Lysisange Welcome 2017 Tutorial

Written on the December 23, 2016 by Debbie Priest

This tutorial was written in PSP X but can be done in any version. This was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

My tutorials are only meant as a guide.

Supplies Needed:

Font of Choice.

PTU Scrap Kit  "Welcome 2017" by La galerie de Jackie. You can get it Here

Tube of your choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of ©Lysisange. You need a license to use her work, please do not use her work without a proper license.

You can get it Here

Mask: WSL_84 by Wee at Weescotslass Creations. You can get it Here

Plugins:  Xero Porcelain

          Eye Candy 3.1 Glow

Drop Shadow throughout is 1, 1, 50, 4.00 Black.

On to the Tut!!

* Open up a New Image 650 x 650. You can resize later. Flood fill white.

* Copy and paste paper 6 found in 2017a. Resize 60%. Layers, load mask from disk. Apply WSL_Mask 84. Layers, merge group. Duplicate,mirror, merge down. Adjust, Brightness/Contrast to Brightness -93 and Contrast to 74.

* Copy and Paste 97 found in 2017f. Resize 20%. Using your magic wand, click inside the frame. Selections, Modify, expand 45. Open up paper 11 found in 2017a. Copy and paste as a new layer. Resize 60%. Selections, invert, delete. Drag this layer below your frame. Drop shadow frame.

* Copy and paste tube. Resize to your liking. Drop shadow. Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

* Go back to paper 11 layer, Selection, select all, float defloat. Open up your tube, mirror, paste as a new layer, resize and place to your liking. Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and change the opacity to 65.

* Copy and paste elements of choice. DS all. I used:

              - Element 17 found in 2017b. Resize 10%.

              - Element 71 found in 2017e. Resize 10%. Dupicate Resize 80%.

              - Element 74 found in 2017e. Resize 20%.

              - Element 35 found in 2017c. Resize 5% then 90%.

              - Element 34 found in 2017c. Resize 15% then 80% x 2.

              - Element 4 found in 2017b. Resize 15%. Select all float, defloat, apply glow with whatever plugin you are using. I use Eye Candy 3.1. My settings are 6 100 Medium  white. Merge down.

* Add any other elements or sparkles you wish anywhere along the way.

* Highlight mask layer and resize 105% x 2. Then 96%.

* Close out background layer, merge visible. Keep closed. Resize 96%.

* Effects, plugins, xero, porcelain 50, 80, 128. Ok.

* Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

* Crop if desired.

* Resize all layers checked to 600 x 600 or desired size. I always resize before adding the copyright. It makes the copyright clearer.

* Add your name, copyright info.,  proper license # (if needed), and watermark.

* Merge visible and save as PNG file.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.