Whisper In The Wind Designs : Tut for Cocoa Christmas by Baby Cakes Scraps, featuring the Veronica tube by Alex

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Tut for Cocoa Christmas by Baby Cakes Scraps, featuring the Veronica tube by Alex_Prihodko

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Preview of the gorgeous Cocoa Christmas scrap kit by Baby Cakes Scraps!

Tutorial using the Cocoa Christmas scrap kit by Baby Cakes Scraps, and featuring the Veronica tube by Alex_Prihodko!

Supplies Needed

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

The Cocoa Christmas scrap kit by Baby Cakes Scraps, which can be purchased at Bella Zingaro Studio HERE

The Veronica tube by Alex_Prihodko, which can be purchased at Pics for Design HERE

Mask #84 from Wee Scott Lass

Template #229 from Millie's PSP Madness

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to open the template #84 from Wee Scott Lass. Next, let's create our mask. I have chosen a mask # 84 from Wee Scott Lass. Okay, in Paint Shop Pro (PSP) click FILE>OPEN>and open the 1st 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 red 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! :) Just copy and paste it to the tag, increasing the size by 20% and center it...make sure the mask is on the very back layer.

***(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.)***

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! The first thing we want to do, is place papers on parts of our template. The following is where your papers should be. Paper #6 on raster 1, paper # 13 on raster 2, paper # 14 on raster 3, paper # 5 on raster 4, paper # 2 on raster 5, and paper # 9 on raster 6. The next thing we want to do is to add our tube images. Find and open the full view tube image (make her hair blonde and the dress red)...copy and paste it on the tag... reduce it by 50% and place her centered at the bottom right...flip her horizontally...make sure she is in the forefront. Now duplicate it, and cut or erase the bottom half of the tube from the breasts down...reduce it by 70%...place the top half in the brown oval on the left side. Use the effects menu and make it sepia; use the effects menu again and add lights (at 50%) under illumination.

Next, find the candle number 2 and reduce it by 85% and place it in the bottom left corner. Next, find and open the flourish #1 and reduce it by 25%; place it on the right side, making sure it is on the layer in front of raster #4...duplicate it and flip it horizontally, and place it on the left side. Next, find and open the rain and leave the size as is; place it centered at the top, in front of the side flourish layers. Next, find and open the champagne and reduce it by 70% and place it on the bottom left corner, on the right side of the candle; make sure it is in the forefront.

Next, find and open the bow #12 and reduce it by 95% and angle it on the right side at the top corner of raster #7. Next, find and open the butterfly #2 and reduce it by 85% and place it on the left side, on top of the raster 7 layer. Next, find and open the kiss me #1 and reduce it by 95% and place on the bottom left, in front of the candle layer..at the bottom. Next, find and open the rose #6 and reduce it by 80% and flip it horizontally; place it to the right of the champagne, making sure it is in front of the champagne, but behind the tube's legs.

Next, find and open the flourish # 3 and reduce it by 60% and place at the top left; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the top right...make sure they come together in the center. Next, find and open the bow #5 and reduce it by 90% and place it at the top left at an angle, on top of raster 5. Next, find and open the rose #3 and reduce it by 98% and place it in the top left in the center of bow #5...duplicate it and flip it horizontally..this makes a fuller flower. next, find and open the flower #3 and reduce it by 95% and place it in the center of bow # 12. Next, find and open the strawberry and reduce it by 98% and place in the bottom left at the bottom of the candle; make sure it is in the forefront. Decrease the size of the word art that came with the template by 50%, and place it on the left side, at the bottom of the oval.

Lastly, add 3D drop shadows wherever you would like them to be. Make sure at this point that you add the copyright information (VERY IMPORTANT)!!

You did it! You now have finished this tag. 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