Heartbreaker

Written by Mindy Mae


Things you will need...

Template 14 by Paradise Designs

Plugins you will need...

Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow

** Art by Elias Chatzoudis **

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 template

2. Delete the copyright and background layers

3. Go to Image / Resize / 75% / all layers checked

4. Go to Image / Canvas Size / 700 x 700 centered

5. Pick a foreground and background color to match your tube

6. Click on the pink glitter heart layer

7. Go to Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize / use whatever settings you like

8. Click on the black heart layer

9. Go to Selections / Select All

10. Go to Selections / Float

11. Go to Selections / Defloat

12. Flood fill with a color from your tube
(I used a gradient on mine but you do it however you like)

13. Add your closeup tube

14. Go to Selections / Invert

15. Make sure you are on your tube layer

16. Delete

17. Go to Selections / Select None

18. Duplicate

19. Gaussian Blur / 3

20. Change the layer property to Soft Light

21. Click on the dotted heart layer

22. Using your eraser tool, erase the dots covering the top of your tube
(Be sure to leave the bottom ones covering the bottom of your tube)

23. Click on the pink thin rectangle layer

24. Do steps 9 to 12 again

25. Go to Selections / Select None

26. Click on the white thin rectangle layer

27. Do steps 9 to 12 again

28. Go to Selections / Select None

29. Click on the black thin rectangle layer

30. Do steps 9 to 12 again

31. Go to Selections / Select None

32. Click on the pink glitter circle layer

33. Go to Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize / use the same settings as before

34. Click on the XOXO layer

35. Do steps 9 to 12 again
(I only changed the pink Xs but you can do it however you like)

36. Go to Selections / Select None

37. Click on the wordart layer

38. Go to Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow / use the following settings

Basic Tab
Glow Width 3.00
soft Corners 25
Overall Opacity 100
Draw Only Outside Selection checked

Color Tab
Fat
Color white
Opacity 100

39. Add a drop shadow
(I added the same drop shadow to all the layers to help them stand out some but you do it however you like)

40. Click on the lip brush layer

41. Go to Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize / use the same settings as before

42. Add your copyright and watermark information

43. 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.

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