Saturday, June 23, 2012

Celebration of Independence

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Thomas Hoover which can be purchased from PSP Tubes Emporium.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Simply Glamorous here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

Plug Ins used:
Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow

“Celebration of Independance” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded from my blog here.
Hope you enjoy!

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste 11 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 5 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the frame – move into position.
Duplicate
Move below the frame.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Highlight the tube above the frame.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase only the parts of the tube you don’t want to overhang the frame.

Close out your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white background.

Copy and paste 13 as a new layer.
Resize 50%
Duplicate/Mirror
Move both frames into position behind the merged layer – 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 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Add your elements.  I used:
14:  Resize 70%
15
16:  Resize 80%/Duplicate
35:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate 2x’s
31:  Resize 80%
30:  Resize 70%
23:  Resize 40%
24:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip
2:  Resize 35%
1:  Resize 35% and 70%/Mirror

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

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: #800000
Background: #223850
Stroke: .50
Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: #ffffff
OK

Resize all layers 80%.

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

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