"Easter Shabby Chiq" - FTU

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This tutorial was written on Wednesday, April 4^th 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. I'm using one of Barbara Jensen's beautiful bunny girls which you can purchase from her site here

Scrapkit of choice. I'm using a gorgeous freebie called “Shabby Chic Easter” by Kitty which you can collect from her blog here

Mask of choice. I'm using a lovely mask by Vaybs (Mask 58) which you can collect here

Word Art of choice. I've chosen some spring wordart by the Creative Misfits which you can collect on the blog here

Font of choice

When downloading supplies, please don't forget to leave some love for the awesome designers! Thanks!

**Plugins**

None

Ready? Lets begin.....

Open a new image – Canvas Size – 650 x 600 pixels

If you like smaller tags, we can always resize later on :)

Open up your tube of choice

press shift + d to duplicate

Close the original

Open up element “KSP_SCEM_EE(12)” from the kit

Copy – paste – as new layer and rename “Frame”

Image – resize – 20%

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate with the following settings :

Grab your Magic Wand Tool with the following settings :

Select the inside of the frame

Selections – Modify – Expand – 5 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “Fill”

Open up “KSP_SCEM_PP(2)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – Into Selection

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

**Do Not Deselect**

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(2)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Overlay”

Arrange your image over the selected area until you are happy

Selections – Invert and hit delete

Highlight your “Raster 1” layer

Selections – Select All

Highlight your “Overlay” layer

Image – Crop To Selection

(This should remove any excess which could prove tricky if resizing)

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to “Luminance (Legacy)”

Lower the opacity to around 63

Highlight your “Frame” layer

Using your Magic Wand Tool, select inside the frame again

Selections – Modify – Expand – 5 pixels

Highlight your “Overlay” layer

Grab your tube

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Tube1”

Selections – Invert and hit delete

Selections – None

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to “Luminance (Legacy)”

Lower the opacity to around 53 (or whatever suits the tube you have chosen)

Layers – Duplicate and rename “Tube1a”

Change the Blend Mode to “Screen”

Lower the opacity to around 59 (or whatever suits your particular tube)

Highlight your “Frame” layer

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(14)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Twig1”

Image – Resize – 20%

Position over to the left-hand side of the frame

Layers – Duplicate and rename “Twig2”

Image – Mirror

Position over to the bottom right-hand side of the frame

Don't worry about it being too long, we will erase any excess in a little while once we've added the other elements.

Add a drop shadow to the “Twig1” and “Twig2” layers

With your “Twig2” layer highlighted

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(9)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Flower1”

Image – Resize – 25%

Position it over on the bottom right-hand corner of your frame

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(6)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Flower2”

Image – Resize – 20%

Position it along the bottom of your frame next to the previous flower

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(8)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Flower3”

Image – Resize – 15%

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate with the following settings :

Position it at the bottom-right of the frame with the previous two flowers

Add a drop shadow

**If there is any of the twig from earlier in the tut showing below the flowers, grab your eraser tool and carefully remove any overhang**

Making sure your “Flower3” layer is highlighted

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(18)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Egg”

Image – Resize – 20%

Grab your “Change To Target” brush (the one that looks like a bullseye)

Change your foreground to #a3cad2 and your background to #9c6e99

Change your background to Gradient – Foreground/Background with these settings :

Recolour the egg using your newly-created gradient

Position the egg at the bottom left-hand side of the frame

Add a drop shadow

Open up “KSP_SCEM_EE(11)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Butterfly1”

Image – Resize – 7%

Using your “Change To Target” brush again, and the same gradient as earlier, recolour the butterfly

Position the butterfly over towards the top left-hand side of the frame

Layers – Duplicate and rename “Butterfly2”

Image – Resize – 85%

Image – Rotate – Free Rotate with these settings :

Repeat the Free Rotate

Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen

Add a drop shadow to both of your butterflies

Highlight your “Raster 1” layer

Selections – Select All

Open up “KSP_SCEM_PP(2)” from the kit

Copy – Paste – Into Selection and rename “Mask”

Selections – None

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load from disk and choose “DBV Mask 58” with these settings :

Highlight your “Butterfly2” layer

Open up your wordart – I am using Teresa's “21kfioo”

Copy – Paste – as new layer and rename “Wordart”

Position it along the top of your tag

Grab your “Change To Target” brush again and recolour with the gradient from earlier

Adjust – Noise – Add/Remove noise with the following settings :

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Selections – Modify – Expand – 2 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “Wordback”

Floodfill this layer with white

Selections – None

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Add a drop shadow

Grab your tube

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “Tube2”

Arrange your tube on your tag until you are happy

Once happy

Layers – Duplicate and rename “Tube2a”

Effects – Photo Effects – Sepia Toning with the default settings :

Change the Blend Mode to “Saturation (Legacy)”

Highlight your “Tube2” layer again

Add a drop shadow

**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!