Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Few New Tags

Back again so soon ? I know!! I actually been trying really hard to get back into tags and tutorials. I don't know how many are around these days to use them but, meh, I'll still give it a go. Facebook has taken over almost all  of everything now and I am honestly, pretty much Facebook illiterate still. I think I am in one or two groups for tags, I suppose one day I should look into that. Anyway, here are a few of the newest tags I have done.




JUST FOR FUN

Made with PTU kit Cowgirl Dreams scrap kit from Barbie and can be purchased at
ACowgirlsCreations  here and artwork by ©Keith Garvey and can be purchased at CDO here




 LUCKY BEAUTY

Made with PTU scrapkit Irish Beauty from ACowgirlsCreations and can be purchased HERE and the artwork of ©Keith Garvey can be purchased HERE



UNICORN BEAUTY

This was done with the stunning artwork of ©Laguna and can be found HERE
Also the great scrapping kit Irish beauty from one of my dear friends, Barbie, at ACowgirlsCreations and can be purchased HERE

PLEASE DO NOT STEAL OR RIP THE TAGS I HAVE MADE






Monday, March 4, 2019

Returned from Hiatus


A lot has happen over the last few years that I have not been here but it is now time for me to continue on with life and the things I love doing.

I blew off the dust on my laptop and opened the PSP.  It has been a long time for sure lol. Meh, not to bad I say. I used kits made by my good friend Barbie from ACowgirlsCreations you can check them out  HERE  so beautifully put together. Thank you my friend xo.



Enjoy the day xo, Des

Monday, May 19, 2014

Beautiful Days





This tag tutorial was created by myself 5/19/14 for this blog Desertsplace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental.
Please do not copy or steal my tags/ tutorials or claim them as your own.

This tag tutorial was made with the kit called Spring Festival by dnscraps and can be found HERE

Artist tube is from Keith Garvey  and can be purchased HERE
LET'S BEGIN

Open new image, 600x600 transparent background checked.

Open watter...  resize 50%
place lower center of canvas
Open ... frameflowers resize70
rotate slightly to the right
place in the middle of the water
Open...paper I chose paper 2
using your magic wand, click inside the frame and click under the little branch at the 
bottom or it will not catch it all.
selections, modify, expand 9
resize if you like and copy your paper
right click and paste, new layer,
selections, then hit delete. Selections, select none.
Drag this under your frame layer. 
Get your tube, resize if needed,
copy and paste under the frame layer.
Open... ribbons (white)... resize 50 
paste at bottom of frame
Open ladder.... resixe 30 
rotate right a little
layers duplicate, use the pick tool and grab it
move it off the other adjust the size by pushing in the edges at the nodes and rotate.
Open little blue garden flowers,,, resize 15 and place right side of the water, duplicate and place in several places, rotate if you like.
Open rocks... resize 30
place under front of frame, layers, duplicate,
image mirror adjust to where you like it on the side. Layers duplicate and do the same on the other side. You can fill in with more if you like just duplicate it again.
rake resize 40. image mirror copy and paste 
leaning agains the ladder layer
Open bowl.. resize 15 place at the bottom of the ladder,
Open mouse... resize 15 place on the bowl


Open...garden resize 15
place at the bottom of the ladder
Open...flower resize 7 copy and paste on the lower left on the rocks
Open...flowers 2 resize 10 paste on the lower left on the rocks 
Open...flower resize 7 copy and paste on the lower left on the rocks
Open your tube of choice
If you have a full size of your tube place on the left side.
Layers, new raster layer.
Chose Elipse shape from the side bar and create a circle in th upper right side foreground black background null
After the circle is the size you like,
Layers, new raster layer,
Choose text from the side bar,
Hover on top of the circle, when you see the A with a half circle under click and write Beautiful Days or what you like in your font of choice. 
Wken you are done you can position it.
then delete the vector layer that the original circle was drawn on so it does not show anymore.
I added drop shadows to everything but the tube in the frame and the words.  (V 1 H2 Opa 30 Blur 6 color black.
Add your artist credits, merge and save.


Thank you for trying my tutorial
xo Des xo


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

China Mermaid

CHINA MERMAID




This tag tutorial was created by myself 4/10/13 for this blog Desertsplace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental. 
Please do not copy or steal my tags/ tutorials or claim them as your own.

This tag tutorial was made with the kit called China Doll by Tootypup and can be found HERE
Artist tube is from Gaetano Di Falco and can be purchased HERE

LET'S BEGIN
Open new image, 600x600 transparent background checked.
On the right go to you rpaint brush tool, select soft fuzz brush , 
On the color palet, make it to a soft blue color I used #7796a7 Using the soft fuzz brush
go around and make a background of blue lightly by clicking and moving the mouse and letting up.
Make it to your liking.
Open tree 3, resize 30%, copy and paste to left of center. Go to layers, duplicate, go to image and flip. Drag this over to the right
to where you like it.
Open tree 3 resize 50 %  copy and paste to the right of center over lapping the other tree.
Open tree 2 resize 30%,  copy and paste to the right of center lower than the first.
Open bird 1, rezise 5%, copy and paste as new layer up in the trees, do this as many times as you like.
Oopen bridge 3, resize 80%, copy and paste, center of image. Arrange trees and birds at this time if you chose to make them different.
Open deco1, resize 20%, using the pick tool, you can rotate by grabbing the little node and turning with your mouse
place it where you like it, then go to layers, duplicate, and rotate and drag to where you like. I did this to accomadate my tube choice.
Open your tube resize as necessary, copy and paste as new layer.
Open flowers 3, resize 20% copy and paste as new layer at the bottom near the middle and on both sides of the bridge..
Open leaf deco2, resize 10% copy and paste lower right bottom.
Open BlossomTreeLarge, rezise 10%, copy and paste lower right bottom.
Open your choice of fern leafs, resize 10% copy and rotate, and  paste to your liking. I did this to cover the bottom of my tube,.
Add artist credits and merge all layers, save as png and you are finished.
Thank you for trying my tutorial
xo Desert xo





China Doll


China Doll





This tag tutorial was created by myself 4/10/13 for this blog Desertsplace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental. 
Please do not copy or steal my tags/ tutorials or claim them as your own.

This tag tutorial was made with the kit called China Doll by Tootypup and can be found HERE
Artist tube is from Gaetano Di Falco and can be purchased HERE





Open new image 600x600 Transparent background checked

Open tree 3, resize 40% copy and paste to the right near the first tree,
go to layers, duplicate, go to image and flip.
Open tree1 resize 30% copy and paste as new layer in the middle on the right side,
go to layers, duplicate, go to image flip. Using the move tool , move them to where you like them best.
Open garden 1, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer in the center.
Open bird 2, resize 5%, copy and paste as new layer on the garden room where you like him.
Open bird 1, resize 7%, copy and paste as new layer a little bit behind bird 1.
Open your tube, resize if necessary, where you like. With mine I used some of the leafy elements, umbrella  and resized them
to put around the bottom of her.
Open gong 1, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer on the left side of the garden building
Open fan7, resize 15%, copy and paste as new layer, in front of the gong.
Open butterfly 1, resize 7% or to your liking, copy and paste as new layer
Open butterfly 2, resize 7%  or to your liking, copy and paste as new layer.
Open vase 5, resize 20%, copy and paste bottom on the stand of the gong.
Open deco 5, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer over the vase and gong bottom right side. 
Add your artist credits and save as png. Add your name and this tag tutorial is now complete!
Thank you for trying my tutorial.
xo Desert xo

Thursday, March 21, 2013

! HAZARDOUS ! FTU TUT

! HAZARDOUS !

FTU TUTORIAL


 This tag tutorial was created by myself 3/21/13 for this blog Desertsplace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental. 
Please do not copy or steal my tags/ tutorials or claim them as your own.

This tag tutorial was made with the kit called Tough Love by Gimptatic Scraps and can be found HERE
Artist tube is from Jose Cano

Let's get started!

Open Frame1, paste as new layer in center of new image.
Using your magic wand, Mode>add, click inside all the boxes of the frame.
Go to Selections, modify, expand 3
Open paper 4, copy and paste as new layer, selections, invert and hit the delete key.
do this for all boxes of the frame. When you are done pull them UNDER the frame layer.
Open WA (hazardous) resize 85%, copy place as new layer centering in the top box of the frame
Go to Layers, duplicate, and drag that layer down to the 2nd box and center. Continue to do this for all the boxes of the frame.
Open Bottle, resize 70% copy and paste as new layer bottom left side.
Open Flower1 resize 40%, copy and paste bottom left side near the bottle.
Open Flower2, resize 10%, copy and paste as new layer bottom left side over the bottom of the black flower.
Open your tube of choice, resize if necessary, copy and paste where you like it.
Open candle holders, resize 40% copy and paste as new layer bottom left side.
Open label resize 85%, copy and paste upper left corner, using the pick tool, rotate it slightly to the left.
Go to layers, duplicate, using your pick tool, rotate this layer a bit more than the previous layer.
Open staple, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer over the label layer so they look stapled together.
Open chain, copy and paste as new layer on the right side over the frame.
Open Explicit, copy and paste at the bottom of the chain. Using the eraser tool set to a small size, erase just a spot on the sign at the top
so it looks like the hook is coming through the sign. Layers, merge down these two layers. Move them up placing them where you like and erase an 
over flow on the top.
Open nailpolish, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, lower right side.
Open blade, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer lower right side.
Open cuffs, resize 50%, copy and paste lower right side, using the pick tool, rotate them to the left a little.
Open necklace, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, upper right corner of the frame. Erase the outer part so it looks over lapping the labels already there.
Open bracelet, resize 20%, copy and paste lower right side.
Open tickle whip, resize 40%, copy and paste bottom of frame, using the pick tool rotate it slightly to the left.
Add your tube credis,  save as png. image.
Thank you for trying my tutorial
xo Desert xo



Thursday, March 14, 2013

~Lucky~

~Lucky~


This tag was created by myself 3/14/13 for this blog Desertsplace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental.
Please do not copy or steal my tags / tutorials or claim them as your own 


Nice freebie kit from Horseplay's Pasture 
can be found HERE
Artist tube by Keith Garvey 
can be purchased HERE
xo Desert xo