Post Card From the Past Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Rion Vernon Scrap used FTU kit Sea Glass by Melita Blake Template used Divine Intentionz Template 298 HERE Font of choice I used Blanchard Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro,

All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any

other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials

to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a Missy's Template 298 duplicate and close the original,resize

the canvas to 800x800 (Lots of room to work)now we want to delete,

the copyright layer, the diamonds layer, the hearts layer,

Maintenance layer, the So high layer and the pixel words layer

and the bottom stars layer,(YES it is alot lol) I work with templates different than most,I click outside the circle, or rectangle. so when I select that is how I am working, First we want to start with a mask layer, so go to your white

background layer, you will want to refill it with white,now add

a new layer, select all, modify contract by 10, flood fill this

with #698b83 select none, now apply a mask of choice, I used

WSL_mask 138 you will have to use the raster deform tool to stretch the mask out a bit. Now working Up from the bottom layer of the template,

go to the Circle layer, select, modify expand by 8 now add

a new raster layer and flood fill with #698b83 now select none ,

adjust blur, gaussian blur set to 13 now move this layer below

your circle layer, select the circle, now open LBD_SeaGlass_p5*

resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and hit delete, select

none, delete the original template layer, Now go to the glittered circle1

layer select, flood fill with #698b83, now add noise with these settings

Now go to the next Circle layer select, open LBD_SeaGlass_p4*

resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer, Hit delete, and delete the

original template layer, Now go to the thin rectangle layer, select,

now open LBD_SeaGlass_p7* resize by 18% c/p as a new layer and hit

delete, select none, delete the original template layer, Now lets go

to the glittered rectangle layer, select, modify expand by 2 flood

fill with #698b83 select none and add noise with the same settings

as above, Now go to the rectangle layer and select, open

LBD_SeaGlass_p3* resize by 18% c/p as a new layer hit delete,

select none and delete the original template layer, Now lets go

to the small rectangle shapes layer select, and flood fill with #ceb893

leave selected now add the blinds effect with these settings

Now go to the glittered circle2 layer select and flood fill

with #698b83 now add noise with the same settings as before,

select none, now go to the small circle layer, select open

LBD_SeaGlass_p2* resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer select

none and delete the original template layer, Now we want to go

back down to your small rectangle shapes layer, merge it down

to the rectangle layer, then merge that down to your glittered

rectangle layer, now duplicate this and then image flip then

image mirror, now arrange like my tag, Now we want to

start adding some elements from the kit. Open LBD_SeaGlass_branch c/p as a new layer and resize

this by 22% and flip it move it down towards the 2 rectangle

layers, now paste it again and resize this one by 25%and move

it towards the other branch layer, now rotate that to the right

by 6% now merge down with the other branch, layer duplicate

and then mirror this now rotate this to the right by 45% now

Open LBD_SeaGlass_ribbon2 c/p as a new layer resize this

by 22% image mirror and place over the branch and the bottom rectangle

(use my tag as a guide) Now lets open LBD_SeaGlass_flower1

c/p as a new layer resize this by 47% now flip this and arrange

with your branches, duplicate and mirror this flower, Now open

LBD_SeaGlass_flower3 c/p as a new layer resize this by 50%

arrange with your other flowers, we want to duplicate this and

move it over towards the right just a little bit and then image

rotate to the left by 9% now lets open LBD_SeaGlass_flower2 c/p

as a new layer, move this layer below the flower you JUST added,

now resize this by 40% and arrange with your other flower,

now lets open LBD_SeaGlass_post card, c/p as a new layer,

arrange this layer below your branches layers, Now image resize

by 18% now image rotate to the left by 18% and arrange like

in my tag, Now open LBD_SeaGlass_string, c/p as a new layer,

bring this layer to the top, resize this by 20% arrange so

the bow is above the top of your thin rectangle layer,

now when you are happy with all your elements and

template layers, add a drop shadow of choice,

(I did not dropshadow the cicle layers OTHER than the glitter circles)

I always use Lokas3D shadow on my stuff, but there are other plugins and psp's dropshadow is wonderful

as well, now add a tube of choice, hide your white

background layer and merge visible. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü