Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Secret Garden

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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I used the wonderful artwork of Elias Chatzoudis here
Font of choice - I used A Yummy Apology here
Becky Mask 22 here
Scrappity Scrap and More Template 2 here
“Secret Garden” is a PTU scrap kit available in both full and tagger size and was created by Stacie of StacieCakes Creations and can be purchased at Heartbeatz Creationz.You can visit her blog here. You can visit her site here.
Thank you Stacie for an amazing kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete Raster 9 layer.
Image/Canvas size
700 X 600
Flood fill Raster 1 layer white.

Highlight Raster 8 layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
New Raster layer
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into exact position over the big oval layer.
Duplicate/Mirror
Move the duplicate into position over all the small round circles at the right.

The next steps are not confusing as all so long as you take your time and follow the steps one at a time.

In your layers pallet move the duplicated/mirrored image below the frame of the top circle.
Duplicate
Close out the copy.
Highlight Raster 7 layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer.
Resize 30%
Move into position over the circle.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Lower the Opacity to about 57.

Reopen the tube layer I had you close.
In your layers pallet move it just above Raster 6 layer.
Duplicate.
Close out the other tube layer.
Highlight Raster 6 layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
Copy and paste the same paper you used in the above circle.
Resize 30%
Move into position over the circle.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Lower the Opacity to about 57.

Repeat the above step with Raster's 5 & 4.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Use your Magic Wand and click on it.
Copy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste Pond as a new layer.
Move it into position near the bottom of your canvas.
In your layers pallet move it just above your white background.
Highlight the tube that you positioned in front of the big oval.
Duplicate/Flip/Mirror
Move it into position so that it looks like the reflection of the tube.
Highlight the Pond layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Invert
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Change the Properties to Multiply.
Lower the Opacity to about 38.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Branch 6: Resize 80%
Bow 1: Resize 25%
Leaves: Resize 70%
Plant 2

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the Mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 80%.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
I’d love to see your results and show it off in my gallery.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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