Written by Gwenda on March 8th
2013
Any similarity to any other tutorial
is purely coincidental
You will need:
Font of choice – I used Problem
Secretary, found
Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit by A
Space Between called Backyard Friends
You can download it
3 Tubes of choice. I used Pack 51 by
Jamie Kidd. You can purchase these beautiful tubes from CDO
Mask of choice – I used 0Mask046 LT
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.
Template 81 by Kandikissez
Open Template 81 by Kandikissez.
Copy, and close original
Delete credits, and brackets layers
Resize all 95%
Image – canvas size 700 x 700
Click on white layer at the bottom and floodfill
white
NOTE: Resize all papers 18% before using!
Set foreground color to #00c9ceand background to
black.
Make BG gradient 0 degrees with 1 repeat (you want
the black at top and bottom).
Click on white background layer.
Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient.
Apply 0Mask 046.
In layers palette merge group.
Duplicate – mirror and merge both together.
Duplicate – mirror and merge both together.
Duplicate again and merge both together.
Starting from the bottom layer
Black Strip – Paste Paper
4 (resized 18%) above the black strip layer.
Click on black strip layer. Selections – select all. Selections
– float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on Paper 4 and hit delete.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.
Light pink circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.
Bright pink circle 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow.
Delete template layer.
Bright pink circle 1 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 8 into selection.
Deselect.
Effects – edge effects – enhance.
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Blue circle 3 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Left Black Square– Position close up tube (I used Georgia
Click on black left square. Selections – select all. Selections
– float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on tube and hit delete.
Deselect.
Drop opacity of tube to 39.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Frame 2– Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with black.
Deselect.
Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Right Black Square– Position close up tube (I used Carla)
Click on black left square. Selections – select all. Selections
– float. Selections – defloat. Selections – invert.
Click on tube and hit delete.
Deselect.
Drop opacity of tube to 39.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Frame 1– Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Fill with black.
Deselect.
Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Blue circle 2 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 3 into selection.
Deselect.
Adjust Hue
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Blue circle 1 – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Give inner bevel of choice. Dropshadow
Delete template layer.
Tube – Paste Half tube (I used Tiffany) in centre. Dropshadow.
You can move her a bit later once we’ve done the
wordart.
Wordart back – Dropshadow.
Kandi wordart - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer.
Fill ONLY the word “Stupid” with #b82f16
Deselect.
On bottom copy, erase the word Stupid.
Merge all three wordart layers (white back, coloured
word, and original layer).
Arrows - Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections
– defloat. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 7 into selection.
Deselect.
Sharpen
Dropshadow.
Element 10 (orange daisy flower) – Resize 40%.
Paste above Mask layer and slide to centre top.
Sharpen.
Duplicate - flip
Dropshadow both.
Element 26 (green circle vine) – Resize 12%. Free rotate left 90.
Paste above bright pink circle 1.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Slide into position over bright pink circle 1.
Dropshadow both.
Element 27 (blue ribbon) – Resize 30% then 70%.
Paste above Frame 1 layer. Slide down and left.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 20 (colored flower) – Resize
50% then 70%.
Paste below Blue circle 1 layer.
Sharpen. Duplicate.
In layers palette, move this copy to sit below Blue
circle 2 layer.
Duplicate this copy.
In layers
palette, move this copy to sit below Blue circle 3 layer .
Dropshadow all three copies.
Element 16 (white flower) – Resize 20% then 50%.
Paste under wordart layers.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
In layers palette, move to sit above element 27
ribbon.
Dropshadow both.
Element 17 (grasshopper) – Resize 20% then 75%.
Sharpen.
Paste above arrows layer.
Dropshadow.
Element 24 (black checked bow) – Resize 20% then 75%.
Paste above grasshopper layer and slide to right of
frame.
Free rotate right 30
Sharpen.
Dropshadow.
Add any other embellishments of choice.
Crop & resize if desired.
Add copyrights and name.
