Sunday, March 13, 2011

Spring Whispers


Clicking on the image will allow you to enlarge for bigger view.

Supplies

1 tube of choice and 1 image - I used the beautiful artwork of Carrie Hall which can be purchased from Up Your Art. You must obtain a license to use.
Font of Choice - I used Second Lyrics here
My Mask 39 here
“Fresh Memories” is a TS scrap kit created by Dani of Darkmoon’s Dreams and can be purchased from Scraps with Attitude. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Dani for a kit that shouts “breath of fresh air”!

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 Frame 1 as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Duplicate/Mirror
Move both into position - see my tag for reference.

Highlight the top frame.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your image below the frame.
Move into the position you like.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Hard Light - or whichever you prefer.

Highlight the bottom frame.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your image below the frame.
Move into the position you like.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Soft Light - or whichever you prefer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Button: Resize 40%
Flower 3: Resize 50% (position behind both frames)
Flower 3 again: Resize 25% and 60%/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate
Flowers 1: Resize 80% (position behind the frames)
Flowers 1 again: Resize 30%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

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

1 comment:

  1. I'm so sorry for being late, hun - thank you soooo much for this awesome tag. Finally posted on my blog as well. :)

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