Supplies
Needed
“Beach Paradise”
is a full kit created by Kathie Stevens Designs and is part of a charity
collab which can be purchased from TKO. Please stop by and read about this worthy
cause for a seriously ill baby. You can
find snaggables on her blog here. Please visit her designing 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 Button 1 as a new layer.
Resize
85%
Click
anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract
by 10
Tap the
delete key.
Selections/Modify/Expand
by 4.
New
Raster layer below the circle.
Copy
and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Highlight
the frame layer.
Give it
a drop shade.
Merge
Down.
Copy
and paste Button 1 again as a new layer.
Resize
75%.
Click
anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract
by 10.
Tap the
delete key.
Selections/Modify/Expand
by 4.
New
Raster layer below the frame.
Copy
and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Copy
and paste BearFriends as a new layer below the circle frame.
Resize
15%
Move
into position – see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the
delete key.
Copy
and paste Sun 1 as a new layer.
Resize
5%
Move
into position – see my tag for reference.
Tap the
delete key.
Deselect.
Close
out the merged layer and white background layer.
Merge Visible.
Reopen
all layers.
You can
move both into better position later on.
Open up
Papers 7 and 9.
In your
color pallet change the foreground to Pattern and look for Paper 7.
Angle:
0
Scale:
25%
OK
Make
your Ellipse Tool active set on Rectangle.
Create
a rectangle approximately 400 px x 375 px.
Give it
a slight Inner Bevel:
Move
into position – see my tag for reference.
In your
color pallet change the pattern to Paper 9.
Create
a rectangle approximately 225 px x 300 px
Give it
the same Inner Bevel.
Duplicate.
Move
both rectangles into position – see my tag for reference.
Copy
and paste Flower Border 1 as a new layer.
Resize
10%
Move it
into position below the left edge of the top left yellow rectangle you just
created – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate
Free
Rotate Right 90 degrees – move into position behind the top of the rectangle,
joining them at the corner – see my tag for reference.
Merge
Visible both flower borders.
Make
your Selection Tool active set on rectangle, mode set to Add (Shift).
Section
off each of the flower border that overhangs the rectangle.
Tap the
delete key.
Deselect.
Deselect.
Duplicate
the merged flower border layer.
Mirror/Flip
Move
into position behind the lower rectangle.
Add
your elements. I used:
Flower
1: Resize 15%/Duplicate/Mirror
Leaf
3: Resize 13%/Duplicate/Mirror
Tree
1: Resize 15%
Bow
4: Resize 13%
Button
Starfish 1: Resize 15%
Firefly1: Resize 10%
Beach
Ball: Resize 12%
Bird
1: Resize 15%/Mirror
Button
Fish 1: Resize 15% and 50%/Duplicate/Mirror
Beach
Sign: Resize 13%
Turtle: Resize 5%
Scatter: Resize 20%
Shell
3: Resize 3%
Shell
2: Resize 2%/Mirror
Copy and
paste Beach Ball element as a new layer just above the white background.
Apply
the mask.
Merge
Group.
Duplicate
New
Raster layer.
Select
All.
Copy
and Paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply
the mask.
Merge
Group.
Add
your copyrights.
Add
your name:
Color
pallet:
Foreground
and Background: #7d4b35
Type
your name.
Give it
a slight Inner Bevel:
I hope
you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d
love to see your results.
Hugs,
Bev
