This tutorial was written on Wednesday, June 20th 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 am using one of the tubes which comes as a part of the scrapkit
Scrapkit of choice. I'm using a wonderful fantasy kit by Terri of Creationz by WitchysHeart called “Magical Forest” which you can purchase here
Mask of choice. I'm using one by the talented zuzzanna (mask07) which you can collect from here
Font of choice
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**Plugins**
None
Ready? Then let's begin :)
If you are using a separate tube open it
Press shift+d to duplicate
Close the original
Open a new canvas 800 x 800 pixels
This may seem a little large, but we can always resize later on. It is just to allow us room to work ;)
Open up “WH-Tree with Hammock” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “tree”
Open up “WH-Frame #3” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “frame”
Image – Resize – 50%
Arrange over on the right-hand side of the grass (see my tag above for guidance)
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
Grab your Magic Wand Tool with these settings :
Select inside the frame
Selections – Modify – Expand – 4 pixels
Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “inside”
Open up “WH-Paper #1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
**Do Not Deselect**
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
Open up “WH-Sunlight” from the kit
Press shift+d to duplicate
Close the original
On the duplicate go to Image – Mirror – Copy
Back on your tag go to Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “light”
Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None
Highlight your “tree” layer
Open up “WH-Mushrooms #1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “mushrooms”
Image – Resize – 20%
Arrange over to the left of your tag by the tree trunk (see my tag for guidance)
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Flower #3” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “flower1”
Image – Resize – 10%
Arrange in the tree boughs
Duplicate and place the flower as many times as you wish to create the effect that the tree is in bloom
Add a drop shadow to all your flower layers
Highlight your top flower layer
Open up “WH-Butterfly #2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “butterfly1”
Image – Resize – 10%
Image – Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange over on the left side of your tag, above the mushrooms we placed earlier
Layers – Duplicate and rename “butterfly2”
Image – Mirror
Arrange over in the top, right-hand side of your tag, above the frame
Add a drop shadow to both butterfly layers
Highlight your “butterfly2” layer
Open up “WH-Sparkles #4” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “sparkles”
Image – Resize – 85%
Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “mask”
Selections – Select All
Open up “WH-Paper #6” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load From Disk
Choose “zuzzanna_mask07” with these settings :
Layers – Arrange – Send To Bottom
Highlight your “sparkles” layer
Copy – Paste your tube of choice
If you wish to use the same tube I have here
Open up “WH-Tube #2”
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube”
Image – Resize – 25%
Arrange over on the right-hand side of your tag in front of the frame
Add a drop shadow
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
Highlight your “frame” layer
Add a drop shadow
Highlight your “tree” layer
Add a drop shadow
**If you would like 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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