Fairy Wishes

 

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the adorable artwork of Katerina Koukiotis which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven.

Font of choice – I used The Quick Frog here

My mask 27 here

Rachel Designs template 107 here

“Wishing Star” is a Tagger Size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded here.  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Resize
By Pixels checked
Lock aspect ratio box checked
Resize all layers checked
Width & Height: 700 x 700 pixels
OK
Highlight the white background layer.
Image/Canvas Size:
Be sure "Lock Aspect Ratio" is checked
Width: 800
Under Placement make sure the center block is checked
OK
Flood fill #ffffff to fill in the background

Highlight 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the paper layer.  Move into a position you like. 
Right click on the tube layer and choose "Promote Section to Layer" from the sub menu.
Delete the original tube layer.
Change the Properties of the Promoted tube layer to Soft Light.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the paper layer.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform and Monochrome checked
Noise 30%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps with layers 6 and 7 except omit the tube.

Highlight 2.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 3.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight 4.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Select/Modify/Contract
Number of Pixels: 4
OK
Selections/Invert
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings.
Repeat Noise effect.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  If you're using the same one as I did, resize 50%.

Add your elements.  See my tag for placement.  I used:
El 12:  Resize 80%
El 76:  Duplicate/Mirror
El 116:  Resize 40%
El 3:  Resize 30%
El 2:  Resize 25% Mirror
El 92:  Resize 55%
El 94:  Resize 55%/Mirror
El 58:  Resize 30%
El 117
El 7:  Resize 30%
El 9:  Resize 25%
El 17: Resize 45%
El 5:  Resize 40%
El 24, 25, 27, 28:  Resize 25% 

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 18 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Choose any color.
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Copy and paste Paper 18 Into Selection
Give it a slight Inner Bevel 2x's:

Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the name layer.
Flood fill with #e7e99e.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Use same settings.
Deselect.
Merge Visible both name layers.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev