Seeds Of Friendship Tag Tutorial

Seeds of friendship

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp

 but can be done with any program

Supplies: 

Tube of choice 

I used a PTU tube . The art of Maryline Cazenave you can find the tubes at Creative Design Outlet here

You MUST have a license to use this tube.

Cluster frame freebie - The Avenue from Karra's Kreative Korner here

scroll down the page

Mask is one of Chas - mask3 from Creative Misfits here 

floral mask

Font of choice 

I used

 Passing Notes from dafont  here

right click and save image as 

Note: autocrop layer as you go and if you prefer , you can add your ds to your layers as you go too

Lets begin: 

Open new canvas , white 800 x 800 px ( this is just so we have room to play . We will crop it at the end)

add new layer 

copy cluster frame , resize to 500 px width , paste 

autocrop layer 

Open your tube

copy and paste 

resize and position to your liking

you can use my tag as reference if you like. 

add new layer above bg layer 

use the ellipse select too and make a circle that is slightly larger than the frame at the lower right corner. 

if you have a close up tube you can use it if not just use the same tube

 copy and Paste INTO ( make sure you paste INTO and not paste)

resize and position as needed. 

anchor

select none

duplicate this layer

add ds to the original layer

on the copy

mode/ overlay 

lower opacity of this layer to about 38 , play with it till you like the look. 

add new layer above frame layer and below tube layer

copy the word art 

paste , rotate and resize 

Mine is 400 px wide 

duplicate

on original layer ,alpha to selection , select /grow x2 

fill with color # ceb284

select none

on copy layer alpha to selection , fill with color #250c04

select none

filters/ decor/ add bevel ( make sure to unclick the work on copy ) bevel 2 width

merge the two layers and add ds

add ds to your layers if you haven't already 

hide the bg layer 

merge visible layers 

autocrop layer 

I resized mine to 590 width

unhide the bg and center your tag on the bg

If you want to add a mask ,

Add new layer above bg layer

Fill with a color or choose a paper and copy and paste  , you can use a texture too

right click on the layer /add layer mask/ make sure the black (full transparency ) is checked , click add

copy your mask and paste 

position and select none

autocrop image 

I resize if needed to 600 px width

add new layer and add your copyrights and license if needed 

when you are happy with it I delete the bg layer 

autocrop image , make sure its no bigger than 600 px at the largest side 

filters/ enhance/sharpen (20) 

add your name 

save as 

I hope you like the tutorial . I would love to see anything you create.

 You can email me at cindydaisylover@gmail.com