Thinking of You at Easter

This tutorial was written for those who
have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.
It was written by me on March 22, 2009 and comes from my own creativity.
Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidence
 

Supplies needed:

PSP 9 (any version will work)

Tube of choice.   I am using the artwork of Vanilla Gio
You can view her work  Here    (tube supplied)

"BD Easter Mini Kit" free to use scrap kit by Bluey
at Bluedream Designs.   Get it Here

 Mask gh-grungeframe4mask by Ginny  here

Font of choice (I used Curlz - a Windows font)

Supplies:  Here
 

  Open BD-Easter Frame.  Duplicate and delete original.  Image, Resize to 500 pixels wide by 497 pixels high

Image, Canvas Size, 600 pixels X 600 pixels as below

Using your selection tool on rectangle make a selection like this

Copy paper 4, paste as a new layer, selections invert, hit del on keyboard.  Select none.

Deselect and drag this layer below the frame layer

Add a new layer, flood fill with white, drag to the bottom in the layer palette

Copy paper 4 again, paste as a new layer above background layer

Layer, New, Mask Layer from image.   Find the grungeframe4 Mask and apply with
invert mask data checked.  Layer, delete, yes to the question. And merge group

With group layer selected, open Easter ribbon 1, resize by 90 percent, copy, paste as a new layer.
Layer, Duplicate, Image Rotate, Free Rotate, right by 90

Open Grass 1, resize by 60 percent.  Copy, paste as a new layer to bottom
left corner of frame (see mine for placement.)  Layer, Duplicate, Mirror, arrange in right
corner as shown.  Duplicate once more and center between ends

Open easter egg 2, Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize, as follows

Open easter egg 1 and easter egg 3.  Resize all 3 easter eggs by 50 percent twice
Copy and paste egg 1 to left lower frame corner (see mine), layer duplicate, mirror
Copy, paste egg 2 to left lower corner, Image, Rotate, Left by 12  Layer Duplicate, Mirror
Copy and paste egg 3 to left lower frame corner, layer duplicate, mirror  Layer Duplicate, Mirror
Arrange as desired

Open Easter Bow 5, Resize by 80 percent, copy, paste to left lower frame (see mine)

Open clouds 1, resize by 80 percent, copy paste to center as shown

Open main tube, copy, paste as a new layer.

Open 3 flowers, colorize flower 2 as you did for egg 2.  Resize each flower by 80 percent
2 twice.  Copy, past each flower as a new layer.  Arrange in top right corner

Effects, 3D Effect, Drop Shadow as follows on each layer

Choose text tool with stroke and fill color #ff537d, Curlz font,  size 28
Type Easter message as shown

X out the bottom background layer.  Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

Image, Resize, Resize to 550 wide by 550 high

Add copyright layer

Layers Merge, Merge visible, save as a png file

That's it!  You're done

Thank you for trying my tutorial