Gimme Chocolate!

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the delicious "Chocolate Orange Liquer" by Ivory's Imagery which can be purchased at Paradise 4 Scrappers

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott which can be purchased with a licence from her store

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

Mask Kirsty08-Mask here

Fonts of choice - I am using Chowderhead and Chocolate Dulce

 

Level - Beginner/Int

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Paper8 as new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate the Kirsty08-Mask
Source luminance CHECKED
Invert Mask Data CHECKED
OK

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Paste Doodle2 as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position in upper left
Duplicate
Image / Mirror then
Image / Flip

 

Grab your Selection Tool and draw a rectangle around the inner "box" of the mask

 

 

Then activating each of the doodle layers, hit delete

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Activate your Background and add a new raster layer
Paste Paper1 Into Selection
Deselect

 

You should now have something like this:

 

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste ChocoHeart2 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position in lower left corner

 

Paste ChocoHeart1 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Place alongside first heart

 

Paste Cushion1 as new layer
Resize by 40%
Position in the chocolate heart

 

Paste Ribbon2 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 20 to the right
Using your Freehand Tool draw around the ends of the ribbon then Delete
Deselect

 

Paste FlowerDoodle2 as new layer
Resize by 40% and position to your liking

 

Paste Stars 1 & 2 as new layers
Resize by 60% x 3
Position them in the upper right

 

Duplicate, then Image / Mirror
Resize by 80%
Duplicate and position again

 

Repeat with both stars till you have an array you are happy with

 

Paste your tube of choice and resize as necessary

 

Add drop shadows to your tube and elements

 

Crop and resize tag

 

You should now have something like this:

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Activate Mask Layer

 

Select your Text Tool with your font of choice - I am using Chowderhead, Size 36

 

Foreground - null
Background - #b53a04

 

Type out the words "Gimme Chocolate! I want Chocolate!"

 

Convert to raster layer
Duplicate then set your blend mode to Screen

 

Select another font and size - I used Chocolate Dulce at size 72
Stroke Width - 1.5

 

Foreground - #332321
Background - #e15f2d

 

Type out your name and add a slight drop shadow

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence, watermark

 

Then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 3rd March 2009
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