PTU Tutorial- Boo-licious

Original Post Date- 10/28/15, 6:26 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 X2, 
tho' any version should work.

Supplies Needed: 
Scrapkit: I'm using a PTU kit from Toxic Desirez 
named Kandy Kauldron.
Find this kit here in her shop.

Tube: I'm using the artwork of Ismael Rac.
I had bought this tube in his Xeracx shop.
Do NOT use any artwork unless you have a license to do so 
& have purchased or obtained the tube legally.

Mask: Halloween Mask 01 2015 from Kristin 
which you can find here.
*Make sure to say thank you. 

Filters: Eye Candy 4000- Gradient Glow
Eye Candy 4000- Corona

Font: Respective

Drop shadows: 0 2 50 15, black
30 18 60 15, black for the butterfly 

Save your progress often.  

Let's do this!  

Open a new canvas 650 X 650 px.
Copy & paste a a paper of choice.
Apply your mask & merge group. 
Resize the mask 95%.

Next, copy & paste Frame 3.
Resize 80%. 

Rotate 17 right.
With your magic wand, 

click inside the frame.
Selections- Modify- Expand by 4 px. Invert.
Copy & paste another paper of choice.
Hit delete & select none.

Move this paper below your frame in layers palette.
Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Add your main tube. 

Resize as needed.
Position on the lower left.
Apply any filters to your tube, if desired.
Add a drop shadow to your tube.

Now we'll add some elements.
For each one, I added a drop shadow to, 
unless specified otherwise.

House- Resize 80%.
Place on the right,
moving below the tube in layers palette.

Pumpkin 3- Resize 40%.
Place on the lower right.
Move below your tube in layers palette.

Bow 1- Resize 50%.
Place on the upper left part of the frame.
Move below your tube in layers palette.

Balloon- Resize 45%. 

Duplicate.
Rotate the bottom one 10 right. Sharpen.
Place in the upper right.
Rotate the top one 12 left. 

Sharpen.
Place with the other balloon.

Hat- Resize 30%.
Pace off to the left near your tube.

Candy Bucket- Resize 25%.
Place in front of your tube,
near the hat.

Ghost In Candy Bag- Resize 37%.
Place slightly off to the right
of the candy bucket.

Candy 1- Resize 25%.
Place between the ghost bag 

& the candy bucket.

Candy 2- Resize 10%. 

Duplicate.
Place the bottom one near the candy bucket.
Rotate the other one 27 right. 

Sharpen.
Place with the other candy piece.

Candy Bat- Resize 20%. 

Duplicate so you have three.
Rotate each as desired, 

sharpening each one.
I rotated my first one 13 right 
& placed it in the upper right.
The second one I rotated 8 left. 
I placed this one on the left of the house.
The last one I rotated 20 left.
This one I positioned in the upper left.

Frog- 15%. Duplicate.
I place one on the pumpkin.
The other I moved near the candy bucket.

Spider- Resize 50%. 

Place on the left side,
like my example.

Cat- 35%.
Place on the lower left of tag.

Butterfly- 20%. Sharpen.
Place on the left.
Add the following drop shadow:
30 18 60 15, black

Sparkles- Resize 80%.
Move down slightly in canvas.
Use your eraser tool to remove any unwanted excess.
No drop shadow.

Add any other elements if you prefer.

Crop & resize to your own liking.

Now add your proper copyrights & watermarks.

Now add your name. 
Add a gradient glow at these settings: 

Then apply Eye Candy 4000- Corona at these settings:

No drop shadow.

Finally, merge visible & save as a PNG & enjoy. 

I hope you enjoyed trying this tutorial.
I'd love to see your results.
You can send them to me at:
MagikD[@]live.com
(remove the brackets in my email.)

*hugz*

*Originally re-posted Nov 7th 2019 at http://himaddicts.spruz.com/
**Edited & updated by Magik on 29 May, 2021