melwdswife's musings: 2013

My TOU's

My TOU's:

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Tutorial TOU's:

All of my tuts are my own ideas and inspirations. Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental. Please do not rewrite or claim as your own.

All tutorials are for personal use only and all scrap kits and tubes are either free to use or paid to use. Please credit everyone that needs to be credited and give a link back to their site when using their supplies.

Please, enjoy yourself when doing my tutorials. If you are having problems with a link, please, let me know at melwdswife@yahoo.com. In the subject line, please put "link".

I would love to see what you have made! Send me the tag, and I will post it in my gallery! melwdswife@yahoo.com In the subject line, please put "tag".

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If you have any questions or comments, please email me at melwdswife@yahoo.com

I reserve the right to amend these terms at any time.

Thank you!

Sunday, December 29, 2013

~CT Audition~ ~Celinart pinups~

7:57 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

Ok, so, here is my "audition" for a CT call for Celinart.

I am using the prepaid tube Viorotica tube by Celinart, she is available HERE

The scrap kit is from PinkParadox Productions (I AM a CT for PinkParadox, lol :) )
I used Gothic Twilight, which is retired, but check out the store, HERE, for some awesome kits!

Alright, ready to start the tut? Here we go.

Plug-ins: Gradient Glow

Drop Shadow used: Vertical 4, Horizontal 4, Opacity 82, blur 4, color: #202020

Inner Bevel: Bevel 2, width 15, smoothness 25, depth 18, ambience 4, shininess 30, color: white #ffffff, angle: 4, intensity 35, elevation 63

Mask: I used 2 masks, both by Vix: 167 and 362. You can find her masks HERE.

Font: Channel, available HERE

Colors: front is black, back is teal (from the tube) #16c8c9

Remember, please use all images properly, and licesens where applicable.

We will start from the bottom layer up, unless otherwise stated.

Abbreviations used:

DS - drop shadow

RTF - resize to fit

C/P - copy and paste

(please, dont forget to save as you go!)

Ready? Let's begin!

Open 500 x 500

C/P e92 rstf opacity 67

C/P Paper 14, RTF, add Vix mask 362, merge group

C/P Paper 7, RTF, add Vix mask 167, merge group

C/P e48, RTF, place to the right of the image. Open tube (select the colors you want), c/p into image, duplicate. Hide one layer for now, we will come back to it soon.) Take that unhidden tube layer, rename as "mirror girl" and place her where you want her over the mirror. Take your freehand tool, and outline inside the mirror frame, activate the mirror girl layer, and hit delete. You should now have just the part of the tube you want inside the mirror, like she's looking out at you. With the mirror girl layer still activated, change the blend mode to "luminance legacy".

Unhide the tube layer from earlier, bring to top, and refer to my image for placement.

C/P elements and refer to my image above for placement, add ds of choice

e2

e39

e34

Add copyright layer with proper licesnse.

Add name, convert to raster, inner bevel: (see above for Inner Bevel Details)

Then add Eye Candy Gradient Glow to name, width 12, Corners, 25, Opacity 100, color from tube add DS.

Thats it! :) Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed the tut.

I would love to see any tags you make with my tutorial! email them to me at: melwdswife@yahoo.com Have fun! Please, leave some love or a thank you!

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Monday, December 16, 2013

~CT~ ~PTU Tut~ ~Gothic Christmas~

4:35 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

***CT for PinkParadox Productions***

~Kit: Gothic Christmas~

~TUT~

Kit: Gothic Christmas by PinkParadox Productions, available at PinkParadox Productions Store HERE

Tube: Gothic Xmas, it was a freebie available from Ninaste on their store BeeHive Studio. Give them a look and see what other great tubes are available...many do have a gothic layer! HERE

Plug-ins: Gradient Glow

Drop Shadow used: Vertical 4, Horizontal 4, Opacity 82, blur 4, color: #202020

Inner Bevel: Bevel 2, width 15, smoothness 25, depth 18, ambience 4, shininess 30, color: white #ffffff, angle: 4, intensity 35, elevation 63

Mask: WSL222 available HERE

Font: Piranesi It BT HERE

Colors: front is black, back is red #ac0002

Remember, please use all images properly, and licesnse where applicable.

We will start from the bottom layer up, unless otherwise stated.

Abbreviations used:

DS - drop shadow

RTF - resize to fit

C/P - copy and paste

Ready? Let's begin!

Open 500 x 500

(please, dont forget to save as you go!)

Paste paper 9, resize 60% add mask WSL222.

C/P elements

30 resize 50%

24 resize 50%,

50 (3 copies) resize 50%,

41 resize 50%(plus gradient glow white width of 5),

44 resize 50%

then add element 13, RTF,

33 resize 50%

add DS to each, refer to my image for placement.

Paste tube in image, resize 50%, add DS of choice,

C/P element

1 resize 25% add drop shadow of choice.

Add copyright layer with proper licesnse.

Add name, convert to raster, inner bevel: (see above for Inner Bevel Details)

Then add Eye Candy Gradient Glow to name, width 12, Corners, 25, Opacity 100, color from tube add DS.

Thats it! :) Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed the tut.

I would love to see any tags you make with my tutorial! email them to me at: melwdswife@yahoo.com Have fun! Please, leave some love or a thank you!

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

~CT~ ~Fairyland Christmas~

7:09 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT~ ~PinkParadox Productions~

~Fairyland Christmas~

What a fun kit! I had a blast playing with this kit! Running elves, cute little trees with faces, all sorts of fun, fairyland type of Christmas elements!

This kit is available at PinkParadox Productions Store, HERE

For this CT tag, I used the lovely and fun work by Lix. You can get this tube, called "Corina" at Lix's store, HERE

(you must have a license to use this work!)

This next CT example uses the gorgeous work of Ninaste. The tube is called "Santa's Soldier", and is available at BeeHive Studio, HERE. This tube is super cute! It has quite a few different "elf" layers and this gorgeous "reindeer" layer!

You must have the proper license to use this work!

Remember, all these came from my own little mind. Please do not claim as your own. As always, use all the proper license's when using any artist's work! :)

Thanks for looking!

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Friday, December 13, 2013

~CT~ ~Pink Cocoa Christmas~

4:05 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

Oh, how I love this kit! By it's name, you would think that it is just pink and chocolate...BUT, you will be very surprised with what you will find! I will be honest, though, this kit made me eat Christmas cookies while I was creating these CT tags. LOL!

Kit is named, Pink Cocoa Christmas. It is by PinkParadox Productions, and is available at her store, HERE:

There are 155 elements, that range from pink, gold, silver, white and, of course, chocolate goodies! 10 beautiful frames, and 30 fantastic papers that only Carrie can create!

The CT tag below uses the beautiful work of Jose Cano, it is his Autumn bonus tube, HERE

This next CT is a facebook cover; I used the gorgeous work of Zindy Neilson~ her Winter Walk tube, available at her store, HERE

PLEASE, if you use any of these artist's work, or that of any others, please follow their license requirements and all TOU's.

Thank you all very much for looking!

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

~CT~ ~Icy Shimmer~ ~December Calendar Freebie!~

10:22 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT PinkParadox Productions~

~kit~ ~Icy Shimmer~

How gorgeous is this kit!?! Pretty blues and winter hues! Lovely! 125 icy elements, 10 frames, and 25 fantastic papers. I just love this kit! Chilly! It is available at PinkParadox Productions' Store, HERE (and for the month of December, she has a great sale!!!)

Here is the CT tag, I used the beautiful tube "Mellie" by VeryMany, available HERE: You must use the proper license to use this work.

And, now what you have been waiting for...the December Calendar Freebie!

(right click and "save as")

Thank you for looking! I hope you like! Remember, this design came from my own mind.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

~CT~ ~Waiting for Santa~

7:55 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT PinkParadox Productions~

~Kit is~ ~Waiting for Santa~

This Kit is available HERE, and PinkParadox Productions' Store

For the CT tag and the Desktop Calendar, I used "Waiting for Santa" by PinkParadox Productions, and the beautiful tube "Snow Maiden" by VeryMany, available HERE. You must use the proper license to use this work.

Here is the CT tag:

Here is the Desktop Calendar:

Thanks for looking! As always, these came from my own mind. Hope you like!

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

4:32 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

Hi y'all! I know that I have been absent and pretty quiet lately. There have been some things going on in real life, that kinda prevented me from being able to play on PSP. But, hopefully, things have calmed down a bit, and I can get going on some more tags! It's about time for a December Desktop Calendar, isnt it?!?

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~CT PinkParadox Productions~ ~Cozy Christmas~

4:20 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT for PinkParadox Productions~

~kit name: Cozy Christmas~

Kit is Cozy Christmas, with 125 gold, red, and snowy elements, 10 beautiful frames, and 30 gorgeous papers! I just love how fun and versatile this kit is. Perfect for not just Christmas tags, but some wintery ones as well!

Here is a CT tag show of of the kit using the "Winter Rose" tube by Ninaste, available HERE

Here is my 2nd CT tag using the kit using the sexy blonde bombshell tube by Edward Reed, available at CDO, HERE

(I purchased this tube when he was at indieZine)

Remember, these images did come from my own head; all images must have the proper copyright and/or license to use.

Thanks so much for looking! xoxo

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

~CT~ ~PinkParadox Productions~ ~Showoff~ ~Coffee & Cupcakes~

2:11 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT for PinkParadox Productions~

~2 tag show off~

~kit is the new Coffee & Cupcakes~

~110 elements, 10 frames, 20 papers; Full of decadent chocolate, coffee, cupcakes, YUMMMMY!!!!~

(click on the image to go get your kit!)

Here are my 2 different show off CT tags:

The first one uses PinkParadox Productions Coffee & Cupcakes, with the beautiful work of Wendy Gerber and her tube: Capuccino Dream, available HERE

Here is the 2nd tag with PinkParadox Productions Coffee & Cupcakes kit along with a beautiful tube by Zindy "Still here" available HERE:

~Both artists require the proper license remember, these came from my own mind. Thanks for looking!~

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

~CT PinkParadox Productions~ ~Mila~

3:12 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT PinkParadox Productions~

~Kit~ ~Mila~

~This is a beautiful kit! A cross between a beautiful camping trip, a military day, and a bit girly all in the same kit! ~

~It was created by PinkParadox Productions to match the tube Mila by VeryMany Tubes! It is a pretty and versatile kit, so I made 2 completely different tags to show it off! There is a tag for each designer: PinkParadox Productions and VeryMany! <3 thank you both for such a fun time!~

Thanks for looking! And remember, these came from my own mind, please do not claim as your own. Also, if you use any tubes by VeryMany, please, you must have a license to use their work!

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

~CT PinkParadox Productions~ ~BCA A Girl's Heart~

5:12 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT for PinkParadox Productions~

~Kit~ ~BCA: A Girl's Heart~

This kit is a dear one to not only Carrie, but myself. At the moment, Carrie's mom is battling breast cancer, going through the treatments, the emotional roller coaster, all of if. One of my dear friends is a Stage 4 breast cancer, which has metastasized to her bones. My mom is a 12 year survivor of breast cancer, so I completely understand why this was such a difficult kit for Carrie to make. At first, she wasn't going to make a kit for Breast Cancer Awareness, but her heart just made her do it, and I am so very proud of her. To all my girls fighting out there, keep fighting like a girl, save those ta-ta's, save 2nd base, and all those slogans. Please, do not skip a monthly self check, get a mammogram, keep your health in mind at all times.

With that said, this beautiful kit is for sale now at PinkParadox Productions Store HERE, and 50% of Every sale will be donated to http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

Here are the CT tags I made using this beautiful kit. Both use a tube by ZlataM, available at PFD.

Thanks for looking, and as always, use the proper copyrights and license, and all images I designed came from my own mind.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

~CT PinkParadox Productions~ ~Autumn Symphony~ ~and Desktop Calendar~

1:35 PM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT for PinkParadox Productions~

~kit: Autumn Symphony~

~and...and freebie Desktop Calendar~

This kit is fabulous is available at PFD, HERE. It has 170 fall/autum elements, a little country with a barn and some apples, and lot of fun! With the 15 frames and 30 papers as well, the possibilities are endless at what you could do!

Here is my showoff tag:

kit: Autumn Symphony by PinkParadox Productions

tube: PinupToons 158-3, available at CDO HERE

Here is the freebie desktop calendar! Just right click and save as to your computer.

Thank you so very much for looking! Remember, all tags came from my own head, please do not claim as your own.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

~CT Showoff and Freebies!~

5:15 AM | Posted by melwdswife | Edit Post

~CT for PinkParadox Productions~

~Kit: Dangerously Alluring~

~Tube: Lolly by Ninaste~

Hey, y'all! I have a great kit here, Dangerously Alluring, witch was created to match Lolly by Ninaste. What a fun, kick butt kit! I love it! There is so much that could be done with this kit!

And and for September, she has a 35% off her kits so hurry up and get yours!

Here is the tag for Carrie, creator of this awesome kit, available at her store HERE