Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Happy 4th Of July

Happy 4th of July





This tutorial was written by me. 
Any similarity is purely coincidental. 
It was done using Gimp
 but can be done with a program of your choice


Supplies:


Cluster frame called Happy 4th of July by Angela of Queenie's Signatures  -n-  Kits  here

Tube of choice
I used a tube from PFD by Di_Halim called Americus you can find it here
You MUST have a license to use.

Mask from Creative Misfits Creations -Sparkle and Bling by Kaci here
or use your mask of choice

font used for name is Challenge Shadow 


Lets begin

Open new image 800 x 800 px , white bg
we will resize later

Add New Layer
Open your cluster frame 
click on the Merged layer , copy and paste 
Resize to 550 px width
Anchor and autocrop Layer
filters / Decor/ add bevel 2 thickness 
(make sure you untick the box that has - work on copy)


Add new layer
move the layer below the frame
open your tube 
copy and paste, position, resize 
I resized my tube to 550 px height and I also
Layer/ transform/ flip horizontally
when happy with it ......Anchor
Autocrop Layer
Duplicate layer and move it above the frame 
We want to erase the bottom part of the tube thats outside the frame
An easy way for me is to use the Rectangle Select Tool
Make a rectangle around the bottom part of the tube thats outside the frame
and hit delete.  
Select none
If you want you can just use the Eraser tool to erase 

Make your frame layer active 
use the Fuzzy select tool or magic wand and click inside the frame
you should have marching ants inside the frame

Add a new layer above the bg layer 
your ants should be marching on this layer
Select/ grow / 8
open your close up tube and Paste INTO 
 (make sure you paste Into and not paste)
Resize and postion as you like it
you can use my tag for reference
When happy , Anchor, Select none
Layer , Autocrop
Duplicate this layer 
make the bottom of these active and
 filters/ blur, gaussian blur  8 horizontal and 8 vertical px
make the top of these active and if you have
eyecandy /weave with default setting
opacity 80

If you haven't added ds now is when I do it
(add ds to the bottom tube only when you have a duplicate)

Hide the bg layer 
Merge visible layers
autocrop layer
resize to 600 px height

unhide bg 
add new layer and fill with color of choice
I used color #14152f  Right click on this layer / add layer mask
(be sure you have black full transparency checked )
open your mask
this one is large so I resized it to 500 px width 
copy and paste , position as you like and resize if you need to 
Anchor

merge tag layer down to mask layer
autocrop layer 

Add your copyrights, license and Name
delete the bg layer
Autocrop Image 
Save




Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Life's a Beach

Life's a Beach




This tutorial was written by me. 
Any similarity is purely coincidental. 
It was done using Gimp
 but can be done with a program of your choice

Supplies:

Tube of choice
I am using a tube from Bobbie Allen
bamacreations.yuku.com

Scrapkit is called Lifes a Beach by Melissa
you can find it here


Myth Mask 62 
creative misfits summer masks here

font of choice
I used Beach Type here


Note: 
Add drop shadows as you go if you prefer
Autocrop each layer as you go


Lets begin:

Open new canvas 800 x800 px 
white bg
we will resize later


add new layer
open element 34 ,  copy and paste ,
 resize to 575 px width , anchor
filters/ bevel, 
( untick the work on copy and keep bitmap boxes if they are selected)
2 thickness , add bevel


add new layer above bg layer
open element 31 , resize to 600 px width ,
copy and paste , position under word art ,
 anchor
duplicate this layer ,
 click the eye to hide the top layer
move the other layer down slightly then 
make the top layer visible so you can better position
this layer , resize to 700 px width and 
play with the position till you are happy with it
merge these together

Add new layer above the word art
open your tube and copy and paste 
position as you like
anchor
I had to resize the sand element to 790 px width so my dog
was positioned on the sand better

Add new layer
open element 30 
copy and paste 
position as you like ,I rotated it slightly 
 you can use my tag as reference
anchor

Add new layer below  your tube layer
open element 29 
copy , paste , resize and  rotate , position as you like it 
see my tag for reference 
anchor

Add new layer at the top
open element 16
copy and paste ,
resize to 125 px width or as you like 
position 
anchor

If you are like me and haven't added drop shadows yet .....
now is the time to add ds to each of your layers
I use 3/4/8/38 to all elements except my tube and
 I use the default setting for the tube
Use Your fav ds settings

When happy with everything 
Hide the white bg layer 
right click and merge visible layers
autocrop layer and I resize to 590 px width

unhide the bg layer 
add new layer above the bg layer 
open paper 5
copy and paste
anchor
right click , add layer mask 
make sure to click the black (full transparency) 
open mask 
copy and paste , autocrop layer , 
unclick the little chain and resize to
700 px width and keep the 500 px width
anchor

delete the white bg layer 
merge the other layers 
Image/autocrop image
resize to 600 px width
add your copyrights  and name 
merge visible , autocrop and resize if needed
save as (I save as png)



Sunday, June 2, 2013

Seas the Moment

Seas the Moment






This tutorial was written by me. 
Any similarity is purely coincidental. 
It was done using Gimp
 but can be done with any program



supplies: 

Scrapkit by BLT DeZinZ called Seaside Joy 
this is a PTU kit you can find a link to the store on her blog  here
Or you can use a scrapkit of your choice

Template 137 by Denz Designz here

Tube of choice
The tube I used can only be used if you have a license to use it.
 You can find the tube and get a license at Pics for Design here


font of choice 
for my name I used : Of Wildflowers and Wings
you can find it here



Lets begin
Note: autocrop layers as you go and you can add your ds of choice as you go 

open template 
click on raster layer to make it active
add new layer and fill with white
delete the raster layer
resize the white layer which we will name bg layer , to 600 px width
click image/ fit image to layers
Delete these layers - hearts 1 & 2 , raster 2, and Denz Dezignz


make the mask layer active 
fill with color # c8d9eb

Alpha to selection on red circle and add new layer
with marching ants active on new layer copy and paste 
paper 12 , resize as needed , I resized to 500 px width ,
click colors/ colorize 
adjust the hue to your liking
when happy with color and position 
anchor
select none  
autocrop layer
delete the red circle layer

alpha to selection on dotted circle 
add new layer and fill it with white
select none 
delete the original dotted circle layer

Alpha to selection on blue square layer
add new layer and fill with color # 0043a3
 delete the origianl blue square layer 
select none
move your square up a little see my tag for reference 
move the dotted line up and position it in the square
Now we are gonna hide the blue rectangle 
click on the dark blue rectangle and move it down so the top of the rectangle is just below 
the bottom of the dotted line
unhide the blue rectangle and move it down so that its below the dark blue rectangle 
see my tag for reference

make your blue square layer active ( alpha to selection)
add new layer , you should have marching ants around the square
copy the close up tube and paste INTO the new layer
resize and position to your liking
I clicked layer /transform/flip horizontally
anchor
mode/screen
select none

alpha to selection on the dotted line 
add new layer 
fill with white 
delete the original dotted line
select none

alpha to selection on the blue rectangle 
add new layer and fill it with color # b9bdc3
select none and delete original blue rectangle layer

alpha to selection on dark blue rectangle 
add new layer 
copy paper 10 and paste INTO ( make sure its paste into not paste)
resize and position as you like 
anchor and select none 
delete the original rectangle

scale red strip to 450 px width 
also scale the raster 2 and 2 dotted lines the same

alpha to selection on red strip 
add layer 
scale paper 3 to 500 px width
copy paper 3 and paste Into 
anchor and select none
delete original red strip 

alpha to  2 dotted lines
add new layer and fill with white
select none and delete the original 2 dotted lines

Add your elements now
I used: 
Bird
Boat
Clip 
Clip 2
heart string
lighthouse 
wordart

Resize and position as you like . See my tag for reference 
add new layer above the 2 dotted lines 
I started with the lighthouse
resize to 75 px width ( you can resize more if you need when you place it )
when happy anchor and select none

Add new layer 
copy your tube and paste 
resize and position 
when happy anchor and select none

Add new layer 
resize the heart string 150 px height
copy and paste at the end of your black strip 
see my tag for reference
position and resize if needed
anchor and select none

Add new layer
resize your bird to 150 px height 
copy and paste 
position and resize if needed 
anchor and select none
dup and resize to 100 px height 
move to the right just a little 
dup and move down to the bottom heart 


 Add new layer above the circle layer 
copy the boat and resize 60 px width 
paste , position 
select none

Add new layer above the dotted square 
resize clip 2 to  75px width ( you can resize more if you need when you place it )
copy and paste , position , anchor and select none
duplicate and place 
repeat for clip 

Add new layer above your tube layer and add the word art from the kit
resize and position as you like

Add word art of choice or add the one I made above the black strip

Add your ds to layers if you haven't already

Hide the bg layer 
merge visible layers 
autocrop layer 
scale to 600 px width 
image/ fit canvas to layers 

delete bg 
autocrop image 
filters/enhance/ sharpen

add copyrights and license 

add name with font of your choice