Candy Girl

This tutorial was written by me on April 19, 2010 using PSP 9.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

2 Tubes of choice - I'm using the gorgeous girls of Keith Garvey.  Do not use without a license.  You can purchase his tubes/license at MyPSPTubes.

Scrap Kit:  I'm using Wacky Winnie Designz portion of the "Candy Shoppe" store collab from Enchanted Designs Boutique.  You can purchase this great kit here.

Template - I'm using a collab template from Yvette and Tamie.  You can download this template from Tamie's blog under the January archives.  

Mask - WSL Mask 81 which you can download here. 

Font - Candy Store BV which you can download here.

Filters: Xero Porcelain

Open tube and template in PSP and minimize your tube

1.  On your template - Shift D to duplicate - close original - image - canvas size - 750 x 650 white

2.  On Rectangles layer - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 3 - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow - delete original layer

3.  On Rectangles 2 - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 5 - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow - delete original layer

4.  On Black Circles - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 12 - selections - invert - delete - effects - texture effects - weave with these settings:  1, 9, 1 white weave and gap - selections - select none - dropshadow - delete original

5.  On Pink Rectangle - with magic wand click on the darker pink parts of the rectangle - copy/paste Paper 10 - selections - invert - delete - deselect - apply same weave effect as above - dropshadow

6.  On the next template layer (white) click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 9 - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow - de;ete original layer

7.  On Black Rectangle - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 4 - selections - invert - copy/paste your first tube as new layer - resize if needed - position - delete - select none - duplicate - image - mirror - effects - Xero Porcelain default settings - dropshadow rectangle and delete original

8.  Delete heart brushes and leave hearts layer as is

9.  Copy/paste Binder Clip 1 - resize - position on tag - dropshadow

10.  Copy/paste HString1 - resize - dropshadow and position

11.  Copy/paste Candy Heart 2 as new layer - resize - position in the center of your 2 tube layers - dropshadow - copy/paste Bow 1 - resize - position in the center of your candy heart -dropshadow

12.  Copy/paste DFlower 2 - position - duplicate - image - mirror - position - duplicate one more time and position - dropshadow each layer

13.  Copy/paste your main tube image - resize if necessary - position in the center towards the bottom of tag - dropshadow

14.  Add any other elements you choose - dropshadowing each layer

15.  On white background layer - new raster layer - selections - select all - copy/paste Paper 1 into selection - select none - layers - new mask layer - from image - find your mask - okay - merge group

16.  Close out background layer - crop/resize tag - add copyright/license and name - save as .png.