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This tutorial was written on Wednesday, February 29th 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 of choice. Once again, I am using one of Ismael Rac's sweet girls which you can purchase in the Xeracx store
Scrapkit of choice. I am using a beautiful kit called “Love Birds” by Jen of Sleek N Sassy Designz which you can purchase from her store here
Template of choice. I am using a freebie template by Pooker of Elegant Inspirations – Template 53 which you can download from her blog here
Mask of choice. I am using a pretty mask by Insatiable Dreams (DoodlemaskinsatiabledreamsCat4) which you can pick up here. It is part of the first collection on the page.
Font of choice.
WHEN DOWNLOADING SUPPLIES, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THESE WONDERFUL DESIGNERS WHO SHARE THEIR AMAZING WORK AND TIME SO FREELY. THANKS!
**Plugins**
Eye Candy Gradient Glow
Xero - Fritillary
Ready? Lets begin.....
Open up the template in PSP
Press shift + d to duplicate it
Close the original
On the duplicate, delete the CRinfo layer
Open up your tube of choice
press shift + d to duplicate it
Close the original
Highlight the "yellowcircles" layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Double Circles”
Open up Paper_10 from the kit
Copy – paste – into selection
**Do Not Deselect**
Delete the “yellowcircles” layer
Set your foreground and background to two colours that compliment your tube. I am using #d972aa and #8be6e9.
Change your background to gradient – foreground/background with these settings :
Grab your Change to Target brush, and using your newly made gradient, recolour the “Double Circles” layer
Copy – paste your tube as new layer and rename “Tube1”
Move it so that it shows in the top left section of the circles
Selections – invert – delete
**Do Not Deselect**
Selections – invert
Copy – paste your tube again as another layer and rename “Tube2”
Move it so that it shows in the bottom right section of the circles
Selections – invert – delete
Selections - none
Highlight your “Tube1” layer again
Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize with these settings :
Change the blend mode of this layer to Hard Light or a blend which suits your tube
Highlight your “Tube2” layer
Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize with the same settings
Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay or a blend to suit your particular tube
Highlight the “purplecircle” layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Circle”
Open up Paper_1 from the kit
Copy – paste – into selection
Selections – none
Delete the “purplecircle” layer
Grab your Change to Target brush again and with the same gradient as before, recolour your “Circle” layer
Highlight the horizontal “blackrect” layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Rectangle”
Using your floodfill tool, fill with your gradient from before
Selections – none
Delete the “blackrect” layer
Highlight your “Rectangle” layer again
Effects – Eye Candy – Gradient Glow with these settings :
Add a drop shadow. I am using the following :
(Colour #c83c95)
Highlight the “half circle” layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Semi Circle”
Grab your floodfill tool and fill this layer with your gradient
Adjust – Add/remove noise – Add noise with these settings :
Selections – Modify – Expand – Number of pixels = 1
Selections – invert
**Do not Deselect**
Copy – paste your tube as a new layer and rename “Tube3”
Move your tube so it sits over the Semi Circle layer until you are happy with the position.
Grab your eraser tool and wipe out the parts of your tube that overlap the Semi Circle selection.
Selections – invert
Selections – Modify – Expand – Number of pixels = 3
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Semi Frame”
Grab your Floodfill tool and fill this layer with white
Selections – Modify – Contract – Number of pixels = 9
Hit delete
Selections – none
Add the same drop shadow as before to your “Semi Frame” and “Tube3” layers
Delete the “half circle” layer
Highlight the “MainHeart” layer
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast with these settings :
Brightness = 255
Contrast = 0
Adjust – Noise – Add/Remove Noise with the previous settings
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Lilhearts” layer
Grab your Change To Target brush again, and using your foreground colour from before, re-colour the two hearts.
Adjust – Noise – Add/Remove Noise with the same settings
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Sweet” layer
Recolour using your Change to Target brush, same colour settings as the small hearts
Effects – Eye Candy – Gradient Glow with the same settings as earlier
Add a drop shadow
Repeat the colour change, gradient glow and drop shadow for the “Heart” layer
Highlight the “dottedcircles” layer
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast with these settings :
Brightness = 255
Contrast = 0
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the vertical “blackrect” layer
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast same as above
Effects – Eye Candy – Gradient Glow with the same settings again
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “purprect” layer
Using your Change to Target brush again with the same colour (#d972aa) colour the rectangle
Adjust – Noise – Add/Remove Noise with the same settings
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “purpsquares” layer
Selections – select all – float – defloat
Layers – new raster layer and rename “Squares”
Change your background from gradient to colour
Using your floodfill tool, fill your selection
Selections – select none
Effects – Xero – Fritillary with these settings :
Delete the “purpsquares” layer
Highlight the “blackcircle” layer
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast with the same settings as before
Adjust – Add/Remove Noise with these settings :
Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen
Effects – Eye Candy – Gradient Glow with the same settings
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Main Heart” layer again
Open up the Beaded_Heart element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Beaded Heart”
Move it over to the right of your tag so that it encompasses the main heart and wordart. Add a drop shadow
Open up the Birds_Cage element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Cage”
Image – resize – 53%
Move it over to the right of your tag again so it rests below the small heart. Add a drop shadow
Open up the Bird_12 element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Bird1”
Image – resize – 19%
Move it over to the right of your tag so that it sits on the bars of the cage. Add a drop shadow
Open up the Bow element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Bow”
Image – resize – 31%
Move it over to the top right of your tag so it sits above the small heart. Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Heart” layer
Open up the Hot_Air_Balloon element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “HABalloon”
Image – resize – 53%
Move it over to the bottom left of your tag, just near the small heart. Add a drop shadow
Open up the Puppy element from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Puppy”
Image – resize – 47%
Move them over to the bottom left of your tag next to your hot air balloon. Add a drop shadow
Open up Bird_13 from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Bird2”
Image – resize – 19%
Image – Mirror
Move it so that it rests on the rim of your hot air balloon basket at the bottom left of your tag. Add a drop shadow
Open up Balloon_2 from the kit
Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Balloon”
Move it over to the left of your tag so it rests above the hot air balloon
Drag this layer below your “HABalloon” layer in your layers pallette
Add a drop shadow
Highlight the “Raster1” layer
Change your foreground to a complimentary colour from your tag. I am using #fccee1
Floodfill this layer with your colour
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose DoodlemaskinsatiabledreamsCat4 with these settings :
Image - Mirror
**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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