Goodnight Moon

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Spellbinding" by Soxsational Scraps 

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Suzanne Richards available with a licence from CILM

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

WSL_Mask7 by Chelle from her blog

A star preset shape

Plugins: Mura Meister Copies and DSB Fluxx Bright Noise

Fonts of choice - I am using Agency FB and 2Peas Typo

 

 

Ready? Let's go....

 

 

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

 

Open and minimise paper of choice

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to a Star
Set your Background in your Materials Palette to the paper we just minimised

 

Hold your Shift key down and draw out the star
Once happy with size, go to
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Duplicate, then activate bottom layer

 

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

 

 

Paste Flower of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 20.00

 

Effects > Distortion Effects > Curlicues with the following settings:

 

 

Repeat Curlicues

 

Paste another Flower of choice as new layer
Resize by 15%

 

LEAVE IN POSITION

 

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

 

 

Paste a one of the Sparkles as new layer
Resize by 65%
Position centrally over Star layer

 

Paste tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in centre of star

 

Paste Cloud as new layer
Resize by around 85 - 90%
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position behind tube to your liking

 

Lower opacity to around 55

 

Paste one of the Stars as a new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

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

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool again
Set to Ellipse with your Foreground on #000000

 

Hold your Shift key and draw out a circle
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Agency FB
Choose a colour from your tag
I am using #7c76cc

 

Type out your Text on the curve between the two upper left points of the Star

 

 

In your Layer Palette open your Vector Layer
Hide the Ellipse
Convert to raster layer

 

Effects > Reflection Effects > Feedback with the following settings:

 

 

Then, Layers > Arrange > Move Down (below Tube layer)

 

Select your Text Tool again and another font of choice
I am using 2Peas Typo
Colours of choice are:
Foreground - #7c76cc
Background - #FFFFFF

 

Stroke width - 1.5

 

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply a drop shadow of choice

 

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 Mask (Stars) Layer
Duplicate twice and rename Noise1, Noise2 and Noise3
 
Hide Noise2 and Noise3 activating only Noise1
 
Effects > Plugins > dsb Fluxx > Bright Noise with the following settings:
 

 
Hide Noise1 and activate Noise2
Apply the Bright Noise effect, adjusting the Noise to 85
 
Hide Noise2 and activate Noise3
Apply same again, adjusting the Noise to 90
 
Hide Noise2 and Noise3 again with only Noise1 visible
Edit > Copy Merged
 
Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation
 
Back to PSP
Hide Noise1 and activate Noise2
Edit > Copy Merged
 
In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame
 
Back to PSP
Hide Noise2 and activate Noise3
Edit > Copy Merged
 
In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame
 
Thanks for trying my tutorial!
 
::st!na::

 

 

Here is a non-animated version:

 

 

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 19th May 2009
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