BLACK SWAN FTU

Written by Gwenda on May 8th 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Blackjack, found

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Scrapkit by Angel Designz called Thunderstorm This is FTU found

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Tube of choice. I used Black Swan by Amberly Berendsen. These tubes can be purchased through MTA

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Mask of choice. I used  WSL75 by Wee Scots Lass.

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Mura meister copies

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Open a new canvas 700 x 700. Fill white.

Layer - add new raster layer. Selections – select all – paste paper 6 into selection. Deselect.

Layers – load/save mask WSL75

Merge group.

Stretch mask to edges.
Duplicate. Merge both mask layers together.

Frame 2 Paste as new layer

Tube - Position below frame. Duplicate tube, and move one above frame.

Click inside Frame 2 with magic wand. Selections - modify - expand 5. New raster layer - fill white. New raster layer, paste paper 5 into selection. Selections - invert, and hit delete on the bottom tube.

deselect.

Move white circle below the paper one, and make sure both of these are below the bottom tube.

On Paper 5 circle, go to adjust - add noise - random, 20 with Monochrome Unchecked. Drop opacity to about 65 or 70. Merge down to the white circle layer.

Dropshadow top tube and frame.

Diamond rain - resize 50% and position above paper 5 circle on the right.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Star spray - resize 60% and position above mask layer, bottom right. Duplicate, and close off one copy for now.

Duplicate again - mirror. Merge both together.

Duplicate - flip. Merge both together.

Resize this 90% all layers unchecked.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

 Star spray again - Open the duplicate copy you closed off previously. Resize another 60% and position top right in the gap between the other stars.

Duplicate - mirror. Merge both together.

Duplicate - flip. Merge both together.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Flower 3 - paste in centre of tag, above mask layer.

Use mura meister copies - encircle, and change the top 3 numbers to 12,   40,   40.

Sharpen. Duplicate.

On bottom copy, adjust - blur - gaussian radius 3
Go to effects - texture effects - mosaic glass on default settings.
Reduce the opacity to 55

Go back to the top copy of the flower 3 circle. Selections - select all. Selections - float. Selections - defloat. Selections - modify - expand 2. Layers - new raster layer. Fill black.

Deselect.

Make sure this black layer is between the flower circle and the blurred flower circle.

Dropshadow black flower circle only.

Add any embellishments of choice. I didn’t use any others, as I felt the tag was OK without, but that’s up to you.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.