Beautiful Black


This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
September 17th, 2013
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using a tube by Anna Marine .
This tube is available at
CDO

I am also using the PTU scrap IB Anna Marine 7-2
by Chichi Designz which can also be purchased at
CDO.

Mask:
MC_Mask9 by Melissaz Creationz
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Plugins:
EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow
Xero Porcelain

Open a 700x700 new image.
Open up your tube and scrap supplies.

Choose a frame of choice.
Resize 75%.
Copy and paste as a new layer.

Select your magic wand tool.
Click inside the frame once to
select it. Selections modify -expand
by 10.

Paste a paper of choice as
a new layer.Selections invert
& press delete button.
Move the paper underneth the
frame layer. Keep selected.

Paste your tube between the two
layers. Duplicate once. Move the tube
copy layer to the top in your
layer palette.

Back on the original tube, press
delete. Select none.
Now on the tube copy layer,
erase any parts of the tube which
you don't want visible past the frame.

Add a drop shadow to the frame
& original tube layer.
2,2,50,5 black.

Open an archway element.Resize 80%.
Paste behind the frame layers.
Open a grass/plant scenry layer.
Paste in front of the previous layers
at the bottom of the tag. You want the
frame to appear to be "sitting" in the grass.

Duplicate the scenry layer once.
Move the original scenry layer to bottom
of the tag - underneth the archway layer.
Adjust blur - gauassian blur 10.

Open a stemmed rose or flower.
Resize 50%. Mirror once. Paste on a side
underneth the scenry layer. Duplicate once
& mirror again to the other side.

Open a wordart of choice. I am using one
which was provided in the scrap I chose.
Paste as a new layer & position near the
bottom of the tag.

Apply a gradient glow to the wordart using
EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow.
Setting fat - glow width 3.00
Also apply a drop shadow to the wordart.

Paste a paper of choice on the bottom
of the tag - underneth the previous layers.
Apply the mask MC_Mask9.
Merge group.
Resize this mask by 80%.

Merge layers visible.
Apply the plugin Xero Porcelain
Softness 73
Strength and Brightness 128

Crop image to desired size.
Add artist copyright information
& name. Save as png.
Thanks for trying my tutorial.