BUTTERFLY-FLOWER MASK TAG

 

Supplies

Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro.

Supplies to Download. This file contains the butterfly-flower mask, created by me, the kringle font,  a doodle art piece that was shared with me, and the beautiful Christmas bow and holly, created by Rainbow Coffi.   I have included Rainbow Coffi's tubes in the supplies.  The full collection of her wonderful images is housed at PSP Playground.  Anyone can join, free of charge.  To obtain the full collection of Rainbow Coffi's superb graphic tubes, do join PSP Playground, where Rainbow Coffi's and many other wonderful artist tubes are shared

Tube of Choice - The tube image I am using is a commercial licensed image created by Joel Adams.  You can purchase Joel Adams delightful art work in both tube and image form through CILM. 

 

SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL

Drop Shadow:

(1)Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color White

(2)Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black

CREATING THE  BASIC TAG USING THE MASK TEMPLATE

Step 1

Open up your tube graphic, butterfly-flower mask, and a new transparent image 600 width by 604 height.

At the Material Palette, select a  deep, solid color for your basic tag.

Flood fill the transparency with that color.

Step 2

Go to Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image.  At the source window's drop down menu, locate the butterfly-flower mask with source luminance and invert mask data checked.  Click ok.

Step 3

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Group.

Step 4

Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the (1) selection above which uses the color white.

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 5

Open up the doodle graphic.  You will see it is in black.  But, if you follow these steps, you can colorize the doodle to your liking.

  • With the doodle graphic open, go to Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/ Brightness/Contrast and use these settings:  Brightness 88, Contrast 37. You will see that the doodle is now a shade of gray which can be easily colorized.

  • Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and move the color controls until you have the color you need.

Step 6

Make the doodle graphic active and go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.  Go to Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.  Left click the mover tool and move your doodle graphic and your butterfly/flower mask to a position that is similar to mine. Once you have the graphics positioned, go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).

Step 7

Make your tube graphic active and go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer.  If the image is too large, go to Image/Resize,  using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. Left click the mover tool and move the image to where you want it on your tag.

Step 8

Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the (2) selection above which uses the color black.

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 9

Open up the Christmas bows and holly and apply to the tag on different layers. If you wish to add a drop shadow, use the (2) selection above.

Step 10

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and apply the Kringle font at size 100. 

Step 11

Repeat Step 4, applying the drop shadow with the color white.

Step 12

Apply your copyright information.

Step 13

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).

Step 14

Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 95% or smaller, bicubic and resize all layers checked.

We hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Purrs,

Nikki, Nichie and Sue

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