Written by Gwenda on October 20th
2012
Any similarity to any other tutorial
is purely coincidental
You will need:
Font of choice – I used 1 Snappy DNA,
found
Scrapkit is a Pay to Use kit called Dreams
of Yesterday by Nika of Devilish Designz.
Thank you Nika – I love the colours
in this one!
You can visit Nika’s site and
purchase this kit
Close up tube of choice. I used Show
Off by Keith Garvey. I bought this tube at PTE, but you can now buy them from
Keith’s store
Mask of choice – I used WSL4
Template 5 by Bev at
HorseplaysPasture. You can find that
Open Bev’s Template 5. Copy, and
close original.
Resize template 110%, all layers
checked.
Image – Canvas size 700 x 700
Fill background with white.
Delete copyright layer, and flower 1
and 2.
Layers – new raster layer.
Selections – select all. Paste Paper
4 into selection.
Deselect.
Apply mask WSL4
In layers palette, merge group.
Stretch mask to all edges.
Duplicate and merge both mask layers together
Circle – Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.
Layers – new raster layer – paste paper 7 into
selection. DO NOT DESELECT.
** Selections – modify – expand 4. Layers – new
raster layer. Fill with #353229.
Deselect.
Delete template layer. Sharpen paper.
Now, in layers palette, move the dark circle above
the paper one.
Click on the paper circle. Selections – select all.
Selections – float. Selections – defloat. Click on the dark circle and hit
delete.
Deselect.
You will be left with a frame which should be sitting
above the paper circle.
Add noise to this frame. Adjust – add noise Gaussian
50 monochrome checked.
Dropshadow. **
Rectangle 1 – Paper 11 into Selection. Repeat
the steps above from ** to **
Rectangle 2 – Paper 5 into Selection. Repeat
the steps above from ** to **
Rectangle 3 – Paper 9 into Selection. Repeat
the steps above from ** to **
Set foreground colour to #353229 and
background to #9b9275. Make background gradient 0 degrees with 1 repeat.
(darker colour should be on the outside)
Rectangle 4 –. Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.
Layers – new raster layer. Fill with gradient. Repeat the steps above from ** to **
Tube – Position with the bottom of the
tube lined up with the bottom of Rectangle 4.
Dropshadow tube.
Element 58
(butterflies) –
Paste as new layer above mask, and slide down to the bottom. Dropshadow.
Element 38 (pearl
spiral) – Resize
60%. Paste above butterflies and slide up to right corner. (you can always
rearrange these layers later if you want to).
Dropshadow.
Element 51 (corn
stalk) – Resize
70%. Paste above paper 9 frame. Free rotate left 90 and position as shown. Dropshadow.
Leave the resized cornstalk open –
you will need it again shortly J
Element 56 (flowers) – Resize 70% twice.
Position under Rectangle 4 layer and
slide to the right.
Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror and
slide up a bit.
Dropshadow both.
Element 21 (bead wire) – Resize 50% and paste beneath the
tube. Slide into position with little bead on the corner of the rectangle.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 54 (dark
leaves) – Mirror.
Resize 60% and position above tube on the right.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 27 (leafy
stalk) – Resize
40%. Sharpen. Position above dark leaves on right. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.
Element 51 (corn
stalk) – copy
resized corn stalk again. Position above element 27 on right. Erase part of the
stem if you want to. Sharpen. Duplicate – mirror.
Dropshadow both.
Element 61
(paintbrush) –
Resize 75% then 80%. Free rotate right 90.
Sharpen. Dropshadow.
Element 42 (white
flower) – Resize
20% then 30%. Sharpen. Position as desired. Duplicate - mirror a couple of times and move where you
want them.
Dropshadow all.
Add any other embellishments of
choice.
Crop & resize if desired.
Add copyrights and name.
