created by jill

This tutorial was created by me on October 20, 2008.

Any similarities to any other tutorial are purely accidental and not intentional.

Please do not copy or post on another site without permission.

I’m using the fabulous licensed work Tyson McAdoo which can be purchased at MPT 

Supplies needed:

 PSP

(I wrote this in X but any version will work)

Plugins: No outside plugins needed

Font of choice: I used Edmunds

Mask: cbj_mask06 by me HERE

Scrap Kit (PTU): “Sassy Cowgirl” by Scrappy Lover HERE

(visit Maritza’s blog HERE)

Let’s get started!

Put your mask in your Mask folder

Download, unzip and open your font

Open a new canvas 750 X 750 and flood fill with white

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Paper9

Layers > Load/Save Mask from Disk

Find cbj_mask06 from the drop down

Fit to canvas, Show all mask and Source Luminance checked

Hit OK

Merge Group

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 120% and center on canvas

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Frame 1

Activate your manual color correction tool

Set your Source color to #919191 and your Target color to a color from your tube

Hit Ok

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 75%

Add the following drop shadow

2, 2, 50, 5

Repeat changing V/H to -2

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Ribbon 1

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 80% and free rotate 30 degrees left

Position to your liking on your frame

Click on your scalloped frame layer

Using your magic wand, select outside the frame

Click on your ribbon layer

Hit delete

Repeat the same 2 drop shadows

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Wantedpergamin

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 50% and free rotate 5 degrees right

Drag below your frame layer

Position at the top left of your canvas

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Gemstrip

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 50% and free rotate 5 degrees left

Position at the right of your wanted paper

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Gemstrip2

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Image > Mirror

Resize by 50% and free rotate 5 degrees left

Position over your first gemstrip so that they intertwine

(see mine for reference)

When you are happy with the look, merge visible

Activate your color correction tool

Change your Source color to #dedede and your Target color to your frame color

Click Ok

Add the same two drop shadows

Open one of your buttons

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 12% and position over your ribbon

Sharpen and add the same two drop shadows

Merge down with your ribbons

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_SoSassyTag

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 50% and free rotate 25 degrees right

Use your manual color correction tool to change the color of the tag if you wish

Position to the top right of your frame

Sharpen and add same two drop shadow

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Twigs

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Drag layer below your SoSassy tag

Add drop shadow

0, 0, 50, 7

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Fence

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 60% and position at the bottom left of your canvas

Use your selection tool or eraser to remove the 2 middle posts on the right side of the fence

Duplicate layer and line 2^nd fence up with your first one to make it look like 1 fence

Merge down and center

Add drop shadow

2, 2, 50, 5

Repeat changing V/H to -2

Open SL_SassyCowgirl_Barbwire

Free rotate 45 degrees right

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Resize by 65% and sharpen

Position at the bottom of your canvas

(see mine for placement)

Duplicate layer > Mirror and flip

Click on your fence layer

Selections > Float > Defloat

Click on your wire layer and erase the loop on the right and the wire covering the 6^th post from the right

Deselect

Add a drop shadow 2, 2, 50, 2

Copy and paste your tube and position to your liking

(mine came with a background which I used inside my frame)

Add a drop shadow

5, 5, 50, 4

Duplicate and resize your tube to about 120%

Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize

Enter 0 for each value

Mirror image if you’d like and center over wanted paper

Reduce opacity to 65

Effects > Artistic Effects > Aged Newspaper

Set value to 30

Click on your wanted paper

With your magic wand, click outside the paper

Click on your tube layer and hit delete

Click back on your wanted paper and add a drop shadow

2, 2, 50, 5

Repeat changing V/H to -2

Add your copyright information and any text

Layers > Merge visible

Image > Resize by 66% (all layers checked)

 Save as PNG