Hocus Pocus

Please use my tutorial as a guide.
To do my tut, you must have a working knowledge of PSP
I am using the awesome artwork of Ismael Rac
You must purchase a license to use his art
You can buy from XeracX



Supplies needed
:
FTU kit called "Hocus Pocus" from ChaneyJo's Creations.
This was a collab kit which she did with Schnegge.
Thank you so much Chaneyjo for your generosity in sharing your awesome kit.
Be sure to leave some love when you download at her blog. HERE


Halloween Template #1 by Bossy.
Thanks so much for sharing your talent. Download at Electric Fairy Floss

KyLieMask_HocusPocus. HERE
Wordart. HERE

Tube of choice
Font used: Bleeding Cowboys


Let's Begin
1
Open Halloween Template #1 in psp.
Resize by 635 x 544 pixels.

2
Delete the copyright and the following:
horiz. rectangle texture
jack and tombstone fill
jack and tombstone outline
witch fill
witch outline
stars 1 black background
stars 1 colour fill
WA outline
WA black background
WA colour fill

I'm deleting the above elements because the tube which I am
using covers most of them.
But you could leave it intact if you are using a different tube

3
Open KyLieMask_HocusPocus in psp
Copy and paste paper of choice as a new layer. I'm using paper12
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Source window / locate your mask
Source luminance (Check).  Invert Mask Data (unchecked)
Merge Group. Click OK. Duplicate

4
Highlight half circle fill
Selections / Select all / Float / Defloat
Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer
Adjust the position where you want the tube to be
Selections / Invert / Hit delete on keyboard / Select None

Duplicate / On the duplicate tube
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur / Radius 3
Change blend mode to Hard Light
On the Original, change blend mode to Luminance (L)

5
Highlight vertical rectangle
Selections / Select all / Float / Defloat
Copy and paste paper of choice as a new layer. I chose paper09
Selections / Invert / Hit delete on keyboard / Select None

6
Repeat the above step 5 for angled rectangle fill
I have used paper05.

Still working on angled rectangle fill
Copy and paste spider web (30%) as a new layer.
Place it above the angled rectangle outline

7
Open KyLie_HocusPocus Wordart and the main tube.
Place it anywhere you desire or see my finished tag for reference.

8
Highlight stars 2 color fill.
Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Follow my settings as below

Click OK

9
Copy and paste other elements of choice as a new layer
I have also used the following:-
Dead tree - 85%
Witches Hat - 35%
Brew1 - 70%
Flower 7
Bottlecap6
Sparkles
Resize and place them as desired...
See my finished tag for reference!!!

10
For the Drop Shadow
I used the following settings:
V and H 3,  Opacity 55  Blur 5.00  Color: Black

11
Add your name, artist's copyright and URL
Save as a .png or jpeg
You're Done!!!
Would love to see your tut results, please email me.
Thank you for trying this tutorial.




Any similarities to other tutorials is merely a coincidence
This tutorial was written by KyLie on 14th October 2010