Celebrating Spring - Blend

This tutorial is written with PSPX2
But can easily made with other versions

Preparations :
Open  tubes in PSP
Install filters before you open PSP!
Install fonts in fonts folder in PSP
Install mask in your mask folder in PSP, unless otherwise specified
Install textures in texture folder in PSP

* If you recognize a tube as one of yours, please contact me so I can
give you credit or – if you wish – remove the tube.

 

Filters  HERE  
Material HERE  

Materials :

Tubes :     
1/ MR_Sexy Spring Girl
2/ Maxyran_14_02_11 Flower     - LINK MAXYRAN
3/ 2516-luzcristina

        
Filters : 
1/ *v* Kiwi Oelfilter
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Procedure
Let’s get started – Have Fun!
Remember to save your work often.

Colors :
Foreground : #f2e7e0#e0cdd2 
Background : #ac798a
Gradient : Lineair: 45  – 0, check invert

 

1
Open a new image – 650x500 pix – transparent

2
Fill with gradient

 

3
Layers- new raster layer
Change gradient to  rectangular – see print screen

Fill with gradient
Opacity at 50
Effects - ,image affects – seamless tiling – standard
Layers – merge down

 

4
Open tube : 2516-luzcristina
Edit – copy
Edit – paste as a new layer
Image – resize : 75%, uncheck all layers
Move left and up – see example
Opacity at 65

 

5
Layers – duplicate
Image – mirror
Move to the right – so only the flowers are visible – see example

 

6
Open tube : Maxyran_14_02_11 Flower
Edit – copy
Edit – paste as a new layer
Image – resize : 75%, uncheck all layers
Image – mirror
Image – flip
Move left and down – see example
Olpacity at 80

 

7
Open tube : MR_Sexy Spring Girl
Edit – copy
Edit – paste as a new layer
Image – resize : 50%, uncheck all layers
Move to the right, against the border – see example
Opacity : 85

 

8
Layers – merge visible
Layers duplicate
Close this layer

 

9
Activate bottom layer
Adjust – blur – radial blur – see print screen

Effects – edge effects – enhace
Repeat 1x

 

10
Effects - *v* Kiwi Oelfilter – ZigZag : 87 – 15 – 125 – 128

 

11
Activate and  open top layer
Image – resize : 90%, uncheck all layers

 

12
Effects – 3D-effects – drop shadow  :  V&H 5 – 50 – 5
Repeat with  V&H -5

 

13
Layers – new raster layer
Place your name and/or watermark

 

14
Image – add borders – 1 pix background

 

15
Image – resize :  650 pix

 

16
Adjust – sharpness – unsharp mask:  1 – 64 – 4

 

17
Save as    .jpg

Your image is ready
I hope you enjoyed making it
Hugs,
K@rin – K@D’s Designs
11-03-2011