FTU Magical Winter

Magical Winter was written by Myself on 16th November 2013. It is my own idea and creation. Any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies Needed.

Tube of choice. I have used the artwork of PinUp Toons available at CDO

Beautiful Ftu scrap kit is 'Winter Magic' by Mirella at  A Space Between
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Mask Wsl mask 75 by Chelle at  WeeScotsLass Creations
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Font used - Beyond Wonderland.


Filters used ( optional )

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

Open a new image 700 x 700.

Starting with mask layer. C/paste paper 10 re sized to 85%.

Load mask from disk - Fit to layer. In layer palette - delete mask and merge group.

Apply PhotoEffex - Scanlines - Default settings.

Above the mask layer and centrally on the canvas c/paste element  34 Snowflake Frame re sized to 80%. Duplicate, change blend mode of top copy to soft light and merge down.

Above Snowflake Frame and again central on the canvas c/paste element 26 - Floral Frame. Re sized to 95%.

Click in centre of frame with magic wand to float the inner. Selections - Modify expand by 7. C/paste paper 8 re sized to 60%. Invert the selection and hit delete. To the paper layer apply Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance and move below Frame. D/shadow the frame and merge down with paper layer.

Towards the bottom of the canvas along and above the bottom of the larger Floral Frame c/paste element 1 Snow Covered Log - Re sized to 75%. D/shadow.

C/paste your tube. Position toward the left side of the canvas above the log layer. when happy with positioning, duplicate tube and on top copy adjust gaussian blur by 3, change blend mode to soft light and opacity to 50. D/shadow the bottom copy.

Now work desired elements from kit around the tube and Frame layers. D/shadow to your liking.
 I used....

23 Lantern - 70%. Image - Mirror. Position bottom right behind Snow covered log.

35 Lantern Plant - 60%. Bottom right, above log behind tube.

15 Bird - 35%. Image - Mirror. Bottom right, above Lantern/ Plant.

3 Bow - 70%. Rotate right by 3. Top centre of Frame behind tube.

54 Leaves - 30%. Rotate right by 40. Position top left of frame behind Bow. Duplicate mirror copy to right side.

18 Bird House - 60%. Top Left above Frame, behind Leaves/Tube. Use eraser tool to remove post.

27 Wheel - 40%. Bottom left above Bird house. Behind tube.

54 Leaves - 30%. Rotate left by 16. Use manual color correction to change the colour slightly. Position bottom left above wheel.

10 Pine Cone - 30 % Image - Mirror. Bottom left above tube layer.

Merge all layers. Crop/re size to your liking. I usually sharpen at this point rather than each separate element as I go along. Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask 5.0 - 30 -5.
Add name and relevant artist copyright and tube licence info.
Save as Png.

Thank you for stopping by and trying this tutorial. I hope you are happy with your tag.
Sal :)

FTU What's New Pussycat

What's New Pussycat was written by myself on the 1st of May 2013. It is my own idea and creation and any similarity to any other tag or tutorial is co incidental.

Supplies

Tube of choice. I have used a fantastic PinUp Toon 'Cosplay kitten'  from CDO  HERE  It was the inspiration for the fabulous ftu kit ' Inspired by PinUp Toons' created by Tasha @ Tasha's Playground as part of Aprils fantastically free blog train. You can get it  HERE  Don't forget to leave a thank you.:)
Template 38 Pussycat by Me HERE


Open template, duplicate and close original. Re size all layers 110% and adjust canvas size to 700 x 700.
Delete credits, background and dotted rectangle layers.

In layer palette - Merge black rectangle 1 and 2. Selections-float c/paste a paper from kit ( I used paper 5, rotated 90 degrees) De float, invert the selection and hit delete. Select none and delete original template layer. Drop Shadow to your liking.

Layer Palette - Grey Oval - Float. C/paste paper from kit ( I used paper 6 ) De float, Invert and delete. Select none and delete original temp layer. Apply Noise - Gaussian - 25. D/shadow.

Layer palette - Black Oval - Repeat as above, choosing different paper. I used paper 7.

Layer palette - Merge Grey rectangle 1 and 2. Float and c/ paste paper of choice. I used paper 6. De float, invert and delete. Select none. Change blend mode to hard light and merge down with original template layer. D/shadow.

Layer palette - Merge Paws. Float. C/paste paper 6. De float, invert and delete. Select none. Change blend mode to hard light and merge layer down with temp layer. Apply Noise- Gaussian - 25. D/Shadow.

C/Paste Scratches element re sized to 40%. Position top left of image above rectangles. Duplicate and move copy down and slightly to right. Repeat so there are 3 copies. when you are happy with positioning merge and drop shadow.

C/Paste your tube. Position above and to the right of scratches. Behind word art layers. D/shadow.

C/Paste remaining elements of choice from kit and drop shadow as desired. I used ...

Milk Bottle 1 - Re sized 70%. Bottom left of Image. Above temp layers. Behind word art.

Food Dish - Re sized 50%. Bottom left above milk bottle.

Yarn - Re sized 50%. Bottom left above food dish.

Flower 3 - Re sized 70%. Position bottom left behind yarn.

Lollipop 2 - Re size 60%. Left of tag behind Milk Bottle.

Mouse - Re size 40%. Top left of tag above lollipop 2.

Word Art 1 - Re size 45%. Top left of tag. Behind Mouse. Duplicate and move copy to bottom right of image behind word art.

Scatter - Re size 70%. Position left of image above rectangle layer. behind ovals. Duplicate and mirror copy to right.

Bow 2 - 80%. Bottom right. Behind word art and paws layers.

Lollipop - Re size 65 %.  Right of Tag. Behind bow layer.

Fish Bones - Re size 40%. Position Centre of image to left of tube. Duplicate, mirror copy and move to top right of image.

Word Art - I adjusted colour balance using manual color correction, added noise - gaussian - 20 to Pussycat and added a slight shadow using EyeCandy - Shadowlab.

Merge visible. Crop/re size and sharpen to your liking and add name, relevant artist copyright and licence info. Save as Png.... Done.
Thank you for stopping by and trying this tutorial. I hope you are pleased with your tag.
Sal :)