Irish Lass

Supplies
1 tube of choice - I’m using Irish Lass - the artwork of KatNKDA which you can purchase here
Font of Choice - I’m using Fmiring Campo type One here and Papyrus which came with my pc
Mask - included in Kat’s art kit
Alien Skin - Xenofex 2: Constellation
Animation Shop
“Clover” is a PTU tagger size art kit created by KatNKDA. It can be purchased from her store NK Art Shop. You can visit Kat’s blog here.
Thank you so much for a beautiful Irish kit, Kat. The only thing missing is the leprechaun…lol

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a transparent 700 X 700 canvas.
Flood Fill white.

Copy and paste Element 23 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Use your Magic Wand and click inside of it.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Element 28 as a new layer.
Image Flip/Mirror
Resize 70%
Center within the frame.
Lower the Opacity to about to about 85.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you used Kat’s Irish Lass tube, resize 55%.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Element 17: Resize 50%
Element 32: Resize 60%
Element 29: Resize 40%
Element 31: Resize 25%
Element 43: Resize 25%
Element 26
Element 10: Resize 80%

Using the Papyrus font (or whichever font you chose):
Type out the words “Irish Luck”
Free rotate left 22 degrees and position over Element 17.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply Mask 1 - be sure “Invert Data” is checked.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Give it a slight inner bevel:


Highlight the Pot of Gold layer.
Duplicate 3 times for a total of 4 layers.
Rename them POG 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Highlight POG 1
Use your Freehand Selection Tool and outline the gold.
Apply Xenofex 2: Constellation:


Highlight POG 2 and apply Constellation again accept click the random seed button once.

Repeat the above step with POG 3 and 4.
Deselect.
Close out POG 2, 3, and 4 layers.
Copy Merge

~Time to Animate~

Open Animation Shop.
Edit/Paste/As New Animation.

Back in PSP.
Close out POG 1.
Open POG 2.
Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.
Close out POG 2.
Open POG 3.
Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.
Close out POG 3.
Open POG 4.
Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Ctrl + A to highlight all layers.
Animation/Frame Properties
Display Time: 18
OK

If you’re happy with your animation then save.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev