Supplies needed
For this tutorial i used the art of Deacon Black .I bought this tube when he was with CILM,
You can now purchase his tubes from CDO
Scrapkit is by Sandy Design called `Skateslove`
You can purchase this at Scrap-A-Licious *store closed*
Template 179 by Denz Designz here
Mask 8 is by K`Lani get that here
Font for wordart is called Rolloglide get that here
Font for name-Cupid de Locke here
Filters used-Photo effex-Scanlines
Eye candy 4000-Gradient Glow
Superblade Pro-Coconut Ice
And Animation shop if you want to animate the squares
Onto the tut....
Open the template up in psp,and delete the ©layer.
Go to image canvas size,and change it to 650x650,You can resize later.
Click on the background layer and flood fill with white.
Then add a new layer,and pick two colours from your tube,and make a gradient.
Angle 45,repeats 3,and flood fill your new layer with the gradient.
Apply the mask,layers>new mask layer>scroll to mask and hit ok.
Layers merge group.
~You can use a paper for your mask layer if you prefer~
Now paste in the tube you are going to use,and place it laying on the star.
Add a small drop shadow.
Click on the green rectangle layer,Selections>select all>float>defloat add a new layer
and either fill with a paper from the kit,or use the same gradient you used for the mask layer.
Deselect,close off the original layer,and add a drop shadow to your new layer-i use 2,2 50 5.
Apply scanlines filter,default settings but put a tick in the vertical toggle box.
Now click the green circle layer,repeat the above steps,but paste in paper 13,leaving out the scanlines filter part.
Now click on the white strip centre layer,Selections>select all>float>defloat add a new layer
and fill with a colour from your tube,i used #8E1F37.Effects,texture effects,texture,and choose bricks02.
Add a drop shadow and delete the original layer.
Now carry on following the same steps,with the rest of the template layers,adding
papers or gradients as you go,but leave out the corner block layer,we`ll come to that later.
Now add any elements from the kit you like.
I used Mp3player1.Heartlollipop3.Lovehearts 1&3.Lovestars1&3,and lovediamonds1.
Add the wordart i used for the title at the top of the page- just right click and save-
and place it at the top right of your tag.
Use your own if preffered.
Then add your name,i used Cupid de Locke,and used Superblade pro Coconut ice for the fill,
and gave it a gradient glow with Eye Candy 4000.
Ok now for the corner blocks layer.
Click on one of the little squares with your magic wand and add a new layer.
Flood fill with a colour from your tube.Deselect,then repeat for all the squares,alternating
the colours as you go.
Then resize your tag and add your ©,and you are done.
If you want it animated,just click on one of the little squares with your magic wand and fill
with a colour from your tube,
close off each little square layer as you go,
then when you have resized your tag and added any ©,open a square layer
and go edit copy merged,and open it animation shop.
Back in psp,close off that layer,open the next,edit copy merged,paste after current frame in ani shop
and keep going until all your layers are in ani shop.
Save as a gif and that`s it you are done!
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial :)