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

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!