Peaches and Steam

This tutorial was written by me on February 16^th 2018.

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Tube: Steampunk Girl by VeryMany

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FTU Scrapkit: Peaches and Steam by Mizteeques

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Mask: WSL61 by Wee Scots Lass

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Font: Steamwheel

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Open new image 700 x 700

Fill white.

Layers – new raster layer

Selections – select all.

Paste paper 10 into selection

Deselect

Apply mask

In layers palette – merge group

Stretch to all edges

Duplicate.

Merge both mask layers together

Element 32 (Glitter scatter)

Paste above mask layer.

Flip

Slide to top right corner.

Sharpen

Duplicate – mirror

Merge both together

Duplicate

Dropshadow

Element 25 (Gears)

Resize 70%

Paste above element 32 layer

Slide to bottom left corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 36 (Frame)

Paste above element 25 layers

Slide to bottom

Sharpen

Click inside with magic wand.

Selections – modify – expand 10

Layer – new raster layer

Paste Paper 07 into selection

Deselect.

In layers palette, move paper 3 to sit below frame.

Dropshadow frame.

Element 31(Sparkles)

Resize 65%

Paste between paper 3 layer and frame

Sharpen

DO NOT DROPSHADOW

Element 14 (Clock)

Resize 70%

Paste above frame layer

Slide to top right corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 9 (Gears)

Resize 50%

Paste above element 14 layer

Slide to top left corner of frame

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 44 (Ivy)

Flip

Paste above element 9 layer

Slide to bottom right corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 53 (Flower Spray)

Resize 75%

Free rotate right 90

Paste above element 44 layer

Slide to left and down to bottom of frame

Sharpen twice

Duplicate - mirror

Dropshadow both

Tube

Shift D to copy, then close original

Erase from waist down

Paste above element 53 layers

Slide to top

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 23 (Pearl Necklace)

Resize 40% then 80%

Paste above Tube

Position so pearls are in her hand

Carefully erase a couple of pearls so it appears as if they are threaded through her fingers.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

In layers palette, click on pearls layer

Right click – Merge – Merge down

(If you move the tube now, the pearls will go with her)

Element 12 (Candle)

Mirror

Resize 60%

Paste above Tube layer

Slide to top bottom right corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

OK, we are going to give ourselves a little more room to work. . .

Go to Image – Resize 90% with “resize all layers” checked.

Image – Canvas size – 630 x 700 with the up arrow checked, so the extra room is at the bottom.

Go to the very bottom layer (white one) and fill the gap white.

Go to mask layer and stretch to the bottom

Go to element 32 layer. Duplicate – Flip

Element 1 (Antique looking clock deco)

Resize 50%

Paste above element 35 layer and slide to bottom left corner

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 48 (Goggles)

Resize 30%

Paste above element 1 layer and slide to bottom

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 2 (Camera)

Resize 30%

Paste above element 48 layer and slide to bottom and right a little

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Element 7 (Owl)

Resize 30% then 80%

Paste above element 2 layer and slide to bottom centre

Sharpen

Dropshadow

Add copyright, close white background.

Save as a png.