Tutorial Written on the 2nd Feb 2008
For this Tutorial you will need:
PSP
Mura Meisters - Copies
VM toolbox - Zoom Blur
Toadies - Blast Em!
Tube of choice
I used art by Jamie Kidd. You can purchase her tubes from CILM HERE
Font of choice
I used Miss Lankfort
Scrap Kit of Choice
XOXO by Clarey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bagzofscrapz/
Download here
Open a new 700x500 canvas
Flood fill white
Open clarey_xoxo_flower3 - copy and paste it onto your canvas
Colourize to match your tube
Effects - Plugins - VM Toolbox - Zoom Blur with default settings
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds with these settings
Width 6
Opacity 61
Colour White
Horizontal unchecked
Light from left/top checked
Dublicate the layer
On the orginal
Effects - Plugins - Toadies Blast Em!
Default settings
Open clarey_xoxo_roundframe2 resize about 70%
Colourize to match your tube
With your magic wand select inside of the frame, dont forget to do the bottom of the frame under the ribbon OR use the selection tool - selection type circle
Add new raster layer - move it under your frame
Selections - modifty - expand by 3
Flood fill with a dark colour from your tube
Paste your tube on to your canvas and move it into position
Selections - invert - delete
Selection none
Lower the opacity of the flood fill layer to 40%
Change the mode to Colour Legacy
Open clarey_xoxo_flower3 - paste on to your canvas
Resize about 50%
Colourize to match your tube
Apply Mura Meister Copies - Encircle with these settings
Resize about 80%
Move it above the Blast Em layer
Effects - Texture effects - weave with these settings
Gap - 1
Width - 7
Opacity - 10
Weave Colour - black
Gap Colour - white
Fill gaps checked
Open clarey_xoxo_tag2
Colourize and resize to match your tube
Image - free rotate - 15 left
Position it top right of the frame
Open clarey_xoxo_bow2
Resize and colourize
Paste it on to your canvas and move it so the bow is attached to the top of the string
Add a dropshadow to the flowers. bow, tag and frame
Select your eclipse tool
Background transparent
Foreground anything - it doesnt matter what lol
draw a circle slightly bigger than your tag - DO NOT convert to raster
select off that layer
Select your text tool and move it towards the circle outline until you see an angled A
Add artist copyright and your watermark info
Convert to raster - add a dropshadow and delete the circle outline
Add your name and rotate it to fit on the tag
Convert to raster and add a dropshadow
Save!