Luck of the Irish

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Supplies Needed

1 Tube of choice (and one close-up – optional) - I'm using the artwork of PinUpToons
which you can purchase here

Font of choice - I'm using Algerian here

Toadies – Ommadawn
"Lucky In Love" FTU taggers kit by Jaded Delusions designed by Eclipse which can be found on her blog here. When you download please leave a thank you.

This tutorial was written assuming you have knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open a 600 X 600 transparent canvas.

Flood fill white.Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer. Resize 80%. Use your magic wand and click inside. Selctions/Modify/Expand by 6. Invert.

Copy and paste a paper of choice. Hit the delete key.

Copy and paste your tube of choice beneath your frame (or your close up if you’re using one). If you’re resizing your tube, then hit the delete key afterward. Select none.

Copy and paste your tube of choice and position to one side of your frame.

Copy and paste the Shamrock as a new layer. Resize 60%. Move into position.

Copy and paste Vine 1 as a new layer just above your white canvas. Duplicate and move it down slightly. Merge down. Duplicate/Mirror/Flip.

Close out your white background. Merge visible. Duplicate. Highlight the original layer. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Radius: 15

Toadies/Ommadawan/default settings.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results to put up in my gallery!
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

Seashells by the Seashore

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Supplies Needed

1 Tube of choice - I'm using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis
which you can purchase here at Aussie Scraps Designs.

Font of choice - I'm using Dragonfly here
Weescotlass Mask 220 here

Toadies – Ommadawn
"Summertime" PTU taggers kit by Scrap Designs by Donna which can be found here.

Please visit her blog here.

This kit definately screams "Summertime"!

This tutorial was written assuming you have knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open a 700 X 700 transparent canvas. Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 4 as a new layer. Use your Freehand Selection tool and draw around the rope handle. Hit the delete button.

Use your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections/Modify by 6. Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer. Resize 60%. Hit the delete button.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer just below the frame. Hit the delete button. Deselect. Close out your white background and merge visible. Open your background back up.

Copy and paste Bikini Top of your choice as a new layer. Resize 30%. Move into position so that it looks as if it’s hanging on the corner of the frame. Use your Selection Tool to remove part of the bikini string.

Copy and paste elements of your choice. I used:
Starfish: Resize 20%.
Crab: Resize 25%.
Different Flowers: Resize anywhere from 20% to 15%.
Frangipani (use selection tool to outline the cluster of flowers):
Resize 70%
Seashells: Resize anywhere from 15% to 10%.
Sand: Resize 70%. Duplicate/Mirror/Flip.

Close out your white canvas and merge visible. Duplicate. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur with Radius: 10. Apply Toadies/Ommadawn with default settings. Use your Eraser Tool and erase the part of the Ommadawn layer that is overlapping the sand.

Open up your white canvas and highlight it. New Raster layer. Select All. Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection. Deselect. Apply your mask. Merge Visible. Resize 110%.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name. I gave mine an innerbevel:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I would love to see your results and put them into my gallery!
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev