This tutorial was written by Pints on March 18th 2008 any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental, completely my own work.Please do not take this tutorial as use it as your own, but you may print for own personal use and link to my group.
I used PSPX1 but it should work with other versions.
Supplies needed:-
Nit Wit Scrap Kit - Bear Neccessities
Which can be found HERE
Sorry it’s a paid scrap kit so I cant supply.
I used the Alpha wit Beargirltalk
I used the Gorjuss work from Suzanne Woolcott which can be found
I used the Alpha wit Beargirltalk
Becky Mask 35
Lets go!
When using scrap kits when you resize them you need to resize using smart size and then sharpen by going Adjust Sharpen or the elements get faded and don’t look as good. So when it says resize use this step.
Open new 600 x 600 canvas and flood fill white.
Open Boyframe_maryfran
Resize/copy paste as new layer
Image/mirror
Image/free rotate 15% right.
Open Girlframe_maryfran
Resize/copy paste as new layer
Image/free rotate 15% left
Move up a little with your mover tool.
Open bg_hearts flowers_Maryfran
Resize/copy/paste as new layer.
Duplicate
Open tubes and paste as new layers below your frames.
On your boy frame with your magic wand click inside the frame
Selections/Modify/expand 3/invert
On one of the paper layers and tube hit delete.
Select none.
On your girl frame with your magic wand click inside the frame
Selections/Modify/expand 3/invert
On the other paper layer and tube hit delete.
Select none.
Open the boy & girl laying down bears.
Resize and paste as new layers.
With your pick tool position them on top of your frame.
Use my tag for placement.
Add your name.
Add drop shadows to all your elements etc, I find it easier to do this at the end.
Vertical & Horizontal 2
Opacity 50 & Blur 5, colour black.
Add the drop shadow to the first element.
Then hit edit/repeat drop shadow on everything else.
Open 3 of the girl bears or boy bears, I used the standing, sitting and laying down bears.
Resize/copy and paste as new layers.
Move them so they are next to each other at the bottom of the girl frame.
Open bg_love_maryfran paper.
Resize.
New raster layer and flood fill with this paper.
Layers new mask layer, from image and click on your beckymask 35.
Click on source luminance then ok
Delete your mask layer and then merge group.
Resize all layers by 85%
Add copyright.
Hide the 3 bears that we are going to animated.
Merge all other layers.
Copy and paste over in Animation Shop as new animation.
Back in psp undo
Un hide the standing bear.
Merge all visible.
Copy and paste after current animation in animation shop.
Back in psp repeat the above step for the last two bears.
In animation shop.
Edit/frame properties.
Click on first frame and make the speed 60
Second and third frame speed 40.
Fourth frame speed 100.
View your animation and when your are happy save as gif.
Your done!
Thank you for doing my tutorial and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you have any questions please email me at
Pintsizepundit@hotmail.co.uk