BE GENTLE WITH LOVE

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2010 Yorkshire Lass Designs in PSP. All Rights Reserved.

It was created in Paint Shop Pro 8, but can be realised in other versions.
However, some tool descriptions and locations may vary, but the overall result should be the same.

My thanks to all the artists and other creators, known and unknown to me,
who have inspired this tutorial and whose work I have used.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

Tubes

JER_Drawings of Krzyszto1
yoka-misted-faces-Guy-020608-small
lizztish_breakfast-delights5
yp_keys
yp_wordart_love
yp_wordart_precious
Edge dots 01
Save these items to a folder on your computer



Plugins

Mura Meister's Cloud 2.2
http://web.archive.org/web/20071016073416/www.geocities.com/murakuma/mmplugins.html
Extract to your Plugins folder

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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial
Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive



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INSTRUCTIONS

In your Materials Palette
load Foreground with White #FFFFFF and Background with Yellow #F7DA96

Open a new canvas 600 x 550 transparent background
Flood fill with Yellow #F7DA96

Effects >> Plug Ins >> Mura Meister >> Cloud
with the following settings:



Click OK

Open lizztish_breakfast-delight5
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas
Image >> Rotate >> Free Rotate
with the following settings



Click OK

With the Move Tool position in the top left-hand corner
In the Layers Palette change the blend mode to Luminance(Legacy) and lower the opacity to "14"

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Mirror
Image >> Flip
This is what you should have now



Open Yoka-Misted-Faces-Guy-020608-small
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas
With the Move Tool re-position in top right-hand corner
In the Layers Palette lower the opacity to "54"

Open JER_Drawings of Krzyszto1
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas
With the Move Tool re-position in the bottom left-hand corner
In the Layers Palette change the blend mode to Luminance(Legacy) and lower the opacity to "40"
Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 3

Open yp_wordart_love
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas
With Move Tool re-position in the top left-hand corner
See finished tag for placement

Open yp_wordart_precious
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas
With Move Tool re-position in the bottom right-hand corner
See finished tag for placement

Open yp_keys
Edit >> Copy >> Edit >> Paste as New Layer on your canvas

Image >> Resize=55%
All layers unchecked

With the Move Tool re-position next to the word "Love"
See finished tag for placement

Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Vertical and Horizontal Offsets=2
Opacity=100
Blur=5
Colour=Dark Grey #404040

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible
Layers >> New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Yellow #F7DA96
Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

In the Layers Palette highlight Merged layer
Image >> Resize 85%
All layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Open Edge dots 01
In the Layers palette of your canvas highlight Raster 1
Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image
Select Edge dots 01 from the drop down list



Click OK

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

Image >> Add Borders
with the following setting



Click OK

Image >> Add Borders
Change the pixel size to "10" and the colour to Yellow #F7DA96

Add your name and/or watermark
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)
Resize if desired
Save as a jpg



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

If you have any questions or would like to show me your result
EMAIL ME


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Thank you Isabella, Sognografic Web Design (Italy)