Anti-Valentine tut...(Animated)

Supplies Used:

Anti-Valentine tube from the amazing Freya Langford-Sidebottom. Get it at AIL

F.A.D (Forced Affection Day) Kit and sampler by Gothic Inspirations. Get the PTU kit at her store HERE.

Download the sampler from her blog HERE.

Animation shop

Mask called Broken from my old friend Nita. I have uploaded it HERE.

Eye Candy 4000 Glass and Gradient Glow (Font Only)

Font is called Raven

Open frame 4. Resize by 75%

Use your lasso tool to select about midway around the frame.

Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 7 into selection. Deselect and move the the bottom.

C/P Mesh. Move to the top part of your frame. Duplicate and flip. Position so they line up in the middle. Merge down. Click your paper layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Invert. Make sure you are on the mesh layer and hit delete.

C/P Leaves. Resize by 75%. Position along one side of your frame. Duplicate and mirror. Merge down. Use your eraser to remove any bits that hang over the frame.

C/P Roses. Resize by 75%. Position along the right side of your frame. Duplicate and mirror. Remove any roses you don't like with your eraser tool.

C/P Razer. Resize by 10%. Duplicate a few times and position around your frame.

C/P Your tube.Add Dropshadow of Choice.

C/P Candles. Resize by 50%. Use the deform tool to "squish" them together a bit. Duplicate and position slightly down and to one side of the original.

C/P Potion. Resize by 20%. Duplicate and position so the bottles cover the bottoms of the candles.

C/P Party Tray. Resize by 30%. Position on the lower right corner of your frame so your other elements are all showing.

C/P Heart 2 from the sampler. Resize by 20%. I positioned mine over the strawberries. Use your eraser to remove any bits that hang over the pill dish.

C/P Rose from Sampler. Resize by 20%. Position so they sit on the empty part of the tray. Duplicate and position. Use your eraser tool to remove any excess stems.

C/P Razer. Resize by 15%. Position in the empty corner of the tray.

C/P Spider. Resize by 15%. Use your deform tool to position over the black heart box.

C/P Needle. Resize by 20%. Flip, Mirror, Position on tray.

C/P Pills. Resize by 40%.

C/P Wicked Back Mesh. Resize by 85%. Move to bottom layer.

Add your copyright and watermark.

If you do not wish to animate you can skip this part and add your font now...this is what it will look like...

Now for the animation...

Add a new raster layer. Floodfill with black (or white if your prefer) Move to bottom.

Add another new raster layer. Floodfill red. Layers, New Mask Layer, From Image. Select your mask in the drop down menu. Layer, Merge Group.

Copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new image.

Select your tube layer (If you are using a different tube from me you can always add the beautiful Human heart over the corner of your tray and follow the same steps :P)

Use your lasso tool to select around just the heart. Promote selection to layer.

Go to Effects, Distortion Effects, Pinch...

Deselect. Copy merged and paste into animation shop after current frame.

Back in PSP hit the back button 2 times (You heart should be selected again) Repeat pinch but change the strength to 20%. Deselect and copy merged into animation shop after current frame.

Back in PSP hit the back button 2 times (You heart should be selected again) Repeat pinch but change the strength to 30%. Deselect and copy merged into animation shop after current frame.

 Back in PSP hit the back button 2 times (You heart should be selected again) Repeat pinch but change the strength to 40%. Deselect and copy merged into animation shop after current frame.

Back in psp add your font. I stretched mine vertically so it would be taller. Add Glass...

And Gradient glow...

Copy just your name and paste into animation shop as a new image. Make sure propagate paste is check and all you frames are selected. Drag text to your first frame. View your animation...If the name blinks just hit the back button and double check your steps :P