My Prince Has Come

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "My Prince Has Come" by DMK Designs which can be purchased from Creative Scraps, Simply Beautiful Scraps and TKO Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Suzanne Richards which can be purchased from CILM

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

Chain (supplied)

Rainbow (supplied)

Plugin: Penta.com / Dot and Cross

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Font of choice - I am using Pharmacy

 

My Supplies here

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new blank canvas 600 x 600 flood filled white

 

Open Paper10 and resize it to 500 x 500 then minimise

 

In your Materials Palette find the paper patten and select it as your background
Keep your Foreground null

 

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool and set it to Ellipse
Hold down your Shift key and draw out a circle
(Holding shift ensures the circle is drawn symmetrical)
Objects / Align / Centre in Canvas
Convert to Raster Layer

 

Paste Frame06 as new layer
Resize by 36%
Position below and behind Circle layer

 

Duplicate
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur
Radius - 20.00
Repeat

 

Image / Flip and re-position behind frame

 

Now activate your Circle layer and add a drop shadow:
H & V - 2
Opacity - 40
Blur - 15.00
Colour - #000000

 

Repeat but change the H & V to -2

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste Clouds as new layer
Resize by 40% and place in position

 

Paste Button05 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position towards lower left

 

Paste FrogPrince as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position in the lower right
(these can be rearranged once tube is in place)

 

Paste AcrylicDoodle03 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position to the left in the cloud

 

Paste FilledHeart as new layer
Resize by 5%
Position to the right below the cloud

 

Paste Chain (supplied) as new layer
Resize by 30%
Move it down a layer and attach it to the heart
Activate the Heart layer again then
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Move this layer below the cloud so the chain tucks underneath it

 

Paste Flower01 and Flower02 as new layers
Resize by 20% each and position beneath the frog

 

Add a drop shadow to each flower:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 15
Blur - 5.00
Colour #000000

 

Add the same drop shadow to the frog but change the opacity to 25

 

You should now have something like this

Now crop and resize

 

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Add your tube of choice and resize as necessary
Apply a drop shadow as above

 

Paste a frame from the Rainbow.psp file (supplied) beneath your tube
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian
Radius - 5.00

 

Duplicate then set blend mode to Hard Light
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Select your Eraser Tool with the following settings:

 

Then carefully erase the excess rainbow from the bottom and soften the edge to it at the top

 

Now activate your blurred background layer below the frame
Effects / Plugins / Penta.com / Dot and Cross
Default settings
Repeat

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Pharmacy
Set your background to a colour matching your tube - I used #56a570

 

Type out your name
Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow
Glow width - 3.00
Soft Corners - 25
Opacity - 100
Setting - Fat

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #000000

 

Add your copyright, licence (if applicable) and watermark and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::St!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 21st February 2009
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