Batty about you

 

 This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 16th September 2025, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

Supplies HERE

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p splatter

foreground color - #ffb006

background color - #fffbe6

make a fore/back gradient

sunburst, angle/repeats 0

preset shapes tool - ellipse 

hold down the shift key while your draw out a large circle in the middle of your canvas, 

Objects - align - center in canvas

convert to raster

Dodge Brush

settings : size 400, hardness 17, step 25, density 100, thickness 100, rotation 0, opacity 32

click in the middle of your circle twice

duplicate the circle

adjust - blur - gaussian blur 10

layers - arrange - move down

merge the two moon layers together

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with #d65a07

deselect

selection tool - circle - feather 50(ish)

draw out a large selection in the middle, but not quite to the edge

hit delete button several times until it looks how you like it

deselect

merge with the moon layer

c/p witch hat, resize 50

rotate left 21

position top left so it looks like its sitting on the moon 

(you may have to move your moon down the canvas a little)

using your freehand selection tool, feather set to 1

carefully select along the brim of the hat from one side of 

the moon to the other (see my screenshot)

hit delete

Deselect

dropshadow

If you want to add a bit more definition, 

then use your burn brush on the moon layer under 

the hat brim to make it look a bit more shadowed

c/p web, position top right 

erase any parts of the web that overlap the brim of the witches hat

dropshadow

c/p bat as new layer

resize 30

eye candy 5 impact - perspective shadow

position bottom right

c/p pumpkins, position bottom right, in front of bat

c/p spider, resize 50

position so its hanging from the web

duplicate and resize 70

position duplicate hanging from the witches hat

c/p beading

position along the brim of the hat

dropshadow

c/p wordart

add your name, license and copyright information 

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Christmas Reindeer

 

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 11th November 2023 and assumes a working knowledge of psp. 
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

 Supplies needed:

My Supplies HERE

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 800 x 800

floodfill white

c/p green flower, resize 8

muras meister - copies - encircle - change amount to 8

dropshadow

c/[ wreath, dropshadow

c/p reindeer between the copies layer and the wreath layer

resize 15

duplicate

layers - arrange - move up

now select around the bottom half of the duplicated layer and delete

dropshadow original reindeer layer

c/p wordart, lower opacity to around 60

move slightly to the left and down a little

add your name

delete white background

merge visible

crop and save as png.

NOTE:  If using the supplied reindeer image then please add "creativefabrica.com" 

somewhere on your tag.  If using another artists image/tube then obviously use the

correct copyright for that artist only.

Pug Love

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2023 and assumes a working knowledge of psp. 

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental. 

 Supplies needed: 

 Tube of choice 

Font of choice 

Miz_Mask 242 HERE 

Supplies HERE 

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 open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white 

 new raster layer 

select all 

c/p one of the images from the supplies or one of your own choice into selection 

deselect apply mask, merge group 

 effects - image effects - offset 

 H-86, V80, Transparent 

duplicate image, flip & mirror 

merge down 

 c/p rec1 

image effects - offset H-160, V0 

duplicate, mirror 

 c/p rec2 

 make mask layer active 

c/p image again duplicate twice, 

hide duplicates 

 make left rectangle active 

magic wand, 

eather 0 

click inside 

expand selection by 5 

invert selection 

on first image layer, hit delete 

deselect 

 make right rectangle active 

unhide 1 of the duplicates and bring it up the layer palette 

so its just below the right rectangle 

magic wand, 

click inside right rec, 

 expand by 5

invert 

 on 1st duplicate, hit delete 

deselect 

 repeat this process for the middle rectangle 

and final duplicated image layer 

 d/s each rectangle layer 2,4,40,8,black 

then d/s again 2,-5,40,8,black 

 c/p wine barrel resize 20, 

position bottom right 

d/s 2,4,40,8,black 

 c/p sunflower cluster resize 35, 

position behind wine barrel 

d/s 

duplicate, 

mirror position top left corner 

 c/p sunflower resize 35, 

rotate left 90, 

position behind wine barrel 

d/s 

 c/p purple flower 

resize 35, 

position behind sunflower cluster along 

right side of right rectangle 

d/s 

 c/p sprig 

resize 35, 

duplicate, 

merge down 

d/s 

position top middle, 

layers, bring to top 

 c/p tube, 

resize to fit 

d/s 

 add your name, license and copyright information 

 delete white background layer 

merge visible 

crop and save as png

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Here is another example using the beautiful artwork of Kajenna

Beautiful

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 26th May 2021, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental. 

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Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Very Many
which can be purchased from the store HERE
Font of choice
Wordart (right click and save - It will save as original size)

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open blank canvas 610 x 240

floodfill with gradient made from 
#f6d9eb & #e2b7ef
angle 36, repeats 2

c/p close up tube, move to right side
blend mode overlay

c/p regular tube, position face in middle
duplicate - gaussian blur, 5
blend mode screen

paste regular tube again, resize 60
mirror, position on the left side
blend mode overlay

layers - arrange - move down
repeat (so its under your main tube in the middle)

duplicate
mirror
move to bottom right corner

duplicate
mirror
resize 60
blend mode burn

duplicate (last time!)
layers - arrange - bring to top
move to the right so its over the eye of the close up tube

freehand selection tool, feather 25
select around the bottom half of the tube and hit delete a couple of times
so just the face is left, showing over the eye of the close up
If you dont like the look of it like that, you can then move 
the close up tube slightly more to the right

Merge visible

c/p wordart, position to left

add name, license, & copyright information

merge all (flatten)

image - add borders - white, 5
select all, contract 5, invert
add noise to your liking

select none
save as jpg 

Slicer

 This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd May 2021, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.
Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental. 

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the fabulous artwork of Cuddly Rigor Mortis
which you can purchase from CDO
Filters - Muras Meister, Copies
VM Distortions
Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 250

c/p tube as new layer

effects - muras meister, copies - wallpaper rotate default settings

adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 10

effects - VM distortion - slicer - slices 25, gap 2 RPM 13, BPM 42, Trans 56, Mode 111

if the circles are not centered, cut the layer
then paste as new layer to center it.

duplicate - add noise - 20, gaussian, monochrome
change blend mode to overlay and lower opacity to around 75

c/p tube
duplicate 4 times
1st copy - resize 60, mirror, position bottom left corner
2nd copy - resize 45, position between copy 1 and main tube
3rd copy - resize 30, position bottom right corner
4th copy - resize 60, mirror, position between main tube and copy 3

merge all 4 copies together, change blend mode to burn

Move main tube to top of layer palette

new raster layer

floodfill with a color from your tag
select all, contract 2, delete
deselect

add name, license and copyright information
merge all
save as jpg

Make a matching avatar if you wish 

Lighthouse

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st July 2020, in psp9 and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

This tag was inspired by an image I saw on pinterest, there was no copyright or artist details to credit

the supplies I have either made myself or are various items I have collected 
over the years and are © free as far as I am aware
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Supplies Needed:

HERE

My mask - Miz_Mask_284 

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p ocean b/g

move right a little

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

resize 120

adjust-blur-motion blur-angle 0, strength 100

Now activate your raster deform tool

use the following settings

mode • scale
pivot x • -346
pivot y • 256.50
position x • -495
position y • -20
scale x(%) • 135.86
scale y(%) • 70
perspective x • 0
perspective y • -62.04
shear • -31.02
angle • 0

now on original mask layer,

select all, float, defloat, invert

then back to the blurred layer and hit delete a couple of times

deselect

c/p book

move down a little

c/p seapages

position on top of book
covering the text on the pages

c/p rocks

position on left page

c/p lighthouse

resize 60

position on rocks

duplicate rocks

mirror

layers-arrange-bring to top

position in front of bottom of lighthouse

and erase a little to make it look like the 

lighthouse is sitting among the rocks

c/p lightbeam

position so its coming from the top of the lighthouse

drag down layer palette so its beneath the lighthouse layer

lower opacity to around 80

c/p sailboat

layers - arrange-bring to top

resize 12

position on right page, so its in the lightbeam

c/p seagull

resize 12

position to your liking high in the sky 

now make your mask layer active

duplicate and drag it above your book layer

freehand selection tool, feather 35ish

draw out a selection around the top 3/4 of the mask layer

hit delete a few times 

deselect

reposition if necessary to make it look like the book edge is in the ocean

add your name

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Wish

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 13th May 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies HERE & HERE

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p tagback as new layer

select all, float, defloat

invert selection

c/p DandelionWallpaper (we will call this DW )

resize 29 (position so the right dandelion is in the middle of your frames)

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

duplicate (we will call this DWD)

c/p frame as new layer

selection tool, point to point, feather 0

click around the outside edge of your frame

invert selection

on your DWD layer

hit delete on your keyboard

deselect

make DW layer active

selection tool, freehand, feather 35

draw a rough selection around the dandelion

invert,

promote selection to layer

then hit delete on the DW layer

deselect

lower opacity of promoted layer to 50

lower opacity of DW layer to 64

On DWD layer, adjust, hue/sat/light 

make sure all values are set to zero then change 

just the saturation level to 40

make frame layer active

c/p stitches

resize 60

lower opacity to around 80

duplicate x 2

position 1 along the top of the frame

position 2nd across the middle fold of the frame

and the 3rd across the bottom edge of the frame

c/p dandelion seeds

resize 50

dropshadow, 2,2,40,2,black

position top right

c/p dandelion clump

resize 70

position at bottom of frame

same dropshadow as before

select round and c/p wordart

add your name

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Forest Elf

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful "Forest Elf 3" from Very Many

Font of Choice

My supplies HERE

Filters

 L en K Zitah HERE

Graphics Plus HERE

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Open blank canvas 700 x 500

floodfill with gradient made from 2 colors from your tube

new raster layer

floodfill white

apply mask

merge group

merge visible

copy

open blank canvas 700 x 250

floodfill with gradient

paste as new layer, change blend mode to luminance legacy

effects - graphics plus - horizontal mirror default settings

Merge Visible

copy and paste shape as new layer

select all, float, defloat, 

on raster 2, promote selection to layer

deselect

delete shape layer

on promoted layer

effects - L en K Zitah, 5,10,0,60,60,60,0,30

copy and paste misted image

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize and position to your likeing

new raster layer, floodfill with gradient

select all, contract by 3

delete

apply favourite bevel

add name, license & copyright information

merge all

save as jpg

Precious Valentine - forum set

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 3rd January 2020, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya 

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Any scrapkit or elements of choice (I used a valentine kit)

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 250

c/p paper of choice

resize to fit if necessary

c/p several flowers

resize to fit

duplicate, mirror, flip, rotate

each one a few times and position

across the bottom of the canvas to 

your liking

d/s each one

(I used 5 different flowers, and duplicated each one at least 3 times)

repeat with some greenery

place within the flowers to your liking

hide the paper layer

merge visible

duplicate, mirror

move the layer up around 40/60 pixels

layers - arrange - move down

add any other elements you wish

c/p tube, resize to fit

position between the two flower layers

new raster layer

flood fill with a gradient made from two colors from your tag

linear - angle 45, repeats 15

select all, contract 5

delete

deselect

effects - texture effects - blinds

width 2, opacity 60, color dark one from your tag

horizonal checked

repeat but uncheck horizontal

magic wand, click inside the frame

flood fill white, contract 2

delete

deselect

add name, license and copyright information

merge all

save as jpg

Make a matching avatar if you wish

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Some more examples made by the members of my group 

I just love how they are all so different!

by Gigi

By Lisa

By Kathy

By Deeva

Vintage Valentine

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 30th December 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice, I am using the beautiful artwork of Jennifer Janesko

which I purchased from CILM when it was open but you can now 

purchase from CDO

My Mask 288

My Supplies HERE

My Wordart (save from bottom of post)

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p flower cluster 1, resize 15

muras meister - copies - encircle

number 15, shift x & y 70

c/p flower 2, resize 30

repeat muras

rotate left 5

layers - arrange - move down

c/p frame, resize 38

magic wand, feather 0, click outside the frame

expand by 3, invert selection

on both the flower layers hit delete once

deselect

c/p flower cluster 2, position bottom left

paste tube as new layer

resize and position as necessary

erase the bottom of the tube so it looks like

it is coming out from the frame

d/s

c/p paper

apply mask, merge group

resize 108

move down layer palette to just above the white background 

c/p wordart

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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(click to open full size and save)

Slats

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 10th December 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using "Forest Elf 3" from Very Many

which can be purchased from the store HERE

Christmas Cluster HERE

Mask of choice

Font of choice

pinkrec - save from bottom of post

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p tube

effects, muras meister, wallpaper rotate, default settings

adjust, blur, motion blur, angle 130, strength 100

apply mask, 

merge group

c/p cluster, resize 60

c/p tube again, resize 40, drag under the cluster

freehand selection tool, feather 22, select around the bottom 

of the tube hit delete 2 or 3 times

deselect

merge tube and cluster layers together

copy merged, paste as new layer, mirror

c/p large tube once more

merge down

c/p rectangles, select all, float, defloat, invert

hit delete on the merged layer, deselect

apply your favourite inner bevel

drag down to just above mask layer, move to the left

duplicate bevelled rectangles, adjust blur, gaussian blur 5

layers - arrange - move down

change blend mode to dissolve

dropshadow rectangles layer

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

crop and save as png

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click to open full size and save

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Here are some more examples made by members of my forum 

By Prismatic

By Deeva

By Wendy

Pink Christmas

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 24th November 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using "White Elf 2" by Very Many

which you can purchase from the store HERE

My supplies HERE

Mask of choice

Font of Choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

merge down

c/p wreath, resize 15

c/p frame, resize 25

c/p tube, resize as necessary, erase any that is showing below the frame

c/p tree, resize 50, position bottom right 

c/p gifts, resize 40, position bottom left

c/p NOEL, resize 20, place in front of gifts

c/p pink tree, resize 60, position in front of first tree but to the left a little 

c/p pink deer, position middle bottom

c/p baubles, position in front of pink deer

c/p pink cones, place next to the baubles

c/p wordart

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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Here are some more examples made by the member so of my forum

by Linda

By Wendy

By Waltraud

By Chillybean

By Gigi

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th November 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Eskada

which you can purchase from Pics For Design

My supplies HERE

Mask & Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

c/p paper

apply mask

merge group

c/p frame

c/p lamp, resize 70, position along right side of frame, 

(we will come back later and erase the bottom of the lamp)

c/p sign, resize 50, position left side of frame, towards the top

c/p poinsettia cluster, resize 40, position top left corner of frame

(reposition sign so it looks like its hanging from beneath the cluster)

c/p mittens, resize 30, position on left so they look like they are hanging from beneath the sign

c/p skis, resize 30, position bottom right of frame

c/p tube, resize as necessary, erase any that is showing outside the frame

at the bottom, but leave her head over the top of the frame

(so she looks like she is emerging from the frame)

c/p swag, resize 40, position bottom left corner of frame

c/p stag head, resize 50, position bottom left 

c/p snowman, resize 50, position just to the right of the stag head

c/p jute reel, resize 50, position at feet of snowman

Go back and duplicate the poinsettia cluster, flip it and move it up slightly

so its showing behind the stag head

duplicate again, mirror, resize 50 and place in middle of skis

c/p gift, resize 15, bottom right

duplicate, resize 70, mirror and place just to the left of the first gift

Go back to the lamp now and erase the bottom of it that is showing behind the gift

Dropshadow all elements and tube

add name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Skulls

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 13th October 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the incredible artwork of Enys Guerrero 

which can be purchased from CDO

My Supplies HERE

Mask 0071 from Viviennes Paintbox

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper

apply mask

merge group

resize 90

frame, resize 20, move right so the skull on the mask is showing

leaves, resize 30, mirror, position along left side of 

frame so just covering the skull on the mask a little

drag below the frame

cloud, position at bottom of frame with the hard edge

lined up with the inside of the frame

moon, resize 50, drag down so its just above the mask layer

 image effects - offset H-90 V0

change blend mode to luminance legacy

skulls, resize 50, position bottom of frame,

gothic font, resize 50, position to the right of the skulls

book, resize 50, position in front of skulls

web, resize 50, position so it looks like its hanging from the frame, 

making sure the dangling spider is showing just below the book

you may wish to duplicate it for extra definition

make moon layer active

c/p tube, resize and position as necessary inside the frame

erase any that is showing outside the frame

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate

adjust, blur - gaussian blur 9 - change blend mode to hard light

and lower opacity to around 78

dropshadow all elements except the moon

add your name, license and copyright information

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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NOTE:  once you delete the white background layer your moon will change color 

if you want it to stay grey, then you will need to colorize it before merging

Beautiful Dreamer

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 29th August 2019, and assumes a working knowledge of psp.

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental.

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Supplies Needed: 

My supplies HERE

Miz_Mask_313 & Miz_Mask_239 HERE

Note:  the "blue eyes" image is a public domain stock image

but if you wish to use a tube or image of your own please feel free

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p wallpaper, resize 70

apply Miz_mask 313

merge group

c/p book texture, resize 70

image, flip

apply Miz_mask 313

merge group

image, flip

change blend mode to luminance legacy

c/p paint splat 2, resize 40

move down and to the left a little

paste paint splat 2 again, resize 30

image, flip

move up and left

duplicate

**adjust, color balance, negative image

rotate left 124

move down a little

adjust brightness/contrast - B46, C30

effects - edge effects - enhance more **

NOTE: if you are unable to do the color balance, negative image,

then just adjust brightness until the splats are white

c/p paint splats 1, resize 40

move up and to the right a little

duplicate

erase some of the big splat leaving just the smaller splats

repeat from ** - **

move down a little

c/p frame

c/p 'Blue Eyes' 

position so one of the eyes is in the middle of the frame

but keep it on top of the frame

apply Miz_mask 239

merge group

selection tool, circle, feather 18, mode (replace)

select a circle around iris,

invert,

now click once just outside the circle

promote selection to layer in your layer palette

deselect

on the promoted selection

effects - eye candy 4 - HSB noise

57,58,40,6,42,42,smooth lumps, seamless tile checked

c/p solar system, resize 30

d/s 1,1,60,5,black

adjust, sharpness - sharpen more

c/p stars, resize 25

d/s 2,5,30,12,black

move to bottom right corner of frame

c/p black stars, resize 30

move to bottom left corner of frame

adjust - sharpness - sharpen more

c/p wordart, position at bottom of tag

Now do you see that nasty visible edge, top left corner

of the first mask layer we done, lets get rid of that!

either use your freehand selection tool with a feather of

around 35 or use a nice grungey brush to erase that corner,

not too much, just enough to get rid of that visible edge.

Add your name,

Add copyright and license information if you used

something other than the image provided

delete white background layer

merge visible

crop and save as png