Tutorial "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"

This tutorial was written by me on 31st January 2011. 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: "Love Letters" PTU Tagger Size Scrapkit by Cinnamon Scraps which you can purchase at Sophisti-Scraps, a cute tube, I am using the adorable artwork of grafik which you can purchase at PicsForDesign

1. Open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, open CS_loveletters_corners.png, resize 575px, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/20/2 #000000, open CS_loveletters_border2.png, resize 555px, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow

2. Open CS_loveletters_paper1.jpg, resize 475px, copy and paste as new layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, contract 2px, open CS_loveletters_paper9.jpg, resize 482px, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 17px, press delete, selection, modify, contract 2px, highlight CS_loveletters_paper1.jpg (the red one), press delete, select none, highlight top paper layer, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/20/2 #000000, repeat with -1/-1

3. Open CS_loveletters_paper1.jpg again, resize 425px, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/20/2 #000000, repeat with -1/-1, open CS_loveletters_paper10.jpg, resize 421px, copy and paste as new layer

4. Open CS_loveletters_flowers.png, resize 400px, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left (Position x 5/Position y 5), duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 1/1/20/2 #000000, arrange layer, send to bottom, highlight top layer, open CS_loveletters_banner.png, resize 350px, copy and paste as new layer, move it up, add Dropshadow

5. Open CS_loveletters_bird1.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left side of the banner, add Dropshadow, open CS_loveletters_bird2.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the right side of the banner, add Dropshadow

6. Highlight the paper layer that is on top (Paper10), open CS_loveletters_envelope1.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up, add Dropshadow, open CS_loveletters_envelope2.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right and a little down, add Dropshadow

7. Open CS_loveletters_flower3.png, CS_loveletters_flower4.png and CS_loveletters_flower5.png, resize all 20%, copy and paste them as new layers and spread them all around, add Dropshadow

Highlight top layer, open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow, if you are using the same one than I you can but don't need to remove the hearts

Write down your name and/or text, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tutorial, please enjoy ♥