CT Tutorial Alicia

**This tutorial was written using Photoshop CC. I believe the instructions should work with various other versions, but they are not tested on any other version.  This tutorial is my own creation.  Any similarity to any other tutorial is not done purposely or knowingly (aside from the fact that the process is pretty similar in most tutorials).  If you do not know how to do some of the things I mention here (like mirroring an image, adding a drop shadow, resizing elements, etc.), check out my “Tips and Tricks” tutorial. **

Supplies:

Kit- “Pink-a-licious” by Addictive Pleasures.  The kit is FTU and can be downloaded from the Addictive Pleasures blog. 

Tube - Alicia by Designs By Norella.  You can purchase the tube exclusively at PicsForDesign.com.

Template – SB-Template-31 by SugarBritches designed for the Creative Misfits Creations.  It can be downloaded from their blog.

Abbreviations:

DS – Drop Shadow

Settings I use:

DS Settings - Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity set to 75%, Angle set to 120 degrees, Distance 5, Spread 0, Size 5

Ready…..Set….Tag!

Open up the PSD file for the template.  This will be referred to as the working canvas in my directions when switching between canvases.

When working with a template, the first thing I do is figure out if I am going to cover the layers with papers or styles and then apply all of them from the bottom up.  For this template I used a clipping mask to apply papers.  (If you do not know how to use the clipping mask feature in Photoshop, you can check out my tutorial here on how to use them:  http://aevalsart.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-to-make-clipping-mask.html).

Here is what I used on this template from the bottom layer up:

• Raster 7 – Delete
• Raster 1 – Leave as is
• Raster 9 – Clip on paper P11
• Raster 5 - Delete
• Raster 8 – Apply white style
• Raster 16 – Clip on paper P10
• Raster 2 – Clip on paper P9
• Raster 10 – Apply white style
• Raster 3 – Clip on paper P8
• Raster 6 – Clip on paper P12
• Raster 11 – Leave as is
• Raster 4 – Apply white style
• Raster 12 – Clip on paper P12
• Raster 13 – Leave as is
• Raster 14 – Leave as is
• Raster 15 - Delete

After applying the papers and styles, I then am ready to add my tube.

Add your poser layer to the canvas.  Resize her so she fits in the canvas on the Left side on top of all the template layers.

Switch to the Poser psd canvas. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a box around the top part of the poser in Layer 1 of the psd file.  Copy (Ctrl + C) the selection and return to your working canvas.

On your working canvas make sure the Paper P11 layer is selected then paste (Ctrl + V) the copied selection.  Transpose the selection horizontally. Resize the selection so that poser’s head fits to your satisfaction in the circle.  Clip it to the paper layer.  Reposition the head until you like how it appears.  To give it the transparent look that mine has, apply the Blend Mode of Soft Light in the Blending Options. 

Switch back to the Poser psd canvas. Turn visibility on for the Periwinkle layer. Save the image as a png file.  Open the png file in a new canvas. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a box around the top part of the image on the png file.  Copy (Ctrl + C) the selection and return to your working canvas.

On your working canvas make sure the Paper P12 layer clipped to Raster 6 is selected then paste (Ctrl + V) the copied selection.  Transpose the selection horizontally. Resize the selection so that poser’s head fits to your satisfaction in the circle.  Clip it to the paper layer.  Reposition the head until you like how it appears. 

Switch back to the Poser psd canvas. Turn visibility off for the Periwinkle layer and on for the Magenta layer. Save the image as a png file.  Open the png file in a new canvas. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a box around the top part of the image on the png file.  Copy (Ctrl + C) the selection and return to your working canvas.

On your working canvas make sure the Paper P12 layer clipped to Raster 12 is selected then paste (Ctrl + V) the copied selection.  Resize the selection so that poser’s head fits to your satisfaction in the circle.  Clip it to the paper layer.  Reposition the head until you like how it appears. 

Voila!  The focal point of your tag is now created.

Now decorate your tag with any of the chic elements from the kit.  Resize the elements as you add them so fit the proportions of your tag.  Experiment with rotating them and mirroring them for more variety.  In addition duplicate elements and use multiple times to fill in holes and add more pizzazz.  In this tutorial to indicate when I used more than one of the same element I will add (X#) by the name to indicate how many versions of the element I used. 

Here are all the elements I used from the bottom layers up (although they are sometimes in between layers of the template for better impact.

•  String
• Flowertrail (x2)
• Star2
• Glittertrail (x2)
• Banner
• Balloon
• Flower2
• Flower
• Heart
• Flowerribbon
• Bubbles
• Butterfly
• Butterfly2
• Bag

To add the background I used multiple watercolor brushes in various shades of pink matching the kit colors and dabbed spots onto a new layer positioned at the bottom.

Add your license and copyright info to the tag.

Add name and any other text of choice.

Save as PNG and go share with all your friends!

Thank you for trying my tut! I’d love to see how your tags turn out so if you like what you made, please post a copy here or show me on Facebook!