Supplies
tube and font of choice
Mask by Wescottlass and wordart by me
HERE
You can visit her site
HERE
Scrap Kit Citrus Delight by me
HERE
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)
Artwork is paid for and licensed to me. Do not use
the same graphics unless you hold a license to do so.
1. Open a new image 600 x 600 and flood fill with white.
Choose one of the papers resize to 600 x 600 and copy and paste as a new layer.
2. Have the mask provided open in psp. Now go to layers new mask layer from
image. In the drop down box locate the name of this mask and apply. Right click
on the mask layer and merge group.
3. Choose one of the frames and copy and paste as a new
layer. Resize as needed. Take your magic wand and click inside the open area of
the frame. Selections modify - expand by 3. Choose the paper you want to use for
the background of the frame and copy and paste as a new layer. Selections
invert, delete and deselect. Move the paper layer under your frame layer.
4. Open the tube you will be using. Go back to your frame layer and with your
magic wand again click inside the open area of the frame. Go to selections -
modify - expand by 3. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, position it to
your liking, selections invert, delete, deselect. Move your tube under your
frame layer. Add a drop shadow of choice. Turn off the white background layer,
and the mask layer and merge visible the frame, tube and frame background. Add a
drop shadow of choice. Now you can open up all your layers again.
5. Choose which stitched shape you will be using and copy
and paste as a new layer. Resize as needed. Move this layer beneath your merged
frame layer as position as I have mine. Refer to finished tag.
6. Copy and paste the journaling paper as a new layer. Resize as needed. Open
one of the ribbons and copy and paste as a new layer. Resize this so that it
wraps from one end of the paper to the other. You can also take your deformation
tool to resize it and make it less wide. Once you are happy with how it fits the
jounaling paper. Close off all layers except the ribbon and
paper layer. Merge those two visible. Open back up all
your layers and rotate about 25 degrees right and move this under your frame
layers. Refer to my tag for placement.
7. Continue adding whatever other elements from the kit that you want on
separate layers and place to your liking. Use my tag as a guideline.
8. Copy and paste the wordart. I left it grey so that you can easily colorize it
to suit your tag. Take your selection tool set on point to point and select
around the work sunny. Go to adjust hue and saturation and colorize it one of
the colors you have in your tag. Now go to selection invert and Dayz will be
selected. Adjust hue and saturation to another color in your tag. Deselect.
9. Go to effects eyecandy - gradient glow, Glow Width
3.00, Soft Corners 0, Overall Opacity 100. Put a check in the box Draw Only
Outside Selection. On your color tab, select the color white and apply. Add a
drop shadow of choice. If you don't have eye candy just add a nice drop shadow
to make it stand out more.
10. Add a new layer and add your text. Now resize by 85% bicubic resample, all
layers checked. I always resize before adding my c/r info to keep it clearer.
Now add your copyrights and watermark.
11. Export your image to your jpeg or png optimizer and save.
That's It!
