Caitlyn's Garden

*This tutorial is dedicated to my daughter Caitlyn whose 2 favorite things are butterflies and flowers*

Written by me on April 5, 2010

Supplies:

Tube of choice : I'm using the adorable fairies of Karen Middleton.  Do not use this image without a license.  You can get one here at CILM.

Scrap Kit : I'm using "In The Garden With Grandma". A FTU kit from Nette's Nightowl Works.  Visit her blog here to download. Click on Freebies and scroll down.  She has some beautiful freebies!

Font & Mask of choice

1.  Open new image 700 x 700 white

2.  Copy/paste Oak4AllSeasons as new layer - resize - position towards the top right of tag - adjust - sharpness - sharpen - dropshadow

3.  Copy/paste Butterflies - Scatter as new layer - resize - adjust - sharpness - sharpen - move to the top of tag ( See mine for reference) dropshadow

4.  Copy/paste flowerbox as new layer - resize - adjust - sharpness - sharpen - move to the left side of tag - duplicate - image - mirror - move so that it is touching the other flowerbox - layers - merge down - dropshadow

5.  Copy/paste arched fence as new layer - resize - position - adjust -sharpness - sharpen - dropshadow

6.  Copy/paste agapanthas as new layer - resize - position along the bottom of the fence - duplicate as many times as needed and arrange (see my tag) - merge these layers together - dropshadow

7.  Copy/paste mailbox as new layer - resize - arrange on tag - adjust - sharpness - sharpen - dropshadow

8.  Copy/paste your tube as new layer - resize if needed - arrange - dropshadow

9.  Click on background layer - click on your tube tool and find your lawn tube ( comes with program - I'm using PSP 9 so yours maybe different) - new raster layer - apply the tube to your layer - duplicate this layer as many times as needed and arrange around your tag ( see mine for reference) - merge your lawn layers together

10.  Back on background layer - copy/paste paper 1 as new layer - merge your lawn layer down to this paper layer - Open your mask - minimize - layers - new mask layer - from image - find your mask - apply - merge group

11.  Close background layer - crop/resize your tag to your preference - add copy/right and name adding a slight dropshadow to name - save as .png