This
tutorial was written on Tuesday, October 30th 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**
Scrapkit
- “Creature Feature” by Sleek N Sassy Designz HERE
Template
- “Temp159” by Amy & Leah HERE
Masks
- “WSL_Mask318” and “WSL_Mask362” by Weescotslass HERE
**Plugins**
VM
Instant Art – Steel Mesh
VM
Instant Art – Spider Web
Alien
Skin Eyecandy – Gradient Glow
Open
up the template
Shift+d
to duplicate
Close
the original
Image
– Canvas Size – 650 x 550 pixels
Delete
layer “credits-delete”
Unhide
layer “bg” and rename “mask 1”
Grab
your Floodfill tool, colour #73304d and fill layer “mask 1”
Layers
– Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose
“WSL_Mask362” with these settings :
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “mask 2”
Grab
your Floodfill tool, colour #000000 and fill layer “mask 2”
Layers
– Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose
“WSL_Mask318” with these settings :
Highlight
layer “10”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -255
Contrast
: 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with these settings :
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Highlight
layer “9”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -255
Contrast
: 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the same settings as before
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Highlight
layer “8”
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the same settings
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “8a”
Selections
– Modify – Contract – 8 pixels
Open
up “CF_Paper7” from the kit and minimize it
Grab
your Floodfill tool
Change
your background to pattern and choose Paper 7
Floodfill
the selection
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “8” again
Effects
– Alien Skin Eyecandy – Gradient Glow with these settings :
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “7”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -255
Contrast
: 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the same settings as before
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “7a”
Selections
– Modify – Contract – 8 pixels
Open
up “CF_Paper4” from the kit and minimize it
Grab
your Floodfill tool
Change your background pattern to Paper4
Floodfill
your selection
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “7” again
Repeat
the Gradient Glow and drop shadow from before
Highlight
layer “6”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -255
Contrast
: 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the same settings as before
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “6a”
Selections – Modify
– Contract – 8 pixels
Grab
your Floodfill tool and fill with Paper4 again
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “6”
Repeat
the Gradient Glow and drop shadow from before
Highlight
layer “5”
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the same settings as before
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Highlight
layer “4”
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -255
Contrast
: 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the previous settings
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Selections
– Modify – Contract – 8 pixels
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “4a”
Grab
your Floodfill tool again, still set on Paper4 and fill your
selection
Selections
– None
Highlight
layer “4”
Repeat
the Gradient Glow and drop shadow from above
Highlight
layer “3”
Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “3a”
Grab
your Floodfill tool
Change
your foreground to #63243a and fill your selection
**Do
Not Deselect**
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “3aa”
Effects
– VM Instant Art – Steel Mesh with the default settings :
Selections
– None
Change
the Blend Mode to “Overlay” and lower the Opacity to around 51
Highlight
layer “3a” and add a drop shadow
Delete
layer “3”
Highlight
layer “2”
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise with the previous settings
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “1”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “1a”
Grab
your Floodfill tool
Change
your Foreground to #09676f, Background #7b3151
Background
– Gradient – Foreground/Background with these settings :
Floodfill
your selection
Effects
– VM Instant Art – Spider Web with the default settings :
Selections
– None
Repeat
the Gradient Glow and drop shadow from before
Delete
layer “1”
Highlight
layer “words 4 back”
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “words 4”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “words 4a”
Grab
your Floodfill tool and fill your selection with the previous
gradient
Selections
– None
Delete
layer “words 4”
Highlight
layer “words 3 back” and add a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “words 2 back” and add a drop shadow
Hightlight
layer “words 2”
Adjust
– Hue and Saturation – Colorize
Hue
: 0
Saturation
: 0
Adjust
– Brightness and Contrast – Brightness/Contrast
Brightness
: -93
Contrast
: 10
Highlight
layer “words 1 back” and add a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “words 1”
Repeat
the Hue and Saturation, as well as the Brightness and Contrast from
the previous layer
At
this point, please feel free to add whichever elements from the kit
you wish. My instructions below are simply guidelines on how to
re-create the tag above :)
Open
up “CF_Element17” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “witch”
Image
– Resize – 85%
Arrange
over on the left-hand side of your tag
Add
a drop shadow of choice
Open
up “CF_Element54” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “pumpkin”
Image
– Resize – 35%
Arrange
over on the bottom-left, by the feet of your witch
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “CF_Element64” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “cat”
Image
– Resize – 35%
Arrange
over on the bottom-left by the pumpkin and witch
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “CF_Element58” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “candles”
Image
– Resize – 65%
Arrange
over on the left-hand side of your tag, by the cat and witch
Add
a drop shadow
Drag
this layer down in your layer palette so that it is below your
“witch” layer
Highlight
layer “cat”
Open
up “CF_Element55” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “bateye”
Image
– Resize – 65%
Image
– Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange
over on the top-right of your tag
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up “CF_Element45” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “ghost”
Image
– Resize – 65%
Add
a drop shadow
Arrange
in the bottom-centre of your tag
Drag
this layer so it is below layer “words 4 back” in your layer
palette
Open
up “CF_Element21” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “reaper”
Image
– Resize – 65%
Image
– Mirror
Add
a drop shadow
Arrange
over on the right-hand side of your tag
Open
up “CF_Element34” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “cake”
Image
– Resize – 35%
Add
a drop shadow
Arrange
over on the bottom-right of your tag
**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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