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Hello & Welcome to Enchanted Obsessions!
My new home for my tutorials, Masks from my old site Enchanted By Darkness.

Hopefully I will get some new tutorials up for you, If my mojo ever comes back!!

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Friday, 29 July 2022


 

Tube of choice- I'm using Steampunk 69 By Verymany Here


Scrap Kit - Steampunk 89 By Tiny Turtles Designs Here

Mask -Mask_Vivienne_0070 Here Ty Viv ♥

Font of choice.

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Always check tag for placement of Elements.

Add dropshadows to your liking & sharpen after resizing.

From now On I will just put the element Name or Number & Resize % 

As it get's pretty long & to be honest boring Lol..

You will need a good working knowledge how psp works. It can be done in any version, I use psp9.

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Open new Blank canvas 800x800 fill with white.
 
El 115 Resize 80%
 
El 85 Resize 50% Place below the frame. Select inside the frame click back on element 85 delete.
 
El 59 Resize 40% Place below the frame on the left.
 
El 64 Resize 50% Place in position.
 
El 13 Resize 50% on top.
 
El 100 Resize 50% on top on the right.
 
El  99  Resize 30% Place in position on the right.
 
El 114 Resize 30% Place again on the right.
 
El 89 Resize 60% Rotate left or right & place in position.
 
Click inside El 89 with your magic wand. Modify, Expand by 10 add a new layer below the frame & paste Paper 20 into the selction, Deselect.

El 107 Resize 30% Place in position.

El 65  on top Resize 30% place in position.

El 92 Resize 20% place on the right below El 65.

El 46 On top Resize 15% on the right , Place in position.

El 79  on top Resize 25% place to the left.

El 109 Resize 25% move below El 79.

El 89 On top Resize 35% Move down & place in position.
 
El 78  On top Resize 20% Place in position on the right.
 
El 27 On top Resize 25% move to the right.
 
El 24 Resize 25% Move down [see tag for placement] .
 
El 87 Resize 22% Move down Below El 98 on the right. 
 
El 14 On top Resize 35% move to the left.
 
El 48 Resize 10% place on the left just below El 14.
 
El 75 On top Resize 15% move over to the right.
 
El 23 Resize 15% Image/Mirror move to the right below El 75.
 
El 89 Resize 20% Image/Mirror, Rotate Left by 8 & place in position on the right.
 
Click Inside El 115(Frame) with your magic wand, Selections Modify by 10.
Paste paper 10 as a new layer below it. Selections/Invert/Delete.
 
Still on the paper Layer paste your tube & resize. Erase the excess from your tube & select none.
 
Duplicate your tube & bring to the top. You might see more of the tube you dont want,
 so just erase that.
 
Add a new layer above your white BG, Selections/Select all.
Paste paper 7 into the selction . Layers new mask layer from image  Mask_Vivienne_0070 ok & merge group. I resized the mask by 90%. 

Feel free to add anymore elements, Add Name/Text & ©.



 If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 29th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.


 

~Early Autumn Whispers ~


 

Tube of choice-I'm using the Beautiful art By jennifer Janesko.

I got this a long time ago from CILM,You can now purchase the tube Here

Scrap Kit - Here You will need to sign up for an account(It's Free)

Filter-MuRa Meister-Copies 

Eyecandy 5-Impact/Bevel.

Font of choice.

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Always check tag for placement of Elements.

Add dropshadows to your liking & sharpen after resizing.

From now On I will just put the element Name or Number & Resize % 

As it get's pretty long & to be honest boring Lol.. 

You will need a good working knowledge how psp works. It can be done in any version, I use psp9.

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Open New Blank canvas 800x800 fill with white.
 
Paste   JSDD_EAW_MKLeafy_6 Resize 20% Make sure it's in the middle.
MuRa Miester/Copies/Glob.

 Duplicate so you have 3 layers ,change the top 2 layers /Blend modes Screen.

Hide the White BG layer &merge visible, Change the Opacity to 60%.

Paste JSDD_EAW_MKLeafy_3 Resize by 15% Image/Flip.
MuRa Miester/Copies/Encircle.

 

Add a subtle Drop Shadow.

Paste JSDD_EAW_MKFlorals_9 Resize 12% Duplicate/Image/Mirror.
MuRa Miester/Copies/Encircle.

 Duplicate ,Layers Arrange/Move down.
Change the Blend mode to screen. Adjust Blur/Gaussian Blur 20.
Still on this layer go to Effects/Texture effects/Weave.
Hide all layers except the top 2 & merge visible.

Paste  JSDD_EAW_MKAccent_1  above the BG layer Resize 17% 
Add a subtle Drop shadow.
 
Paste  JSDD_EAW_MKLeafy_1 Resize 12% place in position.
Paste  JSDD_EAW_MKFlorals_10 Resize 10% place in position.
Paste  JSDD_EAW_MKFlorals_4 Resize 10% Image/Mirror place in position.
Paste JSDD_EAW_MKBookStack Resize 15% Move below the floral 10 & 4.
Paste JSDD_EAW_MKBow_1 Resize 18% & place just above the book stack.
Paste JSDD_EAW_MKFlorals_8 on top 11% & place.
Paste JSDD_EAW_MKBow_2 Resize 9% place below the Floral 8.
Paste  JSDD_EAW_MKSpatter_1 Resize 12% & move just above Accent 1.
Paste JSDD_EAW_MKFlorals_1 Resize 8% place above Bow 1.
 See my tag for placement.
 
 In your Materials palette choose Foreground White/BG transparent.
On top choose you preset shapes tool/Ellipse.
 Holding down the shift key draw out a circle, This will be our frame.
Obejects/Align/ Centre in canvas, Convert to raster layer.
Selections/SelectAll/Float/Defloat/Selections/Modify Smooth.
 
Add a new layer. Open JSDD_EAW_MKPP_1 Resize 25% & paste into selection
Select/None.
Move the frame above the Merged layer.
If there is any of the merged layer showing below the frame just select the frame layer, & delete the excess.
On the frame layer:
Effects/Plugins/Eyecandy5 Impact/Bevel:

 

 

You can delete the white circle we made.
Now add your Tube on top or you can use an image if you like.
I put my Tube Below The pink flower circle, Duplicate arrange send to the top.
Erase any bits hanging over.
Feel free to add anymore elements if you'd like.
 
 
  Add any text & your ©.

 
If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 29th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.





 

 


 
Tuesday, 26 July 2022

 ~StarFish~


 

 You will need a Tube of choice.

I'm using Scuba Girl By rzhevskii Here

Filters MuRa Meister- Copies.

Filter Simple-Blintz. 

Mask - Misted-Swirl-Box By Essex Girl Here

It's the second to last on the left hand side.

 Animation Shop. 

Font of choice.

 
 
Open new blnk canvas 700x250. Paste your tube as new layer.
Duplicate, Name one layer Tube. on the Duplicated layer Mura meister/Copies/Line.
 

Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur-20%

Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling.

Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds.
Effects/Simple/Blintz
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling.
Name this layer BG.
On your layer palette move your tube to the top & resize if needed.
Below your tube add a new layer & fill with white.
Layers New maks layer from image- Misted-Swirl-Box
Source Luminance Checked,Ok .
Layers Merge group.
Change the blend mode to Overlay.
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance.
Still on this layer Seamless tiling, Same setteings as above.
 
Effects/Image Effects /Geometric Effects/Skew.
Add a new raster layer on top. Draw a rectangle with your selection tool.
Duplicate your BG layer , Bring to the top. 
Selections/Invert/Delete & change the blend mode to screen.
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave.

 Move  below your tube. Add a new later layer on top fill with a colour from your tube. Select all/Modify/Contact by 2,deselct & add a subtle drop shadow.

 Add any text & your ©.

 
If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 26th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.

Here is another Example with a different tube & changing the blend mode on the weave layer to Overlay.


 
 

Wednesday, 20 July 2022
~Day's With You~
 

Tube of choice- I'm using Spring Princess By Nocturne PFD


Scrap Kit -  Here You will need to sign up for an account(It's Free)

Font of choice.

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Always check tag for placement of Elements.

Add dropshadows to your liking & sharpen after resizing.

From now On I will just put the element Name or Number & Resize % 

As it get's pretty long & to be honest boring Lol..

You will need a good working knowledge how psp works. It can be done in any version, I use psp9.

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 Open new blank canvas 800x800 fill with white.

Open the Circle Frame Resize 50%.

Open mixedm02 Resize 18% & place in position.

Open paper 03b Resize 25% & paste as a new layer on top.

 

On the mixedm02 layer Select all/Float/Defloat selections invert,

Back on the papaer layer & hit delete. Change blend mode to Screen.

Hide the Frame layer & white background & then merge top 2 layers.

 

Open all layers back up.

Paste Foliage Resize 18% Image/Mirror & place in position.

Duplicate /Image flip & place in position.

 

Paste Flower01 Resize 15% Duplicate & place them in position.

Paste Flower03 Resize 10% Duplicate & Flip one, Place in position.

Paste mixedm01 Resize 20% Rotate Left 90% Move below the frame.

 Paste Banner Resize 20% Place above the frame.

Paste Flower02 Resize 15% Duplicate 2 times(see tag for reference)Place in position.

Paste Butterfly Resize 12% use your deform tool to turn into positon.

Paste WS02 Resize 30% move below the Butterfly.

Click inside the frame with the magic wand Expand By 10, Add a new layer above the white BG layer . Paste paper 02 into the selection, Keep selected & Duplicate the paper.

On the top paper Adjust/Blur/ Gaussian Blur 25% Deselect. 

 Change the blend mode to Overlay Merge down. 

Add any other elements you like.

Now hide Bg layer,Paper & Frame layer, Click on top layer & merge visible.

Open up the layers again.

 Add your tube above the frame, Duplicate & move one below the frame. 

Erase the parts above the frame you don't want & do the same on the other.

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*You can totally skip this next part, I just wanted it to be more central & for the tube to not be covered by the elements!

 Again hide the Bg layer & this time the merged layer thats at the top.

Merge visible the frame,Tube & paper, Unhide the merged layer. Call this Merge 2.

Move layer Merge 2 over to the right a little do the same with the Merge layer.

Add your Text/Name & ©.

          Delete background layer, Resize if needed & Merge visible.

If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 20th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.






 





 

Thursday, 14 July 2022
~Cookies For Santa~

 
 FTU Kit- Cookies for Santa - *No longer available*
Tube of choice- I'm using -Christmas Kitty By Laguna Here
Mask -Miz_mask_375 -Here Ty Miz teeque♥
Font of choice.

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Always check tag for placement of Elements.

Add dropshadows to your liking & sharpen after resizing.

From now On I will just put the element Name or Number & Resize % 

As it get's pretty long & to be honest boring Lol..

You will need a good working knowledge how psp works. It can be done in any version, I use psp9.

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Open blank canvas 800x800
Fill with white. 
 
New raster layer Select all & paste paper 5 into the selection. Add the mask.
Repeat use paper 3.
Image/Rotate right 90, Image/Flip.
Add a subtle drop shadow to both mask layers.
 
Frame 1 Resize by 90% & place in position.
Click inside the frame with your magic wand, Modify/Expand by 10.
Add a new later below the frame & paste paper 2 in the selection, Deselect.
 
El 36.
El 53 below El 36.
El 65 in between the mask layers on the right,Duplicate/Image/Mirror.
El 60 Resize 60%.
El 75 Rotate Left 90% place above the frame.
El 21 Resize 60% I colourized mine :Hue & Saturation /Colourize :
Hue-30 Saturation-89.
El 45 Resize 20% Image/Mirror & Recolourize with the same settings as abaove.
El 40 Resize 40% Image/Mirror & place below El 60.
El 55 Image/Rotate Left 90 & place above the frame.
El 88 Resize 40%.
El 52 on top Resize 12%.
El 39  Resize 35% Colourize with the same settings as above.
El 38 Resize 35% Colourize with the same settings as above & place behind El 40.
On top El 44 Resize 35%.
El 87 Colourize Resize 20% Image/Mirror & place in position.
El 89 Resize 30%. 
El 64 Resize 30%.
El 46  Resize 30% Move below El 60.
 
On your Frame layer add your tube Move down , Click inside the frame with your magic wand Selections/Invert , Back on the Tube/Delete.  
I duplicated the tube 3 times. Original tube change blend mode to Luminance L
On the next 1 up Blend mode Soft light & the top 1 Screen & I added a Gaussian blur 3.00.

Feel free to Add any other elements!

 Add your Text/Name & ©.
Delete background layer, Resize if needed & Merge visible.

If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 14th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 



 

 


 

Sunday, 10 July 2022

~Pinch~


 

 You will need a Tube of choice/Image.

I'm using one By Elias Chatzoudis.

Filters BKG designer sf101> Here

I installed it into Filters Unlimited 2.0

Texture set 1807 from Here

 Animation Shop. 

Animation Here Thank you Simone ♥

Font of choice.

 

 

Open new blank canvas 700x250 fill with white.

Open texture & paste as a new layer, Resize 50%.

Click on the crop tool/Merged opaque/ Click the tick.

Duplicate & close out the copy working on the orinal layer.

BKG designer sf101 - Corner Hall Wrap default settings.

Open up the copy layer again change the blend mode to Screen.

BKG designer sf101 - Crosstitch default settings.

Merge all layers Visible.

Add your tube in the centre , still on the tube layer 

Selections/select all float/Modify/Expand by 3.

Add a new layer fill with white & move below the tube. Add a subtle hint of noise & a dropshadow then merge together the tubes.

Duplicate the background layer & rezise 80% Rotate left 90% & move over to the left a little. Duplicate Image/Mirror See my tag for reference.

Merge these 2 layers together,Rename Merged.

On the Merged layer Select all/Float/Modify expand by 2 ,Add a new layer & fill with white,Add a dropshadow. Move below the merged layer & merge down. Now add your frame to the image.

Add any text/Name & ©.

 

Animation.

Edit/Copy/Merge paste into Animation shop. 

Back in psp Click on the Merged layer.

Effects/ Distortion Effects/Pinch: Strength 50%, ok.

Edit/Copy/Merge paste into Animation shop after current frame.

Repeat the above until you have 3 frames.

Now do the same as above but change the strength to 100%

So we now have a total of 4 frames.

 Edit/Copy/Merge paste into Animation shop after current frame.

 So we now have a total of 4 frames.

Are you still with me? Lol

In Animation shop  Click on layer 3 & paste is after layer 4.

Click on layer 2 & paste after Frame 5.

Click on layer 1 & paste after Frame 6.

So now we have a total of 7 frames, Select all the frames, Animation/Frame properties 25.

I added a little sparkle to mine.

I used Simone Ani 513 & Culled the animation to 8 frames, It looks ok & doesn't jump.


If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 10th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.

 



 

 


 

Saturday, 9 July 2022

~Beach Comb ~

 


Tube of choice- 

I'm using an Exclusive at PFD By Alehandra Vanhek called "Young Sailors"

Scrap Kit -Beachcomb By Tiny Turtles designs Here

Splatters- You can find plenty of free splatter brushes Here or Here

Font of choice.

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Always check tag for placement of Elements.

Add dropshadows to your liking & sharpen after resizing.

From now On I will just put the element Name or Number & Resize % 

As it get's pretty long & to be honest boring Lol..

You will need a good working knowledge how psp works. It can be done in any version, I use psp9.

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 Open a new Blank canvas 800x800 fill with white.

El 110

Paper 1 below the frame .

Merge these down & Rotate 5% to the right.

El 152 move into place.

El 32 Image/Rotate 90% Right.

El 84 Image/Rotate 90% Right, Move down.

El 162 on top.

El 142 Image/Mirror & move down 1.

El 128 move below El 32.

El 71 on top Resize 25%.

El 116 on top Resize 20%.

El 114 place below El 71 Resize 30%.

El 130 Resize 60% Move below El 84.

El 77 Rezie 60% move below El 142.

El 138 on top Image flip/Image/Rotate left 90%  Move to the bottom.

And Image/Flip.

On the bottom add your splatters.

I added El 42 just above the splatter layer on the right.

Add any other Elelments you like.

Add your Tube,Name & ©.

If you are having any problems with this tutorial or would like to share your results for me to add to my Blog please contact me Here

Thank you, Hugs Rachey♥

 Tutorial By Rachey written on July 9th 2002. Using PSP9
Any similarities to this tutorial are purely coincidental & unintentional.