Tutorial "Coffee Caramel Girl"

This tutorial was written by me on 17th November 2009. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: PTU tagger size kit "Coffee Caramel" by Tinas Magical Scrap World, which you can purchase here, a lovely tube, I am using the beautiful artwork of Ismael Rac, which you can purchase on ArtisticMindsInc and mask 0mask046_LT.jpg (if this is yours please let me know and I will give credit to you) and mask WSL_Mask167.jpg by Chelle

Supplies here

1. Open both masks in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x550 Pixel, flood fill with white, add new raster layer, select all, open tmw_coffeecaramel_paper22.jpg, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers - new masklayer - from image, load mask WSL_Mask167.jpg - source luminance checked - merge group

2. Add new rasterlayer, select all, open tmw_coffeecaramel_paper24.jpg, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers - new masklayer - from image, load mask 0mask046_LT.jpg - source luminance checked - merge group, resize 80% (resize all layers not checked), you can close the masks now

3. Open tmw_coffeecaramel_frame1.png, resize 70%, copy and paste as new layer and move it a very little bit to the left, add Dropshadow 2/2/35/8 #000000, with the magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, expand 15px, open tmw_coffeecaramel_paper6.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, layers - arrange - move down

4. Highlight top layer, open tmw_coffeecaramel_frame4.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees right, adjust - sharpness - sharpen, move it to the right, add same Dropshadow

5. With the magic wand tool click into it, selection, modify, expand 15px, copy tmw_coffeecaramel_paper22.jpg, paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, layers - arrange - move down (3times)

6. Highlight heartframe layer again, draw a selection as you can see on my preview, promote to layer, highlight original frame layer again, press delete, select none, highlight promoted layer and move down 3times
7. Highlight top layer, open tmw_coffeecaramel_coffeeflower3.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, place it on the lower left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow 2/2/35/8 #000000

8. Open tmw_coffeecaramel_bowwithflower1.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer and place on the upper left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open tmw_coffeecaramel_paintedrose2.png. resize 15%, copy and paste as new layer and place it on the flowers of the bow, add Dropshadow, merge down

9. Open tmw_coffeecaramel_butterfly5.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees right, adjust - sharpen, move it down and place it on the lowest know of the heartframe, add Dropshadow

10. Open tmw_coffeecaramel_butterfly6.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees left, adjust - sharpen, move it up and place it as you can see on my tag, add Dropshadow

11. Open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish and add Dropshadow of your choice

You can write down your name and/or text now, please add copyright information and save your tag as .jpg or .png! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I would love to see your results!