Written by Gwenda on August 13th 2011
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental
You will need:
Font of choice – I used Tara Type, found
Lovely purple kit called Aquarius by Stacey at Stacey’s Designs. This is FTU and can be found
Tube of choice. I used Bloody Bride by Eugene Rzhevskii. His work can be found at Pics for Design
Mask of choice – I used 0Mask 046 LT
I’m unsure where I got this from, so I have attached it here for you.
If it’s yours, please let me know and I will either remove it, or give the appropriate credit.
Missy tag template 401 which can be found
Open Missy Template 401. Shift D to copy, then close original
Delete raster 1 ( copyright ).
Delete wordart shadow layer
Image – canvas size 700 x 700
Open background layer at the bottom and floodfill white
Layers – new raster layer. Selections – select all paste Paper 6 into selection.
Deselect.
Apply mask Omask46Lt
Merge group and drop mask opacity to 68
Make foreground colour #22081d and background colour #b497c1.
Create background gradient angle 0 and 1 repeat.
Use this gradient to fill the 2 hot pink square layers.
Delete template layers.
Merge 2 gradient-filled squares together.
Selections – float – defloat.
Selections – modify – expand by 4
Layers – new raster layer – fill white.
Deselect.
I like to create a frame effect with mine – this is how I did it:
Make sure white squares are on top of gradient filled ones.
Click on coloured squares. Selections – float – defloat.
Click on white squares and hit delete.
Deselect.
Click on white frame and give a light inner bevel.
Dropshadow frame
For all other template layers, the following applies:
Selections – float – defloat.
Layer – new raster layer – paste paper into selection. Select none. Sharpen
From bottom:
Rectangle ( pale pink larger one ) – Paper 5.
Duplicate this and flip. Merge together.
Apply tramages – toe the line on default settings.
Dropshadow.
Rectangle ( hot pink one ) – Paper 9.
Move to the left a bit
Dropshadow
Merge Circle 1 and Circle 2 layers together – Paper 11
Apply the same frame effect as on gradient squares.
Rectangle (smaller pale pink one ) – Adjust Hue & Saturation 222 99
Effects – texture effects – blinds. Width 4, opacity 40. Both boxes checked. Colour #34172e
Inner bevel. Dropshadow
Copy & paste tube, and place over square 2 ( black one ). Image – mirror
Click on square 2. Selections – float – defloat – selections invert.
Click on tube layer and tap delete. Deselect.
Drop shadow tube layer. Reduce opacity to 60.
Square 2 back. Treat this the same way you did the other white “frame” layers.
Wordart – Adjust Hue & Saturation 222 99
Dropshadow
Doodle 1 – Resize 50%. Position over gradient squares on left. Duplicate – mirror - flip
Inner bevel & dropshadow both.
Amethyst & Diamond bracelet – Resize 76%
Place under smaller rectangle.
Sharpen. Dropshadow
Full butterfly 1 – Resize 30% then 40%
Free rotate left 20. Sharpen
Duplicate – Mirror and place as desired.
Dropshadow
Paste main tube to the left and dropshadow.
Add any other embellishments of choice.
Crop & resize if desired.
Add copyrights and name.
