Grunge Princess

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Arthur Crowe which can be purchased here.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Jellyka Castle’s Queen here

Weescotlass Mask 38 here

Plug Ins used:

Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes

“Grunge Princess” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Kizzed by Kelz and can be purchased from TKO Scraps.  You can visit her blog here. Thank you Kelz for a fantastic kit.

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

New Raster layer.

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.

Create a rectangle approximately 325 x 450 pixels.

Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Gaussian and Monochrome checked

Noise: 87%

OK

Deselect.

Move this layer a little to the right on your canvas.

We’ll come back to this layer in a little while.

Copy and paste Skull Frame as a new layer.

Resize 45%

Duplicate 2x’s for a total of 3 frames.

Move all frames and glitter rectangle into position – see my tag for reference.

Once all layers are in position, Merge Visible the 3 skull frames.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #C0C0C0

Background: #ffffff

Set on Gradient:

Angle: 128

Repeat: 2

Invert checked

Highlight the merged skull frame layer.

Click inside of each frame with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.

New Raster layer below the merged frame layer.

Flood fill with the gradient.

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

Change the Properties of the tube layer to Overlay.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Highlight the glitter layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Contract by 7.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 20 Into Selection.

Do Not Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Move into position in front of the rectangle.

Duplicate – Change the Properties to Soft Light, move below the original tube layer in your layers pallet, and Into Position over the paper layer.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Apply Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes:

Stroke Length: 14

Spray Radius: 24

Stroke Direction: Right Diagonal.

OK

Add your elements.  I used:

Bubble Hearts:  Resize 50%

Fence:  Resize 70%/Flip/Duplicate

Bear:  Resize 50%/Mirror

Bow:  Resize 25%/Duplicate 2x’s/Mirror one of them

Glitter Stars:  Resize 50%/Mirror

Frame

Highlight your white canvas. 

New Raster Layer. 

Select All. 

Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.

Deselect. 

Apply the mask. 

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Type your name.

Convert to Raster layer.

Select All/Float/Defloat

Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.

New Raster layer below your name.

Flood fill white.

Merge Visible both name layers.

Resize all layers 80%.

   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev