Love Balloon



This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
December 8th, 2013
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using a tube by Fluff,Inc.
This tube is available at
CDO

I am also using Dark Heart
scrap by Honored Scraps which can also be
purchased at CDO.

MC_Mask13 by Melissaz Creationz
Here

Animation 214 FTU
by Simone Scrappy Bit Of Fun
Here

Open a 700x700 new image with white
background.
Open up your tube and scrap
supplies of choice.

Open a square frame of choice
& paste as a new layer.
Click inside the frame with your
magic wand tool.
Selections -modify -expand
by 5.

Paste a paper of choice as a new
layer.Selections - invert &
press delete.
Love the paper underneth the
frame layer.

Paste a closeup between the
two layers. Press delete.
Select none.

Add a drop shadow to the
closeup & frame layers.
2,2,50,5 Black.

Open a circle frame.
Paste above the square
frame layers.
Add the above drop shadow
as well.

Open a scattering of beads
element.
Paste as a new layer. In your
layer palette, move this layer to
below the previous layers.
You want beads sticking out of
either side of frames.

Open up your regular tube.
Paste as a new layer. Paste
on the left side of the tag.
Add the earlier drop shadow to
the tube.

Open a flower element.
Resize 80%. Paste as
a new layer on the bottom
right corner of the tag.

Open a blanket element.
Resize 80%. Paste
as a new layer.
In your layer palette,
move this layer under
the corner flower layer.

Open a balloon element.
Paste as a new layer.
In your layer palette,
move this layer under
the left hand side tube layer.

Choose a wordart of choice.
I am using one that is provided
in the scrap.

I resized 45% or as needed.
Paste as a new layer.
Position on the tag in front
of the flower/blanket layers.

Paste a scrap paper of choice
as a new layer below your
above tag layers.
Apply the mask MC_Mask13
Merge group.
Move this layer down just
slightly.

Merge layers visible. Crop to
desired size. Add artist copyright
information and name.

Now if you don't wish to animate, you
can save your tag now.
To animate, please continue.

Open up your animation. I resized the

animation
that I am using.Edit - select all.
Animation - resize animation.
Select the percentage of original
Change both to 88.
Click okay.

Copy your tag as copy merged. Now go to

Animation shop
and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate for the required number of frames
as your animation has.

For the animation I am using, it has 18
frames. This means I have to duplicate
the tag image for a total of 18 frames.
To duplicate, hold down Ctrl and repeatedly
press the L button.
Down on the bottom right corner of AS,
it will show how many frames you have.

Once you have all the frames needed,
edit - select all.
Now on your animation, select all - copy.
Drag onto your tag image.
Select all - view animation.
If happy, save as gif