Share Love & Live

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using Maggies Scraps part of the "Share Love Live" charity collab available from Paradise 4 Scrappers

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

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

WSL_Mask33 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Arriere Garde and Chowderhead

Plugin: Mura Meister Copies

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Frame1 as new layer
Resize by 85%

 

Use your Magic Wand to select the inside area of the Frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10
Add new raster layer
Paste Paper1 into Selection
Deselect
Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Paste your Tube as a new layer
Resize as necessary
Position over frame

 

Using your Freehand Tool draw around the bottom half of your tube and along the edge of the Frame
You may need to lower the opacity of your tube to see through to the Frame

 

Hit delete then deselect
Re-adjust to 100% opacity

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste Rose as new layer
Resize by 35%
LEAVE IN CENTRE

 

Effects / Plugins / MUra Meister / Copies with the following settings:

 

 

Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Colourise with the following settings:
Hue - 240
Saturation - 220

 

Adjust / Brightness & Contrast / Brightness/Contrast with the following settings:
Brightness - 15
Contrast - 0

 

 

Paste Wrap2 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the left
Resize by 70%
Place in position

 

Select the area around the Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections / Modify / Contract by 1
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2

 

Use your Eraser Tool to erase the excess ribbon over the edges

 

 

Paste PearlFlower as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position over bow of the wrap

 

Paste Beads as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position to the left on tag

 

Paste Butterfly as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position in upper left to your liking
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Resize by 70%
Position on the frame near your tube

 

Crop and resize

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Paste Paper5 as new layer
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask33
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Set your Preset Shape Tool to Ellipse
Foreground - #000000
Background - null

 

Hold your Shift Key and draw out a circle around your tag

 

Select your Text Tool and a colour from your tube or scrap
Change the colours in your Palette:
Foreground - null
Background - #e2326b (colour I'm using)

 

Select a font of choice - I am using Arriere Garde
On the Curve type out any text of choice
I wrote "Share the Laughter, Live for Today & Love Every Moment"
Position text to your liking

 

 

In your Layer Palette open your Vector Layer and hide ellipse
Convert to raster layer

 

Add a slight drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #e2326b

 

Select another font of choice - I am using Chowderhead
Type your name

Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas

Add some noise and then a Gradient Glow:
Glow width - 3.00
Soft Corners - 25
Opacity - 100
Setting - Fat
Colour - #FFFFFF

 

Apply a drop Shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #5e1a30

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

Save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 26th March 2009
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