Old Fashion Charm

This Tutorial was written by me, Angel Flower, from my own ideas. Any similarities to others is coincedence. All my tutorials are registered with TWI.

For this tutorial you will need

Scrapkit. I am using a PTU kit called Anastasias Song by Melisa, visit her blog here href="http://melisasscraps.blogspot.com/">http://melisasscraps.blogspot.com/
You can purchase the kit here http://www.creativescrapsstore.com/

Tube of choice- I am using the work of Jennifer Janesko, You must purchase a license from CILM, www.cilm.com, to use her work.


Lets Begin:

New Image-600x600-Transparent

Flood fill with white.

Choose a paper and paste onto your canvas as a new layer. If your paper is too big, resize it by going to image-resize-about 85%-make sure all layers is UNchecked. If it is still too big then repeat this step.

Copy one of the frames and paste as a new layer. Resize in the same way if needed or use the little arrow tool and drag it from one of the corners to the size you want. Give it a drop shadow by going to effects-3d effects-drop shadow. I used 0,0,100,10 and black.

Choose a paper for inside the frame. Make your background paper layer active. Paste the paper for the frame as a new layer. This should put it below the frame but above the background layers. Resize if needed.

Grab the magic wand. Mode-add, match mode-rgb, tolerance-20, feather-0, outside, contiguous and anti-alias both checked. Make your frame layer active and click inside the frame. Go to selections-modify-expand by about 7. Make the paper for the frame the active layer and go selections-invert, hit delete.
Now the paper should only be showing through the frame.

Choose a doodle and paste as a new layer. Postition how you think it looks best in one of the top corners. Move this layer below the frame and frame paper layers.
Once happy, duplicate it and go image-mirror. You should now have one in each of the top corners. See my tag for reference.

Right click on the top doodle layer and go merge down. You should now have one layer with doodles. Duplicate this layer and go image flip. See my tag for about how it should look depending on how you placed the doodles.

Copy and paste one of the clipped flowers as a new layer. Go to image-free rotate-free about 75 degrees-right-make sure both boxes below are UNchecked.

Move this layer bleow the frame and paper layer and position so it sticks out of one side of the frame. If needed resize. Once happy with it, duplicate it and go image mirror. Now you have one on each side.

Merge these two flowers by right clicking on the top one in the layer palette and choose merge down. Duplicate this layer and go image-free rotate-90 degrees right.
Now you should have one showing under the top and bottom of the frame.

Paste your tube as a new layer. Resize if it is too big. Make sure this layer is below the frame but above the paper. Position so it is showing through the frame how you think it looks best. Dont worry about the parts sticking out, we will fix that.

Once happy with it, make your frame layer active. Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.
Selections-modify-expand by about 7. Make your tube layer active again and go selections-invert-hit delete. Select none. Now there should be no parts of your tube outside the frame.

Give your tube a drop shadow of choice.

Choose one of the laces and paste as a new layer. Move this layer below the frame and frame paper. Position so it sticks out under the corner of the frame. Duplicate it and go image mirror.
Merge these two just like we did with the others that we duplicated. Once merged, duplicate again and go image flip. See my tag for how it should now look.

Give both lace layers the same drop shadow you used for your tube.

Now is the time to resize your tag if you think it is too big. Go to image-resize-choose your percentage, make sure all layers is checked.

Now add your copyright so it is clearly visible.

Add your name. I then added a white drop shadow at -2,-2,100,2. Then a black drop shadow at -1,-1,100,5.

Thats it, you are done!

©Angel Flower January 2009