DymunArt Creations

2011-12-09T01:27:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody, I am having a huge sale at 'The Creativity Box'.

All my products are 55% off with an additional $1 off purchases,

$5 or more. use coupon code "tcbdacsav"
The sale is now until December 31. Holla!

Tag TV - Signature tag

2011-11-28T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hi folks, made this tag for a challenge tonight and decided to show it off.
It features the art of Kenny K and my 'Who Knew! Blue' scrap kit. The kit is available at the stores linked
in the right column of this blog. All my kits are currently 50% off!
Stop your favorite store and snag a few.

New Stores

2011-11-15T00:48:00.001-08:00

I am selling now at 2 new stores, Tagger's Delight and Treasured Scraps.
The links are in the right side panel of this page. Visit your favorite
store and snag some goodies.

Hugz
Lil

Important Notice

2011-11-08T19:14:00.001-08:00

November 11, 2011
ALL KITS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ALL ELEMENTS ARE IN PNG FORMAT
PLEASE STOP BY MY STORES TO CHECK THEM OUT. (see links in right side column).
__________________________________________________________
Hi friends, I have disabled my kits in the stores to convert them all to PNG files and fix a couple of issues. This should take a couple of days. I will let you all know when they are made available again.
xoxo
Lil

Toosh Fall Tag Tutorial

2011-10-31T09:21:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written in PSP X2, to make this tag you need to know how
to use Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo and Plugins(filters). Get a Free Trial .:Here:.
Plugins used
are (these are optional)
1.) Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Impact plugin - Get it .:Here:.
2.) KPT5 Shapeshifter get it .:Here:.
I also used DMSK mask 0670 - get it
.:Here:.
You will need my Gradient glow preset if you
want the same effect that I have on my text. You will need to place the file in the
'glow' folder (inside the 'settings' folder)in your Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact folder
where you have your plugins stored. [note: you can place it in Eye Candy 3 or 4000
also]. Click here to download my preset.
I used the art of © Toosh Toosh and
Magical Falls Scrap kit by Disysas Digital Designs get the kit .:Here:.
O K, let's get started
Open paper Disyas_Mfall_P3, copy and paste as a new image. Apply the
mask. Open element Disysas_MFall_El45 (falling leaves), resize 80%, move to top
left of background (see my tag for reference). Change layer 'blend mode' to
Luminance. Copy and paste element Disysas_MFall_Nature8 (leaf), resize 50%, place
where ever you like, I chose the right side of my tag below the falling leaves
element. Change layer 'blend mode' to 'Soft Light'. Copy and paste element
Disysas_MFall_El21(ladder), resize 50%, add a drop shadow of V-2, H-5, Opacity 50,
blur 5. Place under the tree on your
background. Now open Disysas_MFall_El10 (lantern) resize 30% and hang it where
you like in the tree. Copy and paste Disysas_MFall_Border11 and place it at the
bottom of the tag. With the 'Pick' tool strectch the border to go across the bottom of the background scene. Now copy and paste your tube(s), resize as necessary and place
where you like on your tag. Now extract 2 colors from your tubes and place in the
foreground and background of the 'Materials Palette'. We are going to create the text for the top of the tag. You will be placing the text on a curve. If you have never done this there is a great tutorial here. Draw your elipse with the settings in the diagram
below.

Place the
text tool cursor at the top center of the elipse and type your text. I used
BernhardFashionHMK @43px you can get it here.. Now move your text to the top of your tag as in the
diagram below

Apply a
Gradient Glow using the 'whiteblackneon' setting you placed in the Eye candy
software that you are using. [note: layer must be converted to a raster layer before
applying the filter] The diagram below shows where to locate the setting.

Merge all visible layers. Now is the
time to resize our tag. I resized mine by 75% and then cropped it. Add your
artist/copyright info and your name.
For my name I used the font 'Princess Lulu' @ 72 px, you can get it here. I used a gradient I created from the 2 colors I chose from
my tubes and placed in my fore and background in the Materials Palette. Apply KPT 5
Shaper Shifter filter or an Inner Bevel to your name. After you have typed your name
and converted the layer to raster, select all of the text with the magic wand. I
feathered the selection 5px. If you add KPT5 Shapeshifter, see the diagram
below for reference.Merge your layers to either flatten
for .jpeg or merge visible and save as a .png file.
I wrote this tutorial on October
29-31, 2011. Any resemblance to another is absolutely coincidental as I have not
seen one like this. I hope you enjoy it. Please send me your tags from this
tut, I would so love to see them.
Thanks so, so much for trying it out! :)
Contact: Lil Dymun
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Who Knew! Blue - Tagger size kit (PTU)

2011-10-27T19:04:00.000-07:00

I have a new kit in my store at TCB. Currently at 55% off! 41 unique elements and 25 awesome papers. There is also an Alpha and Color Palette. Please stop by the store and snag it.
Click the preview or .:HERE:.
Thanks,

Lil

2011-10-13T23:55:00.000-07:00

I have a new kit in my store at TCB. Currently at 55% off! 55 unique elements and 20 awesome papers. There is also an Alpha with 71 elements. Please stop by the store and snag it.
Click the preview or .:HERE:.
Thanks,

Lil

Black N' White Tag Tutorial

2011-10-13T23:48:00.000-07:00

Tag Tutorial
Black N' White

This is an animated tag tutorial created in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 and Animation Shop 3. The animation can be done in EZ GIF Animator or Ulead GIF Animator 5 as well.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial.
Please send me your finished tag. I would love to see your results!!
Contact me via the link at the bottom of this page.
What's needed: A 'good' working knowledge of PSP;
Corel PSP - Get a Free Trial .:Here:.
Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Textures plugin - Get it .:Here:.
(You will need this for the animation effect.)
Here are links for animation software: Animation Shop 3 ;
EZ Gif Animator
Font of Choice - I used the Alpha provided in the Black N' White Scrap Kit.
DMSK mask 0670 - get it .:Here:.
Supplies

Tube of choice (it's best to have one that includes a closeup). I am using the gorgeous art of © Nicole Brune, (This is an 'exclusive AOTM' tube. To get these tubes you need to join "The Diamond Club" at Creative Design Outlet.) Ms. Brune's work may be licensed via Creative Design Outlet.
My Black N' White Scrap Kit
The scrap kit may be purchased here
The wordart is created and copyrighted to me. You may
colorize these items to suit your tag. Please do not share my supplies with others or groups. Do not upload to file sharing sites or claim as your own. You may provide a link to his tutorial and a screen shot of this page.

Let's Get Started
(remember to 'save' often!)
Open a blank canvas 700x700 px, flood fill white. Copy and paste paper 6 as a new layer (or create your own background). Apply the mask of your choice. I used DMSK0670 Copy and paste the Gateway Frame (frame1). Add a white gradient glow using the settings in the diagram below.

Copy and paste the lamppost tube and place it behind the gateway frame on the left side towards the middle of the door (see my tag for reference). Add a drop shadow of H 2, V 2, opacity 50, blur 5. Copy and paste the Monument tube, resize 40% and place on the right side of the gateway entrance (see tag). Copy and paste your tube, resize if necessary.
Place the tube in front of, and right of the monument. Add a drop
shadow, I used V -10, H -14, opacity 50, blur 15. Open the Vase tube, copy and paste to your canvas resize 70% and move it to the left side of the gateway and place at the edge of the gate.
Add a drop shadow of H 5, V 5, opacity 50, blur 5. Open the Urn tube copy and paste and duplicate once. Resize one 40% and the other 30%. Add drop shadow of H -4, V 4, opacity 55, blur 5, to both. Place them on the right side of the gateway in front of your tube (see my tag for reference). Copy and paste the wordart 1 "Enter" from my supplies, resize 80% and place it in the center of the rectangle at the top of the gateway. Now copy and paste the wordart 2 to the center of the gateway opening.
Copy and paste the 'Key' tube, resize 30%, rotate right 47 degrees, add the same 'Gradient Glow' that we put on the Gateway frame. and place under wordart 2. Now for the finish, if you have a closeup with your tube, place it at the top of the tag
and change the layer 'blend mode' to 'Soft Light' (see my tag for reference). Now image resize - 'all layers' checked, 80%.
Now add copyright info and your name, I used the Alpha in the kit for my name.
If you are not animating, delete the white layer merge all layers and save as .png or flatten all layers and save as .jpeg.

Animation
Move the closeup layer to just above the mask layer. Close off all layers except the bottom 4 (closeup, lamppost, mask, and white background), merge these layers. Close this layer, open the Urns and the Vase, activate the Vase layer, merge visible. Close this layer. Open the remaining layers EXCEPT the Gateway. Activate the top layer, merge visible. You should noow have 4 layers. Close the top layer and activate and open the Gateway layer. With the Selection tool 'lasso' set at Point to Point (see diagram below), trace the marble floor.

Now activate the Urns and Vase layer; change the Selection tool to the 'Magic Wand' and use the settings in the diagram below.

Select the
Vase and the Urns. Merge this layer with the Gateway and duplicate twice. Click on the first merged Gateway layer and apply Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact Texture filter/Texture Noise with the settings in the diagram below.

Apply to the other 2 layers hitting the random seed button each time. Deselect. O K, now close the 2nd and 3rd Gateway layers. Click on the top layer to activate it, 'copy merged' and paste into your animation software as a 'new animation'. Back to PSP, close the 'red eye' on the 1st Gateway layer and open the 2nd layer. Copy merged and paste 'after current frame' in your animation software. Repeat with the last Gateway layer in PSP. Change your frame properties/speed to 17, save as a .gif file.
I wrote this tutorial on October 13, 2011, any resemblance to another is unintentional and coincidental.

Columbus Day Sale

2011-10-02T20:54:00.000-07:00

Yep! you are seeing right! EVERYTHING is 55% off! Hurry, sale ends October 14th.
Click the ad to visit my store at "The Creativity Box".

Harvest Calendar and Mini Kit Freebie

2011-10-02T20:25:00.000-07:00

Hi folks, here is a Calendar I made for November 2011.
I do love the Harvest/Thanksgiving season and holiday.
You may download the calendar or get it in the mini kit that
I am giving away also below. I hope you enjoy the calendar and kit.

Click the preview to download the calendar.

Click the preview to download the mini kit.

Chromed - Taggers Size Scrap Kit

2011-09-25T10:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a tag made using my new kit "Chromed"
The kit includes 33 elements and 21 papers
It also includes 2 alphas and the template in the
tag above.
You may snag the kit here

Preview

Freebie Floral Frame

2011-09-19T20:43:00.000-07:00

Got a new cluster frame for you. It's vibrant colors accent the coming Fall season.
.png format

Click the preview or here to snag.

Enjoy!

Spring Color Fusion with Cluster Frame Freebie!

2011-09-18T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a little 'sumpin, sumpin' for stopping by,
ENJOY!

Click image to download or here

Here is a kit exploding in a rainbow of bright
Spring colors. It features a tube created by the
incomparable Barbara Jensen. It features 35 elements
many with multiple layers, and includes 15 very unique papers. It is sure the brighten all of your colorful projects.

You may purchase the kit
here

A Touch Of Orange a Bit of Gold (Tagger size Scrap Kit)

2011-09-18T16:58:00.001-07:00

Hi folks, I have a new Taggers kit available for your creative flow
at 'The Creativity Box'. Beautiful orange with bits of gold elements
and 20 awesome papers!. A must have for your collection!

You can snag it here.

Star Quality - PSP Tag Tutorial

2011-08-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

This is an animated tag tutorial created in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 and Animation Shop 3. The animation can be done in EZ GIF Animator or Ulead GIF Animator 5 as well.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial.
Please send me your finished tag. I would love to see your results!!
Contact me via the link at the bottom of this page.
What's needed:A 'good' working knowledge of PSP;
Corel PSP - Get a Free Trial .:Here:.
Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Textures plugin - Get it .:Here:. and Ulead GIF-X 2.0 plugin Get it .:Here:.
(You will need these for the animation effects.)
Here are links for animation software:
Animation Shop 3
EZ Gif Animator
Font of Choice - I used Helinda Rook, you can get it .:Here:.
Filters Unlimited - Lens Flares plugin get it .:Here:.
wsl mask 254 - get it .:Here:.Supplies - .:Here:.
Tube of choice (it's best to have one that includes a closeup). I am using the gorgeous art of © Jessica Dougherty which may be licensed via Creative Design Outlet.
The scraps/elements and wordart is created and copyrighted to me. You may
colorize these items to suit your tag. Please do not share my supplies with others or groups. Do not upload to file sharing sites or claim as your own. You may provide a link to his tutorial and a screen shot of this page.Let's Get Started
(remember to 'save' often!)
Open a 700x700 pixel blank image, flood fill with white. Open your closeup tube, choose 2 colors placing the lighter in the foreground and darker in the background of the materials palette. I chose 148,21,50 for my Foreground and 74,2,17 for my Background. Close the tube layer.
Open paper1 from the supplies, copy and paste as a new layer below your tube layer. Apply WSL mask 254 ( Source luminance, Invert transparency not checked), Merge layer down. Open the starburst tube from my supplies, copy and paste to canvas, change 'blend mode' to 'Overlay', merge layer down. Open the 'Star Quality' wordart and copy and paste to canvas and move to top center of tag back merge layer down. Open the 'disc' tube from my supplies and paste as a new layer and center below the word 'Quality'(see my tag for reference). Now click on disc layer; go to Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, Apply Unlimited Filters 2.0 Lens Flares/Flare 07, default settings. Activate your closeup tube layer and make visible. place in center of disc, resize if necessary.
Invert Selection. Click on your tube and hit delete. Change 'blend mode ' to 'Overlay', merge layer down. Click on disc layer, Selections, Invert selection, Selection Borders, Inside, border width 3. Add a new raster layer above the disc layer Now in the materials palette, change the foreground to your dark color and put the light color in the background. Click on the 'Gradient' tab and select 'Foreground-Background'(see diagram).

Flood fill your new 'ring' layer with this gradient. Select 'none'. Add drop shadow 2,2,65,2,black. Merge layer down, add drop shadow 5,5,50.11,black. OK, now invert the materials palette putting your light color in the foreground and dark color in the background. Activate the 'preset shape' tool with 'rectangle' selected, line style - solid, width 7. Draw a rectangle approximately 450x150 pixels. Convert layer to raster. Move and center below disc
layer(see my tag for reference). With the 'magic wand' select inside the rectangle. Go to 'Effects/Illumination effects/ 'Lights' apply with settings in the diagram below.

Now apply 'Sunburst' wih the settings in the disgram below.

Open your main tube copy and paste as a new layer and place a portion of your tube in the left corner of the rectangle. Here I chose the image that came with his tube. Invert selection and hit delete on the tube layer. Deselect. Duplicate this layer and mirror. Move to right side of rectangle. Merge the two layers and change the 'blend mode' to 'Screen', merge layer down. Selections, Select All, Float, Defloat, Selection borders, 'Inside' ticked, border width '7', Effects, Artistic Effects, apply 'Hot Wax Coating'. Deselect. Add the same drop shadow you put on the disc, 'merge visible'. Open the lamp tube from my supplies and copy and paste as a new layer. Move to the left side of the canvas (see my tag for refrence). Duplicate this layer twice and link together as in the diagram below.

Get the 'Magic wand' tool and select the white areas of the globe and the luminance. Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness and Contrast, 'brightness'=15; 'contrast'=15. On the second lamp layer change the brightness to 25, and 35 on the third lamp. Select "none'.
Copy and paste the wordart 'in The Limelight' from the supplies. Rotate this layer 90⁰ to the left. Place on side of lamp, (see my tag for reference). Duplicate this layer twice and lock the layers with the lamp set. Click on your first wordart layer, apply Alien Skin Eye Candy 5, Textures, Texture Noise with the settings in the diagram below.

Apply to layers 2 and 3 hitting the 'random seed' button each time. Now open your main tube and copy and paste at the top of your canvas. Duplicate twice. Lock these layers in a set of their own (set 2). Click on the second tube layer, apply plugin Ulead Effects GIF-x 2.0, click on the 'Light' tab, see diagram below for settings.

On the third tube adjust the 'Key Frame Control' slider to halfway. Add a drop shadow of choice to the tube layers. I used 5,20,50,4,black. Now go to "Image' Resize, 70%, all layers checked. Click on the bottom layer; add the copyright info and your watermark/license info.
Merge down. (I also added a few white star sparkles found in the tubes section inside PSP, this is optional.)
Let's Animate! Yea!
Duplicate the bottom layer twice. You should now have 4 sets of 3 layers for a total of 12 layers. Close all layers except the first layer of each set. Select the top layer, 'merge visible'. Now close this layer and click on the next layer and make it visible. Make the second layer of the remaining sets visible and 'merge visible'. Repeat with the last set, you now have 3 layers/frames.
Close off the 2nd and 3rd layer and click on the top layer keeping it visible. Now add your name. I used the font Helinda Rook at 100 px, Smooth, stroke 1, kern 0, foreground color 148,21,50 and background and ivory gradient (Gradient 40) in PSP. I added a drop shadow of 5,5,50,9,black. Keep the text layer active, Edit, 'copy merged'. Over to Animation Shop 3 ( or other animator), 'Paste as new animation'. Back to PSP, close off the first frame and make the 2nd frame visible, 'copy merged' and paste into AS 'after current frame'. Back to PSP, close off the 2nd frame and make visible the 3rd frame. 'Copy merged' and paste 'after current frame' in AS.
Edit, Select All. Animation, Frame prperties, set animation speed to 25 and save as .gif file. You're done!.

Strike A Pose - Tag Tutorial

2008-09-20T21:34:00.000-07:00

This is a Signature Tag tutorial created in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial.
Please send me your finished tag. I would love to see your results!!
Contact me via the link at the bottom of this page.

What's needed:
An Intermediate knowledge of PSP;
Corel PSP - Get a Free Trial.:Here:.

No Plugins Needed

I used the art of © Ismael Rac you will have to purchase a license for this tube at his site.

Supplies : File size: 146.24kb

Open a blank canvas 500x500px and flood fill white. Layers/New raster layer, flood fill black.
Layers/load mask from disk (or New mask layer if you have the mask open on your work space)
Apply Mask9.jpg with these settings: Source luminance checked, Fit to Canvas checked, Invert Transparency un-checked, Show all mask checked.
Layers/merge/merge group. Image/Resize/85%, All layers - un-checked. Adjust/Softness/Soften.
Open 'Blue Diamond' tube. Edit/copy and close tube. Edit/paste as new layer. Place inside of mask like I have in my tag.
Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize with these settings: Hue 0, Saturation 0. Layers/merge/merge down.
Open your tube and resize if necessary.
Layers/Duplicate (layer). Activate the first tube layer. Effects/Distortion/Lens Distortion (see diagram below for settings).

Move the tube to the top of the mask and slightly to the left (see my tag for example). Get the eraser tool and with the settings in the diagram below erase the left bottom corner of the tube to fit it inside the mask.

Now activate the 2nd tube layer. Move the tube to the center of the mask and down to the bottom(see my tag for example).
Use the eraser tool to round off the bottom of the dress to fit inside the mask. Close the bottom white layer.
Activate the first tube layer. Layers/merge/merge visible. Image/Resize/80%, All layers unchecked. Move the layer down a bit to make room for the text at the top of the tag.
Get the text tool; in the materials palette set the foreground to white and the background to black.
Font size 55px, Bold, Anti-alias - smooth, stroke width - 2.0. Type out and apply the text.
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with these settings: V 5, H 0, Opacity 60, Blur 3, Color black.
Layers/merge/merge down.
Add your name and copyright info. (You may use a different font here if you want.) Layers/merge/flatten all layers.
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen. Save as a .jpg/jpeg file, or you may save as a transparent png.
This tutorial is created and written by me. Any resemblance to another is totally coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial is to be used for non-commercial purposes only. You may share the link to this tutorial in PSP groups.

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