Supplies Needed
1 tube of choice – I used
the amazing artwork of J.W. Baker son which can be purchased from DigitalArt Heaven. This particular tube comeswith 3 tube layers.
Weescotlass mask 241 here
PlugIns used:
Mura’s Meister - Cloud
Brush Strokes - Crosshatch
DSB Flux- Bright Noise
Xero - Porcelain
I used my FTU tagger size
kit “Happy Father’s Day” and can be downloaded from designing blog here. Scroll down, it can be found under Saturday,
May 23, 2015.
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 credit layer.
Highlight the background
layer.
Image/Canvas Size
700 x 700
OK
Flood fill white.
Highlight Template Layer
1.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Apply Brush Strokes –
Crosshatch to the paper using these settings:
Stroke Length: 9
Sharpness: 6
Stroke Length: 9
Sharpness: 6
Strength: 1
OK
Highlight Template 2
Layer.
Repeat the above steps.
Open up Element 51.
Make your Selection Tool active, set on Rectangle and section out a small area of the frame:
Open up Element 51.
Make your Selection Tool active, set on Rectangle and section out a small area of the frame:
In your Color Pallet set
the foreground color to Pattern and choose the frame pattern (it’ll look like a
dark brown wicker basket type pattern).
Highlight Template Layer
3.
Make your Flood Fill took
active and click on the template.
It should have filled the
template with the pattern.
Repeat the above step
with the following Template Layers:
4, 9, 11, 16, and 18
4, 9, 11, 16, and 18
Highlight Template Layer 5.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Apply the same Brush
Stroke effect to the paper.
Highlight Template Layer 7.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight Template Layer
6.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Give the paper the same Brush
Stroke effect.
Highlight Template Layer
8.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight Template Layer
10.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 15
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Highlight Template Layer
12.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Give the paper the same Brush
Stroke effect.
Highlight Template Layer
13.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight Template Layer
14.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
To this template layer
apply Mura’s Mesiter – Cloud using the following colors:
Light: #ffffff
FG: #cad5ec
BG: #716a96
BG: #716a96
Play around with the
Amount button until you have a cloud image you like.
OK
Deselect.
We’re going to add the
elements to create the scenery. What
appears to be grass or bushes in my tag is not that at all!
Open up element 30.
Make your Selection Tool active and section out the top of the tree:
Open up element 30.
Make your Selection Tool active and section out the top of the tree:
Copy
Make your working canvas active and paste as a new layer.
Make your working canvas active and paste as a new layer.
Move into position at the
bottom of the cloud template – see my tag for reference.
Duplicate the
“grass/bushes” as many times as you like.
Some of my pieces I even mirrored before joining them to the other. It’s your tag – do as you like!!
Once you’re happy with it, Merge Visible only the grass/bush layers – don’t worry about anything that overhangs. We’ll clean that up in a bit.
Make Element 30 active and deselect the select.
Once you’re happy with it, Merge Visible only the grass/bush layers – don’t worry about anything that overhangs. We’ll clean that up in a bit.
Make Element 30 active and deselect the select.
Copy and paste as a new
layer on your working canvas.
Resize 25%
Duplicate and resize
50%. Lower the Opacity of this layer to 40.
Don’t worry about
placement of the trees yet.
Copy and paste Element 29
as a new layer.
Copy and paste your tube
as a new layer. If you’re using the same
tube as I did, resize 35%.
Now you can move all the
elements into position =- see my tag for reference.
Highlight the template
layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
To the grass/bush and
tree element – in your layers pallet right click and choose “Promote Section to
Layer”.
Delete the original
layers.
Deselect.
Deselect.
To clean the tube edges
you’ll be working with these 2 areas:
(as you can see it
doesn’t have to be perfectly clean – flowers will hide the corner!)
In your layers pallet
highlight the area I have marked as #1.
Click anywhere outside of
it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Use your Eraser tool to
erase the edge up there so that it looks clean.
Don’t worry about the very corner.
Highlight the layer
that’s just below the tube layer I have marked as #2.
Repeat the above step.
Open up Element 19.
Shift + D
Close out the original.
Make your Clone Tool
active and use it to cover up the holes in the button. It doesn’t matter that it’s not perfect
because it’ll be resized so small you won’t see any imperfections in it.
Once you’ve covered up
the holes, resize 7%.
Temp Layer 19 is made up
for 3 sets of 3 small circles.
Move the resized button
into position over the middle circle of the middle cluster of circles.
Duplicate the button and
resize 80% and move this into position on either side over the template.
Duplicate that circle and
move into position on the opposite side.
Merge Visible all 3
circles to create a cluster.
Duplicate the cluster
2x’s and move into position on each side just over the template layer.
Merge Visible all 3
button clusters.
Duplicate and move into
position over the other cluster template.
Delete Template layers 19
and 20.
In your Layers Pallet
move Temp Layer 17 just above Temp Layer 15.
Merge Down.
Temp layers 17 and 15
should now be on the same layer.
Click on each square.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8
Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube
element above the top squares and move into a position you like.
Right click on your tube
layer and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.
Deselect.
Delete the original tube
layer.
If any of the tube is in
the lower squares then erase it.
Duplicate the promoted
layer and mirror it.
Move into position over
the lower squares.
Change the Opacity of
both of these layers to Overlay.
To both layers apply Xero
– Porcelain:
Use default settings.
If you’re using the same
tube as I did, copy and paste Tube #3 as a new layer.
Resize 35%
Add your
elements. I used:
El 17: Resize 30%/Duplicate
El 16: Resize 30% and 70%/Duplicate
El 15: Resize 30%, 70% and 70%/Duplicate
El 39: Resize 35%/Mirror/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip
El 43: Resize 65%
El 26: Resize 50%
El 27: Resize 50%
Highlight your white
background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 5
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background:
#150d09
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Give your name a slight
Inner Bevel:
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background: #d6985b
Type your name.
Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.
Move below the dark
colored name layer in your layers pallet.
Move the lighter colored
name layer slightly to the left and up – see my tag for reference.
Merge Visible both name
layers.
Close out your white
background.
Save your tag as a PNG.
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial.
I’d love to see your
results.
Hugs,
Bev
Bonito tutorial. gracias
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