Coral PTU

scrapkit: Coral by Inszpired Creationz here
tube of choise (i used a VERYMANY tube for sale at his own store) here
Mask of choice ( i used a Vix Big Mask)
font of choice (i used Jose Fenandez)


this lesson is written for those who have a starters knowledge of PSP
i always Copy and Paste on the new canvas before altering the elements, drop shadows are 2 - 2 - 80 10
Don't forget to save often

lets begin
open a new sheet 650 by 650 transparent

select all, open paper of choice C&P - add mask


C&P Frame 1, close the original
Image - resize - 90% all layers unchecked
select your magic wand and click outside the frame - selections - expand 2
open any paper you want, i used nr 9
C&P, press the Delete key
move this layer down
selections - select none


open up your tube - C&P
Image - resize - 65% all layers unchecked
now replace your tube to your liking
selections - select all - float - defloat
highlight the frame layer and with the eraser, erase the top of the frame that covers your tube
selections - deselect
highlight the tube layer - erase all of the tube coming beneath the frame
layers - duplicate
adjust - blur - gaussian blur - you can take between 2 and 5, layer mode - screen at 68%
highlight the bottom tube - drop shadow


now for the elements (see my tag for an example)
highlight the frame layer
open palm fronds C&P - resize 38% - image - free rotate - 45 left - place bottom left of the frame
open grass 1 C&P - resize 35% - duplicate layers and flip horizontal - place at bottom
open bottle C&P - resize  65% - drop shadow and place bottom left
open sand 1 C&P - resize 50% - place next to the bottle
open charm C&P - resize 60% - image - flip horizontal and place right next to your tube
open flowers C&P - resize 50%, repeat with 75% - place bottom - dropshadow
open lighthouse C&P - resize 35% - dropshadow - place on the grass right

highlight the bottom layer
open palm tree 1 C&P - place on top left - dropshadow
open palm tree 2 C&P - move a little to the right - dropshadow
open sand 2 C&P - move to the bottom of the tag

highlight the lighthouse layer
open shells 2 C&P - resize 35%, repeat resize - place at the bottom of the lighthouse - dropshadow
open shell 3 C&P - resize 35%, repeat resize - place at the bottom of the lighthouse - dropshadow
open shell 1 C&P - resize 35% - place at the bottom of the lighthouse - dropshadow
open shell 3 C&P - resize 35%, repeat resize - place at the bottom of the lighthouse - dropshadow


highlight tube layer
open water 1 C&P - place at the bottom of the frame - with the eraser delete everything coming out of the frame

add more elements to your liking
add your name and copyright info
save as .png

i hope you liked this tut
here's another version of it