Friday, April 13, 2012

The Softer Side of Love

Supplies

3 tubes of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen which can be purchased from her store ZindyS.D. Nielsen.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Al Sandra here

Becky Mask 22 here

Tracy’s Easter Template #10 here

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Crosshatch
Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow

“Powder Blue” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Aurelie of Pink Candy Designs and can be purchased from Lollipops n Gumdrops.  You can visit her blog here.
Thanks you Aurelie for a wonderful kit.

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size
750 x 550
OK
New Raster layer.
Send to bottom.
Flood fill white.
Delete the top 2 layers.

Highlight Square 1 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Change the Properties to Saturation.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Circle 1 layer.
Click on it with your magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100%
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: White
OK

Repeat the above step with Circle 2 layer.

Highlight Circle 3 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Cross Hatch:
Use Default Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Copy and paste one of your tubes as a new layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Change the Properties to Overlay.

Repeat the above step with Square 2 and Square 3 using a different tube in each square.
TIP:  You may have to use a different Property choice depending on the type of tube you’re using.  One of my tube layers I had to change the Properties to Soft Light instead of Overlay. 

Highlight Rectangle 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste 9 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Change the Properties to Hue (Legacy)
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Add the elements.  I used:
Fluffy Heart
Berries:  Resize 70%
Bow:  Resize 50%/Duplicate/Mirror
Bubbles:  Resize 60%
Diamond:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x’s
Butterfly:  Resize 40%
Hearts 2:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
Pin:  Resize 25%/Free rotate Left 30 degrees
Glitter

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the Preview of the kit Into Selection.
Deselect.
Resize 115%
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate
Change the Properties to Overlay.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: #67a1c9
Background:  #efefef
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 80%

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

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Brazen Romance

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Carlos Diez which can be purchased from Up Your Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Young Love ES

Monti Circular Mask here

Tracy’s Easter Template #1 here

Plug Ins used:
Xero – Porcelain
Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow

“Blue Romance” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Foxy’s Designs and can be purchased from Twilight Scraps.  You can visit her blog here.
Thanks so much for a super beautiful kit Foxy!

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Resize all layers 85%
Image/Canvas Size
700 x 500
OK
New Raster layer.
Send to bottom.
Flood fill white.
Delete the top 3 layers.

Highlight Circle 1 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Circle 2 layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Oval layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100%
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: White
OK

Highlight Strip layer.
Click on of it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection – Rename this layer “Strip”.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection – rename this layer “Rectangle”
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move it into position so it’s on the right side of the rectangle – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate/Mirror
Move the duplicate layer into a position that will look good over both the left side of the rectangle and the Strip layer as well.
Duplicate this tube layer – In your layers pallet move it just above the strip layer.

Highlight the Strip layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer just above it.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Apply Xero – Porcelain:
Use Default Settings

Highlight the Rectangle layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer just above it.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Apply Xero – Porcelain:
Use Default settings.

Add the elements.  I used:
Frame 3:  Resize 60%/Duplicate
Frame 5:  Resize 50%/Duplicate
Element 9:  Duplicate
41:  Resize 30%
11:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror
45:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Left 15 degrees
13:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x’s
16:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Right 25 degrees
36:  Resize 50%/Free rotate Right 90 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror
50:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror
20:  Resize 25%
43:  Resize 50%
23:  Resize 40%/Mirror

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Merge Group.
Change the Properties to Multiply.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Type your name.
Turn it slightly to give it a slant.
Convert to Raster layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Use same settings accept change the color to #e3e3e3

Resize all layers 80%

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