Supplies Needed
1 tube of choice – I used
the beautiful artwork of Marta Sarmiento which can be purchased from Digital
Art Heaven.
Vix mask 452 here
Mura’s Meister – Copies
Brush Strokes – Cross Hatch
“Winter Green Collab” is a
collaboration of 6 designers and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here. For this tutorial I used Happy Pumpkin
Studoio’s beautiful portion. You can check her site 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.
Resize all layers 600 pixels.
Highlight the background
layer.
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 700
OK
Flood fill white.
Delete Raster 1, and
template layers 1 and 2.
Highlight 1.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 2
Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Highlight 2.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight 5.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 10
Into Selection.
Lock the layer by
clicking on the lock icon at the top of the layers pallet.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian
Blur:
Radius: 7
OK
Click on the lock icon at
the top of your layers pallet to unlock the layer.
Apply Brush Strokes –
Crosshatch:
Stroke length: 34
Sharpness: 4
Strength: 2
OK
Highlight 6.
Repeat the above step.
Open up Paper 15.
Make your Selection Tool
active set on Rectangle.
Section off an area of
the red on the paper.
Set your Foreground to
that pattern.
Highlight 7.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with the
pattern.
Give it a slight Inner
Bevel:
Deselect.
Delete the template
layer.
Highlight 8.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight 10.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with the
pattern.
Deselect.
Adjust/Add Remove
Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform checked
Noise; 56%
OK
Delete the template
layer.
You can now close the
paper out.
Highlight 9.
Click on it with your
Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper 7 as
a new layer.
Move the paper into a
position you like over the template.
Right click on the paper
in your layers pallet
Choose “Promote Section
to Layer”.
Delete the original paper
layer.
Deselect for now.
DO NOT delete the
template layer yet.
Copy and paste your tube
as a new layer over the paper (I will tell you how to get rid of the red ring that’s
over the tube in just a moment).
Move into position you
like.
Copy and paste element 56
as a new layer.
Resize 50% and move into
position behind the tube – see my tag for reference. You can duplicate this element as many times
as you like and resize some (I did 70%).
It’s your tag – create!!
Once you have the tube and trees in their exact position –
Once you have the tube and trees in their exact position –
Highlight the template
layer.
Click anywhere outside of
it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each of the
trees and hit the delete key.
If you’re using the same
tube as I did, highlight the tube layer.
Make your Eraser Tool
active and erase the bottom of the tube that overhangs the circle.
Deselect.
Make sure you’re still on
the tube layer:
Select All/Float/Defloat
Highlight the red ring
layer and erase where you can see the ring over the antlers.
Deselect.
Tada! Now it looks like the deer’s antlers are in
front of the red ring. I have been
PSPing for years and STILL enjoy doing this.
It’s still a “wow” moment for me ha ha!
Copy and paste element 26
as a new layer.
Resize 8%.
Apply Mura’s Meister –
Copies:
Choose Encircle
Change the top 3 numbers
as follows:
Number: 25
Shift X: 50
Shift Y: 50
OK
Duplicate the ring of
flowers and move each behind the top left and bottom right circle papers.
Add your
elements. I used (see my tag for placement):
31: Resize 15%/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate –
Duplicate each flower.
29: Resize 10%/Duplicate
22: Resize 70%
24: Resize 25%
71: Resize 20%
74: Resize 60%/Free
rotate Left 90 Degree/Erase what you don’t want seen/Duplicate/Mirror
59: Resize 30%/Duplicate as many times as you
like/Mirroring and Flipping some of them
Highlight your white
background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper18
Into Selection.
Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 10
OK
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background:
#5b0707
Set the stroke to .5
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 #bfa158
Deselect.
Apply the same Noise
effect
Give the red name layer
the same slight Inner Bevel.
Merge Down
Both name layers should
now be on the same layer.
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial.
I’d love to see your
results.
Hugs,
Bev
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