Edit, clear
Drop shadow
Repeat same for top black bar layer
Make a new layer
Flood fill with color 772c27
Select pink outside dots layer
Select all
Float
Defloat
Invert
Select your new layer
Edit, clear
Drop shadow
Delete original layer
Repeat for pink dots inside middle layer
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer
Arrange it in the middle
Drop shadow
Edit, paste your tube as a new layer again
Image, mirror
Select the layer with the red paper on the left
Select all
Float
Defloat
Arrange tube in selection as you like
Invert
Edit, clear
Select none
Repeat for opposite paper background on right
Copy and paste as a new layer the element barbwire1
Image, resize at 70 percent
Arrange at top of tag
Drop shadow
Drag the layer under your tube layer
Layers, duplicate
Image, flip
Copy and paste as new layer the blood splat element
Move to top left of image
Drop shadow
Drag layer till it is right above the white background layer
Duplicate layer
Image, mirror
Image, flip
Add copyrights on new layer
Hide both left and right skull layers
Merge visible
Unhide the skull layers
Add text
I used black for background and 762a2e for foreground
Font: gaze
size: 72
stroke: 2
Move to bottom left of tag
Drop shadow
Merge the skull layers together
Duplicate twice
On the first layer:
Effects, plugins, dsb flux, bright noise
Set it at 50
Repeat for layer 2 of skulls, but click mix once
Repeat for layer 3 of skulls, but click mix twice
Hide the second and third layer of skulls
Edoit, copy merged
Paste as new animation in animation shop
Hide the first skull layer
Unhide the second skull layer
Copy merged
Paste after current frame in animation shop
Hide the second skull layer
Unhide the third skull layer
Copy merged
Paste in animation shop after current frame
Animation, frame properties
Make sure it is set at 10
File, save as, rename it, leave it as a gif file
Thanks!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

PostHeaderIcon Thanks Tutorial

Here is my very first Tutorial for you all. Thanks for looking!
Supplies:
PSP
My FTU kit called "Thanks" here
WSL Mask 84 Here
Tube of choice
I am using the wonderful artwork of Pinuptoons, you must have a license in order to use this artwork, to purchase a license please go to CILM

New image 600 x 600
Copy and paste frame03 as new layer
Resize 50 percent
Select with magic wand inside frame, holding shift button make sure to click all three parts of the inside frame
Let go of shift
Copy and paste as new layer Paper15
Selections-Invert
Edit-Clear (make sure you are on the paper layer)

Open up WSL Mask84
Minimize it
Copy and Paste as new layer paper16
Layers, new mask layer, from image, select wsl mask84, make sure invert is unchecked, click ok
Merge group and move down to bottom layer

Select inside of frame again, all three holding shift
Selections modify, expand by 4
Copy and paste tube as new layer, place where you want it
Selections invert
Edit, clear
Selections, select none
Effects, 3d effects, drop shadow, 3,3, 100, 5 black
Copy and paste your tube again, place where you like, drop shadow the one as above

Copy and paste hanger02 as new layer
Image, resize by 50 percent twice
Drop shadow same, 3, 3, 100, 5, black
Move to top of frame as mine
Use eraser tool to erase part of hanger to make it look like it is holding the frame (see mine for reference)

Copy and paste butterfly01 as new image
Image resize by 50 percent
Arrange at top left of frame
Same drop shadow

Copy and paste flower01 as new layer
Resize by 50 percent, twice
Same drop shadow
Move to bottom left of frame
Duplicate
Image mirror
Move that layer under tube layer

Add any more elements that you like with drop shadows
Add copyrights
Merge visible

Add name I used font: French Script MT size 72 stroke 2
Colors- Fill: #976e58 Stroke color: #7a6459
Same drop shadow

File save as a png file.
Thanks!