Thursday, June 14, 2012

By the Bay

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Anna Marine which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Havlova Austra here

Monti Circular Mask here

“By the Bay” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from  either of your favorite stores – Lollipops n Gumdrops or Butterfly Blush Designs.   You can visit my designing blog here.

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste 22 as a new layer.
Resize 85%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Copy and paste 24 as a new layer.
Resize 55%
Free rotate Left 7 degrees.
Duplicate
Mirror
Move both frames into position – see my tag for reference.

To each frame:
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer just below the frame.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Change the Properties to Soft Light.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position it in front of both frames.

Add your elements.  I used:
49:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Resize 60%
46:  Resize 60%/Duplicate/Mirror
57:  Resize 40%
15:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Flip/Resize 70%/Duplicate both flowers
8:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Left 10 degrees
9:  Resize 15%/Free rotate Right 25 degrees/Duplicate/Mirror
71:  Resize 40%
36: Duplicate
The elements to go with the name are down further in the tutorial.
  
Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Foreground: 551f15
Background: c53a1b
Stroke: 1
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel 2x’s:

The elements I used to decorate around the name:
56:  Resize 45%
47:  Resize 15%/Duplciate/Mirror
1:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror
67:  Resize 25%
56 again:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Move both sand layers into position to cover the bottom part of the ric rac.

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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