Whisper In The Wind Designs : Tut-In the Still of the Night by Sweet Cravings Scraps, featuring a poser by LKDesign

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Tut-In the Still of the Night by Sweet Cravings Scraps, featuring a poser by LKDesign

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Preview of the "In the still of the Night" scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps

Tutorial using the "In the Still of the Night " scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, featuring the Tonja Fae cookie by LKDesign.

Supplies Needed

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

The "In the Still of the Night" scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, which can be purchased at Exquisite Scraps HERE

Mask #18 from Moonbeams & Spiderwebs

Template #357 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 #357. Next, let's create our mask. I have chosen a mask from Moonbeams & Spiderwebs #18. 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 black and white 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, and center it and place it between the teal squares and grey circles.

***(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 #17 on the 2 teal squares, paper #1 on the 2 dark grey circles, paper #8 on the 2 light grey circles, paper #18 on the 3 black sticks, and paper #13 on the 3 small circles. The next thing we want to do is to add our cookie poser; find and open the poser #2 and reduce her by 60% and place her centered on the tag, towards the bottom. Now, add just her face in the left circle...duplicate and flip it horizontally and place in the right circle...make them both black and white with a purple tinge.

Next, find the Fence #1 and leaving the size as is, place it on the tag; the placement of it should be in front of the mask layer. Next, find and open the lightning; you want it to be in front of the fence layer...leave size as is and place it on the top left...duplicate and flip it horizontally and place on the right. Next, find and open the tree and place it behind the lightning on the right side...move it over a bit...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the left. Next, find and open the night cat and reduce it by 70%, and place it to the left of the poser...the only thing that should be in front of it is the word art, which you need to move down a bit. Next, find and open the moon and reduce its size by 70% and place it in the top left...make sure it is behind the lightning.

Next, find and open the candle and reduce it by 98% and place it in the left hand of the poser. Next, find and open the vine and leaving the size as is, place it on the right side behind the 3 black sticks of the template. Next, find and open the night owl and reduce it by 50% and place to the bottom right of the poser...the only thing that should be in front of it is the word art. Next, find and open the cloud and leaving the size as is, place it on the left side moving it towards the left a bit...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the right, moving it to the right a bit...it should be behind the template and in front of the trees. Next, find and open the flower #4 and reduce it by 50% and place on the bottom left behind the cat...duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place it on the bottom right behind the owl.

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

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