Miss Ladybug

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 Ismael Rac which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Designs by Sarah's Lil Miss Ladybug a PTU kit,
which you can get at Pimp My Tags With Scraps.

Font of choice, I am using Freeze!

Plugins: no outside plugins



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!

For the banner: 

Open a new canvas 650 x 250 white background

Open paper 6, copy and paste as a new layer.
 Click on your crop tool and at the to select crop to layer opaque
then double click on your canvas making sure you are on the paper layer.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer.
Arrange on the left side
Open greenery 2, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange on the bottom right.

Open flower 3, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 20% arrange on the bottom right corner
duplicate, arrange that where you want it, duplicate and resize by 80% arrange that where you want it,
duplicate again and arrange that one where you want it.

Open Ladybugs 4, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange on the right side

Open Ladybugs 1, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 50%, arrange in the middle

Click on the white background layer. Selections, select all, modify, select selection borders,
set at 3, add a new raster layer at the top and fill with a color from your tag. Deselect and delete the white background layer.

Add your copyright and credits as needed and your text and save.


For the avatar:

Open a new canvas 150 x 150 white background

Copy and paste the paper as a new layer.

Copy and paste the greenery as a new layer

Copy and paste the ladybug as a new layer

Click on the white background layer, selections, select all, modify, select selections borders, set at 3
add a new raster layer to the top, flood fill with the same color you used for your banner, deselect and delete the white background layer.

Add your copyright and credits as needed,
add your text and save