*This tutorial is written of my own imagination and with the implication that you are comfortable working withing paint shop pro.  Any questions, feel free to email me paully-1@hotmail.com

Supplies: 

Kit: S'More Falll by Kizzed by Kelz' available for purchase at Scrap Designs N Company,  

Digital Art Heaven and Elegance Fly

Tube: Steve Baier~ this particular tube is not available for purchase at this time, however his tubes are available for purchase at Scrap Designs N Company HERE.

PSP: vs9

Plug ins: Xero, Fritillary & EyeCandy 5 Impact. Perspective Shadow

Fonts: FFF Harmony- Copyright

Beloved- Small banner example/ Better Autumn- large banner

Lets Begin:

New 851 x 315 72pixels/inch resolution check transparent

(if you are doing the small banner at the same time make one that is also 600x200

Also when doing the small banner at the same time, I will complete a step on the big banner then c/p to the small banner and resize as needed.  Sometimes I will also change the word art and positioning of the tube to my liking.)

 

1. Pick out 5-10 flower, leaf and grass type elements

     Line against bottom of banner to your liking

     Merge visible w/o adding shadows

     Duplicate - hide top layer for now

2. On bottom layer- Adjust Blur, Gaussian, Radius-3

     Effects, Xero, Fritillary- with the following settings:

     Granularity-10

     Agression-60

     Tesselation-30

     Variation-15 -OK 

3. Bring bottom layer up 2-3 pixels (it will be higher than the non blurred layer)

4. Open hidden top layer

     Add Shadow of choice, my choice:

     Effect, Alien Skin Eye Candy 5, Impact, Perspective Shadow- with the following settings: 

     Drop Shadow

     Center Offset Direction 326

     Center Offset Distance 361

     Overall Opacity 76

     Overall Blur 4.70

     Shadow Color Black/ OK

5. Add standing end pieces to banner as desired with shadow of choice, save

6. Place tube on Banner where it makes sense for your design, add shadow.

7. Select paper for background layer of tube.  

     Using Magic Wand Select into background layer, paste paper into this layer.

     Duplicate

8. On duplicated layer, right click, arrange bring to top

     Select all, select float, select modify contract ok number of pixels 5 

     Delete select none 

9. Staying on this layer, adjust, add noise, Gaussian 64, check monochrome okay

    effect shadow of choice / Save

10. At this time, add other elements around banner and or word art, if you choose.

     If complete, merge visible and save.

Don't forget to add your copyright and licenses as well as give credit to the scrap kit designer.

   

1. New 135 x 180 72pixels/inch resolution check transparent (I usually make mine 180x180 pixels, this one was unique for me as I used a different template)

2. Layer, new raster layer okay

     Copy paper used in banner

     Using magic wand and select layer, right click paste into selection, select none

3. Duplicate this layer and hide top layer.

     On bottom layer right click and paste onto banner, find a location that fits within this area as you are

     going to bring it back to the avatar.

     Once happy with placement have avatar layer highlighted, select all, select float, click on banner layer

     edit copy, paste on avatar, back to banner select none and delete unneeded layer.

4. Open hidden layer- select all, select float, select modify contract ok, number of pixels 5 ok

5. Adjust noise Gaussian 64 check monochrome. effects shadow of choice.  

Don't forget copyright and license number, Save