BE THANKFUL FTU

Written by Gwenda on November 15^th 2013

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 a lovely FTU kit called Being Thankful. It is part of a collab and this part is by Scraps Dimensions  

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Template 198 by BeckyP’s Creations

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Tube of choice. I used A Lady’s Braids by Janice Darr Cua.. These lovely tubes are free to use. You can visit her site

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I have included this tube for you

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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 Template 198. Shift D to copy.

Close original.

Resize 105%, all layers checked.

Image – Canvas Size 700 x 700

Fill with white.

Delete credit layer and three shadow layers.

We will be deleting a few others as we come to them.

Set foreground to #29210b and background to #8d1605. Make background gradient 0 degrees with 3 repeats.

Layers – new raster layer.

Fill with gradient.

Apply mask 0Mask 46

In layers palette, merge group.

Starting from the bottom. Scrapkit items in lower case, Template layers in Capitals. 

Element 12 (tree) – Resize 70%. Paste above mask layer and slide right and up.

Erase trunk and position so the sides and top peek out.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

CIRCLE BG – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

CIRCLE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Sharpen Paper

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

RECTANGLE  BG – Delete this Layer.

RECTANGLE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 with monochrome box checked

Add inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow

2 RECTANGLES BG – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

Set foreground color to #29210b and background color to #d2ab10 

Make background gradient 90 degrees with 3 repeats.

2 RECTANGLES - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with Gradient.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Element 15 0 Resize 60%.

Paste above 2 RECTANGLES layer. Slide to right and up.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip.

Dropshadow both.

3 STRIPS BG – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

Set foreground color to #29210b and background color to #856c0d 

Make background gradient 90 degrees with 5 repeats.

3 STRIPS - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with Gradient.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

2 STRIPS BG – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Dropshadow.

2 STRIPS - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 with monochrome box checked

Add inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow

SQUARE FRAME FILL - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colorize. H=30 S= 148

Sharpen Paper

Tube – Paste above SQUARE FRAME FILL layer and slide into position with the bottom of the tube sitting at the bottom of the square.

Duplicate tube.

In layers palette, move one copy up to sit above the SMALL SQUARE FRAME layer.

Dropshadow top tube only.

Erase any showing below the frame.

LARGE SQUARE FRAME – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Element 7 (Frame with berries) – Resize 40%. Paste above LARGE SQUARE FRAME layer and slide left and down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

2 CIRCLE FRAME FILL - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Sharpen.

2 CIRCLE FRAME – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b.

Deselect.

Delete template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

SQUARE FRAME FILL - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Delete template layer.

Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colorize. H=30 S= 148

Effects – edge effects – enhance.

SMALL SQUARE FRAME - - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – modify – contract 2. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with #29210b

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice. Merge color down to black frame.

Dropshadow.

Top copy of your tube should be the next layer.

Element 22 (yellow flower) – Resize 40% then 50%.

Paste over Tube layer and slide to bottom left.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Slide to the right.

Dropshadow both.

Element 11 (trunk) – Resize 50% then 70%.

Paste over element 22 layers and slide to bottom right.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 14 (dandelion) – Resize 40%.

Paste above element 11 layer and slide to bottom left.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Mirror. Resize this one 80% and slide to the left.

Dropshadow both.

Element 26 (Mushrooms) – Resize 35% then 50%.

Paste above element 14 layers and slide to bottom left.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 1 (cornucopia) – Resize 40%.

Paste above element 26 layer and slide to bottom left

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 13 (bird) – Resize 30% then 65%.

Paste above element 1 layer and slide to bottom centre

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Resize 80% and place on the trunk. Duplicate this again and slide up

Dropshadow all three

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.