CT tag & wallpaper featuring the oh so magicalart of Queen Uriel using her tube Dark Unicorn.I am also showcasing the darkly beautiful scrapGoddess Of Crows by Wicked Princess.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available here. “It’s not a unicorn — it’s a horse with a swordon its head that protects my hopes and dreams.” — Tad Quill and Gabrielle Allan “The unicorn is not known for its horn, beauty, or purity; But for its strength and courage as one.” — Nicole Beckwith
New wallpaper by me featuring the wonderful scrap Painting Sunflowers by Doodle by Design.I am also showcasing the retired art of Destiny Lauritsen as well. The wallpaper is 1920x1080 &available to download here.“The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days.” – Robert Leighton"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." – Helen Keller
CT tag & wallpaper featuring the stunning art ofGoldwasser using her tube Carmina. I am also showcasingthe oh so wonderful scrap A Zest For Life byWicked Princess Scraps. The wallpaper is1920x1080 & available here for download.Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. - Christian DiorIf you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.- Norman Vincent Peale
Plugins: Muras Meisters CopiesVM NaturalVM ToolboxNoise Filters
Open a 700x300 new image.Duplicate the layer & fill with a color of choice from your tube.Open up your tube of choice.
Copy & paste your tube as a new layer onto the image.I did resize my tube by 93% on the new image - but that is up to you. I also positioned the tube so the right side is upto the edge of the image.
Duplicate the tube once. On the copy layer, rename it as Main Tube. Hide this layer for now. On the original tube layer, rename as EffectsT.This will help us keep layers straight as we do the tutorial.
On the EffectsT layer, apply the plugin Muras Meisters Copies-Wallpaper rotate with default settings. Duplicate this layer once.Rename as E2. On the E2 layer, go to Adjust menu - Blur -Motion Blur - 45 & Strength 100. Hide the layer for now.
Make sure you have the EffectsT layer selected in your Layers palette.Apply the plugin VM Natural -Lightburst with default settings.Next, apply the plugin VM Toolbox - Blast with default settings.
Move the E2 layer underneath the EffectsT layer in your layer palette & unhide it.On the EffectsT layer, change the blend mode to Soft Light. Unhide the Main tube layer & add a drop shadow of choice to it.
Duplicate the Main tube once. Move the copy underneath the original Main Tube layer.On the Main tube, apply the plugin Noise Filters - Noisy Shift with default settings.Change the blend mode to Soft Light. Lower the opacity to about 53.
Bring your layer filled with color to the top of your layer palette. You can do this by right clicking on the layer in the palette. Select or hover on Arrange & Bring to top.Click the layer with your Magic Wand tool. Selections - Modify - Contract by 4.Hit delete on your keyboard. Select none. Apply drop shadow of choice to your border.
Choose your font tool & select a font of choice, along with a color of choice for wordingin your Materials Palette. Type out a short phrase that fits your tag. I used " And The Wind Blew."Convert to raster once you are happy with the wording.I positioned my wording on the bottom right of the tag but placement is entirely up to you.Be sure to add a drop shadow to it.
CT tag featuring the wonderfully whimsicalart of Queen Uriel using her Dragon fairy.I am also showcasing the oh so beautiful scrapLeaves Me Breathless by Wicked Princess.Soft moss a downy pillow makes, and green leaves spread a tent,Where Faerie fold may rest and sleep until their night is spent.The bluebird sings a lullaby, the firefly gives a light,The twinkling stars are candles bright, Sleep, Faeries all, Good Night.~Elizabeth T. Dillingham, “A Faery Song”
CT tag & wallpaper featuring the beautiful art of Goldwasser. This pirate is included in the scrapArrr! Shiver Me Timbers! by Wicked Princess.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available here."Heaven, you fool? Did you ever hear of any pirates going thither? Give me hell, it's a merrier place: I'll give Roberts a salute of 13 guns at entrance." - Thomas Sutton
New tag & wallpaper by featuring the absolutelygorgeous art of Misticheskaya using her tube Angelica.The wallpaper is 1920x1080 & available here to download.“The apple blossoms were in full bloom, and the orchard looked as if it had been dusted in pink snow. Every few seconds, a gusty, warm wind bellowed down the hillside and into the bay, a roar followed by a brief silence in which another sound would emerge: the hum of bees on the blossoms."Reminds me of The Wizard of Oz when the movie turned into Technicolor," Willo said, pushing up the sleeves on her long-sleeved T-shirt. "Feels like May.”― Viola Shipman, The Recipe Box
