PROUD AS A PEACOCK FTU

Written by Gwenda on November 1^st 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Blue Plate Special

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Tube of choice. I used Paris by Alex Prihodko. These tubes can be purchased from Picsfordesigns

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Scrapkit is called Peacocks Pride, by Russian Dutch Heart. This beautiful FTU kit can be downloaded

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Mask of choice  

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.

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Note: This is a full size kit, so papers and elements are large. I resized all papers 20% before using them, unless stated otherwise. Element resizing is shown at each step

Open a new image 700 x 700

Fill white.

Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all.

Paste Paper 6 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask.

In layers palette, merge group.

Duplicate mask. Mirror

Merge both mask copies.

Frame 2

Resize 30%

Paste above mask layer.

Free rotate Right 90 and slide up

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

Resize Paper 11 20%, then 60%

Paste below the frame layer.

Free rotate paper Right 90 and slide to sit under the frame. Line up the top of the paper with the top of the frame.

Carefully erase the paper showing at the bottom of the frame.

Element 37 (Starburst)

Resize 30%

Paste above Paper 11.
Sharpen.

DO NOT DROPSHADOW

Tube

If using the same one as me, Shift D to duplicate tube, and close original (we are going to be changing colors and don’t want to risk spoiling it)

Close off all layers of the tube except Girl, Brooch and Black

Click on the black layer. Adjust – Hue & Saturation – Colorize H= 132  S=118

Your tube should now be wearing a dark teal dress like mine.

In layers palette, right click and merge visible your tube..

Shift D to duplicate. Minimise one copy for now

On the other copy, Mirror.

Erase the bottom half of the tube, from her shoulder down.

Paste this tube above the Element 37 layer and slide into position on the right.

Click on the Paper 11 rectangle. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert. Click on your tube and hit delete.

Deselect.

Dropshadow tube.

Layers – properties – Luminance Legacy
Drop opacity of tube to 60

Element 29 (Mask)

Resize 30%

Paste above Tube layer.
Sharpen.

Element 3 (Blue feather flower)

Resize 20% then 70%

Paste above Element 29.

Slide down to the bottom of the frame
Sharpen.

Duplicate. Resize 50%. Sharpen.

Duplicate this one again for two small copies.

Slide top copy to the bottom of the tag.

On the other smaller copy, slide to the left center of your tag.

Dropshadow all three copies.

Element 14 (Ivy)

Resize 30%

Paste between the two smaller flower layers.
Sharpen.

Slide this down and to the left.
Duplicate – flip.

Slide this down and to the right.

Dropshadow both.

Remember – you can always rearrange layers once you have all your elements pasted.

Element 8 (Feather)

Resize 30% then 70%

Paste above ivy layers

Free rotate Left 35 and slide to the far left.

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

Element 27 (Flask)

Mirror

Resize 25%

Paste above Feather layer.

Slide to the bottom right
Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 20 (Ribbon)

Mirror. Flip

Resize 30%

Paste above Flask layer.

Slide to the bottom right corner
Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 25 (Lantern)

Resize 30% then 75%

Paste above ribbon layer.

Slide to the bottom right
Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 28 (Peacock)

Resize 20%

Paste above Lantern layer.

Slide to the bottom right
Sharpen.

Dropshadow

When you are happy with the placement of your ribbon, lantern, flask and peacock layers, go back to your ribbon layer and duplicate.

In layers palette, move one copy up to sit above the peacock layer.

On this ribbon copy, erase the part that cuts across the lantern.

Your top copy of the smaller blue feather flower should be next

Finally, re-open the minimized copy of your full colored tube.

Resize 55%

Paste as top layer, and slide to the bottom left corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Add any other embellishments if you want to.

Crop & resize if desired.

Add copyrights and name.