Sabre - For Ali

 

This tutorial is written and dedicated to Ali, who created the scrap kit in memory of her beloved German Shepherd Sabre

 

 

Supplies

 

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

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

WSL_Mask170 by Chelle available from her blog

Pawprint Alpha by Created by Jill available from Exquisite Scraps or Scrappin Divaz

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Fonts of choice - I am using Cinderella ITC TT and LiorahBT

 

 

Let's get started!!

 

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

 

Paste Frame4 as new layer
Resize by 50%

 

Use your Magic Wand to select the area inside the frames
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10

 

Paste DBA PAPER22 as new layer
Resize by 20%
Position in top Frame
Selections > Invert
Delete

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Paste the paper and resize by 20% again
Position in lower Frame
Delete and deselect

 

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Repeat

 

Duplicate, then
Image > Rotate by 10 to the right
Position slightly to the right

 

Duplicate again, then
Image > Mirror

 

Paste DBA Brad2 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Place in top Frame

 

Paste DBA Flowers1 as new layer
Resize by 65%
Position along bottom of lower Frame

 

Paste DBA Grass4 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position in the centre covering the bottom eyelet from the Frame

 

 

Paste your tube of choice or one from the kit alongside Frame
I am using DBA German Shepherd4
Resize as necessary (I resized by 60%)

 

Paste DBA Tree2 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Resize by 70%
Position slightly to the right

 

Paste DBA Rest in Peace Cross2 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top
Resize by 30%
Position to the right amongst and behind the flowers

 

 

Paste DBA German Shepherd9 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position within the Brad heart in the top Frame

 

Activate the Brad layer and use your Magic Wand to select the area around the heart
Selections > Modify > Expand by 7

 

 

Use your Eraser Tool to erase any excess
Deselect
Lower the opacity to around 50

 

Paste DBA Button2 as new layer
Resize by 8%
Place over ring at top of Frame

 

Paste DBA Butterfly3 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 20 to the left
Resize by 10%
Position on the button to your liking

 

Paste DBA Butterfly1 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 30 to the right
Resuze by 10%
Position on the Frame to your liking

 

Duplicate Butterflies, mirror and position them as you like

 

Paste DBA Ball1 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Place at Shepherd's feet

 

Crop and resize

 

Add new raster layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Selections > Select All
Paste Paper of choice into Selection
Deselect

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask170
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group

 

Move Mask layer up slightly
Erase any excess from bottom

 

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

 

 

Lower opacity to around 35

 

Duplicate layer twice
Rename Mosaic1, Mosaic2 and Mosaic3

 

Hide Mosaic2 and Mosaic3 and activate Mosaic1

 

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

 

 

Hide Mosaic1 and activate Mosaic2
Repeat the Mosaic Antique effect, changing the Grout Diffusion to 41

 

Hide Mosaic2 and activate Mosaic3
Repeat the effect again, changing the Grout Diffusion to 42

 

OK, let's leave this for now - we'll come back to it when we need to animate

 

Activate your top layer

 

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

 

Draw out a circle

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Cinderella ITC TT
Choose a colour from your tag for your text

 

Click on the curve and type out your choice of text
Position to your liking

 

 

In your Layer Palette open the Vector Layer
Close off the Ellipse and convert to raster layer
Apply a drop shadow of choice

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

To add your name you can select a font and colour of your choice, adding any effects and drop shadow you wish
OR
You may use an alpha as I have here (as created by Jill)

 

Colourise Alpha to match your tag

 

I also used a script font over the pawprings for the name
Adding a slight Gradient Glow with the setting on Medium

 

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::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 13th April 2009
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