~Supplies Needed~

PSPX , others will work aswell

Tube ~ I'm using the awesome artwork of PinUp Toons, wgich you need a licence to use & can get here ~ Creative Desing Outlet

Scrapkit ~ Birthday Wishes FTU here ~ A Space Between

Template ~ Birthday Temp 2 by Kristin here ~ Creative Misfits Creations

Filters ~ Xero Porcelain, Radiance

Fonts ~ FFF Urban, MaryHelenJF

Sparkles of choice


~Lets Begin~

Open Kristin's B-day Temp 2, delete credit layer, Balloon layers & white background layer, resize canvas 800x700

Rectangle ~ Select all, float, defloat, paste paper 31 as new layer, resize 80%, invert delete, select none, delete orig layer

Pink Circle ~ Select all, float, defloat, paste paper 18 as new layer, resize 70%, invert delete, select none, delete orig layer. Do the same with Blue Circle


Black Circle ~ Select all, float, defloat, paste paper 14 as new layer, resize 80%, invert delete, select none, delete orig layer. KEEP Selected

Paste tube as new layer, resize if needed, delete, select none, sharpen tube, Xero Radiance

Element 19(Yellow Balloon) ~ Paste as new layer, mirror, resize 70% place to left. Do the same with Elem 21(Orange Balloon), merge down, duplicate, mirror, drag down till its on Rectangle

Paste Yellow Bow as new layer, resize 50% 80%, place ontop of Balloon String

Element 6 ~ PAste as new layer, resize 80% twice, place to the right, drag to bottom of palette, duplicate, mirror, merge down

Yellow/Orange Hat ~ Paste as new layer, resize 50%, place bottom left

Cake ~ Paste as new layer, resize 20%, place next to Hat

Purple Gift ~ Paste as new layer, resize 30%, place inbetween Hat & Cake, merge down

Wordart ~ Colourize to suit your tag

Element 25 ~ Paste as new layer, resize 50%, drag below wordart to right, duplicate, mirror, move slightly up, see my tag for placement

Paste tube as new layer, resize if needed, place to right, Xero Porcelain

Add Sparkles of choice

Add drop shadow to layers

Copy merged into Anim Shop, resize 550, paste back in to PSP, sharpen

Add © & name then save as PNG!!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial ♥