MASKED AND MYSTERIOUS FTU

Written by Gwenda on August 1^st 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Toledo, found

HERE

Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit by Scraps Dimensions called Autumn Eve

You can download it

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Mask6 by Brooke Gillette. You can purchase these lovely tubes from Artistic Dreams Imaging

HERE

Mask of choice – I used two.

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

0Mask011

I’m not sure where I got this mask, so I have supplied it. Please let me know if this is yours, and I will either remove, or supply credits.

HERE

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Fill white.

Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all. Paste Paper 4 into selection. DO NOT DESELECT

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection

Deselect.

To Paper 4, apply 0Mask 046.

In layers palette merge group.

Duplicate mask – mirror and merge both copies together.

Duplicate again and merge.

To Paper 2, apply 0Mask 011.

In layers palette merge group.

Stretch mask to all edges.

Merge both masks together, so they are on one layer.

Wired Frame – Resize 850%. Paste above mask layer and slide down. Sharpen.

Using selection tool, draw around the outside of the frame.

Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.
Deselect.

In layers palette, move paper to sit below frame.
Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow frame.

Tree3 – Resize 75% twice. Paste above frame layer and slide to bottom right corner.
Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror. Resize this copy another 80%
Dropshadow both.

Weeds – Resize 50%. Paste above tree3 layers and slide to far left.
Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Tube – If using the same one as me, resize 70% then 60%.

I erased parts of the left side, to get rid of the “cut off” look.

Paste above weeds layer and slide up.
Sharpen.

Duplicate – merge both tube layers together
Dropshadow.

Sunflower – Resize 15%.

Paste below the tube layer and slide to bottom left.

Sharpen.
Duplicate, and slide this copy up

Dropshadow both.

Leaves – Mirror. Resize 50% then 80%.

Paste above tube and slide to bottom center.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Acorns – Resize 40% then 80%.

Paste above leaves layer and slide to the bottom left.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Branch – Resize 50%.

Paste above acorns layer and slide to the right
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Basket – Resize 55%.

Paste above branch layer and slide to the bottom right corner.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Dry Grass – Resize 60%.

Paste above basket layer and slide to the bottom right corner.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Sunflower2 – Resize 20%.

Paste above dry grass layer and slide to the bottom right.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Mushrooms – Resize 50%.

Paste above sunflower2 layer and slide to the bottom right.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

String bow – Resize 70%.

Paste above mushrooms layer.

Free rotate Left 15 and slide to the bottom right.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.

Butterfly1 – Resize 30%. Paste above string bow layer.

Sharpen.

Position as desired. Duplicate – mirror.

Resize this copy another 80%

Dropshadow both.

Add any other embellishments of choice.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.