Ocean Waves

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Clive Barker here

Becky Mask 22 here

“Ocean Waves” is a tagger size scrap kit also available in Page Kit created by Soxie of Soxational Scraps and can be purchased from ExquisiteScraps.  You can visit her blog here. Thank you Soxie for a truly wonderful kit.  I just fell in love with it.

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

Don’t worry about placement of anything. 

I’ll let you know when it’s time to move into place.

New Raster layer.

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.

Create a rectangle approximately 475 x 325 pixels.

Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Gaussian and Monochrome checked

Noise: 35%

OK

Selections/Modify/Contract by 7.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Close out your background layer.

Merge Visible.

Reopen your background layer.

Copy and paste Bouy as a new layer.

Copy and paste Umbrella as a new layer.

Resize 70%

Copy and paste Frame 3 as a new layer.

Resize 55%

Free rotate Left 10 degrees

Duplicate

Mirror

Move all elements into their exact positions –

See my tag for reference.

Highlight the frame on the left.

Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper

6 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Highlight the right frame.

Repeat the above step.

Add your elements.  I used:

Bird:  Resize 50%/Mirror

Beach Ball:  Resize 70%

Bucket 2:  Resize 50%/Free rotate Left 10 degrees

Pelican:  Resize 70%

Crab:  Resize 35%

Starfish 1, 2, and 3:  Resize 20%/Use your Pick Tool to turn this way and that

Sand 2: Use your Pick Tool to pull the sides out to reach both sides of the canvas.  Directions to feather the sand will come later in this tutorial.

Highlight your white canvas. 

New Raster Layer. 

Select All. 

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

Deselect. 

Apply the mask. 

Merge Group.

Duplicate

Stay on this mask layer.

Click your Magic Wand in the bottom left corner of your canvas.  You should have marching ants all around your mask layer.

Highlight the Sand layer in your layers pallet.

Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather:

Feather amount: 20

OK

Tap the delete key a couple of times.

Deselect.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Resize all layers 80%.

   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev