Supplies
1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Maxine Gadd which can be
purchased from CDO. You must have
a license to use.
Font of choice - I used Before the Rain here
Plug Ins used:
Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow
“Autumn Breath” is a tagger size scrap kit also available in full size created
by Kathi of Kissed by Cari and can be purchased from TKO Scraps. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Kathi for a most beautiful autumn themed kit!
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.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Circle.
Make a circle approximately 425 pixels.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100%
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: #532b29
OK
Don’t worry about placement of this layer just yet.
New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active again, this time set on square.
Create a square approximately 360 x 350 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Move both paper layers into position – see my tag for reference.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move it into a position that will look nice in front of both paper
layers.
Highlight the rectangle paper layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the areas of the tube you don’t want to
overhang the rectangle paper.
Deselect.
Add you elements. I used:
Daisy 1: Resize 30%
Daisy Daisy 3: Resize 30% and
70%/Duplicate
Doodle 3
Cornucopia: Resize 70%
Wheat Stalk: Resize 705/Duplicate/Mirror
Branch: Free rotate Right 30
degrees
Pinecone: Resize
20%/Duplicate/Mirror
Pinecone again: Resize 15%/Free
Rotate R 35 degrees/Duplicate
Acorn 1: Resize 10%/Duplicate as
many times as you like/Use your Pick Tool to turn this way and that.
Leaf 3: Resize 25%
Leaf 2: Resize 25%/Free rotate
Left 35 degrees
Leaf 1: Resize 25%/Free rotate
Right 35 degrees
Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Move behind the circle paper layer.
Duplicate
Move below the square paper layer.
Add your credits.
Add your name.
Foreground and Background: #000000
Resize all layers 80%.
