Tutorial "Sweet Love"

This tutorial was written by me on 20th February 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: "Sweet Love" PTU Scrapkit by Rieka Rafita which you can purchase at Twilight Scraps, a cute tube, I am using the adorable artwork of PinUp Toons which you can purchase at CDO Store and mask 0mask046_LT.jpg which you can download here (if this mask is yours please let me know and I will give you credit)

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, open RR_LoveGrow.png, copy and paste as new layer, Effects, Image Effects, Offset -20/0 Custom and Transparent checked, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/5 #000000

2. Open RR_Frame4.png, resize 500px (resize all layers not checked), selection, custom selection Left 0/Top 225/Right 300/Bottom 451, selection invert, press delete, duplicate layer, image flip, Effects, Image Effects, Offset 0/-100 Custom and Transparent checked, merge down, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, copy and paste as new layer onto your tag, Effects, Image Effects, Offset 30/-75 Custom and Transparent checked, add Dropshadow, arrange layer, move down

3. With magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, expand 10px, open RR_Paper18.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, arrange layer, move down, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, open RR_Sparkle1.png, copy and paste as new layer, press delete, select none

4. Open RR_Paper16.jpg, resize 350px, layers, new masklayer, from image, load 0mask046_LT.jpg, source luminance checked, merge group, copy and paste as new layer onto your tag, move it down to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, move it back down and a little more to the right, merge down, arrange layer, send to bottom

5. Open RR_GlitterSplash.png, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, image, resize Width 100%/Height 80% (aspect ratio and resize all layers not checked), move it down to the right, add Dropshadow (layer is above group layer)

6. Highlight top layer, open RR_CupidBear1.png, resize 25% (aspect ratio checked again), copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow, open RR_Butterfly.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer, duplicate layer, rotate one butterfly 30 degrees right, sharpen, move it up to the left corner of the frame or just move it up and leave it in the middle of the frame, add Dropshadow, rotate the other butterfly 30 degrees left, sharpen, move it to the right and a little down, add Dropshadow

7. Open RR_Flower3.png, resize 15%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down and place it somewhere on the string, add Dropshadow, open RR_LoveHanging.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, draw a rectangular selection around the letters and strings, selection invert, press delete, select noneMove these letters up to the left, arrange this layer under the frame layer, add Dropshadow, duplicate layer and move it to the right

8. Highlight top layer again, open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow

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