::designs by stina:: Tutorial & Tags (an incorporation of Staffy Scraps): Ed Muroniuk

Monday, April 6, 2009

Little Miss Cottontail

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Cotton Tail" by Pimp'd Dezigns which is available from Paradise 4 Scrappers and Stargazer Scraps

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

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

WSL_Mask84 by Chelle available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using Cheri and Bello Script

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Let's begin...

Open a new 700 x 700 blank canvas flood-filled white

Paste Frame02 as new layer
Resize by 85%

Select inside the Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add a new raster layer
Paste PP01 into Selection
Deselect
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

Paste Flower01 and Flower02 as new layers respectively
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Place each in position

Paste Flower09 and Flower10 as new layers
Resize by 70%
Position each upon each Flower respectively

Paste Flower03 and Flower06 as new layers
Resize by 70%
Position alongside other flowers on bottom layer

Close off Background, Frame and Frame background
Activate one of the Flower layers
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
Unhide all layers

Paste Wrap01 as new layer
Resize by 90%

Select the area outside the Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Contract by 2
Selections > Modify > Feather by 2

Use your Erase Tool to erase each end of the Wrap then deselect

Paste Vine as new layer
Resize by 70% and place to the right

Activate Wrap layer and select the area around it with your magic Wand
Then erase part of the Vine overlapping the Wrap
Deselect

Paste Greens01 as new layer
Image > Rotate by 40 to the left
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Position behind flowers
Duplicate then Image > Rotate by 20 to the right
Duplicate then Image > Mirror
Position greenery to your liking

Paste Bunny as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position to the left of the Wrap and Frame

Paste your tube as a new layer
Position behind Wrap
Erase any excess protruding below the Wrape and Frame
Add a slight drop shadow

Crop and resize

Paste PP10 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask84
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to around 30

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 Cheri
Choose two colours from your tube and/or scrap
Set the Materials Palette:
Foreground - #ff9bb0
Background - #d50058

Stroke Width - 1.00

Rest your mouse over the Ellipse till you see an A with a curve beneath it
Type out your text and position

In your Layer Palette open your Vector Layer
Hide the Ellipse and convert to raster layer
Add a slight drop shadow
Apply a Gradient Glow and another small drop shadow

Select another font of choice - I am using Bello Script
Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply Gradient Glow and 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::

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Happy Easter Baby

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Hip Hop Easter" by Stacey's Designs available from Creative Scraps Store

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Ed Muroniuk which can be purchased from CILM

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

Easter Template 02 by Me (supplied)

WSL_Mask7 by Chelle (supplied)

Painted Eggs tube (supplied)

Font of choice - QK Katie

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

My Supplies here

~ Step 1 ~

Open EasterTemplate02 made by me
Shift D to duplicate then close off original
Image / Canvas Resize by 800 x 600 - we'll resize later

Activate the EASTER words layer
Selections / All
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Selections / Modify / Contract by 2

Paste Paper12 as new layer
Resize by 70%

Selections / Invert
Selections / Modify / Feather by 1
Delete then deselect

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

You should now have a black border around your word

Activate the DASHED BORDER
Selections / All
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat

Paste Paper16 into Selection
Deselect

Grab your Selection Tool and draw out a rectangle around the DASHED BORDER

Paste Paper7 as new layer
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
Position to your liking
Selections / Invert
Delete then deselect

Activate HAPPY EASTER words
Selections / All
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Add a new raster layer
Paste Paper5 into Selection
Deselect
Delete previous layer and rename this one to HAPPY EASTER

~ Step 2 ~

Paste LightPinkDecoratedEgg as new layer
Image / Rotate by 15 to the left
Resize by 20%
Position on the opposite side of the Bunny

Duplicate then set blend mode to Multiply
Lower opacity to 70
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Paste PurpleDecoratedEgg as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 18%
Position alongside Pink Egg

Paste BlueDecoratedEgg as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 17%
Position along the other side of Pink Egg

Paste PinkBunnyHeart as new layer
Select your Freehand Tool
Mode - Add (Shift)
Feather - 2

Draw carefully around the Heart and Bow
Remember we want the Rabbit!

Now press delete and deselect

There will be some blank spaces where there should be "bunny" so let's use our Clone Tool
to cover them up and add some more

Select your Clone Brush Tool with the following settings:

Then right click the colour you wish to clone and carefully left click to the area you wish to drop it
Be careful that where ever you move the Clone Tool does too - picking up colour

See where the circle is with the X through it - that is where the colour is being picked up from
The circle below is where you are dropping it
You move to the right your Clone circle with the X moves too
If you move too far you will be picking up another colour you don't want
Just play around with it to see what I mean

Once you have completed your cloning position the Bunny where you want it to sit
Apply a slight drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 15
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

Paste LightPinkSatinFlower as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position in upper left
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Duplicate
Set blend mode to Overlay
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

Crop and resize

~ Step 3 ~

Paste tube as new layer and position along the bottom (a "laying" tube is best for this)
Resize if necessary
Duplicate

On duplicate layer
Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Colourise with the following settings:

Set the blend mode to Screen and lower the opacity to 60
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Adjust / Plugins / Eye Candy 4000 / Gradient Glow with the following settings:
Glow width - 8.00
Soft Corners - 25
Opacity - 100
Setting - Diffuse
Colour - #FFFFFF

I strategically placed the Easter Eggs in front of the woman
Then added a slight drop shadow to each

Add a new raster layer
Select your Picture Tube Tool and find the tube "Painted Eggs"
Set your scale to 10
Scatter some painted eggs along the bottom of your tube by clicking for each egg
They should look like a bunch of those little eggs

Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Repeat till the tiny eggs are below your tube layer

Now activate your Background layer
Paste Paper5 as new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask7
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group

Select a colour from your tube and a font of choice
I am using QK Katie
Foreground - null
Background - #893758 (my colour)

Type out your name
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Apply a Gradient Glow with a width of 3.00 Setting FAT and colour #FFFFFF
Add a slight drop shadow

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::