Magnolia Spring

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Ellie Milk (a PFD Exclusive Club tube) which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Hibiscus Spring Day by Cindy's Creative Designs

Font of choice, I am using Ruler

Mask of your choice. The one I used is no longer available

Plugins: No outside plugins

I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers

I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your

copyright doesn't show.

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

Open frame 1 copy and paste as a new layer

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert

open paper 2 copy and paste as a new layer click delete on your keyboard,

open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 45%, arrange in the frame

take your eraser tool and erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them

Now we'll add our elements, you can check my tag for exact placement

Flower 6 resize 60% and mirror arrange on right side,

duplicate, resize 75% mirror, arrange above and behind the original layer

Fower 5 resize 55% arrange on bottom right, duplicate & mirror

Duplicate the smaller layer of the white flowers that are on the right side, resize 85% and

drag over to the left side

Bird 1 resize 35% arrange on bottom right

Cat 1 resize 56% arrange on bottom left

Grass 2 resize 45% arrange on left between flower layers, duplicate & drag over to the right

duplicate, mirror, drag more to the right

Ladybug 1 resize 20% arrange on the bottom in the leaves

butterfly 1 resize 20% arrange by the light colored flowers on the right

Add  paper 8 just above the background

apply your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save