Supplies Needed
1 tube of choice – I used
the adorable artwork of Robin Pushay which can be purchased from Artistic
Dreams Imaging.
“Seashells &
Sandcastles Add On” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s
Pasture Designs and can be downloaded from my blog 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 El1 as a
new layer.
Resize 45%
Free rotate Right 4
degrees
Duplicate/Mirror
Resize 85%
Don’t worry about
placement just yet.
Copy and paste your tube
as a new layer.
Move the frames and your
tube (resize as needed) into exact position – see my tag for reference.
To both frames:
Highlight the 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.
Deselect.
Elements in the lower
frame:
Copy and paste El4 as a
new layer.
Resize 35%
Move into position – see my
tag for reference.
Duplicate the element and
resize 75%.
Duplicate the element.
Lower the Opacity of one
of them to 20.
Resize the other 75% and
position within the top frame – see my tag for reference.
Copy and paste el5.
Resize 40%
Position within the top
frame – see my tag for reference.
Add your
elements. I used:
El 13: Resize 75%/Duplicate
El 16: Resize 50%/Mirror
El 17: Resize 40%
El 14: Resize 60%
Highlight your white
background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 4
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.
New Raster layer above
the mask layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 6
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
Merge Group.
Change the Opacity of
this layer to Burn.
To create the ring of
words:
Color Pallet:
Color Pallet:
Foreground and
Background: #403c40
Close out the background.
Make your Ellipse Tool
active.
Set the stroke to 2.0
Create a circle the size
of the mask – see where the words are on my tag for reference.
In your color pallet,
open up the background color.
Make your Text Tool
active.
Move the cursor along the
top of the circle until you see a Rocking A and click the mouse.
The text box will open.
Type the words “Seashells
& Sandcastles”, hit the space bar 4x’s, type “GOOD MORNING” in all capital
letters, hit the space bar 4x’s.
Use your mouse and
highlight all the words and spaces, Right click the mouse and choose Copy.
Left click your mouse in
the text box – the cursor should appear after the last 4 spaces.
Press Ctl + V on your
keyboard. The entire phrase you copied
should paste. Keep an eye on your tag
and continue pressing Ctrl + V until all the words come to full circle.
If you find you have
extra spaces and can’t fit another phrase then just click your mouse in the
spaces after each phrase and add another space until it looks spaced out
nicely.
In your layers pallet
click on the eye of the New Ellipse layer.
Right click your mouse on
Vector 1 layer.
Choose Convert to Raster
layer.
To color the words:
Make your Freehand
Selection Tool active, set on Point to Point.
Encircle each of the GOOD
MORNING words in your circle.
In your layers pallet
change the background color to #1d4d7c
Make your Color Replacer
Tool active and double right click on one of the GOOD MORNING phrases. All of the GOOD MORNING phrases should turn
blue.
Selections/Invert
In your color pallet
change the background color to #188253.
Double right click your
Color Replacer tool on the words “Seashells & Sandcastles”. All of those phrases should turn green.
Deselect.
Duplicate the ring of
words.
Merge Down.
Duplicate
Merge Down.
Give it a drop shadow.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #1d4d7c
Background: #188253
Make your Text Tool
active.
Set the stroke to 1.0
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner
Bevel:
Make your Target Tool
active
Set the size to 167 and Hardness
to 50.
Barely brush the tool
along the bottom of your name to give it a hint of blue color.
Give your name a drop
shadow.
Close out your white
background.
Save your tag as a PNG.
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial.
I’d love to see your
results.
Hugs,
Bev
