My Most Trusted Companion

This tutorial is dedicated with much love to my beloved Ciara and to the memory of Sheba - my most trusted companions

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the gorgeous "Precious Pup" kit by Gina of KiKeKa Designs available from Paradise 4 Scappers

Tubes of choice - I am using the delightful artwork of Carmen Keys which can be purchased from CILM

WSL_Mask133 by Chelle available from her blog

Plugin: Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact > Glass

Plugin: Xero Improver

Fonts of choice - I am usinf CCThingamajig and 2Peas Mister Giggles

 

 

Let's begin!

 

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

 

Open Paper3 and minimise

 

Set your Preset Shape Tool to Ellipse
Open your Material Palette and find the Paper you just minimised and set your Palette to:

 

Foreground - null
Background - Paper3

 

Holding the Shift key draw out a circle
Objects > Align > Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel with the following settings:

 

 

Then Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact > Glass with the following settings:

 

 

Paste Frame3 as new layer
Resize by 65%

 

Select in the inner area of the Frame
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add a new raster layer
Paste Paper13 into Selection
Deselect

 

Layers > Arrange > Move Down

 

Paste Fence as new layer
Resize by 45%
Position along bottom of (and beneath) Frame

 

Paste a tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position behind Fence and slightly to the right

 

With your Frame layer activated select inside the Frame again
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

 

 

Paste your main tube of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to the left of Frame

 

Duplicate
Effects > Plugins > Xero > Improver with default settings
Then lower opacity to 60

 

Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Paste Newsprint1 as new layer below Frame
Image > Flip
Image > Rotate by 15 to the right
Resize by 55%
Position so that it protrudes slightly

 

Paste Newsprint2 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 35 to the right
Resize by 65%
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position behind first newsprint paper and Frame

 

 

Then make a selection along the bottom around the excess newsprint

 

 

Press delete then deselect

 

Paste Flowers1 as new layer
Resize by 85%
Position in lower right of Frame

 

Paste Flower1 (singular) as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position in lower right over Flowers

 

paste Flower2 as new layer
Resize by 25%
Position beside Flower1

 

Paste Bow2 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 15 to the right
Resize by 20%
Position in upper right

 

Paste Charm3 as new layer
Image > Mirror
Resize by 35%
Position in the lower right between the two Flowers

 

 

Paste Pawprint2 as new layer
Position in the Frame and move to the layer below the tube
Set your blend mode to Luminance
Lower opacity to 55

 

Paste Pawprint2 as new layer again
Image > Rotate by 35 to the left
Resize by 20%
Position to the left
Duplicate
Image > Mirror
Position to your liking

 

Paste Paper3 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask133
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 50

 

Activate top layer

 

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

 

Draw out a circle around your tag

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using CCThingamajig

 

Choose a colour to complement your tag
On the curve of the circle type out your text

 

Open the Vector Layer in your Palette and hide the Ellipse
Convert to raster layer
Apply a small drop shadow

 

Select another font of choice
I am using 2Peas Mister Giggles
Type out your name and apply any effects you wish
Add a drop shadow

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark the save as a GIF or JPG and you're done

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 7th April 2009
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