Thursday, October 17, 2013

A Pirate's LIfe

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the fantastic artwork of Hennning Ludvigsen which can be purchased from Up Your Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Pieces of Eight here

My Mask 1 here

My template 164 here

Plug Ins:
Mura's Meister - Copies

"Yo Ho Ho" is a tagger size scrap kit by Vickie's Scraps and can be purchased from Sensibility Scrapping or her blog here.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the credit layer.
Image/Canvas Size:
700 x 700
OK
Highlight the background layer and flood fill white.

Highlight Raster 1 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 31 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste El 63 as a new layer.
Resize 10%
Apply Mura's Meister - Copies:
Choose Encircle.
Use Default settings accept change the top 3 numbers to:
Numbers: 35
Shift X: 73
Shift y: 73
OK

Position the sanddollar ring over the circle paper.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper P30 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper layer a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper P23 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Raster 4 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Copy and paste Paper P2 as a new layer.
Resize 75%
Move the paper over the template layer so that you can only see the sky area of the 

paper.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight Raster 5 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper P23 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 7 layer.
Repeat the above step.

Move Raster 6 layer below Raster 8 layer in your layers pallet.
Merge Visible both of these template frame layers.
Click on each template frame with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 12 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Merge Visible both small blue square paper layers.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position on the right side of the frames.
Duplicate
Mirror
Move this tube layer below the frame layer and position over the merged blue squares.
Change the Opacity of the tube to Overlay.
Highlight the merged blue square paper layers.
Click anywhere outside of them with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the tube layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Add your elements.  I used:
El 64:  Resize 5%/Duplicate 5 times.
El 19:  Resize 60%
El 48:  Resize 85$
El 48 again:  Resize 50%
El 36:  Resize 94%/Use your Pick Tool to flatten the ribbon to make it 

skinny/Duplicate/Flip
El 90:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Free rotate Left 30 degrees
El 66
El 89:  Resize 30%/Use your Pick Tool to flatten

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.

Add your copyright.

Add your name:
Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #00110d
Background:  #802824
Stroke: 1.5
Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Copy and paste El 89
Resize 85%
Use your Pick Tool to flatten.
Place behind your name.
Duplicate the sand layer.
Mirror
Move in front of your name.
Erase area to make your name look like it's sitting in the sand.

Save your tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.

I'd love to see your results.
Email me!

Hugs,
Bev

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