Muted Winter

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Jennifer Janesko which can be purchased from CDO.

Font of choice – I used Octhovia here

Vix mask 451 here

Rachel Designs Tag Template 3 here

“Muted Winter” is a gorgeous tagger size scrap kit created by Tiny Turtle Designs and can be purchased 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 Raster 1 layer.

Highlight 1.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight 2.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 24 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 3.

Repeat the above step.

Copy and paste Element 17 as a new layer.

Resize 7%

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Duplicate the element and resize 70%/Duplicate and resize 70%

You should now have 3 stars that range from big to small.

Line the stars up horizontally in the top right corner of the small rectangle paper - see my tag for reference.

Duplicate the medium and small stars and move them into position horizontally.

Merge Visible all the stars.

Duplicate

Mirror

Flip and move into position over the lower rectangle paper.

Highlight 4.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

If you’re using the same tube as I did, deselect.

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

Mirror the tube and move into position – see my tag for reference.

Give your tube a drop shadow.

Duplicate the tube and resize just a bit large and shut the layer off for now.

Highlight the template layer (4).

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight the working tube layer.

Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather:

Both checked

Feather Amount: 25

OK

Tap the delete key until the edges of the tube are feathered nicely.

Open up the duplicate tube layer.

Change the Opacity of this tube layer to Soft Light.

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Tap the delete key to feather the edges.

Duplicate the tube layer and shut this layer off for now.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 5.

Select All/Float/Defloat

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Use your Eraser Tool to erase any of the dotted line you can see through the tube edges.

Duplicate the dotted line.

Merge Down.

Highlight 6.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 8.

Merge Down.

7 & 8 should now be on the same layer.

Click on both rectangles with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 16 Into Selection.
Re-open the last duplicated tube layer and move into position over the paper layer – see my tag for reference.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Add your elements.  I used:

1:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Flip

89:  Resize 60%/Duplicate/Mirror

87:  Resize 70%/Free rotate Left 90 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

77:  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Resize 60%/Mirror

16:  Resize 50%

18:  Resize 25%/Duplicate 70%/Duplicate 2x’s

61:  Resize 55%

89:  Resize 55%

55:  Resize 55%

62:  Resize 40%

110:

52:  Resize 25%/Flip/Use Pick Tool to Flatten/Zoom in and use Eraser Tool to erase a little bit of the leaf at the base to make it look like the leaves are wrapped around the base.

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: Null

Background: #39322a

Type your name.

Convert to Raster layer.

Select All/Float/Defloat

Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.

New Raster layer below the name layer.

Flood fill with #dfc7ad

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Random and Monochrome checked

Noise: 68%

OK

Deselect.

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.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev