* Gorjuss Baby Girl *
This tutorial was written by me on 6/21/08.
It was written in PSP XI, but will work in any version.
Supplies needed:
5 tubes of choice
I am using the beautiful artwork of Suzanne Woolcott
You can purchase a license to use her work
HERE
Scrap kit by Yevette of Misfits Scraps called Rose Tinged Shadow
This is a FREE kit and can be downloaded
HERE
It's the second one down
Mask is by Monti
You can visit her site
HERE
Sparkles
Font of choice
I am using Children Play
Plugin: Simple
Supplies are at the bottom of the page
Open your supplies in PSP
Drop the Sparkle in your tube folder & the mask in your mask folder
Open a new canvas 600x600
Floodfill white
Add a new layer, selections, select all
Copy paper 2 from the scrap kit & paste into selection
on this layer
Deselect
Layers, load mask, load mask from disk
Apply with these settings
Duplicate this layer
Copy & paste the floral stamp as a new layer
Position in the upper left hand corner of your tag
Effects, Simple, top left mirror
Resize by 90%
Copy & paste frame 1 from the scrap kit as a new layer
Resize 70%
Add a new layer
Selections, select all
Copy & paste paper 4 into selection on this layer
Drag under the frame layer
Activate the frame layer
Grab your magic wand & click inside all 4 of the frames
Selections, modify, expand by 3
Selections, invert
Go back to the paper layer & hit delete on your keyboard
Deselect
Copy & paste one of your tubes as a new layer
Effects, drop shadow, with these settings
Resize as needed and position in one of the frames
Grab your magic wand & activate the frame layer again
Click inside of one of the frames
Selections, modify, expand by 3
Selections, invert
Activate the tube layer & hit delete on your keyboard
Deselect
Repeat this process until all 4 frames are full, using
different tubes
Make sure the frame layer is at the top of your layer palette
Copy & paste your main tube as a new layer
Apply the same drop shadow as before
Position at the bottom right of your tag
Copy & paste bow 2 from the scrap kit as a new layer
Resize 30%
Add the same drop shadow & position at the top right
of the frame
Copy & paste butterfly 2 as a new layer
Position at the left of your tag
Add the same drop shadow as before
Add your name & any copyright information
Close out the butterfly layer, making sure it's at the top
of your layer palette
Layers, merge, merge visible
* Animation *
Duplicate the butterfly layer 2 times
Name these layers 1,2,3
Grab your picture tube tool
Find the sparkle and apply these settings
See the white specks on the butterfly?
That's where we're gonna put the sparkles
Click on the white speck with the picture tube tool
Do this 3 or 4 times on each layer, clicking on
different specks on each layer
Close out layers 2 & 3
Copy merged and paste in Animation Shop as a new animation
Close out layer 1 and unhide layer 2
Copy merged and paste in AS after current frame
Close out layer 2 and unhide layer 3
Copy merged and paste in AS after current frame
Check your animation & if happy with it, save as a gif and you're done!