A DAY IN PARADISE FTU

Written by Gwenda on May 11^th 2013

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Caribbean Caps, found

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Scrapkit is called Pirate Cove by Gimptastic Scraps. This is a great FTU kit full of Piratey elements!

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Tube of choice. I used one by Zlata M, called Wizard, but he looks kind of Piratey to me lol.

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Template 172 by Pooker

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Mask of choice – I used 0Mask 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 Pooker’s Template 172. Shift D to copy, then close original

Delete top credits layer, Pink dotted, Black dotted, Pink arcs, Black dotted, White arcs, Pink Dotted.

Resize template 75%, all layers checked.

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Click on background layer at the bottom and floodfill white

Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all paste Paper 10 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask 0mask 046

In layers palette, merge group.

Flip mask.

GREY RECTANGLES – Resize Paper 7  70% then 80%.

Paste above the Grey Rectangles layer and slide to top left so it covers the top rectangle.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip and merge both together.

Click on Grey rectangles. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – Invert. Click on the paper 7 layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

BLACK RECTANGLES – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow

LT PINK ARCS –  Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 10 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

PINK CIRCLE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow

GREY SHAPE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow

PINK SHAPE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow

WHITE DOTTED – Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow

WHITE SHAPE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow

Tree (from scrapkit) –Paste above White shape layer and slide to the top right corner.

Duplicate – mirror. Resize 80% and slide to the right and down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow both.

In layers palette, move light pink circle above black circle.

Click on black circle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Click on light pink circle and hit delete.

Deselect.

You should be left with a frame. We will come back to that in a minute.

Sand (from scrapkit) – Paste above the black circle layer. Erase the sides a bit, then resize 110% all layers unchecked.

Slide sand to bottom of black circle.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Move bottom copy of sand up a bit.

Water (from scrapkit) - Paste above the sand layers. Erase the sides a bit, then resize 110% all layers unchecked.

Slide water to top of black circle.

Make sure no black is showing through the layers, then merge the two sand and the water layer together.

BLACK CIRCLE –Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on the merged sand/water layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

LIGHT PINK CIRCLE FRAME –Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice.
Dropshadow.

Grass (from scrapkit) – Paste above light pink circle frame and slide to bottom right corner.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Trunk (from scrapkit) – Resize 70%. Paste above light pink circle frame and slide to bottom right corner.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Tube – If using the same tube as me, Mirror, and resize 80%.

Paste above trunk layer and slide into position.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Parrot (from scrapkit) – Resize 50%.

Carefully erase the tree trunk.

Paste above tube layer and slide right and down.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Bags (from scrapkit) – Resize 70%. Paste above parrot layer and slide to bottom.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Log (from scrapkit) – Paste above bags layer and slide to bottom left corner..
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Anchor (from scrapkit) – Resize 75%.

Paste above log layer and slide right and down.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Rolled Paper (from scrapkit) – Resize 60% then 90%.

Paste above parrot layer. Free rotate right 30 and slide to bottom right.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Coconut (from scrapkit) – Resize 65%

Paste above rolled paper layer. Slide to bottom.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Seagull (from scrapkit) – Resize 50% then 85%

Paste above coconut layer. Slide to centre.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.