Tutorial "Happy Mermaid"

This tutorial was written by me on 11th July 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: "Under the Sea" Scrapkit by PolkaDotScraps, which you can purchase at Twilight Scraps and DBV Mask 113.jpg by Vaybs

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, flood fill with white, open PDS_UTS- paper14.jpg, with ShiftD make a copy, resize copy 50%, layers, new masklayer, from image, load DBV Mask 113.jpg, source lumincance checked, merge group, copy and paste as new layer onto your white canvas, image, free rotate 90 degrees left, move down to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down

2. Open PDS_UTS- frame3.png, rotate 90 degrees left, copy and paste as new layer, with magic wand tool click outside, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 10px, copy paper PDS_UTS- paper14.jpg, paste as new layer, arrange paper layer beneath frame layer, selection modify, press delete, select none

3. Duplicate paper layer, arrange, move up (above frame), free rotate 5 degrees left, duplicate frame layer, arrange, bring to top, free rotate 5 degrees left, add Dropshadow 1/1/25/1 #000000 to both frame layers

4. Highlight lower frame, open PDS_UTS- element13.png, copy and paste as new layer, move up to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

5. Open PDS_UTS- frame8.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move to the left, draw a selection around the lower part of the frame, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow6. Highlight top layer, open PDS_UTS- element33.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, adjust - Hue/Saturation - 137/131, move down to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/25/1 #000000

7. Highlight top layer, open PDS_UTS- element16.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, move up to the left, duplicate layer, move it a little to the right and a little down, place it as you can see on my tag, duplictate first flower, image mirror, image flip, duplicate second flower, image mirror, image flip, add Dropshadow to all flowers

8. Open PDS_UTS- element9.png, resize 30%, duplicate layer, image mirror, fit both waves together exactly, merge visible, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 5 degrees left, move the waves a little down to the right, arrange layer beneath upper frame layer, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/1 #000000, repeat with -1/-1/25/1 #0000009. Open PDS_UTS- element25.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, move it into the left window of the frame, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, move it a little up into the right window of the frame, merge down, arrange bubbles layer under the waves layer, blend mode to Luminance (L)

10. Highlight waves layer, open PDS_UTS- element7.png, resize 18%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the lower right corner of the frame, duplicate layer, image mirror, place it somewhere on the left side of the frame, add Dropshadow to both

11. Open PDS_UTS- element3.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees right, place it somewhere on the right side of the frame, add Dropshadow, open PDS_UTS- element5.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left, add Dropshadow, open PDS_UTS- element4.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, move down a little, add Dropshadow

12. Highlight top layer, open PDS_UTS- element8.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right, place it on the wave, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it back into the frame, place it somewhere on the wave on the left side, add Dropshadow to both

13. Highlight top layer, open PDS_UTS- element1.png, resize 30%, copy and paste as new layer, move down to the right, place it between the white flowers, add Dropshadow, open PDS_UTS- element2.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it up to the left, place it between the white flowers, add Dropshadow

14. Open PDS_UTS- element11.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 35 degrees right, move it a little up to the right, add Dropshadow 1/1/25/5 #000000

Now you can write down your name and/or text! If needed, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you enjoyed, please have fun!