Hope Springs Eternal

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Joy of Hope" by Classie Creations which is available from Creative Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Karen Middleton which can be purchased from CILM

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

WSL_Mask133 by Chelle from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Arriere Gard, Bickham Script Pro Regular and 2 Peas Renaissance

Plugin: Xero / Improver and Xero / Radiance

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new 600 x 600 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Frame1 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Duplicate then Image / Rotate by 45 (left or right)

 

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Select the area inside the top Frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10

 

Add a new raster layer
Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Paste Paper8 into Selection
Deselect

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

 

 

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking
Duplicate

 

On duplicate layer go to:
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Improver with default settings

 

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Radiance with default settings

 

Lower the opacity to around 70 - 75

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Paste BlingButterfly1 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position to the left of tube

 

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Set blend mode to Multiply
Duplicate then
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

 

Paste Dove as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position in upper left
Duplicate
Set blend mode to Multiply
Then lower opacity to 55
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Paste Crystal Flower as new layer
Resize by 70%
Position to the left on bottom Frame
Move layers down so that the flower IS now between the top and bottom Frames

 

Duplicate and resize by 70% again
Position slightly above flower along the Frame
Duplicate again then Image / Flip
Merge the duplicates
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Then, Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

It should now look like this:

 

 

Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Then set blend mode to Soft Light

 

Paste Heart1 as new layer
Resize by 23%
Image / Mirror
Place to the left, beneath the Dove layer, tucking the top behind the dove

 

Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Place second Heart below first
Duplicate again
Image / Mirror once more
Place below second heart

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Repeat

 

 

Paste Flower2 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position in lower left

 

Paste Sunflower1 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Position behind Flower1
Duplicate and move slightly around
Duplicate and move again

 

Add a drop shadow to each flower:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Repeat till all flowers are Merged

 

Paste Doodle1 (Butterfly) as new layer
Image / Rotate by 35 to the right
Resize by 8%
Position outside Frame
Duplicate then Image / Mirror

 

Paste BlingFlower as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position in lower left
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Crop and resize

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Activate Background layer

 

Add a new raster layer
Selections / Select All
Paste Paper5 into Selection
Deselect

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask133
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Resize by 90%

 

Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic - Antique with the following settings:

 

 

Lower the opacity of this layer to 60

 

Activate your top layer

 

Select your Pen Tool with these settings:

 

 

Now place your cursor/mouse where you wish to begin your text and click once
Move mouse over in a line and click once again
Continue in a line and click once

 

 

Right Click on node 1.
Node Type / Curve After
Click on the little arrow and pull up to make a hump on your line

 

Right Click on node 3.
Node Type / Curve Before
Click on the little arrow and pull down to curve downward

 

 

Select your Text Tool and choose your font
I am using Arriere Garde
Null your foreground and select your background a colour of your choice from your tube

 

This works much like typing on an ellipse
Place your cursor over the line till you see the A with a curved line under it
Type in your text
I chose "Hope Springs Eternal" (a double meaning phrase in this case *s*)

 

 

Use your Mover Tool to move text to the left or right till you are satisfied with its position

 

In your Layer Palette open the Vector Layer and hide the curved line/path
Convert to raster layer

 

Effects / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow:
Glow width - 3.00
Soft Corners - 25
Opacity - 100
Setting - Fat
Colour - #FFFFFF

 

Add a slight drop shadow

 

Lower opacity to 45

 

I also added the word "Hope" in a script font, moved it to the layer beneath the dove and lowered the opacity to 25

 

Select another font of choice for your name
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer etc.

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

Save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 26th March 2009
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