Tutorial "Love Cupid"

This tutorial was written by me on 11th 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: "Cupid Girl" PTU Scrapkit by Addictive Pleasures which you can purchase at Dreams-N-Digital, a lovely tube, I am using the beautiful artwork of Keith Garvey which you can purchase at MPT and mask WSL_Mask84.jpg by Chelle

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, fill with #df2b71, layers, new masklayer, from image, load WSL_Mask84.jpg, source luminance checked, merge group, maybe you need to move the mask later

2. Open frame4.png, rotate 90 degrees right, selection, custom selection, Left 318/Top 0/Right 636/Bottom 403, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, resize 85%, copy and paste as new layer onto your tag, with magic wand tool click into it, selection, modify, expand 10px, open p3.png, resize 85%, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer, move down, highlight frame, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/2 #000000

3. Open scatteredbling.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, arrange layer above group layer, highlight top layer, open ribbon3.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left and a little down, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, open hearts4.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, move it up to the right corner of the frame, duplicate layer, image flip, move it to the left, merge down, add Dropshadow

4. Open hearts.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left corner of the frame, add Drophshadow, open rose.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, with freehand selection tool, remove the low part of the stem (under the bow), select none, move the rose up to the left, add Dropshadow

5. Open doublehearts.png, with Shift D make a copy, close the original, with selection tool rectangle draw a selection from the top to the middle of the bow, press delete, select none, open bow2.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer on the doublehearts image, place it exactly there where the bow was, merge visible, resize 63%, copy and paste as new layer onto your tag, move it up to the right corner of the frame, add Dropshadow

6. Open clouds.png, copy and paste as new layer, with selection tool rectangle remove the two top clouds, select none, move the single cloud a very little to the right and a little down, add Dropshadow, open Bow...png, resize 60%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, free rotate 65 degrees right, move it down, place it on the cloud, add Dropshadow, open arrow.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, place it on cloud and bow.., add Dropshadow

7. Open your tube, if you are working with the same one than I do, resize 90%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move her a very little to the left, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/8 #000000, open wings.png, resize 60%, copy and paste as new layer, move it a little up, arrange layer, move down (behind the tube), add Dropshadow

You can write your name and/or text now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut ♥