Tutorial "Girlie Things"

This tutorial was written by me on 13th May 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: "Girlie Girl" Scrapkit by PolkaDotScraps, which you can purchase at Twilight Scraps, an adorable tube, I am using the artwork of Jose Cano, which you can purchase at MPT and WSL_Mask84.jpg by Chelle

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, flood fill with white, add new rasterlayer, select all, open PDS_Girlie Girl- paper9.jpg, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers - new masklayer - from image, load WSL_Mask84.jpg, source luminance checked, merge group

2. Open PDS_GG- element49.png, resize 600px, copy and paste as new layer, move up (Position x 35/Position y 50), add Dropshadow 2/2/25/2 #000000

3. Open PDS_GG- frame3.png, rotate 90 degrees right, resize 500px, copy and paste as new layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, add new rasterlayer, open PDS_GG- frame6.png, resize 450px, copy and paste into selection, select none, adjust - sharpen, add Dropshadow to both frames

4. Highlight purple frame, with magic wand tool click into it, selection, modify, expand 10px, copy PDS_Girlie Girl- paper9.jpg, paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange beneath purple frame

5. Highlight purple frame again, open PDS_GG- element20.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left and a little up, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/2 #000000 (Shadow on new layer checked), highlight curtain, select all, selection float, selection defloat, highlight shadow layer, press delete, select none, highlight curtain, merge down, duplicate layer, image mirror

6. Open PDS_GG- element44.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, place it below the lower right corner of the frame, add Dropshadow (Shadow on new layer not checked), open PDS_GG- element45.png, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left, place it below the lower left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow -2/-2/25/2 #000000, arrange this layer above the group layer

7. Highlight top layer, open PDS_GG- element23.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 45 degrees right, sharpen, move up to the left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/2 #000000, open PDS_GG- element30.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it up into the right corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element37.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees right, sharpen, move it up to the right, place on the flower, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element12.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, sharpen, move it up to the right, place it on the bow, add Dropshadow

8. Open PDS_GG- element19.png, resize 80%, copy and paste as new layer, move down, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element46.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 20 degrees right, move down, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element38.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move down to the left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element43.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, add Dropshadow

9. Highlight purple flower layer, open PDS_GG- element4.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move down, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element5.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, move down, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element3.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 80 degrees left, move down, add Dropshadow, open PDS_GG- element2.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 12 degrees left, move down, add Dropshadow

10. Open PDS_GG- element42.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 10 degrees right, sharpen, add Dropshadow, move it down, arrange this layer below the purple/beige wrap layer, with freehand selection tool only select the blossom, promote to layer, on original layer press delete, select none, arrange blossom above the wrap

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

Hope you enjoyed the tut! Have fun!