queen bee

Tutorial done in PSPX2.

Must having some working knowledge of the program.

Bee Mine FTU LIMITED TIME scrapkit by Wicked Princess Scraps.

The kit will be available FTU from 06/28/10 to 07/05/10 only.

Than it will be PTU.

Tube by Elias Chatzoudis, purchase HERE.

Template by me, download HERE.

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open the template.

delete the copyright info layer. open paper6 from the kit.

copy and paste (C/P) it as a new layer under the rectangle layer.

use your magic wand tool to select the area outside the rectangle.

hit delete on the paper6. select none.

hide the original rectangle layer.

open paper8 from the kit.

C/P it as a new layer under the circle layer.

select all/float/defloat/invert selection the circle layer.

hide the circle layer and hit delete on paper8.

select none.

select the background layer and select all.

crop to selection.

open the heartframecircle, C/P it as a new layer under paper8.

use your magic wand tool to select inside the paper8 circle.

expand by 10 and hit delete on the heartframecircle.

select none.

now open your tube, C/P it as a new layer above the paper8 circle.

add a drop shadow and duplicate it.

drop the duplicate below the paper8 circle.

make the following selection with your rectangle selection tool.

hit delete on the top tube layer.

invert your selection and hit delete on the bottom tube layer.

select none.

now use your magic wand tool and click outside the template circle layer.

expand by 10 and hit delete on the bottom tube layer.

select none.

now add a new raster layer below the bottom tube layer.

set your foreground color to #1b97c2 and background to #efdb77.

set your gradient to Linear with 0 Angle and 0 Repeats.

flood fill the new raster with the gradient.

make sure the blue is on top so flip it is it isn't.

use your pick tool in scale mode to bring it closer to the paper8 circle.

apply the blinds effect under texture effects with:

width - 20, opacity - 20, color - #ffffff

open the blingcurtain from the kit and C/P it above the gradient layer.

use your magic wand to select outside the paper8 circle, expand by 10.

hit delete on your gradient and the blingcurtain.

select none.

add a drop shadow to the blingcurtain and set the blend mode to overlay.

and thats it! add any other elements and text.

when you're all done, copy special > copy merged.

paste as a new image and use your magic wand tool to select outside the tag.

invert selection and crop to selection.

that will get rid of any extra space that you don't need.

don't forget artist credit/license info.

thanks for trying my tutorial! =)