Western Gal

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on April 1, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Collab kit Western Gal by me here

Collab kit Western Gal by Jenny, there's a link on the kit post for her part

Plugins

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

Xero Porcelain

The tube I used Cowgirl is by Anna Liwanag, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The font I used is called Wild West Wind

I used size 48

Open a new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Select all

Paste paper 9 from my part into selection

Deselect

Apply graphics plus cross shadow using default settings

From Jenny's part past the blanket as a new layer

Add drop shadow

From Jenny's part paste tepi as a new layer

Add drop shadow

Duplicate 2 times

Apply xero porcelain

Click on the random button until you like what you see

Repeat on other 2 layers

Rename these layers to A1, A2 & A3

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Move to one side & add drop shadow

From my part paste flower doodle as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Add drop shadow

Position upper left corner

Duplicate & mirror

Merge down

Duplicate & flip

Merge down

Change layer properties to hard light

Paste flower pot as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position lower left corner

Add drop shadow

Paste flowers 6-10 as new layers

I resized them to 30-45% and mirrored some

Arrange over the flower pot

Once you have them in place merge the flowers

Move to below the flower pot layer

Merge down

Resize to 75%

Move to below the flower doodle layer

Paste dream catcher as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position upper right corner

Add an inner bevel

Add drop shadow, twice

Move to below the flower doodle layer

Paste keychain 1 as a new layer

Resize to 75%

Position upper left corner

Add drop shadow

Paste flowers 1-5 as new layers

Resize to 25%

Add drop shadow

Position in various areas of your tag

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Hide animation 2 & 3

Merge visible

Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 1 & unhide #2

Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge

Hide animation 2 & unhide #3

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