True Colors

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My tutorial require a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro!

Supplies Needed:

*Paint Shop Pro

*Font of Choice, I used Kristen ITC

*"Kaci" PTU kit by DMK Designs available for purchase from Simply Beautiful Scraps HERE

**Tube of choice. I am using the sexy artwork of Ismael Rac available for purchase from AMI.  Please do not use the same tube unless you have the proper license to do so!

**NOTE--All of my Ismael Rac tubes were purchased when he was with MPT and so the tags still show my MPT license. I have not purchased any of his tubes from AMI yet, so I do not have a license to do an exchange**

Let's Begin--

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

Click on the large rectangle. Selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, copy and paste a paper of choice from the kit, Selections-Invert, hit delete key. Delete original rectangle layer. I added a white gradient glow, that's optional. Add drop shadow.

Select the large circle layer and repeat the above steps with a different paper or color of choice.

Do the same thing with the frame back layer but don't add a gradient glow to this one.

Select the frame back layer and go to Selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, open your close up of choice, copy and paste it and position it on the selected area, Selections-Invert, hit delete key. Change the opacity to about 88% and change the layer property to Luminance Legacy.

Select the frame layer, Selections-Select All, Float, Defloat, new raster layer, flood fill with a color from the kit, Selection-Select None. Delete original frame layer. Add drop shadow.

Open main tube of choice, copy and paste it onto your canvas, resize if needed, add drop shadow, position to the left side.

Open a buckle of choice from the kit. Copy and paste it onto your canvas, resize it by 35%, move it to the top left hand corner of the large rectangle, Image-Flip, add drop shadow, Duplicate it then Image mirror. See my tag for reference.

Add any other elements of choice from the kit. I added a couple of butterflies, the beaded string and a heart charm. I erased parts of the heart charm to make it appear as if the top of the beaded string it coming through the charms loop hole. (if that makes any sense, lol)

Add name and copyright info.

Crop and resize if needed.

Save as jpg!

This tutorial was written by me on November 16, 2008 and is my own idea and creation. Any other tutorials found to be similar is a coincidence.