LET BYGONES BE BYGONES ptu

Written by Gwenda on November 1^st 2012

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used 1 Snappy DNA, found

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Scrapkit is yet another beautiful Pay to Use kit called Bygone Times by Nika of Devilish Designz.

Your kits get better and better Nika, and this is one of my favourites (so far lol). Thanks for letting me play with it.

Nika’s kits are being sold at PFD and she is also a guest exclusive at SATC.

Click on the link to buy this, and others  

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Close up tube of choice. I used Tami by Carrie Hall. These lovely tubes can be purchased from Up Your Art

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Mask of choice – I used OMask 046

I’m not sure where I got this mask, so if it is yours, please let me know and I will either remove it, or give credit.

You can download this mask.

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Open new canvas 700 x 700

Fill with white.

Layers – new raster layer.

Selections – select all. Paste Paper 11 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask OMask 46

In layers palette, merge group.

Duplicate - mirror and merge both mask layers together.

Duplicate again, and merge both together.

Frame 4 – Resize 80%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Click inside frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand by 8

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 11 into selection.
Deselect. Sharpen paper, and move below frame.

Element 76 (chain) – Resize 50%. Paste as new layer at the bottom of frame. Sharpen.

Duplicate – flip. Merge both together.

Duplicate. Free rotate right 90 and merge both together.

Dropshadow.

Element 58 (flower branch) – Resize 50%. Sharpen.

Paste above the chain layer, on the right.

Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow.

Element 88 (leaves) – Resize 40%. Sharpen.

Paste and position to the right.

Duplicate – mirror. Dropshadow both.

Element 21 (flowers) – Resize 50%. Free rotate right 45

Place to the right. Sharpen. Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow both.

Element 59 (flower) – Resize 30%. Sharpen and place to left.

Duplicate – mirror.

Duplicate left one again. Move this to the right a bit. Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow all.

Tube – Position as desired above between the element 59 layers. I put mine above the two outside flowers, and then arranged the 2 inner flowers over the tube in the centre.

Dropshadow tube.

Element 46 (blossoms) – Resize 40% Sharpen. Position to the right.  Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow both.

Element 77 (ribbon) – Resize 50%. Free rotate right 90 and place to the left above the tube layer. Sharpen. Duplicate and move to the right and down a bit.

Dropshadow both.

Element 3 (key) – Mirror. Resize 30% then 90%. Position to the left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow

Element 8 (bird) – Resize 30% then 75%. Position on right. Sharpen.

Duplicate and resize this one 75%. Mirror, then move it back to the right.

Dropshadow both.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.