Curiosity Killed The Cat
Supplies needed
This tutorial is written for psp9Psp9640-SCGarvey-SkelCat.psd Artwork of © Keith Garvey
His License can be purchased mypsptubes
Template1_©Enchantedbydarkness08 from Scraps of Enchantment
Angie Dreamer Tag kit by Angie Kit Download Here
If you’d like a plain AA Tag Templates Angie has some on her blog angiesasylum
Font of choice I used Bank Gothic Lt BT
Plug-in Filters Unlimited 2.0
This tutorial is dedicated to Chelle for inspiring me
Open white Canvas 600 x 600
At end of the tutorial resize tag or if you prefer working smaller use a smaller size
Open Template1_©Enchantedbydarkness08 > select Large Squares layer > Image > resize by 95 > edit >copy > paste as new layer on our 600x600 white canvas
Go back to Template1 > select Dotted Rectangle layer > Image > resize by 95 > edit >copy > paste as new layer on our 600x600 white canvas
Go back to Template1 > select Small Squares layer > Image > resize by 95 > edit >copy > paste as new layer on our 600x600 white canvas
We are now done with the template and you can close it
Raster deform tool > > hover mouse over small squares until the pointer of the mouse turns into 4 cross arrows (like arrows pointing to the compass points)
Hold down right click on mouse > move squares to desired position > inline with the dotted rectangle and a small gap between
Adjust > sharpness > sharpen
Right click on small squares layer in layer palette > duplicate > image > flip > image > mirror
Select the dotted rectangle layer > Plug-in > flitters unlimited 2.0 > colour filters > greyscale > settings below > apply to dotted rectangle
Open paper3 from Angie Dreamer Tag kit > edit > copy > pate as new layer just above the 3 Large Squares layer
Raster deform tool > and move so the edge is in-between the last two grey squares > see pic below
Right click on the paper layer we just added in layer palette > duplicate > position edge of paper again between the gap of the 2nd and 3rd grey square
Right click on duplicated paper layer in layer palette > merge down with original paper layer
Select the Large Squares layer > selections > select all > selections > float > selections > de-float
Selections > invert > now select the paper layer in layer palette
Hit delete key on your keyboard > selections > select none
Select the large squares layer in layer palette again > effects> 3d effects > drop shadow > and use settings below
Open Psp9640-SCGarvey-SkelCat.psd if you are using same tube as me
Select without Glow layer > edit > copy > paste as new layer
Image > resize Cat layer by 55 > make sure you have all layers un-ticked
Image > rotate > free rotate > settings below
Raster deform tool > move cat to desired position top right hand corner > see finished tag
Open Psp9640-SCGarvey-SkelCat.psd > Select without Glow layer > edit > copy > paste as new layer
Image > resize Cat layer by 65 > make sure you have all layers un-ticked
Position cat in 2nd box > using raster deform tool > see pic below
Go back to Psp9640-SCGarvey-SkelCat.psd > edit > copy > paste as new layer > Image > resize Cat layer by 55 this time > use raster deform tool
> Position cat in First Square see pic above
In layer palette on both cat layers Drop the Opacity > to 58 > this is done by by moving the 2 small triangle at the end of 100 next to the word normal
Select the large square layer > selections > select all > selections > float > selections > de-float
Selections > invert > now select the one of the Cat layers in layer palette
Hit delete key on your keyboard
Repeat for second cat layer > selections > select none
Now to remove the Cat overlap in first square > selections tool > settings below
Draw a rectangle around the first square > once Anti-alias > select the second square cat layer in layer palette
Hit the delete key on keyboard > and excess will be removed > selections > select none
Set foreground colour to white > X-Out background colour
Preset tool > ellipse > line width 3 > draw a small circle on square one > convert to raster layer
Magic wand tool > click inside circle > selections > modify > expand by 3
Select paper layer in layer palette > hit delete key on keyboard
While still circle is still selected > select large squares layer in layer palette
Hit delete key on keyboard again
Select the first square cat layer and hit delete again on keyboard
Selections > select none
Open Tag for Angie Dreamer kit > or if you’d like a blank one download the ones on her blog > image resize by 65 > edit > copy > paste as new layer
(Use blank one if you’d like your name on tag)
Use raster deform tool > position tag over the circle we just drew
X-Out foreground colour > set background colour to black > font > Bank Gothic Lt BT > size 18 type > Curiosity killed the cat
Position this top left of tag above top row of squares
Text tool > same settings type > for a while i was a suspect > right click on vector layer > convert to raster layer
Repeat again but add your name this time
Crop tool and draw round excess white area of tag > click the tick to crop
Image > resize by 90
Text tool > size 8 > add copyright info > MPT license number
©Keith Garvey www.gravgraphx.com > Convert to Raster layer
Save and were done
This Tutorial is ©Butterflyflutterby...31 /07/2008
Please do not copy or remove without permission I’m a new Tutorial writer so any comments would be appreciated
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