This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge
of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on August 27, 2018 and any resemblance
is purely coincidental. I use PSP 9, but any version should work. I do not
allow my tutorials to be translated and please do not claim them as your own.
If you would like to share the tutorial, please send a link to my blog. Thank you!
Things Needed: -
·
Tube/Image of choice: I am using the adorable art by Destiny Lauritsen
which is available for purchase at CDO here
·
Kit of choice: I am using a PTU kit called Sweet Thinking by the talented
Foxys Designz which you can purchase from Treasured Scraps
·
Plugins: None Used
·
Masks: Optional
·
Template: None
·
Font of Choice: I used Proxisol which was a giveaway at Creative Fabrica
with their 300 days of giveaways
·
Animation, or other items used: None
Let’s Begin:
1.)
Open a new image 800 x 800 *this will be referred to as our working image
and can be resized at the end of the tutorial should you want to resize*
2.)
Open your frame of choice I used Element1_FD.png
3.)
Copy and paste as a new layer on our working image
4.)
Open the paper of choice I am using Paper8_FD.jpg
5.)
Using your magic wand click inside of our frame
6.)
Selections- Modify- Expand by 15
7.)
Now copy your paper layer and paste as a new layer on our working image
8.)
Resize by 50%
9.)
Selections- invert
10.)
Hit delete on your keyboard one time
11.)
Drag this layer below our frame
layer
12.)
Selections- Select None
13.)
Select your psp shapes – we are
going to use the ellipse to draw a circle just a tad smaller than our outer
frame
14.)
Once happy with your circle placement
we are going to choose a font to use for the saying
15.)
I am using the font Proxisol and we
need to change our font settings: make sure your font is set to floating or
selection, a small enough size to fit your font, mine is set to 28
16.)
Hover your mouse on the edge of the circle
until you see an A with a smile under it or a a ) under it.. and type out the
saying of your choice
17.)
Once you see ants around your font
in the layers palette promote selection to layer
18.)
Selections- Select None
19.)
Delete the vector circle
20.)
Now open Element39_FD.png
21.)
Copy and paste on our working image
22.)
Resize this layer by 65% and then
again by 85%
23.)
Rotate this layer using Image -
Rotate - Free Rotate with these settings
Direction: Right
Degrees: Free 22
Uncheck both boxes they should not have a check mark
Click OK
24.)
Repeat Rotate using same settings as
in step 23
25.)
Place to the right side of our frame
and have it hugging the edge
26.)
Duplicate
27.)
Image- Mirror
28.)
Add a nice drop shadow to both new
layers
29.)
Open Element14_FD.png
30.)
Copy and paste on our working image
31.)
Image- resize by 65% all layers NOT
checked
32.)
Image flip
33.)
Image- Rotate- Free Rotate 22 degrees
to the left
34.)
Image- Rotate- Free Rotate 22
degrees to the left
35.)
Part of the branch needs to be
trimmed to make it set better
36.)
Crop the end of the branch off up
paste the single flower and leaves is where I trimmed it away
37.)
Now duplicate this layer
38.)
Image- Mirror
39.)
Add a drop shadow on both flower
layer
40.)
Open Element8_FD.png
41.)
Copy and paste as a new layer on our
working image
42.)
Resize by 60%
43.)
Move to the bottom center of our tag
to look as if it is hanging from our tag
44.)
Duplicate and resize by 80%
45.)
Move to the left of our main heart
and position it how you like
46.)
Duplicate this layer
47.)
Image- mirror
48.)
Add a drop shadow to our 3 hearts
49.)
Open Element26_FD.png and resize by
15%
50.)
Copy and paste on our working image
and move in desired area
51.)
Duplicate- Image-Mirror
52.)
Move your second bird to your liking
53.)
Add a nice drop shadow to our fine
feathered friends
54.)
Open Element6_FD.png
55.)
Crop one of the bunches of three
hearts (I used the top three) out and resize by 72%
56.)
Position to your liking
57.)
Duplicate- Image- Mirror
58.)
Open Element27_FD.png resize by 70%
59.)
Paste as a new layer on our working image
60.)
Crop the ones that don’t fit within
the tag… I kept the 2 middle ones and cropped out the rest
61.)
Now its time to open your tube
62.)
Depending on what tube you use will
depend on if you can have the light in the middle or on the side… This step is
up to you
63.)
Once content now would be the time
to crop and resize if you want
64.)
Add your copyrights and text
65.)
That’s it, we are done!!!! I hope
you like your results!!
Hugs,
Carmin
