Tutorial "Red Riding Hood"

This tutorial was written by me on 8th May 2011. It was done with PSP X2 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Red Riding Hood" PTU Scrapkit by Addictive Pleasures which you can purchase at Dreams-N-Digital and a matching tube plus close-up, I am using the adorable artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which you can purchase at PTE

1. Open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, open window.png, resize 89%, copy and paste as new layer, with magic wand tool click outside, selection invert, modify selection, contract 5px, open p11.png, copy and paste as new layer, arrange, move down, selection invert, press delete, don't deselect, open the close-up of your tube, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right and fit it into the selection as you like, press delete, select none, set blend mode to Luminance, add Dropshadow 0/-10/50/20 Shadow on new layer checked, set blend mode of shadow layer to Luminance (L)

2. Highlight top layer, open leaves2.png, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, move it up, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, duplicate layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, merge down, set the opacity to 50, arrange layer, send to bottom

3. Open glitter.png, copy and paste as new layer, image effects, offset 0/150 Custom and Transparent checked, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow1/1/25/4 #000000, Shadow on new layer not checked anymore, open butterflys.png, copy and paste as new layer, selection, custom selection Left 325/Top 0/Right 650/Bottom 650, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, add Dropshadow (this is what we have so far)4. Highlight top layer, open sparkles.png, copy and paste as new layer, image effects, offset 0/-225, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, duplicate layer, free rotate 90 degrees left, merge down

5. Open flowerframe.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right - exact position must be Position X 65/Position Y 141, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, add Dropshadow to both flowerframes, highlight the one that is down right, selection, custom selection Left 355/Top 330/Right 650/Bottom 650, promote selection to layer, highlight the original layer, press delete, don't deselect, highlight now the flowerframe layer up left, selection, edit selection, image mirror, image flip, edit selection, promote selection to layer, highlight the original layer of the flowerframe up left, press delete, select none, the promoted layers stay on top of the tag, arrange the two original flowerframe layers under the red paper layer

5. Highlight top layer, open bow.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, move the duplicated bow a little down, so it looks like one bow, merge down, move it up to the right corner of the frame, add Dropshadow

6. Open cupcake.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow, open cherries.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, place it in front of the cupcake, add Dropshadow, draw a small selection as you can see on my preview, promote selection to layer, highlight original cherries layer, press delete, select none, arrange promoted layer under the cupcake7. 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! Hope you like my tut, please enjoy ♥