Blossoming Beauty

This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
June 8, 2012
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
For this tutorial, I’m using
a tube by Ana Neves
You can purchase this tube at
CDO.

Supplies:
Tube of choice
Scrap of choice.
I am using a PTU scrap called Butterfly Kisses by
tlpDesignz. It is also available at
Dreamscape Imaging.
Plugin: Eyecandy4000 Gradient Glow.

Open a 600x600 new image.
Open your tube & scrap supplies.

Select a frame of choice.
Copy & paste the frame
as a new layer.

Click inside the frame with
your magic wand tool.
Selections modify expand by
8.

Paste a paper of choice as
a new layer.Selections invert
& press delete. Select none.
Move the paper layer underneath
the frame layer.

Add a drop shadow to your
frame layer.
2,2,50,5 black.

Paste your main tube on the
top layer of the tag.
Position as wanted on your tag.
Add the above drop shadow to the
tube layer also.

Open a standing flower element.
Resize 70%
Paste twice behind your main tube &
position to the side slightly.
You want a flower behind each side
of your main tube.

Open a 2nd flower.
The one i used has its petals turned more
up towards the sky.
Resize 50%.
Position on tag as you did the previous
flowers.

Duplicate each of the 2nd flowers once.
Resize each flower copy 50%.
Position down beside your tube on
either side of it.

Open two different flower clusters.
Resize each one 40%.
Paste one on the left & one on the right
side of your tube.
You want the clusters on the bottom
of the flower layers.

Open a bow ribbon element.
Resize 70%. Paste on the upper left side
of your tag. You want the bow below the
flower layers.

Back on the frame layer,
merge the frame and paper layer
together.

On the merged frame layer,
Apply the mask Tresemask0014.
Merge group.

Open a horizontal ribbon.
Resize 50% & 80% once each.
Paste along the bottom ofy our main tube.

Open a bow element.
Resize 20%.
Paste on both ends of the horizontal ribbon.

Open a wordart from scrap.
Resize 80%.
Paste as a new layer onto your tag.

Add a gradient glow to the wordart.
EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow
Setting Fat - color of choice
Glow width 3.00

After adding the gradient glow,
add a drop shadow to the wordart.
2,2,50,5 Black.

Merge layers together.
Crop to desired size.
Add artist copyright information & name.
Save as png.