It's Still Rock n Roll to Me

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the gorgeous "Rock n Roll" kit by Shells Scraps which is available from Creative Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Steve Baier which can be purchased from UpYourArt

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

WSL_Mask26 by Chelle available from her blog

Font of choice - I am using CCThingamajig

Plugin: Mura Meister Copies

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

 

 

Ready? Let's go!

 

 

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

 

Paste StampFrame5 as new layer
Resize by 85%

 

Select the square area inside the frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 8
Add a new raster layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Paste Paper3 into Selection

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Paste your tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Place in position to your liking
Selections > Modify > Contract by 8
Selections > Invert
Erase any excess you don't wish to overhang
Deselect

 

Add a drop shadow of your choice

 

Paste Bead4 as new layer
Resize by 55%
Position along the bottom of Frame and slightly to the right
Apply same drop shadow

 

Paste Heart as new layer
Resize by about 10%
Position on one of the beads on the wire
Apply same drop shadow

 

Paste FireCharm as new layer
Resize by about 15%
Position to the left within frame
Duplicate twice and position
Duplicate once more and resize by 85%
Place in position to your liking

 

So this is what we have so far:

 

 

Now Paste FireCharm2 as new layer
Resize by 15%
KEEP IN POSITION

 

Effects > Plugins > Mura Meister > Copies with the following settings:

 

 

You may need to play with the settings a little to randomise the stars to where you want them
Then resize the layer by 90%
Erase the excess stars and those cut off till you have a nice "scattering"

 

Paste Paper4 as new layer
Resize by 85%
Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask26
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

 

Now activate your top layer

 

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

 

Draw out a circle around the Frame
Use the nodes of your Vector layer to bring the ellipse to the same size
Then resize by 105%

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using CCThingamajig
In your Material Palette:
Foreground - null
Background - #000000

 

On the curved line of the ellipse type out your text
Position to your liking
In your Layer Palette open your Vector Layer, hide the ellipse and convert to raster layer

 

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow
Glow width - 3.00
Setting - Solid White
Colour - White

 

Apply a drop shadow

 

Select your Text Tool again and a font of choice
I used the same font - at size 60
Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply some noise - I used Gaussian, 40 Monochrome

 

Apply the same Gradient Glow as above, followed by a drop shadow

 

Finally add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

To animate, let's duplicate our Stars layer twice
Rename them to Sparkle1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3

 

Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3
Activate Sparkle1
Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise:
Gaussian - CHECKED
Monochrome - CHECKED
Noise - 70

 

Edit > Copy Merged

 

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as new Animation

 

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Repeat the Noise effect, changing the noise to 80
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

 

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle2 and activate sparkle3
Repeat Noise effect again, changing the noise to 90
Edit > Copy Merged

 

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

 

That's it!!  Just save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 16th April 2009
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