Some Bunny Cares

Some Bunny Cares

(I suggest making a folder in which to store all the materials
and the tutorial for this project. )

Materials Needed (No outside filters used)
PSP 8 or above
Supplies Here
If you don't like the patterns supplied, try making some
of your own. I'd love to see them.

Mask, Tube, and Patterns all obtained from
share groups. I am grateful for talented designers.

Open your supplies in PSP.
Duplicate the tube and close the original.
Minimize the mask and the patterns.

With the tube active, go to
Image - Resize - 85% Bicubic Resampling,
with all layers not checked.
With your mover tool, move the bunnies toward the
bottom leaving a small space at the bottom.

Layers- New Raster Layer.
Layers - Arrange-Send to bottom

In your Foreground Materials box.
find Pattern 3. Set the angle to 0 and scale to 100.
Flood fill the bottom layer of the tube with this Pattern.
You may close this pattern.

In your Layer Palette, make sure the Merged
Layer is active. This is your tube layer.

Change your Foreground Materials box to
solid color #E8414E (red)

Click on your preset shapes tool and
use these settings.
Ellipse Anti-alias checked. Create as vector checked.
Line style = solid; Width = 1
Draw an ellipse large enough to cover the bunnies.

Choose your Text Tool.
Choose your font, I used Kids
and size. I used size 30

Transfer the red to your Background Materials Box
by clicking on the arrow between the boxes.

Place your cursor over the line of the ellipse
near the top until you see a rocking A, click
In your text box, type in your text and click apply.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with these settings
V & H = 1; Opacity = 100; Blur = 1 OK

Selections - Select None

In your Layers Palette, high the Vector 1 layer
hit your delete key once.

Layers - Merge - Merge All (flatten)

In your foreground materials box find your
pattern1. Angle45, Size 60.

In your background materials box
will still be the red.

Image - add borders - and add
a 10 pixel border of red.

Select the border with your magic wand.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
and use the previous settings

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
and change the V & H to -1 (minus 1)

Effects - 3D Effects -Inner Bevel
use these settings:

Selections - Select None

Image - add borders - and add
a 15 pixel border of white.

With your magic want select the border.
Flood fill with Pattern 1.

Select the border with your magic wand.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V & H -1 (minus 1)
Opacity = 100; blur = 1

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
and change the V & H to 1

Effects - 3D Effects -Inner Bevel
use same settings as above

Selections - Select None

Image - Resize - 85%
Bi cubic resampling
all layers CHECKED.

Open a New transparent Layer 350 X 420
Flood fill with red.

Layers - New MASK Layer - From Image
Find the wd16 double mask. OK.

Layers - Delete - YES
Layers - Merge - MERGE GROUP

Right click on the title bar of your framed Image
Copy

Right click on the title bar of your mask image
Paste - As a new layer.

Layers - Merge - MERGE VISIBLE

You may close your framed image or
save it to make a tag!!!!!

With your mask image active:
Image Canvas size with these settings.
1024 X 420.

Layers - New Raster Layer
Layers - Arrange - Send to bottom

In your foreground Materials Box
find your pattern 2
Angle 0 Size 100

Flood fill the bottom layer with pattern2

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

Activate the Merged layer in your Layers Pallet

Layers - New Raster Layer -
Add you mark.

Layers - Merge - MERGE ALL (flatten)

Export with the JPEG Optimizer and save.

Open Letter Creator and make and IncrediLetter.

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Any resemblance to another tutorial is
purely coincidental. It is a result of my own playing in PSP 8.