Vintage Beauty

This tutorial was written for those who have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro.
It was written by me on July 25, 2009 and comes from my
own creativity. It is meant to be
simply a guide and you are free to make changes, add
to it or subtract from it to make a tag
that is uniquely yours. While I retain the copyright to
the tutorial, any tag you make is your own,
and you can do with it as you wish.
Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely
coincidence
Supplies needed:
PSP 9 (any version will work)
Gorgeous Tube by Jennifer Jansko. Purhase this tube and a
license to use it at
CILM
Vintage Scrap Kit by
Scrappers Emporium
Mask of Choice or the one I used - Braided Star Mask by Sandie at
Artwork by Essex Girl
Here
Font of choice. I used Script font
Open new image 600 by 600 pixels
Open your mask and minimize for now. Open
Vintage paper 1.
Resize to 600 X 600 pixels. Minimize
In the materials palette set the
stroke color to #bfac8c and the fill color to NULL
Click preset shapes and find
ellipse. Preferences as follows

Draw out ellipse outline as follows.
To make your circle
exactly the same size as mine we'll use coordinates.
If you
are not familiar with using coordinates they are not difficult at
all. Here's how.
Move your preset shape tool
(or required tool) slowly back and forth and up and down on
your
canvas
without clicking it. If you look in the bottom right hand
corner of your PSP program
you will see a set of numbers changing as
you move your tool around. Those numbers are coordinates. (see
above)
Line up your preset selection tool at the first set of coordinates
given in the directions, then click then drag down and to the right till you find your second set of
coordinates. Release to finish.
Set your circle preset beginning at
coordinates (50, 50) drag down and to the right to (500, 500).
Objects, Align, Center in Canvas. Layer, Convert to Raster Layer.
Select inside frame with magic
wand, Selections, Modify, Expand by 1, Restore vintage 1 paper to
desktop, copy it and paste as a new layer. Selections, Invert,
Hit del on keyboard
X out bottom background layer in
the layer palette then layers, merge visible
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel as
follows

Preset Shapes, Ellipse at following settings.
Stroke black, Fill null

Drag out to cover center of frame as shown.

Layers, Convert to Raster Layer.
With magic wand select inside
frame. Selections, Modify, Expand by 2,
Open Vintage paper 2, resize to 600 X 600 pixels, Copy, paste as a
new layer,
Selections, Invert, Delete. Drag below frame layer in layer
palette. Do not deselect
Back on frame layer, copy main tube
and paste as a new layer. Move to where you
like with the move tool, selection, invert, selection, float,
selection defloat. With the
eraser tool erase the excess tube at the bottom of the tube.
Unhide background layer, flood fill
with white.
Copy, paste,
paper 7 as a new layer above background.
Layers, new mask layer
from image, find sg-Braided Star mask in the dropdown
and apply,
Source Luminance Selected, Invert Mask Data checked
Layer,
delete, yes to the question and apply. Delete Mask Layer, merge
group
Open Vintage flower2, resize by 20
percent. Copy, paste as a new layer to lower right as shown.
Open butterfly, Resize by 20
percent. Copy, paste to left upper frame . Layers,
Duplicate,
Image, Mirror. Arrange as shown
Open vintage bow, resize by 50
percent, then 50 percent again. Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen.
Copy, paste as a new layer to the left lower side as shown.
With the text tool add name to
lower frame area. I used Script font, stroke color #b00209 at
2 width, and fill color #c7b394. Effects, 3D Effects, Inner
Bevel as above
On each layer add a light drop
shadow of 0,0,40,10
Resize all layers to 500 X 500
pixels
Add copyright information
X out bottom white layer, then
merge visible the remaining layers
File, Save as a png file.
That's it! You're Done
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial
I'd love to have a copy of your tag to build my
tag gallery!
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