Waiting for the Rain

 

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on April 29, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Forum Template 65 by me here

Plugins

Plugins AB 08 Wire Meshings

Xenofex Constellation

The tube I used Waiting for the Rain (PTE4758) is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The name of my font is A Yummy Apology

I used size 48 & 60

Open your template, shift D to duplicate & close original

Delete credit, left & right flower layers

Activate your bg layer

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a very dark pink

Layer properties>color

Change layer properties on your lace layer to dodge

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your rectangle

Floodfill with your bg color

Apply wire meshings using default settings

Change layer properties on your center flower to luminance legacy

Add drop shadow

Activate your large frame

Floodfill with your bg color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Click  inside with your magic wand

Expand 3

Paste your main tube as a new layer

Resize as needed, line up with the bottom of the frame

Add drop shadow

Move to above your right frame layer

Activate your left square

Floodfill with your bg color

Activate your left frame

Floodfill with your bg color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Click inside with your magic wand

Expand 3

Paste your close up tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Invert your selection

Delete & deselect

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & mirror

Floodfill your right square with your bg color

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your left butterfly

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with your bg color

Deselect

Layer properties>color

Merge down & add drop shadow

Repeat with your right butterfly

Repeat with your frame flowers

Layer properties>color

Repeat with your L & R frame flowers

Merge the 2 layers first

Layer properties>dodge

Move your large & left frames up to the right frame layer

Merge the 3 frames

Duplicate 2 times

Apply constellation

Settings>star field>keep original image checked

Repeat on other 2 layers clicking the random seed button each time

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

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

:)

 Result by Kaye W

April Showers

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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

Scrapkit Dotty by Vyabs here

Sqirlz Water Reflections

A free program you can get here

The tube I used Waiting for the Rain is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The font I used is called Floral Dawn

I used size 48 for the text and 60 for my name after resizing

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

Select all

Paste paper 2 into selection

Deselect

Paste element 6 as a new layer

Resize to 200%

Add drop shadow

Paste frame 15 as a new layer

Click inside the frame with your magic wand

Expand 3

Add a new raster layer

Paste paper 5 into selection

Move to below your frame layer

Do Not Deselect

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Invert your selection

Delete

Deselect

Move to below your frame layer

Add drop shadow

Add drop shadow to your frame

Paste element 33 as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Add drop shadow

Position on one side of your frame

Duplicate & Mirror

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info

Animation:

Merge all layers

Save as jpg

Open up in your sqirtz program

Click on the rain icon at the top

Change width to 1

Click on the yellow arrow

Click on rain/snow only, then ok

Click on gif

Same as above

The file was huge so I opened it up in animation shop

Select all>Click Animation>Cull Animation

Change the # to 2

You'll have 10 frames

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 emaail it to me with ATT Sharon & the tut name in the subject line

You'll find my email blinkie on your left 

:)

Result by Kaye W

Happy Day~Forum

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Oct 2, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Floral Vine Here

Plugins

Xero Fritillary

Xero Porcelain

Graphics Plus Cross Shadow

Xenofex 1 or 2 Constellation

The tube I used Pink Ribbons is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

Open a new transparent canvas 700x275, we will resize later

Floodfill with a medium or dark color from your tube

Apply Xero Fritillary ~ 10, 30, 10, 2

Apply Graphics Plus Cross Shadow using default settings

Duplicate 2 times

Rename these layers to animation 1, 2 & 3

Apply Xenofex Constellation with these settings

Repeat on animation 2 & 3 clicking the random seed button on each

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Move to the left side

Apply Xero Porcelain using default settings

Duplicate & mirror

Resize the duplicated tube and change layer properties to Lumiance Legacy

Change layer opacity to 50

Paste the floral vine as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position near one of your tubes

Apply Xero Porcelain same settings as before

Add drop shadow

Move to below your tube layer

Duplicate & mirror, reposition a bit

Merge down

Resize all layers to 85%

Add your text, name & your © info

Animation

Hide animation 2 & 3

Merge visible, copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge, hide animation 1, unhide animation 2

Copy & paste after current in animation shop

Undo your merge, hide animation 2, unhide animation 3

Copy & paste after current in animation shop

Save a gif & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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

:)

Halloween Magic

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Sept 25, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Halloween Majic here

(I have just learned this is a PTU kit, I don't know what happened I got it free just a day or 2 before I wrote this tutorial.  Sorry about the mix up)

Plugins

Xero Fritillary

The tube I used Pumpkin Witch is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

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

Floodfill with a halloween color, I used #f08c19

Apply xero fritillary using default settings, change top & bottom #'s to 10

Paste element 55 as a new layer

Resize to 45%

Move up to top

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & flip

Paste element 6 as a new layer

Resize to 25%

Position upper right

Add drop shadow

Paste element 4 as a new layer

Resize to 30%

Add drop shadow

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position lower right

Add drop shadow

Paste a close up of your tube

Resize smaller than your first tube

Add drop shadow

Position upper left part of castle

Move layer to below the castle layer

Paste element 7 as a new layer

Resize to 10% and again to 75%

Position near your tube

Add drop shadow

Paste element 16 as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Position lower left

Add drop shadow

Paste element 21 as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Position as shown on my tag

Add drop shadow

Paste element 25 as a new layer

Resize to 10% and again to 75%

Position at the bottom to the right of the ivy

Add drop shadow

Duplicate

Resize to 75%

Position somewhere on the castle

Paste element 23 as a new layer

Resize to 10% and again to 60%

Rotate right 25

Position above the pumpkin

Add drop shadow

Duplicate

Resize to 75%

Position somewhere on the castle

Repeat a few times

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your name & your © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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

:)

Autumn Surprises

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Sept 15, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Autumn Surprises by me here

The tube I used Firefly is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

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

Select all

Paste paper 14 into selection

Deselect

Paste fence 3 as a new layer

Resize to 90%

Position at the bottom

Add drop shadow

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Move to below the fence layer

Paste branch 2 as a new layer

Resize to 80%

Position at the bottom

Add drop shadow

Paste scarecrow as a new layer

Resize to 75%

Position lower left

Add drop shadow

Paste a pumpkin patch as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Position lower left

Add drop shadow

Paste a fairy as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position lower right

Add drop shadow

Paste owl as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Position on the right side of the fence

Add drop shadow

Paste a bird as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position on the fence

Add drop shadow

Paste a flower as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position on fence near scarecrow

Add drop shadow

Repeat with another flower placing on right side of fence near fairy

Paste a bow as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position top center of fence 

Add drop shadow

Paste another flower as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Position below the bow

Paste butterfly as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Rotate right 30

Position near your tube

Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your name & your © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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

:)

Autumn Stroll

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Sept 12, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Template # 120 by me here

An autumn photo

The tube I used Pumpkin Witch is by Unholy Vault Designs, you can purchase this tube from PTE here

The photo I used is by Jon Rattenbury, you can also buy his art at PTE

Open your template, shift D to duplicate & close original

Delete credit layer

Activate the small shape layer

Select all>float>defloat

Paste your photo into selection (If its large you will need to downsize it)

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Pick a color from your photo or tube

Floodfill small rectangle layer

Pick a color from your photo or tube

Floodfill large shape layer

Apply inner bevel using bevel #2 width 20

Repeat on large rectangle layer

Pick another color from your photo or tube

Floodfill the bars

Add drop shadow

Pick a lighter shade from your last color

Floodfill raster 1

Apply inner bevel same as before

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your name & your © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

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

:)