Whisper In The Wind Designs : Tutorial for the Winter Sparkle scrap kit by Tiny Turtle Designs, and featuring the Emily tube by Alex

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Tutorial for the Winter Sparkle scrap kit by Tiny Turtle Designs, and featuring the Emily tube by Alex_Prihodko!

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Preview of the Winter Sparkle scrap kit by Tiny Turtle Designs!

Tutorial using the Winter Sparkle scrap kit by Tiny Turtle Designs, and featuring the Emily tube by Alex_Prihodko!

Supplies Needed

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

The Winter Sparkle scrap kit by Tiny Turtle Designs, which can be purchased at The Tiny Turtle shop HERE

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

Mask # 84 from Wee Scott Lass

Template # 77 by Addictive Templates

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 #77 from Addictive Templates. Next, let's create our mask. I have chosen a mask from Wee Scott Lass #84. 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. For this tag, I have made a 2 layer mask. Choose color or gradient on the right side layers menu; I chose a metallic gold gradient for the first layer, and a metallic silver gradient for the second layer....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 move it and re-size it until you like how it appears. Repeat the process with the second, silver 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 36 on rasters 3, c3, and 4, paper 77 on rasters 2, and c2, 6, c6, and 7, paper 71 on rasters 5 and c 5, paper 5 on raster 8. The next thing we want to do is to add our tube images. Find and open the full view tube image and make sure she is in the gold outfit..merge the layers and copy and paste her to your tag; reduce her size by 60% and center her on the bottom of the tag. Go back to the original version and erase/cut everything except her head and neck..copy and paste it to the tag...reduce it by 35% and flip it horizontally and place in the center on top of the raster 8 circle. Duplicate and reduce another 35% and place in the left circle; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place in the right circle..make sure and erase any extra. Make the 2 small circle pics black and white and then place a yellow gold filter on them. Open the el 29 frame and place it on top of all 3 close up images..again..erase anything overlapping the frames.

Next, find the El #36 flower and reduce it by 65% and place it on the right side on the top of raster 5; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the top left. Next, find and open the El# 56 the candle in the box and reduce it by 75% and place in the bottom right corner, behind the tube. Next, find and open the El # 145 and reduce it by 70% and place in the bottom left corner behind the tube. Next, find and open the El # 120 and leaving the size as is, and place it on the bottom right; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the left...make sure they are behind the tube layer.

Next, find and open the El # 49 and leaving size as is, and place on top of the mask on the bottom left; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place on the bottom right behind the tube. Next, find and open the El #139 and reduce it by 90% and place it on the left side of the small pic in the forefront; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the right side. Next, find and open the El# 68 bow and reduce it by 50% and place it on the top left, behind the frame and larger close up image, with the bow part showing; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place it on the top right.

Next, find and open the El # 38 the silver rose and reduce it by 90% and place it centered on the left in the center of the bow; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place in the center of the bow on the right. Next, find and open the El # 67 the star and reduce it by 85% and place it on the top right on top of the raster 22 frame; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place top left. Next, find and open the El # 163 branches and reduce it by 80% and place it on the right side, behind the hanging element, duplicate it and flip it horizontally and move over a bit...repeat process on other side. Next, find and open the El # 98 and reduce it by 95% and place it on the top left of the star; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place on the right side. Next find and open El #167 the pine comb bunch on a stem and reduce it by 95% and place it on the left side to the left of the butterfly; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place it on the right side.

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 me at robynebutts@gmail.com, so I can place it on my blog.

Hugs and blessings,

Robyne