Native Western Gal

 

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 19, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Western Gal by me here

Western Cluster Frame # 1 by me here

Plugins

DSB Flux Bright Noise

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

The tube I used American Indian (62-2) is by Caron Vinson, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of my font is Tombstone

I used size 42 & 48

Open new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 20, mix checked

Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

Paste shrub as a new layer

Position on the right side

Add drop shadow

Paste frame as a new layer

Using your magic wand click inside your frame

Expand 3

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a pattern

Deselect

Move to below your frame layer

Paste dream catcher as a new layer

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Duplicate 2 times

Apply dsb bright noise intensity 50, mix checked

Repeat on other 2 layers changing intensity to 55 & 60

Paste keychain as a new layer

Resize to 60%

Add drop shadow

Move to the right side of your frame

Move to below your frame layer

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Paste rainbow as a new layer

Change layer properties to soft light

Move to the right a bit so it fits around your frame

Duplicate, mirror & flip

Move into position

Merge down

Duplicate 2 times

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 40, mix checked

Repeat on other 2 layers changing intensity to 45 & 50

Paste flower 6 as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Position on left side of frame

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & mirror

Repeat with flower 9 resizing to 25%

Repeat with flower 10 resizing to 15%

Paste flowers 1 - 5 as new layers

Resize from 20 to 35%

Arrange around your frame area

Add drop shadow to each

Merge all the flower 1 - 5 layers

Duplicate 2 times

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 40, mix checked

Repeat on other 2 layers changing intensity to 45 & 50

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 animtion layers & unhide the middle ones

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide your middle animation layers & unhide the bottom ones

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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Result by Kaye W