Fairest of Them All

Supplies needed:

Scrapkit – This tutorial uses the PTU kit “The Fairest of Them All,” by Designs by Sarah.

Tube of choice – Artwork used in this tutorial is “Snow Princess”, ©Jose Cano, and is available at Scraps and the City.

Mask of choice – I used Horseplay’s Pasture’s Mask 1

Font of choice – I used “2 Fairytale Fancy DNA”

Let’s get started!

Open a new canvas – 500 x 500, transparent.

Open Paper 6, resize 75%. Copy and paste it onto your canvas.

Apply Mask. Merge group.

Open Frame 1, resize 65%. Copy and paste it onto your canvas.

Open Tube. (If using the same one as me, resize 65%). Copy and paste onto your canvas.

Apply drop shadow to tube. 5, 5, 55, 8, black.

Duplicate Frame layer. Move duplicate frame above tube. Erase the top half of the frame, so it looks like the girl is coming out of the frame.

Erase the portion of the tube showing below the bottom of the frame.

Save your work.

Open Flower 2. Resize 40%. Copy and paste onto canvas. Arrange at bottom left of frame.

Save your work.

Open Greenery 1. Resize 50%. Copy and paste onto canvas, under the Flower2 layer.

Image>Mirror (Ctrl+M)  Duplicate.

On duplicate greenery layer- Image>Invert (Ctrl+I). Free rotate (Ctrl+R), left 90 degrees.

Open Ribbon 7. Resize 65%. Copy and paste onto canvas, below flower layer.

Open Print 4. Copy and paste onto your canvas, above your paper layer. Arrange it so you get a nice design inside the frame.

Activate your Magic Wand tool. Activate your frame layer. Click inside the frame.

Selection>Modify>Expand by 5. Selections>Invert. Activate your print layer. Click Delete. Selections>None.

Save your work.

Open Bird 2. Resize 40%. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Arrange at top left of the frame, like he’s perching on the greenery.

Open Tag 1. Resize 65%. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Arrange at the right side of the frame, below your tube layer.

Add a drop shadow to each of the elements you added. 3, 3, 45, 3, black.

Add your credits and license info.

Add your name onto the tag.

Save and you are done!

I would love to see your results! Email them to tutsbyj0eswife@gmail.com

Dark Angel - 100% FTU!

Tube used: Cookie by Lisa K. Included in scrap kit

Kit used:  Dark Angel by Grunge & Glitter Scraps – Freebie

Mask used:  BabesDesignz Mask32. Her blog is no longer available, so I've supplied the mask HERE

Font used: Eight fifteen – Free font by Kevin andAmanda

Open a new canvas, 500 x 500.

Open Paper 8, resize 75%, copy and paste onto your canvas.

Open Paper 9, resize 75%, copy and paste onto your canvas.

On Paper 9, apply BabesDesignz, Mask 32 (Invert transparency checked), merge group, resize layer by 105%.

Open Frame 4, resize 75%, copy and paste onto your canvas.

Shift+L to Colorize the frame – Hue & Saturation set to 0.

Save your progress.

Open Paper 8, resize 75%, copy and paste onto your canvas.

Open your tube. If you’re using the same one as me, resize 75%.

Copy and paste it above your frame layer. Arrange your tube in the frame.

Apply a drop shadow to your tube – 5, 5, 50, 5, black.

Duplicate the frame layer and move the duplicate frame above your tube.

Erase the portion of the frame that covers the head and right wing of your tube, so it looks like she is coming out of the frame.

Erase the portion of the tube that shows below the bottom of the frame.

Apply a drop shadow to your bottom frame layer. 5, 5, 55, 5, black.

Save your progress.

Open Harp. Resize 75%. Copy and paste onto your canvas as the top layer. Arrange at the bottom right of the frame.

Open Candle2. Resize 50%. Copy and paste onto your canvas as the top layer. Arrange at the bottom right of the frame.

Open Flower2. Resize 55%. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Arrange at the bottom left of the frame.

Open Flower4. Resize 40%. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Arrange behind the Flower2 layer. Duplicate, move the duplicate slightly lower – or however you like it!

Open Ribbon2. Resize 85%. Copy and paste onto your canvas.  Image>Mirror (Ctrl+M).  Arrange at the bottom of the frame.

Open Butterfly2. Resize 35%. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Arrange at the top left corner of your frame.

Add a drop shadow to each of the elements you added. 3, 3, 55, 3, black.

Save your progress.

Add your copyright & license info. I used the copyright that came on the tube.

Add your name in your font of choice.

To add the border around your name like mine is –

Convert name layer to raster layer.

Selections> Select All, Float, Defloat, Modify, Expand by 3

Add a new layer below your name layer.

On the new layer, flood fill the selection area with a color of choice.

Selections>None.

Add drop shadow, 3, 3, 55, 3, black.

Delete the bottom white layer.

Save and you’re done!

New PTU Tag- Fairy Story

I made this tag using AmyMarie's kit Dark Fairy, available for purchase at Scraps and the City.

Tube is by Rachel Anderson, available at CDO.

50 Shades

Tube used:  “2013 Corset” by Ismael Rac. You can find this tube at his store, http://xeracx.net/store/

Scrap kit used:  “50 Shades” by Designs by Sarah. You can find this kit at Pimp My Tag w/ Scraps

Font used:  AridITC

Open new image 500 x 500.

Flood fill white.

Open Frame 2. Copy and paste onto canvas. Resize 75%.

Duplicate Frame.

Open tube. Copy and paste onto canvas, between the two frame layers.  Resize tube as needed.

Apply drop shadow to tube. 5, 5, 55, 8, black.

On top frame layer, erase the portion covering the top of the tube.

On the tube layer, erase any portion that shows below the frame.

Save your progress.

Open Paper 10, Copy and paste onto canvas, below the bottom frame layer.

Activate your frame layer. Using your Magic Wand tool, click inside the frame.

Selections>Modify>Expand by 8. Selections>Invert.

Activate paper later. Hit delete. Selections>None

Open Print2, Copy and paste onto canvas, below the paper layer. Resize 75%.

Duplicate, Mirror, Flip.

Save your progress.

Now for your elements:

Branch 1, resized 65%, arrange on right side of frame.

Duplicate, resize 85%, arrange slightly lower than the first branch.

Heart, resized 50%, free rotate 20 degrees right, arrange on bottom right of frame.

Branch 2, paste under paper layer, free rotate 20 degrees left.

Colorize (Shift+L) your Branch 2 – Hue 125, Saturation 35.

Duplicate, Mirror.

Save your progress.

Bow 3, resized 85%, free rotate 90 degrees left. Flip. Arrange on left side of frame.

Add a drop shadow to each of your elements, including the bottom frame layer. 3, 3, 50, 5, black.

Save.

Delete white background layer.

Add your name and credits,  and you’re done!