Friday, April 13, 2012

The Softer Side of Love

Supplies

3 tubes of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen which can be purchased from her store ZindyS.D. Nielsen.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Al Sandra here

Becky Mask 22 here

Tracy’s Easter Template #10 here

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Crosshatch
Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow

“Powder Blue” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Aurelie of Pink Candy Designs and can be purchased from Lollipops n Gumdrops.  You can visit her blog here.
Thanks you Aurelie for a wonderful kit.

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Image/Canvas Size
750 x 550
OK
New Raster layer.
Send to bottom.
Flood fill white.
Delete the top 2 layers.

Highlight Square 1 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Change the Properties to Saturation.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Circle 1 layer.
Click on it with your magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply Eyecandy 3.1 – Glow:
Width: 3
Opacity: 100%
Opacity Drop Off: Fat
Color: White
OK

Repeat the above step with Circle 2 layer.

Highlight Circle 3 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Apply Brush Strokes – Cross Hatch:
Use Default Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Copy and paste one of your tubes as a new layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Change the Properties to Overlay.

Repeat the above step with Square 2 and Square 3 using a different tube in each square.
TIP:  You may have to use a different Property choice depending on the type of tube you’re using.  One of my tube layers I had to change the Properties to Soft Light instead of Overlay. 

Highlight Rectangle 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste 9 Into Selection.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Change the Properties to Hue (Legacy)
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Add the elements.  I used:
Fluffy Heart
Berries:  Resize 70%
Bow:  Resize 50%/Duplicate/Mirror
Bubbles:  Resize 60%
Diamond:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x’s
Butterfly:  Resize 40%
Hearts 2:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
Pin:  Resize 25%/Free rotate Left 30 degrees
Glitter

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste the Preview of the kit Into Selection.
Deselect.
Resize 115%
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate
Change the Properties to Overlay.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: #67a1c9
Background:  #efefef
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Resize all layers 80%

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

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