LITTLE LADY BUG - FTU

Written by Gwenda on May 26^th  2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Pooker & Vix collab template 1

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Font of choice – I used Floralies, FTU font which can be found

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Scrapkit called Ladybug, by Pinks Poetic scraps

This a cute FTU kit which can be found

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Mask of choice – I used WSL4 which can be found

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Scenery of choice, or mine, supplied

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Open template, copy, and close original.

Delete: credits, lil circles2, tone fill

NOTE: Resize all papers 20% before use.

Add new raster layer above white background. Selections – select all. Paste scenery into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask WSL4.

Merge group.

Stretch mask out to edges if necessary.

Black Circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 6 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Sharpen.

Circle Fill – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Sharpen.

Glitter Circle frame – Sharpen.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

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

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Set foreground color to #bcd489 and background to #3e4e6d

Make background gradient, angle 45 with repeats 3.

Glitter rectangle fill - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Glitter rectangle frame – Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Cloud fill – Paste scenery as new layer and move to cover cloud fill. If using mine, it’s the exact size.

Delete any excess poking out from inner frame.

Delete template layer.

On scenery. Properties – multiply. Set opacity to 70

Inner rectangle frame – Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Set foreground color to #435574 and background to #d07145

Make background gradient, angle 0 with repeats 0. check invert box.

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

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.

Effects – artistic effects – colored edges on default settings.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

Pink strips – Use same gradient as Grey strips, but this time uncheck the invert box.

Effects – artistic effects – colored edges on default settings.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

Set foreground color to # d07145 and background to #b6cc87

Make background gradient SUNBURST, repeats 0. Invert box checked (orange should be the outer color)

Lil circles1 - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.

Deselect.

Effects – texture effects – blinds with settings 2,  20 color #435574.

Inner bevel. Dropshadow.

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

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Duplicate.

On bottom copy free rotate right 15 and move over to the right a bit.

On top copy, free rotate left 15 and move down a bit.

Sharpen both.

Dropshadow both.

Happy Frog - Resize 15% and move into position.

Sharpen.

Duplicate and in layers palette, move one copy below the glitter rectangle fill.

On top copy, erase part of the handle so it appears to be hooked over the frame.

Dropshadow top copy only

Flower Girl – Resize 25%. Paste as top layer. Sharpen. Dropshadow

Caterpillar – Resize 15% then 60%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Butterfly – Resize 10% then 50%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Lovebug - Resize 10% then 50%. Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror and place as desired.

Dropshadow all lovebugs

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.