Witchy Boo Brew

This tutorial was written on Oct 18th 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 Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a proper license to use his work please visit MPT, mypsptubes - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Wicked' by Chassity @ Polka Dot Scraps and you can download from - HERE.
Template Used - #27 by Lori @ Wacky Scraps, you can get this from Lori's blog - HERE.
Mask Used - Mask 31 by vix, you can get this mask from - HERE.
2nd Mask Used - WSL Mask #169 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE.
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Dropshadow is optional.

Open all supplies before you start & save mask to psp masks folder if you dont already have this ....

Lets Get Started....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, this will save the original untouched for future use, go to image, select resize and choose to resize by around 85% smartsize and make sure you check the box that says resize all layers.

Activate the layer named boo, go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections again and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard to erase the excess paper, go to selections and select none. Delete the original circle layer.
Go to effects and select eye candy 4000 gradient glow and insert the following settings :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacity - 100 .... Colour - Black, you can also move the colour slider along to make the glow bolder if you wish, click ok.

Now on both circle layers repeat the step you just did above, I used the same paper on both circles but use different ones if you wish, add the same gradient glow to both these layers and delete the original layers.

On both the diamond dashed circle layers i added the gradient glow used in the steps above but changed the colour to white and didnt move the colour slider as i didnt want this one too bold, once you've added the glow in white, repeat gradient glow and change colour back to black.

I decided to leave the 3 mat layers out of this tutorial but you can colourise or fill with a paper from the kit if you want to.

Take the round frame from the kit and paste this as a new layer on your working canvas. you may need to resize a little depending on the size you work with, move this layer right down to the layer above the white background then grab your magic wand and click inside the middle bit of the frame, go to selections, select modify and choose expand then choose expand by 3, click ok, now take a paper from the kit and paste as a new layer, go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard. move this new layer to below the frame layer.

Activate the bottom white layer and paste a paper from the kit as a new layer, go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the 1st mask that you saved at the start (Vix Mask #31) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - checked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. I used my deform tool and stretched the mask out slightly.

Activate the bottom white layer once more and paste a different paper from the kit as a new layer,go to layers, select load mask from disc and find the 2nd mask that you saved at the start (WSL #169) use the following settings :-
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked, click ok, go to layers, merge group. Again use the deform tool to stretch the mask to your liking.

Now activate the top layer of your canvas and paste your choosen tube as a new layer, resize a little if needed, remember to resize tubes in bicubic mode place tube where you like it on your canvas and add a small dropshadow, i used white for the shadow.

Now you can start decorating your tag with any elements you like from the kit or you can follow mine, remember each element should be on a new layer and resize each as needed, place where you like and add a small dropshadow if you wish to.

Once you finish decorating your tag crop or resize if you didnt at the start.

Add your name, artist info & copyright.
Save as jpeg or .png.

All done i think.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it
would love to see your results, pls feel free to email results to me

hippiedaze@hotmail.com