Running Scared

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Witches Magic here

Becky mask here

“Running Scared” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here.  You can visit my blog here.  Snags are available here.  

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

Copy and paste el2 as a new layer.

Resize 60%

Duplicate/Resize 90%

Duplicate/Resize 90%

Move all 3 frames into position – see my tag for reference.

To each frame:

Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper 17 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Copy and paste el1 as a new layer.

Resize 40%

Duplicate/Resize 85%Duplicate

Move all 3 frames into position at a diagonal with the frame sides matching up – see my tag for reference.

Merge Visible these 3 frames.

Click inside of each one with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer below the merged frame layer.

Copy and paste Paper 17 Into Selection.

New Raster layer above the paper layer.

Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.  Change the Properties of this paper to “Difference”.

Copy and paste el73 as a new layer just above the paper layer.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Copy and paste el 40 as a new layer just above the fog element layer.

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Copy and paste el 53 as a new layer below the merge frame layer.

Resize 40% and move into position.

Copy and paste el 4 as a new layer just above your white background.

Resize 50% and move into position behind the paper of the largest round frame.

Duplicate and resize 80% and move into position behind the paper of the smallest round frame.

Copy and paste el 33 as a new layer.

Resize 50% and duplicate 2x’s for a total of 3 fence layers.

Move all 3 into position across your canvas – see my tag for reference.

Merge Visible all 3 layers once they’re in position.

Copy and paste 32 as a new layer.

Resize 65%

Copy and paste 68 as a new layer.

Resize 25%

Tap the letter K on your keyboard to active your Pick Tool and turn it so that it looks as if the witch is holding the bottle – see my tag for reference.

Lower the Opacity of the bottle until you can see the witched hand through it.

Make your Freehand Selection Tool active set on Freehand and section out the witches hand:

Highlight the witch.

Tap the delete key.

Bring the Opacity of the bottle back up to 100%.  If you’re happy with how it looks then Merge Down so that the witch and bottle are now on the same layer.

Copy and paste 52 as a new layer.

Resize 25%

Move this into position so it looks like the witch is holding the lamp in the other hand.

Zoom in and use your Eraser tool to erase the ring on the lantern that overlaps her fingers so that it appears as if she’s holding onto the lantern.

Add your elements.  I used:

21:  Duplicate/Mirror/one goes behind all the frames

40:  Mirror

41:  Resize 50%/Mirror

7:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Resize 70%

El23:  Resize 40%

El37:  Resize 25%

El28:  Resize 45%/Duplicate/Mirror

61:  Resize 20%

El36:  Resize 45%

El35:  Resize 45%

Crop your image.

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Merge Group.

Duplicate

Change the Properties to Soft Light.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #0e1118

Background: #468432

Make your Text Tool active.

Set the stroke to 2.0

Type your name.

Convert to Raster layer.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Close out your white background.

Save your tag as a PNG.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev