ROCKIN BLUES FTU

Written by Gwenda on April 12^th 2013

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Alba Matter, found

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Scrapkit is a lovely kit by Donnas Digital Designs called After the Rain.

This kit was PTU, but Donna is no longer selling her kits, so I have included it for you.

You can download it

HERE

Tubes of choice. I used Rocker by Pinuptoons. You can purchase these tubes from CDO

HERE

Mask of choice – I used WSL84 by Wee Scots Lass

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Template by Twyztedts playroom. I used Hearts-on-ice temp 1. You can download this

HERE

Open Hearts-on-ice temp 1.

Copy, and close original

Delete raster 15 (credits), raster 14 shadow 1, raster 13 shadow 1, raster 11 shadow 1, raster 12 shadow 1, raster 10 shadow 1, Raster 5 hearts

Resize all 90%

Image – canvas size 700 x 600

Click on white layer at the bottom and floodfill white

NOTE: Resize all papers 20% before using them J

Click on white background layer.

Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all. Paste Paper 2 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply Mask WSL84.

In layers palette merge group.
Stretch mask to edges.

Starting from the bottom.

04 Flower branch (from kit) – Resize 15%.

Paste above mask layer and slide down and to the right.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

25 stencil arch (from kit) – Resize 30%.

Paste above flower branch layer and slide up.

Effects – edge effects – enhance more.

Duplicate – flip.
Dropshadow both.

Raster 8 (large blue circle) – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Delete template layer.

Raster 10 (large blue circle frame) – Adjust – add noise uniform 80

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Raster 9 (two small circles) – Resize Paper 14 by another 70% (assuming you have already resized 20%). Paste above the Raster 9 layer. Sharpen.

Click on Raster 9 layer. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.

Click on Paper 14 and hit delete.

 Deselect.

Sharpen.

Delete template layer.

Raster 12 (two small circles frames) – Adjust – add noise uniform 80

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Raster 7 (three rectangles) – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Delete template layer.

Raster 6 (two circles) – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Delete template layer

Raster 11 (two circles frames) – Adjust – add noise uniform 80

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

10 flower 4 (from kit) – Resize 50% twice.

Paste above raster 11 frames layer and slide left.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

Raster 3 (long rectangle) – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Delete template layer

Raster 13(long rectangle frame) – Adjust – add noise uniform 80

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow

29 string wreath (from kit) – Resize 35& then 55%.

Paste above raster 13 frame layer and slide up and left.

Sharpen. Erase the string ends, but leave most of the ribbon.

Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

Raster 4 (three small rectangles) – Adjust Hue & Saturation – Colorize 121   127.

Paste tube above layer and slide right.

Click on raster 4. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.

Click on tube and hit delete.

Duplicate tube. On bottom copy, Layers – properties – luminance legacy. On top copy, drop opacity to 55.

Raster 14 (three rectangles frames) – Adjust – add noise uniform 80

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow

03 pin (from kit) – Resize 20% then 70%.

Paste above raster 14 frames layer and slide down and left..

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

18 bird (from kit) – Resize 20% then 40%.

Paste above 03 pin layer and slide into position..

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

09 flower 3 (from kit) – Resize 50% then 35%.

Paste above bird layer and slide down and left..

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip.
Dropshadow both.

Main tube – Paste above 09 flower 3 layer and position as desired.

Dropshadow.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.