This tutorial was written on Friday, June 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. 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 Gorjuss' sweet girls. You can purchase her artwork here
Scrapkit of choice. I've used an adorable kit called “Rainy Dayz” by Stef's Scrapkits which you can purchase here
Cluster Frame of choice. The one I made from Stef's kit to go with this tutorial can be collected here
Mask of choice. The one I am using is by Cat of Insatiable Dreams - “138InsatiableDreams” and you can collect it here
Font of choice
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**Plugins**
Xero – Radiance (optional)
Ready? Then let's begin :)
Open up your tube
Press shift+d to duplicate
Close the original
Open a new canvas – 650 x 650 Pixels
Open up your cluster frame
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “frame”
Image – Mirror
Arrange slightly over to the right of your tag
Highlight your “Raster 1” layer and rename “mask”
Change your foreground and background to two colours from your tube/tag. I am using #c8cfd7 and #cb8bb3
Change your background to gradient – foreground/background with these settings :
Grab your Floodfill Tool and fill your mask layer with the new gradient we just created
Adjust – Blur – Gausian Blur – Radius 8
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose “138InsatiableDreams” with these settings :
Open up “el46_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits”
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “doodle1”
Image – Resize – 75%
Arrange the doodle along the bottom of your tag like so :
Layers – Duplicate and rename “doodle2”
Image – Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange over on the left-hand side of the frame like so :
Layers – Duplicate and rename “doodle3”
Image – Mirror
Arrange this doodle over on the right-hand side of the frame like so :
Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “bg”
Grab your Freehand Selection Tool
Set it to Point to Point
Carefully select the inside of the frame like so :
Open up “pap06_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
**Do Not Deselect**
Grab your tube
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube1”
Arrange it over the selection
Selections – Invert and hit delete
Selections – Invert
Effects – Xero – Radiance with the default settings :
Change the Blend Mode of the layer to “Luminance (Legacy)”
Lower the Opacity to around 63
**Do Not Deselect**
Open up “el08_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “rain”
Selections – Invert and hit delete
Selections – Select All
Image – Crop To Selection
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
Highlight your “frame” layer
Open up “el13_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “string”
Image – Resize – 45%
Image – Mirror
Arrange over on the top left-hand corner of the frame
Add a drop shadow
Open up “el12_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “dots”
Image – Resize – 75%
Adjust – Add/Remove Noise
Uniform, Monochrome, Noise:19
Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen
Arrange the dots over on the right-hand side of your tag like so :
Layers – Duplicate and rename “dots2”
Image – Mirror
Arrange over on the left-hand side of your tag like so :
Drag this layer down in your layer palette until it is below your “bg” layer
Highlight your “dots” layer again
Open up “el42_RainyDayz_Stef'sScrapkits” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “bug”
Image – Resize – 25%
Image – Mirror
Arrange the bug over on the top right-hand side of your tag like so :
Add a drop shadow
Copy – Paste your tube as a new layer and rename “main tube”
Arrange it to your liking and 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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