Tutorial "Too Cute"

This tutorial was written by me on 6th April 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: "Girly" PTU Scrapkit by Addictive Pleasures which you can purchase at Dreams-N-Digital and a cute tube and close up, I am using the adorable artwork of Lix which you can purchase at PSP Tubes Emporium, Effects, Xero - Fritillary, Effects, Richard Rosenman, Scanlines and my Too Cute template which you can download here

1. Open template in PSP, with Shift D make a copy, close the original, delete layer Credit, highlight WhiteBigSquare, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, fill the selection with #dddada, select none, adjust, add noise, Uniform and Monochrome checked, noise 35, add Dropshadow 1/1/20/2 #000000, repeat all those steps with layers WhiteSquareRight, WhiteSquareLeft and WhiteCenterSquare

2. Highlight Triangle1, merge down (with Triangle2), merge down (with Triangle3), merge down (with Triangle4), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open p11.png, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 75), fill selection with pattern, select none, add Dropshadow

3. Highlight BigGreySquare, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, fill with #ab328b, select none, Effects, Xero - Fritillary 5/50/60/140 (you have to play a little), highlight layer CenterSquare, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open p2.png, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 75), fill selection with pattern, select none

4. Highlight BlackSquareRight, merge down (with BlackSquareLeft), select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open p1.png, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 50), fill selection with pattern, select none, highlight layer Dotted, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, fill with #ab328b, select none, add Dropshadow, fill all word layers with colors of your choice, add noise and Dropshadows there if you want

5. Highlight the CenterSquare layer, open stamp.png, with Shift D make a copy, close the original, resize 75%, image mirror, select all, selection float, selection defloat, selection, modify, contract 1px, add new rasterlayer, arrange layer, move down, fill with #ab328b, select none, set the blend mode of the original frame to Luminance, merge visible, adjust - Brightness/Contrast -20/0, copy frame and paste as new layer onto your tag, add Dropshadow

6. With magic wand tool click into the frame, selection, modify, expand 10px, add new rasterlayer, arrange layer, move down, fill selection with #ab328b, open your close up, copy and paste as new layer, fit it into the frame as you like, selection invert, press delete, select none, set Blend Mode to Screen, duplicate layer, set the Blend Mode of the upper layer to Luminance (L), switch of the visibility of all layers besides the two close up layers and the paper layer below them, merge visible, Effects, Richard Rosenman, Scanlines - Spacing 2/Thickness 1/Luma 20/0/0, make all other layers visible again

7. Highlight top layer, open sparkles.png, copy and paste as new layer, place it where you like on the face of the close up, open bow.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 25 degrees left, move it up to the left, add Dropshadow

8. Highlight frame layer, open glitter.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it down (Position y 311), with freehand selection tool remove everything you don't want to have there, select none, open lamp.png, resize 50%, copy and paste it as new layer, move it to the left, add Dropshadow, open clock.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow, open diary.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it down to the left too, add Dropshadow

9. Open heartpop.png, resize 35%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 15 degrees right, move it down to the right, add Dropshadow, open lips.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, add Dropshadow

10. Open your tube now, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, if you are using the same tube than I do, open bag.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer and put the bag into your tube's hand, add Dropshadow

Write down your name now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut, please have fun ♥