Kiss Me I'm Irish

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This tutorial was written on February 25, 2009, using Paint Shop Pro, version X.03. It should be okay to do with other versions as well. I just find X.03 more comfortable for me. You may download a free trial of Paint Shop Pro, version X2, from Corel. Any similarities between this tut and any others you may see are purely coincidental.

You will also need:

Tube of your choice. I'm using the cute artwork of Suzanne Richards. You must have a license to use her work. You may purchase that license at CILM.

Scrap kit by Vella of Treasured Scraps. It is a PTU kit, called A Little Bit O Irish. There is a taggers' size and a scrappers' size.

Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Font: I used Celticmd and Chalice

Supplies: A template by Missy, of Divine Intensionz. We're using missy-tagtemplate128, which you can find in her download, here. Leave a shout out on her blog if you download her template! She is a template-making queen! Thanks, Missy!

Let's begin!!

Open your template in PSP. Window > Duplicate. Close the original. Delete the credit layer.

Resize all layers 125%.

Highlight your background layer. Image > Canvas Size > 700 x 650. Flood fill the background with white.

Move each layer like so: Grab your mover tool. Click on the layer you're going to move. Hit SHIFT and the up arrow, simultaneously, once. Do that on each layer, until they're all arranged right, just a bit of a jump higher than they were. Ready? Okay!

Highlight your circle layer. Open Button1. Resize 175%. Copy and paste as new layer, and position where the circle layer is. Merge this layer down with the circle layer. Drop shadow.

Highlight the rectangle layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Open paper12. Resize to 700 x 700. Copy and paste as new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Merge this layer down to your rectangle layer. Drop shadow.

Highlight thin rectangle 1 layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Open paper18. Resize to 700 x 700. Copy and paste as new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Merge this layer down to your thin rectangle 1 layer. Drop shadow.

Highlight thin rectangle 2 layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Open paper15. Resize to 700 x 700. Copy and paste as new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Merge this layer down to your thin rectangle 2 layer. Drop shadow.

Highlight the Kiss Me word art layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Grab your flood fill tool, and flood fill the letters with white. Selections > Select none. Drop shadow.

Highlight the lips layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Open paper12. Resize to 700 x 700. Copy and paste as new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Merge this layer down to your lips layer. Drop shadow.

Highlight the word art template layer. Selections > Select All > Float > Defloat > Modify > Expand by 1

Open paper9. Resize to 700 x 700. Copy and paste as new layer. Selections > Invert. Hit delete. Selections > Select none. Merge this layer down to your word art template layer. Drop shadow.

Add your tube. Position and drop shadow as you like.

Open your CloverBunch7 from the scrap kit. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate left 20°. Position and drop shadow.

Add your name. I used color #115935 for the stroke and #009547 for the fill. Add your Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow, set at 4 - 25 - 100, color white. Drop shadow your name.

Add your copyright, license information if applicable, and your taggers'/watermark.

Choose another font. I used Chalice. Type in "I'm Irish!" under your "Kiss me" word art template layer. I used color #fad201. Drop shadow.

Resize your tag to your taste. Merge all, save, and we're done! I hope you liked this tut! It's relatively easy, yes?? :)
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