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FTU Soft Blue 

This tutorial was written by me on March 31, 2013.

It was made out of my own creation and any similarity is purely coincidental.

I used pspx2 but any version should work without problems.

Let's get started!

Artist: Tony Tzanoukakis

Scrapkit: Rhapsody in Blue by Gimptastic Scraps

Mask: Mask 45 by Moonbeams and Spiderwebs

Plugins: Xero - radiance

Font: Road Trip

*open your mask and minimize it in your workspace*

File - New - 700x700 - fill with white - rename background

Open frame 1 - resize by 90% - c/p as new layer

Open glitter - c/p as new layer - place to left - duplicate - mirror

Open flower 2 - c/p as new layer - place to left - duplicate - mirror

Open leaves - c/p as new layer

Open half tube - c/p as new layer - duplicate

xero - radiance - change opacity to 52

Open flower 3 - c/p as new layer - place down and to the left

Duplicate - mirror - merge down 

duplicate - change blend mode to overlay - change opacity to 65

merge down - duplicate - flip - move down so its layer above background

Back on top layer 

Open bird - c/p as new layer - place to the bottom right

Open butterfly - resize by 60% - sharpen - c/p as new layer - place right

Go to background layer - click inside it w magic wand - new layer

Open paper7 - c/p into selection - deselect

Layers - new mask layer - from image 

Find mask in source window - create mask from source luminance - hit ok

Merge group - resize by 90% - duplicate - change blend to screen

Delete background layer - merge visible - add credits and name