Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Color of Passion

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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of Dave Nestler which you can purchase here
Font of Choice - Dahlking Scxript SSi here
Weescotlass Mask 137 here
Penta.com - Color Dot
“Fantasia Add On” is a FTU tagger size freebie created by Terry. You can visit her blog, Treasures by Terry here.
Please leave a thank you when downloading. It’s a small gesture for hard work given freely.

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 X 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Heart Frame as a new layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click inside of it.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
Copy and paste a paper of choice below the frame.
Selections/Invert
Hit the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer inside the heart.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Flower Branch: Duplicating and erasing parts here and there
Butterfly: Resize 50%, mirror. Duplicate/Mirror. Resize 70%
Flower: Duplicate/Resize 70%

Highlight your white canvas.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate.

Highlight the original.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur
Radius: 5
OK

Apply the Penta.com plug in using default settings.
Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 85%
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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev
 

Sun and Sandcastles

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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of PinUpToons which you can purchase here
Font of Choice - Dragonfly here
Becky Mask 22 here
“Day at the Beach” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Alyssa’s Scraps and can be purchased here. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Alyssa for such a summery fun kit!!

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 X 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 3 as a new layer.
Resize 70%.
Use your Magic Wand and click inside of it.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
Copy and paste a paper of choice below the frame.
Selections/Invert
Hit the delete key.
DO NOT DESELECT YET.

Copy and paste the grass as a new layer below the frame.
Resize 40%
Position near the bottom and off to the side.
Duplicate/Mirror
Duplicate once more and move to fill the gap in the middle.
Merge Visible all grass layers.
Be sure the grass layer is highlighted and hit the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Fish 2 as a new layer.
Resize 40%

Copy and paste Fish 4 as a new layer.
Resize 25%.
Duplicate. Resize 80%
Lower the opacity of both these fish to about 48.

Copy and paste Bubbles as a new layer.
Resize 20%
Duplicate/Merge Down.
Duplicate/Mirror
Move both sets into position of your liking.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Tree: Resize 85%
Sun: Resize 40%
Sandcastle: Resize 40%
Doodle Flower 1: Resize 50%
Starfish: Resize 20%
Starfish 2: Resize 20% & 80%
Crab: Resize 20%

Add your tube.

Highlight your white canvas.
New Raster Layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 85%.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev