Supplies Needed
1 tube of choice – I used
the adorable artwork of Fania-Love and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven.
Animation Shop
Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes: Sprayed Strokes
Xenofex 2: Constellation
“Blueberry
Hill” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs
and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven.
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.
Delete the to 5 layers
and Dotted Lines layer.
Highlight Multi-Coloured Stripes layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6
Into Selection.
Click the lock icon at
the top of the layers pallet to lock this layer.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian
Blur:
Radius: 2
OK
Deselect.
Click the lock at the top
of the layers pallet to unlock the layer.
Delete the template
layer.
Apply a slight Inner
Bevel:
Highlight Right Purple Rectangle layer.
Merge down.
Left and Right Purple
Rectangle layers should now be on the same layer.
Paste Paper 6 as a new
layer (it should still be in the program’s memory).
Resize 70%
In your layers pallet,
highlight the merged template layer.
Use your Magic Wand and
click on each rectangle.
In your layers pallet,
highlight the paper layer and right click on it.
Choose “Promote Section
to Layer”
Delete the original paper
layer.
Deselect.
Make your Selection Tool
active set on Rectangle.
Make sure the Mode is set
to Add (shift)
Section off the right and
left sides of the paper:
Press Ctrl + H on your
keyboard.
Feather Selection box
will appear.
Feather amount: 20
OK
Press Shift + B on your
keyboard.
Brightness/Contrast box
will appear:
Brightness: -71
Contrast: 10
Linear Mode: checked
OK
Deselect.
Make your Magic Wand
active and click anywhere outside of the rectangle paper.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Select
Selections Borders:
Outside and Anti Alias
checked
Border width: 2
OK
Shift + B:
Use same settings.
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight Green Circle.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4
Into Seleciton.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12
Into Selection. Change the Properties of
this paper to Burn.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight Pink Rectangle.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5
Into Selection. DO NOT close out this paper as we’ll be using it in the next
step.
Click the icon at the top
of the layers pallet to lock the layer.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian
blur:
Radius: 4
OK
Apply Brush Strokes –
Sprayed Strokes:
Stroke Length: 12
Spray Radius: 7
OK
Click the lock at the top
of the layers pallet to unlock the layer.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Give the paper a slight
Inner Bevel:
Make Paper 5 active.
Make your Selection Tool
active set on Rectangle.
Section off a small dark
blue area of the paper. (I used a section near the top next to the white scroll
print).
In your color pallet, set the foreground to Pattern and look for that sectioned off blue area.
Highlight Pink Star.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand
by 4.
New Raster layer below
the star.
Flood fill with the blue
pattern.
Deselect.
Repeat the above step
with Blue Star.
Highlight Pink Star.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7
Into Selection.
Copy and paste the tube
as a new layer over the paper layer.
Move into a position you
like.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Properties of
the tube to Soft Light. Duplicate this
layer.
DO NOT DELETE THE
TEMPLATE LAYER.
Highlight Blue Star.
Repeat the above steps
accept use the image of the bunny rabbit this time.
Merge together both the Blue Star and Pink Star template layers and then move them to the top of your layers
pallet.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12
Into Selection.
Press Ctl + H.
Feather Selection Box
will open.
Use same settings.
OK
Deselect.
Duplicate the feathered
paper layer 2 times for a total of 3.
Rename them C1, C2, and C.
Highlight C1.
Apply Xenofex 2 –
Constellation:
Match your settings to
mine:
Repeat the above step
accept hit the Random Seed button once.
Highlight the merged star
template layers.
Click anywhere outside of
them with your Magic Wand.
To each constellation
layer –
Highlight the layer and
then tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Close out C2 and C3.
Copy and paste your tube
as a new layer – see my tag for reference.
Add your elements. I used:
E11: Resize 85%
E8
E50: Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
E47: Resize 50%
E47: Resize 50%
E40: Resize 70%/Duplicate 3x/Erase what overhangs
the paper
E1: Resize 85%
E4: Duplicate 3 times
Highlight your white
background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into
Selection.
Duplicate and change the
Properties of this paper to Multiply.
Merge Down.
Duplicate and change the
Properties of this layer to Multiply.
Merge Down.
Apply the mask.
Resize 110%
OK
Merge Group.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #1b2156
Background: #f97282
Stroke width: 1
Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.
Give it a slight Inner
Bevel:
******************name
bevel*********************
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Contract
by 1
Make your Target Tool
active
Change to Target Tool
settings to match mine:
Size: 74
Hardness: 15
Step: 10
Density: 100
Thickness: 100
Rotation: 0
Opacity: 100
In the color pallet set
the Foreground color to: #93d3f5
Barely bump the bottom of
your name with the Target Tool just to give it a slight blue tint.
Deselect.
Make your Freehand
Selection Tool active.
Section around the blue
tinted area making the line wavy – NOT NICE AND NEAT!
Press Ctrl + H on your
keyboard
The Feather Selection box
will open.
Feather amount: 20
OK
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add
Noise:
Random & Monochrome
checked
Noise: 51%
OK
Deselect.
If you don’t want to
animate your tag then save.
~Time to Animate~
Copy Merge.
Carry Into Animation Shop
(AS)
Edit/Paste as New Animation.
Back in PSP.
Close out C1.
Open up C2.
Copy Merge
Carry Into AS
Edit/Paste/After Current
Frame.
Back in PSP.
Close out C2.
Open up C3.
Copy Merge.
Carry Into AS.
Edit/Paste/After Current
Frame.
View your animation.
If you’re happy with it
then save.
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial.
I’d love to see your
results.
Hugs,
Bev
