Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sparkling Mardi Gras

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Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I'm using the artwork of Karen Middleton
which you can purchase here
Font of choice - I'm using Aquarelle here
Weescotlass Mask 259 here
DSB Flux – Bright Noise (optional)
VM Natural – sparkle (optional)
"Pastels Breeze" PTU scrap kit by Sassy Scraps which can be found here.

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open a 600 X 600 transparent canvas. Flood fill white.

Copy and paste a frame of choice as a new layer. Resize 55%. Use your magic wand and click inside. Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.

New Raster Layer below your frame. Pick out a medium and light color from your tube and create a gradient of your choice. Flood fill.

New Raster Layer (above your gradient, below your frame). Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Horizontal & Veritcal: 5
Opacity & Blur: 25
Color 5
Ok

Repeat above step accept change Horizontal & Vertical to -5.

Highlight your gradient layer. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Use Selections/Invert/Delete if need be. Deselect. If you want to animate then use your Selection Tool and outline parts of your tube you wish to glitter. Once you’ve done that, duplicate 2 x for a total of 3. Rename Glitter 1, Glitter 2, Glitter 3. Highlight Glitter 1 and apply DSB Flux/Bright Noise with these settings:
Intensity 30
Mix
Click OK.
Highlight Glitter 2 and apply the same accept hit the mix button twice.
Highlight Glitter 2 and apply the same accept hit the mix button 3 times. Close out Glitter 2 and 3, keep Glitter 1 open.

Copy and paste a flower of choice as a new layer. If you’re using the one I’m using resize 20% and position near the bottom right corner of your frame. Dupilcate. Resize 70%. Position in front of the other flower.

Copy and paste a curly ribbon of choice as a new layer. Resize 20% and position behind the flowers.

Copy and paste a ribbon of choice. Resize 20% and again 60%. Free rotate left 40 degrees. Position near the curly ribbon.

Highlight your white canvas. New Raster layer. Pick out a very dark and light color from your tube. Create a gradient and flood fill your new layer. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur
Radius: 20
Apply your mask. Merge Group.
PlugIns/VM Natural/Sparkle with these settings:
Max Size 31
Red 255
Green 255
Blue 255
Rnd color On/Off 0
Random Seed 59
Ok

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Onto the animation:

Copy merge and carry into Animation Shop.
Edit/Paste as New Animation.

Go back into PSP. Close out Glitter 1, open up Glitter 2. Copy merge and carry into AS. Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Go back into PSP. Close out glitter 2. Open up Glitter 3. Copy merge and carry into AS. Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

View your animation. If you’re happy with it then save and you’re done!

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

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