WILDFLOWERS FTU

Written by Gwenda on January 26^th 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Coventry Garden, found

HERE

Scrapkit is a gorgeous FTU kit called Kindreds Swan by Gimptastic Scraps. You can find this kit

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Springtime by Alex Prihodko.

You can purchase these lovely tubes from picsfordesign

HERE

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.

HERE

Open new canvas size 700 x 700

Fill white

Layers – new raster layer.

Selections – select all. Paste Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask 0mask046

In layers palette, merge group.

Frame 2 – Paste above Mask layer.

Tube – Paste above frame and slide to desired position.
Duplicate tube and move one copy below the frame.

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

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 9 into selection. Selections – invert. Click on bottom copy of tube and hit delete.

Deselect.

Dropshadow top tube, and erase any excess at the bottom.

Dropshadow frame.

Scatter – Paste above top tube layer. Slide to bottom left corner. Duplicate and merge both copies together.

Erase the part on the side where it shows in the centre of the frame.

Dropshadow.

Flower 1 – Paste above scatter and slide to bottom right corner.

Dropshadow

Heart – Paste above flower 1 layer.

Free rotate left 45 and slide to bottom right corner.

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Ribbon 1 – Flip. Resize 80%.

Paste above heart layer and slide to bottom.

Dropshadow

Branch 1 – Paste above ribbon 1 layer.

 Free rotate left 90. Mirror.

Slide to the right.

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Bling – Paste above branch 1 layer and slide to bottom left corner.

Dropshadow

Leaf 1 – Resize 80%. Paste above bling layer and slide to the right.

Sharpen. Duplicate. Free rotate one copy Left 90.

Dropshadow both.

Branch 2 – Erase stalk. Paste above leaf 1 layer.

Free rotate Left 15. Sharpen. Slide to right side.

Duplicate – mirror and slide back to the right.

Dropshadow both.

Branch 3 – Paste above branch 2 layer and slide right.

Dropshadow.

Flower 6 – Paste above branch 3 and slide to bottom right corner.

Duplicate. Free rotate right 90 and position in bottom right corner.

Click back onto the original copy of flowers 6. Using selection tool, draw around a small clump of flowers. In layers palette, right click and promote selection to layer. Deselect.

Resize 85%. Move the selection over to the left.

Dropshadow all flower 6 layers

Add more embellishments if you choose.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.