Seaside
This tutorial was written by me on May 03, 2015 , using my own ideas. Any resemblance to others is coincidental and accidental. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and is written in PSPX6.
Supplies:
"Deep Blue" FTU scrap kit by Inzpired Creationz - unfortunately Nicky has closed her blog so please use a suitable replacement kit
Filters:
No Outside Filters
Fonts:
Christmas4
Abbreviations:
EC = Eye Candy
GG = Gradient Glow
DS = Drop Shadow
C/P = Copy and Paste
FF = Flood Fill
ANL = Add New Layer
AS = Animation Shop
Open blank 600x600 canvas
ANL
Select All
C/P paper 4 into selection
Select none
Apply mask
C/P Porthole 2
Selection tool_Circle_Select the center are of the porthole, going out to middle of the tan area
ANL below porthole
C/P paper 1 into selection
Select none
C/P Fish 5 and Fish 6
Re-size and place as shown between porthole and paper 1
C/P the following elements, re-sizing, duplicating, mirroring, sharpening, placing as shown:
Chest
Crab
Sand 1
Sea Plant 1
Sea Plant 2
Sea Plant 3
Seaweed 1
Seaweed 2
Starfish 3
C/P tube
Duplicate
Highlight original tube layer
Gaussian Blur 10
Texture Effects_Fine Leather_#dcdcdc_30_19_255_40_4
Edge Effects_Enhance
DS duplicate tube_0_0_55_35_Black
DS elements_0_0_75_15_Black
Add all correct copyright/license information
Ellipse Tool_any color_Stroke 5_Fill null
Draw a circle aproximately the size of the outside edge of the porthole (round edge)
Move down once
DO NOT CONVERT
Highlight top layer
Text Tool_Christmas4_72_Black
Convert to raster
Delete vector circle
Save!!!