Mermaid Paradise...

Supplies Used:

Mermaid In The Ocean Blue tube By Zindy. Get it HERE.

Cocoa kit by Abstract Creations. Get it at ART.

Template 73 by Becky P's Creations. Get it HERE.

Eyecandy 4000 Glass

Font: Honey Script

Textures of choice.

Open up the template.

Delete the Background, Preview, & TOU layers.

Starting at the bottom of the template & working our way up as always :P

Select Background Frame 2. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 9 into selection. Deselect. Hide or delete Background Frame 2.

Select Background Frame 2 Outline. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 8 into selection. Deselect. Dropshadow. Hide or delete Background Frame 2 Outline.

 Select Background Frame 1. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 9 into selection. Deselect. Hide or delete Background Frame 1.

 Select Background Frame 1 Outline. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 8 into selection. Deselect. Dropshadow. Hide or delete Background Frame 1 Outline.

Select the dotted lines layer. Go to Adjust, Color Balance, Manual color correct. Set your source to black, Target to pink. Dropshadow Dotted Lines.

 Select Frame Fill. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 10 into selection. Deselect. Hide or delete Frame Fill.

 Select Oval Frame. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 3 into selection. Deselect. Dropshadow. Hide or delete Oval Frame.

Select the Double Palm Trunks layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill trunks brown. Change your color to black and select your texture. (I used wood grain.) Flood fill over the brown trunks. Hide or delete Double Palm Trunks Layer.

Dropshadow the new flood filled layer.

Select the Double Palm layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill Palms Green. Change your color to black and select your texture. (I used Grass.)Add a new raster layer. Flood fill over the Green Palms. Hide or delete Double Palm Layer. Change the opacity on the texture layer to about 70.

 Dropshadow the new flood filled layer.

Select the Single Palm Trunk layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill trunks brown. Change your color to black and select your texture. (I used wood grain.) Flood fill over the brown trunks. Hide or delete Single Palm Trunk Layer.

 Dropshadow the new flood filled layer.

 Select the Single Palm layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill Palms Green. Change your color to black and select your texture. (I used Grass.)Add a new raster layer. Flood fill over the Green Palms. Hide or delete Single Palm Layer. Change the opacity on the texture layer to about 70.

 Dropshadow the new flood filled layer.

Select the Paradise Fill layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Add a new raster layer. Flood fill with color or gradient of choice.  Deselect. Apply inner bevel. Hide or delete the original paradise fill layer.

Lower the opacity on the paradise outline to 90. Dropshadow.

Apply Eyecandy 4000 Glass to both flowers. Dropshadow Flowers.

C/P E 12. Resize by 50%. Position under the single palm.

C/P E25. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position under the oval frame. Use your lasso tool to remove anything that lands outside the frame.

Use your lasso tool to remove any of the rainbow that ends up over the waves.

C/P E37. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Use your deform tool to angle the board toward the left side of the tag.

C/P E8. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position over the blue surfboard.

C/P E39. Position over the top of the word art. dropshadow.

C/P E31. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position so the nose is over the single palm.

C/P E20. Resize by 40%. Use your deform tool to position over the bottom of the surfboards.

C/P E9. Resize by 15%. Dropshadow. Duplicate. Position at the bottom of the colorful fish.

Move the glass flower from the template over the top of the pink flowers.

C/P E34. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow. Position over the  outside edge of the double palms.

C/P E36. Resize by 20%. Dropshadow. Position under the beach ball on the chair.

C/P E2. Resize by 20%. Dropshadow. Position over the blue glass.

Duplicate your pink flower 2 more times. Position just under the E from the word art.

Move the glass flowers from the right of the template over the pink flowers.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Type out your font & apply Dropshadow.

Don't forget your copyright & Watermark!