Friends Weather Life's Storms Together

 

This tutorial is dedicated with love to Tracey of Soxsational Scraps (better known as Sox) and to Oopsie Daisy

as this tut n' tag was created with the charity scrap put together for Sox and the part I am using is Oopsie's

Both could use a friend right now - Tracey for personal reasons and Oopsie had a hardcore virus sweep through her entire TERRABYTE system....and wipe the lot. She has lost everything - her kits, her designs, everything. Today she informed us she was leaving the Designing world, but NONE of us at Exquisite would hear of it!

So Tracey and Lynette - this tutorial is for you

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using Oopsie Daisy's part in the "To Sox With Love" Charity Collab available exclusively at Exquisite Scraps

Two papers used are also in the collab though are Scraps by Jessica

Tubes of choice - I am using the gorjuss artwork of Suzanne Woolcott which can be purchased from her store

WSL_Mask214 by Chelle, available from her blog

Fonts of choice - I am using 2Peas Sunshine and LiorahBT

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

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

 

Paste odn-tswl-Frame2 as new layer
Resize by 15%

 

With your Magic Wand select the area inside the Frames
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10

 

Activate Background layer
Paste SSK_paper6_JD as new layer
Resize by 50%

 

Selections / Invert
Delete and deselect

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste odn-tswl-cloud as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position in upper left

 

Paste odn-tswl-floral6 as new layer
Resize by 8%
Position in lower left

 

Paste odn-tswl-flora7 as new layer
Resize by 8%
Position alongside other flower on the left
Move slightly down
Use your Selection Tool to draw a selection around the bottom part of the stem
Delete and deselect

 

 

 Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Duplicate
Image / Mirror

 

Paste odn-tswl-envelope as new layer
Image / Rotate by 20 to the left
Resize by 5%
Position in lower right

 

Paste odn-tswl-heart as new layer
Resize by 5%
Image / Mirror
Position over the bottom part of the envelope in lower right

 

Activate the Frame layer

 

Paste odn-tswl-knottedribbon as new layer
Resize by 13%
Position with the edge that is visible along the edge of the Frame

 

Paste odn-tswl-floral5 as new layer
Resize by 5%
Position OVER the flower in the centre of the Frame above the ribbon

 

  

Paste odn-tswl-swirlbling2 as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position in lower left corner

 

Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Activate top layer
Paste odn-tswl-glitterborder as new layer
Resize by 14%
Position along the bottom with the ends protruding slightly
Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Position to your liking

 

Duplicate again
Image / Flip
Place in position
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Lower the opacity to 50

 

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Activate your Frame layer again

 

Paste one of your tubes of choice as a new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in the left Frame
Layers / Arrange / Move Up

 

Your tube should now be above cloud but still below the ribbon

 

Repeat steps with second tube in the right Frame

 

With your Magic Wand select inside your Frames again
Selections / Modify / Expand by 2
Selections / Invert
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2

 

Activate one of your tubes
With your Eraser Tool carefully erase the excess tube beneath the ribbon that falls below the Frame

 

STILL SELECTED activate the other tube and repeat

Deselect

 

 

Activate Background layer

 

Paste SSK_paper5_JD as new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask214
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Lower opacity to 30

 

Select your Text Tool and two fonts of choice
I am using 2Peas Sunshine for the print and LiorahBT for the script
Choose a colour from your tube

 

Foreground - null
Background - #64737b

 

Type out the words "Friends weather Life's Storms" in print
And "Together" in script
Convert each to raster layer separately so you can move each around to your liking

 

Duplicate the word "Together"
Move it somewhere to your liking
Lower the opacity to about 12

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 30
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #64737b

 

Apply this same drop shadow to your elements

 

Select your Text Tool again with the same colours
Choose your font (or use the same one)
Type out your name
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

 

Add any effects you wish (I used some noise and a Gradient Glow)
Apply the same drop shadow as above

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

Then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thank you for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 20th March 2009
All rights reserved

 

Friends are Flowers in the Garden of Life

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the lovely "Springy" by Oopsie Daisy available exclusively at Exquisite Scraps

Tubes of choice - I am using the delightful artwork of Rion Vernon and PinUpToons which can be purchased from CILM

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

Fonts of choice - I used 2Peas Chatter and 2Peas Mister Giggles (pay fonts)

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a blank 650 x 600 canvas flood-filled white

 

Grab your Selection Tool and choose Circle from the menu
Align your pointer in the middle of the screen; left click your mouse and drag to draw out your circle
Add a new raster layer

 

Open PP1 and Edit / Copy
Activate your working canvas then Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect
Duplicate it and Rename them as Circle1 and Circle2
As we will be using the top one (Circle2) turn off the visibility of Circle1
We will come back to it later on

 

Paste Frame as new layer
Resize by 10%
Image / Rotate by 10 to the left
Position to the lower left of your circle
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Position second frame opposite to your liking
Rename them Frame1 and Frame2

 

 

Click inside Frame1
Selections / Modify / Expand by 5
Add new raster layer

 

Open PP12
Edit / Copy
Then back to your working canvas
Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect

 

Repeat step for Frame2

 

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste Ribbon3 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 25 to the right
Resize by 8%
Position between the two frames as to join them

 

Paste Flourish as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position slightly to the right, then
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Activate your Circle layer
Paste Tree as new layer and resize by 25%
Position slightly to the left and so the base of the tree is hidden by Frame1

 

Paste Cloud as new layer
Resize by 10%
Position to the upper right
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Duplicate and move slightly to the left and down

 

Paste Wire Clouds as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position to your liking

 

 

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Paste some flowers to the corners and bottom of the Frames
(these are not included with this kit but found elsewhere with other scraps or clipart)
Resize as necessary
Position to your liking

 

 

Paste Butterfly3 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Position on corner of Frame2 or to your liking

 

Paste Butterfly2 as new layer
Resize by 2% then again by 85%
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Position to your liking

 

OK, time to add our tubes

 

Activate Frame1
Click inside the frame using your Magic Wand
Selections / Modify / Expand by 5
Paste a tube of choice as new layer
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Position beneath frame to your liking
Once satisfied, Selections / Invert
Delete and deselect

 

Activate Frame2 and repeat steps with another tube of choice

 

Add a drop shadow to your tubes:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 8.00
Colour - #000000

 

To your Frames, Tree, Clouds and butterflies add the following drop shadow:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 20
Blur – 2.00
Colour - #000000

 

 

Now you can add another tube to the centerpiece of the tag if you wish
Or you can leave it as is
It's entirely up to you as it is your creation

 

So now it is time to crop and resize your tag
I resized mine to 500 x 460

 

 

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

Activate your Circle1 layer (remember we duplicated this at the beginning)
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Activate your Pick Tool which will enable the Nodes around your layer
Now position so it is completely central
Keep the Pick Tool enabled so you can see the size of the effect applied with each step

 

Go to Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 25.00
Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic  - Antique with the following settings:

 

 

 

Duplicate then Layers / Merge / Merge Down
You can turn off your Pick Tool now

 

Activate your top layer
Select your Preset Shape Tool on Ellipse
Foreground - #000000
Background – null

 

Draw out a circle around the outside of your tag to your liking

 

Select your Text Tool with a font of your choice (I am using 2Peas Chatter)
Foreground – null
Background – colour of choice
(to match the kit or your tube)

 

 

Set your mouse over the curve of the Ellipse and type out your text
Position to your liking using the rotator node in the centre of the Vector
Then open your Layer Palette and locate the Vector Layer
Open by clicking the +
Turn off the visibility of the Ellipse then Convert to raster layer

 

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

 

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 40
Blur – 3.00
Colour - #2c4848

 

Select another font of choice (or use the same if you wish) and type out your name
Objects / Align / Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Apply the same Gradient Glow as above, then
Add a drop shadow:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 3.00
Colour - #2c4848

 

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

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 7th March 2009
All rights reserved

 

True Love Forever

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Exquisite Love" by Soxsational Scraps 

Image of choice or any of those I supplied

Template #38 by Missy which can found on her blog

Becky_Mask022 (supplied)

Font of choice - I am using BakerScript (pay font - not supplied)

Plugins: Xero Porcelain and Xero Radiance

 

My Supplies here

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open mask and minimise for later

 

Open the Template and resize canvas to 620 wide x 550 high
Flood fill excess area white on Background layer
Delete copyright info

 

Open Paper4
Edit / Copy

 

Activate Rectangle3
With your Magic Wand click the area inside the rectangle
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect

 

Open Paper6
Edit / Copy

 

Activate Rectangle1 and click inside it
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect

 

Open Paper11
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur
Radius – 20.00
Repeat
Edit / Copy

 

Activate Rectangle2 and click inside it
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect

 

Apply a drop shadow to each layer:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 8.00

 

Back to Paper4
Edit / Copy

 

Activate Heart and click inside it
Selections / Modify / Feather by 2
Edit / Paste into Selection
Deselect
Duplicate then set blend mode to Multiply
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Apply a drop shadow to this layer:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 20
Blur – 8.00

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste Frame3 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the left
Resize by 65%
Position to the left between the two ends of the heart that "appear" to tuck behind top rectangle

 

 

Open your image of choice and paste as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the left
Resize if necessary and to your liking
(I resized the one I used by 70%)
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Position beneath Frame

 

With your Magic Wand click inside the Frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 5
Selections / Invert
Delete and deselect

 

Duplicate your image layer, then
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Porcelain with the following settings:

 

 

 

Then Effects / Plugins / Xero / Radiance with the following settings:

 

 

Lower the opacity of this layer to 90
Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Apply a drop shadow to Frame layer:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 5.00

 

Paste Deco1 as new layer
Resize by 30% and position on the upper left corner of the Frame
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Image / Flip
Then Position in lower right of Frame

 

 

Paste Tag4 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 35%
Position in the lower left of the Frame

 

Paste Jewel1 as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position over the Floral part of the tag

 

Using your Eraser carefully erase the bits of green you can see beneath the Jewel element

 

Apply a drop shadow to these layers:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 5.00

 

Paste PostCard as new layer
Duplicate and hide layer

 

On original layer
Resize by 50%
Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Colourise with the following settings:
Hue – 30
Saturation – 55
Position behind Frame and Image layer slightly protruding

 

Go back to your Duplicate and turn the visibility back on
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 50%
Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Colourise with the following settings:
Hue – 15
Saturation – 20
Position behind Frame and Image layer and over first postcard slightly protruding

 

Apply a drop shadow to this layer:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 20
Blur – 5.00

 

Paste Fan3 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position in lower right at the edge of the middle rectangle

 

Paste Tulips as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position in lower left over the partial edge of the fan

 

Apply a drop shadow to these layers:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 5.00

  

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Paste WordArt1 as new layer
Layers / Arrange / Bring to Top
Position at the top in the centre

 

Add new raster layer
Flood fill this layer with #520b1f

 

Back to Word Art layer
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Selections / Modify / Feather by 1
Selections / Invert
Activate Flood-filled layer and press delete
Deselect

 

Go to original WordArt layer and lower the opacity to 50
Activate top layer then
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

This layer will automatically lighten
Duplicate
Add a drop shadow to this layer:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 5.00

 

Activate Background layer and paste Paper7 as new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate Becky_Mask022
Source luminance
OK

 

Use your Pick (or Deformation) Tool to pull the nodes of the Mask layer to your liking

 

 

Select your Text Tool and choose your font
I am using BakerScript which is a pay font

 

Set your Materials Palette with:
Foreground – null
Background - #520b1f

 

Type out your name (short names work best)
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Position over the Tag
Convert to raster layer

 

Add a slight drop shadow:
H & V – 1
Opacity – 30
Blur – 3.00

 

Finally add your © copyright (if you are using any of the images I supplied please provide credit back to

© Brent Heighton www.brentheigton.com), your watermark then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 5th March 2009
All rights reserved

 

Bee-lieve in the Bee-auty of Life

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using the deelightful "Don't Bug Me" kit by Oopsie Daisy which can be purchased exclusively at Exquisite Scraps

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

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

Vix_Mask172 by VixPSP,

WSL_Mask230 by Chelle

Flowers from "Spring Fling" freebie kit by Sharon's Creations

Fonts of choice - I used 2Peas Chatter and 2Peas Flea Market

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Place the Vix_Mask172 into your Masks folder

 

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

 

Paste Frame2 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Image / Flip

 

With your magic wand click inside the frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 15
Paste PP-3 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Selections / Invert
Delete
Deselect
Rename this Frame-bkgd

 

Add a drop shadow to your Frame:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 25
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Activate your Background layer
Paste PP-7 as new layer
Resize by 14%

 

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk
Locate the Vix_Mask172 with the following settings:

 

 

Position mask layer behind Frame

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V: 2
Opacity: 20
Blur: 8.00
Colour: #223324

 

Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical drops to -2

 

In your Layer Palette turn off the visibility of your Frame and Frame-bkgd layers so you can see this next step

 

Paste Floral1 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Effects / Plugins / Mura Meister / Copies with the following settings:

 

Turn on the visibility of your Frame and Frame-bkgd layers again
Position the Flowers behind the Frame so it encircles it

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 50
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #000000

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

First let's add our tube
Paste tube and resize as necessary
Position in the centre of Frame

 

Paste Tree as new layer
Resize by 15%
Position behind your tube and slightly to the right

 

Paste WishFlower as new layer
Image / Mirror
Resize by 10%

 

Grab your Eraser Tool and erase the stem from the flower
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Position along the inside edge of the Frame to the left of the tube

 

 

Paste FloralCorner as new layer
Resize by 10%
Place in the upper left to your liking

 

Paste BeeSticker as new layer
Resize by 5%
Place in upper right outside of Frame

 

Duplicate then Image / Rotate by 20 to the right
Position slightly down
Resize by 85% Bicubic resample
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Position to your liking

 

Paste ButterflySticker as new later
Resize by 5%
Image / Mirror
Position to the left outside of Frame

 

Paste Ladybug4 as new layer
Resize by 5%
Image / Rotate by 40 to the right
Place on the end of the StrawRaffia ribbon of the Frame

 

Paste Caterpillar as new layer
Resize by 5%
Image / Rotate by 20 to the right
Place on Raffia Ribbon

 

Paste SpringFling-Flower11 as new layer
Resize by 50%
Position along bottom of tube

 

With your Freehand Tool draw around the leaf overlapping one of the daisies

 

   

 

Crop and resize tag

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Activate Background layer

 

Paste PP12 as new layer
Resize by 20%

 

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk
Locate WSL_Mask230
Fit to Canvas
Source luminance
Invert Transparency UNchecked
OK

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Lower the opacity of this layer to 40

 

Activate the top layer again
Select your Text Tool and a font of your choice - I am using 2 Peas Chatter

 

Foreground - null
Background - #223324

 

Type out "Bee-lieve in the Bee-auty"
Convery to raster layer

 

Effects / Distortion Effections / Wave with the following settings:

 

 

Select another font for your name
Add a Gradient Glow (optional) and slight drop shadow

 

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

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial writtem by Stina on 4th March 2009
All rights reserved