GOLDEN MEMORIES PTU

Written by Gwenda on November 15^th 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

I’m very excited to have been asked to be part of the Creative Team for Tessa at Tainted Angel Designs. Thanks Tessa for allowing me to use your lovely kits!

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Blueplate Special, found

HERE

Scrapkit is by Tessa at Tainted Angel Designs. It’s called Golden Memories, and can be purchased from Dzines from the Heart

HERE

Tube of choice. I used A gorgeous tube from Trinita, called New Year. You can purchase these tubes from picsfordesign

HERE

WSL Mask 33 from Wee Scots Lass

HERE

New Image 700 x 700

Fill white

Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all and paste Paper 27 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply WSL Mask33  and merge group.

Stretch mask to all edges.
Duplicate – merge both together.

Duplicate again – merge both together.

Frame 10

Paste above mask layer.

Click inside with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand 5.

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

Deselect.

In layers palette, move paper to sit below frame.

Sharpen paper

Sharpen frame

Dropshadow frame.

Element 23 (icicles)

 Resize 50%

Paste above paper 1 circle, and slide to the top left under the frame.

Erase the overhang on the left.

Sharpen.
DO NOT DROPSHADOW

Tube

If using the same one as me, erase all from the armpit down.

Paste above frame.
Sharpen.
Dropshadow

Element 14 (ribbon cluster)

 Paste above tube layer.

Slide to the bottom.

Dropshadow.

Element 12 (branch)

 Resize 60%

Paste above element 14 layer, and slide to the bottom left corner.

Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror
Dropshadow both.

Element 43 (Red flower)

 Mirror

Resize 45%

Paste above element 12 layers, and slide down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 50 (White flower)

 Resize 40%

Paste above element 43 layer, and slide down.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 87 (Birds on branch)

 Resize 50%

Paste below element 12 layers, and slide left.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 2 (Candles)

 Mirror

Resize 50% then 60%

Paste above element 14 layer, and slide right.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 34 (Baby’s Breath)

 Erase most of stalk, from the joined stem down

Paste above element 12 layers.

Free rotate Left 90

Slide left.

Sharpen.

Duplicate twice. On one copy – Mirror.

On the other copy – Flip.

Slide this down on your tag, to sit under the flowers.

Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow all four copies.

Element 5 (Silver star)

 Resize 30%

Paste above element 14 layers, and slide left.

Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror

Slide this copy far right, a down slightly

Dropshadow

Add any other embellishments of choice.

I added a lovely quote I found that seemed to fit this tag perfectly.

Your choice whether you do that or not J

Close white background and merge visible

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.