Whisper In The Wind Designs : Gotika by Diry Art

Monday, June 17, 2013

Gotika by Diry Art - CT Tag & Tut

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Tutorial using the Gotika scrap kit by Diry Art

Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro - I am using X5, but any should do

The Gotika scrap kit by Diry Art HERE

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Any mask of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to start a new image in Paint Shop Pro (PSP for short). To do this, look at the top left corner, and click on FILE>NEW> a pop up will open...set width and height to 600, make background white, and make sure the transparent box is not checked. Click okay, and you now have a blank size base for your tag, already sized and ready to go.

***(NOTE: there is a layers menu on the right side of your screen..if u do not see it then look up top and click VIEW>PALETTES>LAYERS and it will open up...u use this layer to bring things to the front..say for example u put a shoe on the tag but it went behind a bucket and u want it in front of the bucket...while holding the left click button on your mouse or touch pad down, you would slide the shoe to the layer the bucket is on..it would now be in the front...use this anytime u want to bring something to the forefront.)***

I have chosen a mask from the PsP-Pals. Okay, in Paint Shop Pro (PSP) click FILE>OPEN>and open the mask you have chosen, then start a new image FILE>NEW>600x600 and transparent needs to be checked. Choose color or gradient on the right side layers menu; I chose a metallic silver gradient...flood fill the new blank image with the color or gradient..the flood fill is the paint bucket shape. Now go to the top layers menu and click NEW MASK LAYER> from image...a pop up opens..click on the title of the mask you chose in the drop down menu. now go back to the side layers menu and click on the square that has the layers combined...right click it then click merge..the merge group..and voila..you have a mask layer now! :) Now, let's add a nice paper to add some color to your tag. To do this, click on FILE>OPEN> find paper #4 and open it, then click on the pick tool on the tool menu on the left (it looks like an arrow)..a white dotted line will surround the paper, now click EDIT>COPY> find the image 1 tab at the top and click on it...you will do this every time to paste new items as you want to keep building on Image 1 (this is your tag), now click EDIT>PASTE AS NEW LAYER.

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! Find the El #34 and open it and reduce it by 40% and then place it centered on the tag, towards the bottom. Find the full view of your Alley 2 poser, and then reduce it by 40% and place it centered on the tag. Now find the EL #20 and open it, reduce the size by 70%, and place it on both sides, towards the bottom. Now find El #53 and reduce it by 80% and place one in all 4 corners and then duplicate and flip horizontally all 4 corners, to make a very full flower. Now find EL #6 and open it, reduce the size by 90% and place one centered in each of the 4 corner flowers, making sure the sides are going opposite directions.

Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL# 28 and open it, decrease the size by about 25% and place one beside the wall on both sides. Now click FILE>OPEN> find the EL#27 and open it and decrease the size by 85% and place one on both sides at the bottom step. Now open the EL #1 and open it and then reduce its size by 80% and place one on both sides between the crosses and the candelabras. Find the EL#31 and open it, and then reduce it by 90% and place one on each of the 2nd steps. Now find the EL #37 and open it, and reduce the size by 80% and place it across the bottom of the tag. Now find El #67 and open it and reduce it by 90% and place it on thw purple ribbon on both sides of the poser.

You did it! You now have finished this tag. You will need to add copy wright info to your tag, as it is the law. Finally, add a name in any font and color of your choosing.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you did, please follow my blog and pass it along to others. If you make a tag using this tutorial, please send it to meat robynebutts@gmail.com, so I can place it on my blog.

Hugs and blessings,

Robyne

Matching timeline cover I created using the Gotika scrap kit by Diry Art, which can be purchased HERE