~The Only Gift~

I'm using the artwork of Jennifer Janesko.
www.janesko.com
with a purchased license through CILM.

Do not use the same image I used unless you
have a valid license!!

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Scripting and translating of this tutorial is strictly forbidden.
This tutorial is written assuming you have
a slight knowledge of PSP.

Tutorial written for PSP 9, any version will work though.

Filters Used:
EyeCandy 4-Gradient Glow (Optional)

Supplies:
Image of choice.
Wordart/phrase of choice.
Or the wordart by me available on my blog.
Scrapkit of choice!
Scraptkit I used is by Chica's Scraps.
that you can purchase from Tagger's Scraps.
This kit is called A Vintage Christmas.

Open all of the supplies
and minimize for later.

New image 700 x 700
(You can crop later.)
Flood fill white.

Open one of the frames from your scrap kit,
or Frame_7 if you are using A Vintage Christmas. (AVC)
resize and paste into the center of your canvas.
Image-Rotate-Free Rotate by 90 degrees right or left.

Select your magic wand,
Tolerance- 15
Feather- 0
and select the area inside of your frame.
Make sure you get the little parts too!
Selections- Modify- Expand by 10 or 15

Open your tube of choice,
resize and paste beneath your frame layer.
Arrange the portion of what you want visible into your frame.
Selections-Invert.
Hit the delete key once.
Do not deselect!!
Open your paper of choice,
resize and paste beneath your tube layer.
I used Paper_1 from AVC.
Hit the delete key once.
Selections- Select None.


Add a drop shadow to your frame and tube.
V&H- 0
Opacity- 70
Blur- 5

Open one of the florals from your kit,
or Rose_1 if you are using AVC.
resize and colorize as needed,
paste over onto a bottom corner canvas of your frame.

Open a doodle of choice,
or Decor if you are using AVC.
Resize and arrange at the opposite top corner of the frame.

Open a clasp, or Clasp_2 from AVC.
Resize and paste onto your frame corner.

arrange so that the second part of the clasp,
is on the bottom corner of your frame,
and the first part is under your rose.
Grab your eraser tool and erase
what you need to so it's only the beads
showing out from under the rose.
Add the same drop shadow.

Open your wordart.
If you are using mine, then rotate by 5 degrees right.
Add an optional gradient glow.

Hide your background.
Merge visible and then resize to about the size you want it.
Open Beadheart_1 from AVC,
paste underneath your merged layer and drag
into a position you like.

Add your name,
with the same optional three color gradient glow.
Add your copyright information.
Crop and Resize to preference.

Save as .jpg or .png,

and you are done!!!

Thank you for trying my tutorial,
I'd love to see your results!!