Darkest Night - Forum set

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Olga Fomina

which can be purchased from CDO

The Darkest Night Sampler from Gothic Inspirations

Eye Candy 4 - Corona

Font of choice

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 11th June 2017  and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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open blank canvas 700 x 250

c/p paper 5 as new layer

stand on bg layer

select all, crop to selection

c/p rose as new layer

resize 20

position bottom left corner

c/p fern as new layer

resize 30

rotate right 130

drag below rose

c/p leaves as new layer

resize 30

rotate left 90

position beneath rose

open scatter

select round one of the flowers

c/p as new layer

drag below fern

close scatter

dropshadow the elements and merge them together

duplicate several times

rotate, flip & mirror to your liking

and position around the edge of your canvas

c/p moss as new layer

duplicate 2 or 3 times

resize each one between 60 - 40 and 

position between the flower clusters to your liking

c/p sparkles as new layer

resize 60

duplicate, flip & mirror

position one to the left and one to the right

c/p glitter as new layer

drag down to just above the paper layer

position along the bottom edge of your tag

duplicate, flip

merge down

effects, eye candy 4, corona

glow width 10, flare size 8, stretch 100, waver 23

blur 3, overall opacity 100

color #9daab9

c/p lamp as new layer

resize 30

position to the right

c/p tube as new layer

just above paper layer

resize to fit if necessary

position to the left of your tag

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate, gaussian blur 5

change blend mode to burn and lower opacity a little

(or whatever looks good on your tag)

Merge all

new raster layer

floodfill with a dark color from your tag

select all, contract 2

delete

deselect

Add name, license and copyright information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

To make matching Avatar

custom selection

left & top 0, right 150, bottom 220

edit selection, use your move tool to

position selection to your liking

edit selection

copy

deselect

paste as new image

add border as before

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg