In a World Without You

Supplies

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

Tubes of choice - I am using the artwork of David Desbois which is FTU with written permission

WSL_Mask133 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using LD Twylight and LiorahBT

Plugins: Xero > Radiance

PhotoEffex > Scanlines

Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Xenofex 2 > Constellation

Let's begin....

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

Paste Beaded Frame of choice as new layer

Select inside the inner frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2
Add a new raster layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Paste paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Now select the outer frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 2
Activate layer with your first paper
Paste another paper of choice INTO selection

KEEP SELECTED!!

Layers > Promote Selection to Layer
Deselect

Set blend mode to Soft Light
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Activate top layer

Paste some Hearts as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position to your liking

Paste Fern of choice as new layer
No need to resize
Position in the lower centre

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking

Select the inside of inner Frame again with your Magic Wand
Selections > Invert
Selections > Modify > Contract by 4
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2

Activate Tube and erase any excess from the bottom

Deselect

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

Paste RedHeart as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position behind ferns above Tube in lower right

Duplicate, then set blend mode to Multiply
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask133
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to around 40

Effects > Plugins > PhotoEffex > Scanlines
Default settings
Repeat once again

Paste a flower of choice as new layer
You can't see it because it is behind the Frame
Resize by 20%

LEAVE IN POSITION!!

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

Paste another flower of choice as new layer
Resize by 20% also

Repeat Copies effect

Image > Rotate by 12 to the right
Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

Crop and resize to liking

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to Ellipse

Foreground - #000000
Background - null

Hold your shift key and draw out a circle around your Frame
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using LD Twylight
Text colour to match tag - I am using #570000

Type our your text of choice
Position and then open your Layer Palette and lovate the Vector Layer
Open and then turn off the Ellipse
Convert to raster layer

Select another font of choice
I am using LiorahBT
Same text colour

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply any effects and 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 your Mask Layer layer
Duplicate twice and rename Sparkles1, Sparkles2 and Sparkles3

Activate Sparkles1 and hide the other two

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

Hide Sparkles1 and activate Sparkles2
Repeat Constellation effect, adjusting the Random Seed

Hide Sparkles2 and activate Sparkles3
Repeat Constellation once more, adjusting the Random Seed

Activate Sparkles1 and hide the other two again
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkles1 and activate Sparkles2

Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkles2 and activate Sparkles3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Now 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 14th August 2009
All rights reserved