By the Bay

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Anna Marine which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Havlova Austra here

Monti Circular Mask here

“By the Bay” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from  either of your favorite stores – Lollipops n Gumdrops or Butterfly Blush Designs.   You can visit my designing blog here.

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 22 as a new layer.

Resize 85%

Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Copy and paste 24 as a new layer.

Resize 55%

Free rotate Left 7 degrees.

Duplicate

Mirror

Move both frames into position – see my tag for reference.

To each frame:

Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer just below the frame.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Change the Properties to Soft Light.

Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Position it in front of both frames.

Add your elements.  I used:

49:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Resize 60%

46:  Resize 60%/Duplicate/Mirror

57:  Resize 40%

15:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Flip/Resize 70%/Duplicate both flowers

8:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Left 10 degrees

9:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Right 25 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror

71:  Resize 40%

36: Duplicate

The elements to go with the name are down further in the tutorial.

  

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.

Foreground: 551f15

Background: c53a1b

Stroke: 1

Type your name.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel 2x’s:

The elements I used to decorate around the name:

56:  Resize 45%

47:  Resize 15%/Duplciate/Mirror

1:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror

67:  Resize 25%

56 again:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Move both sand layers into position to cover the bottom part of the ric rac.

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
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Hugs,
Bev