Toys in the Attic

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Cinnamon Cake here

Vix mask 451 here

Brush Strokes – Crosshatch

My template 141 here

“Lost Toys” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Crys of Creative Scraps by Crys and can be purchased from Mystical Scraps here.  You can visit her blog here.  Thank you Crys for such a crazy adorable kit!!

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.

Shift + D
Close out the original.

Image/Canvas Size

700 x 700

OK

Highlight the background layer and flood fill white.

Delete the credit layer.

Highlight Rectangle 1 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

Copy and paste Paper 16 as a new layer.

Right click on it in the layer’s pallet and choose “Promote to Section Layer”

Delete the original paper layer.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper a slight Inner bevel:

Highlight Glitter Circle 1 layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Change the Properties of the paper to Multiply.

DO NOT delete the template layer.

When giving a drop shadow, give it to the template layer, not the paper.

Repeat the above step with Glitter Circle 2.

Highlight Dotted Line 1.

Select All/Float/Defloat

New Raster layer.

Paste Paper 4 (it should still be in the memory from the previous step) Into Selection.

Deselect.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Dotted Line 2.

Repeat the above step with Dotted Circle accept DO NOT give it a slight Inner bevel.

Highlight Strip 1.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

To the paper, apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:

Stroke Length: 9

Sharpness: 6

Strength: 1

OK

Highlight Strip 2.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

To the paper, apply Brush Strokes – Crosshatch:

Use same settings

Highlight Circle 1 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle 2.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Circle 2 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.

Deselect for now.

Arrange in front of the paper the following elements (don’t worry about what overhangs the circle, we’ll clean that up in a bit) see my tag for reference:

Blocks 1, 2, 3, and 4:  Resize each 25%

Unicorn: Resize 80%

Rocking Horse: Resize 50%

Mobile: Resize 50% and 85%

Duplicate the Unicorn and Rocking Horse layers.

Move each up and to the right just a little.  In your layers pallet, move the Unicorn below the blocks and move the rocking horse below the blocks and below the Unicorn.

Lower each element’s Opacity to 24.

Because you can now see the horse through the Unicorn, to fix that:

Highlight the Unicorn.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Contract by 1

Highlight the Rocking Horse.

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Highlight Circle 2 template layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight each element that overhangs the paper that belongs to this template and tap the delete key.

Ta-da!  The mess you just had hanging over the circle should now be all neat and cleaned up.

Add your elements.  I used:

Feather: Resize 45%/Duplicate/Free rotate Left 45 degrees.

Leaf 5:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror

Plant:  Resize 90%

Flowers 1 & 2:  Resize 30%

Clock:  Resize 40%

Shoe:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror

Toy 3:  Resize 25%

Stars:  Resize 40%/Duplicate

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 17 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Change the Properties to Overlay and lower the Opacity to 61.

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #454031

Background: #7d755d

Make your Text Tool active.

Set stroke width to 3.0

Type your name.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev