Spooky Stories

Scrap Kit by Crys; Tube by ©SGH; Mask by DBV; Template by Dee

This tutorial was created on September 14, 2020 and is the property of It's Me Again Tuts by Bonnie. Please do not remove any of my tutorials from my site to add to another site unless you have permission from me to do so. This tutorial was created using Psp vs 9, but I see no reason why it cannot be created using other versions of Psp. This tutorial assumes that you have a working knowledge of Psp.

~FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING~

Paint Shop Pro (trial version)

Spooky Stories PTU scrap kit by Crys here

Creep Template here

DBV Mask 107 here

Tube of choice or tube I'm using here

Bloody font here

Demon Night font here

Okay, let's get started on our tag!

1. Open your supplies in Psp and minimize all but the Creep template to your Psp workspace. SHIFT+D to make a duplicate of the template; close out the original template so that you will have it for future use. Image/Canvas Size. Change the width and the height of the template canvas to 750 h x 750w. Activate the Raster 1 layer of the template and flood fill it with the color white. Delete the copyright layer of the template.

2. Activate the Bottom Black Square layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper13 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper using the settings shown below. Activate the Top Black Square layer of the template and follow the same steps as list for the bottom square layer.

Vertical 3; Horizontal 0; Opacity 55; Blur 5; Color Black

3. Activate the Square Dotted layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Flood fill the selection with the color #FB8009. Selections/Select None. Activate the Top Orange Circle layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper9 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Apply the same steps to the Bottom Orange Circle layer as used for the top circle layer.

4. Activate the Bottom White Circle layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper2 - Edit/Copy. Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Repeat the same steps for the Top White Circle layer.

5. Activate the Left Black Circle layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper4 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Follow the same steps for the Right Black Circle layer of the template. Activate the Copy of Orange layer of the template. Follow the same steps as shown above EXCEPT change the paper to Paper11.

6. Restore the White Stripe layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper3 - Edit/Copy; back to the template and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Lower the opacity of the Paper3 to about 76. Activate the Top Left Circle of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper9 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Follow these same steps for the Bottom Right Circle of the template.

7. Activate the Wording layer of the template. Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat. Restore the Paper9 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Selections/Invert. Hit the delete key on your keyboard. Selections/Select None. Apply a drop shadow effect to the paper. Activate the Stars layer of the template and follow the same steps as above EXCEPT change the paper to Paper2.

8. Restore the tube that you will be using on your tag - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Apply a drop shadow effect to the tube changing the blur to 9. Restore the SpookyTree3 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Image/Mirror. Apply a drop shadow effect to the tree. Position the tree on the right side of the template as shown above in header tag. Drag this layer under your main tube layer. Restore the SpiderWeb - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the web by 50% one time and 75% two times. Position the web on the lower right orange circle. Change the blend mode of the web layer to Multiply.

9. Restore the Spider - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the spider by 50% one time and 65% one time. Position the spider on the spider web; apply a drop shadow effect to the spider. Restore the Ribbon5 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the ribbon by 65% one time and by 85% one time. Apply a drop shadow effect to the ribbon. Rotate the ribbon by 90 degrees to the right. Position the ribbon on the left side of the top orange circle.

10. Restore the SkullBrad - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the brad by 75% three times and 80% two times. Position the brad on top of the ribbon that is on the top orange circle. Apply a drop shadow effect to the brad. Restore the Flower - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the flower by 50% two times and 75% one time. Position the flower on top of the right corner of the upper black square. Apply a drop shadow to the flower.

11. Restore the Bat - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the bat by 50% two times. Apply a drop shadow effect to the bat. Rotate the bat by 25 degrees to the right. Position the bat at the top of the tag above the tree branch. Restore the cauldron - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the cauldron by 50% one time and by 60% one time. Position the cauldron next to the bottom part of the tree on the right. Apply a drop shadow effect to the cauldron.

12. Restore the PumpkinFace - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the pumpkin by 50%. Apply a drop shadow effect to the pumpkin. Position the pumpkin on the bottom left corner of the bottom black square. Restore the StoryBook - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. On the blank page of the storybook write the words "Ghosts Goblins Witches" using the font Bloody Size 36 Color #FF6C08 Vector. Layers/Convert to Raster Layer. Apply a drop shadow effect to the words. Position the words on the blank page of the story book (see header tag). Write the words "Oh My!" Size 56. Position the text under the previous text on the blank page of the book. Restore the Reaper - Edit/Copy. Back to the book image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the reaper by 65% one time and by 90% one time. Apply a drop shadow effect to the reaper. Position the reaper on the blank page of the story book. Write the words "Heed my Warning!" Size 36. Position the words on the story book page next to the reaper. Merge visible the book, reaper and all text layers. Resize the book by 50% two times and by 85% one time. Rotate the book by 25 degrees to the right. Apply a drop shadow effect to the book. Position the book at the bottom of the tag next to the cauldron.

13. Restore the SkullDoodle3 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Resize the doodle by 50% one time and by 75% one time.. Position the doodle on the top right black square... Apply a drop shadow effect to the doodle. Drag the doodle layer under the flower layer. Activate the white background layer of your tag. Restore the Paper13 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image. Select the DBV Mask 107 from the drop box under the Source window. Source luminance is checked; invert mask data is not checked. Layers/Merge/Merge Group.

14. Hide (X out) the white background layer of the tag. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Remove the X from the white background layer. Activate the merged tag layer and resize by 90%. Move the tag towards the top part of the canvas so that you will have room for your text at the bottom. Add your name and any copyright need to your tag. I used the font Demon Nights for my name. For the text stroke, I used the Paper9; for the text fill I used the Paper2. Apply a drop shadow effect to your text and position at the bottom of your tag. Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Crop away any excess white space that is around your tag. Resize your tag if needed and save in desired format.