Bloomin Spring

Tube: gg562 Simone by Keith Garvey

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FTU Scrapkit: Bloomin Spring from Mizteeques

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Mask: WSL4 by Wee Scots Lass

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Font: Bellbottom Laser

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This tutorial was written by me on February 17^th 2018.

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Open new image 700 x 700

Fill white.

Layers – new raster layer

Selections – select all.

Paste paper 15 into selection

Deselect

Apply mask

In layers palette – merge group

Stretch to all edges

Duplicate

On to copy, drop opacity to around 50%

Merge both mask layers together

Element 9 (Heart Scatter)

Paste above mask layer

Slide to top left corner

Duplicate – mirror

On right side copy, erase larger heart top centre

Merge both element 9 copies together

DO NOT DROPSHADOW

Element 13 (Frame)

Resize 75%

Paste above element 9 layer.

Sharpen

Click inside with magic wand.

Selections – modify – expand 10

Paste Paper 6 into selection

Deselect.

Paper 6 layer – flip

Sharpen

In layers palette, move paper 6 below frame

Dropshadow Frame

Element 10 (Grass)

Paste above frame

Slide down to bottom centre.

Sharpen

Duplicate

Rename Grass Bottom, and Grass Top

Tube

Paste between the two grass layers.

Slide up and left.

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Go to the Grass Top copy

Erase part, so that her hand and arm show through

Dropshadow Grass Top copy

Close Tube layer off for now so you can see what you are doing

Element 20 (Red flowers)

Resize 70%

Paste just below tube layer.

Free rotate right 30.

Erase stalks at the bottom, up as far as the join

Slide far left and down a little

Sharpen

Rename Red 20 left

Duplicate – mirror. Rename this Red 20 Right

Slide to top right of frame

Dropshadow both

Element 24 (Pink flowers)

Resize 70%

Paste between Red 20 left and Red 20 Right layers.

Free rotate right 30.

Erase stalks at the bottom, up as far as the join

Slide to bottom left and position slightly down and right of the red flower

Sharpen

Rename Pink 24 Left

Duplicate

Rename Pink 24 Right

Slide this copy to top right of frame

Dropshadow both

In layers palette, move the Red 20 Right to sit above Pink 24 Right

Element 6 (White Flower)

Resize 30% then 80%

Paste above Tube layer.

Slide right, and position at the base of the frame

Sharpen

Duplicate

Slide to top right of frame

Duplicate this copy – mirror

Slide back to the right and arrange along the right side of frame.

Sharpen

Duplicate once more and position

Dropshadow all four, but do not merge.

They should be in staggered line up the right side of the frame, but of course, you can move them around once all the other elements are in place.

Element 17 (Grass Stalk)

Paste above top element 6 layer.

Slide to right

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Copy of element 24 should be next layer

Element 39 (Ribbon)

Resize 75%

Paste above element 17 layer

Free rotate right 45

Flip

Slide to right.

Sharpen Ribbon Bottom

Duplicate – Rename Ribbon Top

DO NOT DROPSHADOW

Element 8 (Flower)

Resize 85%.

Rename Flower 8A

Paste above Grass Top layer

Slide to bottom right corner

Sharpen

Duplicate. Rename Flower 8B

In layers palette, move Flower 8B to sit above Ribbon Bottom layer.

Duplicate – Mirror. Rename Flower 8C

Slide Flower 8C towards the right, and position it just below Flower 8B

Dropshadow all three copies

Red Right 20 should be the next layer

Element 25 (Fuchsia Branch)

Paste above Red 20 Right layer

Slide to bottom right

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 12 (Rock)

Resize 70%

Paste above element 25 layer

Slide to bottom right corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 3 (Pink Viola Flower)

Resize 20% then 80%

Paste above element 12 layer

Slide to far right and down to cover up some of the green stalks

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Grass Top should be next layer, then Flower 8A above that.

Ribbon Top Layer

Carefully erase parts of Ribbon Top layer, so that the ribbon seems to weave amongst the flowers.

Dropshadow Ribbon Top

Element 33 (Key)

Resize 30%

Paste above Ribbon Top layer

Free rotate right 30

Slide to bottom and right

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 11 (White daisy)

Resize 15%.

Paste above element 33 layer and position as desired.

Sharpen

Duplicate a couple of times and move around

Dropshadow all

Remember to open tube, and any other closed layers

Add copyright, close white background.

Save as a png.