Old Fashioned Summer

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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I used the beautiful artwork of Genniday Koufay at CILM
Font of Choice - I used Oh Lara - a pay font
Gem’s Mask 161 here
“Sunflower Patch” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Julie of Bits n Bobs and can be purchased at Exquisite Scraps. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Julie for such a beautiful kit with that old time feel! I absolutely love this one!!

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~
Open up a 700 X 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste SP 63 as a new layer.
Use your Selection Tool and section out a square:

New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Selections/Modify/Feather
Number of Pixels:
43
OK
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key twice.
Deselect.

Be sure you’re still highlighted on the paper layer:
Adjust/Brightness and Contrast
Brightness/Contrast
Brightness: -10
Contrast: 5
OK

Apply the Brightness/Contrast once more.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your embellishments. I used:
SP-20: Mirror
SP-8
SP-9: Mirror
Sp-22
SP-57

Crop your Image.

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Give it a slight inner bevel:


Resize all layers 85%.

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