Tutorial written by Kissing Kate on 12th July 2013

This tutorial is my own original work and any similarities with any other tutorial are coincidental and unintentional.

Anyone with a good basic working knowledge of PS CS5 should be able to follow this tutorial. Please feel free to get creative when following this tutorial, it is for guidance only! 

Please do not claim this tutorial as your own. Anyone is welcome to use it and I would love to see your results. If you would like to share it in a group please link back to my blog.

Supplies Used

Tube: Decent Descent by Jay Trembly

Kit: Skull Beach by ICZ 

Template – Manipulated by Magik

Mask of your choice.

Font of your choice.

Let’s get started!!!!!

Open up the template and delete the credits layer

Now let us work from the bottom up

Some people delete the background layer straight away but I like to keep it to see what I am doing

Left Rec 1 – colour # f7d413 – texture of your choice – d/s

Right click and copy layer style

Use same layer style on Right Rec 1

Middle circle – d/s – place paper 6 - clipping mask – texture

Place frame 1 in front of circle – resize to fit – d/s

Left Rec 2 – d/s – place paper 7 – clipping mask – texture

Right Rec 2 – d/s – place paper 7 – clipping mask – texture

Add palm tree 2 – rotate – place to right hand side (see tag) – d/s

Oval back – colour # f7d413 – texture of your choice – d/s

Pixel words – Colour # 1a1006

Frame - right click - colour overlay - blending mode colour – colour # 356d79

Bottom circle – d/s – place paper 6 – clipping mask - texture

Open tube in new window – select calque 3 – copy/paste main image (don’t worry about the text covering her just yet) 

Go up to word art layer – right click – merge down

Go to word art background – right click – merge down again

Go back to mermaid layer and duplicate – move one layer above word art layer

Use the eraser to delete the parts of the tube covering the word art under her legs and her tail. Don’t delete the part covered by her face.

Now go back and add a mask merged with paper 7 below the first layer of the template and delete the white background 

Now go back and make a new layer below the first mermaid layer and place sand element

Go to layer above the duplicated mermaid and add skull 4 – d/s – use use eraser to soften bottom part

Add skulls element in front of skull 4 – d/s – eraser to soften 

Ok so now you can add a name and the correct copyright before resizing the tag to your preferred size. 

Thank You!!