This tutorial was created June 21, 2007
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The heart tag I used is by Dozi. You can download it here (5th set from the top)
The frame I used is by Lor. You can visit her blog here
The ScrapKit I used is by Melissa. You can find her awesome work @ Scrappy Expressions
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Alien Skin Splat Demo, you can download here
My supplies here and here. The zips include the scrapkit, tubes and font
Open the tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Gargoyle SSI" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to #F8E5BE
Set your background color to #6C6A4D
~ Step 1 ~
Maximize SRD-VintageMatte.pspimage
This will be our working area for now
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Fill this layer with your foregound color
~ Step 2 ~
Maximize Moments15_BrookeKroegerDesigns.psp
Copy the tube and paste as new layer into your working area
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Image, Resize and use these settings:
95 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Position the tube a little bit to the right and down so the top of the head is into the frame
~ Step 3 ~
Click on the frame layer to activate it
Activate your Magic Wand and use these settings:
Mode: Add, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance: 20, Continuous Checked,
Feathers: 0, Anti-alias Checked, Outside selected
Click inside the frame to select it
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout and use these settings:
Offset Vertical and Horizontal: 3, Opacity: 30, Blur: 10, Color: Black,
Fill interior with color Unchecked
Layers, New Raster Layer
Repeat the Cutout but change Vertical and Horizontal to -3
Do NOT deselect!!!
~ Step 4 ~
Click on the tube layer to activate it
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use these settings:
Selection type: Point to point, Mode: Add, Feather: 0, Smoothing: 0, Anti-alias Checked
Carefully select the leaves and sheet that goes out of the frame to add them to the selection
Selections, Invert
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 5 ~
Click on the first cutout layer to activate it
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use the same settings as before
Select the cutout part on top of the sheet corner
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Click on the second cutout layer to active it
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Minimize this frame as we will need it later
~ Step 6 ~
File, New
Set Width and Height to 500, Transparent background
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_1 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Back to the scrapkit
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_3 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
~ Step 7 ~
Effects, Plugins, Alien Skin Splat Demo, Edge and use these settings:
Move the background up into the top left corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
~ Step 8 ~
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_4 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Effects, Plugins, Alien Skin Splat Demo, Edge and use the same settings as before
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 7
Move this background down and to the right
~ Step 9 ~
Copy the frame we made earlier
Paste it into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
72 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Layers, Duplicate
Click on the bottom frame layer
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Right, Degrees: 10, everything else Unchecked
Move this frame to the right
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
~ Step 10 ~
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Ribbon_1 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
75 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the ribbon down so we see a little part of it at the bottom of the top frame
Hide the top layer frame
Activate your Magic Wand and use the same settings as in Step 3
Select the middle part of the ribbon from left to right (do not select the border)
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Selections, Select None
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Unhide the top frame layer
~ Step 11 ~
Click on the top frame layer to activate it
Move the frame slightly to the right
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use the same settings as in Step 4
Carefully select the frame bottom left corner overlaping the ribbon
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 12 ~
Copy coffeeacc09.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
40 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 39, Saturation: 43
Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Position the flower into the bottom right corner
~ Step 13 ~
Maximize ScrapElements10_BrookeKroegerDesigns.pspimage
Copy Raster 6 and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
90 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Gamma Correction and use these settings:
Link Checked, Red Green Blue 0.42
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Position this bow so the knots are on top of each others
Layers, Merge, Merge Down
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 14 ~
Maximize a-dozi's-linenheart-tag.psp
Crop the heart
Image, Resize and use these settings:
90 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Checked
Repeat 15 more times until the width of the heart is about 91 pixels
I know this may seem excessive but if we resize using a lowest number
the quality of the heart graphic wont be as good
Edit, Copy Merged and paste as new layer into your working area
Position the heart so the string touches the bow's knot
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 15 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Set your Foreground color to NULL
Set your Background color to #6C6A4D
Type your name
Position your name inside the heart tag
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and these settings:
~ Step 16 ~
Copy fabbows__29_.psp and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
55 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Position this bow on top of the others
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 17 ~
Copy yesterday.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Move it down at the bottom of the frame
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light
Layers, Duplicate
Change the Opacity of this layer to 54
~ Step 18 ~
Copy nathyoverlay.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Layers, New Raster Layer
Selections, Select All
Selections, Modify, Contract 2
Selections, Invert
Fill the selection with your background color
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
Your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The heart tag I used is by Dozi. You can download it here (5th set from the top)
The frame I used is by Lor. You can visit her blog here
The ScrapKit I used is by Melissa. You can find her awesome work @ Scrappy Expressions
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Alien Skin Splat Demo, you can download here
My supplies here and here. The zips include the scrapkit, tubes and font
Open the tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Gargoyle SSI" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to #F8E5BE
Set your background color to #6C6A4D
~ Step 1 ~
Maximize SRD-VintageMatte.pspimage
This will be our working area for now
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Fill this layer with your foregound color
~ Step 2 ~
Maximize Moments15_BrookeKroegerDesigns.psp
Copy the tube and paste as new layer into your working area
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Image, Resize and use these settings:
95 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Position the tube a little bit to the right and down so the top of the head is into the frame
~ Step 3 ~
Click on the frame layer to activate it
Activate your Magic Wand and use these settings:
Mode: Add, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance: 20, Continuous Checked,
Feathers: 0, Anti-alias Checked, Outside selected
Click inside the frame to select it
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout and use these settings:
Offset Vertical and Horizontal: 3, Opacity: 30, Blur: 10, Color: Black,
Fill interior with color Unchecked
Layers, New Raster Layer
Repeat the Cutout but change Vertical and Horizontal to -3
Do NOT deselect!!!
~ Step 4 ~
Click on the tube layer to activate it
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use these settings:
Selection type: Point to point, Mode: Add, Feather: 0, Smoothing: 0, Anti-alias Checked
Carefully select the leaves and sheet that goes out of the frame to add them to the selection
Selections, Invert
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 5 ~
Click on the first cutout layer to activate it
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use the same settings as before
Select the cutout part on top of the sheet corner
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Click on the second cutout layer to active it
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Minimize this frame as we will need it later
~ Step 6 ~
File, New
Set Width and Height to 500, Transparent background
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_1 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Back to the scrapkit
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_3 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
~ Step 7 ~
Effects, Plugins, Alien Skin Splat Demo, Edge and use these settings:
Move the background up into the top left corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
~ Step 8 ~
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Paper_4 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Effects, Plugins, Alien Skin Splat Demo, Edge and use the same settings as before
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 7
Move this background down and to the right
~ Step 9 ~
Copy the frame we made earlier
Paste it into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
72 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Layers, Duplicate
Click on the bottom frame layer
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Right, Degrees: 10, everything else Unchecked
Move this frame to the right
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
~ Step 10 ~
Maximize SE_ScrapKit_Recreation.pspimage
Copy SE_Recreation_Ribbon_1 layer and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
75 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the ribbon down so we see a little part of it at the bottom of the top frame
Hide the top layer frame
Activate your Magic Wand and use the same settings as in Step 3
Select the middle part of the ribbon from left to right (do not select the border)
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Selections, Select None
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Unhide the top frame layer
~ Step 11 ~
Click on the top frame layer to activate it
Move the frame slightly to the right
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Activate your Freehand Selection Tool and use the same settings as in Step 4
Carefully select the frame bottom left corner overlaping the ribbon
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
~ Step 12 ~
Copy coffeeacc09.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
40 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 39, Saturation: 43
Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
Position the flower into the bottom right corner
~ Step 13 ~
Maximize ScrapElements10_BrookeKroegerDesigns.pspimage
Copy Raster 6 and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
90 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 30, Saturation: 112
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Gamma Correction and use these settings:
Link Checked, Red Green Blue 0.42
Layers, Duplicate
Image, Mirror
Position this bow so the knots are on top of each others
Layers, Merge, Merge Down
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 14 ~
Maximize a-dozi's-linenheart-tag.psp
Crop the heart
Image, Resize and use these settings:
90 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Checked
Repeat 15 more times until the width of the heart is about 91 pixels
I know this may seem excessive but if we resize using a lowest number
the quality of the heart graphic wont be as good
Edit, Copy Merged and paste as new layer into your working area
Position the heart so the string touches the bow's knot
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 15 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Set your Foreground color to NULL
Set your Background color to #6C6A4D
Type your name
Position your name inside the heart tag
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and these settings:
~ Step 16 ~
Copy fabbows__29_.psp and paste as new layer into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
55 Percent, Resample using Bicubic, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Position this bow on top of the others
Repeat Drop Shadow from Step 9
~ Step 17 ~
Copy yesterday.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Move it down at the bottom of the frame
Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light
Layers, Duplicate
Change the Opacity of this layer to 54
~ Step 18 ~
Copy nathyoverlay.pspimage and paste as new layer into your working area
Layers, New Raster Layer
Selections, Select All
Selections, Modify, Contract 2
Selections, Invert
Fill the selection with your background color
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
Your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.