A Girl Can Dream

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Eleanor" which is a freebie scrapkit by Laura of Cinnamon Scraps available from her blog

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Zindy Nielsen available here

98MaskkelsWWA here

Fonts of choice - I am using Carpenter, Twilight and Be Safe

Plugins: Mura Meister Copies, Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow and Xenofex 2 Constellation

 

 

Ready? Let's begin....

 

 

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

 

Paste a circle Frame of choice as new layer
Resize by 70%

 

Select inside the frame with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add new raster layer
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Lower opacity to 50

 

KEEP SELECTED!!

 

Activate Background layer
Layers > Promote Selection to Layer
Deselect

 

Merge Paper and Promoted layers

 

 

Paste a Butterfly as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position on Frame to your liking

 

Paste Key as new layer
Image > Rotate by 15 to the right
Resize by 30%
Position tucked behind flowers or any other elements to your liking

 

Paste Necklace as new layer
Resize by 40%
I colourised the gemstone to match my tag

 

To do this, with your Freehand Tool carefully draw around the gemstone
Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colourise and play with the Hue and Saturation for the right colour
Still selected then, Layers > Promote Selection to Layer
Then set blend mode to Screen
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste your Tube of choice
Resize as necessary
Position within Frame to your liking

 

I used a Black and White tube which is most effective
Set blend mode of Tube layer to Luminance (Legacy)
Duplicate, and set this layer to Normal blend
Lower opacity to around 55

 

Paste a Flower as new layer
Resize by 50%

 

LEAVE IN POSITION

 

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

 

 

Then, Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Paste Doodle as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position in upper left or to your liking

 

Duplicate, then Image Flip and position
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 30.00

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate 98MaskkelsWWA
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 60

 

Crop and resize

 

Set your Preset Shape Tool to Ellipse
Hold your Shift key and draw out a circle around your tag
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Twilight
Text colour is #50687a

 

 

On the curve type out your text of choice
Position to your liking, then
Open the layer palette and Vector Layer and hide the Ellipse
Convert to raster layer
Apply a small white Gradient Glow and drop shadow of choice

 

Select another font of choice
I am using Be Safe (Edward's handwriting)
Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horiztonal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add some noise and a small Gradient Glow

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #29363f

 

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 **
 
Activate the Doodle Layer
Duplicate twice and rename Sparkle1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3
 
Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 activating only Sparkle1
 
Effects > Plugins > 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 the Constellation effect again, adjusting the Random Seed once more
 
Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 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
 
Save as a GIF and you're done!
 
Thanks for trying my tutorial!
 
::st!na::

 

 

Here is a non-animated version:

 

 

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 23rd May 2009
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