BE MINE FTU

Written by Gwenda on 18^th January 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Eras Bold ITC, found

HERE

Scrapkit is a cute little FTU kit called Bling a Link by Bubbles Dreams. You can find it

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Be Mine by Keith Garvey. You can purchase this tube

HERE

Mask of choice. I used two.   

0Mask046 and 0Mask011 LT.

I am unsure where I got these masks, so if they are yours, please let me know and I will add credits.

The masks are included in my supplies, with the wordart for this tutorial.

HERE

Open a new canvas 700 x 700

Fill white.

Add new raster layer above the white background.

Selections - select all. Paste Paper 12 into selection..

Deselect.

Duplicate Paper 12 layer.

On bottom copy, apply mask 0Mask046.

In layers palette merge group.

Duplicate - mirror

Merge both mask layers together.

On top copy of Paper 12, apply mask 0Mask011LT.

In layers palette merge group.

Merge 0mask11 layer down to 0mask46 layer.

Cluster Frame – Resize 70%. Paste above mask layer and slide to top right corner.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Merge both together. Duplicate again and merge both together.
Dropshadow.

Triple Frame – Paste above Cluster frame layer and slide towards the top.

Duplicate frame. On bottom copy, resize 65%. Slide to the left and down slightly.

Free rotate Left 45. Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Paste close up of your tube under the larger frame and slide it into the desired position.

Click inside larger frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand 4.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection. Selections – invert. Click on tube and hit delete.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow large frame.

In layers palette, arrange the layers so that the tube sits between the paper and the frame.

Duplicate tube. On bottom layer, Layers – Properties – luminance legacy. Drop opacity to 22.

On top copy, drop opacity to 22. Dropshadow top copy of tube.

Curtain – Resize 40% and paste under small frame on the left.

Click inside small left frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand 4.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection. Selections – invert. Click on curtain and hit delete.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper. Duplicate – mirror.

Sharpen curtain. Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow both curtain layers and both small frames.

In layers palette, arrange the layers so that the curtain sits between the paper and the frame.

Leaves 2 – Paste above cluster frame layer (under small frame paper fill).

Free rotate Right 90. Slide down and right.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Doodle pink touch – Paste above small frame layers and slide to bottom right corner. Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Cushion - Paste above doodle layers. Slide right so it just peeks out from under the large frame.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.

Dropshadow both.

Wordart – Paste above Cushion layers and slide up. Dropshadow

(If you want to make your own words, follow the instruction below “To add Text on a curve”)

Charm – Resize 75%. Paste above wordart layer and slide left.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Bow diamond – Paste above charm layer and slide right. Dropshadow.

Main tube – Paste as top layer and slide into desired position.

Dropshadow

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.

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.