Beach Paradise

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Pictorial Signature here

Monti Circular Mask here

“Beach Paradise” is a full kit created by Kathie Stevens Designs and is part of a charity collab  which can be purchased from TKO.  Please stop by and read about this worthy cause for a seriously ill baby.  You can find snaggables on her blog here.  Please visit her designing blog here.

  

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.

Copy and paste Button 1 as a new layer.

Resize 85%

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Contract by 10

Tap the delete key.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the circle.

Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Highlight the frame layer.

Give it a drop shade.

Merge Down.

Copy and paste Button 1 again as a new layer.

Resize 75%.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Contract by 10.

Tap the delete key.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.

Copy and paste BearFriends as a new layer below the circle frame.

Resize 15%

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Copy and paste Sun 1 as a new layer.

Resize 5%

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Close out the merged layer and white background layer.

Merge Visible.

Reopen all layers.

You can move both into better position later on.

Open up Papers 7 and 9.

In your color pallet change the foreground to Pattern and look for Paper 7.

Angle: 0

Scale: 25%

OK

Make your Ellipse Tool active set on Rectangle.

Create a rectangle approximately 400 px x 375 px.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

In your color pallet change the pattern to Paper 9.

Create a rectangle approximately 225 px x 300 px

Give it the same Inner Bevel.

Duplicate.

Move both rectangles into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste Flower Border 1 as a new layer.

Resize 10%

Move it into position below the left edge of the top left yellow rectangle you just created – see my tag for reference.

Duplicate

Free Rotate Right 90 degrees – move into position behind the top of the rectangle, joining them at the corner – see my tag for reference.

Merge Visible both flower borders.

Make your Selection Tool active set on rectangle, mode set to Add (Shift).

Section off each of the flower border that overhangs the rectangle.

Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Duplicate the merged flower border layer.

Mirror/Flip

Move into position behind the lower rectangle.

Add your elements.  I used:

Flower 1:  Resize 15%/Duplicate/Mirror

Leaf 3:  Resize 13%/Duplicate/Mirror

Tree 1:  Resize 15%

Bow 4:  Resize 13%

Button Starfish 1:  Resize 15%

Firefly1:  Resize 10%

Beach Ball:  Resize 12%

Bird 1:  Resize 15%/Mirror

Button Fish 1:  Resize 15% and 50%/Duplicate/Mirror

Beach Sign:  Resize 13%

Turtle:  Resize 5%

Scatter:  Resize 20%

Shell 3:  Resize 3%

Shell 2:  Resize 2%/Mirror

Copy and paste Beach Ball element as a new layer just above the white background.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Duplicate

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and Paste Paper 6 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name:

Color pallet:

Foreground and Background: #7d4b35

Type your name.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev