Along Came a Spider

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "The Pussycat Girls" by Kristi Westling available from The Scrapping Divaz Designz and Sunshine Studio Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the adorable artwork of Joel Adams available with a licence through CILM

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**
WSL_Mask147 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using One Stroke Script and Brody

Plugins: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow and Xenofex 2 Constellation

Ready? Let's begin...

Open a new 600 x 600 canvas flood-filled white

Paste Frame1 as new layer

Select the inside of frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10

Add a new raster layer
Flood-fill black (#000000)

KEEP SELECTED!

Paste GlitterWeb as new layer
LEAVE IN POSITION and resize by 75%
Delete

Activate top layer

Paste Tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking

Go to Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Gradient Glow with the following settings:

Activate Frame layer

Select the outer area of Frame with your magic Wand
Selections > Invert
Selections > Modify > Contract by 1

Repeat Gradient Glow as above
Deselect

Paste a paper of choice
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask84
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

Lower opacity to 60

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set to Ellipse
Hold you Shift Key and draw out a circle

Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using One Stroke Script LET
Foreground - #000000
Background - #e56294 (or to match tag)

Stroke width - 1.5

On the curve of the Ellipse type out text of choice

Open your Layer Palette and Vector Layer

Turn off Ellipse and convert to raster layer
Apply same Gradient Glow as above

Select another font of choice
I am using Brody
Use same colours for Foreground and Background as above

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Apply same Gradient Glow and a drop shadow of choice

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate your GlitterWeb layer

Duplicate twice and rename Sparkle1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3

With your Freehand Tool carefully draw around the Spider ONLY, then
Selections > Invert

Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 and activate Sparkle1

Effects > Plugins > Xenofex > Constellation with the following settings:

Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Apply the Constellation again, adjusting the Random Seed

Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Apply the Constellation effect again, adjusting the Random Seed

Now for the animation!

Activate Sparkle1 and hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 10th June 2009

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