Tutorial "Halloween Time"

This tutorial was written by me on 24th September 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: "Halloween Time" Scrapkit by Rieka Rafita which you can purchase at Twilight Scraps, a Halloween tube, I am using the artwork of Amano Jyaku - I purchased it on CILM but he is leaving at the end of September, so please look at his website for further information, mask RR_Mask8.jpg by Rieka Rafita and Effects - Mura's Meister Copies

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, flood fill with white, add a new rasterlayer, fill with #8623b1, layers, new masklayer - from image, load RR_Mask8.jpg, source lumincance checked, merge group, resize layer 90% (resize all layers not checked)

2. Open RR_Frame4.png, resize 550px, copy and paste as new layer, selection tool, custom selection Top 0/Left 0/Bottom 325/Right 650, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/3 #000000

3. With magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, expand 6px, highlight group layer, add new rasterlayer, open RR_Paper4.jpg, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 75), flood fill selection with pattern, select none

4. Open RR_Spider1.png, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer, Effects, Mura's Meister Copies, after that add Dropshadow 1/1/30/2 #000000 and remove the three spiders on top and the three spiders at the bottom5. Highlight top layer, open RR_Ribbon2.png, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 110 degrees right, move it up to the left (Position x 44/Position y 9), with freehand selection tool remove the bow, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

6. Open RR_Bow4.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, duplicate bow 3 times (so you have 4) and spread them on the ribbons as you like, if you rotate the bows, don't forget to sharpen after that, add Dropshadow to every bow

7. Highlight the Trick or Treat Bow which is up right, highlight one layer below, open RR_Bag1.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it to the right, hang it onto the bow, add Dropshadow

8. Highlight top layer, open RR_Wordart1.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up, add Dropshadow

9. Open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place it as you wish, add Dropshadow 4/4/30/6 #ff8e3e, repeat with -4/-4/30/6 #ff8e3e

10. Open RR_Hat1.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left, arrange layer under the tube layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/30/2 #000000, open RR_Candle.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow

11. You can write down your name and/or text now. Please add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you had fun ♥