Music of the Soul

 

Supplies

 

"In Your Eyes" scrap kit by Nanede Jardin which is a freebie available on her blog

PLEASE NOTE: This kit IS Full Size

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Olivia which can be purchased from CILM
**PLEASE DO NOT USE HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

WSL_Mask218 by Chelle (supplied)

Floral Rose Spray (supplied)

Fonts of choice - I am using Bickham Script Pro Regular and French Script MT

Plugin: Xero / Improver, Xero / Radiance and Xero / Porcelain

Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)

 

Plugins here

 

My Supplies here

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open a new 600 x 400 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Element13 as new layer
Resize by 30%

 

Open Papier19
Resize by 15%

 

Now select the area inside the Frame with your Magic Wand
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10
Add a new raster layer
Paste Papier19 into Selection
Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

KEEP SELECTED!!

 

Now paste your tube as a new layer
No need to resize (unless it is really huge)
Position within in the Frame to show just a portion

 

Selections / Invert
Press delete and then deselect

 

Set the blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)
Lower opacity to around 60 - 70

 

~ Step 2 ~

 

The following drop shadow applies to the selected layers:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #000000

 

Paste Element47 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position to the lower right
Add drop shadow

 

Paste Element29 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position behind the Clock
Duplicate layer
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Improver with default settings
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Radiance with default settings
Lower opacity to 60

 

Activate previous layer and apply drop shadow

 

Paste Element25 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position with some greenery protruding below the Clock

 

Using your Selection Tool draw a small rectangle around one end of the branch

 

 

Press delete and deselect
Add drop shadow

 

Paste Element31 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Position over the Ivy partially tucked behind the clock
Duplicate then Image / Mirror
Position on the opposite side

 

Paste FloralRoseSpray as new layer
Image / Flip
Resize by 35%
Layers / Arrange / Move Up
Position at the bottom of the Clock

 

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Improver with default settings

 

Duplicate layer

 

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Radiance with default settings

 

Lower opacity to 80

 

Activate previous layer and apply drop shadow

 

You should now have something like this:

 

 

ACTIVATE FRAME LAYER

 

Paste Element54 as new layer
Reszie by 20%
Position near the bottom of the Frame, the left end sitting against the inside of the Frame
Lower opacity to around 30

 

Paste Element8 as new layer
Resize by 12%
Position in the top of Frame

 

Paste Element14 as new layer
Image / Rotate by 15 to the right
Resize by 11%
Position protruding from behind the Frame
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom
Apply a drop shadow

 

ACTIVATE FRAME LAYER
(so we can see what we're doing)

 

Paste Element15 as new layer
Image / Mirror
Image / Rotate by 10 to the right
Resize by 5%
Position alongside the Envelope, protruding just above it
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Apply the following drop shadow, but change the Blur to 1.00

 

Paste Element36 as new layer
Resize by 10%
Place beneath the flowers and greenery

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Paste your Tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to the left of the Frame
Duplicate layer
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Improver with default settings

 

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Porcelain with the following settings:

 

 

Apply the following drop shadow:
H & V - 2
Opacity - 20
Blur - 20
Colour - #000000

 

Paste Element36 as new layeragain
Resize by 15%
Position behind your tube layer but somewhere still partially visible

 

Paste Element28 as new layer
Image / Mirror
Image / Rotate by 40 to the left
Move to the Frame layer and position behind Roses and greenery
Duplicate and move across slightly so it looks like your tube is on a bed of roses

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

Image / Canvas Resize with the following Settings:

 

 

Paste Papier1 as new layer
Resize by 30%
Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask218
OK
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Resize by 96%
Lower opacity to 25 - 30

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using Bickham Script Pro Regular with Bickham Script Fancy for the CAPS

 

In your Materials Palette check your Foreground is null and your Background is your colour of choice
I am using #5f0f11

 

Type out the text of your choice
Convert to raster layer

 

Choose another font of choice for your name
I used French Script MT
Type out your name, add some noise and a Gradient Glow

 

Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 1
Opacity - 20
Blur - 3.00
Colour - #5f0f11

 

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark

 

Save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 27th March 2009
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