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This tutorial was made in PSP X, but can also be made in the other versions.

 

you can download the materials.

It contains: 2 fonts.

Open the fonts and minimize them.

 

Step 1

Open a transparent image of 500 x 500 pixels.

Set your foreground color to #8d88ac (or at your choice).

Set your foreground color to #ffffff (or at your choice).

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Text tool - font LSFlorals3 - find the dingbat you like to use.

But not the corner dingbat, that one you use later!

I used Size 200 and stroke width 7 - Anti alias checked - float checked.

Close your foreground color.

When you choice of the dingbat is on your crea:

Layers - Remove layer.

Now you see only the selection.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 55 - Blur 2 - color white.

Effects - 3D effects - Cutout:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 45 - Blur 15 - color black.

Selections - Select none.

Move it to the right place.

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate the same font with the same settings - find the corner.

Place the corner.

Layers - Remove layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 55 - Blur 2 - color white.

Effects - 3D effects - Cutout:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 45 - Blur 15 - color black.

Selections - Select none.

Place the corner in the lower left corner.

Step 4

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Flip.

Step 5

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Text tool - font WaldorfScriptPlain - Size 48 - same settings as before.

Type your text.

Layers - Remove layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 55 - Blur 2 - color white.

Effects - 3D effects - Cutout:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 45 - Blur 15 - color black.

Selections - Select none.

Put it on a nice place or see main image.

Step 6

Close your bottom layer.

Activate one of the other layers.

Layers - Merge - Merge visible.

You can resize your image if you want.

Step 7

Activate the bottom layer.

Flood fill this layer with a color and/or pattern at your choice.

If you want to use it for a letter, just copy the merged layer.

Step 8

Open a new transparent image of 1024x400 pixels.

Paste as a new layer and move it against the left edge.

Activate the bottom layer.

Flood fill this layer with a color and/or pattern at your choice.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 9

Selections - Select all.

Effects - 3D effects - Cutout:

Vert and Hor 0 - Opacity 100 - Blur 15 - color white.

Selections - Select none.

Step 10

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 5 pixels - your dark color but then a few shades darker.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel - preset 'lijst' or with these settings and save them as 'lijst':

Save your crea as a jpg file and you're done!

 

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

 

This lesson was written by Goldielock.

This lesson is and remains the property of Goldielock.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

 

Translated by Zial on April 23, 2014

 

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