Sunday, April 21, 2013

Grunge Princess

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Arthur Crowe which can be purchased here.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Jellyka Castle’s Queen here

Weescotlass Mask 38 here

Plug Ins used:
Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes

“Grunge Princess” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Kizzed by Kelz and can be purchased from TKO Scraps.  You can visit her blog here. Thank you Kelz for a fantastic kit.
  
This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~~ Let’s get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 325 x 450 pixels.
Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Gaussian and Monochrome checked
Noise: 87%
OK
Deselect.
Move this layer a little to the right on your canvas.
We’ll come back to this layer in a little while.

Copy and paste Skull Frame as a new layer.
Resize 45%
Duplicate 2x’s for a total of 3 frames.
Move all frames and glitter rectangle into position – see my tag for reference.
Once all layers are in position, Merge Visible the 3 skull frames.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #C0C0C0
Background: #ffffff
Set on Gradient:
Angle: 128
Repeat: 2
Invert checked

Highlight the merged skull frame layer.
Click inside of each frame with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the merged frame layer.
Flood fill with the gradient.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer below the frames.
Change the Properties of the tube layer to Overlay.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Highlight the glitter layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Contract by 7.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 20 Into Selection.
Do Not Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Move into position in front of the rectangle.
Duplicate – Change the Properties to Soft Light, move below the original tube layer in your layers pallet, and Into Position over the paper layer.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.
Apply Brush Strokes – Sprayed Strokes:
Stroke Length: 14
Spray Radius: 24
Stroke Direction: Right Diagonal.
OK

Add your elements.  I used:
Bubble Hearts:  Resize 50%
Fence:  Resize 70%/Flip/Duplicate
Bear:  Resize 50%/Mirror
Bow:  Resize 25%/Duplicate 2x’s/Mirror one of them
Glitter Stars:  Resize 50%/Mirror
Frame

Highlight your white canvas. 
New Raster Layer. 
Select All. 
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect. 
Apply the mask. 
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below your name.
Flood fill white.
Merge Visible both name layers.

Resize all layers 80%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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