Diamonds

Snaggable versions of this tag in my Fotki album

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 Ismael Rac which you need a license to use.  

This tube was a special buy and is not in the store

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Diamonds Are Forever by BLT Dezigns 

Font of choice, I am using DJB Carly Sue Got Married

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!

Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

Open frame 2 copy and paste as a new layer

Take your freehand selections tool and click around the edge of the frame selections, invert

open paper 11 copy and paste as a new layer 

click delete on your keyboard,

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55%

arrange in your frame on the right side so she's sitting on the frame

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer again

arrange in your frame on the left side, click delete on your keyboard

change the blend mode to Luminance(L), drop the opacity to about 50

Now add your elements:

flower 6 resize 55% arrange on bottom right corner, duplicate 3 times

arrange across bottom of frame, mirror 1 and put it on bottom left corner

brad, duplicate 2x arrange below flowers, one on each side and on near the center

deco arrange below the frame & background layers

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save