Mermaid

This tutorial is written in Corel X5, but any version should work, it’s written in hopes you have a working knowledge of paint Shop Pro, or other graphics program…

I am using a PTU tube by

Terra BIdlesparcher

You can find all of her work at

MyTubedArt

Here MTA~MyTubedArt

I am using a FTU Kit

By Kandii Popz

You can find this on her blog

This kit is part of the Fantstically Free Blog Train this month

Here Just Beachy

I am using a FTU Template by

Dee (Template Mermaid)

Here Dangerously Delicious Designs

Remove the background layer and the font info and credit layer

Mermaid blue I am colorizing it a brown from the tube, you can choose a different color to match your tube or kit….

Mermaid white I negative imaged that layer to make it black…

Then merge those two layers into one, and then the drop shadow also

Be your own kind of with a gradient glow of brown, and merge that layer down onto the drop shadow of it the words…

Inner blue and outer blue layer flood fill with a brown from the tube…

Frame one c/p 60% Pull even with the outer blue ring, add this drop shadow

Vertical 5

Horizontal 3

Opacity 60

Blur 5

Color black

Top Wheel Go into Eyecandy 4000 and use the Bevel Boss

With these settings for the Basic

Bottom Wheel flood fill with a brown color from the tube…

Center purple flood fill with paper 5…

Sand c/p above the Center purple layer re-size by 60% clean off any that show’s outside of the wheel layer

Take your tube paste and re-size by 65% pull to the bottom edge of sand…

Using your Picture tube tool add some bubbles and colorize them blue re-size by 55% I pasted it 3 times...

Merge the bubbles into one layer

Aqua Square flood fill with paper 1

Go to the layer of the frame 1 c/p grass and re-size by 65% pull to the lower left hand edge of the frame clean to make it look like it’s coming out of the frame…

Tree 2 c/p re-size by 60% pull to the left hand edge of grass…

Hut c/p re-size by 50% pull to the lower right hand edge of tag behind the aid in Mermaid…

Seagulls c/p re-size by 35% pull to the right

Anchor c/p on top of the Mermaid layer rotate 45° to the right and re-size by50%...

Shell 2 c/p re-size by 35% pull to the right hand edge of anchor…

Seagull c/p re-size by 55% pull to the upper left hand edge of your tag add the drop shadow from above….

Bed c/p re-size by 25% mirror and pull to the lower left hand edge of tag…

Ball c/p re-size by 30% pull to the left hand edge of bed…

Bottle c/p re-size by 25% pull to the right hand edge of ball…

Shell 3 c/p re-size by 25% pull to the lower right hand edge of your tag…

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