Retro Summer tut...

Supplies Used:

Mask of choice. The one I used is called dmsk883. Unfortunately I couldn't track down where I downloaded it from.

Tube by Justice Howard. Get it at PSPTubes.net.

Kit is Summer Lolita by Tasha's Playground. Get it at SATC

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow

Font: Fabulous 50's

"Sunny" Gradient

Open a new image size 500 by 500.

Flood fill image with your gradient. (If you dont have a sunny gradient simply make one by setting your foreground and background to Orange & Yellow. Then select the gradient tab and choose foreground/background.)

Apply mask of choice & Merge group.

C/P Water. Resize by 75%. Position about halfway down your mask.

C/P Sand. Resize by 75%. Position at the bottom of the water.

C/P Frame 4. Resize by 75%. (This is only for positioning. I deleted the frame at the end of my tag.)

C/P Palm tree. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Duplicate. Position along the left side of the frame.

C/P Pinwheel. Resize by 50%. Use your deform tool to position on a slight angle to the left. Dropshadow. Duplicate & Mirror. Position pinwheels under the fronds of the palm trees.

C/P Chair. Image, Mirror. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position across the bottom left corner of the frame.

C/P Beach Ball. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow. Position over the legs on the chair.

C/P Drink. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. Duplicate. Position drinks behind the bottom half of the beach ball.

C/P Strawberry. Image, Rotate, Free Rotate 90 degrees. Use your deform tool to Position on a slight angle. Dropshadow. Duplicate & Mirror. Position under the top left of the beach ball.

Open Flip flops 2. Use your lasso tool to select the flip flop on the left. C/P as a new layer. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. Use your deform tool to position on a slight angle over the beach ball.

Back on your element go to selections, Invert.

C/P Right flip flop as a new layer. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. Position over the original flip flop.

C/P Lipstick. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. Position under the left side of the flipflops.

C/P Glasses. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. Use your deform tool to position on a slight angle.

C/P Camera. Resize by 40%. Position to the right of the flip flops.

Delete the frame layer.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Type out your font. Apply inner bevel of choice, Gradient glow of 3 in white, & Dropshadow.

Don't forget your copyright & Watermark.