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Still not able to PSP...

2011-01-12T20:15:00.000-08:00

Not sure when was the last time I posted in here to share a template or even a small note letting you all how I've been... Still no internet at home and the worse part is that my mojo is totally gone. :(

It looks like things will be the same for I don't know how long... So, I thought it was nice to let you , for those of you who care, know I am still alive even though I haven't share any new templates and not sure if I ever going to again.

Thanks to all who are still around from the bottom of my heart.

Much love,
Daira Curiel

Sorry everyone!

2010-10-02T16:25:00.001-07:00

OMG! I'm so late in responding to the messages I received from you with the problem about my latest template. Didn't realize I gave out the wrong link & not having internet at home at the moment makes it harder to fix the errors I made quick. Anyway, I just fixed the link it should be working now. And here it is in case you have any trouble downloading it:

http://www.4shared.com/file/XIQFCzTr/021-LMC-TagTemplate-ByDaira.html

Thank you so much for all the support I've been getting from all of you!

Xoxos
Daira :)

New: 021 Tag Template

2010-09-08T19:33:00.001-07:00

OMG, is been so long that I haven't share any templates in my blog, here's a new one, hopefully you will like it... there are more to come soon!

Preview is above, you can download the template HERE!

Xoxos
Daira

U can now find me in Facebook!

2010-09-08T19:28:00.000-07:00

I know how everyone is a Facebook fan, so I joined like a month ago and that's where I've been spending most of my time... If you like to add me, here's the direct link:

www.facebook.com/LovingMiranda

or by e-mail

lovingmiranda@hotmail.com

Send me a request & let me know that you're a blogger buddy :)

Hugs,
Daira

So sorry...

2010-07-28T17:43:00.000-07:00

Just an update:

Sorry everyone for not being able to come to my blog for the last month and a half, I still don't have internet (I am at my dad's house; he lets me use his) and my computer is gone my dad will be using it for I don't know how long and I don't have anything to PSP with.

I do have some more templates but I need to make previews before I upload them to my 4shared... Looks like that will be next week some time, not sure but will try! Got so many ideas of what templates to make, that I can't wait to get my computer back!!!

See you all until next week, thanks a lot for the great comments!

Hugs,
Daira

Important Note

2010-06-28T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

First I would love to apologize for not being able to be around and for not telling you what's going on in my life at the moment. Right now, I don't have internet at home, I just moved to my new apartment 3 to 4 weeks ago and money is a big issue for me, I had too many expences after and before the move, so that put me in the situation on cutting back things I don't need and internet was the first thing I thought about. Hope you do understand what I mean... I still will be coming back with more goodies but I will be limited for now on, not sure how long this would go on for just until everything settles down for me and my family.

Not sure what else to say, just for you to keep coming back to my blog not going to be as active as I was, but I am sure going to be here every now and then to share PSP goodies.

Huggies,

Daira :)

WordArt: LOVE

2010-05-16T00:06:00.000-07:00

Just finish with this, hope you will like them & please remember not to rename them:

Hugs,

Tag Template 020

2010-05-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 019

2010-05-08T13:13:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 018

2010-05-08T13:12:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 017

2010-05-08T13:11:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 016

2010-05-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 015

2010-05-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 014

2010-05-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 013

2010-05-08T13:07:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 012

2010-05-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 011

2010-05-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 010

2010-05-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 009

2010-05-08T11:52:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 008

2010-05-08T11:51:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 007

2010-05-08T11:50:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Tag Template 006

2010-05-08T11:49:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

Creative Misftis: Love WordArt

2010-05-08T11:47:00.000-07:00

Get them HERE.

Not all are shown, remember if you download leave some ♥!

005 Tag Template

2010-05-04T16:23:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

004 Tag Template

2010-05-04T16:18:00.002-07:00

Download HERE.

003 Tag Template

2010-05-04T16:18:00.001-07:00

Download HERE.

002 Tag Template

2010-05-04T16:18:00.000-07:00

Download template HERE.

001 Tag Template

2010-05-04T16:13:00.000-07:00

Download HERE.

CM: Templates

2010-05-04T13:52:00.000-07:00

Got some more new templates from the challenge in Creative Misfits forum:

Download them directly at http://www.4shared.com/file/87fR0ugj/Daira.html

Visit CM blog to get more templates created by other Misfits at http://creativemisfitscreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-templates_25.html

New WordArt Templates: Dreams

2010-04-30T10:06:00.000-07:00

Hiya, I got some new wordart templates for you today, please do not rename them that's all I ask for :)

Here they are: (right click & save to your PC)

Hugs,

CM: Wordart DREAMS

2010-04-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here is some DREAMS wordart created by Misfits from the forum CM, where I am now a member & have participated in this challenge.

Go HERE to download them,

and please, leave some love if you download.

Hugs,

Templates 016 thru 120

2010-04-16T11:29:00.001-07:00

Here are more templates, all of them have ovals, the was the challenge from last week in CM. So I made some for my blog.

You may download them HERE.

Leave some love after downloading ;)

Hugs,

New Templates: CM Challenge

2010-04-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

I joined the Creative Misfits forum, yes! I am a misfit now!. And this is what I got for the first template challenge I tried.

There are only two templates, and you can download them HERE.

Visit the CM blog HERE, you will find other templates created by Creative Misfits members.

New Brushes: Tattoos

2010-04-10T13:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a new set of brushes called Tattoos. I used PSP v.9, they are only compatible with 9 or higher version, you may convert them to a lower version but do not re-name them, leave their file name as they are, and give credit.

Preview:

Snag them HERE.

Remember to show some love if you download!

Hugs,

New Alpha: Tattoe'd

2010-04-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hoping you will like my new alpha:

It is save as .png file format, from letter A to Z in capital & lowercase letters. They all are save in a single layer, so you will need to crop every letter you need.

Go HERE to snag them.

Hugs,

New Tag Templates: 011 Thru 015

2010-04-06T10:33:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

Sorry that you guys haven't hear from me lately, I am now taking a small break from psping (I am still creating but not as much as I used to). You may be wondering why? Well, sometimes I run out of ideas and something else grabs my attention, like right now I am working in getting my old blog spot updated. Is about poetry in my mother language which is Spanish, I am trying to put all of my poems, the ones I wrote when I was a teenager in my personal blog, you can visit me if you like, here's the link:

Nimravid

And here's the preview for the new set of templates I created:

You may download them HERE.

Have fun!

& Remember to show love if you download ;)

Hugs,

Buttons: St. Patrick's Day now Updated

2010-03-31T11:45:00.000-07:00

Now you will need to save each button individually, they are no longer available in my 4shared only in my hotmail photo album.

Preview:

Snag them HERE.

Remember, do not change my file names.

Hugs,

WordArt Template: Pain

2010-03-31T11:38:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite phrases:

Right click & save to your hard disk, get creative!

Remember not to change the file name ;)

Hugs,

WordArt: You are Updated

2010-03-31T11:19:00.000-07:00

Like I previously said, I am trying to save some space and making sure you won't miss any of what I had shared. Here are the png files for the word art of You Are.

Preview here:

Find the blank templates HERE.

Find the decorated ones HERE.

Hugs,

Update: Alphas - Elegance & Funky

2010-03-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

I've decided to make a few changes to save some storage space in my 4shared. Last year, I created two sets of alphas and shared them here as a zip file, now I've decided to save them all together as a .png file format. They are now stored in my hotmail photo albums for you to snag.

You will need to save them to your hard disk, open them in your PSP and use your crop tool to cut each individual letter that you need.

Here are the previews again & their links:

Funky Alpha

Get the Funky alpha HERE.

Elegance Alpha

Get Elegance alpha HERE.

Hugs,

Tag Templates 006 Thru 0010

2010-03-31T10:35:00.000-07:00

Thought I already post them in here, it looks like I haven't. So here's the preview:

Find them HERE.

Remember to show some love if you download!

Hugs,

Just a Note

2010-03-25T18:29:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to post a small note letting you all know that I have finished putting together my new layout. What do you think about it? Hopefully you will like it as much as I love it!

And about my old layout template, I will share it if someone is interested in having it. E-mail me privately or post me a message, and I will be more than glad to send you the old template or give out the direct link & show you how to added to your blog.

Thanks!

Easter Templates I

2010-03-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Get them at http://www.4shared.com/file/244985864/f5937a63/LMC-TagTemplates-ByDaira-Easte.html

Hugs,

Proudly Irish by Sandee

2010-03-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

Another nice tutorial by Sandee from Creativelee Inspired Tutorials and is called Proudly Irish. She's using my temp Each Petal found in my St. Patrick's Tag Templates I, and is also using a really cool PTU scrap.

You can also visit her at her blog to find the latest updates, HERE.

Find the tutorial HERE.

xoxo

Rub Me Baby by Sandee

2010-03-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

Omg! i have another awesome tutorial. This one is created by Sandee from Creativelee Inspired Tutorials and is called Rub Me Baby and uses my template "Rub Me" from the set of St. Patrick's Day Temps II. She's also using a tagger size PTU scrap named Paddy o Malley. Find the tutorial HERE.

Remember, if you give it a try, leave a thank you note or you can also show what you come up with!

have fun!!!

Hugs,

St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates III ~ Correction

2010-03-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry everyone, didn't realize I put the wrong link.

So here's what I did, I resized my preview template & here's the link:

So here's the correct link for you to download, HERE.

Thanks again, for letting me know!

Hugs,

Gothic St Pats Day by Rose

2010-03-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

Another great tutorial, this one is from Rose's Tutorials And Tags and is called Gothic St Pats Day can be found HERE. She's using my Happy St. Patrick's Day template from my St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates I and a PTU scrap called Gateway To Annwn. For those of you who like to do some Gothic tag, this is perfect!

Don't forget to visit her blog & show some loving.

Hugs,

Best Of Luck - FTU by Chassity

2010-03-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

Hiya everyone!

I have some other links to tutorials that used my temps &

will be sharing them here, so here's the first one:

Very gorgeous, isn't? Is by Chassity from Polka Dot Tutorials, OMG she does very awesome tutorials! Anyway, lol, in this tutorial, she's using my template called "The Irish" from my set of St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates I, and she's also using this really cool scrap which is FTU and is called Kiss Me by Sticky Kisses Designs.

Don't forget to visit Chassity's blog & show some loving ;)

xoxo,

Tag Templates Spring II: Please Read!

2010-03-11T09:54:00.000-08:00

Hiya,

just a little note to inform you of some changes I did to the Tag templates for Spring II. Someone e-mail me letting me know that the first day of Spring, here in the US, is actually the 20th of March. I didn't pay attention to that, forgot about it and in my tag template from set Spring II I have a template called April which I meant to name March, not April! So just ignore that, pls!! And that tag, I wanted to be about the first day of Spring, which for me is March 21st. Why? The reason why is that I was born in Jalisco, México & for what I remember back in there I used to celebrate Spring that day.

So sorry everyone! I kind of struggle figuring out the dates, even though I live now in Oregon, USA. LOL!

Well, like I was saying before, someone ask me to fix my error and that's what I would like to do. The thing is that I don't like uploading a single template, I like my temps to be in bulks. So what I did this time was to make the word art to be use for this template tag and saved as .png file format. I did both the filling and the word art. If you want to change that in the template, I am giving permission to do so.

Just right click & copy (or save). Here they are:

March 20th

& the Filling

If you have any other question, let me know.

Hugs,

Spring Tag Templates II

2010-03-10T09:47:00.000-08:00

Here's the preview:

It contains 8 tag templates.

Download them HERE.

E-mail me if you have any questions.

Hugs,

Spring Tag Templates I

2010-03-09T16:22:00.000-08:00

Got some new templates done, they are already uploaded to my 4shared.

Here's the preview:

Download them HERE.

Have fun using them!

Hugs,

P.s a friendly reminder to tutorial writers:

I've seen a few of my templates used in some tutorials, and some of you have contact met to let me know that you're using my templates. I want to state that I have no problem with you using my templates at all, but I would like to at least take a peek on what you come out with. For now on, I am open to receiving your creations, I would love to post your tutorials here in my blog just to show them off.

Drink Until You're Green by Maple

2010-03-05T12:35:00.000-08:00

Another tutorial from Maple's Tuts using my template Drink Till from the set of St. Patrick's Tag Templates I, called Drink Until You're Green; she's also using a mini kit of her called Garv Drink which is free to use. Find the tutorial HERE and visit her site to check other tutorials.

Hugs,

Daira

Lucky Charm by Maple

2010-03-05T10:52:00.000-08:00

Hiya!

Here's another tutorial using my template Lucky Charm from the set of St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates II.

Is by Maple's Tuts, and is called Lucky Charm. She's using her Irish Kit which is FTU!

Find the tutorial HERE and visit her site to check out her tutorials.

Hugs,

Rub Me (For Luck) by Maple

2010-03-05T10:36:00.000-08:00

I will start sharing links & previews of the tutorials where my templates are use. Here's the very first one:

This is from Maple from her site Maples Tuts and is called Rub Me (for luck).

She's using my template Rub Me from the set St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates II,

and what's even cool is that she's using one of her scraps called Irish Kit which is FTU!!

Find the tutorial HERE. And don't forget to check her other tutorials!

Thank you so much Maple for the tutorial, is pretty awesome!!! Lovely kit!!!

Hugs,

Buttons: St. Patrick's Day

2010-02-27T12:40:00.000-08:00

Well, here's my first buttons, set includes 10 buttons each save as png file format. Preview here:

1. Feeling lucky.

2. U R my lucky charm.

3. Irish lover.

4. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

5. Get lucky, rub me!

6. Kiss me, I'm Irish.

7. Luck of the Irish.

8. Irish for a day.

9. It's all about the Irish, deal with it.

10. Don't pinch me!

Download these HERE.

~xoxo

TOU for Buttons

2010-02-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

I've always been so addicted to buttons, you know, those round images with cute/funny sayings in a glassy look. Well, I am now making my very own, I am so very excited!!! And what's best, is that I will be sharing them with you!

But before that, I want you to know my T.O.U before you began using them if you download them. And I would also mention to you that I am very new to making them, so don't expect them to be PERFECT, just the basic...

Well read on:

TOU

*Don't claim these as your own.

*Leave filename as it is (do not change the name)

*Do not upload this set or any single button to any filesharing website (rapidshare, 4shared, you name it!)

*If you wish to share this with friends, you may do so, but direct them to my website for them to

download themselves; and always use my preview if sharing.

*Here's my link: http://www.lovingmiranda.blogspot.com

Feel free to use these in your tutorials (remember to use my link to direct others to download for themselves)

Many thanks!

Hugs,

Feeling Lucky

2010-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

This is what we're making.

Needed:

My Tag tube (Feeling Lucky) Download supplies folder.

A script font of choice (I used Liorah BT) this is a PTU font.

A pixel font of choice (I used PF Mil to add my watermark)

You also need Happy St. Patrick's Day WordArt by Me (download from my supplies folder)

Animation Shop

Supplies Folder

*Just a little note before we begin, the tag tube was created by me and belongs only to ME, that means that I do not give permission to use it in any other tutorial besides the one I have just written.

Let's begin:

1. Open a New Image in PSP with dimensions 550x500, make background color white. Now add a New Layer.

2. Select your Oil Brush Tool with settings:

Shape: Square - Size: 28 - Foreground & Background color: #fa62b8

3. Now, draw a brush stroke from left to right, make it as long as you'll be able to fit your name.

Draw 2 more brush strokes, one in top of each other; cover empty spaces. This is what I came out with:

4. Change your Foreground & Background color to #9fca3d and draw three more brush strokes on the bottom of your last stroke. You should get something like this:

*Now you see how the colors change when they are mix together? It's like mixing paint with different colors to get different results.

5. Convert your layer to Raster Layer (the one with the brush strokes). And again, start drawing some more strokes using different colors until you get the results you want. Have fun & be creative!

Just a hint: Whenever you change your color, your strokes will be getting dark every time you use your Oil Brush; what I do to get the color I chose, I just brush until I see the color that I picked start showing off, and then delete this layer: Art Media Layer.

6. If you want to use the colors I chose for my tagback, here's the list:

Green: #9fca3d, Yellow: #f4fe4a, Blue: #4afee7 (follow this in order)

And this is what mine looks like:

7. Hide your Background layer & merge all of your layers together. And rename this layer as TagBack. Option, you may flip your image; I flip mine because I rather have the green color on top.

8. Duplicate your Tag Back layer, and change your blend mode to Soft Light or your choice of blend, the one you think looks best. This is done just to make the Tag Back look a little bit more lighter. This is how it looks now:

9. Now open my Feeling Lucky tag tube, copy and paste as New Layer in your working canvas. Rename this layer as tube. Resize your tube - Go to Image - Resize 80% - Smart Size - Resize all layers deselect. Time to rotate - Image - Rotate - Free Rotate - Direction Right at 25 degrees. Hit OK.

10. With your Move Tool, arrange my Feeling Lucky tag tube to the left bottom corner side of the Tag Back; make it look like the tag is on top of the Tag Back touching only the very corner. This how mine looks:

11. Duplicate your tube & rotate this time to 50 degrees to the left. Hit OK. Arrange this copy on top of the original tube, again make sure that the tag is touching just a little bit the bottom part of our Tag Back. Duplicate this copy of your Tube, and rotate this time to 25 to the left & arrange just like the previous one. You should have a total of three tube layers, you may sharpen every tube if you like, so it won't look blurry.

12. Add your watermark in a New Layer, move your Watermark layer below your tube layers & arrange wherever you like. Open the Happy St. Patrick's Day WordArt; copy & paste as new layer in your canvas. Rename as Wordart and arrange to the top right corner of the Tag Back.

This is what you should have now:

13. Time to add your name. Select your Text tool with settings:

Font: Liorah BT, Size:72, Anti-alas: Sharp, Background Color: White & Foreground: Null, and one more thing.

In your Background palette, there are three options in the bottom which are Color, Texture , & Transparent. Tick in the Texture option, to make your text textured. This is how it looks when selected (my arrow shows you which one is the Texture option):

Now that you have your settings set, add a New Layer & type your name. For your first letter of your name, make the text size to 90 and the rest to 72. Hit Ok. If your tag back is smaller than mine, then make your text smaller to fit in. Arrange your name in the middle of the Tag Back or wherever you like best & Deselect. Duplicate your text layer and merge down the two text layers together. Rename as Text.

This is how your tag should look like now:

14. Crop any unwanted area. And hide your two copies of your tube.

Time to animate!!!

1. Go to Edit - Copy Merged. And launch your Animation Shop. Paste your copy as New Animation in AS.

2. Go back to your PSP, hide your original Tube layer and unhide your first copy of your tube; Edit - copy merged and paste in your AS After Current Frame. Again, back in PSP hide the copy of your tube layer and unhide the copy of the copy of your tube layer. Copy merged and Paste After Current Frame in AS.

3. Now you should have a total of three frames. Go to Edit - Select All and then Animation - Frame Properties and set the Display time to 40. Play your animation and check your results.

4. Save your tag as .gif

And you have a new tag!!!

Thank you for trying my tutorial, hope you have fun doing it. You can do different tags using this method, just like the one I did, this one:

This tutorial was written by Daira on February 25th, 2010 for Loving Miranda Creationz.

The concept of this tutorial is copyrighted to me, so whatever you create using my tutorial are yours, as long as the results are not use for any kind of profit.

Feel free to print out this tutorial for your own personal use, or you may share my link with others, but do not attempt to claim as your own.

St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates II

2010-02-23T10:48:00.000-08:00

Hi!! Well, here is the second & last part from St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates:

Snag these HERE.

Remember to show some love if/when downloading ;)

Hugs,

St. Patrick's Day Tag Templates I

2010-02-22T13:04:00.000-08:00

Aight, I haven't got much to share so maybe my future posts will be mainly about tag templates. Hopefully I won't bored you to death! LOL! and please, whatever is that you do with my tag templates, make sure to leave me a note, a thank you note is always good and encouraging to keep creating and sharing.

Anyway, here is a new set of templates for St. Patrick's Day:

Download them all HERE.

There is one more to come, will be sharing it later this week, so stay tune!

Hugs,

Valentine's Day Tag Templates Set V (Last set)

2010-02-11T07:36:00.000-08:00

Preview here:

this is the last from my set of Valentine's Day Tag templates; get this set HERE.

Hugs,

Valentine's Day Tag Templates Set IV

2010-02-09T17:04:00.000-08:00

Preview here:

Download them HERE.

Don't forget to show me some love if you download :)

Valentine's Day Tag Templates Set III

2010-02-08T09:50:00.000-08:00

Preview here:

Download them HERE.

Have fun & remember to show some love... :)

Valentine's Day Tag Templates Set II

2010-02-05T10:26:00.001-08:00

Set of 6 tag templates, themed Valentine's Day. Hope you enjoy them!

Preview here:

Download them HERE.

And remember to leave me a note if you download :)

Valentine's Day Tag Templates Set I

2010-02-04T10:37:00.000-08:00

Just finished uploading all of my new templates for Valentine's Day. Here's the first set:

Download them HERE.

Any questions, just e-mail me... I'll be more than happy to help :)

~love

Happy New Year Extras

2009-12-31T05:02:00.000-08:00

There are 39 tags in this set. I used David font and saved as png file format:

http://cid-6e668ce99653ee35.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Happy%20New%20Year%20^F%20Extras

My best wishes to everyone in 2010...

Hugs,

Templates: New Year's Day Set II

2009-12-31T04:30:00.000-08:00

Download them at 4shared

This is the last set of templates for New Year's day... hope you have fun with them, and don't forget to show some love whenever you snag them...

Many hugs,

Templates: New Year's Day Set I

2009-12-31T04:23:00.000-08:00

I know I am so late!! Anyway, here's the preview:

Download them at 4shared

~Remember to show some love if you download :)

And my best wishes for you in the year 2010!!!

xoxo

A Little Note

2009-12-26T04:47:00.000-08:00

Hiya everyone!

We are pretty close to the end of the year and a

new year is just around the corner. And like they say,

New Year everything new... start over. So... I change my layout!!!

LOL! What do you all think about it? Looks better than the one I had before?

Hopefully it does! I did not change the colors, as I like the way they

look in here... all I did now was to save all my graphics in png file format.

Is a new method I accidentally discovered myself some months ago...

I am pretty sure there are many of you that this might not be new to you,

but I am still learning... LOL! Well, like I was saying, you keep your image

exactly how it looks in your graphic program and after you save it,

you don't get the blurry and ugly effect and lose the beauty of

your image...

Well, just thought it was nice to show off... heheheh! Hope everyone is having great holidays...

Many hugs,

Christmas Extras

2009-12-24T02:49:00.000-08:00

Those of you who like to snag some Extras, here are the ones I made for the holidays and shared in my Ygroup. And if you want to receive tags from me, simple go to my group, click HERE.

Snowman

Contains 33 animated tags.

I used This Is Electronik font.

Grab the rest HERE.

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Believe In Santa

Contains 35 animated tags.

I used 2Peas What's The Rush? font.

Get entire set HERE.

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Winter Fun

Set contains 39 animated tags.

Font used, Byron Medium Swam.

Get set HERE.

That's all I got! Hope you do enjoy them.

Please do not remove my watermark, change filename, claim these as your own and do not share them anywhere, you may use my preview and link, so that others download for themselves.

Christmas Twilight Templates

2009-12-24T02:02:00.000-08:00

This year, for Christmas and for my birthday which is going to be this Friday! Yes, I am a Christmas baby, sucks sometimes but I learned to handle it, LOL! Anyway, like I was saying, I bought myself the last book from the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn as an early treat for being so good all year, LOL! I have to say, that I am so excited about it!!! and can't wait to start reading it!!!

And now that I got it, I felt creative and made two sets of templates for those of you who like me, love Twilight. So my treat for those of you who are always lurking around my blog (one of the things I love), well, is more like a X-mas present from me to you as a way of thanking you for being part of my PSP life.

Here are the previews:

Download Christmas Twilight Part 1 HERE.

Download Christmas Twilight Part 2 HERE.

Hopefully you will love them as much as I do, and I would love to see what you come up with.

Thanks everyone for the great support I receive from everyone this year. You guys are awesome!!

Many hugs and Merry Christmas!

Daira

Christmas Word Art Templates

2009-12-23T15:26:00.000-08:00

All you need to do is right click on the image you want to snag and save to your computer, I will be deleting them from my album in the future. That way you won't get an X in the image every time you want to use them. Also, please do not change my file name or claim these as your own. I would also like to see what you come up with using these word art, so hallo at me with your creationz. :) Anyway, here they are:

xoxo

Daira

Christmas Templates Set V

2009-12-23T15:21:00.000-08:00

Preview here:

Go HERE to get them.

Note that this is my last set of Christmas Templates.

Season greetings,

Daira

Just a Note

2009-12-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

Hiya everyone!!!

Because of the Holidays I haven't got much time to post in my blog, except for my Ygroup where I share my newest creations. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I will take the day today to post all the PSP goodies related to Christmas that I have for you. So the next posts will be about Word Art Templates, some Twilight Templates and my last set of Christmas Templates. Snag all you can :)

Have yourself a wonderful little Christmas...

Many hugs,

Daira

Christmas Templates Set IV

2009-12-19T02:43:00.000-08:00

Here's the preview for the Christmas Templates Set IV:

Go HERE to download them.

You may share only my preview and link for others to download for themselves.

Hugs,

Daira

Christmas Templates Set III

2009-12-16T21:39:00.000-08:00

Here's a new set of templates for the holiday season:

Download them HERE.

Season greetings,

Daira

Brushes: Snowflakes

2009-12-15T16:13:00.000-08:00

These are made with PSP v.9, they are only compatible with v.9 or higher version.

Or convert them to whatever version of PSP you're using, if you wish. But do not rename or share them in another website; if you do, please make sure that you get permission from me to do so.

Preview here:

To get them go HERE.

Many hugs,

Daira

Christmas Templates Set II

2009-12-13T23:38:00.000-08:00

Download them HERE.

More to come soon!

Hugs,

Daira

Christmas Templates Set I

2009-12-11T23:39:00.000-08:00

New Christmas Templates set. Preview here:

Go to http://www.4shared.com/file/167877937/b96a1871/LMC-TagTemplates-ByDaira-Chris.html to snag them.

Leave me some love if you download them.

Hugs,

Daira

Merry Christmas

2009-12-09T16:38:00.000-08:00

This is what we're making.

Needed:

LMC Tag back: Merry Christmas by ME (scroll down a bit, right click and save or copy and paste in your PSP)

Gold Pattern (found HERE or you may use whatever you have on hand)

Christmas Dingbats (I used Christmas Regular, Christmas Time, and 2Peas Tis The Season)

2 Script fonts of choice (I used Mea Culpa & 2Peas Piano Recital)

Eye Candy 4000 (Gradient Glow)

Animation Shop

Right click, save to your hard drive and open in PSP:

1. Paste my tagback as New Layer in PSP on your working canvas with dimensions of 600 x 600. Rename this layer to Tagback.

2. In a New Layer with your Text Tool, set font to whatever dingbat you're using. Use White color as background and foreground null, then choose desire size, mine arranges from 36 to 48; set it to a size that will make the dingbat fit in each square of the tagback. You will need to do this 8 times, so you ended up with a total of 8 Christmas images in each single square. Deselect. Rename this layer as Shapes. Hide your background Layer and merge down together the TagBack and Shapes layer. Rename this layer Tagback & Shapes. You now have this:

3. Unhide your background layer, duplicate your Tagback & Shapes layer. In your layer palette, highlight the original layer and adjust Blur - Gaussian Blur - with Radius of 20 - OK. Now, set the Tagback & Shapes Layer and its copy both to Dissolve blend mode. Your Tagback should dissolve all around, kind of like snow. If you are unsure about how to change the blend mode of your layers, look at my preview:

You will see an ellipse around the blend modes that need to be change.

And you should now have something like this:

4. Add a New Layer and rename as Name, Select your Text tool with settings:

Create as: Floating, Font:Mea Culpa, Size:72, Stroke Width:2, Font Style:Bold, Anti-alas:Sharp, Kerning:0 and Line Style: Solid. Open the Gold Pattern in your PSP. And set both, the Foreground and Background as the gold pattern with Angle of 0 and Scale of 100 in your material properties. Type out Merry X-mas or whatever wording you would like, and apply text. Do not Deselect. Go to Selections, Modify, Expand by 1 pixel, hit OK. Add a New Layer, and move this layer below your Text layer. Floodfill this selection with color black. Deselect.

5. Hide all your layers except for the New Layer & Text Layer. Merge down this two layers together, and rename as Text. Apply a Gradient Glow: Glow Width - 3.00, Color choose the Fat option with color White. Give a desire Drop Shadow, I used these settings:

Vertical & Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color:Black.

6. Arrange your text however you want, I put mine in the bottom of the tagback. Preview here:

7. Now add your watermark. And your name, I used font 2Peas Piano Recital with Size 48 and added a slightly Drop Shadow. Arrange your name right below X-mas. Crop off the excess area of your canvas.

8. Open Animation Shop.

9. In PSP go to edit, copy merged and paste it in Animation Shop as New Animation. Go to Animation, Frame Properties and set the Display Time to 125. And now time to animate:

In the layer palette, select the copy of Tagback & Shapes, and set the opacity of this layer to 75. Copy and paste in animation shop After Current Frame. Set the Display Time to 75.

Back in PSP, set the opacity to 50 of the Copy of Tagback & Shapes layer. Copy and paste After Current Frame in AS. Set Display Time to 75.

Again, back in PSP, in the copy of Tagback & Shapes layer set the opacity to 25. Copy and paste After Current Frame in AS and set its Display Time to 75.

Go back to PSP, set the opacity to 0 to the Tagback & Shapes layer. Copy & paste in AS after Current Frame and set Display Time to 75.

And finally, back in PSP set opacity of the Tagback & Shapes layer to 100 (its normal opacity). Copy and paste after Current Frame in AS changing its Display time to 125. You should now have 6 frames total.

10. Still in AS, go to Edit - Select All - Copy - Paste Copy as New Animation, Select All and Reverse Frames (go to Animation). Make sure they are all selected, and copy.

11. Back in your animation (the 6 frames), select the last frame. When selected, you should see a Blue Line around the frame. Now go to Edit, Paste After Current Frame. You should now have 12 frames total.

To make sure that you have a total of 12 frames, check in the bottom right corner of AS, make sure that it marks 12 Frames.

12. Now, time to check if our tag is animated. The Christmas dingbat should appear and disappear in a slow motion. If you are happy with your animation, you can now save and give a fancy name.

*You can also change the display time if the frames if you know how to work with them or did not like how I got mine.

And there you go, you have a new tag special for the Holidays. You can also use the same method to create this kind of tag for any other Holiday. Just grab your dingbats and let your imagination flow!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

Xoxo

Daira

This tutorial was written by Daira on September 11th, 2009 for Loving Miranda Creationz.

The concept of this tutorial is copyrighted to me, so whatever you create using my tutorial are yours, as long as the resultas are not use for any kind of profit.

Feel free to print out this tutorial for your own personal use, or you may share my link with others, but do not attemp to claim as your own.

Twilight WordArt

2009-12-01T17:24:00.000-08:00

New wordart inspired from the Twilight Saga. Just right click and save them to your hard drive.

Please do not rename filenames, you may share them by directing others to my blog.

Here they are:

Hugs,

Daira

Twilight WordArt Templates

2009-11-22T13:20:00.000-08:00

Here's my first collection of Twilight WordArt Templates, is a set of 5 and more to come. So, stay tune! :)

All you need to do is right click and save them to your hard disc.

Here they are:

**Please note that this are created by me using dingbats and fonts, and they are inspired phrases from the novels Twilight Saga. I do my own thing in here, and would love you to respect my work by not changing the file name. You may do whatever you want with them, it would be fun to know what you come up with.

Hugs,

Twilight Templates Set II

2009-11-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

New templates for those of you who are addicted to Twilight. Preview below:

Download them HERE.

Remember to show some love if you download them.

Feel free to share with friends/groups only if you use my own preview and direct others to download for themselves.

xoxo

Daira

Update & Twilight Templates

2009-11-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

I've finally got time to post my newest templates. They are inspired from Twilight, one of my very favorite novels (I am now reading the last book, Breaking Dawn). And now that New Moon is coming out this month, thought it would be cool to share goodies that are all related to Twilight. So, November for me will be about Twilight, and maybe some that aren't related to Twilight.

Anyway, I also want to thank everyone for supporting me, I know I haven't been around much lately; school, my Miranda, and work are keeping me pretty busy that is why you don't hear from me in days.

Now, back to the templates, I will try to release 1 or 2 sets per week, it all depends on how much free time I get. And here's the first set:

Note that these templates are just something I come up on my own.

Hope you do like them, go HERE to download them.

Feel free to share ONLY my preview and link so that others download for themselves.

Hugs,

Daira

P.s leave me a note when downloading them or send me your results, I would love to see what you create with them. And don't forget to respect my T.O.U...

Halloween Templates Set IV (Last one)

2009-10-28T15:41:00.000-07:00

I still have more tag templates in mind to make for Halloween, but didn't have much time to make them. So, this is the last set of my pack of Halloween tag templates:

There are 6 templates for this set, which is the last pack of Halloween templates I will be sharing this year.

Preview is above, go HERE to download the templates.

And here's a bonus for you:

Go HERE to grab this one, this is just a single template.

Hope you do have fun with these templates, and don't forget to show me your results, I really would love to see what you come up with.

Hugs,

Daira

Halloween Templates Set III

2009-10-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

Got some more (set III) new templates for this coming Halloween. Hopefully you enjoy them and give them a good use.

Go HERE to download them.

Drop me a line if you download them or if you are having trouble in getting these templates.

Xoxo

Daira

Tag Templates: Halloween Set II

2009-10-17T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hi!!!

OMG, I can't believe how close Halloween is, LOL! Do you already know what your costume is going to be about? To be honest, is being years since the last time I went trick or treating and haven't celebrate it either, the only way has always been through my Yahoo group, a little treat (tag) for all my members that's all I do. But this year, I do have the reason to go out trick or treat! I can't wait, I'm still thinking whether or not to take Miranda (she's only a year and 4 months old). Don't want her to get scared, even if I don't, I'm going to dress her up (I still haven't chose her outfit) LOL!

Anyway, back to the subject, I got more Halloween Templates ready for you to download! Preview here:

Go Here to download them.

Remember to share your creations and leave some love if you do download my templates. :)

Hugs,

Daira

Tag Templates 001 Thru 005 (Update)

2009-10-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

Please take a few minutes to read this, you may not notice but there are times that I change one thing or another in my blog, like the files where you can download them; but don't worry, even if I move something it doesn't matter how small it is, I always find the time to let you know and to direct you to where to find it.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I decided to upload all my templates in bulks of 5. I have about 20 or 25, maybe more. Some are for Halloween, others are random templates, and I also have some about Twilight (I an a HUGE fan!). And currently working on some more, that I will share soon.

You may also find the links to get the other templates here in my blog, on the right side you will see where it says Downloads and just click in the ones you like, if you want to see previews, just click on templates on my labels which is on the bottom right side of my blog. Hope I did not confuse you, LOL!

So, here's the bulk of my very first 5 templates:

Download then HERE.

If you have any questions or need help download, please e-mail me at lovingmiranda@gmail.com

And thanks so much for downloading my templates, don't forget to show me your results!

xoxo

Daira

Halloween WordArt

2009-10-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hiya everyone,

I got some new Halloween WordArt that I finished a while ago. There's about four or five of them. No link for them to be download, it takes too much time for me to do so. You will be able to save them directly to your computer, just right click and save, pretty simple. Here they are:

This time that is all I am going to share, if you are interested in having the templates of these WordArt, please send me an e-mail privately and let me know and I'll send them over to you. E-mail me at lovingmiranda@gmail.com.

Don't forget to show some love :)

Hugs,

Daira

Halloween Templates Set I

2009-10-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

Hello!

School started last week and everything has been pretty busy for me. Anyway, I've been having two sets of Halloween templates and haven't got time to post them. It contains 5 templates for each pair of sets, but I am only going to be sharing one set for today and will share the other one some time next week.

Here is the preview:

Hopefully you'll be able to see the preview clearly. Here's the link for downloading:

Download Me!

If you download, please post me a note letting me know you have taken my stuff. Is always great to know that whatever is create is being use by others. And remember to send your results, I would love to see what you create with them. :)

Thanks again everyone!

xoxo

Daira

Happy Halloween

2009-09-23T16:08:00.000-07:00

This is what we're going to make.

Needed:

Bat tube (I used LMC-HappyHalloweenTut-Bat-ByDaira) HERE

Font of choice (I used Hey Its Red)

Pixel font of choice (I used FFF Planeta)

VM Natural (Speed)

Animation Shop

My Small Template (this is my own creation, so please do not share)

Right click on image below & save to your PSP folder, or just copy & paste in your PSP:

~Let's Begin!~

1. Copy & paste my small template in your PSP which is located above - Using your Magic Wand tool select the two black triangles and the dark gray stripe (middle one) - Add a New Layer - Flood fill these three selections with #7319a7 - Deselect. You will have something like this:

2. In your layer palette, with your Magic Wand Tool select the two light gray stripes - Add New Raster Layer - Flood fill these two selections with #f8981c - Deselect - Hide my template layer - And merge the two layers new layers together as visible.

3. Apply effect - VM Natural - Speed with these settings:

4. Now add a New Layer - With your Selection Tool draw a thin stripe in the middle of your Layer - Floodfill this selection with color White - Deselect - Rename this layer as White Stripe and set the opacity of this layer to 5o.

*Hint: If you want your stripe to be in the center of the layer, all you have to do is copy and paste as new layer, and it will automatically place right in the center. Don't forget to delete the other layer and rename your new one.

This is what you should have by now:

5. In a New Layer, using a pixel font - I used FFF Planeta - Size 6 - Anti-alas Off - Color #670fb1 - Kerning set to 100 - Type Happy Halloween From in capital letters - Deselect. Now copy & paste as New Layer so that the word will be right in the center of the layer, like this:

6. Add your name in a New Layer - I used Hey Its Red Font - Size 26 - Kerning set at 50 - color #f8981c. Give a Gradient Glow using color #670fb1 Glow at 3 px - Fat - Opacity at 100 - color the two Color Stops with #670fb1 to make it darker - Ok - Arrange your name in the bottom of the tag or wherever you like - Deselect. Add desire Drop Shadow. Rename this layer as Text.

*Do not forget to add your watermark.

7. This is optional: Open the Bat tube in your PSP - Duplicate & close Original - Go to Image - Canvas Size 200 x 100 - OK - Selections - Select All - Float - Selections - Modify Expand by 3 pixels - OK - Add a New Layer - Flood fill with #670fb1 - Deselect - Send this layer to the bottom - Add Noise - Uniform - 80% - Monochrome ticked - OK. With your Selection Tool - Draw around the eyes and mouth of the bat - Select the bottom Layer - Hit Delete button to remove the Noise - Deselect - Merge Layers Visible.

8. Copy your Bat and Paste as New Layer in our working canvas - Rename Layer as Bat - Add a New Layer - Select All - Selections - Modify Contract 2px - Invert - Flood fill selection with #670fb1 - Deselect - Rename this layer as Outline.

This is how your Layer Palette should look like:

~Let's animate our tag!~

9. Hide your Bat Layer - Go to Edit - Copy Merge - Open AS and Paste as New Animation - Duplicate this layer and select your First Layer - Now in your PSP unhide your Bat Layer with your Move Tool arrange the Bat in the bottom right corner making only half of the left arm of the Bat visible - Go to Edit - Copy Merged - In AS, paste After Current Frame.

10. Back in PSP - Move the Bat to the middle making half its body visible - Edit Copy - Copy Merged - Paste After Current Frame in AS. Again, in PSP move the Bat to the left making now only his right arm visible in the bottom of the layer - Edit Copy - Copy Merged - Paste After Current Frame in AS. You should now have a total of 5 frames.

11. Now this time we want the bat to go up, so in PSP move your Bat a little bit Up making half his face visible - Edit Copy Merged - Paste After Current Frame in AS. This time, in your PSP move the Bat in the middle of our layer covering the Happy Halloween From - Copy Merged and Paste after Current Frame in AS. And again, move your Bat a little bit up making half his left body visible - Copy & Paste After Current Frame in AS. You should now have a total of 7 frames.

12. This time, we only want to see the button of the Bat - so, move the Bat to the middle of the layer making only his button visible - Copy Merged & paste After Current Frame in As - Again, move the bat to the left side, making visible his button left arm - Copy & paste After Current Frame in AS. You should have a total of 10 frames and should look like this in AS:

Click on image to enlarge.

13. Still in AS - Go to Edit - Select All - Edit Copy - Paste as New Animation - Select All - Go to Animation - Reverse Frames - Select All again - Copy - Close down - in our Animation where we have the 10 frames - Select in the Last Frame - It should say F:10 in the bottom - Go to Edit - Paste After Current Frame. You should now have a total of 20 Frames.

14. Select All - Go to Animation - Frame Properties and set the Display Time to 40. Now Go to View - Animation and make sure that the bat is moving around in a slow motion. Once happy, you may save as .gif file.

And we're finished! Now you have your new halloween tag, and I hope that you have fun trying my tutorial :)

Thank you for being patient ;)

xoxo

Daira

This tutorial was written by Daira on September 24th, 2009 for Loving Miranda Creationz.

The concept of this tutorial is copyrighted to me, so whatever you create using my tutorial are yours, as long as the resultas are not use for any kind of profit.

Feel free to print out this tutorial for your own personal use, or you may share my link with others, but do not attemp to claim as your own.

Fritillary

2009-09-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

This is an animated tag, click on image to see the animation.

Needed:

Psp Brush of choice (I used LMC-Hearts11-ByDaira) HERE

Font of choice (I used Monkey Pants)

Xero (Fritillary)

Eyecandy 4000 (Gradient Glow)

Animation Shop

Hint: If you are using my PSP Brush, you will need to save both the brushtip & script in your brushes folder in order for them to work.

~Let's begin!~

1. Open a New Image - 260w x 72h pixels - Floodfill White - Add a New Layer - Fill with color Black - Duplicate it two times to have a total of three layers. Set your Foreground to #c0c0c0 and your Background color to Black.

2. Rename these three layers as BG 1, BG 2, and BG 3 from bottom to top. Your layer pallette should look like this:

3. In your Layer Pallette select BG 1 - Selections - Select All - Apply effect - Xero - Fritillary with this settings:

4. Now select BG 2 - Apply same Fritillary effect but change the Variation to 105 - OK - Again, select BG 3 - Apply same effect change the Variation to 110 - Deselect.

5. Add a New Layer - Rename as Brush - Click on your Paint Brush Tool - Look for LMC-Hearts11-ByDaira & Select it - Use size 260 and apply the brush in the middle of your layer, like this:

6. Set the Opacity of Brush Layer to 65. Add a New Layer - Rename as Text - Set your Foreground color & Background color to Black - Add your name/text using your Text Tool with these settings:

Click on Image to see the entire settings, so you won't forget about the Kerning.

7. Add a Gradient Glow of choice - I used this settings:

Basic: Glow at 3px - Corners 0 - Opacity at 100; Color: Fat option with White color.

8. Apply Drop Shadow with 1,1,50,5 color Black - OK - Arrange your text in the middle of your tag. Your tag should look like this now:

9. You may add your watermark on the bottom of your name in a New Layer if you wish to.

10. Add a New Layer - Rename as Outline - Go to Selections - Select All - Selections - Modify - Contract - by 2 pixels - OK - Selections - Invert and floodfill this selection with #c0c0c0. If you're not using my black & gray colors, choose a color that compliments your tag. Deselect.

Now time to animate!

11. In your Layer Pallette hide layers BG 2 & BG 3. Go to Edit - Copy Merged - Launch Animation Shop - Paste as New Animation.

12. Go back to your PSP - Hide BG 1 layer and unhide BG 2 - Go to Edit - Copy Merged - Back in Animation Shop - Paste after current frame.

13. Again, back in PSP close BG 2 and open BG 3 - Go to Edit - Copy Merged - in Paste After Current Frame in Animation Shop.

14. Now you should have a total of three layers in your Animation Shop - Go to View - Animation - To make sure that the animation is working - you should now see little gray squares in the back moving - Close it.

15. Save your tag as .gif.

And we're finish! Now you have a new tag, and I hope you have fun trying my tutorial :)

~xoxo

Daira

The good thing about this tutorial is that you can change the colors, and the brush as well. Like I did with this one:

Click on Image to see the animation.

Don't forget to send me what you create, I really would love to see your results!

This tutorial was written by Daira on September 11th, 2009 for Loving Miranda Creationz.

The concept of this tutorial is copyrighted to me, so whatever you create using my tutorial are yours, as long as the resultas are not use for any kind of profit.

Feel free to print out this tutorial for your own personal use, or you may share my link with others, but do not attemp to claim as your own.

Tag Template 004

2009-09-09T12:46:00.000-07:00

Hi!

New template in my 4shared for you to download. :)

Here's the preview:

Download Me!

Thank you for donwloading my templates, and remember to show me your results :)

~xo

Daira

PSP v9 Brushes: Hearts

2009-09-01T16:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Here's my newest set of PSP brushes. Thought these were cute to convert them to brushes. Anyway, they are 11 of them, each come with their own PSP script. You will need to save both the script and the brushtip to be able to use them. These are compatible with PSP v9. Hope you find these useful.

Also, I just wrote a tutorial using one of my new brushes, I will be posting this tutorial pretty soon, so keep checking! :)

Download Me!

And remember to send me your results, I would love to see what you create with them!

xoxo

Daira