Scrap-Set 14 Tutorial

Scrap - Set 14 Tutorial

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This tutorial is my creation. Please do not copy it or post it to any other web site without my written permission. Thank you.
This tutorials is written using PSP X 10. You need a fair knowledge of PSP but certainly do not need to be an expert.

A link back to my site would be most appreciated.
The scrapset used was created by Juliette from Bodhi-Creations. Please take a moment to visit her great site. The scrapset is used with her permission. I have included the parts that was used in the tutorials as well as one large PSP file with ALL the layers, with ALL the scrapset parts that was created by Juliette. You may want to use other parts for your creations as well.

You will need the scrapset :

You will also need the other goodies :

Copy the ~acuamarinemermaid.jdg to your gradient folder in PSP
Copy the weave 2.bmp to your patterns folder in PSP
Copy the tube to a place where you can find it easiest along with all your scrapset parts.

Plugin used : FM Tools - Blend Emboss

Ok, let's get cracking

1. Open scrap14background, duplicate, close the original. Close all your original tubes after copying, throughout the tutorial.
2. Open lathyrus-flower, copy and paste as a new layer onto your background
3. Add a Drop Shadow

4. Open summer-kiss-accent, copy and paste as a new layer, move into position
5. Reduce the opacity to around 53
6. Open echinancea-coneflower, copy and paste as a new layer, move into position
7. Add a drop shadow - same settings as before
8. Open Tubed by Monique42_1195_misted, copy and paste as a new layers, move into position.
9. Open xeno-vleugde, copy, paste as a new layer.
10. Drag to below the Monique tube, so as to give the illusion of wings on her back
11. Add a drop shadow to the wings

12. Open butterfly-corner, copy, paste as a new layer
13. Image/Mirror and move into position
14. Add same drop shadow as step 3.
15. Open kolibri-accent2, copy, paste as a new layer, move into position
16. Repeat drop shadow, step 3
17. Open kilibri-accent, copy, paste as a new layer, move into position
MOVE THE ITMES AROUND UNTIL YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR LAYOUT
This is what you should have so far :

18. Layers/Merge All - Flatten
Now the frame

1. Open scraptile 14
2. Set your foreground to PATTERN using the tile. You will find it towards the top
3. Set your foreground COLOR to #6f3586
4. Set your background to ~aquamarinemermaid gradient
5. Add borders 5 pixels, symmetric, any color NOT in your graphic
6. Select the border with the magic wand and floodfill with the foreground color
7. Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel

8. Selections/Invert
9. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout

10. Select None
11. Add borders 25 pixels, symmetric
12. Select with magic wand, floodfill with gradient
13. Effects/Texture Effects/Texture, apply WEAVE 2, default settings

14. Apply Inner Bevel again, same settings
15. Effects/Plugins/FM Tools - Blend Emboss
(if you do not have blend emboss, use Effects/Edge Effects/ENHANCE )

16. Select None
17. Add borders 5 pixels, symmetric
18. Select with magic wand, floodfill with foreground color
19. Apply Inner Bevel - same settings, select none
20. Add borders 10 pixels, symmetric
21. Select with magic wand, floodfill with foreground PATTERN
22. Apply Inner Bevel - same settings, select none
23. Repeat steps 17, 18, 19
24. Add borders 20 pixels, symmetric
25. Select with magic wand, floodfill with gradient
26. Repeat steps 13,14,15,16
27. Repeat setps 17,18,19

Now add some scrap items to your border to make it pretty
Add your watermark
Merge all layers flatten
Resize your creaions. Use BICUBIC and RESIZE ALL LAYERS ticked.
I resized mine to 85%.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.
Hugs Lindy