Blue Love
This tutorial is my own creation and based on my own ideas. Any and all similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
Please do not upload to or offer this tutorial on any other site without asking me first. Thank you.
Material you will need:
PaintshopPro – I’m using PSP X2, but you should be able to follow the tutorial in any version.
A scrap kit – I used the beautiful kit Blue Love by Scrap Moment Designz, which you can purchase here.
2 tubes of your choice – or use the ones I used in the tutorial, which were createdy by me and are included in the material.
A font of your choice or the one included.
A mask –I used WSL 4, created by Weescotslass, which is also included in the material. Check out her blog here for further masks.
No filters required.
You can get the material here.
Now, let’s get started. It might be helpful if you choose the elements you wish to use beforehand, and open them up in PSP prior to starting the tutorial. That way, you have them handy when following each step.
Also, you don’t have to slavishly follow each positioning nor setting – play and experiment a bit, especially if you use different elements.
If you are unsure how to position an element, refer back to my sample tag.
Open a new image, 700 x 650, transparent background.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Box_01, copy & paste as a new layer into your main image.
Resize 40%, Resize all layers NOT checked. Move the box a bit to the left, and down.
Drop Shadow: 3/2 50/12.45.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Box_02, copy & paste into your new image.
Resize 40%, Resize all layers NOT checked. Free Rotate, Left, 30 degrees.
Move this layer down, underneath the first box layer, and a bit up and to the right.
Apply the same Drop Shadow as before.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Wireheart_01, copy & paste into your new image.
Resize 60%, mirror, und move up and to the right so it ‘sits’ on the edge of the blue box.
Apply the same Drop Shadow as before.
Optional: if you like, write something on the tag. Use a font, color and font size of your liking. Feel free to rotate the font, add a Drop Shadow of your choosing etc.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Frame_09, copy & paste into your new image.
Resize 65%, and move it into the center of the brown box, and a bit up.
Selext your Magic Wand and click inside the frame. Selections – Expand by 2.
New layer, move this layer underneath the heart frame layer – do not deselect.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Paper_07, copy & paste into selection.
New layer – 3DEffects – Cutout: 5/5 45/10.
New layer – 3DEffects – Cutout: -4/-4 40/12.
Selections – Select none.
Open your first tube, copy & paste as new layer into your image, and move this layer below the heart frame layer.
Position to your liking. Resizing depends on the tube you are using. Resize to your liking.
Select your Magic Wand again, and make sure you are on the heart frame layer. Click inside the heart frame.
Selections – Expand by 2
Selections – Invert and hit “Delete”.
Apply the same Drop Shadow as before.
Merge layers down 4 times – your heart frame layer, your 2 cutout layers, your tube layer and the paper layer should be merged after this.
Apply the same Drop Shadow as before.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Lovewrap_02, Resize 60%, Resize all layers NOT checked.
Free Rotate right 15 degrees.
Move this layer below the heart frame, so that it looks as if it is between the box and the frame.
Selection Tool – Rectangle and select the outer parts of the ribbon that ‘stick out’ over the edges of the box left and right, and delete them.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Frame_01, Resize 40%, Resize all layers NOT checked.
Free Rotate right 25 degrees. Move this frame layer down until it looks like it is above the blue box, but underneath the brown box.
Open your second tube, copy & paste, move layer underneath second frame.
Resize and position tube to your liking.
Optional: Free Rotate your tube right 25 degrees.
Select your Magic Wand and click inside the second frame. Selections – Expand by 1.
Now select your tube layer. Selections invert, hit “Delete”. Keep selection.
New layer, and move this layer down once.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Paper_09, copy & paste into selection.
New layer – 3DEffects – Cutout: 5/5 45/10.
New layer – 3DEffects – Cutout: -4/-4 40/12.
Apply Drop Shadow to your tube – same settings as before.
Select your Magic Wand, click inside your second heart frame.
Now select your tube layer - Selections – Expand by 1, Selections invert, hit “delete” once on your tube layer. Selections – Select none.
Starting with your second heart frame layer, merge down 4 times – your second heart layer, the 2 cutous layers, the tube layer and the paper layer should now be one layer.
Select your Magic Wand again, and click outside of your second heart frame.
Apply same Drop Shadow as before. Selections – Select none.
Highlight the bottom layer (should be transparent – if not, new layer, Arrange – move to bottom) – Selections – Select all.
Open SMD_BlueLove_Paper_06, copy & paste into selection.
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk and find the mask WSL 4 (or one of your choosing).
The following options should be checked for the mask settings: Fit to layer, Show all mask, Source luminance. Invert transparency (if your using the WSL 4 mask) is NOT checked.
Merge group and use the Move tool to position to your liking.
Now, the next step is to add any further text and your watermark to the graphic.
Use your crop tool to crop your image, and, if tag is too large for you, feel free to merge all layers visible and then resize to your liking.
If you prefer a transparent background, save your tag in PNG format.
Otherwise, if you select the JPG, it will automatically add a white background.
Should you care for a different colored background, after you merged all layers visible:
New layer, arrange, send to bottom, and floodfill with your color of choice.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Have any questions regarding the tut, or anything else you’d like to tell me? Contact me (info is in the TOU inside the materials).
XOXOXO,
Dani
