A Wee Bit Wicked

In this PSP tutorial I am using the brilliant artwork of Goldwasser

 purchased at Pics for Design

Stunning PTU scrapkit by Kathy's PSP Design

called Darkness Falls 

This kit includes the Goldwasser tube, a sweet bonus!

Thank you Kathy ♥ 

Please check out her entire blog HERE

Halloween Template by Dee's Dangerously Delicious Designz

called DM Halloween Collab Template 2 HERE

Drop shadow used 2, 2, 55, 5, colour black

Add D/S as you go

Remember when resizing elements to use Unsharp Mask

setting: 1, 55, 1, luminance checked

Plugins EyeCandy 4.0 ~ Gradient Glow

Mask supplied in kit

Font wicked queen

*~ Let's go!  ~*

1. Open template 2, Shift D, close original.

Select top layer, resize canvas size to 800 x 725 px

We will resize entire image later 

Delete all the following layers of template:

- info

- font info

- black stars

- wicked gradient

- both purple stars

- all the dot/dash lines/circles

- both purple strips

- both blue rectangles

- top & bottom glitter squares

- both purple squares

- large blue square

2.  Start at bottom - top orange rectangle

select all, float, defloat, add new raster layer 

Open Paper 5 C/Paste into the selection, d/s

Sharpen once

Do same for other orange rectangle except Flip paper vertically

then C/Paste into the selection. Sharpen. d/s

On left, merge together the three rectangles - 2 orange, 1 purple

change colour of these 3 rectangles to black using

Brightness/Contrast:  -255, 0

On the right, merge the two green squares together by merging down

Select all, float, defloat, invert selection

Open paper 1, C/P as new layer

press delete, d/s, sharpen

3. Select orange oval layer - select all, float, defloat

Add a new raster layer

Open Paper 7, C/Paste into the selection

do not deselect

If you have the full size tube (not supplied) but purchased

resize 80%, C/P above red paper layer

Using magic wand, click on the outside area red paper layer

arrange face of tube within the selection

press delete, d/s.

Change blend mode of face to multiply, opacity 89, duplicate

To give this copy layer a painted finish,

go to Effects ~ Art Media Effects ~ Brush Strokes

setting:  S20, BB160, W5, O50, L3, D25, angle 102 Colour #505050

Ok

Note: Adding this effect will create undesired drop shadows on 

the outer edges of your canvas. Simply draw out

a larger rectangular selection on this painted tube layer

outside of the circumference of tube

invert the selection & delete, d/s

Those shadows should disappear.

Select green half oval layer, select all, float, defloat

Add a new Raster Layer

Open Paper 6, C/Paste into the selection, d/s

Change foreground colour to #aa182a

Select wicked white layer on template

change colour using colour changer tool by flood filling the white glitter layer

Adjust sharpen twice

Using move tool, move the 'A Wee Bit' wordart

to the left & ontop of word WICKED

Change colour to white using Brightness/Contrast 255/0

resize 75%

Using Eye Candy Gradient glow, add a black gradient glow to the 'A Wee Bit' layer

4. Open tube supplied, resize 80% C/P

below all the Word Art layers but above the black half oval

duplicate, change blend mode to overlay, decrease opacity to 73

On original tube layer, apply the Unsharp Mask ~ setting in intro

Apply D/S to this layer, not the overlay layer

Now you can customize your tag, see reference tag for placement

 kdg7 ~ 25%

elem 34 ~ 50%

elem 20 ~ 30%

57 ~ 50%, duplicate, mirror & arrange

89 ~ 30%

79 ~ 30% & 75%

60~ 50%

91 ~ 50%

64 ~ 50% & 75%

53 ~ 25%

46 ~ 75%, duplicate, mirror & arrange

41 ~ 75% sharpen twice

58 ~ 50% & 75%

36 ~ 13%

36 ~ 17%

61 ~ 25%

59 ~ 30%

81 ~ 40%

place above doll to appear crow is carrying doll above cauldron

sharpen crow twice

37 ~ 50%

2 ~ 75% duplicate, mirror & arrange

15 ~ 30%

add any other elements of choice

*some elements were sharpened casually using the Sharpen Brush tool

sz 50, step 10, density & thickness 100, rotation 0, opacity 25

ie. spider web, ghost monk eyes, snake

Note:  After elem 41 was added, the black paper layer beneath it 

extended too high. Simply draw a rectangular selection

on the upper portion of black layer & delete, d/s.

5.  Select white bg layer

Add new raster layer, open paper 1, C/Paste into the selection d/s

Apply mask supplied in kit

Open elem 69 C/P above masked paper

Add elem 4 ~ approx 85%, move to left

duplicate, move to right

If you wish to resize tag, close white bg, crop merged opaque

then resize entire image to 700 px on longest side

Be sure to check for undesired, outlying dropshadows & erase/delete

Also dropshadow paper layers

7.  Add copyright, url, license & Name

Thank you for trying this tut.

Boo!