Lucky Enough

This tutorial was written by me on March 31^st 2018.

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

I hope you enjoy it J

Tube: gg1344 - Bebe by Keith Garvey

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FTU Scrapkit: Lucky Enough by Bev at Horseplays Pasture Designs

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Template 20 by Yvette at Essence of Creativity

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Mask: WSL84 by Wee Scots Lass

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Font: Marmellata Jam

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Open Template

Shift D to copy.

Close original

Resize 130% All layers checked

Image – canvas size 700 x 700

Delete credit, and Background layers.

Layers – new raster layer

Fill white

Move to the bottom of the layers palette

Layers – new raster layer

Selections – select all.

Paste Paper 5 into selection

Deselect

Apply mask

In layers palette – merge group

Stretch to sides and bottom

Drop opacity to 90

Mirror mask

Frame 8

Paste above mask layer

Slide to top left corner

Sharpen
Duplicate – Mirror – Flip

Dropshadow both

Clover Spray 2

Resize 60%

Paste above Frame 8 layers

Slide to bottom left corner

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror – flip

Move flipped copy down a little

Dropshadow both

Set foreground colour to #97450d

Set background colour to #dfb61c

Make gradient Angle 90 with 1 repeat. (Darker colour on sides)

THIN RECTANGLE 2

Selections – Select All. Selections – Float. Selections – Defloat

Layers – new raster layer

Fill with gradient

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

Close template layer

THIN RECTANGLE 1

Change angle on gradient to 0

Selections – Select All. Selections – Float. Selections – Defloat

Layers – new raster layer

Fill with gradient

Deselect.

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow.

Close template layer

Swirl 1

Paste above THIN RECTANGLE 1 gradient layer

Slide to top left corner

Dropshadow

LARGE CIRCLE

Selections – Select All. Selections – Float. Selections – Defloat

Selections – modify – expand 15

Layers – new raster layer

Paste Paper 10 into selection

Deselect

Close template layer

Frame 7

Resize 80%

Paste above the Paper 10 circle

Slide right to cover the edges of the circle

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Rectangles

Position mid-sized tube over the rectangles and move until you have it in a position you like

Click on Rectangles layer

Selections – Select All. Selections – Float. Selections – Defloat

Layers – new raster layer

Paste Paper 7 into selection

DO NOT DESELECT

Selections - invert

Click on tube layer and hit delete.

Deselect

Make sure tube layer is above Paper 7, and below the frames

Layers – properties – luminance legacy

Effects – texture effects – Blinds

Width 4, Opacity 30, Colour White

Drop opacity to 55

Frames

Selections – Select All. Selections – Float. Selections – Defloat

Layers – new raster layer

Paste Paper 5 into selection

Deselect

Adjust – add noise – Gaussian 35

Give inner bevel of choice

Dropshadow

Bow 4

Resize 20%

Paste above Frames layer

Slide to sit on left, in the gap between square frames

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror

Slide left to sit in gap

Dropshadow both

Main Tube

Paste above Frames layer and position so her left hand appears to lean on the bottom frame

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Flower Basket

Resize 65%

Paste above tube

Slide to bottom right corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Erase tube’s legs showing below basket

Bird
Resize 35%

Paste above Flower Basket layer and slide to sit on left hand of tube.

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror

Slide to sit on basket

Dropshadow both

Dragonfly
Resize 30%

Paste above Bird layers and slide left

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror

Position as desired

Dropshadow both

Add copyright, close white background.

Save as a png.