2 Love Me

2 Love Me

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp

 but can be done with any program

Supplies:

Cluster Frame ~ Sweet Romance is ftu by Rosa Tags  here

Word art by Elegant Wordart  here

the preview isn't working but the link for the download is good

 Tube of choice 

I am using the artwork of Alex Prihodko . I bought this tube from Pics For Design here

You must have a license to use this artwork .The artwork can  NOT be shared. 

Mask of choice

I used mask 52 from Moonbeams and Spiderwebs here

font of choice 

I used a font called cinnamon cake

you can find it here

Note: autocrop layers as you go. 

If you prefer add drop shadow of your choice as you go

Lets begin: 

Open New canvas 800 x 800 px bg white ( we will crop later , this gives us room to work)

Add new layer ( bg layer is the only white layer , all other layers are transparent )

Open cluster frame and copy the layer - No Shadow

Paste and position as you like . I resized it to 600 px width and positions to the left

 of my canvas

use fuzzy select tool ( magic wand) and click inside of frame

Add new layer above bg layer 

Select/ grow x4 , fill with paper or color of your choice. I used color #dcdbcc

select none

Add new layer 

open word art , resize to 275 px width 

you can add a color or paper if you like I left mine black 

Anchor

filters/decor/ add bevel , thickness 2 ( make sure you untick the box to work on copy)

Add ds of your choice. I use 3/4/8/38

add new layer above bg 

copy your tube and paste, resize and position to your liking. I duplicated my tube

 and moved one layer to the top, I lowered the opacity on the top layer so I can see the dog

zoomed 200% so I can better see to erase the tube over the dog , you can increase the

 opacity back to 100 after you have the dog outlined 

when you are happy with your results add a ds to the lower tube. ( the one under the frame) 

I use the default ds for my tube . 

add ds to the layers you have if you haven't already 

hide the bg layer and merge visible

Autocrop layer and I resized mine to 575 px width 

unhide bg layer 

add new layer above bg

fill with color, paper , or texture of your choice

right click on this layer , add layer mask ( be sure to click the black full tranparency)  Add

open your mask of choice copy and paste

position and resize if needed. I rotated my mask and resized 

when happy with it ....Anchor

Merge tube layer and mask layer 

Autocrop Image

resize if needed at this point. I resized to 600 px 

add copyrights and license if needed 

add your name 

delete the bg layer 

autocrop image

Mine autocropped small so I had to resize to 600 px width 

Click on Image/ fit image to layers 

you may have to repeat this step a few times before it holds at 600 px width

Click on filters / enhance/ sharpen 

save as 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I would love to see anything you make with it.

email : cindydaisylover@gmail.com