Oi Kai Ka Lau E Hana I Ola Hanua

Oi Kai Ka Lau E Hana I Ola Honua

Live your life while the sun is still shining

written 4/20/2016

This tutorial is meant purely as a guide. Feel free to make your tag unique by using your own choice of tube and scrap kit. If you want your tag to look just like mine then use the same supplies that I have used. This tutorial assumes you have a knowledge of paint shop pro. Any resemblance to any other tag or tutorial is purely coincidental.

Supplies Used:

Tube of your choice. Preferably one with a close up. I am using a tube by Danny Lee called Hawaiian Flowers. You can purchase her at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_132_219&products_id=19093

Beautiful matching scrap kit by Blissful Designs. It is also called Hawaiian Flowers. You can purchase it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19097

Mask of your choice. I am using mask #265 by Vix. You can download her awesome masks at http://www.freewebs.com/vixpsp/

Font of your choice. I am using 2 Peas Tuxedo for the wordart and Queen for the name.

Plugins:

NONE

Drop shadow used throughout:

0 0 55 10.00 medium grey

Let's Begin:

Open element 40 and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Re-size if you wish.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Open paper 6 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under the frame.

Apply the mask of your choice.

Delete the mask layer and merge the group.

Add a drop shadow to the mask layer.

Make your frame layer active.

Using your magic wand select the inside of the frame.

Selections modify and expand by 3.

Layers new raster layer and drag under the frame.

Open paper 7 and copy and paste into selection.

Selections select none.

Open the closeup of your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the framed area.

Erase any bits hanging out of the frame that you do not want.

Add a drop shadow to the tube.

Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Open element 29 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag behind your tube but in front of the frame.

Place to the far left so it is peeking out from behind your tube.

Duplicate.

Image flip horizontal.

Move this copy to the far right side.

Merge them together and add a drop shadow.

Open element 7 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Place in the lower right corner of the frame at the top.

Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate and image flip horizontal.

Move this one to the left side of the frame and up just a bit.

Open element 21 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Image free rotate to the left by 30 degrees.

Adjust sharpen.

Move to the top left.

Drag under your tube and place so it is peeking out behind her shoulder.

Duplicate and image flip horizontal.

Move this copy to the right shoulder.

Add a drop shadow to both.

Open element 18 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Move to the far left side. Position where you want.

Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate and move this copy to the bottom right side where you want.

Open element 32 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Move to the bottom left corner and add a drop shadow.

Open element 38 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Place in the bottom.

Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate and image flip horizontal.

Move to the far right side.

Open element 59 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Place over to the right side.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 89 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size.

Place at the bottom of the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Using the font of your choice add some text/wordart if you choose.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop and re-size if you wish.

Save.