ROMANTIC HEART HANDS

Written by Gwenda on January 24^th 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used 1 Snappy DNA, found

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Scrapkit by Laurie Made Me scraps called Romance FTU found

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Tube of choice. I used Heart Hands by Keith Garvey. Keith’s tubes can be purchased at

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Mask of choice – I used WSL4

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Scrap Dimensions template 44 which can be found

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Xero Plugin ( freeware)

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Open template 44. Copy, and close original

Resize 55%, all layers checked.

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Delete Raster 4, Copy of Raster 4, Raster 5, Raster 3

Click on bottom layer (Raster 1) and fill white.

OK. To fill template layers . . .  Selections – select all – float – defloat. Layers – new raster layer – paste paper into selection. Deselect. Sharpen.

Delete template Layer.

(Same method when filling with colour or gradient)

Click on white background and add new raster layer.

Selections – select all. Selections - float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer

Paste Paper 8 into Selection.

Deselect.

Layers – load/save mask WSL 4 from disk

Merge group.

Stretch to edges

Duplicate – mirror – flip.

Merge both mask layers together.

Starting from the bottom layer, I used:

Raster 8  – Paper 11. Dropshadow

Raster 9 – Paper 12

Inner bevel.
Dropshadow

Raster 6  - Paper 5. Dropshadow

Raster 7 – Paper 4.

Inner bevel.
Dropshadow

Set foreground at #e66b7d  and background at # Efb4a4

Make background gradient 45 degrees with 3 repeats.

Raster 10 - Fill with Gradient

Effects – Xero frittillery with settings on 6   131   44   52

Dropshadow

Raster 2 – Paper 10

Effects – texture effects – weave with settings

1   4   2   color #efb4a4

Inner bevel.
Dropshadow

Merge Raster 16 down to Raster 15

Fill with #b3394b

Inner bevel.
Dropshadow

Tube – Position as desired.

Dropshadow.

Raster 14 –  Dropshadow.

Raster 13 -  Paper 1

Effects – texture effects – blinds with these settings.

5   30   both colours #b3394b horizontal box unchecked.
Repeat, with both boxes checked.

Dropshadow

Raster 12 - Dropshadow

Raster 11 – Fill with colour #b3394b

Inner bevel

Dropshadow

Element 6 – Resize 70%

Position above Raster 2

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Element 32 – Position over Raster 13.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

 Element 13 –Position to left above mask layer.

Duplicate – mirror – flip

Dropshadow both.

Element 7 – Resize 70%. Flip.

Position above Element 13 layer at top right.

Duplicate – mirror - flip

Inner bevel.

 Dropshadow.

Element 44 – Resize 75% twice.

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror and position as desired.

Dropshadow

Element 43 – Resize 75% twice.

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror and position as desired.

Dropshadow

Erase tube legs where they stick out at the bottom below the words.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.