Gentle Whispers

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using Laura's Designz' part of "An Autumn Romance" collab available from Twilight Scraps

Tubes of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Zindy Nielsen available with a licence from her store

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

WSL_Mask181 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using GeeohHmk

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Xenofex > Constellation

Let's begin...

Open a new 600 x 400 blank canvas flood-filled white

Paste D Frame as new layer
Image > Rotate by 90 to the right
Resize by 80%

With your Selection Tool draw a rectangle around the inside of your Frame
Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 10.00

STILL SELEECTED!!

Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colourise with the following settings:

Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Paste a Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in the left Frame

Make a selection around left Frame
Selections > Invert

Delete then deselect

Activate top layer

Paste another Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position over right Frame

Select the inside of right Frame with Magic Wand
Selections > Invert
Selections > Modify > Contract by 2
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2
With your Eraser Tool carefully erase the excess overhanging Frame

Delete then deselect

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask181
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Resize by 95%

Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur with the following settings:

Paste GlitterStars as new layer
Position beneath Frame to your liking

Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colourise with the following settings:

Crop and resize to liking

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using GeeohHmk
Text colour - #56630b

Type out text of choice and position to your liking
Convert to raster layer
Apply a Gradient Glow of choice

Repeat same with your name

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 Mask layer
Duplicate twice and rename Stars1, Stars2 and Stars3

Activate Stars1
Effects > Plugins > Xenofex 2 > Constellation with the following settings:

Hide Stars1 and activate Stars2
Repeat Constellation adjusting the Random Seed

Hide Stars2 and activate Stars3
Repeat Constellation again adjusting the Random Seed once more

Now to animate!

Activate Stars1 and hide Stars2 and Stars3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Stars1 and activate Stars2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Stars2 and activate Stars3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Select All and change your Frame Properties to 20
Now save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my turorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 9th August, 2009
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