I wrote this tutorial on November 12 2008 . Please do NOT copy this tutorial in any way .
You can text link to this tutorial, please drop me a email if you do so .

I assume by following this tutorial or any of mine that you have a general working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Please do not use any artwork that you do NOT have the proper license to do so .

A big THANK YOU to all the designers , that allow us to use their Scrap Kits !


Artwork Dominic Marco - CILM -
Scrap Kit "Thoughts of You" Alane - Inspired Dreams
FILTERS - VM Natural Light Splash
DSB Flux - Bright Noise (you can also use Adjust - Add Remove Noise )
Mura Miesters - Copies

You will NEED Animation Shop and PSP

Font - Fiolex Girls (pay font)

Open all supplies in PSP.
Open a new image 600 x 600 . You can resize or crop later .


Copy and paste Brad , resize and leave in center of the image.

Apply Mura Meisters - Copies filter - settings below .



Make 3 duplicate copies of this layer . Copy 1 , Copy 2, Copy 3.

Starting with the bottom copy of this layer , use your Adjust Blur - settings below .





On your next copy layer (copy 1), apply your VM Natural - Light Splash filter (settings below )



Hide this layer and move up to your next copy layer (copy 2) , this time using the same filter , changing your settings .



Hide this layer and move up to your next copy layer (copy 3) , this time using the same filter, changing your settings .



Copy and paste paper of choice as a new layer .

Copy and paste your frame of choice as a new layer and resize , center in your canvas , to fit your brad circle layers.

Using your Magic Wand Tool - settings below .



On your layer palette make sure that you are on your frame layer .
Click inside your frame layer , Modify - Expand - 4 . Hit OK .

In your layer palette make sure that you are on your paper layer , Selections Invert . Hit delete on your keyboard.

Deselect .

Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer . Resize and position in your frame .
Add any dropshadows .

Using your selections tool - freehand . Settings below .



Outline the bottom of the circle of the frame to remove any excess tube .
Hit delete on your keyboard . MAKE sure that you are on the tube layer , in your layer palette.

Deselect.

Copy and paste any doodles of choice as a new layer , resize and position .

I added sparkles to my butterfly element - I used DSB Flux - You can also use your Add Remove noise filter.

Resize or crop your image now .

Add proper artist copyright .
Add any names and or sayings of choice .

Open Animation Shop .

IN PSP

Hide all your animated layers but the top copies .
Copy merge .

IN ANIMATION SHOP

Paste as a new animation .

IN PSP

Hide this layer and unhide the next layer .
Copy merged .

IN ANIMATION SHOP

Paste after current animation .

Repeat the few steps for the remaining animated layers .

Save your file as a .gif .

I would love to see your results !

Please EMAIL your results to me , I would love to see them .

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