Monday, January 7, 2013

STEAMY GOLD FTU

Using Alex Prihodko tube


Using Zlata M tube

Written by Gwenda on January 7th 2013
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Pagan Poetry, found

Template 120 by Denz Designz

Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit from Scraps Dimensions called Steampunk Valentine
You can download this kit

Tube of choice. I made two versions, one using Summer Breeze by M Zlata at Pics for Design, the other using the beautifulk tube by Alex Prihodko, also from Pics for Design. You can purchase both these tubes

Mask of choice – I used 0Mask046 LT.
I’m not sure where I got this mask, so I have supplied it. Please let me know if this is yours, and I will either remove, or supply credits.
You can download it

Open Template 120 by Denz Designz.
Copy, and close original

Resize 120%, all layers checked.
Image - Canvas size 700 x 700.

Delete copyright, , life is sweet 2, life is sweet 1, pink square shadow 1.

Click on background at the bottom.
Fill with white.

Layers – new raster layer.
Selections – select all. Paste Paper 7 into selection.
Deselect.
Apply mask 0Mask046 LT
In layers palette, merge group.

Gut 8 – Resize 80% and erase the heart from the top.
Paste above mask layer top right.
Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

Large Blue Circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 10 into selection.
Deselect.
Delete template layer.

Frame 1 (from kit) – Resize 70% then 90%.
Paste above paper 10 large blue circle, and move right so it sits nicely.
Duplicate Frame 1. Resize 63%. In layers palette, move it to sit above pink circle.
Duplicate again, and in layers palette move it to sit above the blue circle.
Sharpen all three frames and give inner bevel of choice.
Dropshadow all three.

Gut 3 – Resize 50% and paste above the large frame 1 layer. Slide as far right as you can.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Pink Square - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selections.
Deselect.
Sharpen Paper.
Delete template layer.
Give inner bevel of choice.
Dropshadow.

Set foreground colour to #ffe8bc and background to #66542b
Make background gradient 133 with 0 repeats (darker color should be top left corner)

Click on top strips layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – contract 4. Layers – new raster layer. Fill TOP of the 2 strips with gradient.
Deselect.

Change angle of your gradient to 315 still with 0 repeats. Dark color should now be in top right corner.

Click on top strips layer again. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – contract 4. Layers – new raster layer. Fill BOTTOM of the 2 strips with gradient.
Delete template layer.

Merge both these gradient strips together.
Duplicate – flip

To each set, adjust - add noise uniform 50, with monochrome checked.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.

Delete template layer for 2 strips bottom.

Pink Circle - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect.
Delete template layer.

Gut 8 – Open Gut 8 again. From original size, resize 40% and paste above the Paper 2 circle. Move down slightly and erase anything sticking out the bottom.
Adjust - add noise uniform 50, with monochrome checked.
Dropshadow.
Duplicate Gut 8, and in layers palette, move to sit between the blue circle and the copy of Frame 1

Heart Line 2 -  Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill black.
Deselect.
Delete template layer.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.

Blue Circle - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.
Deselect.
Delete template layer.
Make sure paper 4 is sitting below the Gut 8 decoration.

Heart Line 1 -  Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill black.
Deselect.
Delete template layer.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.

Hearts 2 -  Resize 50% + 85%. Free rotate Right 45
Paste above the Heart Line 1 layer and slide to the right.
Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.

Tube – Position as desired. I pasted the Prihodko tube UNDER the Hearts 2, but the Zlata tube went OVER the Hearts 2.

Butterfly 2  - Resize 30% then 70% Free rotate left 20.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.

 Add any other elements of choice.
Add copyrights.



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