Macho Christmas Tutorial-PTU

Macho Christmas

This is a CT tutorial for Scraps N Company

using the art work of 

The Hunter-HERE

and kit by Bibi's Collection-HERE

Both available at Scraps N Company

This tutorial was written by me any similarities

to another is strictly coincidental.

This was written in PSP 9 but any should work

This tut assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP

No outside filters are needed.

Lets get Started!!!

What you will need 

Tube of  choice

kit of choice

mask of choice

font of choice

Open a 800 x 800 canvas-flood fill with a dark color

I used  #202020 this will be your background layer-bk

Copy and paste element 64-resize 65%
Paper8-resze-500 x500 pixels-past as new layer
place behind frame move to liking

Activate frame layer-use magic wand inside of frame
selections-select all-modify -expand-5-selections invert go back to raster2
-delete-selections none.

Frame layer-Copy and paste tube as new layer-resize 40%
place on top of frame-Layers -duplicate-plae behind frame

Raster3 -Erase what is over top frame on the bottom
go to copy of tube erase what shows at bottom of frame

See tag for placement of elements
Element 36-40 %
EL-62-40%-Duplicate-mirror-move both under Raster 4
EL 35-40 %
EL 8 -40%-erase what blocks the red string
EL 17-35%
Crop Tag
Close off bk
Merge visible

activate bk layer-paste paper8 as new layer
activate bk layer -selections -selections all
go back to paper layer-crop to selection
Apply mask of choice to this layer
close bk-merge visible
 Add copy right and license info
Add name or word art
resize if you like-always sharpen after resizing

Hope you enjoyed this tut
would love to see what you have done with it
Please email me with results
laurag315@gmail.com
and please put Laura in the subject.