Autumn Harvest

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Enyas Guerrero which can be purchased from CDO

Font of choice – I used Mathilde Castle here

Weescotlass mask 236 here

Divine Intentions template 298 here

“Autumn Harvest” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by Barbara of A Cowgirl’s Creations and can be downloaded from her link here.  Thank you so much for a beautiful kit, Barbara!   

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.

Shift + D.

Close out the original.

Delete the top 4 layers, Small Rectangle Shapes, So High, Pixel Words, Stars, and Glitter Circle 1.

Highlight the white background layer.

Image/Canvas Size:

800 x 800

OK

Flood fill white.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #7f4425

Highlight Circle layer (the layer right above the white background layer).

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer below the circle.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

Flood fill with your foreground color.

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Random and Monochrome checked

Noise: 57%

OK

Selections/Modify/Contract by 4.

(the marching ants should now be alone the very edge of the black template layer)

New Raster layer just above the black template layer.

Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Circle layer (the pink circle with the gap in it).

Click on each circle part with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the circle layer.

Flood fill with your foreground color.

Apply the same noise effect.

Deselect.

Highlight Thin Rectangle layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

Highlight the layer you just gave the noise effect to and flood fill with your foreground color.

Apply the same noise effect.

Deselect.

Highlight Circle layer (the pink circle with the gap in it).

Click on each circle part with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Thin Rectangle layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer above the template layer.

Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Glittered Rectangle layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Flood fill with your Foreground color.

Give it the same noise effect.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Rectangle layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

Copy and paste Paper 7 as a new layer and move into a position over the template that you like (I moved the bottom right corner over the template)

Right click on it in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.

Delete the original paper layer.

Copy and paste Chain Link Fence as a new layer over the paper layer.

Move into a position you like.

Right click on the Chain Link Fence in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the sub menu.

Delete the original chain link layer.

Deselect.

Change the Properties of the chain link to Difference.

Delete the pink rectangle template layer.

Highlight Glittered Circle 2 layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Flood fill with your foreground color.

Give it the same noise effect.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Small Circle layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the paper layer.

Move into a position you like.

Right click on it in your layer pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer” from the submenu.

Delete the original tube layer.

Lower the Opacity of the tube to about 51.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Copy and paste Flower 2 as a new layer just above your white canvas.  Move it into position so that the petals barely peek out from behind the glitter circle.  Duplicate the flower as many times as needed until you have the flower positioned all the way around – see my tag for reference.

Merge Visible all the flowers.

Add your elements.  I used:

Floral Border:  Resize 65%/Free rotate Left 90 degrees.

Ribbon 2

Floral Doodle 2:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror

Lantern:  Resize 50%

Grass:  Duplicate/position behind the large circle.

Grass again:  Resize 70%

Flower 4:  Resize 20%

Flower 1:  Resize 20%

Bow:  Resize 70%

Butterfly:  Resiz3 25%/Free rotate Left 25%

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground and Background: #000000

Make your Text Tool active.

Type your name.

Close out your white background.

Resize as you like.

Save your tag as a PNG.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev