Tutorial "Sweet Rac"

This tutorial was written by me on 29th April 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: "Addicted to Rac" Scrapkit by Creative Intentionz which you can purchase at Just4Taggers, an adorable tube, I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac which you can purchase at ArtisticMindsInc and mask 0mask046_LT.jpg

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, flood fill with white, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper20.jpg and CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper17.jpg, resize both to 400x400px, both - layers, new masklayer, from image, load 0mask046_LT.jpg, source lumincance checked, merge group, take the yellow one, image mirror, image flip, copy and paste as new layer onto your image, move up to the left (Position x 10/Position y 10), duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down

2. Take the pink mask image, image mirror, image flip, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left, same position than the yellow one (10/10), image mirror, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, you can close mask and the small image now

3. Open a new transparent canvas 650x460px, with shape tool draw an elipse over the whole image (foreground colour off), convert to raster layer, copy and paste as new layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper19.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/3 #000000, repeat with -1/-1/30/3 #000000

4. Open a new transparent canvas again 555x400px, select all, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper17.jpg, paste into selection, select none, custom selection Top 15/Left 0/Bottom 23/Right 555, press delete, selection, edit selection, image flip, selection, edit selection, press delete, select none, copy image, paste as new layer onto your tag image, select all, selection float, selection defloat, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper19.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 1px, press delete, select none, highlight pink rectangle layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/3 #000000

5. Open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper20.jpg, set background to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 100), foreground off, take your shape tool, square, draw a small square 15x15px, move it up to the left (Position x 80/Position y 105), duplicate layer, Effects - Image Effects - Offset 22/0, repeat it as long as the Width of the rectangle is filled with the squares, merge all the squares, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/3 #000000

6. Custom selection, Top 130/Left 106/Bottom 420/Right 593, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper19.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 30px, press delete, select none, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, contract 10px, Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel, selection invert, same Inner Bevel, select none, image, free rotate 10 degrees left, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/3 #0000007. With magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, expand 10px, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Paper20.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer beneath frame layer

8. Highlight top layer, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Frame1.png, resize 400px, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees left, move it to the left side of the frame, with your freehand selection tool draw a selection as you can see on my preview, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow9. Open CIZ-AddictedToRac-GiftBox2.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, move down to the left, add Dropshadow, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Ipod2.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 20 degrees right, move it down, place it on the right side of the box, add Dropshadow, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Hippo2.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, place it on the right side of the Ipod, add Dropshadow, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Shoe3.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left

10. Open CIZ-AddictedToRac-FlowerArrangement1.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, image flip, free rotate 15 degrees right, place it on the upper right corner of the frame, add Dropshadow

11. Highlight frame layer, open CIZ-AddictedToRac-Wrap2.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees left, move it down, place it as you can see on my image, add Dropshadow

Now open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, add Dropshadow and place as you wish, now you can write down your name and/or text, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg!

Hope you had fun, please enjoy!