LITTLE BIRD BIRTHDAY FTU

Written by Gwenda on September 7^th 2011

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Londonderry Air

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Scrapkit called A Little Birdy Told Me by Wicked Princess Scraps – part of a gorgeous FTU collab kit.

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Tube of choice. I used Jenn close up by Keith Garvey. This tube was purchased through MPT, but his work can now be found at PTE

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Mask of choice – I used WSL33

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New raster layer 700x700.

Fill with white.

Layer – new raster layer. Selections – select all. Paste Paper 11 into selection. Deselect.

Apply WSL mask 33

Merge group.

Stretch mask to edges. Duplicate mask & merge 2 together.

Cloud – Resize 30% and paste in centre of canvas. Free rotate left 15. Sharpen

Mura meister copies – encircle. Change top 3 settings to 8   65   65 and leave rest at default. Dropshadow

Click inside the frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand by 2

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection. Deselect. Sharpen paper. Move under frame

Banner – Resize 80%. Stretch out to sides. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Pearl Blossom – Resize 30%. Sharpen

Paste under banner at right. Duplicate – mirror.

Go back to original and duplicate again. Move this layer under the other two, and move down a bit so all you can see is the leaf. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow all 4, and erase any bits that are peeking out at the bottom of the banner.

Flowerspray2 – Resize 50% and place over banner to the left a bit. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Rose cluster – Resize 40% then 85%. Sharpen. Duplicate - mirror. Dropshadow both.

Lanterns – Resize 50%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Doodlebow – Resize 40% Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Tube. - Position under the banner layer. Duplicate, and move one copy up to top in layers palette. Remove any excess you don’t want to be seen. Dropshadow top tube only.

Birdhouse2 – position on right. Dropshadow

Birdcage – Resize 70% then 80%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Teapot – Resize 25%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Teacup – Resize 20% Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Bird – Resize 50% then 40%. Sharpen Position as desired.

Duplicate – mirror. Dropshadow both.

I added some words at this point but that’s up to you

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.

Hope you had fun!