MAKING LACE

Here you will find out how I make Lace. You will need Paintshop Pro 6 and know how to use layers. If you don't know how, you can find out how to do it at MARDIWEB.COM in her psp basics tutorial.

MAKING THE BACKGROUND LACE: 

Step 1: Open a new image 200 x 200 pixels with a transparent background. 

Step 2: Using your line tool  make WHITE lines horizontaly and vertically spaced 5 pixels apart with the following settings. 

 

You will have an image like this. NOTE: I used black here so it would show up better, your's will be white. 

 

Step 3: Rotate the image 45 degrees and using your selection tool, select a square area as shown. NOTE: Make sure you select to the corners of the small diamonds. 

 

Step 4: Crop image to selection. You should now have an image like this. 

 

Step 5: Save your image as a lace.psp file.

MAKING THE LACE: 

Step 1: Open a new image with a transparent background large enough to hold your image. 

Step 2: Add a layer and name it color. Flood fill it in solid color with a light gray (R 218 G 218 B 218). 

Step 3: Add another layer and name it lace. 

Step 4: Flood fill this layer with the lace.psp file you made earlier using the pattern flood fill. 

Step 5: Using your shapes tool  choose eclipse with the following settings. 

 

Step 6: Make two eclipses on the lace layer as shown. 

 

Step 7: Using your selections tool set for eclipse, select the area inside the the eclipse you just made and hit delete. You will have an image like this. NOTE: For a different effect, you may skip this step. 

 

Step 8: Using your text tool choose a dingbat font that you want to use. I used RosesRoses. Use the following settings: Color - white; floating and antialias - checked. Place the text (dingbat font) inside the eclipse as shown. 

 

Step 8: Merge your layers usings Layers>Merge All>Flatten. 

Step 9: You should now have an image like this. 

 

Step 10: Go to colors colorize 

 

with the following settings. NOTE: Play around with the hue and saturation settings to get a variety of colors. Click ok. 

 

You will now have an image like this. 

 

Save it as a JPG or GIF file. 

NOTE: Try using different dingbat fonts and colors for different effects. You can use the shapes and lines tools etc to add edges to your lace. Here is one I made to show you what I mean.