Monday, December 31, 2018

Snowflake Magic


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Verymany which can be purchased from here. 

Font of choice – I used Memories here

Gem mask 227 here

Plug Ins used:
Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow

“Majestic Colors” is a absolutely beautiful PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Cindy of Scrappin’ with Lil Ole Me and can be purchased from Mystical Scraps.
  
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 el26 as a new layer.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste el122 as a new layer.
Resize 40%
Duplicate
Move both elements into position to the left of the round frame – see my tag for reference.

Highlight the top element.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 8.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Repeat the above step with the bottom star.
Once you’ve done that, Merge Visible both element papers so they are both on the same layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position over the merged paper layer.
Highlight the merged layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Highlight the tube layer in your layers pallet.
Right Click on it and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Lower the Opacity to 30.
Deselect.
Delete the original tube layer.

Copy and paste el 132 as a new layer.
Free Rotate Left 90 degrees.
Use your Selection Tool and section off the entire right half of the frame.
Edit/Cut
Paste as new layer.
Match them up to make a tall, thin rectangular frame.
Merge Visible both frame layers.
Resize 75%.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Merge Visible the frame and paper.
Move into position behind the 2 star elements you made to look like frames – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
120
57:  Resize 40%/Duplicate
94:  Resize 55%
24:  Resize 20%
139:  Resize 40%
127:  Resize 40%
76
12:  Resize 30%/Duplicate as many times as you like/mirror some of them
19:  Resize 40%/Duplicate as many times as you like

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #2b0a00
Background: #4f6b41
Type your name.
 Convert to Raster Layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel 2 x’s:

Select All/Float/Defloat
Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II – Pool Shadow:
Use Default settings accept lower the Intensity button to 91.
OK

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


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