A Girl's Best Friend

Supplies

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

Tubes of choice - I am using the artwork of Jasmine Becket Griffith which is avialable with a licence from CILM

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

WSL_Mask84 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Abagail and A&S Speedway

Plugins: Xenofex 2 > Constellation

Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow (optional)

Let's begin....

Open a 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

Paste Heart5b as new layer
Resize if necessary (I kept it the same size)

Paste your Tube of choice as new layer

Resize as necessary and position

Select your Preset Shape Tool to Heart
Foreground - #000000
Background - null

Draw out a heart to the same size as the one we pasted
(You might want to hide your Tube layer for this step so you can see the edge of the heart)

Once happy with your sizing,
Convert to raster layer

Select outside the Heart you just drew with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Feather by 3

Activate and unhide Tube layer
Erase the any excess you wish to your liking

You can delete your heart shape now

Paste Doodle4 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 20 to the right
Resize by 30%
Position to the lower left

Paste a Flower of choice as new layer
Resize by around 15%
Duplicate twice and place each flower on the greenery

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Repeat so each flower is one layer
Duplicate then set blend mode to Multiply
Lower opacity to 75, then
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
(Flowers and Doodle as one layer)

Duplicate then move to the upper right corner
Image > Rotate by 15 to the right
Place this layer BEHIND your Tube layer

Activate Background Heart layer
Use your Eraser Tool to erase some of the "wrought iron" so that the Doodle greenery blends with it

Paste a Butterfly as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position in upper left
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Position in lower right

Crop and resize

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask84
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 35

Select Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Abagail
Text colour to match tag - I am using #380b0c

Type out text of choice
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add any effects you wish and drop shadow of choice

Select another font of choice
I am using A&S Speedway
Same text colour

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add any effects you wish and drop shadow of choice

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

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

Activate the Mask 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 19th August 2009
All rights reserved