A Loving Look

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This tutorial was written on April 6, 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:

A tube of your choice. I'm using the gorgeous artwork of Jennifer Janesko. You must have a license to use her work. You may purchase that license at CILM.

Scrap kit is by Denise, of Scrap It Sassy. It's a PTU kit called Heartfelt. It's a BEAUTIFUL kit, Denise! Thanks for letting me work with it!

Filters: Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow

Font: I used BankenScript

Supplies: Just the mask! I don't know where this came from, so if it is yours, please let me know, and I will properly credit your art!!

Let's begin!! This is a very easy tut. Quick-n-beautiful!

Open your mask in PSP and minimize. You may file the mask in your PSP mask files if you wish, for use at a later date.

Open a new image, 700 x 700, white.

Open round-lace-frame-2. Resize 150%. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Add your tube. Resize, position and drop shadow to taste.

Highlight your white background layer. Open paper1b. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 5. Selections > Invert.

Highlight your paper1b layer. Hit delete. Selections > Select none.

Again, highlight your frame layer. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame. Selections > Modify > Expand by 1. Selections > Invert.

Highlight your tube layer. Grab your eraser brush and erase any part of your tube you do not want showing, overlapping the bottom and maybe even parts of the side of your tube. Selections > Select none.

Open broach. Resize 250%. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place where you want it along the bottom left or right of your frame. Drop shadow.

Open flowers-branch-1. Resize 45%. Copy and paste as a new layer. In the layer palette, drag this layer below the broach. Arrange behind the broach. See my tag for placement reference. Drop shadow your branch.

Duplicate the branch layer. Rotate 15° left. Arrange as you like with the other branch, under the broach. Again, see my tag for reference purposes.

Open flower-2. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this in front of the broach, to the bottom, so you can still see most of the broach. See my tag for placement. Drop shadow your flower.

Duplicate this layer and move to another position, next to the first. Again, see my tag.

Open flower-5. Resize 65%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position this at the middle of the two darker flowers, and below a bit. See my tag. Drop shadow.

Highlight the white background layer. Open paper2b. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Apply your mask. Delete mask layer, answer "yes" to the pop-up question, and merge group.

Add your name. I used color #f6c8ad as the fill. No stroke.

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow set at 5 - 0 - 100, color #662028, preset of "medium."

Drop shadow your name.

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

Resize your tag to the size of your choice. At this point merge your layers and save, and you're done! I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial! Thanks for stopping by!

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