Between You & Me

Between You & Me

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp

 but can be done with a program of your choice

Supplies: 

FTU Cluster called Purple by Queenie Signature N Kits here

http://queeniesignaturesnkits.blogspot.com/2013/05/cluster-frame-purple.html

Mask by Creative Misfits -Cirlcle mask April 2012 here

http://creativemisfitscreations.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

mask image 212 by Sharon

Word Art by AK Designs here

http://byakdesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/Word%20Art?updated-max=2012-08-10T07:00:00-04:00&max-results=20&start=17&by-date=false

Tube of choice

The tube I used is Celinart Pinup from Scraps and the City . You MUST have a license to use it.

You can find her tubes and get a license here

http://scrapsandthecity.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=107

Font of choice

Filters: 

EyeCandy /weave

Lets get started

Open new canvas with white bg 600 x 600 px

add new layer 

open cluster frame copy and paste , resize to 500 px width

add new layer 

use the Ellipse tool and make a circle the size of frame 

move this layer below the frame and make sure you have the marching ants

fill with black

filters/ eyecandy/weave  color #ab89c6

dup layer , mode/ overlay, merge down ( you can play with the mode and pick what you like best )

you can fill with a paper or texture of you choice if you prefer

go to frame layer , add new layer

open tube , copy and paste , position as you like .

Duplicate and move one below the frame.

On the top tube layer erase any part of the tube that is over the frame. 

I placed mine so it was just below the keyboard, not much at all to erase

add new layer 

open word art and resize

I resized to 400 px width 

copy and paste , position as you like and resize if needed 

click on background layer , add new layer 

fill with gradient / colors black and #350c41 , bilinear

right click on this layer and click on add mask 

open your mask , copy and paste 

position and resize as you like then anchor, 

hide bg layer , merge visible layers, autocrop layer 

Resize to 600 px width , if this means making it larger then

you will have to click on image / fit canvas to layers 

Add your copyrights 

Delete the bg layer 

Autocrop image , resize if needed

Add your name

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial