Be My Valentine
Written by Mindy Mae
Things you will need...
Octagonal-Heartframe Mask by Artwork by EssexGirl
Word Art by Breena's Hot Spot
(Thanks Breena for all your help!!!)
Plugins you will need...
Filter Factory Gallery V / Valentine's Day
You may buy a license to use this work at MPT
Remember tutorials are just a guideline and creativity is always a must when doing PSP, so make it your own!!!
1. Open your mask and minimize it
2. Open your tube
3. Pick a light color for your foreground and a dark color for your background from your tube
4. Open a new transparent image 500 x 500
5. Flood fill with your dark color
6. Go to Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Add Mask from Image / Select mask from your drop down box / OK
7. Merge / Merge Group
8. Copy your tube and Paste as a New Layer
9. Position it where you like
10. Resize if necessary
11. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow / use whatever settings you like
12. Also add a drop shadow to your group layer
13. Magic Wand the octagon
14. Go to Selections / Modify / Expand / 5
15. Add a new raster layer
16. Flood fill with your light color
17. Put this layer behind your mask
18. Add a new raster layer
19. Go to Effects / Plugins / Filter Factory Gallery V / Valentine's Day / use the following settings
Amount 20
Hearts Red 148
Hearts Green 23
Hearts Blue 23
Back Red 255
Back Green 142
Back Blue 142
Back Transparency 0
20. Go to Selections / Select None
21. Change the Opacity to 30%
22. Add your copyright and watermark information
23. Add your text (if you didn't use the wordart)
24. Add your name
Be sure to crop off any "dead space" around your tag, if necessary.
When you have your tag finished, save and you are done!!!
This tutorial is completely my creation and any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental, unless otherwise stated above.
Any problems or questions, please email the Management
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