When Irish Eyes are Smiling

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Just My Luck" by Pimp'd Designs which can be purchased from Paradise 4 Scrappers

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Barbara Jensen which can be purchased from her site

Template #20 by Pookers Creations

WSL_Mask33 by Chelle

Fonts of choice - I am using PattyDay and Bello Script (which are pay fonts)

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open Pooker's Template and resize canvas
Image / Canvas Resize 600 x 600
Activate Background layer and flood fill excess white

 

With your magic wand click inside Large circle layer
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP05 as new layer
Resize by 70%
Selections / Invert
Delete
Deselect

 

Delete Large circle template layer

 

Click inside Medium circle layer
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP01 as new layer
Resize by 70%
Selections / Invert
Delete
Deselect

 

Delete Medium circle template layer

 

Click inside Small circle layer
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP07 as new layer
Resize by 65%
Selections / Invert
Delete
Deselect

 

Delete Small circle template layer

 

Add a drop shadow to the last two layers:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 10.00
Colour - #223324

 

Activate Diamond Frame layer
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP01 as new layer
Selections / Invert
Delete
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Duplicate

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Now we'll work on the flowers

 

Click inside Largeflowerset1
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP04 as new layer
Selections / Invert
Delete twice
Deselect

 

Repeat with Largeflowerset 2 & 3

 

Now click inside Smallflowerset1
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP05 as new layer
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur
Radius - 5.00

 

Selections / Invert
Delete twice
Deselect

 

Repeat with Smallflowerset2 & 3

 

Now click inside Flowercircle1
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Paste PP10 as new layer
Selections / Invert
Delete ONCE
Deselect

 

Repeat with Flowercircle 2 & 3

 

Delete Smallflower template sets and flower circle layers
**KEEP LARGE ONES IN TACT**

 

Add a drop shadow to each of the layers:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 10.00
Colour - #223324

 

Now you should have something like this:

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Paste Shamrock-01 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position within the small brown circle layer
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Position in opposite flower

 

Paste Pot-o-gold as new layer
Position to the right

 

Paste Rainbow as new layer
Resize by 80%
Position with one end on Pot of Gold

 

Activate the Large Flower layer on the left
With your magic wand click the inside the  flower
Activate the middle large flower layer and click inside

 

Now activating each layer hit delete to eliminate the  rainbow so it looks as though it is going behind the flowers

 

Paste Green-Ribbon-Bows as new layer
Resize by 90% and position across tag with the bows "joining" the layers

Move this layer below the Rainbow

 

Paste Ribbon-clipped as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position in upper left
Duplicate then blend mode to Soft Light
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize if necessary
Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 10.00
Colour - #223324

 

Paste Ribbon-03 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 20 to the left
Resize by 55%
Position at the bottom of the tube

 

With your magic wand click outside of the ribbon
Activate the tube layer and erase the bottom part of the tube protruding below the ribbon

 

Paste Staple-02 as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position to the right over the flower and a background layer
Duplicate then Image / Rotate 80 to the left
Position over the left flower and background

 

Paste Trash-tag as new layer
Image / Rotate by 20 to the left
Resize by 25%
Position beneath the Green Ribbon and Bows layer
Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 60
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #223324

 

Crop and resize

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

Activate white background layer
Paste PP07 as new layer

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask33
Source luminance
OK

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Paste PP01 as new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask33 again
Source luminance
OK

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Lower the opacity of this layer to around 60

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool on Ellipse
Holding down your shift key draw out a circle
around the outer layer of your tag

 

Select your Text Tool on a font of your choice
I am using Patty Day

 

Foreground - null
Background - #225a28

 

Position your Text Tool over the circle and type out your text
Position to your liking
In your layer palette open Vector layer
Hide Ellipse and the convert to raster layer

 

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow with the following settings:

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #225a28

 

Repeat similar effect in either the same or a different font for your name
Before converting to raster layer
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Then convert to raster layer and continue same steps

 

Add your © copyright, licence and watermark and you're done

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 25th February 2009
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