Friday, 1 May 2009

Rock Melody

Supplies
Tubes of choice - I am using Pinuptoons which can be purchased from CILM
Scrapkit - 'Melody to you' by Lacarolita
Template - template24 by Lacarolita - you can download both HERE
Thanks for the gorgeous freebies!
Mask - WSL 98 you can get from her site HERE
Font - Musicals HERE
Mura Meister Copies (optional)
Xero Radiance (optional)
OK - Open the template in PSP, delete the copyright info layer
Using papers from the kit, select each layer, float, defloat & paste the paper as a new layer, selections, invert, delete, select none - drop shadow the paper layer 0 0 70 5
delete the original layer
On the frames and the middle circle layer follow the above steps but add a new raster layer & floodfill with black
Click inside the frames and paste your tubes as new layers, selections, invert, delete, move below frame layers - apply xero radiance at default settings to the tubes
Copy the musical notes1 from the kit, resize and paste as a new layer along the bottom, sharpen & drop shadow 2 3 70 7
Click on the black circle in the middle & type the words Lets Rock! convert to raster layer
Apply mura meister copies 'Tiling'
default settings but change tile gap to 2
click back on the black circle, select all, float, defloat, invert
click back on the font layer and hit delete
(alternatively you can just type the words and duplicate until they fill up the circle)
Add your main tube and position, add a heavy drop shadow
Add any elements from the kit you want - I just added a tag
Hide the white background layer and merge visible
unhide background layer, resize & crop your tag
Add a new raster layer above the white background layer & select all
Copy paper2 & paste into selection, select none
Apply the mask & merge group, duplicate & merge down
resize the mask layer by 120%
Add your name & copyright information & save as a jpeg!