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This tutorial was written on Saturday, March 31st 2012 by Mystery Designs. It was written in PSP X2 and assumes a good, working knowledge of the program. Any similarity to other tutorials is purely coincidental and not done intentionally. Please do not copy or claim the tutorial as your own. If you wish to do so, please link to my blog should groups or forums use it in challenges, and please leave me a comment with a link to where it is being used. Thanks :)
**Supplies Needed**
Tube(s) of choice. I'm using Xeracx's superb Twilight tubes which you can purchase here
Scrapkit of choice. I am using a gorgeous Twilight-themed kit by Jen of Sleek N Sassy Designz which you can purchase here
Mask of choice. I am using a pretty mask by Vaybs which you can collect here
Font of choice
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**Plugins**
None
Ready? Lets begin.....
Open a new image – Canvas Size – 800 x 800 pixels
Don't worry that this seems a bit big, it is just to give us room to work. We can always resize later on :)
Open up your tube(s) of choice
press shift + d to duplicate
Close the original(s)
Open up element “FIOTB_Element31” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Stairs”
Image – resize – 85%
Grab your first tube
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Tube1”
Position in the middle of the stairway
Highlight your “Stairs” layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Highlight your “Tube1” layer
With your eraser tool, carefully erase the parts of your tube which overhang the stairs inside the selection
Selections – none
Grab your eraser tool again and carefully remove any of your tube which falls below the stairs
Add a drop shadow
Highlight your “Stairs” layer
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Raster 1” layer
Open up element “FIOTB_Element26” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Frames”
Position it so that the left-hand frame sits behind your tube
Grab your Magic Wand Tool with these settings :
Select the insides of the frames
Selections – Modify – Expand – 6 pixels
Highlight the “Raster 1” layer
Open up “FIOTB_Paper13” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Inserts”
Selections – invert and hit delete
Selections – none
Highlight the “Raster 1” layer
Selections – select all
Highlight your “Inserts” layer
Image – Crop To Selection
(This should remove any excess background which could cause problems when we resize later on)
Open up element “FIOTB_Element20” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Keyboard”
Image – Mirror
Image – resize – 65%
Position the keyboard so that it is inside the bottom of the right-hand frame
Highlight your “Frames” layer
Grab your Magic Wand again and select the inside of the right-hand frame
Selections – Modify – Expand – 6 pixels
Highlight your “Keyboard” layer again
Selections – invert and hit delete
Selections – none
Change the blend mode of this layer to “Screen”
Highlight your “Tube1” layer
Open up element “FIOTB_Element44” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Bow1”
Image – Mirror
Place the bow over the top right corner of the right-hand frame
Add a drop shadow
Open up element “FIOTB_Element19” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Piano”
Image – resize – 75%
Position it in the middle of your tag, below your tube and the stairs
Add a drop shadow
Open up element “FIOTB_Element42” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Heart”
Image – Mirror
Position it over the left-hand side of the piano
Open up element “FIOTB_Element53” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Bow2”
Image – Mirror
Image – resize – 45%
Position it over to the bottom-left of your tag so that it hides the end of the stairs.
Add a drop shadow
Open up element “FIOTB_Element32” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Wordart”
Position it along the bottom of your tag
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Selections – Modify – expand – 2 pixels
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Wordartback”
Change your foreground to white and use your floodfill tool to fill this layer
Selections – none
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
Highlight your “Wordart” layer again
Layers – Merge – Merge Down
Add a drop shadow
Open up element “FIOTB_Element60” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Butterflies”
Position them on your tag until you are happy with their placement
Add a drop shadow
Grab your second tube
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Tube2”
Position over to the left-hand side of your tag (see mine above for guidance)
Drag this layer down in your layer palette until it is below your “Stairs” layer
Add a drop shadow
Highlight your “Raster 1” layer
Open up “FIOTB_Paper4” from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Mask”
Highlight the “Raster 1” layer
Selections – select all
Highlight your "Mask" layer
Image – Crop to selection
Still on your "Mask" layer
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load From Disk
Choose “DBV Mask 113” with these settings :
**If you wish to resize your tag, now is the time to do so**
Add your name and all copyrights.
Save your finished tag and you’re done!
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