Happy 4th

Remember, my tutorials are a guideline only, feel free to give it your own spin :)


Materials used in this tut:
-A ftu scrapkit form Tasha's playground called The Red, White & Blue
-A forum template by spawn, #120 here
-A tube from Sharron Wiley @ MTA
-The filters mura's Meister: Copies & Eyecandy 4000 :Gradient glow


Let's Begin


Open up the template, duplicate ( SHIFT+D) and close the original.
Delete the credits layer.
Activate main background:
Selections, select all
Copy paper 10 and paste into selection, select none


Delete the Background circles layer.
Activate left circle background and drag this one layer down.
Now you can merge the left  & right circle layer to one layer.
Do the same with the left & right circle layers, merge them to one layer.


Activate the merged left & right background layer.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, selections invert.
Copy paper11 and paste as a new layer. Hit Delete.Select none.
Delete the original layer.


Activate the merged left & right circle layer.
Adjust, add noise: Uniform, 100%, Monochrome checked.
Adjust, colorize, choose a red color.
Merge down.


Activate middle circle background.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, selections invert.
Copy paper13 and paste as a new layer. Hit Delete.Select none.
Delete the original layer.


Activate the middle circle border.
Adjust, add noise: Uniform, 100%, Monochrome checked.
Merge down.


Copy heartbrad and paste as a new layer.
Select the heart on the inside with your magic wand.
Selections, expand by 10 pix.
Make a new layer under the heartbrad layer.
Copy paper 10 and paste into selection.
Do not de-select yet.


Copy your tube and move the face (or an other part) into the heart frame.
Selections invert and hit delete. Select none.
Merge down.
Activate the heartbrad layer.
Copy star4 and paste as a new layer, move it to the right side ( look at my tag for reference).
Layers duplicate, image mirror, merge down.


Now crop merged opaque (crop your whole image).
You can add shadow to the different elements and layers as you like.
When you are done, merge visible.


Image, canvas size: 700x500 pix, position is centered.
Add a drop shadow.
Effects, mura's meister, copies :After image(rotate random) default settings.


Copy wordart and paste as a new layer.
Effects, eyecandy 4000, gradient glow.
Set glow width to 3 and choose a red color or blue.
Move it a bit to the right and up.


Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, Position where you like and add a drop shadow.
If you are happy, crop merged opaque.
Resize if needed , don't resize after you put on the copyright and license info.
I resized mine to 550 pix width and sharpened every layer once.


Add the correct copyright and license info on the tag and add your name


You are done, save as jpg or png
I hope you enjoyed this tut


©Sandra, 10-Jun-2014