May 22, 2015

Strawberry Bliss

ALL RED TUTORIAL

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Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on May 22th, 2015
for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.
If you want to translate please ask first. 

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Material:

Tube: "Braz" by Keith Garvey,you can purchase it here
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "Strawberry Bliss" by Mellie Beans, you can purchase it at:
Mystical Scraps Store, here and Heartbeatz Creationz, here
Font: Brayden Script

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--> Remember to save often and use my tag as reference if necessary. Used the Drop Shadow: 1-1-50-5.

1. Create a new image 851x315. Add a new layer. Select all. Open green grunged paper. Copy and paste into selection. 

2. Open mask. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. 

3. Open scattered dots. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer.

4. Open your tube close up. Copy and paste as new layer. Erase the parts that are outside the mask element. Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy). Low layer opacity to 34.

5. Open flourish. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it way left showing only a bit more than a half part of the element. Move a little down. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merge down.

6. Open red vine. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it way left. Place it over flourish element. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merge down.

7. Open vine. Resize 50%. Free Rotate: Right-90. Move it way left. Place it over red vine. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merge down.

8. Open flower 03. Resize 30%. Free Rotate: Left-90. Move it way right. Place it over vine. Duplicate. Mirror. Left. Merge down.

9. Open ladybug. Resize 45%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up left. Place it over upper left mask border.

10. Open your tube. Resize if needed. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down left. Add a suitable shadow.

11. Add a new layer. Select all. Open white lattice paper. Copy and paste into selection. Contract > 15. Delete.

12. Add a new layer. Select all. Open red plaid. Copy and paste into selection. Contract > 10. Delete.

13. Add a new layer. Select all. Open green stripes. Copy and paste into selection. Contract > 5. Delete.

14. Add a new layer. Fill it with black. Select all. Contract > 1. Delete.

--> Add your copyright info (no URL by Facebook TOU) and license#. Add your name. Save as PNG.

--> Sometimes I had to change my Timeline size to 846x313 because when I add it to Facebook the image has extra pixels and do not fit perfectly. So try this size if the same is happening to you.