For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Alicia Mujica
Scrap kit of choice. I am using Easter Hop by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me
available at the following stores:
Designer Scraps
Scraps & Company
Font of choice, I am using Digs My Hart
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 900 x 900 pixels with a white background
open element 55 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 3, selections, invert
open paper 3 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 65%
arrange in your frame, click delete on your keyboard
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 45%, mirror
arrange in your frame, taker your eraser tool and erase
the bits you don't want showing outside of your frame, deselect
open element 2 copy and paste as a new layer,
resize 40%, arrange on the left, bottom, between the tube & frame
open element 23 copy and paste as a new layer, image, mirror, horizontal
resize 65%, rotate left 30, arrange on the left, bottom, between the tube & frame
duplicate, drag one below the tube, leave one above
on the top one, erase the bits that show over the nest
add drop shadow to the bottom one
open element 16 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 45%
rotate right 70
open element 5 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%
rotate left 90
arrange under the flower, erase what shows too far below, duplicate, mirror
open element 17 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%, mirror
arrange below & left of the nest layer at the to side, mirror
resize 85%, arrange to the right of that layer
open element 7 copy and paste as a new layer, arrange below tube layer on right side
open element 68 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 55%
arrange below element 17
open element 4 copy and paste as a new layer, resize 30%
arrange by nest
crop and resize
add your text and save