Sunday, 28 March 2010

Take a good look!

Supplies
Tube of choice - the tube I am using is by Jose Cano and is available to purchase from MPT
Template - 155 by Beth here
No scraps for this unless you want to add some yourself
Mask of choice - I am using DVB Mask 80 here
Thanks for the freebies ladies!
Font of choice
Preset shapes arrow 9
eye candy gradient glow
OK - Open the template in PSP, delete copyright layer and the background
add a new raster layer, bring to the bottom and floodfill white
image canvas size 650x600
click on the large elipse layer, select all, float, defloat and floodfill with a gradient to match your tube, select none
click on the small circle layers, repeat above step
drop shadow all the frame layers 0 0 70 5 black
click on the grey strip layer, select all, float, defloat and floodfill with a dark colour from your tube, select none
now click on the word layer on the strip, select all, float, defloat - add a new raster layer &
using your airbrush tool, colour the words using the same gradient as before
paste your tube as a new layer, position and erase any overhang
now click on each circle layer, float, defloat and paste a close-up of your tube
lower the opacity of the close-ups to around 65 and apply texture, blinds at
width 4 opacity 50 - black, both boxes ticked
I deleted the wordart and added my own using the gradient I had used and applied a brown gradient glow - drop shadow 2 3 67 7
Add your name and the arrow preset shape
hide background layer and merge visible all layers
unhide background and add a new rasterlayer above it
floodfill with the dark colour from your tag and apply mask
delete and merge group
add your copyright info
delete background layer & save as a Png!