Brown Beauty

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on April 4, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Forum Template # 60 by me here

Plugins

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used Brown Color Seires by Keith Garvey, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The name of my font is Tagette

I used size 48 after resizing my tag

Open your template, shift D to duplicate & close original

Delete credit layer

Floodfill your bg layer with a color from your tube

Add texture>fine canvas, scale 50, depth 3

Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

Floodfill the bar layers with a darker shade of your color

Merge down

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Add a drop shadow to your lace

Change opacity to 60

Activate the star layer

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with your first color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Change layer properties to burn

Floodfill your border layers with your first color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate one of your square layers

Select all>float>defloat

Activate the left square layer

Paste your close up tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position into place

Invert your selection

Delete

Deselect

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & mirror

Move the duplicated layer to below the right border layer

Activate one of the flowers

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a contrasting color

Deselect

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Delete the original flower layer

Change layer properties to hard light

Repeat with the other flower

Duplicate both flowers 2 times

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 45, mix checked on both your top animation layers

Rpeat on both your middle layers changing intensity to 50

Repeat on both your bottom layers changing intensity to 55

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide your middle & bottom animation layers

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide your top layers & unhide your middle layers

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide your middle layers & unhide your bottom layers

Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

View your animation

Save as gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

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You'll find my email blinkie on your left 

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