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This Tutorial was written on March 18^th 2012 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FourXsDesigns

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

This one is of Snooki and come with 2 close up layers and 16 different layers for the clothing

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “Snooki” by Wicked Princess Scraps

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using mask113 by Designs by Vaybs

You can find this HERE

Additional Filters Needed

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X – Pattern Offset

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Add your close up of choice to your tag

Ctrl + Click on the thumbnail to select it

Add a new layer

Flood fill with black

Deselect

Using the font Impact

Type out “Snooki”

Mine is size 100px

Select the word layer as we had the close up in the beginning and on the black layer we had press delete

Deselect

You can delete the words layer now

Select the Black layer with the word cutout on it now

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with a color from the tube (I used green)

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with another color from the tube (I used pink)

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with black

Move the original Snooki to the top of the pile

Invert the selection and press delete

Deselect

Change the blend mode to luminosity, lower the opacity to 70

Duplicate

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X → Pattern Offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

On the bottom black layer add a drop shadow

Add your full tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate this layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Open PP8

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the mask here

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom layer up with a drop shadow unless stated:

splat (no drop shadow)

splat (no drop shadow)

splat (no drop shadow)

circletrail

glitterdoodle

star

lipliner

heartkeychain

lips

rose

rose (desaturated)

bow

bow

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!