Summer Sky tut...

Supplies Used:

Summer Emo tube by Very Many. Get it at SATC.

The kit is by Bibi's Collections and is called Harissa Sky. You can get it at SATC as well.

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow (Font Only)

Font: Sheer Grace

Open a new image size 500 by 500.

C/P Element 7. Resize by 140%.

Selections, Select all, Float. Selections, Modify, Contract by 3. Add a new raster layer. C/P Paper 5 into selection. Deselect.

Move your paper under the circle layer.

Select the frame layer.

C/P Element 60. Position about halfway up the frame. Resize by 50%. Use the Smudge Brush along the top of the water (In PSP 9 it is under the 9th icon) with the following settings:

Size:12 Hardness: 50 Step:25 Density:100 Thickness:100 Rotation:0 Opacity:50

Just run the brush along the top of the water a few times to blend the straight line so it looks like waves.

C/P Element 50. Resize by  30%. Position near the top of the water. Use your eraser tool to remove any bits that are over the water.

C/P Element 59. Image, Mirror. Position near the bottom of the frame. (Don't worry about the excess yet.)

C/P Element 48. Resize by 50%. Position between the sand & Water layers.

C/P Element 58. Resize by 30%. Position in the sand.

C/P Element 44. Resize by 50%. Position in the sand.

Grab your frame layer and move it to the top of the layer palette.

Select the paper layer. Selections, Select all, Float. Selections, Invert. Hit delete on any of the element layers that stick out under the frame. Deselect.

C/P Element 53. Resize by 75%. Dropshadow. Duplicate and mirror. Position both trees over the right side of the frame. (I hid the trunk with mu tube but you can always erase as needed.)

C/P Element 6. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Duplicate. use your deform tool to position Butterflies along the edge of the frame.

C/P Your tube. Dropshadow.

C/P Element 15. Use your deform tool to position over the left of the frame. (If Necessary go to adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen when you finish positioning.) Dropshadow.

C/P Element 37. Resize by  50%. Dropshadow. Duplicate and move slightly down from the original.

C/P Element 36. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position over the bottom of the glasses.

C/P Element 41. Resize by 75%. Dropshadow. Duplicate 2 times and position flowers around the bottom of the drinks.

Type out your font. Apply inner bevel of choice. If Desired Gradient Glow of 3. Dropshadow.

Don't forget your copyright and watermark!