BELLA

This tutorial was written by me Diane Knight on 9TH MAY 2009 any resemblance to any other tut is purely coincidental
For this tut I am using the fantastic and free artwork of Zindy Nielson....

you need a licence to use this art.
You can purchase tubes from her shop HERE

for this tutorial you may need a basic knowledge of PSP

Font used was windsong get it HERE

and this twilight themed Scrap kit called Bella's Lullaby by Pimpd Scraps

which you can purchase HERE and her blog is HERE

open a new canvas 600 X 600

I like room to work, you can always reszie or crop later...

open up the silver circle frame from the kit, resize using smartsize by 55%

copy and paste onto the canvas..

click inside the frame with the magic wand tool.

and go to selections - modify - expand by 3
then copy and paste the blue paper as a new layer

go to selections invert and hit delete to remove the excess...

while your selection is still active open up the zindy tube and resize by 80%
then copy and paste as a new layer..
arrange it in the frame then hit the delete key to remove the excess

now go to seletions none.

now slide the frame to the top layer...if unsure how to do this..
click on the frame layer then go to Layers - arrange- bring to top.

add a drop shadow..

i used the following

now open bella's lullaby music sheet..
resize by 60% then copy and paste it onto your canvas

then go to image - rotate- free rotate left by 10

then go to Layers - arrange- send to bottom

now duplicate the sheet , go to image - mirror...arrange to liking..

add the blue gitter music notes..
add a drop shadow same as before but this time the opacity at 35

now copy and paste the swirl from the kit go to image - mirror
add a drop shadow as before
opacity at 47

and with the eraser tool, delete the overhang on the left side
just make sure your eraser settings are
hardness density and opacity are all set to 100 to make certain
you leave no trace when you erase it

now add flower1 from the kit...then go to Layers - arrange - bring to top.
go to image mirror then resize by 50%
add a drop shadow as before but blur set at 5
duplicate it then go to image mirror and resize by 80%

open up the white rose from the kit, resize using smartsize by 30%
then free rotate left by 35

add a drop shadow..

then duplicate this and mirror it.

rotate this one again right by 20%

add bow3 from the kit resize by 35% add a drop shadow....

make sure you are happy with flower arangement behind the bow...

copy and paste the clouds from the kit resize by 60% and arrange to the right...

now add your name using the following settings with the windsong font

CROP ANY EXCESS...

Feel free to show off your results by emailing them to me or coming along to my forum HERE

who knows they may end up in the gallery...