I Just Want to Try One Thing....

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Chosen" by Lynn Earwicker available from The Scrapping Divaz Designz

Image of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of David Desbois who is FTU with written permission

Font of choice - I am using Twilight

Plugins: Xero Fritillary and Xenofex 2 Constellation

Let's begin...

Open a new 700 x 550 canvas flood-filled white

Paste 3dFrame as new layer
Resize by 50%

Select inside the Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add a new raster layer
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

KEEP SELECTED!!

Add another raster layer
Paste an Image of choice (with similar proportions ..ie, landscape image) INTO selection
Deselect

If you are using a colour image you will need to change it to Black and White

Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colourise with both Hue and Saturation set to 0

Lower opacity to around 40

Activate top layer

Paste LaceStrip as new layer
Image > Rotate by 12 to the left
Resize by 42%
Position along bottom edge of Frame

Paste EyeletRibbon as new layer
Resize by 55%
Position along bottom of Frame

Paste BlackLace as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position in upper left of Frame

Paste HeartDangler as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position in upper left over lace

Paste Ribbon as new layer
Image > Rotate by 15 to the left
Resize by 20%
Position in upper left

Paste ChampagneFlute as new layer
Resize by 28%
Position to the lower right
Duplicate and move slightly up and alongside

Paste Pin as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position over EyeletRibbon in lower left

Paste EntwinedHeartRibbon as new layer
Resize by 10%
Position in upper right
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror and position alongside it slightly below

Paste GlitteryFlower as new layer

Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Resize by 50% and move slight to the right
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Lower opacity to around 35

Duplicate again then activate bottom layer

Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 20.00

Rename top layer Roses

Crop and resize

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Twilight
Text colour of choice

Type out text of choice and position
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply a slight Gradient Glow and/or drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice
I am using the same
Same Text colour

Type out your name and position
Convert to raster layer
Apply any effect or drop shadows as necessary to your liking

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 your Roses layer
Duplicate twice and rename Roses1, Roses2 and Roses3

Activate Roses1

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

Hide Roses1 and activate Roses2
Apply Fritillary effect again adjusting the variation by 5

Hide Roses2 and activate Roses3
Apply Fritillary effect again adjusting the variation by 5 once more

Now we need to copy merge with each Rose Fritillary layer into a new image with three layers

So activate Roses1 and hide Roses2 and Roses3
Edit > Copy Merged
Then Paste AS NEW IMAGE

Hide Roses1 and activate Roses2
Edit > Copy Merged

On the new image
Paste as new layer

Hide Roses2 and activate Roses3
Edit > Copy Merged

Back to new image
Paste as new layer

Now we are going to add sparkles and we needed the layers merged for this effect

So using your Freehand Tool carefully draw around the Champagne Flutes where you want to add the Sparkles

Hiding the top two layers go to:

Effects > Plugins > Xenofex 2 > Constellation with the following settings:

Repeat with the remaining two layers adjusting the Random Seed

Now let's animate!!!

Activate Layer1 and hide Layer2
Edit > Copy

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Layer1 and activate Layer2
Edit > Copy

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Layer2 and activate Layer3
Edit > Copy

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 without the sparkles:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 4thJuly 2009
All rights reserved