Promised Evening

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Supplies

1 tube of choice and 1 close up image - I’m using the artwork of Keith Garvey at MPT
Font of Choice - I used Al Sandra here
Monti Circular mask here
Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow
“Amore Mio” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Missy of Scraps with Attitude and can be purchased from her store Scraps with Attitude. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Missy for such a terrific Valentine’s kit!

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 4 as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Click inside with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Flood fill with a gradient of choice.
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow -
Default Settings.
Copy and paste your close up image as a new layer below the frame.
Move into position.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Add your embellishments. I used:
44: Resize 95%
36 - Erase the lower portion of the lamp
5: Resize 50%
14: Resize 25%/Duplicate/Free rotate Right 25 degrees/Mirror/Resize 70%
42: Resize 25% and 50%
34: Resize 70%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 95%
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: Black
Background: A red shade of your choice.
Stroke: 2
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:


Resize all layers 80%

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