Remembering You

Tutorial written and dedicated to the memory of my beloved Sheba,

who crossed Rainbow Bridge 22nd September 2008 (last year)....after two strokes, doggy dementia, the loss of the use of her back legs and many many years of love

Always Remembered

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the RSPCA charity kit "Remembering Sabre" by Designs by Ali available fromStargazer Scraps

Tube of choice - I am using one from the scrap kit

WSL_Mask84 by Chelle available from her blog

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Plugin: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation

Fonts of choice - I am using 2Peas Tiger Tails and Mayfair

 

 

 

Let's begin!

 

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

 

Paste DBA Brad2 as new layer
LEAVE IN POSITION

 

Paste DBA Rainbow1 as new layer
Position over the brad
Set blend mode to Soft Light

 

With your Magic Wand select the outer area of the heart
Press delete

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Paste tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position within the heart Brad

 

Selections > Modify > Expand by 23
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2
Use your Eraser to erase the excess you wish to remove
Deselect

 

 

Reposition tube so it sits along the gold trim edge of the Brad heart

 

Paste DBA Dog Tag1 as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position at the bottom of the Heart
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Paste LadySnowflake-Sabre-Bow3 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top
Resize by 30%
Position over the base of the Heart joining the Tag

 

 

Paste LadySnowflake-Sabre-Rose as new layer
Image > Mirror, then
Image > Rotate by 60 to the left
Resize by 35%
Position over the Bow

 

Use your Freehand Tool to draw around the Rose head (not the stem!)

 

 

Go to Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colourise with the following settings:

 

 

Still selected go to Selections > Promote Selection to Layer
Set blend mode to Multiply
Then deselect
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Now with your Freehand Tool again draw around the knot in the Bow and the excess leaves
Lower the opacity of the Rose and Zoom in for a better view

 

 

Now delete and deselect

 

Paste DBA PawPrints1 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 15 to the left
Resize by 12%
Position to the right
Duplicate, then Image > Mirror
Repeat to your liking

 

Image > Canvas Resize 600 w x 650 h
Centre top CHECKED

 

Image > Canvas Resize 550 x 550
Centre CHECKED

 

Resize tag

 

Select your Preset Shape Tool to Ellipse
Foreground - #000000
Background - null

 

Draw out an oval and shape to your liking

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using 2Peas Tiger Tails

 

Choose a colour from your tag
I am using #1c120e

 

On the curve type your text
Position to your liking

 

In your Layer Palette open the Vector Layer
Turn off the Ellipse and convert to raster layer
Apply a Gradient glow and slight drop shadow

 

H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 2.00
Colour - #000000

 

Add a new raster layer
Selections > Select All
Paste DBA Paper22 into Selection
Deselect

 

Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask84
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to around 30

 

Duplicate twice and rename layers to:
Sparkle1, Sparkle2 and Sparkle3

 

Hide Sparkle2 and Sparkle3 and activate Sparkle1
Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Constellation with the following settings:

 

 

Hide Sparkle1 and activate Sparkle2
Repeat the Constellation effect, adjusting the Random Seed
 
Hide Sparkle2 and activate Sparkle3
Repeat the Constellation effect, adjusting the Random Seed

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I chose Mayfair
Type out your name and place in the Tag
Apply a slight drop shadow

 

Add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

To animate, copy merged with each respective Mosaic layer into Animation Shop
Each new layer to PASTE AFTER CURRENT FRAME
 
Leave Frame Properties at 10

 

Finally, save as a GIF and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

 

Tag for Ali:

  

© Tutorial written by Stina on 13th April 2009
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