Saturday, March 9, 2013

Cottontail's Trail


Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Sandlady and can be purchased from Pics for Design.  You must generate a license to use.

 Font of choice –  I used Good Dog here

Vix Mask 451 here

Plug Ins used:
DSB Flux – Bright Noise

“Cottontail’s Trail” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from either of my stores, Scraps from the Heart,  Butterfly Blush or Heartbeatz Creationz.  You can visit my designing blog here.

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up a 750 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Element 22 as a new layer.
Click inside of each rectangle with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 11 Into Selection.
Copy and paste 25 as a new layer below the frame.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Copy and paste Element 8 as a new layer.
Resize 50%
Position within the center rectangle.
Copy and paste Element 11 as a new layer below the frame.
Resize 50%
Position within the right rectangle – see my tag for reference.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position in front of the left side of the frame – see my tag for reference.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: Null
Background: #efefef

Copy and paste Element 43 as a new layer.
Using the Good Dog font type Cottontails Trail and position over the arrow – see my tag for reference.
Merge Visible the font and element layer.
Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:
65
23:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Use your Pick Tool to rotate one of them slightly
57:  Resize 60%
3:  Resize 60%/Free rotate Right 10 degrees
70:  Resize 70%
74:  Resize 45%/Free rotate Left 15 degrees
75:  Resize 45%/Free rotate Right 15 degrees
56:  (position in front of frame at bottom) Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror
55: (position in front of frame at bottom)  Resize 40%/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%
56:  (position behind the frame at the top) Resize 50%/Duplicate/Mirror
55: (position in behind the frame at the top)  Resize 50%/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%
40:  Resize 25%/Free rotate Left 55 degrees
38:  Resize 25%/Free rotate Right 35 degrees
4:  Resize 25%

Highlight your white background.
Select All.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Resize 105%
Merge Group.

Highlight your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white background.
Move the merged layer down slightly on your canvas – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste 78 as a new layer.
Resize 90%
Move into position at the top of your canvas – see my tag for reference.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
 photo NAMEINNERBEVEL_zps57eab8be.jpg

Apply DSB Flux – Bright Noise:
Intensity: 40
Mix checked
OK
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the word art.
Flood fill with #ffffff
Deselect.
Highlight the word art layer.
Merge Down.

Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground and Background:  Pattern/Paper 12
Type your name.
Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the word art.
Flood fill with #ffffff
Deselect.
Highlight the pink name layer.
Merge Down.

Resize all layers 70%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev
 

Easter Name


Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of Victoria Fox which can be purchased from Up Your Art.  You must generate a license to use.

Font of choice –  I used Giant Head here

Monti Circular Mask here

“Easter Puddles” is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be downloaded from my blog here. 

~~ Lets get started ~~

Color Pallet:
Foreground: Null
Background:  Pattern/Paper 7
Angle: 0
Scale: 100

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Using the Giant Head font type your name so that it goes across the canvas – be sure you leave enough room for your tube.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
 photo NAMEINNERBEVEL_zps57eab8be.jpg

Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below the name layer.
Flood fill with #ffffff
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Uniform & Monochrome checked
Noise: 65%
OK
Deselect.

Merge Visible the name layers.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Position it at either end of your name.

Add your elements.  I used:
3:  Resize 80%/Free rotate Right 15 degrees
4:  Resize 80%/Free rotate Right 15 degrees
16:  Resize 95%
8:  Resize 40%/Free rotate Left 85 degrees

Close out your white canvas.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white canvas.

Duplicate the merged layer.
Flip
Move it down on your canvas so that both layers look mirrored.
Move the duplicate layer below the original merged layer in your layers pallet.
Make your Freehand Selection Tool active and section around an area of your name :
 photo sectionedportion_zps4e21ef88.jpg

Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather:
Both checked
Feather amount: 30
OK
Tap the delete key 2 or 3 times.
Deselect.
Lower the Opacity of this layer to about 42.

Close out your white canvas.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white canvas.
Move the merged layer down a bit on your canvas.

Finish adding the elements.  I used:
15:  Resize 60%/Duplicate/Resize 70%

Highlight your white canvas.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste paper 5 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Use your Eraser Tool and erase the lower half of the mask.

Crop your image.

Add your credits.

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev