Elias Babes

My tutorials require a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro!

Supplies Needed:

*Paint Shop Pro

*Font of choice

*DSB Flux Bright Noise

*Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)

*Template #176 by Missy HERE

*"Tooty Frooty" PTU scrap kit by Twinky which is available for purchase at Stargazer Scraps and Totally Sweet Designs

*Tube of choice. I am using the awesome artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which can be purchased at MPT. Please do not use the same tube unless you have the proper license to do so.

Let's Begin--

Open the template in PSP, hit Shift+D to duplicate it then close the original. Delete the credit layer.

Click on rectangle1 layer of the template. Go to selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, open a paper of choice from the kit, copy and paste it onto your canvas, Selections-Invert, hit delete key. Delete original rectangle 1 layer.

Click on the rectangle layer that you just made with the paper, go to Selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, copy and paste a tube of choice and position how you want it. Go to Selections-Invert, hit delete key. Add a drop shadow to the tube, change the layer properties to luminance legacy. Merge down the tube layer and the paper rectangle layer.

Go to Effects-PlugIns-Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow, change the glow width to 3, click on the color tab and choose fat and click ok. Add a drop shadow.

Repeat the above steps with the rest of the rectangles in the template. I alternated papers, see my tag for reference.

Click on the words layer. Selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, Add a new raster layer, Flood fill the letters with colors matching the kit. I alternated colors as shown in my tag. Selections-Select None. Delete original words layer of the template.

Duplicate the layer twice. Close off the top two copies of the layer. Go to Effects-PlugIns-DSB Flux-Bright Noise, change the number to 75, click ok. Add the same gradient glow and drop shadow.

Repeat the above step for the other 2 copies of the words. Each time you do the DSB Flux Bright Noise filter, you need to click on mix a couple of times to make it different. When you are finished, make sure the original copy of the words layer is open and the 2 copies and closed.

Open your main tube of choice. It would work best with a tube that has the legs opened so that you can make it look like she is stratteling the words, lol!

Copy and paste it onto your canvas, Add drop shadow, duplicate the layer and move that original down below all of the words layers. Click on the top copy of the tube and use your eraser brush to erase the part of the tubes leg on the left that is overlapping the words.

Add a slight drop shadow to the other words "They Rock, They rule"

Add a couple of doodles from the kit behind everything on your tag.

Click on the background layer, copy and paste a paper of choice, apply a mask of choice, merge group.

Add any other elements from the kit that you wish to add!

Add your name.

Crop and resize as needed.

Add copyright information.

Check the "Elias Babes" layers to make sure that the bottom one is open and the top 2 are closed. Right click and copy merged.

Open Animation Shop. Right click and paste as new animation.

Go back to PSP, close off the bottom "Elias Babes" layer and open the second one. Copy merged.

Go back to AS, right click and paste after current frame.

Go back to PSP, Close off the second "Elias Babes" layer and open the top one. Copy merged.

Go back to AS, right click and paste after current frame.

Play your animation to check it then save as gif!