Written by Gwenda on September 7th 2011
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental
You will need:
Font of choice – I used Londonderry Air
Scrapkit called A Little Birdy Told Me by Wicked Princess Scraps – part of a gorgeous FTU collab kit.
Tube of choice. I used Jenn close up by Keith Garvey. This tube was purchased through MPT, but his work can now be found at PTE
Mask of choice – I used WSL33
New raster layer 700x700.
Fill with white.
Layer – new raster layer. Selections – select all. Paste Paper 11 into selection. Deselect.
Apply WSL mask 33
Merge group.
Stretch mask to edges. Duplicate mask & merge 2 together.
Cloud – Resize 30% and paste in centre of canvas. Free rotate left 15. Sharpen
Mura meister copies – encircle. Change top 3 settings to 8 65 65 and leave rest at default. Dropshadow
Click inside the frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand by 2
Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 4 into selection. Deselect. Sharpen paper. Move under frame
Banner – Resize 80%. Stretch out to sides. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Pearl Blossom – Resize 30%. Sharpen
Paste under banner at right. Duplicate – mirror.
Go back to original and duplicate again. Move this layer under the other two, and move down a bit so all you can see is the leaf. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow all 4, and erase any bits that are peeking out at the bottom of the banner.
Flowerspray2 – Resize 50% and place over banner to the left a bit. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Rose cluster – Resize 40% then 85%. Sharpen. Duplicate - mirror. Dropshadow both.
Lanterns – Resize 50%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Doodlebow – Resize 40% Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Tube. - Position under the banner layer. Duplicate, and move one copy up to top in layers palette. Remove any excess you don’t want to be seen. Dropshadow top tube only.
Birdhouse2 – position on right. Dropshadow
Birdcage – Resize 70% then 80%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Teapot – Resize 25%. Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Teacup – Resize 20% Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Bird – Resize 50% then 40%. Sharpen Position as desired.
Duplicate – mirror. Dropshadow both.
I added some words at this point but that’s up to you
Crop & resize if desired.
Add copyrights and name.
Hope you had fun!
