Gothic Romance

This tutorial was written by me on April 21, 2010 using PSP 9.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and /or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of Choice - I'm using the gorgeous art of Ismael Rac.  You can purchase his tubes and license at Artistic Minds.

Scrap Kit - I'm using a gorgeous PTU kit from Tanya at Scraps by jOeswife called "Gothic Romance".  Visit her blog to find out how to purchase this kit.

Template - I'm using Template 45 from Tamie at Addictive Pleasures.  You can download from her blog here.

Font of choice - I'm using Deadly English which you can download here.

To begin open up tube and template in PSP - minimize tube for now

1.  On template - image - canvas size - 800 x 800 - white background - close out copyright

2.  Leaving Mask layer as is - on Big Circle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 62 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - selections - select none - copy/paste Frame 17 as new layer - resize to fit your circle - position - dropshadow your frame layer

3.  merge your Strip 1 and Strip 2 layers together - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 45 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - copy/paste Barbed Wire as new layer - resize if needed - rotate to line up with your left Strip - position - duplicate - image - mirror - rotate if needed - position on right strip - dropshadow both layers

4.  On Rectangle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Gothic Romance Overlay as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow - move above Circle layer

5.  Move Rectangle 2 layer above Small Circle and back on Small Circle - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 37 as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - selections - select none - copy/paste Frame 13 as new layer - resize to fit your circle - adjust - sharpness -sharpen more - dropshadow - click inside of frame - modify - expand by 3 - copy/paste your tube as new layer - resize - position - selections - invert - delete - move below frame - selections - select none -dropshadow tube and frame

6.  On Rectangle 3 layer merge down to Rectangle 2 layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 17 as new layer - resize - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow

7.  On Circle Layer - selections -select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 81 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - selections select none - copy/paste Frame 61 as new layer - resize to fit circle - position - click inside frame - selections - modify - expand by 5 - copy/paste your tube again as new layer - selections - invert - delete - select none - dropshadow tube and frame layers

8.  Copy/paste Candelabra of choice as new layer - resize - position towards the left side of template - dropshadow

9.  Copy/paste your tube again as new layer and position in the center of tag ( it should be below the 2 rectangle layers and above the Large Circle layer and frame) - dropshadow

10.  On Rectangle 4 layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - copy/paste Paper 11 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow

11.  Copy/paste Heart Doodle of choice as new layer - resize - position along the bottom of rectangle layers - dropshadow

12.  Copy/paste Butterfly 3 as new layer - resize - position on rectangle - dropshadow

13.  Copy/paste Lock and Key of choice as new layers - resize - position on tag - dropshadow

14.  Back on mask layer - copy/paste Blood Splatter 4 as new layer - resize if needed - position on top left corner of canvas - duplicate - image - mirror - merge down - duplicate - image - flip

15.  Copy/paste Chainlink Heart of choice as new layer - move to the top of tag - duplicate - image - flip

16.  Close out white background - crop/resize tag to your preference - add copyright/license information and name - save as .png