Painting Dreams

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Easter Fun" by Shanmomt4 Designs available from Paradise 4 Scrappers

Image and Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Joanna Bromley which can be purchase from My PSP Tubes

WSL_Mask7 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using 2Peas Groovy Bloom, 2 Peas Sonnet Script and Black Jack

 

 

Let's begin....

 

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

 

Paste Frame5 as new layer
(no need to resize)

 

Paste Image of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Resize and position below Frame to your liking

 

Activate Frame layer
Select inside area with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Selections > Invert
Activate Image layer
Delete

 

KEEP SELECTED!!

 

Selections > Invert
Activate Background Layer
Selections > Promote Selection to Layer
Deselect

 

Lower the opacity of your image layer to around 50
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste Stitching as new layer
Position along top of Frame
Draw a selection around this area
Selections > Invert
Press delete and deselect

 

 

Duplicate then Image > Flip
Duplicate again
Image > Rotate by 90
Position along side of Frame
Draw a selection around the excess

 

 

Delete and deselect
Duplicate then Image > Mirror

 

Hide all layers except for the Stitching
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Unhide layers

 

Paste String2 as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position along bottom of Frame

 

Paste Staple as new layer
Image > Rotate by 50 to the right
Resize by 50%
Position over String to secure it to the Frame

 

You should have something a little like this:

 

 

Paste Flower2 as new layer
Using your Magic Wand Tool with a Tolerance set to around 25 click INSIDE the stem, leaves and pot
Press delete and deselect

 

 

Resize by 60%
Position in lower right corner

 

Paste Flower3 as new layer
Select the inside of stem, leaves and pot
Delete and deselect

 

Resize by 60%
Position alongside first flower

 

Paste Doodle as new layer
Image > Mirror, then Image > Flip
Image > Rotate by 20 to the left
Resize by 35%
Position in lower right
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Paste Tree as new layer (still on bottom layer)
Resize by 55%
Position to the right

 

Paste Rainbow as new layer
Resize by 55% - 60%
Position in upper left corner

 

 

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position to your liking

 

Paste various Easter eggs
Resize and rotate them to your liking
Position them to the left of your tube

 

Paste Worm as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position to the lower right

 

Paste Tag2 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 20 to the right
Resize by 30%
Position in lower left
Drag layer to below the Staple

 

Image > Canvas Resize 600 wide by 500 high centred

 

paste Paper5 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask7
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

 

Apply drop shadows to your elements:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using three different fonts for the Phrase -
2Peas Groovy Bloom,
2Peas Sonnet Script (Painting Dreams), and
Black Jack (of Rainbows & Things)

 

Pick a colour from your tube or scrap
Type in any text or phrase of your choice
Convert to raster layer

 

Select another font and type out your name
Apply a Gradient Glow (optional) and drop shadow of choice

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark the save as a GIF or JPG and you're done

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 7th April 2009
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