Once Bitten

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 FTU artwork of Kate Lightfoot

WSL_Mask119 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Misfortune and LiorahBT

Plugins: Photoeffex > Scanlines

Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Let's begin...

Open a new 500 x 500 blank canvas flood-filled white

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to Ellipse
Foreground - #000000
Background - #969146
Width - 5.00

Hold your shift key and draw out a circle
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Select the inside of the circle with your Magic wand

Effects > Plugins > PhotoEffex > Scanlines with the default settings

Paste D Frame as new layer
Resize by 70%
Position to the left

Use your Selection Tool to draw out a rectangle inside the Frame

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Resize as necessary and position

Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur with the following settings:

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

Effects > Distortion Effects > Pixelate with the following settings:

Selections > Invert

Delete, then deselect

Paste a Tube of choice into one of the Frames
Resize as necessary and position
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Position into the other Frame

Make a selection around your top Frame
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect
Repeat step with bottom Frame

Activate your Top layer

Paste your main Tube as new layer
resize as necessary
Position to the right

Paste 2Hearts as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Resize by 60%
Position toward the bottom to your liking

Paste Blossom1 as new layer
Resize by 75%
Position protruding from behind Frame

Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Image > Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 70%
Position to the right

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

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask119
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

Lower opacity to 55

Crop and resize to liking

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

Type out text of choice and position to your liking
Convert to raster layer
Lower opacity to around 55

Select another font of choice
I am using LiorahBT

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply a slight Gradient Glow 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
Duplicate twice and rename Mosaic1, Mosaic2 and Mosaic3

Activate Mosaic1

Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic - Antique with the following settings:

Hide Mosaic1 and activate Mosaic2
Repeat Mosaic effect adjusting the Grout Diffusion to 30

Hide Mosaic2 and activate Mosaic3
Repeat Mosaic effect adjusting the Grout Diffusion to 35

Now to animate!

Activate Mosaic1 and hide Mosaic2 and Mosaic3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Mosaic1 and activate Mosaic2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Mosaic2 and activate Mosaic3

Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste After Current Frame

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
All rights reserved