PTU Aussie Scrap Designs and Michael Calandra

Creepy Hollow

This tutorial was written on September 15th 2011. 

Any similarities to another tutorial is purely coincidental.
All my tutorial are register with My Free Copyright. 

Please do not claim as your own.
This tutorial writer assumes you have a 

working knowledge of using Paint Shop Pro.
This tutorial was done in Paint Shop Pro9,

but can be adapted to use in other
Paint Shop Pro versions.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube of Choice: I am using the awesome artwork of Michael Calandra..You can purchase
 his tubes HERE...Please do not use without a license to do so

Scrapkit of Choice: I am using Aussie Scrap Designs PTU Scrap kit called Creepy Hollow
You can purchase it HERE....Thank you Gail

Mask of Choice: I'm using one of Vix Halloween 2010 #10...You can find it HERE
Put mask in mask folder..Thanks so much for the use of your Vix

Filters used:Screen work - Fabric Weave...get it HERE

Font for name is Blue Highway D Type and copy write is always done in Pixelette ...
Get them HERE


Drop shadow use through out H-2/V-2/O-50/B-5.00

Please leave a thank you when you downloading for supplies.


my tag is just a guide...please use your imagination and make the tag your own
you do not have to use any of the supplies I used.



     LET'S BEGIN

Open Up a new raster layer 700x630.floodfill white/Overtop of background layer/copy
paste paper of choice from kit/resize to fit layer...now go to layers/load/
save mask/load mask from disk/ and find your mask of choice...with these setting
see photo below....go to layers/merge group 

go to preset shape/with setting below/make a rectangle about the size as mine(see tag)
convert to raster/choose paper of choice from kit/resize to fit the rectangle layer/
with magic wand click on rectangle/on rectangle layer/selection/invert/go to paper
layer and delete.
 

copy/paste spider web from kit/place on left side of rectangle near the edge/place
spider near the edge at the top/duplicate 8x and move a spider down a little each
time so that you have a trail of the spider going down the page/close all the
spiders except the first spider

open/copy/paste/resize the scare cross/place on the left side on top of the trail
of spiders/add drop shadow
add the bat and duplicate 2x/place in the upper right corner and spread the bats
out/place the cloud over two of them.
copy/place/resize and place the dying tree2 on the right hand size/add drop shadow
copy/place/resize and place the head stone over top the tree/add drop shadow

copy/paste the spider/place on right side of tomb stone/placespider near the edge
at the bottom/duplicate 8x and move a spider up a little each time so that you
have a trail of the spider going up the tomb stone/close all the spiders except
the first spider
copy/paste/resize your tube and place behind tombstone/duplicate and close this layer
noe go to screenwork/fabic weave/change the blend mode to screen/open the duplicate
and lower the opacity to 60%.now open your tube and select the top part and paste
on the other side on top of the cross/add drop shadow and change blend mode to hard light.

Add the wordart Creepy hollow /add drop shadow/resize your tag
Add your water mark and copyright

to animate

Copy merge/paste to animation shop as a new layer
back to paint shop pro/close two spider layers and
open up the next two spider layers
copymerge/paste after current tag
continute until all spider layers are copy into animation shop
you should have 8 layers
edit select all/animation/frame property 100
save as gif

now give to a friend

thank you for trying my tutorial..please send me a copy of what you did
so I can showcase it...riggsbee53@gmail.com