Autumn By the Shore

Autumn By the Shore Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used Ocean Slumber by Irene Alexeeva Font of choice I used DartangnonITC Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, (you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open ial_osl_paper4 resize by 18% c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice, I used WSL_mask 194 Now lets open ial_osl_rope_frame c/p as a new layer resize this by 27% now rotate this to the left by 12% Now open ial_osl_fishnet c/p as a new layer resize this by 30% place this layer below the frame duplicate and then flip, now grab your magic wand click inside the frame and go selections modify expand by 5, and then invert, Now open ial_osl_paper2 resize by 18% c/p as a new layer move below the frame layer and hit delete, Now lets open ial_osl_twig3 c/p as a new layer move this layer to the top, resize by 25% arrange towards the bottom of the frame, now open ial_osl_twig1 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 25% place with your other twig, Now lets open ial_osl_sand_swirl c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% arrange this layer below your twig layers, Now open ial_osl_sand_spray c/p as a new layer resize this by 20% arrange this layer right above the net layer and arrange with your other sand, now duplicate and the mirror this and then flip it, arrange with your other sand, Now lets open ial_osl_leaf3 c/p as a new layer bring this layer to the top resize by 10% now rotate to the left by 12% arrange towards the right of the twigs, now open ial_osl_leaf1 c/p as a new layer resize this one by 12% arrange with the other leaf now duplicate and then flip this and mirror this leaf, arrange with the other leaves, now open ial_osl_leaf5 c/p as a new layer resize this by 10% arrange with your other leaves duplicate and then rotate to the left by 90%, now lets open ial_osl_dried_branch c/p as a new layer place this layer right above your twigs layers, now resize this by 16% arrange to your liking, now open ial_osl_pinecone, c/p as a new layer bring this layer to the top resize this by 16% now image flip, and duplicate now rotate this by 90% to the left, arrange the two pinecones together Open ial_osl_starfish2 c/p as a new layer resize this by 16% arrange on the leaf cluster you made, now open ial_osl_shell3 c/p as a new layer and resize by 15% arrange with your leaves and starfish, I moved my layer below the starfish, open any other shells of choice and add to this area, I used ial_osl_shell5 and ial_osl_shell6 resized by 12% Now lets open ial_osl_pepple1 c/p as a new layer resize this by 8% arrange to your liking, now lets open ial_osl_tag c/p as a new layer bring layer to the top and resize by 18% now rotate to the right by 21% arrange towards the top knot of the frame, open ial_osl_knot c/p as a new layer and resize this by 36% and place to "hold" the tag. Now apply a drop shadow of choice to your elements ,and a tube of choice when you are happy with your tag, hide your white background layer and merge visible. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü