***Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental & completely unintentional***

This tutorial was written for those who are just beginning to work with Paint Shop Pro. If you have any questions or need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me & I will be glad to help you. You can email me at the address on the left side. :-)

Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Scrapkit -  I'm Like A Bird Part.01 FTU @ Digital Crea (Yes it is in a scrapkit store, however it is FREE, so all you have to do is make an account & then you can download the kit for free with no purchase necessary :-)

(I personally have not tested these links, I just googled then & this is what came up.Please make sure you read before you download anything.)

Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass (Free Download)

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow (Free Download)

Tools We Will Use :

Start by going to the top of your Paint Shop Pro (psp) , then click on the White piece of paper :

Now this window will open (you will have to go to where ever it is that you saved your FTU kit at)

Now click on the first element you need which is Element 2. Then click Open

Click Ok.

Now right click on the blue bar on your element canvas & click Copy :

Now click Ok.

Use your move tool & move your Element 2 to the left side of your canvas.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your Element 2 layer & then click Duplicate :

Now while still on your duplicated layer, got o Adjust, click Blur, then click Gaussian Blur :

Now go back to your layers pallet, make sure you are still on your duplicated Element 2 layer, & change the Blend Mode to Overlay. (Screen shot below shows location)

Click where it says "Normal" then a drop down menu will appear, then click "Overlay"

Now in your layers pallet, click on your original Element 2 layer, go to Effects, click 3D Effects, then click Drop Shadow. Apply the settings below or play around with the settings & see what you like.

(For the remainder of the tutorial when I use the word "Sharpen" just remember to go to Adjust , click Sharpness then click Sharpen as I won't explain the location every time. :-)

Once you have sharpened your Element 11 , you will want to apply a drop shadow. (Remember the screen shot above & where to locate this effect :-)

Open Element 12, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size your Element 12 to 15%.

Now go to Image & click Free Rotate -Set it to Left 30.00 & click Ok (See screen shot below)

Now use your move tool again to position your butterfly (Element 12) above your name on your canvas.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet & right click on your Element 12 (butterfly) layer :

Now while on your duplicated layer, go to Image, then click Mirror.

Now your duplicated butterfly will be on the opposite side of your original butterfly.

Use your move tool & position your duplicated butterfly where you would like it on your canvas.

I placed mine on the base of the well house.

(Because we sharpened & applied a drop shadow to our original butterfly layer we do not need to do it again because our duplicated butterfly is already done. :-)

Open Element 14, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 10%  & click Ok.

Now open your re-size menu again & re-size your Element 14 again this time to 60%.

Now go to Image, & click Mirror.

Use your move tool & position your duck (element 14) where you want him to be. 

I placed mine to the right of my well house.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open Element 18 (3 yellow birds) .

Click on your Crop tool, now crop this element so that only the yellow bird on the left is the only bird showing. 

Once you have it cropped, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas.

Now re-size it to 20%.

Use your move tool & position your yellow bird to your liking.

I put mine on top of my well house.

Now once you are happy with placement of your yellow bird, Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Then go to your layers pallet, right click on your yellow bird layer, then click Duplicate. 

Go to Image & click Mirror.

Now using your move tool again, position your duplicated yellow bird to your liking. I placed mine at the right end of my name.

Open Element 07 - copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 25%.

Using your move tool, move your grass to the left & place it directly in front of your well house element. (See my tag for placement if you need to)

Now once you have your first section of grass placed, go to your layers pallet, right click on your Element 07 (Grass) layer then click Duplicate. Using your move tool click on your duplicated element 07 & move it to the right slightly but make sure the end of your first Element 07 & the end of the duplicated Element 07 are still touching.

Continue to duplicated your Element 07 layer until you have a total of 7 layers of grass. 

Making sure you position each one with your move tool. (Again look at my tag for reference if you need to.)

Now once you have all of your grass elements placed in a straight line across the bottom of your well house element & your name go to your layers pallet, & right click on the very TOP grass layer. Then click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Down.

Continue to right click & click Merge - Merge Down until ALL 7 of your grass layers become 1 (ONE) layer.

Now on your merged grass layer sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

The drop shadow you want to apply to your merged grass layer is a bit different setting : 

Click Ok.

Now if you are going to want to make this signature for other people besides your self, you will want to save here. So go to File, click Save As, then when your window opens make sure you set it to PSP file.

Be sure to save your tag somewhere that you will remember :-)

Once you have your file name set, & your save as type set to psp, click Save.

Now we will continue finishing up our siggy :

In your layers pallet, right click on your name layer, then click Convert To Raster Layer.

Then go to Effects, Scroll down & click Plugins, then from the slide out menu click Eye Candy 4000 

Now click on your Color Tab : (Set your colors)

Now click Ok.

Apply a drop shadow to your name using the following settings (or settings of your choice)

(Don't mind the element pictured in the preview window, or the writing I put on it about it being the drop shadow settings for your elements. I use the same drop shadow setting for my name as I do for my elements. Its just my personal preference is all.But again you can set them to whatever you like.)

Click Ok.

Now activate your magic wand tool - (Use the screen shot at the beginning to see where the magic wand tool is located if you need to.)

Now using your magic wand, click inside each of the letters of the name you chose to use. (keep in mind that depending on what font you used you may not have to click in each letter, if the letters are connect like in a cursive font you may only have to click the first letter to have them all selected. 

You want the marching ants around each letter)

Once all of your letters have been selected , go to Effects, click Plugins, then find your Eye Candy 5 Impact , click on it, then on the slide out menu click Glass. Apply the settings below, or use your own settings :

(The color I have mine set to is #ffffff (white)

Click Ok.

Now keeping your letters selected, go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise , then from the slide out menu click Add Noise :

Now this menu will open :

(You can use the same settings as I did or you can play around with it & come up with your own, its up to you :-)

Click Ok.

Then click the green check mark when you have it the way you want it, or you can press enter on your keyboard.

Now you will want to re-size your tag, this re-size will depend on where you are going to be using your signature. For mine because I am posting it on my blog as well I re-sized it to 650, but if you are going to be using it on cafemom, then the standard size for that is 440.

See the screen shots below as the setting for re-sizing your completed siggy are different than re-sizing your elements. 

These settings are  to re-size your siggy to use on a blog or a forum -

Make sure you change it from Percent to Pixels

& that you click the box next too "Re-size all layers"

These settings are to re-size your siggy to use on Cafemom -

Click Ok.

Now all that is left is to save your completed siggy as a PNG file:

That's it! You have completed this tutorial!! 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!!