It's Spring

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I am using the wonderful art of Lia http://www.linmida.com
This is a general permission free to use artist
please visit DragonsLairTubes to request the tubes.
The name of tube is Lia_F_10_Angel_2.
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Supplies Needed:
A working knowledge of PSP
Tube of choice
Spring Fever FTU scrap kit by Jolene Burke at 4Shared JoleneBurke-Spring Fever, her terms allow sharing
Frame 40 by Wild Creationz
Crocus FTU stock photo by Protect  at Stock Xchng
Mask 5 from Mellissaz Creationz
AKA Arcade and AKA Frivolity fonts from OffSite
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Open the separate frame, Shift+D to duplicate, close the original, delete the credit layer, resize to 448 and change the bg color to white and close off visibility for it. On the white rectangle layer, Select All-Float-Defloat-Modify Expand By 6, then Selections-Modify-Smooth with these settings:
Both numbers 10-Both boxes selected. Add a new raster layer below white frame and fill with #615773, deselect, on white frame click Adjust-Color Balance-Manual Color Correction and change the white frame to #cec5db. Add Inner Bevel with these settings to the both frames:
Bevel 5:Width 4:Smoothness 8:Depth 8:Ambiance 8:Shininess 32:Col white:Angle 0
:Intensity 32:Elevation 48
On the big purple frame apply Effects-Edge Effects-Enhance.

For the vine and flowers layer, use the lasso tool to draw around the flowers on that layer Freehand:Feather 0:Mode is Add(Shift), once you have them all circled, right click on that layer in layer palette and promote selection to layer  and then on original layer delete to delete them off there, deselect. Try to stay as close to the flowers as possible and not remove the vine. Then repeat this for the leaves too.
Now to recolor them all, click Adjust-Color Balance-Manual Color Correction: For the vines I used Foliage-GreenLt, the leaves Foliage-Generic, the flowers Standard-Color104. Then on the flowers and leaves layers apply Effects-Edge Effects-Enhance Edges More.

With rectangle selection tool, draw a rectangle on frame and add a new raster layer below frames and fill selection with #bbb1c9, open photo and resize to 448 width add as new layer above purple layer then invert and delete excess photo, set Blend Mode to Soft Light and then apply Effects-Art Media Effects-Brush Strokes with these settings:
Softness 2:Brush Bristles 256:Width 4:Opacity 50:Strokes Length 10:Density 25:Angle 102:Color #000000

Add Diamond Flowers as a new layer above white bg, then resize 48%, duplicate 3 times and rearrange the 4 around the frame.

Add Doodle above white bg, resize 74% and then click Adjust-Color Balance-Manual Color Correction and have white in top box and bottom box #8e64b5, it will change it to different shades of purple. Reduce Opacity to 48.

Add the BirdHouse And Bird as new layers, resize house 32% and bird 36% and position.

Add Charm as new layer, resize 36% and position.

Add Beaded Wire, resize 74% and position below charm.

Add Spilled Glitter above white bg, then apply Effects-Reflection Effects-Kaleidoscope with these settings:
Horizontal Offset 61:Vertical Offset -20:Rotation Angle 121:Scale Factor 3:Number Of Petals 10:Number Of Orbits 0:Radial Suction 30:Edge Mode Wrap. Now erase any touching edges of tag.

Open mask, add paper 2 as a new layer above the white bg. then click Layers-New Mask Layer-From Image and select the mask in the dropdown and with the settings Source Luminance with Invert mask data not selected, apply mask. Resize layer 104%. Then Layers-delete and select yes when it asks. Then on layer palette, ungroup layers or Layers-Ungroup Layers.

Add tube as new layer, resize 68%, sharpen and position.

On white bg, click with wand then Image-Crop To Selection.

Resize the spilled glitter layer 94%, sharpen.

With Arcade font and both colors #f0ea84, type It's Spring! and position on tag then Effects-Edge Effects-Enhance Edges More.

Add the artist credits for the tube, photo and scraps used.

Add your name to to it with font. Use Frivolity font, Stroke #615773-Fill #bbb1c9, then Effects-Edge Effects-Enhance Edges More.

Then drop shadow all layers, I used either 0-0-24-4 or 0-0-48-4 on every layer that needed one. I did apply the 48 one to both the text and name twice however.

If you are using a licensed image or tube, click on resize, then change the resolution to 72,000, then adjust the size to 100 percent, select all layers box and click okay.

Export as a png file.
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Hope this was an easy to follow tutorial and hope you enjoyed it.
Please feel free to email me tags or links using this tutorial.
My email is in my profile. Thank You for visiting my blog.
Bless You.
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This tutorial was created, written and posted online by SigsByTori on
March 22, 2011. Any resemblance to other tutorials is totally coincidental.
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