Supplies Needed
1 tube of choice – I used the adorable artwork of Lisa Victoria which can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here
Font of choice – I used Specialty of Rodrigues here
Gem Mask 226 here
My template 275 here
Plugs Ins used:
Penta.com – Color Dot
“A Dragon’s Dreamy Day” is a FTU Tagger Size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be found on my 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 credit layer, Template Layers 10 and 11.
Highlight Template Layer 1.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 17 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight Template Layer 2.
Repeat the above step.
Highlight Template Layer 3.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Apply Penta.com – Dot and Cross:
Use Default Settings.
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture –
Choose Brick Wall and use Default Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight Template Layer 4.
Use your Magic Wand and click on each triangle shape.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
(Do not Deselect yet)
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 5
OK
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture:
Choose Grid
Use Default Settings
Deselect
Adjust/Sharpen/Unsharpen Mask:
Match your settings to mine:
Radius: 2
Strength:10
Clipping: 10
OK
Apply once more.
Highlight Template Layer 5.
Select All/Float/Defloat
New Raster Layer.
Copy and Paste Paper 17 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Repeat the above step with Template Layer 6, 12, and 14.
Highlight Template Layer 7.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 15 Into Selection.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Highlight Template Layer 9.
Repeat the above step accept change the Inner Bevel settings to:
Highlight Template Layer 8.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 16 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
Highlight Template Layer 13.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster Layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Apply a slight Inner Bevel:
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same tube as I did, use “Full Tube” layer and Resize 50%.
Copy and paste El 30 as a new layer.
Resize 70%
Place behind the light green oval.
Duplicate the Giraffe element and move it to the top of your layers pallet.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the element until it appears as if the Giraff’s nose is overhanging the oval.
Add your elements. I used: (see tag for placement reference)
El 71: Resize 60%/Free Rotate Left 15 degrees
El 72: Resize 45%
El 75: Resize 82%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 13
El 14
El 34: Resize 40%
El 61: Use your Pick Tool to flatten/Duplicate
El 15: Resize 30%/Mirror/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate 2 more times/Mirror one of them
El 67: Resize 70%/Duplicate
El 65: Resize 70%/Duplicate/Mirror
El 47
Highlight the white background layer.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group
Duplicate the mask layer.
Add your copyrights.
Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #0f3f5a
Background: #234672
Set the stroke to 1.0
Type your name.
Convert to Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel:
Match your settings to mine:
Repeat the Inner Bevel 2 more times.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev
