CT timeline featuring the wonderful art

of Lix using her tube 47-3. I am also

showcasing the oh so lovely IB

Sybile Art January 2022 

Scrap by Ladyhawwk Designs.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey. Victor Hugo

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, 

but whose fragrance makes the garden a place 

of delight just the same. Helen Keller

 I played today in my psp using the beautiful

art of Andreea Cernestean with her tube 20-2.

I am also showcasing the wonderful scrap

Without You by Gimptastic Scraps.

I also have a set of snags below as well.

Your intellect may be confused, but your 

emotions will never lie to you. Roger Ebert

Rational thoughts never drive people's creativity 

the way emotions do. Neil deGrasse Tyson

 CT timeline featuring the wonderful art 

of Ted Hammond using his tube 115-2.

I am also showcasing the country themed

IB Beth Wilson January 2022 Scrap

by Wicked Princess Scraps.

This sweet pig has the best life

living on her farm. She's free to roam

the pastures and make friends with all 

of the fellow animals. And occasionally,

the cowboys give her extra treats too. 

CT tag featuring the gorgeous art of 

Verymany using the tube My Cat 6,

I am also showcasing the fabulous 

scrap Snuggles and Love by Wicked Princess. 

“No home is complete without the pitter patter of kitty feet.”

“Cats leave paw prints in your heart, forever and always.”

CT tag featuring the wonderful art of 

Hannah Lynn using her January 2022

Bonus Tube. She is available to you

with a $10 purchase of her regular 

tubes this month. I am also showcasing

the Ib Hannah Lynn January 2022

Scrap by Kizzed by Kelz.

Welcome to the newest reality show

featuring your favorite neighborhood

cat lady! For those who have ever 

wondered what life is like 

living with lots of felines.

How does she afford the food?

Does she even date & if so,

do the cats accept strangers?

Check out the drama soon

coming to a network near you!

 CT tag & wallpaper featuring the art of

Margaret Morales using her January 2022

Bonus tube. Her version of Alice can be yours with a $10

purchase of her regular tubes this month. I am also

showcasing the oh so wonder filled IB

Margaret Morales January 2022 by Karmalized Scraps.

The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available 

to download here.

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

'I don't much care where -' said Alice.

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

'- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.

'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.”

― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

 I started this last night & it wasn't originally going

to include a photo of myself..but the muse thought it should.

My fairy was right. Yup the beautiful lady in this tag

is myself. It was taken last August on a trip to 

Vegas for a boudoir session. I was channeling my

inner goddess with this particular outfit.

Society tries its hardest to tear us women down.

It tries to make us feel like we are never good enough no

matter what we do. We don't have to listen ladies.

We can determine how we feel about ourselves.

And I am choosing to love myself. That while

I am not perfect, I am perfectly me. Our bodies

& our minds do a lot for us. Shouldn't we control

the narrative we tell ourselves? The scrap kit I used

is by Cutie Pie Scraps & is called Self-Love

 Its such a pretty scrap

& perfect for designing with a self love them.

CT tag featuring the pinup art of Michi Art

using her tube 22-3. I am also showcasing the 

oh so lovely scrap Sweet Love by Ladyhawwk Designs.

There is also a Valentine's Day snag below.

“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso, Artist

“There are never enough I Love You’s.” – Lenny Bruce, Comedian

“Love is being stupid together.” – Paul Valery, Poet

 CT timeline featuring the adorably whimsical

art of Queen Uriel using her tube Valentine's Cupid.

I am also showcasing the oh so lovely scrap

Cheeky Cupid by Curious Creative Dreams.

With her trusty bow & arrow, cupid decides

who shall fall in love with who. 

Us humans are not always fond of cupid's choices however.

Love is much more complicated than simply being

hit by an arrow by the bringer of love. If only 

it was that simple!! But there is a touch of romance

in the idea of cupid to help us find our true love.

 CT tag featuring the beautifully gothic

art of Yuriko Shirou using her tube 21-1.

I am also showcasing the fantastic 

IB Yuriko Shirou 21-1 Scrap by AORK.

Animation 2013 Animation Package

670 by Rebel Dezigns. Life has 

left them tattered & torn. Yet they

find comfort in one another's presence.

By finding a kindred spirit, together 

they will weather the storms life throws at them.

This tutorial was written on January 8, 2022

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Beth Wilson

using her tube 6-3. 

Plugins:

Mura's Meister Copies

Toadies Blast & Blur

 Xero Porcelain

EyeCandy4000 -Water Drops

VM Natural -Splash!

Open a blank 700x300 new image.

Open tube of choice.

Add a new raster layer to your image.

Fill with a color of choice from your tube.

I used light blue from the cup.

Select your Ellipse shape tool.

On your Materials palette, hide the 

Foreground/Stroke color.

Select a color of choice for the Background color.

Now back to your image & shape tool.

Draw out a small circle. Convert to raster.

Go to Effects - Mura's Meister Copies.

I used Tiling. Be sure to change the Tile Gap to 2.00.

Copy & paste your tube as a new layer above the 

circles layer. Duplicate it once.

Hide the top tube layer for now.

Let's rename the layers - from top to bottom.

Tube2

OG (original tube layer)

Dots

BG (fill layer)

This will help us keep layers straight as we design.

Make sure you have the OG layer selected in your layer palette.

Apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies - Line.

Change the number to 4.

Duplicate this layer.

On the OG Copy layer, 

Apply Toadies Blast & Blur default settings.

Apply VM Natural -Splash! with default settings.

Change the blend mode to Screen.

Select the OG layer.

Apply the plugin Xero Porcelain. 

Apply EyeCandy4000 -Water Drops.

Change the liquid color to white or one that compliments your tag.

Click Ok. Lower the opacity on this layer to 46.

Select your Tube2 layer.

On your Materials palette, make your Background color is the same 

color as your BG layer. Keep your Foreground color hidden for now.

Select your Rectangle shape tool.

Draw out a horizontal rectangle to go across your tag.

Once happy with it, convert to raster. Position it behind

or underneath the Tube2 layer.

Move the Dots layer to above the Blue Rectangle layer.

Position one row of the dots in the center of the rectangle.

Click inside the rectangle with your Magic Wand tool.

Selections - Invert & select the Dots layer. Press delete.

Select none.

Make sure to add drop shadows to all the layers.

Select your top layer in the layer palette. Add a new raster layer.

Fill with color of choice from your tube.

Select your magic wand.

Click on the layer. Selections - modify - contract by 4.

Press delete button on your keyboard.

Select none.

Drop shadow your border layer.

Select your font tool. Choose a font to compliment your tag.

Type out two words of choice. For my tag, i used the words Coffee Time.

I used the size 28 for my words & dragged out just slightly.

Convert to raster. Add a drop shadow of choice.

I positioned the words on the right side of the tag 

above rectangle banner. 

Add copyright info & name to tag.

Save as png. Thanks for trying my tutorial.

CT timeline featuring the fabulous art of

Anna Marine using her tube 16-1. I am

also showcasing the beautifully gothic

IB Anna Marine 16-1 Scrap 

by Kizzed by Kelz. Even in the darkness,

 beauty can be found by those who are seeking it.

It takes a special kind of heart to find beauty

in the darkness. Yet, its that very thing that

can soothe the pain within the deepest 

parts of your soul at times.

 CT tag & wallpaper featuring the adorably

whimsical art of Sybile Art using

her tube 42-1. I am also showcasing the 

wonderful scrap Frozen Heart by Karmalized Scraps.

The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available 

here to download.

The right love from the right person

can make someone believe in love once again.

Life may of turned their heart cold at one point.

But love is funny. It never truly gives up on

someone. Love just waits patiently for

the right soul to come around to thaw the heart.

 I was playing around last night in PSP

& this fell out of it. 

Art by Alena Lazareva using her tube 7-3.

Scrap is Sunflower Summer 

by Doodle by Design.

Wallpaper is 1920x1080 &

available here for download.

Sunflowers are so beautiful & such

a symbol of summer. I remember my grandpa

growing them. They always grew so tall in our 

garden.