Do Not Disturb

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Her Royal Highness" by Twinky which is a special edition scrap kit available from Twinky's Dezines
Image or tube of choice - I am using one of my own photos
WSL_Mask7 by Chelle available from her blog
Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow
Plugin: Xero Fritillary
Plugin: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Constellation
Font of choice - I am using Chocolate Dulce

 

 

Ready? Let's begin....

 

 

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

 

Paste GoldWrapFrame as new layer
Resize by 65%

 

Select you Freehand Tool and draw around the Gold Wrap on the frame, making sure to separate them both with your selection

 

 

Select a colour that you will be using for your tag - I am using #d33f7b
Set it as your Foreground

 

Select your Change to Target brush from your Tool Palette with the following settings:

 

 

Hold your left mouse button down and carefully colourise your selection in a brushing motion
Then deselect

 

You should now have something like this:

 

 

Before we go any further, let's create our background

 

Paste Paper16 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask7
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Resize by 85%

 

Paste Flower2 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position to the upper right on Frame corner

 

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

 

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 2.00
Colour - #421225

 

Duplicate Flower, then Image > Mirror
Position second flower in the lower left corner of Frame

 

Duplicate again
Resize by 95%
Move up slightly, then
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Repeat

 

Duplicate again and Image > Mirror
Position just slightly below the first flower in the upper right

 

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Lower opacity to 65

 

 

Paste your Image or Tube of choice as new layer
I am using one of my own photos
Resize as necessary
Position within Frame to your liking

 

Activate your Frame layer
Select the area inside Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Selections > Invert
On your image layer press delete
Deselect

 

Paste HeartGem1 as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position in upper right corner
Apply the same Gradient Glow as above but with a Glow Width of 3.00

 

Paste SafetyPin2 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position somewhere in the Wrap around the Frame
Select a small portion of the pin with your Selection Tool

 

 

Then press delete and deselect

 

Paste a WordArt of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary to fit
I made my own

 

Paste PrincessCrown1 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 20 to the right
Resize by around 15% (depending on the size of your WordArt)
Position on the end letter as if were tilting over
Apply the same Gradient Glow as the HeartGem

 

Crop and resize tag

 

Activate your Mask layer again

 

Effects > Plugins > Xero > Fritillary with the following settings:

 

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Chocolate Dulce
Set your Background to a colour matching your tag - I am using #df4e9%

Type out your name

Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas

Convert to raster layer

 

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

 

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

 

Duplicate Mask layer twice and rename Sparkle 1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3
 
Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 activating only Sparkle1
 
Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Constellation with the following settings:

 

 

Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Apply the Constellation effect, adjusting the Random Seed
 
Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Apply same again, adjusting the Random Seed
 
Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 again with only Sparkle1 visible
Edit > Copy Merged
 
Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation
 
Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Edit > Copy Merged
 
In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame
 
Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Edit > Copy Merged
 
In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame
 
Finally, save as a GIF and you're done!!
 
Thanks for trying my tutorial!
 
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© Tutorial written by Stina on 8th May 2009
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