CHRISTMAS IN RED FTU

Written by Gwenda on December 22^nd 2013

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Mistral, found

HERE

Scrapkit is Christmas Rouge - a lovely FTU kit by MixTeeques

You can download this kit

HERE

Tube of choice. I used For Santa, by Keith Garvey

You can purchase these beautiful tubes through his store

HERE

Template is by number 182 Pooker. You can download this

HERE

Mask of Choice. I used WSL4 by Wee Scots Lass

HERE

Open template 182.

Copy, and close original

Delete top four layers (Credits, black dotted, pink square and white square).

There are a couple of other layers to be deleted, but it’s easier to deal with those as we get to them.

Resize 75%, all layers checked.

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Click on BackGround at the bottom and floodfill white

Start from the bottom.

Add new raster layer on top of white background. Fill with #afb194.

 Layers – load/save mask WSL4

Merge group.

Pull mask out to sides.

Element 44 (star scatter) – Resize 60%.

Paste above mask layer and slide to top right.
Duplicate – mirror. Merge both star layers together.

Duplicate – flip.

Dropshadow both.

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

Deselect.

Close off template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

PINK RECTANGLES – Resize Paper 9 40% then 70%. Paste above Pink Rectangles layer. Slide down to cover bottom rectangle.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror – flip. Merge both together.

Click on Pink Rectangles. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on Paper 9 layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close off template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

WHITE DOTTED - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

BLACK CIRCLE – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 6 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen.

Close template layer.

Element 48 (frame) – Resize 76%. Paste above black circle layer.

Dropshadow.

WHITE DOTTED – DELETE THIS LAYER.

WHITE CIRCLE - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen.

Close template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

PINK CIRCLES – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 6 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen.

Close template layer.

WHITE CIRCLES – Resize Paper 3 30%. Paste above White circles layer. Slide left to cover circle.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror and merge both together.

Click on White Circles. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on Paper 3 layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close off template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

WHITE DOTTED – DELETE THIS LAYER.

Element 48 (frame) – Resize 76% (from original size). Paste above white circles layer. Duplicate. Close off one copy for now. Slide the other copy left over the left circle. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

PINK SQUARES – Resize Paper 9 20%. Paste above pink squares layer. Slide left to cover left square.

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

Click on Pink Squares. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on Paper 9 layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close off template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow

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

Deselect.

Sharpen.

Close template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

LT PINK SHAPES – DELETE THIS LAYER.

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

Deselect.

Effects – texture effects – weave, with settings 1,  6,  30,  both colors white..

Close template layer.

Dropshadow.

In layers palette, find the copy of element 48 frame that you closed off earlier.

Re-open it, and in layers palette, move above the Grey Circle layer.

Dropshadow element 48 frame.

WHITE DOTTED –  Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

BLACK SQUARES - Resize Paper 8 25%. Paste above Black squares layer. Slide left and up , so the bottom left corner of the paper aligns with bottom left corner of template.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror and merge both together.

Click on Black squares. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on Paper 8 layer and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close off template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Element 4 (red bow with ribbon)) – Resize 50% twice. Paste above black squares layer. Slide into position (see mine).

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Give both an inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow both.

Element 14 (Branch) – Resize 50%. Paste above element 4 layer. Slide left.

Sharpen. Duplicate – Mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Element 36 (holly) – Resize 20%. Paste above element 14 layer.

Slide to the left and position as desired.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Element 11 (Silver gold flower) – Resize 30% then 75%. Paste above element 36 layer. Slide left.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Element 41 (bird) – Resize 30% then 50%. Paste above element 11 layer Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 36 (gingerbread man) – Resize 40%. Paste above element 41 layer .

Slide to left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 9 (gifts) – Resize 50%. Paste above element 36 layer

Slide to bottom right corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 6 (gift) – Resize 50%. Paste above element 9 layer

Slide to bottom right.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 5 (gift) – Resize 60%. Paste above element 6 layer

Slide to bottom left corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 7 (gift) – Resize 30%. Paste above element 5 layer

Slide to bottom left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 8 (gift) – Resize 20%. Paste above element 7 layer

Slide to bottom right corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 46 (dangling stars) – Resize 50%. Paste above element 8 layer

Slide left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

To add text on a curve:

Set foreground to a colour you can easily see, stroke width 1 or 2. Set background to null.

Draw a circle using the ellipse tool, to the size you want.

Objects – align – centre in canvas. Adjust size if necessary, but realign again if you do.

Layers – new raster layer

Set your foreground and background to the colours you want to use, and select the text you will be using.

Hover over the circle near the top, and you should see +A. Once you get close to the circle line, it should change to +A on an angle with a half-circle under it.

Sounds a bit confusing, but if you follow the steps properly, you will see what I mean.

Once you see the +A change to the angle, you can click and start typing.

You will see your words appear on a curve.

To centralize them, click at the beginning of the words in your text box and hit the space bar a few times to move them into position.

Once you have applied the text, you cannot change the spacing of it, so make sure you get it right at this point!

When you have finished your words, click Apply.

Add dropshadow if you wish.

Now – most importantly, remember to close off the coloured circle by clicking the little eye in the layer palette.

Tube – Paste as top layer.
Dropshadow.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.