Grunge Love

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Supplies
2 tubes of choice - I used the beautiful artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen here
Font of choice - I used Hand Script LCase here
Blissfully Beth’s Template 90 here
Becky Mask 22 here
“Pastel Grunge” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by Pink Poet Scraps and can be found here.
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This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the credit layer words layer.
Resize all layers 110%
Image/Canvas Size
700 x 600
Flood fill Raster 1 layer white.

Highlight Line 1 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Line 2 layer.

Highlight 1 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Resize as needed.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Merge visible the tube and paper.

Highlight 4 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the same paper as you used before Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight your tube layer.
Duplicate/Mirror
Free rotate left 2 degrees.
Copy
Now delete that layer.
(I know! It sounds nuts, but trust me. Just delete the layer…lol)
Highlight 4 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Merge Visible the tube and paper.

Highlight 3 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Resize as needed.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Merge Visible the tube and paper.

Highlight 2 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the same paper as you used before Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight your tube layer from 3 layer.
Duplicate/Mirror
Free rotate right 5 degrees.
Copy
Now delete that layer.
(Yup, we‘re about to do this step again…lol)
Highlight 2 layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Paste Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Merge Visible the tube and paper.

To each Merged Visible layer:
Highlight the layer
Give it an inner bevel:

Add your embellishments. I used:
Flower: Resize 40%
Flowers 1: Resize 40%
Flower 3: Resize 40%
Butterfly: Resize 30%
Bird: Resize 50%
Star Bling: Resize 35%

Crop your image -
Leaving some room at the top and bottom.
Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Mesh as a new layer above the paper.
Merge Down.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Give it the same inner bevel.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!

Hugs,
Bev