Tutorial "Pure Elegance"

This tutorial was written by me on 16th 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: "Noir et Beige" Tagger Size Scrapkit by SkyScrapsDesigns, which you can purchase at SkyScrapsDesigns Shop, a lovely tube, I am using the beautiful artwork of Ismael Rac, which you can purchase at XeracXStore and GG_Mask9.jpg by Gina

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, flood fill with white, open SkyScraps-N&B-pp7.png, with Shift D make a copy, close the original, layers, new masklayer, from image, load GG_Mask9.jpg, source luminance checked, merge group, duplicate layer, merge down, image, resize 750px, copy and paste as new layer onto your white canvas, close the mask image

2. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E34.png, resize 105%, copy and paste as new layer, open SkyScraps-N&B-E42.png, resize 500px, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 2/2/50/2 #000000, with magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, contract 10px, open SkyScraps-N&B-pp9.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, layers - arrange - move down

3. Selection tool, custom selection, Left 175/Top 206/Right 457/Bottom 439, open SkyScraps-N&B-pp3.png, copy and paste as new layer, press delete, selection, modify, expand 30px, selection invert, press delete, select none, add Dropshadow, this layer is above the grey paper but beneath frame

4. Highlight frame layer, open SkyScraps-N&B-E37.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, move it down to the left, place it as you can see on my previewDuplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, highlight frame layer, with magic wand tool click into it, highlight element layer (net), press delete, select none

5. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E46.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left, place it on the net, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

6. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E95.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open SkyScraps-N&B-E1.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left, place the bow of the ribbon in the center of the flower, add Dropshadow

7. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E16.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees left, adjust - sharpen, move it to the right and a little up, add Dropshadow, open SkyScraps-N&B-E13.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, move to the right and a little down, add Dropshadow

8. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E50.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 45 degrees left, move it down to the left corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open SkyScraps-N&B-E49.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, place it right beside the other heart, arrange the black heart below the white one, open SkyScraps-N&B-E48.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, place it as you can see on my image, add Dropshadow

9. Open SkyScraps-N&B-E77.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, free rotate 90 degrees right, move it up to the rightDuplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, arrange layer beneath the lower paper layer

10. Now open your tube, resize if needed, copy and paste as new layer, place as you wish, add Dropshadow

Please add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like it, please enjoy!