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Hello, I am Sami, the Girl behind Guilty Pleasures. I have been writing tutorials since May 22, 2009. My first tutorial was called Twilight Obsession. How I got my name is simple. I found tagging to be my Guilty Pleasure. I thought it fit perfectly. I am a designer as well. You can find links to my blogs on my top menu. If you have questions please feel free to ask. Other wise you can read more about me on my ABOUT ME PAGE!

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Bucket List 2013☆

  • Complete more tutorials than 2012
  • Complete my entire list
  • Do 10 Tutorials a Month
  • Do a complete blog makeover
  • Do More FTU Tutorials
  • Join a Tube Store Creative Team
Monday, January 23, 2012

Garv Valentine



Tube is by Keith Garvey, You can now purchase @ PTE
Scrap Kit Misfits Valentine is a FTU kit by Kaci from  Misfit Creations
template 129 by Horseplay Pastures

Open template hit Shift +D to duplicate
Canvas Resize 700x700

Open your tube and copy and paste as new layer
Resize up to desired
Place in the center of the Template
You will lmove below the dotted Lines

Erase all parts that are not in the 3 center squares
Open paper 7 copy and paste as new layer
Move below frame layer and Erase all parts that
are not in the center 3 squares

Highlight your tube layer and duplicate
Hide the duplicated layer
Go to the origional tube layer  add porcelin,
Black and White and A Gaussian Blur

Unhide the duplicated frame layer and add an overlay

Open paper 1 copy and paste as new layer
Move just below the Dotted Rectangle Lines Layer
Grab your magic wand and highlight the right rectangle layer
Click inside the rectangle
Hold Shift and do the same to the left
Hightlight your paper layer again and go to selections, Invert and Hit Delete

Open your tube layer again and copy and paste as new layer
Place above all other layers in the center

Open sprinkle hearts copy and paste as new layer
Resize down by 70% Move just above the Dotted Rectangle Lines

Open paper 6 copy and paste as new layer Move above  your hearts
Grab your magic wand and heart layer
Click inside the hearts
Hold Shift and do the same to the  the other set of hearts
Hightlight your paper layer again and go to selections, Invert and Hit Delete

Open bow 2 copy and paste as new layer
Move to the center of the center boxes below main tube layer

add your name copy right save and your done



Sunday, January 22, 2012

New Signature

I want to thank Magik over at Manipulated by Magik for the 
beautiful Signature.  I absolutely love it.  I am in the process of
redoing the blog to match!  I just wanted to show it off now:)



Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Kiss - VeryMany


You can purchase this kit at The Creativity Box
Tube is by Verymany. Please do not use without a proper License Number.
You can purchase her work and receive a license to use at Pics for Design

New Raster layer 650x650
open element 58 copy and paste as new layer
resize to liking and free rotate to the left by 21%

open your close up tube layer
copy and paste as new layer
Resize to liking and place below frame layer
Erase the parts of the tube that is on the outside of the frame layer
Duplicate Tube layer  and hide for now
add the following effects to the main tube layer

Effects that is added to the tube is
Xero Porcelain 
BW Film
Gaussian Blur

Unhide the duplicated tube layer and add an overlay

Open paper 5 copy and paste as new layer
place below all other layers  Resize down by 70%
Erase the parts of the paper that is on the outside of the
frame layer

Hit Shift+S and Duplicate the image
Copy Merged on the Duplicated Image
and Paste as new layer
Mirror and Move near the bottom
Paste as new layer again
and move near the top
Move the bottom image to where the frame is overlapping the corner
of the top.

Hide All layers of the Duplicated Image
Open your Tube once again
copy and paste your full length tube
resize to your liking place as desired
Highlight your tube layer

Open element 63
copy and paste as new layer
Place to the center of the overlapping Frame layers

Open element 55 copy and paste as new layer
Resize down by 80% twice and place to the bottom of the  full length tube , covering the legs

Open element 22 copy and paste as new layer
Move below all other layers to the right

add your name copyright and save

Monday, January 9, 2012

Smoken Angel - PTU


This Tutorial was written on 9 January 2011 by Sami using my own creativity and imagination.
Any similarities to this is completely coincidental.

Tube is by Jessica Dougherty you can purchase at CDO
Scrapkit is a PTU kit by Angel's  Designz
You can purchase this at The Creativity Box
Font used is Monika  it is a free font from Dafont

New raster layer 700x700

tube is by Jessica Doughtery -CDO
Scrap Kit Racs Angel by Angel Designs

open frame 1 copy and paste as new layer  resize down by 80%

Open tube scale up and  copy and paste behind frame layer
Erase what is on the outside of the tube  Duplicate and hide the duplicated layer
highlighting the origional tube layer  
add Xero - Porcelin, Black and white film and Gaussian blur by 20

Unhide the duplicated tube layer
and add  Xero - Porcelin  and an over layer

open paper of choice I am using paper 6
Copy and paste as new layer
Move below all other layers
grab your magic wand and highlight the frame layer and click inside the frame, 
Go to selections, Modify and expand by 6
highlight your paper layer - Go to selections and invert and hit delete.

Open your tube again copy and paste as new layer
Resize up by 110%   Duplicate frame layer 

Place the tube to where it is inbetween both frames
Move up just slightly
Grab your eraser and erase the bottom parts of the tube
Now Highlight your duplited frame layer and erase parts of the
frame that is covering up the tube layer

open the Wire copy and paste as new layer
move below all others

Open Splat 1 copy and paste as new layer move above the wire layer

open the butterfly copy and paste as new layer
move above all others
Resize down by 80% x 2 and move to the bottom left

open key and Lock copy and paste as new layer
resize down by 80% to desired size, Place to the right. I have
mine on the wire slightly..

open white splat copy resize up by 110%  copy and paste as new layer
Move below all other layers

Add your name and copyright  Save and complete.. 

I decided to keep this one simple but elegant..
 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Happy New Year

This tutorial was written on 4January2012 by Sami, using my own imagination and ctreativity
 any similarities is completely coincidental. 

Scrap kit is   Rockin' in the New Year 2012  by Broken Sky Dezines
You can purchase this kit @  Twilight Scraps
Tube is by Ismael Rac,do not use his tubes without a proper license to do so.
You can obtain a license and his work @ his store here. 
 
New raster layer 700x700
Open BSD3 copy and paste as new layer
free rotate to the right  90

Open close up tube layer  Copy and paste as new layer
Move below frame layer 
grab the eraser and erase what is sticking out from the frame

Open BSD29 copy and paste as new layer  Move above all other layers
Place at the bottom of the frame layer

Open full length tube  copy and paste as new layer
Mirror and move to the right of the frame

Open BSD9 copy and paste as new layer
Resize to desired and place to the left of all
other layers

Open BSD22 copy and paste as new layer  
Resize to desired and place to the left behind BSD9

Open BSD 27 copy and paste as new layer 
Resize to liking and place to the left under all layers

Open BSD1 copy and paste as new layer
Move below all other layers  Placing in the center
and resize up by 110%

Add your name copyright and save , I would love to see your results, please send to 
guiltypleasurestt@yahoo.com 



My Blinkie ☆

Themed Tutorials☆

Tutorials by Year☆

License Numbers☆

Keith Garvey - KG1044
Roman Zaric - RZ161
Elias Art Shop - EAS10361
Bonnies Creations - BC-Samantha08
Indie Zone - iZ-5150
ART - ART134
Michi Art - MA0156
Gary Rudisill - GR0134
The Hunter - APSS0109
Arthur Crowe Factory - AC019
The PSP Project - TPP00427
Lorenzo Di Mauro- LO1240DM
PSP Asylum PA0149
Dreamscape Imaging - DSI1135
CDO - CDO-2216
PTE - PTE-0058
Barbara Jensen - BJ1635
Scraps and the City - SATC46
MPT - MPT4535(closed)
CILM - CI2428LM(closed)
AMI - AMI4903 (closed)
Ismael Rac - IRS111F
Zindy - ZZT1401
Suzanne Woolcott - SW1232
PFD - PFD_SweetSami or PFD_SK289012
Upyourart - Upyourart3303
Tosh - Toosh1682
Sweet Pinups - SPU-20SamFL27f477
MyTubedArt - MTA-0577
Artistically Inclined - AIL0172
Lady Mishka - LM_018713

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