Sustainability

 

Supplies

 

"Earth Day" freebie kit available at Pimp'd Dezigns

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

WSL_Mask7 by Chelle available from her blog

Plugin: Xero Fritillary

Fonts of choice - I am using CK Retro Block, Brush Script MT and Bello Script

 

 

Ready? Let's go!

 

 

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

 

Paste Frame01 as new layer
Resize by 70%
Leave in position

 

Select inner area of Frame with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Expand by 10
Add new raster layer
Paste PP06 into selection
Deselect
Layers > Arrange > Move Down

 

Paste Cloud as new layer
Resize by 60%
Position to the upper left

 

Paste TreeBranch as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top
Resize by 60%
Position along bottom of Frame

 

Paste Greens as new layer
Resize by 70%
Layers > Arrange > Move Down
Position below and along Branch

 

 

Paste your tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position to the right beneath Frame layer

 

Paste Tree as new layer
Resize by 35%
Position to the left

 

Activate your tube layer
Select the area around your tube
Selections > Invert
Now activate the Tree layer
Press delete

 

 

Paste Bow01 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top
Resize by 20%
Position to the left

 

Paste Bow02 as new layer
Resize by 16%
Position alongside first Bow

 

Paste Butterfly as new layer
Image > Mirror
Resize by 10%
Position to the right above the Branch

 

Activate Paper Background layer

 

Paste WaterDrop as new layer (behind Tree)
Resize by 30%
Position as if falling from the sky
Duplicate several times and position

 

Layers > Merge > Merge Down
Repeat till all WaterDrops are one layer

 

Paste Frame02 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Resize by 74%
Position behind Frame
Select Pick Tool and use nodes to pull side out to same size as first Frame
Lower opacity to around 55

 

 

Use your Selection Tool to draw around overhanging ribbon

 

 

Press delete then deselect

 

Activate Leaf layer
Duplicate
Image > Mirror
Move down to bottom Frame layer
Position to the right, protruding from the bottom of Frame

 

Paste PP04 as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

 

Image > Canvas to 600 x 600

 

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate WSL_Mask7
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Down

 

Crop around mask layer
Then resize tag (I resized to 500 x 480)

 

Still on Mask layer
Effects > Plugins > Xero > Fritillary with the following settings:

 

 

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using CK Retro Block

 

Choose two colours from your tube/tag
Set your Material Properties:
Foreground - #000000
Background - #516945
Stroke width - 1.5

 

Type out your text - "Cherish the Planet"
Position and convert to raster layer

 

Select a script font
I am using Brush Script MT
Turn off the Foreground using only the Background colour

 

Type out the word - "Sustainability"
Position and convert to raster layer
Lower opacity to 50

 

Select another font of choice or use one of those already used
Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horiztonal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer
Add a slight drop shadow

 

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

 

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

 

::st!na::

 

© Tutorial written by Stina on 23rd April 2009
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