Memories of You

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen here

Font of choice – I used Before the Rain here

Vix Mask 451 here

Divine Intentions template 293 here.  If you scroll down her blog, on the left hand side you’ll see a link to download all 480 of her templates!

“Memories of You” is a full size 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 the template.

Shift + D.

Close out the original.

Delete the following layers:

By Missy, words, pixel words

Highlight and open up the background layer.

Image/Canvas size:

800 x 700 ok

Flood fill white.

I’m sorry the canvas is so large!  I was halfway done making the tag and ran out of room on the canvas – yikes!

Highlght Glittered Oval Half 2 layer.

Merge Down.

Both half ovals should now be on the same layer.

Use your Magic Wand and click anywhere outside of the merged template.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper Mist 3 Into Selection.

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Uniform and Monochrome checked

Noise: 38%

OK

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight Oval layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper 4 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #000000

Background: #c0d79f

Highlight Rectangle 1 layer.

Make your Color Replacer Tool active and double right click on the template layer.

Zoom in on the template and you’ll see not all of the template has changed color.  In your color pallet, change the foreground to each of those colors and change the color to the green that we’re using.

Once your entire template layer is changed, use your Magic Wand and click on the template.  New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper 3 Into Selection.

Highlight Rectangle 2.

Duplicate the above step.

Highlight Circle 1 layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Contract by 16.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper Mist 1 Into Selection.

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

Move it into a position you like.

Right click on it in your layers pallet.

Choose “Promote Section to Layer”.

Deselect.

Delete the original tube layer.

Change the Properties of the tube to Overlay.

Duplicate both the paper and tube layer, mirror both of them and bring them above Circle 2 template layer in your layers pallet.

Highlight Circle 4 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper Mist 2 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer into position over the paper.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #646eac

Background: #ffcce2

Highlight Thin Rectangle layer.

Like the other rectangle layers, you’re going to change this one to a pink color.  Zoom in and change whatever small areas didn’t get changed but leave the white outline alone.

Once you’ve changed the template color, use your Magic Wand and click on it.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper zPaper 2 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Open up Violin with Glitter element.

Use your Freehand Selection tool and section out the top right area of the element – the flowers and glitter.

Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working canvas.

Resize 40%

Move into position at the top right of the large oval – see my tag for reference.

Duplicate

Flip/Mirror

Add your elements.  I used:

Flower Pink:  Resize 25%Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

Babies breath:  Resize 40%/Erase what overhangs oval/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

Frame 5:  Resize 21%/Duplicate 2x’s

Tulip 2:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Mirror

Leafy Vine 2:  Resize 10%/Erase tip/Free rotate Right 40%/Duplicate/Mirror

Flower Open 2:  Resize 7%/Duplicate/Flip

Flower Open 1:  Resize 7% and 80%/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate both flowers/Flip

Leaf 2:  Resize 5%/Duplicate/Mirror

Candle 1:  Resize 25%

Highlight the white background layer.

Select All

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste zPaper 4 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Duplicate and change the Opacity of Multiply.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and Paste zPaper 5 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group and change the Properties to Multiply.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name:

Color pallet:

Foreground and Background: #3f3f3f

Type your name.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Use same settings.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev