Hey Girlfriend

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "No Boys Allowed" by Kristi Westling available from The Scrapping Divaz Designz and Sunshine Studio Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the FTU artwork of Carol Barajas

Fonts of choice - I am using Tangled Up and A&S Snapper Script

Plugins: Mura Meister > Copies

Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Let's begin...

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

Paste IPod as new layer
Resize by 70%

Now activate your Background layer and hide the visiblity

We need it to be transparent to see what we are doing

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to Rectangle
Foreground - #ffffff
Background - null
Width - 10.00

Draw out a long thing rectangle
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Duplicate, then Image > Flip
Duplicate again and position between the top and bottom rectangles

Hide IPod
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible



Select inside each of the rectangles with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 5
Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Resize by 70%
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Apply the following drop shadow:
Vertical and Horizontal - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

Paste a Flower of choice as new layer
Resize by 10%

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



Image > Flip
Erase flowers from bottom of iPod

Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a radius of 15.00

Effects > Texture Effects > Fine Leather with the following settings:



Activate top layer

Paste Doodle1 as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position with the upper loop centred in the MenuPad of the iPod

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

Paste StarGems as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position to liking

Adjust > Brightness & Contrast with the Brightness set to 30

Duplicte, then Image > Mirror
Position to liking

Paste Phone as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position to the lower left

Paste some other elements to your liking and position

Now activate your iPod layer

With your Magic Wand select the grey area till it is completely selected

Selections > Modify > Feather by 2

Paste Tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary and position
Selections > Invert

Delete then deselect

Crop and then resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Tangled Up
Text colour to match tag - I am using one of the papers from the kit

Type out your text
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow set to the Fat settings and a Glow width of 3.00

Apply a drop shadow of choice

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

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply same 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 **

This is an easy animation

Activate your Tube layer and lower opacity to 0
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 5
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 10
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 20
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 40
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 60
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 80
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

Back to PSP
Bring opacity up to 100
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste after Current Frame

You should no have EIGHT Frames

Select all then paste as new animation
Select all again then go to
Animation > Reverse Frames

Frames should still all be selected so COPY
Then on your original animation activate LAST frame, then
Paste after Current Frame

You should now have a total of 16 Frames
Select All and change Frame Properties to 20
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 4th September 2009
All rights reserved

An Evanescent Wonderland

 

Supplies

 

Images of choice - I am using the work of Carolina Barajas available to use with copyright credits
Plugin: Penta.com > Jeans
Plugin: Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 Constellation (for animation)
Fonts of choice - I am using Bank GothicBT and Ashbury
My supplies consisting of 3 Selections made by me, here

 

This is fairly easy tutorial using Selections.

Ready? Let's begin...

 

 

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

 

Add a new raster layer

 

Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load Selection from Disk
Find Evanescent #1 and load
You will have a blank selection with marching ants around it

 

Flood fill area black then deselect

 

Set your Materials Palette with your Background and Foreground on #FFFFFF
In your Palette click the Foreground to bring up the Material Properties box
Select the Gradient tab then Fading Foreground with the following settings:

 

 

Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load from Disk
Find Evanescent #2 and load
Flood fill area with #FFFFFF (white)

 

KEEP SELECTED!!

 

Selections > Modify > Contract by 1
Add new raster layer
Flood fill with your Gradient then lower opacity to 50

 

Deselect

 

Effects > Texture Effects > Fine Leather with the following settings:

 

 

Now let's remove the excess this effect created
Select the area around your white border with your Magic Wand

 

 

Selections > Modify > Contract by 1
On the layer we just applied the Fine Leather press delete
Deselect
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Duplicate then Image > Flip
Then Layers > Merge > Merge Down again
Select the area outside your Black Rectangle with your Magic Wand
Activate the small rectangles and press delete
Deselect

 

You should now have something like this:

 

 

Add new raster layer
Selections > Load/Save Selection > Load from Disk
Find Evanescent #3
Flood fill each of the squares with white

 

Selections > Modify > Contract by 2
Delete

 

Now let's add our images

 

With your Magic Wand select the first Frame
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1
Paste your first image as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position and resize to fit in frame
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

 

Select the next Frame
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1
Paste your second image as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position and resize to fit in frame
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

 

Select the last Frame
Selections > Modify > Expand by 1
Paste your third image as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position and resize to fit in frame
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

 

Hide all your layers except for the images and Frames
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Unhide layers again

 

Activate your Black Rectangle layer
Duplicate
On bottom rectangle go to
Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 20.00

 

Effects  > Texture Effects > Weave with the following settings:

 

 

Then, Effects > Plugins > Penta.com > Jeans with the following settings:

 

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Bank Gothic BT
Set your Background to #FFFFFF
Type out your text of choice
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Select another font of choice
I am using Ashbury
Toggle the colours in your Material Palette so that your Foreground is #FFFFFF and your Background is #000000

 

 

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

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

 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANIMATION PLEASE READ ON

 

Activate your background layer
Duplicate twice
Rename Sparkle1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3

 

Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3
Activate Sparkle1
Selections > Select All
Selections > Float
Selections > Defloat
Selections > Modify > Contract by 15

 

Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0 > Constellation with the following settings:

 

 

KEEP SELECTED!!

 

Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Repeat Constellation effect, adjusting the Randon Seed

 

Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Repeat Constellation effect again, adjusting the Randon Seed

 

Deselect

 

Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 again
Activate Sparkle1
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

 

Finally save as GIF and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

 

Here is a non-animated version:

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 7th May 2009
All rights reserved