CT tag featuring the adorable art of 

Maigan Lynn. I am using her June

2020 Bonus tube. This sweet unicorn

cupcake can be yours with a $10 purchase

of her regular tubes this month. I am

also showcasing the oh so cute IB

Maigan Lynn June 2020 Scrap

by Wicked Princess Scraps.

Always be an original & 

never blend in with the crowd.

There is only one you & don't 

be afraid to show it off. 

CT tag featuring the wonderful art of 

Rebecca Sinz using her tube Waves.

She comes with 3 different tube layers which

allow you to use her easily on tags.

“...to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent 

bottom of the sea agile and shining in water 

honeycombed with light.”

― Ellen Meloy

CT tag & wallpaper featuring the adorable 

art of Maryline Cazenave using her

June 2020 Bonus Tube. This sweet

doggie can be yours with a $10

purchase of her regular tubes this month.

I am also showcasing the oh so cute

IB Maryline Cazenave June 2020 

Scrap by Karmalized Scraps.

The wallpaper is 1920x1080 &

available here for download.
Some days, you just need a day
at the beach. Playing in the waves
& throwing the beach ball around
with friends. Leave your worries
at the car & just have fun at
the beach. Of course, remember
your 4 -legged friend who loves
to play too.

CT tag & wallpaper featuring the wonderful art

of PinUp Toons using his tube 264-3. I am

also showcasing the very pretty IB

PinUp Toons 264-3 Scrap by Gimptastic.

The wallpaper is 1920x1080 &

available here for download.

“I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which
there is no melancholy.”
― Charles Baudelaire

CT tag featuring the beautiful art of 

Steve Baier using his tube 6-3.

I am also showcasing the wonderful scrap

Beach Waves by Kizzed by Kelz.

This gorgeous mermaid is looking

for her wayward sailor. It seems his

ship has not yet returned to dock.

She eagerly waits for him to appear

on the wharf.

This tutorial was written on June 8,2020

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the tube 

The branch and the owl by Zindy.

Mask: AKK_Mask035 by Karmalized Scraps

Here

Textures:Light and Sparkles Pack by ALP-Stock

Here

Plugins:

Mura's Meister Copies

VM Natural

Toadies

Filter Factory A

Open up a tube of choice.

Open up a 700x700 new image.

On your Materials palette, choose a color

from your tube for the Foreground/Stroke Color.

Hide the Background/Fill color for now.

Select your Ellipse Preset Shape tool.

Set the Width at 7.00 & make sure the 

circle option is selected.

Draw out a circle to desired size.

Objects - Align - Center In Canvas

Convert to Raster.

Copy & paste a tube layer underneath

the circle layer. Apply the plugin

Mura's Meister Copies: Wallpaper Rotate

with Default Settings.

Duplicate the layer once.

Rename the layers as Tube1 & Tube2.

Tube2 being the top duplicated layer.

Open a texture of choice.

I resized the one I used by 30% but this

may vary depending on the size of your textures.

Copy & paste as a new layer above the other layers.

Click inside the circle shape layer with your 

magic wand tool. 

Add (Shift)

RGB Value

Tolerance 0

Contiguous & Anti-Alias checked

Selections - Modify - Expand 3.00

Selections - Invert.

Select the two tube layers one at a time

pressing delete on each of them.

Repeat with the texture layer.

Select none.

Rename the layer as Tex1

Select the layer Tube2.

Apply the plugin VM Natural Splash!

with the settings below.

Toadies - Glasswork Colour -Default settings

Change the blend mode on this layer to Screen or 

one that compliements the tag.

Add a drop shadow of choice to the layers of the tag

we have so far. If you need to, you can hide Tube2 & Tex1

layers while we are working on Tube1 layer.

Apply the plugin Convolution Filters - Sharpen.

Set your sharpen to 33.

Apply the plugin Filter Factory A -

Marble Madness One with the settings below.

Change the blend mode on Tube1 to Hard Light.

Unhide Tube1 layer & lower the opacity to about 57.

Duplicate the Tex1 Layer & Move below the other layers.

Rename it Tex2.

Back on Tex1. change the blend mode to Soft Light.

Copy & paste your tube as a new layer. You want it the top

layer of your tag. I resized the tube 85%. I also erased part of 

it that was past the tag area. Add a drop shadow to the tube layer

Select the Rectangle Preset Shape Tool. 

Width set to 0.

On your Materials Palette, switch the two colors.

You want the Foreground hidden & the background to be the 

same color as your circle shape.

Draw out a rectangle that extends just past the circle shape layers.

Convert to raster. Arrange this layer just below the top layer of the tag.

Click inside the circle shape layer with your 

magic wand tool. 

Add (Shift)

RGB Value

Tolerance 0

Contiguous & Anti-Alias checked

Selections - Modify - Expand 3.00

Selections - Invert.

Press delete on the rectangle layer & reduce the opacity to 53.

Be sure to add a drop shadow to the layer also.

Choose your font tool & select a font of choice.

I also chose a light color for the text color.

Type out a single word to be on the rectangle layer.

Be sure to drop shadow the word & to convert to raster.

Resize a 2nd Texture of choice.I did 40%

for the one I chose. Paste as a new layer 

above the bottom layer of the tag.

This will be your mask layer.

I used the mask AKK_Mask035.

Merge group.

Resize 94% if you wish.

Crop your tag to desired size.

Add artist copyright info & a name.

Save as png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial.

CT tag & wallpaper featuring the gorgeous

art of Keith Garvey using his tube 279-2.

I am also showcasing the oh so pretty

IB Keith Garvey 279-2 Scrap

by Ladyhawwk Designs. The 

wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available 

here for download. Don't let 

life harden your heart. The world

needs more kindness & softness of 

the heart. It is too easy to lose

that in the world. Only with 

a soft heart can someone 

care & help & love other 

human beings & animals.