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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on May 6, 2012 & is copyright protected

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Supplies Needed

Frame I made for this tut here

Plugins

Mura Meister Copies

Wire Meshings Unlimited

The tube I used Mermaid Boudior3 (10-1) is by Sherri Baldy, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of the font I used is Honey Script

Open new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Paste your close up tube as a new layer

Apply mura meister copies

Preset menu on Wallpaper rotate

Add gaussian blur>radius 25

Select all

Add a new raster layer

Paste your close up tube into selection

Deselect

Change layer properties to soft light

Move down & to the left

Add drop shadow

Paste your frame as a new layer

Click inside with your magic wand

Expand 3

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Move to below your frame

Do Not Deselect

Paste your close up tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Invert your selection

Delete & deselect

Add drop shadow

Move to below your frame

Apply wire meshings using default settings to your floodfill layer

Add drop shadow to your frame

Activate your rectangle shape tool

Width 10, foreground set to your last color

Background set to a lighter shade of your color

Draw out a rectangle as shown on my tag

Position above your frame

Align horizontal

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Repeat wire meshings

Add your text

Align horizontal

Add inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your pen tool

Width 8, foreground set to your frame bg color, background null

Draw out a short line

Convert to raster

Rotate left 45

Position on your sign

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Duplicate, mirror & merge down

Move to below your frame

Duplicate your bg layer & send to the top

Select all

Contract 8

Delete & deselect

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & 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

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with ATT Sharon & the tut name in the subject line

You'll find my email blinkie on your left

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Result by Kaye W