Vintage Beauty
This tutorial is my own creation and based on my own ideas. Any and all similarities with any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
Please do not upload to or offer this tutorial on any other site without asking me first. Thank you.
Material you will need:
PaintshopPro – I’m using PSP X2, but you should be able to follow the tutorial in any version.
A scrap kit – I used the fabulous kit Vintage Beauty by Country Style Designs, which you can purchase here.
A font of your choice.
A tube of your choice or 3 different ones.
2 masks –I used WSL 297 and 317, created by Weescotslass, which is included in the material. Check out her blog here for further masks.
No filters required.
You can get the material here.
Now, let’s get started. It might be helpful if you choose the elements you wish to use beforehand, and open them up in PSP prior to starting the tutorial. That way, you have them handy when following each step.
Also, you don’t have to slavishly follow each positioning nor setting – play and experiment a bit, especially if you use different elements.
If you are unsure how to position an element, refer back to my sample tag.
I do assume you have at least some to moderate experience and understanding of PSP.
The DropShadow throughout the tutorial remains the same: V/H 2/-2 O/B 45/7.55.
Resizing throughout the tutorial is done with “Resize all Layers” NOT checked.
Open a new image, 600x600.
Open Vintage Beauty_Frame 5_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 45%.
Open Vintage Beauty_Paper13_CSD, copy.
New layer, underneath frame layer, with your Magic Wand, click inside all three frames, Selections – Expand by 2, on the new layer, Paste into Selection, Select none.
Open your tube (or your three tubes), copy&paste, duplicate three times, Resize and position to liking in the frames.
With your Magic Wand, click inside each frame, Selections – Expand by 2, Invert, on each tube layer, hit “delete”, Selecton none, Apply Dropshadow.
Optional: Apply Dropshadow to each tube before merging.
Open Vintage Beauty_Fan2_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 75%, move underneath frame layer, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Flower4_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 30%, move to the upper left corner of the frame, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Lace1_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 65%, Free Rotate – Left – 42 degrees, move to the right side of the frame, lower corner, Apply Dropshadow and use the Point-to-Point Selection Tool to erase parts of the ribbon extending past the frame.
Open Vintage Beauty_Flower Chain3_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 42%, move to the lower edge of the frame, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Heart2_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 22%, Free Rotate – Right – 6 degrees, move to the lower right corner of the frame, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Silver Key_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 40%, move to the right side of the frame, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Sachet3_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 60%, move underneath frame, to the right side, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Butterfly5_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 22%, move over the first gap on the left between the left and center frame, towards the bottom edge, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Buttons_CSD, pick a button, or several, copy&paste, Resize and position to liking, Apply Dropshadow to all buttons.
Open Vintage Beauty_LaceButterfly1_CSD, copy&paste, Resize 27%, Free Rotate – Right – 40 degrees, place to the upper right, a bit left of the gap between the center and right frame, Apply Dropshadow.
Open Vintage Beauty_Paper4_CSD, copy.
New layer, Arrange – Send to Bottom, Selections – Select All – paste into selection, Select none.
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask – MaskWSL_317.
Fit to layer, show all masks, source luminance checked; invert transparency NOT checked.
Merge group.
Optional: resize mask or use your Deformation Tool, if necessary, to tweek your mask layers to your liking and/or lower the opacity.
Open Vintage Beauty_Paper5_CSD, copy.
New layer, Selections – Select All – paste into selection, Select none.
Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask – MaskWSL_297.
Fit to layer, show all masks, source luminance checked; invert transparency NOT checked.
Merge group.
Optional: resize mask or use your Deformation Tool, if necessary, to tweek your mask layers to your liking and/or lower the opacity.
Optional: merge both mask layers, and lower opacity to liking.
Now, the next step is to add any further text, copyright information and your watermark to the graphic.
Feel free to merge all layers visible and then resize to your liking or crop the image.
If you prefer a transparent background, save your tag in PNG format.
Otherwise, if you select the JPG, it will automatically add a white background.
Should you care for a different colored background:
New layer, arrange, send to bottom, and floodfill with your color of choice.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
XOXOXO,
Dani
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