Thursday, March 7, 2013

SARCASM FTU


Written by Gwenda on March 8th 2013
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Problem Secretary, found

Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit by A Space Between called Backyard Friends
You can download it

3 Tubes of choice. I used Pack 51 by Jamie Kidd. You can purchase these beautiful tubes from CDO

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.

Template 81 by Kandikissez


Open Template 81 by Kandikissez.
Copy, and close original
Delete credits, and brackets layers

Resize all 95%
Image – canvas size 700 x 700
Click on white layer at the bottom and floodfill white

NOTE: Resize all papers 18% before using!

Set foreground color to #00c9ceand background to black.
Make BG gradient 0 degrees with 1 repeat (you want the black at top and bottom).
Click on white background layer.
Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.
Apply 0Mask 046.
In layers palette merge group.
Duplicate – mirror and merge both together.
Duplicate again and merge both together.

Starting from the bottom layer

Black Strip – Paste Paper 4 (resized 18%) above the black strip layer.
Click on black strip layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on Paper 4 and hit delete.
 Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.

Light pink circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.

Bright pink circle 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.

Bright pink circle 1 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Blue circle 3 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Left Black Square– Position close up tube (I used Georgia)
Click on black left square. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on tube and hit delete.
Deselect.
Drop opacity of tube to 39.

Left Dotted Square Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Frame 2– Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with black.
Deselect.
Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Right Black Square– Position close up tube (I used Carla)
Click on black left square. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on tube and hit delete.
Deselect.
Drop opacity of tube to 39.

Left Dotted Square Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Frame 1– Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with black.
Deselect.
Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Blue circle 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.
Deselect.
Adjust Hue and Saturation – colorize 129  255
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Blue circle 1 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.

Tube – Paste Half tube (I used Tiffany) in centre. Dropshadow.
You can move her a bit later once we’ve done the wordart.

Wordart back – Dropshadow.

Kandi wordart - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer.
Fill ONLY the word “Stupid” with #b82f16
Deselect.
On bottom copy, erase the word Stupid.
Merge all three wordart layers (white back, coloured word, and original layer).

Arrows - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Dropshadow.

Element 10 (orange daisy flower) – Resize 40%.
Paste above Mask layer and slide to centre top. Sharpen.
Duplicate - flip
Dropshadow both.

Element 26 (green circle vine) – Resize 12%. Free rotate left 90.
Paste above bright pink circle 1.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Slide into position over bright pink circle 1.
Dropshadow both.

Element 27 (blue ribbon) – Resize 30% then 70%.
Paste above Frame 1 layer. Slide down and left.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.

 Element 20 (colored flower) – Resize 50% then 70%.
Paste below Blue circle 1 layer.
Sharpen. Duplicate.
In layers palette, move this copy to sit below Blue circle 2 layer.
Duplicate this copy.
 In layers palette, move this copy to sit below Blue circle 3 layer .
Dropshadow all three copies.

Element 16 (white flower) – Resize 20% then 50%.
Paste under wordart layers.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
In layers palette, move to sit above element 27 ribbon.
Dropshadow both.

Element 17 (grasshopper) – Resize 20% then 75%.
Sharpen.
Paste above arrows layer.
Dropshadow.

Element 24 (black checked bow) – Resize 20% then 75%.
Paste above grasshopper layer and slide to right of frame.
Free rotate right 30
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.


Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.



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