Dancing with My Bestie

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Dean Yeagle which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Henny Penny here

My mask 27 here

"Summer Angels" is a tagger size scrap kit created by Lorraine of Artlor Designs and can be purchased from Scraps From the Heart.  You can visit her blog here.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.  

~♥~ Lets get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 2 as a new layer.

Resize 35%

Duplicate

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Move both frames and your tube into their exact positions - 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 below the frame.

Change the Properties to Soft Light.

Move into a position you like.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Add your elements.  I used:

Butterfly 5:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Resize 80%

Butterfly 6:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Resize 80%

Butterfly 2:  Resize 30%

Butterfly 1:  Resize 25%/Duplicate 2x's

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer just above the mask layer.

Move it into a position you like.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Change the Properties to Overlay.

Duplicate

Change the Properties to Soft light.

Add your credit.

Add your name:

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #326c92

Background: #e399c0

Stroke: 1.5

Type your name.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Save your tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it.  I'd love to see your results.  Email me!

Hugs,

Bev