Love or Lust

Scrap Kit by Bluedream Designs; Woman tube by Terry, Template by Tami Savoie

This tutorial was created on March 13, 2009, and is the property of It's Me Again Tuts by Bonnie. Please do not remove this tutorial in whole or in part to add to another website unless you have permission from me to do so. This tutorial was created using Psp vs. 9

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED:

Paint Shop Pro (Trial Version)

You Make My Heart Blue Scrap Kit here

Supplies here

Tube of choice and two male graphics

Okay, let's get started on our tag!

1. Open your supplies in Psp and minimize all but the ts_freebie template2 to your Psp workspace. Shift+D to make a copy of the template; close out the original so you can save it for future use. Image/Resize. Resize the template by 40% one (1) time and by 45% one (1) time. Activate Layer 1 (background layer). Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper8 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None.

2. Activate Layer 2 (paper) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper1 and go to Edit/Copy. Back to the template image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the settings shown below.

Vertical 0; Horizontal 0; Opacity 85; Blur 6; Color Black

3. Activate Layer 3 (paper) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper4 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as shown in Step 2. Activate Layer 4(paper) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper7 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag template and go to Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2.

4. Activate Layer 5 (photo) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper4 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Modify/Contract by 8 pixels. Restore the paper8 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template image and Edit/Paste/Paste into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2.

5. Activate Layer 6 (photo) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Follow the same instructions as listed in Step 4 for this photo frame. Activate Layer 7 (photo) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Follow the same instructions as listed in Step 4 for this photo frame.

6. Activate Layer 8 (ribbon layer) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Select the paper7 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2. Activate Layer 9 (ribbon) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper 8 and to to Edit/Copy; back to the template image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2.

7. Activate Layer 10 (ribbon) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper4 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Layers/Merge/Merge Down. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2.

8. Activate Layer 11 (flower) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the paper7 and go to Edit/Copy. Back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2. Activate Layer 12 (button layer) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Flood fill the selection with the color #665C43. Selections/Modify/Contract by 3 pixels. Restore the paper4 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Layers/Merge/Merge Down. Apply the same drop shadow effect as used in Step 2.

9. Restore the tube that you will be using on your tag and go to Adjust/Hue & Saturation/Colorize using the settings shown below:

Hue 30; Saturation 53

10. Activate Layer 6 of your template, which is the middle photo layer. Restore the tube you will be using on your tag and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer. Position the tube on the middle photo as shown in header tag at top of page. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the settings shown below.

Vertical 0; Horizontal 0; Opacity 85; Blur 8; Color Black

11. Activate Layer 5 (first photo layer) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Selections/Modify/Contract by 10 pixels. Restore the first male graphic and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template image; Layers/New Raster Layer. Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Change the blend mode of the graphic layer to Luminance (L). Activate Layer 7 (3rd photo layer) and go to Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Selections/Modify/Contract by 10 pixels. Restore the second male graphic and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Layers/New Raster Layer. Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection. Selections/Select None. Change the blend mode of the graphic layer to Luminance (L).

12. Restore the blue beads tube and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer. Image/Resize. Resize the beads by 85%; resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used. Position the beads as shown in the header tag at the top of the page. Apply a drop shadow effect using the same settings as used in Step 2.

13. Restore the heart2 tube and go to Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer. Image/Resize. Resizes the heart by 55% for a total of two (2) times. Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used. Position the heart on the left corner of the tag ( see header tag). Apply a drop shadow effect using the same settings as used in Step 10. Layers/Duplicate. Image/Mirror.

14. Restore the lust text and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer. Position the text on the left side of the tag as shown in header tag above. Change the blend mode of the text layer to Multiply. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Add your text or watermark to the tag. Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Resize your tag if needed, and save in desired format.