Pieces of April

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Carrie Hall and can be purchased from Up Your Art. You must have a license to use.
Font of Choice - I used Aquarelle here
Amy and Leah mask 2 here
“Pieces of April” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by Jessica of Gothic Inspirations and can be downloaded from her blog here. Please leave a thank you when downloading. It’s a small gesture for hard work given freely.
Thank you Jess. You know how much I love your pretties!

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 as a new layer.
Resize 65%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand. Be sure to click inside the little slits on each side as well.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer below the frame.
Change the Properties to Soft Light and move toward the upper left corner.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position in front of the frame.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Ribbon Wrap: Resize 52%
Foliage: Resize 70%/Position at right side of frame.
Foliage again: Resize 65%/Flip/Mirror/Position behind the right side of the frame.
Bling: Resize 70%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate

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