PTU Ahoy There

©Fairy Designs Tutorials-2014

This tutorial is my own creation and written by me May 29, 2014. 

Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental.  

This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of PSP.  

Please do not copy or claim as your own.  

Anything you produce from this tutorial is yours to do what 

you wish for personal use only.  No profit is to be made from your results.

Materials Needed:

PSP X3 or any version should work.

Tube of choice. I am using the beautiful work of Caron Vinson.

You can purchase her art at Creative Design Outlet.

You must have a license to use her art.

Scrap Calming Skies By Jackie's Jewels.

The kit can be purchased at Pimpin' PSPers Warehouse.

Font of choice.

I am using a free font called Stalemate.

EyeCandy 4000 - Gradient Glow for text.

Lets begin.

Open a new 700x700 transparent image.

Open JJS_3 - resize 75% - copy - paste as new layer.

Click inside the frame with the magic wand.

Selections - modify - expand - 3 - invert.

Highlight the empty layer below the frame. This way you won't have to move any of the next 3 layers and can see better how they look in the frame.

Open pp12 - copy - paste as new layer.

Hit delete on the keyboard.

Keep selected.

Open JJS_85 - copy - paste as new layer.

Position down about 1/2 way.

Hit delete on keyboard.

Keep selected.

Open JJS_84 - resizse 50% - copy - paste as new layer.

Position to the top inside the frame. 

Hit delete on the keyboard.

Selections - select none.

Open JJS_64 - copy - paste as new layer.

Move this layer below the frame background layer.

Position to the right - erase the trunk that is sticking out.

Make sure you are on the top layer.

Open your tube - resize as needed - copy - paste as new layer.

Position in the frame - add drop shadow of choice.

Erase any parts that are sticking out of the frame that you don't want.

See my tag for placement of the following.

Open JJS_ 72 - copy - paste as new layer.

Open JJS_17 - copy - paste as new layer.

Image - free rotate - 90 - left.

Open JJS_40 - resize 40% - copy - paste as new layer.

Move under the net layer.

Make sure you are on the top layer.

Open JJS_16 - copy - paste as new layer.

Duplicate - image - mirror.

Open JJS_69 - resize 50% - copy - paste as new layer.

Open JJS_73 - copy - paste as new layer.

Open JJS_29 - resize 40% - copy - paste as new layer.

Open JJS_32 - resize 40% - copy - paste as new layer.

Duplicate - position down a bit.

Duplicate - image - mirror.

Open JJS_25 - Resize 85% - copy - paste as new layer.

Duplicate - image - flip - mirror.

Arrange both to your liking.

Duplicate both to make it darker.

Add a drop shadow of choice to all elements except the sand, palm tree and background.

Crop and resize to your liking.

Be sure to sharpen.

Add © copyright information, license number and any text or name you want. Save as transparent png.

Thank you for trying my tut and I hope that you enjoyed it. Don't forget to send me your results so that I may display them in the Show off Gallery.

Hugs♥Terisa