Beware the Scarecrow

FTU Tutorial using

Scrapkit by Lori's PSP Graphics

called Scary Cute HERE

Part of a blog train by The Creative Chicks

Exclusive Autumn tube by Ellie_Milk purchased at PicsForDesign

available HERE

Mask 6 ~ Halloween 2009 by Vix HERE

Mask_Vivienne_0067 HERE  

[Scroll down about 50 masks to find .jpg]

Word Art by myself HERE

Filter Xero ~ Radiance

D/S of choice or mine 2/-2/75/5 black

Font for name: Professor Minty

1.  Open new image 725 x 675 px transparent

Flood fill white

NRL ~ select all

C/Paste into the selection Paper 14, d/s

Apply Mask_Vivienne_0067, merge group

NRL, select all

C/Paste into selection paper 12, d/s

Apply Mask 6 ~ Vix Halloween Mask, merge group.

2. Open paper 1, draw a rectangular selection approx 585 x 32 px

across any portion of paper, copy.

Paste above Vix masked layer, centering to mask,

change blend mode to 'soft light' and D/S

3.  Build tag with elements of choice, D/S as you go:

Haunted House 3 ~ 75% 

tombstone ~ 50%

Frame 9 ~ 50%

select all, float, defloat, NRL

open paper 5, C/Paste into the selection, d/s

change blend mode to 'exclusion' & duplicate

D/S original black frame

Open Witch-in-Moon element,

using selection tool, draw a selection around the wording Happy Halloween

& delete. d/s 

Resize 75%, copy

Paste as upmost layer on working image

D/S using 2/-2/55, 10 blur, black

4.  leaf pile ~ 50%, duplicate, mirror

tombstones ~ 75%

grass ~ 38% C/P to left, duplicate, mirror to right

duplicate again, on original change blend mode to 'luminance legacy'

offset copy of grass down slightly

do same with grass on left side

5.  cemetary gate ~ 100%, duplicate, mirror, erase left side of duplicate

that overlaps

scarecrow3 ~ 50%

tombstones ~ 75%

skull ~ 20%, reduce opacity to 77, place on tombstone on left

6.  coffin1 ~ 50%, mirror, place to right

Cat-Pumpkin ~ 25%. place on coffin

use rectangular selection to remove bottom portion of cat

to simulate cat-pumpkin sitting inside coffin.

(tip:  drop opacity of cat-pumpkin to 50% to help visualize coffin beneath)

d/s & increase opacity of cat-pumpkin to 100%

7.  cobweb ~ 40% place over haunted house

bat1 ~ 25%, duplicate, resize duplicate another 75%, mirror, arrange

halloween tree ~ 75%

add word art supplied

open Main tube

if using same tube, colourize one layer of dress to grey

using hue 0, saturation 0

copy merged the tube layers

place on working image, resize tube 30%

pumpkin candles ~ 100% place on top of Main tube

erase any part of main tube that extends below the pumpkin candles

duplicate main tube

apply filter Xero ~ Radiance

setting:  128/50/128/255

drop opacity to 70%

8.  scarecrow ~ 50% place above main tube layers

but below pumpkin candles layer

spell book ~ 20%

black_cat ~ 40%

9.  Add copyright, url, watermark & name

delete white bg layer

Crop ~ merged opaque

Save as a PNG

Thank you for playing with this tutorial!