Saturday, April 28, 2012

Forgotten Place

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the beautiful artwork of Tin which can be purchased from CDO.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Aquarelle here

Weescotlass Mask 208 here

 “Forgotten Place” is a tagger size scrap kit (also available in full size) created by Shell of Shell’s Scraps can be purchased from Exquisite Scraps.  You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Shell for a beautiful kit.

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

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 2 as a new layer.
Resize 60%
Free rotate Left 90 degrees – rename Frame 1
Duplicate
Free rotate left 7 degrees – rename Frame 2
Move both frames into position – see my tag for reference.

Highlight Frame 2 layer.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Highlight Frame 1 layer.
 Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position in front of the frame.
Give it a drop shadow.
Highlight the frame layer.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the parts of the tube you don’t want to be see outside of the frame.
Deselect.

Paste your tube again as a new layer.
You want to keep it slightly larger than the other tube.
Change the Properties to Soft light.
In your layers pallet move it just below Frame 1.
Duplicate – move this tube layer below Frame 2 in your layers pallet.

Highlight the paper layer that’s below Frame 2.
Click anywhere outside of the paper with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer just above it.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Highlight the paper layer that’s below Frame 1.
Click anywhere outside of the paper with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer just above it.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Add your elements.  I used:
Light 2:  Resize 50%
Jewelry Box 1:  Resize 30%
Grammaphone 1:  50%
Film 1:  Resize 30%
Glasses 2:  Resize 30%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Crop your image but be sure not to crop any of your mask!!

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #896e4c
Background:  #261b0f
Stroke: 1
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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