In The Darkness Ptu

For this tutorial i used the art of Rebecca Sinz

You can purchase her beautiful art at Digital Chaos

I used a kit from Devilish Dezines called`Devils Dance` 

You can purchase also at Digital Chaos here

I used two masks-Mask 26  from Millie`s Psp Madness here

And Mask `General Pin`from Jamies Silver here

Font for wordart is Gaheris here

Alpha for name here

Open a new image 700x700-you can resize later-& flood fill white.

 Add a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer- i used papers 1& 2

and add your mask.

Layers>new mask layer>from image>scroll to mask and hit ok.

Merge group.

Open frame 3 from the kit and resize by 50%.

Place in the centre of the canvas,move up slightly.

Click inside the frame with your magic wand

 - selections>modify>expand and expand by 3.

Paste a paper of choice into selection then deselect.

Drag the paper under the frame layer.

Add a drop shadow to the frame-i use 2,2,,50,5 and sharpen.

Open and resize frame 4 and place under frame 3.

With your magic wand click inside frame 4,and expand by 3.

Add a new layer and paste paper 5  into selection.

Deselect and drag the paper under the frame.

Add a drop shadow and sharpen.

Open and resize element 24-the black blurred cracks-and place over paper 5.

Duplicate and mirror.

You can use your lasso tool to remove any overhanging parts.

Open element 17-the skull pile-and place inside frame 4.

Use your deform tool to stretch longer and/or wider.

Open your tube and place in the centre of frame 4.

Open and resize element 6-the broken tombstone-

Image>rotate>rotate 90% to the right all layers unchecked.

Place to the right of the bottom frame.

Element 8-the jar of eyeballs-resize and place in front of the broken tombstone.

Element 21-the red candle-resize and place on top of the jar of eyeballs.

Element 48-the barbed wire-resize and place along the bottom of the frame.

Element 49-the frog-resize and mirror,place next to the eyeballs.

Element 20-the screaming face mask-resize and place upper right of the round frame.

Element 13-the other broken tombstone-resize and place on the left of the frame.

Open and resize the two book elements and place in front of the tombstone.

Element 42-the mushroom-resize and place to the left of the books.

Element 15-the head-resize place above the books.

Element 5-the eyeball-resize,place above the head.

Element 30-the skull-resize and place to the right of the eyeball.

Drag under your tube.

Element 31-the morgue sign-place along the top of the round frame.

Element 3-the dark clouds-resize and place at the top of the tag.

Duplicate and mirror.

Element 18-the moon and clouds-resize and place top right of the tag.

Now add a wordart of choice and place along the top,

then add your name and place along the bottom.

I re-coloured the name and added a gold gradient glow.

Now add anything else you like from the kit and then delete the white background.

Merge all layers,resize to your liking and and your credits.

That`s it-you are done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial :)