Valentine Window
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A
tutorial by Mar ©2006.

What you need:
PSP
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Materials:
Download here.
Save the Brick-wall.bmp in your PSP textures folder.
Open all other images from the ZIP in PSP.

Open the font
and minimize.
You'll see it in your text tool now.

Save often.
Let's
get started. Good luck.....

Open a new image 400 X 400 > Transparent.

Fill with #323d17.

Layers > New raster layer.

Put your foreground to black and put your settings like this:
Texture checked and look for the Brick wall texture. Scale to 50.

Fill the new layer.

Don't forget to uncheck the next time you use a fill.

Background to #6b813f.

Layers > New raster layer.

PSP 7: . PSP 8: . PSP 9: PSP 10 .
Look for the Heart 1 shape.
If you don't have it you can download it from my site here.


Keep style and As vector unchecked. Anti-alias checked.

Draw your heart. Not to large.
Look at the screenshot below.
Move the heart a little to the top so you can add some text later.

Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > Color white.

Open the MD-Val-Window.psp and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Move   the angel on the heart.

Open the MD-bird.psp and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Move   the bird on top of the left window hatch.
In your Layer pallet, move this layer one position down.

Open the MD-Flowers.psp and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Move  the flowers to the bottom of the heart.

If you are satisfied:
Layers > Merge > Merge all layers flatten.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #768d49.

Select (feather 0) the border.

Repeat the inner bevel like before.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #323d17.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #768d49.

Repeat the inner bevel like before.

Selections > Select all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 15 pixels.
Selections > Invert.

Effects > Distortion effects > Curly Q,s.

Selections > None.

Click and look for the opened Romantically Yours. It's in the ZIP.
Size 70 > Stroke 0,0 > B for Bold > Anti-alias checked or Sharp.

Type "Happy".

In your Layer Pallet convert to raster.

Image > Rotate > Free rotation > 30 Degrees left.

Move the word left of the heart.

Now type Valentine.
In your Layer Pallet convert to raster.

Of course you can use any text you like.

Layers > Merge > Merge all layers flatten.

Your Valentine Window is done.
I hope you like this tutorial and learned some new things.
Thank you for using my tutorials.

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.

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