AWESOME AUTUMN FTU

Written by Gwenda on October 18^th 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used 1 Snappy DNA, found

HERE

Gorgeous Scrapkit by Dreamland Designs called Autumn Days 2012 FTU found

HERE

Tube of choice. I used WitchyPoo by Ismael Rac. These tubes can be purchased

HERE

Mask of choice – I used Omask 046. I am unsure where I got this mask, so if it belongs to you, please let me know and I will either remove it, or give credits. You can get it

HERE

Template 63 by Tracy F Designs. You can find that

HERE

Open Template 63 by Tracy F. Copy, and close original.

Resize 105% with all layers checked.

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Add new raster layer at the bottom and floodfill white.

Delete copyright.

Dropshadow as you go.

Delete template layers as you finish with them.

HANDY HINT:

To achieve a frame effect on shapes:

Make sure the larger shape is above the smaller one.

Click on smaller shape and go to Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat

Click on larger shape and hit delete.

Deselect.

Add new raster layer on top of white background. Selections – select all – paste paper 6 into selection. Deselect.

Layers – load/save OMask 046

Merge group.

At this point, I moved all glitter shapes above the corresponding smaller shape, and made them into frames (see handy hint above).

Square – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 13 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer. Sharpen.

Glitter square (frame) - Sharpen. Dropshadow

Set foreground colour to #7a2f18 background to black.

Make BG gradient angle 45, repeats 1

Rectangle – Selections – Select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Effects – texture effects – weave with settings 2  8  5 both colours set to #a67634

Glitter rectangle (frame) - Sharpen. Dropshadow

Circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 6 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer. Sharpen.

Glitter Circle (frame) - Sharpen. Dropshadow

Heart – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 18 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer. Sharpen.

Glitter Heart (frame) - Sharpen. Dropshadow

Heart 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer. Sharpen.

Glitter Heart 2 (frame) - Sharpen. Dropshadow

Leaf 1 – Position above Circle layer and move around to fit.

Effects – edge effects – enhance.

Drop opacity to 71.

Duplicate leaf. Mirror, and in layers palette, move above Heart 2 layer.

Dropshadow both leaf layers.

Tube -  Position as desired – you can always adjust later once all the other bits are in place.

Dropshadow.

Grass patch – Resize 25% then 75%. Flip. Position above mask layer at the bottom right of your canvas. Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror, and move as far left as you can go, and up a little bit. Merge both grass patch layers together.

Chicken wire – Position above grass patch layer, in top left corner. Duplicate – mirror – flip. Merge both chicken wire layers together, then duplicate again and merge together

(just gives it a bit more depth).

Dropshadow.

Branches – Flip, resize 20%.

Position above the Glitter Heart 2 layer, to the left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Tree – Mirror. Position above the chicken wire layer top right.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror - flip

Dropshadow both.

Barrels – Resize 15% then 85%. Position bottom right.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Cornucopia – Resize 50% and position under the barrels layer, slightly to the left.

Bunny – Mirror. Resize 40% then 85%.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

At this point, make sure your tube is in the position you want.

Bird – Resize 40% then 85%. Sharpen twice.

Position on the Girl’s shoulder.

Duplicate – mirror. Position on the barrels.

Dropshadow both.

Berries – Resize 10%. Sharpen. Position under the bird, so it looks like it is holding them in it’s beak. Dropshadow.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.