NATALIE FTU

Written by Gwenda on 25^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 lovely FTU kit called The Forgotten Tears by Kyra at “With a Russian Dutch Heart”. You can find it

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Valerie by Alex Prihodko. You can purchase this tube from Picsfordesign

HERE

Mask of choice. I used WSL84 from Wee Scots Lass

HERE

NOTE: This is a full size kit.

Open a new canvas 700 x 700

Fill white.

Add new raster layer above the white background.

Selections - select all. Paste Paper 3 into selection..

Deselect.

Apply mask WSL84.

In layers palette merge group.

Stretch mask to all edges.

Drop opacity to 85

Frame – Resize 35%. Paste above mask layer.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Resize top copy 97%

Merge both frames together.

Paste tube above the frame and slide it into the desired position.

Duplicate tube, and move one copy below frame.

Click inside frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand 6.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection. Selections – invert. Click on bottom copy of tube and hit delete.

Deselect.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow frame.

Dropshadow top tube, and erase any at the bottom that you don’t want showing.

In layers palette, arrange the layers so that the paper sits below the bottom tube then the frame above that, then the top tube.

Element 25 (doodle) – Mirror. Resize 25%. Paste above mask layer and slide to the right.
Dropshadow.

Element 15 (Leaves) – Resize 18%. Paste above top tube layer and slide to the left and down.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Slide back to the left & up
Dropshadow both.

Element 13 (Fern) – Mirror. Resize 20%. Paste above element 15 layer and slide to the left.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror and slide left.
Dropshadow both

Element 15 (Leaves) – This time resize the original 30%. Paste above element 13 layer. Free rotate Right 45.

Slide to bottom
Dropshadow.

Element 2 (seed pods) – Resize 20%. Paste above element 15 layer.

Erase stalk and slide to the bottom left corner.

Sharpen. Dropshadow.

Element 5 (Grey Flower) – Resize 25% then 45%. Paste above element 2 layer and slide up and left..

Sharpen. Duplicate Slide right a bit
Dropshadow both

Element 9 (green flower) – Resize 30% then 40%. Paste above element 5 layer and slide to the left and down.

Sharpen. Duplicate twice for three copies.

 On top copy, free rotate Right 90. Slide to the bottom.

On the other copy resize another 75%. Slide down and right a bit. Duplicate – mirror and slide left.

Dropshadow all four copies.

Element 8 (white flowers) – Resize 30% then 80%. Paste under the top (rotated) green flower layer and slide to the bottom left corner.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 27 (Green ribbon) – Resize 20%. Paste above element 8 layer and slide to the bottom.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

(Top copy of green flower should be next)

Element 18 (Lamp) – Resize 40% then 50%. Paste above top copy of element 9 (green flower) and slide to the bottom.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 22 (bird) – Resize 20% then 70%. Paste above element 18 layer and slide to the bottom.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Slide back to the left. Resize this copy another 80%
Dropshadow both.

Element 23 (Butterfly) – Resize 15% then 60%.

. Paste above element 22 and slide to desired position.

Free rotate Right 20..

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Slide to desired position.

Dropshadow both

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name