Happy Autumn
12 Oct 2008



  • Open a 12 cm by 8 cm new file with 72px resolution in Photoshop
  • Create a new layer
  • Add a layer mask
  • Select a hard brush and change the spacing to 140% with a brush tip of 20 px
  • Make sure the foreground colour is black and background colour is white
  • Select the rectangle tool making sue it is in Paths mode
  • Click on the mask layer thumbnail and then select Windows, Paths
  • Select Stroke Path and select Brush
  • Select Load Paths as a selection from the Paths window
  • Go back to Layers window
  • Fill the selection with white and then select it, inverse and delete
  • Hide background
  • Add a picture of a oak tree leaf to a new layer and stroke it with grey
  • Create a text layer, 5P
  • From the shape layer, in nature selection select wave and drop it as a fill layer
  • Duplicate it and bring the duplicate down a bit to make 4 lines in the wave
  • Merge the duplicate with the original
  • Double click on this layer and reduce the opacity
  • Select Free transform and rotate it a bit.
  • Merge all layers
  • Save as a stamp and enjoy over a postcard background