PTU Now FTU- Celebrate Life

Original Post Date- 5/24/12, 10:50 PM Central Standard Time





This tutorial is borne from my own manipulated lil' mind. 
Any similarity to any other tutorial(s) is purely coincidental.
This tutorial was written for those who have a working knowledge of PSP
and was written using PSP XI, tho' any version should work.

Supplies Needed: 
Scrapkit: Party Rock from Tasha's Playground. 
This kit is now FTU & can be found by clicking this link. 

*Leave some love when grabbing the kit.

Tube: Magnolia from Lady Mishka.
This was a prepaid commission on Pics For Design.
Do NOT use this artwork unless you have a license to do so 
& have purchased the tube.

Filters: Xero- Radiance
Xero- Porcelain
Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow 

Font: Lobster

Drop shadow used in this tutorial is 0 0 80 5.

Let's do this! 
Save your progress often.

Open a new canvas 600 X 600 px.

Add frame 4. Resize 80%. Sharpen.

Hit delete & select none.
Delete the original frame.

With your magic wand, 

click inside the left rec. of frame.
Modify- Expand by 2. Invert. 
Copy & paste paper 12, resized 80%. 

Hit delete. 
Then add your tube. 

Resize as needed. 
Hit delete & select none. 

Crop to canvas. 

Duplicate your tube layer. 

On the bottom tube, 
change the blend mode to Luminance (L).
On the top one, add a gaussian blur of 3. 
Change the blend mode to screen at 50%.
Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube. 

Next, click inside both the right rectangles of the frame.
Modify- Expand by 2. Invert. 
Paste paper 7, resized 70%. 

Hit delete.
Next add your tube or closeup. 
Hit delete & select none. 

Crop to canvas. 

Apply Xero- Radiance to your closeup at these settings:

Then drop the opacity down to 75.
Add a drop shadow.

Move your frame above your paper & tubes in layers palette.
Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Next add your main tube.
Position her on the right side of the frame.
Then apply Xero- Radiance at these settings:

Next add Xero- Porcelain at these settings:

And finally add your drop shadow.

Now we'll add some elements.

For each one I added, 

I sharpened & added a drop shadow, 
unless specified otherwise.

Stars- 75%. 

Position on the bottom left.
Right click in layers & send to bottom. 

Dots- 80%. 

Place to the top left. 

NO drop shadow.
Move this layer above the stars in layers palette.

bow- 60%. 

Place in the top left corner of the frame.

Flower 4- 60%. 

Mirror. 

Place on bottom left corner of frame.

cake 2- 50%. 

Place off center to the left.

Partyhat- 60%. 

Place in front of the cake.

Drink -45%. 

Duplicate. 
Place both on the side of the cake.

Marble- 70%.
Place in front of the drinks.

Present- 55%. 
Place on the other side of the cake.

Present 2- 55%. 
Place it in front of the other present.

word art- 65%. 
Add a medium gradient glow:

before you add your drop shadow.

Add a new layer & add the word 'life' to your tag.
Add some noise- Uniform/ Monochrome/ 80%.
Add the same gradient glow & drop shadow.

Next, crop/ resize your tag to your own preferences.

Then, add your proper copyrights & watermarks.

Now, add your name.
Add a bevel at these settings:

Give it a gradient glow at the same setting as the word art.
Then add a drop shadow.

Finally, merge visible & save as a PNG.

If you tried this tutorial, I'd enjoy seeing your results. 

*hugz*