Love's Last Lullaby

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the gorgeous "Bella's Lullaby" kit by Nicole at Simply Irresistible Scraps which you can purchase at Creative Scraps Store
Thank you Nicole for this fantastic kit! I loved using it!
Tube of choice - I am using the delightful work of Zindy Neilsen which can be purchased from her site
PLEASE DO NOT USE HER WORK WITHOUT THE PROPER LICENCE
Mura Meisters Copies
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow
Becky_Mask009 (supplied)
Fonts of choice - I am using Bickley Script (a pay font) and BloodFeast (free and supplied)

My Supplies here

~ Step 1 ~

Open Mask and minimise for later

Open Frame 2
Duplicate (shift D) and close off original
Resize all layers checked to 400 x 400
Image / Canvas Resize to 550 x 550 for more working space
Add new raster layer and flood fill with white
Move to bottom

Open Paper 7 and paste as new layer
Resize by 35%
Activate Frame layer
With your magic wand click inside the frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10
Selections / Invert
Activate Paper layer
Hit delete
Deselect

~ Step 2 ~

Open your tube and paste as new layer
Resize as necessary
On the frame layer click inside the frame
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Selections / Invert
With your eraser tool carefully erase the bottom of the tube
Deselect
Move tube to the edge of the inside of the frame

With your magic wand on the following settings:

Click the inside of the heart the girl is holding (if using the same or similar tube) until the heart is selected

Selections / Promote selection to Layer
Blend Mode to Multiply
Duplicate then Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Duplicate again then Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Deselect

Now the heart will stand out as blood red

~ Step 3 ~

Open Ribbon 2 and paste as new layer
Resize by 40% and position at the bottom of the frame
Add drop shadow:
Horizontal and Vertical: 1
Opacity: 40
Blur: 3.00
Colour: #000000

Open Rose 1 and resize by 25%
Image / Rotate to the right by 40
Position on the lower right of the frame
Add same drop shadow as above

Open HeartCharm and paste as new layer
Resize by 30% and position beneath the rose along the ribbon
Duplicate and blend mode to Multiply

Open Notebook and paste as new layer
Resize by 25%
Rotate by 20 to the left
Adjust / Sharpness / Unsharpen Mask
1.00, 100, 4.00
Position tucked behind rose above charm

Open WordArt2 and paste as new layer
Resize by 35% and position to your liking

~ Step 4 ~

Open Shimmer 2 and resize by 50%
Move to layer to bottom
Keep positioned in the centre
Effects / Plugins / Mura Meister / Copies using the following settings:

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate Becky_Mask009 in the drop down menu
Source Luminance checked
Invert Mask Data UNchecked
OK

Still on this layer select your Pick Tool (if using PSP X - in other versions it will be your Deformation Tool)

You will now see a box around your mask layer
Use the nodes to drag the mask layer into a square around your frame
Once happy with it go back to your Mover Tool

Open Glitter Hearts 3 and with your selection Tool make a selection around the heart with the three little hearts
Copy and paste as a new layer
Resize by 50% and position over the edge of the notebook and beneath the rose layer

~ Step 5 ~

Selet your text tool and bold font of your choice
Foreground null
Background #610e0a
Type out Love's Last Lullaby (or a phrase of your choice)
Position where you want it
Object / Align / Horiztonal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Reduce opacity to 35

Add the same text in a script font of your choice
Position to your liking above the bold font
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Add a drop shadow
Horizontal and Vertical: 1
Opacity: 40
Blur: 3.00
Colour: #610e0a

Type out your name
Add a Gradient Glow in white with a glow width of 3.00 (optional)
Add a drop shadow
Horizontal and Vertical: 1
Opacity: 40
Blur: 3.00
Colour: #40000

Add your ©copyright, licence and watermark and you're done!

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

©Tutorial written by Stina 29th January 2009
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