ORIENTAL FTU

Written by Gwenda on August 19th 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Chinese Takeaway, found

HERE

Scrapkit by Lina's Designz called Little China Girl This is FTU found

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Geisha Ice by Igolochka. These lovely tubes are free to use and can be found

http://igolochka.eviantart.com

I have included this tube in supplies

HERE

Mask of choice. I used  Omask46, also included in supplies

Open a new canvas 700 x 700. Fill white.

Layer - add new raster layer. Selections – select all – paste paper 4 into selection. Deselect.

Layers – load/save mask Omask46

Merge group.

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

Duplicate again. Merge both mask layers together

Frame - Resize 65% then 80%.Paste as new layer.

Sharpen

dropshadow.

Using freehand selection tool, draw a square around the frame, just slightly bigger than the opening.

Layers - new raster layer. Paste paper 5 into selection.

Deselect. Sharpen.

Move this below the frame layer.

Tube - If using the same one as me, resize 85%. Sharpen.

Paste as a new layer below the frame, and move into the desired position.

 Duplicate tube, and move one above frame.

Erase any excess poking out from the sides and bottom of the frame on both tube layers.

Dropshadow top tube only.

Dressing Shade - Resize 50% then 60%.

Paste above the mask layer, in top right corner.

Sharpen.

Duplicate - Mirror - Flip.

Dropshadow both.

Cherry Blossoms - Resize 60% then 85%. Paste over Dressing Shade on right.

Sharpen.

Duplicate - Mirror - Flip.

Dropshadow both.

Bonsai Tree - Mirror. Resize 50% then 80%.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Fan - Resize 15%. Position above the top tube layer, on the right.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Bowl with chopsticks - Resize 50% then 60%.

Paste above fan.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Cherry Blossom (single flower) - Resize 30% then 75%.

Position over the bowl on right.

Sharpen.

Duplicate and move to the left.

Dropshadow both.

Cherry Blossom2 (single flower) - Resize 30% then 70%.

Paste as top layer..

Sharpen.

Duplicate and move to the right.

Dropshadow both.

Bird - Resize 15% then 65%.

Sharpen. dropshadow.

Plant - Flip. Resize 30% then 75%.

Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colorize 28   147

Adjust - Brightness & Contrast - Minus 50    0

Position over the Dressing Shade layer at the bottom right of your tag.

Sharpen. Duplicate twice and move into position.
Dropshadow all

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.