STRANGER FTU

Written by Gwenda on March 9^th 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Anastasia, found

HERE

Scrapkit by Wicked Princess called Opposites Attract. This gorgeous kit is FTU and can be found

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Stranger by Alena Lazareva. These tubes can be purchased from UpYourArt

HERE

Mask of choice – I used WSL4

HERE

Open new canvas size 700 x 700

Fill white

Click on white background and add new raster layer.

Fill with #571173

Layers – load/save mask WSL 4 from disk

Merge group.

Stretch to edges.

Duplicate and merge both mask layers together.

Open Paper 4

Click on your colours palette foreground, and select the pattern tab. Set Paper 4 as your Foreground Pattern – scale 100% angle 45. Width 12

Draw a rectangle in the centre of your tag. Objects – align – Centre in canvas

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 60, monochrome checked.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Set foreground colout to #aa50c8  and background to #9ecfef

Make background gradient angle 45 with 3 repeats.

Click inside frame with magic wand – selections – modify – expand 4.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient. Deselect.

Tube – Paste tube over gradient, leaving a gap at the top. (don’t be too fussy – you can adjust later if necessary).

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

If you are using the same one as me, I resized 75%

Waterdroplet frame – Paste in centre of tag, over mask layer.

Swag – Resize 60% then 80%. Position above frame to the left.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror and merge both swag layers together.

Dropshadow.

Fuschia – Shift D to copy. Close off original.

Using selection tool, carefully draw around the blue/purple blossom.

In layers palette, right click and promote selection to layer.

Deselect.

Resize this blossom 50% then 60% and position in the centre over the swag.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Merge both blossoms together and Dropshadow.

At this point, move your tube so that it is placed correctly – no gradient showing at the top.

Adjust the size of the frame and sharpen.

Adjust the size of the gradient fill also.

Close off white background, mask layer and waterdroplet frame, and merge visible the rest.

Duplicate merged .

On bottom copy, free rotate left 15

Duplicate – mirror.

Re-open closed layers.

Perfumebottle – Resize 60% and position left. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Candleroses – Resize 60& them 90%. Arrange over perfumebottle.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Goldmask – Resize 60% then 80%. Arrange behind perfumebottle.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Rose – Resize 60%. Free rotate right 90. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Arrange behind goldmask.

Dove – Resize 50& then 70%.

Position as desired. Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror. Resize this one 85%.

Dropshadow both.

Add any other embellishments.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.