Supplies Needed
Gem mask 55 here
My template 183 here
“Tune of Spring” is a PTU scrap kit created by Susan
of Tootypup Scraps and can be purchased from any of her stores here. Thank you
Susan for such a beautiful kit! And so very sorry it's taken me a year to get this to you!!
This tutorial was
written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.
~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~
Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the Credit layer and LAYER 5.
Highlight LAYER 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 6 as a new layer.
Move it into a position you like
over the template.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper layer a slight Inner
Bevel:
Highlight LAYER 2.
Repeat the above steps accept change
the settings of the Inner bevel:
Highlight LAYER 3.
Click anywhere outside of the
template with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into
Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight LAYER 4.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight LAYER 6.
Click anywhere outside of it with
your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 5 as a new
layer.
Move into a position you like.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect for now.
Give the paper layer a slight Inner
Bevel:
Add the following elements above the
rectangular paper, moving them into position – see my tag for reference:
(Don’t worry about what overhangs
the paper, we’ll clean that up in a bit)
Tree Stump 01
Grass 01: Resize 50%/Duplicate (this is the grass
behind the swans)
Grass 01: Resize 40%/Duplicate (this is the grass in
front of the swans)
Baby Swans 01: Resize 40%
Highlight template LAYER 6.
Click anywhere outside of it with
your Magic Wand.
Highlight each element that
overhangs the paper layer and tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Highlight LAYER 7.
Copy and paste element TuneOfSpring_08.
Resize 30%
Move into position over the template
layer.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight LAYER 8.
Paste TuneOfSpring_08 as a new layer
again (it should be in the program’s memory)
Resize 25%.
Move into position over the template
layer.
Delete the template layer.
Duplicate the element layer.
Mirror
Move into position over template
LAYER 9.
Delete LAYER 9.
Highlight LAYER 10.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into
Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper the same Inner Bevel you
gave to the large Rectangle paper layer.
Repeat the above steps with LAYERS 12
& 14.
Highlight LAYER 11.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into
Selection.
DO NOT DESELECT.
Lock the layer by clicking on the
icon that looks like a lock at the top of the layer pallet.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
Deselect.
Copy and paste SpringBird_01 as a
new layer.
Resize 40%
Mirror
Move into position over the small
square – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate the element layer and move
to the right just slightly.
In your layers pallet move it below
the other element and change the Properties to Soft Light, lower the Opacity to
about 45.
Highlight template LAYER 11.
Click anywhere outside of it with
your Magic Wand.
Highlight each element and tap the
delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Repeat the above steps with LAYER 13
AND 15. Use the following elements for
each one (DO NOT mirror either birds):
LAYER 13 use Springbird_02
LAYER 15 use Springbird_03
Add the rest of your elements. I used:
Bow_04: Resize 40%
Butterfly 01: Resize 65%
Bee_01: Resize 30%
Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into
Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Tap the letter K on your keyboard to
make the Pick Tool active.
Pull the top of the mask down just a
little and bottom up just a little.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #4d1100
Background: #ffc647
Stroke: 1.0
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Crop your image.
Close out the white background
layer.
Merge Visible.
Resize all layers 85%.
I’d love to see your results.
Hugs,
Bev
