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Martine







Tube(s) of your choice, free or not but the credit for all the tubes must be added to your tag. I used an AI generated tube by Elfairy Tubes - elfairytubes.blogspot.com.

Scrapkit: miggs_syho021_february by miggins. Her blog is here. Download the kit here.

Masks: one by Nikita - 1250181869_nikita_masques to download here and one by Lithium Flower - ForumSetMask2_DottyEdges_LF to download here (2nd from the top) and a third one - one by Fania FL-Fmask010 in the zipped folder.

Supplies: Selections, the mask and the 2 texts in the zip here.

Plugin: Xero > Fritillary.
AAA Frames > Foto Frame.

Font: Pixelette for the credits.

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Colours: #983C49 and #F9E1E5.


STEP 1 - Background

1. Open an image 600x250 and fill with white.

2. Selections > Select All and paste miggs_syho021_february (3) into the selection.

3. Selections > Select None.

4. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel1_mf24.PsPSelection.


Fill with #983C49.

6. Selections > Select None.

7. Duplicate. Image > Mirror.

8. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel2_mf24.PsPSelection.

9. Fill with #983C49.

10. Add a layer and fill with #F9E1E5.

11. Open Nikita's 1250181869_nikita_masques.

12. Layers > New Mask layer > From an image and select 1250181869_nikita_masques.

13. OK. Layers > Merge group. 

14. Selections > Select None.

15. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel3_mf24.PsPSelection.

16. Fill with #983C49.

17. Selections > Select None.

18. Renamer Border.

19.Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel4_mf24.PsPSelection.

20. Fill with #983C49.

21. Rename Cercle.

22. Add another layer and fill with #F9E1E5.

23. Open masque FL-Fmask010.

24. Layers > New Mask layer > From an image and select FL-Fmask010.

25. OK. Layers > Merge group. 

26. Layers > Arrange > Move Down.

27. Apply Xero > Fritillary 


28. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpness More.

29. Rename Circle.

30. Selections > Select None.

31. Back onto the Border layer. (Top of the pile).

32. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel5_mf24.PsPSelection.

33. Fill with #983C49.

34. Selections > Select None.

35. Open mask ForumSetMask2_DottyEdges_LF.

36. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel2_mf24.PsPSelection.

37. Add a layer and fill with #983C49.

38. Calques > Nouveau calque de masque > A partir d'une image et choisir le masque ForumSetMask2_DottyEdges_LF.

39. OK. Layers > Merge group.

40. Selections > Select None.

41. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel6_mf24.PsPSelection.

42. Fill with #983C49.

43. Selections > Select None.

44. Add text 1 Spring is here (in the supplies folder) : PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Texts_mf24.

45. Add a layer. Click on Selections > Load/ Save selection/ Load Selection From Disk. Choose PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Sel7_mf24.PsPSelection.

46. Fill with #F9E1E5.

47. Duplicate.

48. Image > Flip > Flip vertical.

49. Add the text: texte 2 Spring is here ( in the Supplies folder) : PSP4ALL_MF_Spring_Texts_mf24. See my tag above for positioning.

50. Recolour with #983C49.


STEP2 - Tube and elements

51. In the Layers palette, click on Circle (28).

52. Selections > Float > Defloat.

53. Back to the top of the pile

54. Add the tube.

55. Selections > Invert > Delete to get rid of the excess.

56. Selections > Select None.

57. In the Layers palette, click on Border (18).

58. Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top.

59. miggs_syho021_februaryE (4) - 15%. Middle.

60. Duplicate > Mirror.

61. miggs_syho021_februaryE (7). 15%. Left, on the edge and in the middle.

62. Duplicate > Mirror.

63. miggs_syho021_februaryE (6). 15%.  Left, in the corner at the bottom.

64. Delete the leaves which are just outlines.

65. Duplicate > Mirror.


STEP 3 - Bordure and Credits

66. Edit> Copy Special > Copy Merged.

67. Edit > Paste as a new layer.

68. Apply AAA Frames > Foto Frame. Main colour #983C49 : red=152 ; green=60 ; blue=73.


69. Crédits - avec une police comme Pixelette ou toute autre petite police.



Martine

16 April 2024


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