Ocean Melody

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 Ninaste - Beehive Studio (Melody tube) which you need a license to use.  This tube comes with several layers for different color choices and to add or remove accessories.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching kit for this tube layer, Melody by Hania Design

Font of choice, I am using Into The Wild

Mask: WSL Mask82
Plugins: No outside plugins
I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers
I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your
copyright doesn't show.



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 1000 x 1000 pixels with a white background

open element 98 copy and paste as a new layer resize 115%
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 9 copy and paste as a new layer arrange in the frame
click delete on your keyboard,
copy and paste element 57, arrange in  the frame, click delete on your keyboard, deselect

 Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55% arrange at the bottom of the frame

 

Add the following elements 

element 84  arrange across the bottom under your tube

element 24 resize  65% arrange on right side of frame, below tube layer

element 80 resize  85% arrange on left side of frame, duplicate, resize 70% drag to the right side

element 20 arrange on left side below other layers, duplicate, mirror, drag up

element 32 arrange on left side under the grass layer

element 28 resize  80% arrange on top of the grass layers on the left

element 44 resize  50% arrange on bottom by the tube

element 60 resize  80% arrange behind pail by tube

element 9 resize  55% arrange behind pail layer by tube

element 34 arrange on right side, duplicate, resize 55% arrange a little below the original

element 50  arrange on left side

element 12 resize  35% duplicate arrange around the ship in the bottle element

element 31 resize  65% arrange in the leaves & grass on  right side

element 79, open it, shift D to duplicate, close the original

take the crop tool and crop out all but the top board, copy and paste to your tag

take your eraser tool and erase any bits of rope that might still be there at the bottom

resize 150% arrange at the top of the frame

add paper 7 above the white background, resize 150%

add your mask
duplicate several times until it's as dark as you want & merge them all together

resize 105%

crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text onto the board at the top of the frame and save