Angel & Fireflies

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 Night Flies , a PTU kit by Pimp'd Designz 

Font of choice, I am using Dreamed About You

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 600 x 250 pixels with a white background

Open paper 13, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the canvas where you want it.

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 50%, arrange on the right

Open vine 2 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 65% arrange on the left

Open lights 1 copy and paste as a new layer, drag it below the tube and arrange it

Open jar, resize 35%, arrange behind the vine on the left

Open lightening bug, resize 20%, duplicate a few times and arrange where you like around the banner.

Click on the white background layer, selections, select all, modify, select selection borders, 3

Add a new raster layer at the top of the layer palette and flood fill the selection with #687997 or another color from your tube or kit that goes well with it.

Add your copyright and credits

add your text and save

For the avatar:

Open a new canvas 150 x 150 (or whatever size the forum you are using it on allows) with a white background

Now we will just copy stuff from the banner tag and paste it into the avatar and arrange it.

Copy these items:

paper background

vine

fireflies

Click on the white background and add a frame along the edge of your avatar using the same steps we did above for the banner.

Add whatever copyright info you need

Add your text and save