Gorjuss Puppy Love

 

Supplies

 

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Hopelessly Devoted" by Jillian's Creations which can be purchased at Creative Scraps

Tubes of choice - I am using the gorjuss artwork of Suzanne Woolcott which can be purchased from her store

**PLEASE DO NO USE HER ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

Fence and Grass elements from "Spring is Here" kit by PinkPrincess which can be purchased from The Scrappin Divaz Designz

WSL_Mask81 by Chelle

Fonts of choice - 2Peas Gone Postal and A&S Snapper Script

 

 

~ Step 1 ~

 

Open Mask and minimise for later

 

Open a new 650 x 550 blank canvas flood-filled white

 

Paste Frame5 as new layer and position in the centre
Resize by 80%

 

With your Magic Wand click inside the frame
Selections / Modify / Expand by 10
Paste Paper2 as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position inside selection
Selections / Invert
Delete

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Paste Paper4 as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position inside selection
Selections / Invert
Delete
Lower opacity to 60
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

KEEP SELECTED

 

Paste Paper12 as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position inside selection
Selections / Invert
Delete and deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

Activate your Frame layer again
Duplicate
Apply a drop shadow:
H & V - 2
Opacity - 30
Blur - 5.00
Colour - #000000

 

Repeat drop shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical drops to -2

 

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

 

With your Selection Tool draw a rectangle around the Frame:

Selections / Invert
Delete and deselect

 

Paste Frame2 as new layer
Position directly behind main Frame
Paste Frame1 as new layer
Position directly over Frame2
Set blend mode to Screen
Resize this layer by 98%
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Add a drop shadow:
H & V - 2
Opacity - 30
Blur - 10.00
Colour - #000000

 

You should now have something like this:

~ Step 2 ~

 

Paste a Fence as a new layer (I am using one from PinkPrincess' kit "Spring is Here" from The Scrappin Divaz Designz)
Resize by 23%
Duplicate
Adjust / Hue & Saturation / Colourise
Hue - 30
Saturation - 45

 

Paste some Grass (also from the "Spring is Here" kit)
Resize by 12% and place low in front of the fence

 

Paste BowedRibbonRed as new layer
Position across bottom of frame to your liking

 

Paste EyeletRibbonRowRed as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position along the inside of the ribbon up to the bow
Duplicate and position on the other side of bow
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Erase any excess overhanging the edge of the Frame

 

Paste BowRed as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position over bow on ribbon

 

Paste FabricFlowerBlack as new layer
Resize by 30%
Position in lower left corner
Paste FabricFlowerRed as new layer
Resize by 23%
Position over the Black flower
Add a slight drop shadow, then
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

 

Paste HeartClipArt as new layer
Resize by 40%
Place in top right corner

 

Paste PaperClipBlack as new layer
Image / Rotate by 30 to the left
Resize by 50%
Position somewhere along the top
Use your Freehand Tool to draw out around the inside of the PaperClip
Then delete

 

Duplicate
Image / Mirror then Image / Flip
Image / Rotate by 30 to the left
Adjust / Sharpness / Unsharpen Mask
Raduis - 1.00
Strength - 100
Clipping - 4

 

You should have something like this:

 

~ Step 3 ~

 

Ok add your tube of choice
I added a selection of Gorjuss tubes

 

Place your tube in position
Then duplicate
Move the duplicate to a layer above the Frame
Turn the visibility off so we can work on the original

 

Add a few extra tubes or elements if you wish
Apply a slight drop shadow of choice

 

With your Selection Tool draw a rectangle around the Frame once again
Selections / Invert
Activate each of your tube layers overhanging from beneath the Frame
Delete on each layer
Deselect

 

Now activate the copy of the tube you moved to above the Frame and make it visible
Draw a selection around the bottom half of your tube with your Freehand Tool
Then delete

 

 

Now it looks like your tube is protruding from within the bottom of the Frame out through the top

 

Now crop and resize

 

~ Step 4 ~

 

Activate your Background layer

 

Paste Paper12 as new layer
Resize by 65%

 

Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image
Locate WSL_Mask81
Source Luminance
OK

 

In your Layer Palette activate the Mask layer and resize it by 105%

 

 

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

 

Select your Text Tool and choose a font of your choice - I am using 2Peas Gone Postal
Stroke Width - 1.00

 

Foreground - #000000
Background - #9e3030

 

Type in the word "Puppy"
Add some noise

 

Change to a script font and toggle the Background/Foreground colours in your Material Properties
Switch off your Foreground

 

Foreground - null
Background - #000000

 

Type the word "Love

 

Select your font of choice and matching colours (I used the same as previous)
Type out your name, add some noise and a Gradient Glow
Apply a slight drop shadow

 

Finally add your © copyright, licence and watermark, save as GIF or JPG and you're done!

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial

 

::st!na::

  

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 5th March 2009
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