For this tutorial i used the cute art of Toosh Toosh-You need a licence to use these tubes,get that and purchase tubes here
The scrapkit i used is a gorgeous kit from Gemini Creationz called Cherish,you can buy this lovely kit here
The mask is from Insatiable Dreams,mask 471 get that here scroll to mask set 12
Filters used-Filters Unlimited2
Lokas Gel
Alpha by Osa Honey here
Onto the tut.......
Open a new image 700x700 and flood fill with white-You can resize later.
Add a new layer,and go to selections selct all and paste paper 3 into selection.Select none,and go to layers,new mask layer,
Find your mask and hit ok.Merge group,and center in the middle.
I added a paper texture to the mask using Filters Unlimited-paper texture canvas,fine.
Open frame 4 and resize by 85%,place towards the right hand side of the canvas,then using your magic wand,click inside the frame,
and go to selections modify,and expand by 8.Paste paper 8 as a new layer,then go selections,invert,edit cut and deselect.
Drag the paper below the frame layer.
Do the same again this time paste in gemini-cherish-matt as a new layer,drag it down towards the bottom of the frame,invert,edit cut and deselect.
Now paste gemini-cherish-journaltag1 onto the canvas,and place under the frame.
I added a drop shadow to this-i use 3,3 35 6,then added noise set to 10% monochrome and uniform checked.
Now paste in your tube,and stand it on top of the journaltag.Drop shadow.
Paste gemini-cherish-heartstring onto the canvas,and place just below the journal tag,resize by 60%,then use your lasso tool
to delete any parts of the string going over the journal tag edges.
Drop shadow and sharpen.
Open the balloon,resize by 40% and mirror.I placed it in the girls hand and erased part of it so it goes behind her hair.
Drop shadow and sharpen.
Open tree1 and resize by 70% and place to the left of the frame.Add a drop shadow and sharpen.
Add a new layer-and activate your picture tube tool.Select"lawn"and add it twice,and merge down.Drop shadow and sharpen.
Now open the lovebirds,resize by 55% and place on the lawn.Add a drop shadow and sharpen.
Paste the bluebird onto the canvas,and resize by 25%,place at the top of the tree and add drop shadow.
Open gemini-cherish-stringtag and resize by 25%,place it so it looks like the bird in the tree is holding it in it`s beak,
then open the heartstring again,and use your lasso tool to take one of the hearts,resize and place on the top of the stringtag-add a drop shadow and sharpen.
Open flowers 1,5 and 6 and resize them by 10% and place them on the lawn in front of the lovebirds.Drop shadow and sharpen.
Paste buterfly2 onto the canvas,resize by 15% and mirror,place it to the left of the tree.
Paste the dragonfly onto the canvas,and resize by 20%,drop shadow,sharpen and use your deform tool so it points slightly to the left.
I used butterfly1 and resized it and placed it on the tube`s t-shirt.
I also used a sun that you get with paintshop pro x3,and used Lokas Gel for the bevel.and added a drop shadow.
Now add your name using a font or the wordart,add your copyrights,resize,merge and save as a png.
That`s it you are done!
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial :)