LOVE IS PERFECT FTU

Written by Gwenda on February 4th 2015

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Blueplate Special, found

HERE

Template 143 – Perfect by Dangerously Delicious Designz

HERE

Scrapkit is a lovely FTU kit from Horseplay’s Pasture Designs, called My Life, My Moment

You can download this kit

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Gnomito by Di Halim. You can purchase her tubes through Scraps n Company

HERE

Mask of choice – I used WSL 84 by Wee Scots Lass.

HERE

Open Template

Copy, and close original

Resize 95%, all layers checked.

Image - Canvas size 700 x 700.

Delete top layer (credits), pink circle, small dotted circle, bottom grey circle, bottom teal ring

Click on background at the bottom.

Fill with white.

Note: Template layers will be indicated in CAPITALS. Elements from the scrapkit will be in lower case.

Layers – new raster layer.

Selections – select all. Paste Paper 2 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask WSL84

In layers palette, merge group.

Stretch to all edges

Element 31 (Wire mesh)

Flip

Resize 75%

Paste above mask layer

Slide to bottom right corner.

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 67 (Gold doodle)

Paste above element 31 layer

Slide to top right corner.

Sharpen.

Duplicate – mirror - flip

Dropshadow both

TOP LEFT GREY CIRCLE

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow.

TOP LEFT TEAL RING

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 8 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice

Adjust – add noise Gaussian 40, monochrome box checked.

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

TOP RIGHT GREY CIRCLE

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 9 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow.

TOP RIGHT TEAL RING

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 8 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice

Adjust – add noise Gaussian 40, monochrome box checked.

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

WHITE RECTANGLE

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 1 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Dropshadow.

LARGE DOTTED RECTANGLE

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 13 into selection.

Deselect.

In layers palette, merge down to template layer.

Sharpen.

Give inner bevel of choice

Adjust – add noise Gaussian 40, monochrome box checked.

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

SMALL DARK GREY RECTANGLE

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 13 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen paper.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

Element 25 (Stick with stars on)

Mirror

Resize 80%

Paste above SMALL DARK GREY RECTANGLE layer

Slide to top left corner.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Tube

Resize 75% then 90%

Paste above TEAL HEART.

Go back to your Paper 13 copy of the SMALL DARK GREY RECTANGLE.

Slide it down until the bottom is level with the tube’s feet.

Element 14 (Corner)

Resize 60%

Paste above Paper 13 copy of the SMALL DARK GREY RECTANGLE layer

Slide to sit at the bottom left of the rectangle (see my tag for placement).

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

TEAL HEART

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 7 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

PINK SHAPE

Slide down, so that the right corner sits on the corner of the rectangle you moved earlier.

Resize Paper 7  70% and paste above the PINK SHAPE.

Click back on PINK SHAPE.

 Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Selections – invert.

Click on Paper 7 and hit delete.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Sharpen.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

Go back to your tube, and erase all showing below the PINK SHAPE.

SWIRLY WORD ART

Slide this down so it sits nicely above the PINK SHAPE.

Selections – select all. Selections – float. Selections – defloat.

Layers – new raster layer.

Paste Paper 8 into selection.

Deselect.

Close template layer.

Give inner bevel of choice

Adjust – add noise Gaussian 40, monochrome box checked.

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

Element 47 (Three stars)

Paste above SWIRLY WORDART layer.

Slide to the right.

Sharpen.

Duplicate twice (3 copies).

Slide one copy down.

On the other copy – mirror and slide to top

Dropshadow all three.

Element 37 (Frog)

Paste above element 47 layers

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 28 (Butterfly)

Resize 50% then 80%

Paste above element 37 layer

Free rotate Right 20

Sharpen.

Duplicate.

Place as desired

Dropshadow both.

Add any other elements of choice.

Resize if desired

Add copyrights.