Happy Birthday to ME!
Tube of choice, I used Elias Chatzoudis and Rion Vernon
Scrap used Happy Birthday to Me by Designs by Sarah
(Get this Kit FREE with a $4.00 purchase in Sarah's Store)
Template used 204 by Denz Designz
Font of choice I used Adams font and too much paper
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 your template, duplicate and close the original,
I fill the copyright layer with white and send to the bottom.
now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp9 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 90% apply a mask of choice
I used DBV Mask 113
Start with the small circle 2 layer and
open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp10
select the circle (Now everyone uses a template different,
I use my magic wand tool and set it on outside and select outside the object)
work this the way you are comfortable with using templates.
c/p the paper as a new layer, hit delete, select none
delete the original template layer. Now move on to template layer,
Black Oval, select, now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp7
c/p as a new layer hit delete select none, delete the original
template layer Now go to the Blue semi circle layer and
select open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp9 c/p as a
new layer, hit delete, select none, delete original template layer.
Now go to the blue rectangle layer and select
open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp12 c/p as a
new layer, hit delete, select none, delete original template layer.
Now go to the pink rectangle layer, select
open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp10 again and
c/p as a new layer, hit delete, select none, delete
original template layer. Now go to small circle 1 layer
select, open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp5 c/p as a
new layer, hit delete, select none, delete the original template layer,
Now go to the small blue strip layer, select,
open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-pp9 again
c/p as a new layer and hit delete. select none,
delete the original template layer, I left the dotted
lines layers and the black rectangle layers like they
were. now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-sprinkles
c/p as a new layer, arrange this layer to right above
your mask layer, resize by 45% place near the bottom
left, duplicate, flip and mirror, placing near the top right,
now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-banner c/p as a
new layer, arrange this layer to right above the rotated
rectangle layer, rotate to the left by 22% and now resize
by 60% place so it touches each top corner.
Now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-ribbon6
c/p as a new layer and rotate to the right by 90%,
resize by 80% now place this below your stripped
circle layer, now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-partyhat
c/p as a new layer resize by 30% arrange to your liking,
now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-candystick1 c/p
as a new layer, resize by 30% and rotate to the right by 90%
now open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-present1 c/p as a
new layer, mirror and resize by 30% arrange below the party
hat layer, now lets open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-candle1
c/p as a new layer bring to the top and resize by 22% and
rotate to the left by 90% place near your candy stick. now
open sb_pmt_happy-bday-to-me-ribbon5 c/p as a new
layer and resize by 35% arrange right above the presnet
layer now add a tube of choice and a dropshadow of choice,
 hide the white background layer and merge visible.
(I added a gradient glow to all the template elements)

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
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