In Da House Tutorial

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I created this tutorial with PSPX1 but I'm
sure it can be done in any version of PSP.
You will need to be an experienced PSPer to do
this tutorial, but my steps are easy enough to follow.
This is a lengthy tutorial with lots of screen shots
No scrap kit used in this tutorial, just your imagination.

You will need:
A tube - I used one of Keith Garvey lovely tubes
You need to be a registered member of PSPTubes Emporium (PTE)

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to purchase Keiths tubes, but any tube will do.
Mask #6 from MelissazCreations - Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Thank you Melissa
Template #1 from CupCakeSprinkles - Templates1-10 download

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Thank you Caitlin
Font I used 'Fenna Casual' is from Font Stock

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Plugin Filters:
Eyecandy 4000 - HSB Noise
"          "  - GradiantGlow


Open up Template #1 - click SHIFT D to copy it. Delete original Template
Delete the top layer (Caitlins ©).
Make bottom layer of the template active (Circle 1) - add a new Raster layer, move this to
the very bottom, Flood Fill with white.
Go to Image-Canvas size with these settings

Flood Fill once more with white.
New Raster layer - choose 2 colours from your tube, light colour for foreground
dark colour for background - Gradient-Linear

Flood Fill with your gradient.
Open up Mask#6, minimise it. New Mask Layer-From Image with these settings

Merge Group. Resize 90% Bicubic-all layers unchecked.

Make Circle 1 layer active - Select All-Float-Defloat, new raster layer, Flood Fill with
a colour from your tube. Effects-Plugins-Eyecandy 4000-HSB Noise with these settings

Selections-None. Go to Adjust- Add/Remove Noise-Add Noise-Uniform 55-Monochrome ticked.

Make Circle 2 layer active - with your Magic Wand, click it, you will have marching ants all around.
Add a new raster layer, Flood fill with another colour from your tube. Keep selected. Go to Effects,
Texture Effects-Blinds with these settings

Keep Selected - copy & paste your tube as a new layer - resize if needed as the tube needs to almost fill the
selected circle. Selections-Invert, hit delete.Selections-None. Duplicate the tube & make bottom tube layer active,
go to Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur 10. Make top tube layer active - Blend Mode-Screen

Make Rectangle 1 layer active - Select All-Float-Defloat - new raster layer, Flood Fill with colour.
Use same Texture effects as before.Selections-None.

Make Rectangle Frame 1 layer active, click with your Magic Wand, new raster layer, Flood Fill with another colour.
Use the same Eyecandy 4000-HSB Noise settings & Noise as before. Selections-None.
Continue on with the other 2 Rectangle & Frames layers with these settings. On each of the Frame layers,
add this drop shadow

Now, the 2 top layers of the template, Staples. Make top layer active - MERGE DOWN. Select All-Float-Defloat,
new raster layer - flood Fill with colour.

Almost done - Copy & paste your tube as a new layer, placing the tube where it will look nice.
Duplicate your tube - on bottom tube layer, go to Adjust-Blur-Gauussian Blur10.
Make top tube layer active - Blend Mode-Soft Light

Cross out eyes on bottom layer (white) Merge VISIBLE all other layers. With your forground pallette with
colour & background nulled, go to preset shapes-Eclipse, draw out a Circle around the circle of the template.

or whatever saying you want.
Once you have the wording where you want it on the circle, click the little cross + on your layers, cross out
eyes on the circle layer. Then convert the text to Raster Layer. You can now the Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow
if you wish.
Add your name - adding the gradient glow once more. Then add the correct copyright for the tube.
When you have done that, cross out the eyes once more on bottom layer (white) Merge VISIBLE all other layers.
Open the eyes up on bottom layer - Crop Tool, crop excess white background, being careful not to crop any
of the mask.
Click Copy on your Merged Image & paste as a New Image on your workspace. Your merged image should now have
a transparent backgrouns. Resize to your liking - I resized mine 90% Bicubic-all layers CHECKED.
Save as a *PNG image.


This tutorial was written by ©Kate on 1st July 2011.
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