For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
which you need a license to use.
Font of choice, I am using DJB Carly Sue Got Married
Plugins: no outside plugins used
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 pixels with a white background
Open element 123 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 80%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 5 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard,
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer,
arrange in your frame, click delete on your keyboard
change blend mode to Luminance(L) and drop the opacity to 66
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 40%, arrange on left side of frame
add the following elements:
element 12 resize 60% arrange below your tube on left
element 29, mirror & resize 45% arrange over your tube on the left
element 2 resize 45% arrange to the right of the grass on the bottom
element 3 resize 45% arrange to the right of the pitcher
element 1 resize 25% arrange in front of pitcher and glass
element 7 resize 25% rotate right 12 arrange behind glass
element 13 resize 19% mirror & arrange to the right of the glass, duplicate & mirror
crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save