Tuesday, 13 November 2012

"Just Love Nature" - Tutorial (PTU Kit)


This tutorial was written on Tuesday, November 13th 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 am using one of the beautiful fairies which comes as part of the kit by Scrappers Delight, which you can purchase over at the ART store here

Kit of choice. I am using a beautiful autumnal kit by Scrappers Delight called “Autumn Sunrise”, also available over at the ART store here.  This kit is jam-packed with so many gorgeous elements to play with, it is hard to choose which to use.

Mask of choice. I am using mask 210 by Cat of Insatiable Dreams which you can download here




**Plugins**

None



Open a New Image – Canvas size 800 x 500 pixels

Rename layer “Raster1” to “background” and floodfill with white (#ffffff)


Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “mask”


Selections – Select All

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-2” from the kit


Copy – Paste – Into Selection


Selections – None

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk

Load up mask “210InsatiableDreams” with these settings :



Image – Free Rotate with the following settings :



Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-47” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 75%

Grab your Magic Wand Tool

Select inside the frame

Selections – Modify – Expand – 10 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “inside frame”

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-1” from the kit

Copy – Paste – Into Selection

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Still with the inside of your frame selected

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “embelishment”

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise18” from the kit

Copy – Paste – Into Selection

Selections – None

Change the Blend Mode of this layer to “Overlay”

Highlight layer “frame” and add a drop shadow

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-56” from the kit

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

Image – Free Rotate using the previous settings

Arrange along the bottom of your tag like so :



Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below your “inside frame” layer

Highlight your “frame” layer again

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-20” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 75%

Grab your “Change to Target Brush”

Change your foreground to #c37c19

Colourise your wordart

Layers – Duplicate and rename “wordart1”

Layers – Merge – Merge Down

Arrange your wordart along the bottom-middle of your tag (see mine above for guidance)

Once happy with the placement

Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat

Selections – Modify – Expand – 2 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “wordart back”

Grab your Floodfill Tool

Change your foreground to #f2d774 and fill your selection

Selections – None

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Add a drop shadow

Highlight layer “wordart”

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-25” from the kit

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

(If you are using your own tube, at this point copy/paste that as a new layer instead)

Image – Resize – 30%

Image – Mirror

Arrange over on the bottom-right of your tag like so :



Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below your “wordart back” layer


Add a drop shadow


Highlight your “wordart” layer again

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-63” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “stem flowers”

Image – Resize – 45%

Arrange them over on the right-hand side of your tag, by your tube and the last letter of the wordart like so :



Add a drop shadow

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-53” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 78%

Arrange the vine along the word “nature” from the wordart at the bottom of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-65” from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “flower1”

Image – Resize – 45%

Arrange it over on the far bottom-right corner of your tag

Layers – Duplicate and rename “flower1a”

Image – Mirror

Arrange over on the far bottom-left corner of your tag

These should be either side of the wordart we placed earlier

Layers – Duplicate and rename “flower2”

Image – Resize – 75%

Arrange it next to the larger flower on the left of your tag

Layers – Duplicate and rename “flower2a”

Image – Mirror

Arrange next to the larger flower on the right of your tag

Once happy with all the flower placings, add a drop shadow to each

Highlight your “flower2a” layer (this should be your top layer)

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-60” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 25%

Arrange over on the bottom-right of your tag by the flowers we just placed

Add a drop shadow

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-76” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 45%

Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag by the flowers we placed earlier

Add a drop shadow

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-29” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 25%

Arrange down on the bottom of your tag in the middle of the acorns we just placed

Layers – Arrange – Move Down

Add a drop shadow

Highlight your “acorns” layer (this should be your top layer)

Open up “sdjpc-Autumn-Sunrise-28” from the kit

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

Image – Resize – 35%

Arrange so that the butterfly is resting on the bottom flower along the edge of your frame (see my tag above for guidance)

Layers – Duplicate and rename “butterflyb”

Image – Mirror

Arrange the second butterfly over on the bottom-right of your tag, on the smaller of the two flowers (see my tag above for guidance)

Add a drop shadow to both butterflies


**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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