girl is poison

Tutorial done in PSPX2.

Must having some working knowledge of the program.

Bah Humbug PTU kit by Candys Treats.

Tube by Ein Lee, purchase HERE.

Mask38 by weescotlass, HERE.

Template by me, download HERE.

FONTS

International Palms and Impact label

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with all the files open, lets get started.

open the template and delete my copyright layer.

add a new raster layer above the background layer and select all.

open paper3 from the kit and copy.

paste into selection on the new raster layer and select none.

apply the mask at default settings.

right click on the mask layer to merge the mask group.

add a new raster layer above the strips layer and select all.

click on the strips layer and float/defloat.

open Winter-black paper from the kit and copy.

paste into selection on the new raster layer and select none.

hide the strips template layer.

add a new raster layer above the stars layer and select all.

open blkspots paper form the kit and copy.

paste into selection on the new raster layer.

click on the stars layer and float/defloat/invert selection.

hit delete on the blkspots paper layer and select none.

duplicate the blkspots paper stars layer and go to effects > 3D effects > cutout.

apply the following settings:

v - 0

h - 0

o - 100%

b - 100.00

color - #180c0c

merge down the cutout with the paper stars layer.

hide the stars template layer.

add a new raster layer above the circle layer and select all.

click on the circle layer and float/defloat.

open paper9 from the kit and copy.

paste into selection on the new raster layer.

select none and hide the circle template layer.

duplicate the paper9 circle layer and go to effects > 3D effects > cutout.

apply the following settings:

v - 0

h - 0

o - 100%

b - 100.00

color - #000000

merge down the cutout with the paper circle layer

hide the circle template layer.

now open the tube and copy it at 100%.

paste it as a new layer above the paper circle layer.

place it to your liking.

now use your magic wand to to select the area outside the paper circle.

hit delete on the tube layer to delete any excess portions.

select none.

now open the frame10 from the kit and copy.

paste it at 100% above the tube layer.

now that all the basics are done, add any elements, drop shadows, text and tubes.

don't forget to add artist credit and license info.

when you're all done, go down to the background layer and select all.

image > crop to selection.

this gets rid of any extra stuff not visible on the canvas.

hide the background layer.

edit > 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.

thanks for trying my tutorial! =)