Thursday, September 1, 2011
Shades of November
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Sha's Designs |
I used PSP x3 (any version will work)
“Shades of November” is a tagger size PTU scrap kit created by Creative Scraps by Crys and can be purchased from HERE or HERE
This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.
“Shades of November” is a tagger size PTU scrap kit created by Creative Scraps by Crys and can be purchased from HERE or HERE
This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.
~ Let's Begin!~
Settings will remain the same unless otherwise noted.
Open up a new canvas 600 x 600
Flood fill your canvas with white
Open frame 3 (or frame of choice)
Copy and paste frame as a new layer
Resize 85%
Open paper 13 (or paper of choice)
Copy and paste as a new layer
Resize 70%
Using the magic wand on your frame layer, Click inside the frame
Selections > Modify > Expand -> 4 pixels
Selections > Invert
Back on your paper layer, Hit Delete
Selections > Select None
We are going to add the drop shadow to the frame at the end of the tutorial, because we are going to need to click inside the frame again to cut off the elements that are outside the frame area.
I used the following elements from the kit, please use your creativity and add anything else you would like to your tag.
(Please refer to my tag for placement of the elements)
Copy and paste bushes as a new layer, move to the bottom half of your tag.
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: #808080
Duplicate
Image > Mirror
Arrange to your liking
Duplicate
Image > Mirror
Arrange to your liking
Copy and paste grass as a new layer
Move to the bottom half of your tag
Duplicate the grass layer
Resize Duplicate layer 80% (placement is above the original layer)
Arrange so the duplicated layer is a bit lower
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: Black
Copy and log as a new layer
Resize 35%
place under both grass layers
Add Drop Shadow
Copy and paste tree as a new layer
Resize 40%
place under the bushes
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: #808080
Copy and paste little girl as a new layer
Resize 40%
Copy and paste tree as a new layer
Resize 40%
place under the bushes
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: #808080
Copy and paste little girl as a new layer
Resize 40%
place between the grass layers so she looks like she is walking in the grass
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: Black
Add Drop Shadow
V/H: 1
Opacity: 60, Blur: 5, Color: Black
Copy and paste sun as a new layer
Resize 40%
place top half of tag, change blend mode to soft light on your layer palette
Copy and paste fox as a new layer
Resize 27%
sit the fox on the log
Add Drop Shadow
Copy and paste flowers as a new layer
place on top of the bushes layer
Add Drop Shadow
Copy and paste bush as a new layer
Resize 20%
place on the bottom half of the tag right under the frame layer to fill in the stem of the frame
If you haven't done so, save your tag before we get rid of the edges, in case you make a mistake you will have your original
Close off the following three layers
Frame, Paper and Background
Click on any of the other open layers
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Then open all the layers back up
Using the magic wand on your frame layer, Click inside the frame
Selections > Modify > Expand -> 4 pixels
Selections > Invert
Back on your merged layer, Hit Delete
Selections > Select None
On Frame Layer
Add Drop Shadow
Open up paper 2 (or paper of choice)
Copy and paste above the background layer
Resize 70%
Layers > Load/Save Mask > Load Mask from Disk
Source Luminance Checked, Fit to Canvas Checked, Hide All Mask Checked
Click Load
Layers > Merge > Merge Group on the mask Layer
Close off the background layer,
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Resize 80% (Optional Depends on the size you like your tags)
Add your copyright information.
Add name.
You are done
If you haven't done so, save your tag before we get rid of the edges, in case you make a mistake you will have your original
Close off the following three layers
Frame, Paper and Background
Click on any of the other open layers
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Then open all the layers back up
Using the magic wand on your frame layer, Click inside the frame
Selections > Modify > Expand -> 4 pixels
Selections > Invert
Back on your merged layer, Hit Delete
Selections > Select None
On Frame Layer
Add Drop Shadow
Open up paper 2 (or paper of choice)
Copy and paste above the background layer
Resize 70%
Layers > Load/Save Mask > Load Mask from Disk
Source Luminance Checked, Fit to Canvas Checked, Hide All Mask Checked
Click Load
Layers > Merge > Merge Group on the mask Layer
Close off the background layer,
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Resize 80% (Optional Depends on the size you like your tags)
Add your copyright information.
Add name.
You are done
Thank you for trying my tut, I hope you had fun!
I would love to see your results, you can email them to me HERE.
Hugs,
Sha
Tutorial ©Sha's Designs, September 1, 2011
Any similarities to another tutorial is purely coincidental.
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