Tutorial "Sweet Chocaholic"

This tutorial was written by me on 29st January 2010. 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 "Dip Me In Chocolate" by Creative Intentionz which you can purchase at Just4Taggers, an adorable tube, I am using the beautiful artwork of PinUp Toons which you can purchase on CILM, template #159 by DesignsByAli

1. Open template in PSP, with Shift D make a copy of the template, close the original, delete top layer (Credit) and layer Raster 3, add new rasterlayer, arrange, send to bottom, flood fill with white, image - resize 700x519px (resize all layers and aspect ratio checked)

2. Highlight layer Raster1, merge down (with Raster4), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open CIZ-DMIC-Paper1.jpg, resize 700px, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

3. Highlight background layer, custom selection Left 18/Up 57/Right 688/Down 455, open CIZ-DMIC-Paper2.jpg, resize 700px, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none

4. Highlight Copy of Raster 6, merge down (with Raster 6), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open CIZ-DMIC-Paper12.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

5. Open CIZ-DMIC-MusicalNote1.png, resize 15%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down and place it on the second small circle, duplicate layer, merge down, duplicate layer, move it onto the fourth small circle, merge down, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it up onto the circles, merge down (all four notes are merged now), add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

6. Open CIZ-DMIC-MusicalNote2.png, resize 15%, copy and paste as new layer, duplicate layer, merge down, duplicate 3 times now (so you have 4 MusicalNotes2 at all) and place them on the empty circles, merge all 4, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

7. Highlight Raster 2, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open CIZ-DMIC-Paper4.jpg, resize 500px, copy and paste as new layer, move it into the selection, selection invert, press delete, select none, highlight Raster 5, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open CIZ-DMIC-Paper11.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

8. Highlight top layer, open CIZ-DMIC-VineFlower2.png, resize 60%, copy and paste as new layer, image flip, free rotate 15 degrees right, sharpen, move it to the right and a little up, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000, arrange this layer above the large dark brown rectangle

9. Highlight top layer again, open CIZ-DMIC-ChocSwirl1.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, image flip, move it down into the lower right corner of the frame, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, place it into the upper left corner of the frame, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000
10. Open CIZ-DMIC-Bear1.png. resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down and a little to the right, place it next to the frame, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

11. Open CIZ-DMIC-WordArt3.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left, open CIZ-DMIC-WordArt4.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right, so that the wordart is Sweet Chocaholic now, merge down, move it up and place it above the frame, adjust - Brightness/Contrast - 100/15, add Dropshadow 1/1/50/3 #000000

12. Open CIZ-DMIC-GiftBox2.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, place it into the lower left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open CIZ-DMIC-ChocolateBlocks.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down and place it next to the box, add Dropshadow, open CIZ-DMIC-ChocolateStack.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, place it next to the ChocolateBlocks, arrange layer under the ChocolateBlocks, add Dropshadow

13. Highlight top layer again, open CIZ-DMIC-LadyBug2.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees right, adjust - sharpen, place it somewhere on the VineFlower, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it back, place it somewhere else on the VineFlower, add Dropshadow to both LadyBugs

14. Open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow 0/0/35/8 #000000

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