Surf 'n' Sand

This tutorial was written on June 9th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.


Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice I used the artwork of Lix, you must have a proper license to use his artwork, to get this visit CILM - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit - 'Beach Babe Freebie' by Melissa @ Melissaz Creationz - HERE .
Template Used - BP Template #21 by BeckyP @ Becky's Creations - HERE .
Mask Used - WSL Mask #282 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE .
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Font of Choice.

(open all supplies and save mask to psp folder before beginning)

Lets Start ....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make surethe box resize all layers is checked, click on the bottom white layer, go to image again and select canvas size and choose 500x500 to give a little extra room to work or if you prefer you can resize later.

Activate the Rectangle 1 layer, go to selection, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, resize a bit if needed, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, selections once more and select none. Delete the original layer.

Repeat the step for the layers named Rectangle 2 & Centre Square, use different papers for each layer.

Go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and give each of the above layers the glow with the following settings :-
Glow Width - 5.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacitiy - 100 .... Colour - #fb0e6e. Now add a small dropshadow to each layer using the same colour as the gradient glow.

Activate the Rectangle 1 Stripe layer, go to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness and then select colourise, choose a bright pink to match your glow.

Repeat that step for the Rectangle 2 Stripe layer & also the Centre Square Background layer.

Activate the Frame 1 Background layer, grab your magic wand and click inside the white area so the marching ants are blinking, paste one of your tubes as a new layer, resize if needed and when happy with plcement go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard.

Repeat that step on the other 2 frame background layers, remember to activate each frame layer before selecting with magic wand.

Add a small dropshadow to each new tube layer.

Now click back on the Frame 1 background layer, click with magic wand again and this time paste a paper of your choice as a new layer, resize as needed then go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard go to selections again and select none.

Repeat that step on the other 2 frame background layers with different papers then delete the original layers.

Activate Frame 1 layer, go to adjust, select brightness/contrast then move the brightness slider a bit to the right to lighten a little then go to adjust again and select hue/saturation/lightness, select colourise and choose the same pink colour as before.

Repeat that step on the other 2 Frame layers now.

Activate the Frame 1 trim layer, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste another paper of choice as a new layer, resize as needed then go to selections, select invert then hit delete on the keyboard, go to selections again and select none.

Using the same paper repeat that step on the other 2 frame trim layers.

Activate the bottom white layer. paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the mask you saved at the start (WSL Mask #282) and use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked. go to layers, merge group, click ok.

Take the sequins layer from the kit and paste as a new layer on your canvas, resize a bit if you want to and move layer up to just above the rectangle stripes layers, duplicate a few times and place around your tag.

Activate the top layer of your canvas and paste some other elements you wish from the kit, add each element as a new layer and add the gradient glow to each element, use the width setting at 3.00 for these layers.

Now crop or resize if you want to.

Add your name, I added the gradient glow with a different colour on my name.
Add artist info and copyright info.
Save as jpeg or .png.

and we're done i think lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it

would love to see your results,