I Can Be Your Lucky Charm

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the lovely "Luck O the Irish" by Rachelz Expressionz which can be purchased from Cotton Candy Kreations

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Tom Hoover which can be purchased from My PSP Tubes

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

Becky_Mask009 here

Plugin: Alien Skin Eye Candy Impact/Glass

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000/Gradient Glow

Font of choice - I am using P22 Kilkenny

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new blank 600 x 600 canvas flood filled white

 

Now we are going to make our own shamrock
So to start select your Preset Shapes Tool on Heart

 

Set your Background to #225a28, Foreground to null

 

Draw out a heart on your canvas
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
(just to make sure it is centred)

 

 

KEEP AS VECTOR LAYER

 

Duplicate then Image / Rotate by 130 to the left
Position slightly to the left

 

 

Duplicate again then Image / Mirror
Convert each layer to raster layer

 

Now we will make the stem

 

Select your Preset Shapes Tool again in Rectangle
Same colour settings
Draw out a rectangle from the bottom centre of your shamrock about the size of a stem

 

Now hold your shift key and pull the bottom left node slightly to the left
Then convert to raster layer

 

 

Hide your background and
Layers / Merge / Merge Visble

 

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Eye Candy Impact / Glass with the following settings:

 

Glass colour the same that you used to make the shamrock
Now this is what you should have:

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Now Paste TripleFrame02 as a new layer
Move it to below your shamrock
Resize by 45% and place in position
We'll leave that for the moment and come back to it later

 

Paste LuckyShoe1 as new layer
Position centrally over you shamrock

(it will automatically paste slightly off-centre because of the shamrock embellishments)

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow with the following settings:

 

 

Colour is a Gold setting: #fff263

 

 

Paste CloverSpray5 as a new layer
Resize by 35%
Position to the bottom left of the Shoe
Dupicate then Image / Mirror

 

Paste Charm1 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position to the right

 

Paste Flower3 as new layer
Resize by 30% then Image / Mirror
Position on the upper left of the frame

 

Now Add the same drop shadow as above to CloverSprays, Charm and Flower

 

Now let's add our tube
Paste as new layer and resize as nececcary
Position in the centre

 

Add a drop shadow:
Vertical: -1
Horiztontal: 2
Opacity: 50
Blur: 10.00
Colour: #000000

 

Paste Sticker5 as new layer (this is the pot of gold with rainbow)
Resize by 40%
Position to the left and behind your tube

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Now let's go back to our frame

 

Paste your tube again and place below left frame
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Position in right frame opposite

 

Activate tube in left frame then
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Activate Frame layer
With your magic wand click inside the left and right frames
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10

 

Paste StPatrick6 paper as new layer
Move below the frame
Selections / Invert
Delete on Paper layer
Delete on tube layer
Deselect

 

Lower opacity to 50

 

Add a drop shadow to your Frame layer
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

Now we want to Crop our tag
First Image / Canvas Resize to 600 wide x 500 high

 

Activate your Background layer

 

Paste the StPatrick6 paper as a new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate Becky_Mask009
Source luminance
OK

 

Resize your tag to your liking

 

Select your Preset Shapes Tool again and choose Ellipse
Hold your Shift Key down and draw out a circle
Objects / Align / Centre in Canvas

 

Select your Text Tool
Colour - #225a28
Choose your font (I am using P22 Kilkenny)

 

Position over the curve of the cirle till you see the Text Tool curve
Type out your text
"I Can Be Your Lucky Charm"
or anything you like

 

In your layer palette open the Vector Layer and hide the Ellipse
Convert to raster layer

 

Adjust / Add/Remove Noise / Add Noise
Gaussian checked
Noise - 15
Monochrome checked

 

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow
Glow width - 3.00
Soft corners - 25
Opacity - 60
Setting - Medium
Colour - #fff263

 

Choose another font for your name
Apply the same Gradient Glow as above
BUT CHANGE THE OPACITY TO 100!!!

 

Add your © copyright, licence and watermark then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 26th Febraury 2009

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