I Love Nerds

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.  

At the time of this tutorial this tube was a preview of "coming soon" to the store tubes and is not in the store.

It should be available within a day or two of this tut being posted.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using I Love Nerds by Killer Kitty's Killer Kreations,

which is a PTU scrap kit that is also coming soon to Ismael Rac's store. It will be in the store at the same time the tube is released.

Font of choice, I am using Dagobert

Mask: WSLmask84

Plugins: Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

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!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 white background

Click inside all the white areas in the frame with your magic wand, selections, 

modify, expand 3, selections, invert.

Open paper 11, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%

arrange in the frame, click delete on your keyboard, leave selected.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75%, take your eraser tool and erase where you don't want it hanging over the frame. Deselect.

Add the following elements, check my tag for exact placement

smudge

nerdy scatter - add gradient glow of 3, white to make it pop a bit

iPod, resize 40%

Glasses 2, resize 40%

paper flower, resize 40%

Star 1, resize 45%, rotate right 10

Sparkles

kitty, resize 45%

Add paper 3 just above the white background layer, apply your mask

Crop & resize

add your copyright and credits

add your text and save