Kisses Old School Tut

This tut was made using PSP9

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice. I used one by Lynn Chua. 

You need a license to use this tube. You can purchase this tube at Artistically Inclined Licensing.

Font of choice, I used Bajareczka Font.

Plugins needed:

Xenofex - Constellation

DSB Flux - Linear Transmission

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow

***DON'T FORGET TO SAVE OFTEN***

New image 600x250 Transparency.

Click on your Materials Palette. Gradient and Edit - Settings as pictured below:

I have picked 3 colors to work with: Black, White and #de4469 (which is a color from the tube I am working with)

Hit close then yes.

Angle 130, Repeat 1, Linear Gradient.

Click on your Flood Fill tool and fill your layer.

Adjust, Blur, Radial Blur - Settings as pictured below:

Effects, Plugins, DSB Flux - Linear Transmission. Settings as pictured below:

Open tube, copy and paste as a new layer.

Image Resize 60% Bicubic - make sure resize all layers is unchecked.

Look at my tag for reference on where to place your tube.

Copy and paste the heart layer that comes with the tube.

Image Resize 60% Bicubic - make sure resize all layers is unchecked.

Look at my tag for reference on where to place the hearts.

Add a drop shadow of your choice to your tube and the hearts.

Take your Crop Tool and crop to the size of your tag.

Click on your background layer.

Effects, Plugins, Xenofex 2 - Constellation.

Add whatever amount of bling you would like to your background layer.

Merge all layers visible.

Layers, New Raster Layer.

Take your Flood Fill tool and flood this layer with a color from your tube. I chose: #d32f56

Selections, Select All, Modify, Contract 5.

Hit delete on your keyboard.

Sections, Select None.

Adjust, Add Noise, Uniform 20% Monochrome.

Effects, Plugins, EyeCandy 4000 - Gradient Glow. See settings below:

Add your copyright information and text.

Save.

HAVE FUN!!!