SUMMER FTU

Written by Gwenda on January 10^th 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Lucyville, found

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Scrapkit is a lovely Free to Use kit called Summer Citrus by A Space Between.

You can find this kit

HERE

Close up tube of choice. I used Little Angel by VeryMany. You can purchase these tubes

HERE

BP Template 164 by BeckyPs Creations. Look on the right hand side for a list of all her templates.

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Mask of choice – I used WSL4 by Wee Scots Lass

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Open Becky’s template 164

Hold down Shift D to duplicate. Close original.

Resize template 120%, all layers checked.

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Delete credits layer, nine shadow layers, BG Pattern, Circle 1 and Circle 1 Frame.

Click on white background, and fill with white.

Layers – new raster layer.

Fill with #33551d.

Apply mask WSL4

In layers palette, merge group.

Stretch mask to edges.

GREEN DOTS – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection

Deselect.

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 monochrome checked

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Delete template layer.

BLUE DOTS – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection

Deselect.

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 monochrome checked

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Delete template layer.

Element 38 (yellow buds) – Resize 60%. Paste above BLUE DOTS layer. Free rotate left 90. Slide to the left side. Erase the stalk where it shows at the bottom.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Slide back to the left. In layers palette, move this copy up to sit above CIRCLE 4 layer.
Dropshadow both.

STRIP 4 BG – Dropshadow.

STRIP 4 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Delete template layer.

Element 11 (yellow flower) – Mirror. Paste above STRIP 4 layer. Slide to the left.

Dropshadow.

STRIP 3 BG – Dropshadow.

Set foreground color to #33551d and background color to #c9db91  Make foreground gradient 90 degrees with 1 repeat (Darker color should be on the outside)

STRIP 3 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice.

Delete template layer.

STRIP 2 BG – Dropshadow.

STRIP 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice

Delete template layer.

STRIP 1 BG – Dropshadow.

STRIP 1 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with  #33551d

Deselect.

Effects – texture effects – weave with settings 1  6  10, both colors #c9db91  

Give inner bevel of choice

Delete template layer.

RECTANGLE FRAME FILL - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Effects – texture effects – weave with settings 1  6  10, both colors #33551d

RECTANGLE FRAME BACKGROUND - Dropshadow

RECTANGLE FRAME - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Fill with  #33551d

Deselect.

Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 monochrome checked

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Delete template layer.

Element 13 (bush) – Resize 50%.

Paste above Rectangle frame layer. Free rotate Left 90.

Slide to top left of rectangle.

Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror. Move this copy back to the left.

Dropshadow both.

Element 25 (grapes) – Resize 60%.

Paste between the two bush layers. Slide to bottom left.

Dropshadow.

CIRCLE 4 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Element 2 (lime slice) into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen. Dropshadow lime slice

Delete template layer.

(Your top copy of element 13 should be the next layer)

(The layer after that should be the top copy of Element 38)

CIRCLE 4 FRAME– Delete this layer.

CIRCLE 3 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen Paper.

CIRCLE 3 FRAME - Adjust – add noise. Gaussian 50 monochrome checked

Give inner bevel of choice.

Dropshadow.

Element 48 (green ribbon) – Mirror. Flip. Resize 50%. Paste above CIRCLE 3 FRAME. Slide left and down.

Dropshadow.

CIRCLE 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Element 1 (lemon slice) into selection.

Deselect.

Sharpen. Dropshadow lemon slice

Delete template layer.

CIRCLE 2 FRAME– Delete this layer.

Element 16 (yellow hibiscus flower) –Resize 60%. Paste above CIRCLE 2 layer. Slide left and down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 8 (white hibiscus flower) – Flip. Resize 40% then 80%. Paste above Element 16 layer. Slide left and down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Tube – If using the same one as me, resize 60%.

Position as desired.

Dropshadow.

Element 7 (butterfly) – Resize 30%. Paste above Tube layer. Slide into desired position.

Sharpen. Duplicate - mirror

Resize this copy another 80%

Dropshadow both.

Wordart 1 –Resize 40%. Paste above Butterfly layers. Slide to desired position

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 15 (grasshopper) – Resize 50% then 75%. Paste above Wordart layer. Slide up.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 47 (Bird) – Flip. Resize 30% then 80%. Paste above Element 15 layer. Slide to desired position.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 40 (white Rabbit) – Flip. Resize 50% then 80%. Paste above Element 47 layer. Slide to bottom right.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Mirror. Resize copy another 80% and slide to right.

Dropshadow both.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.