Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

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:

Tube of choice

I am using the a tube by Hannah Lynn

You MUST have a license to use her art

 you can find her tubes and get a license at CDO Store here

Scrapkit of choice

I used a kit by Niqui's Designs called Halloween Treat Collab

you can find it here

Template is by Leah of Amy & Leah's Gimptastic Tuts 

Its template 5 of the Halloween templates 1-9 here

Mask of choice 

the mask I used is Halloween mask 1 by Tonya  at Creative Misfits Creations here

Font of choice

I used is SpiderWritten 

I got mine from dafont here

filter used :

Richard Rosenman scanlines

Note: 

Autocrop Layer as you go 

you can add your drop shadow and add bevel to elements  as you go too

If you need to name your new layers as you go 

I skip this step but its helpful to find your layers easily

Lets start by opening the template

click on the bg layer and scale to 800 x 800 px 

Image/ fit canvas to layers 

(This just gives us plenty of room to work . We resize at the end. )

Delete credit layer and rect 1 layer

Click on the oval layer to make it active 

Add new layer . Make the new layer active

Open element 25 ( frame)

 resize frame to 150px height but we want to keep the width the same

(to do this click on the chain so that its a broken chain then resize 

height only, then click scale )

copy and paste, position if needed then anchor

With the magic wand (fuzzy select tool ) click inside the first frame on the left , 

Hold the shift key down and use the wand inside the frame at the right side

You should have marching ants for both frames

Add new layer and make the new layer active ( the marching ants should still be there) 

Select/ grow by 3 px 

move layer below the frame by using the down arrow 

Open paper or color of your choice.( I used color # 2e1369 to match my tubes )

if using a color then fill with the color and select none

If using a paper then Paste into ( not paste but paste into) 

position and when happy anchor, select none

make rec 3 active ,alpha to selection,  add new layer

make new layer active and fill with color , paper or texture of your choice

I just filled mine with black

delete the original rect 3 

repeat for rect 2

make oval layer active, alpha to selection

add new layer 

Make new layer active and fill with color , paper or texture of your choice

I filled mine with color # ef5401 to match the frame

if using a color then fill with the color and select none

If using a paper then Paste into ( not paste but paste into) 

position and when happy anchor, select none

delete the original oval layer

Make circle layer active, alpha to selection,

add new layer and make the new layer active 

fill with color , paper or texture of your choice

I used pp 2 from the kit

if using a color then fill with the color and select none

If using a paper then Paste into ( not paste but paste into) 

position and when happy anchor, select none

delete the original circle layer

Make thin circle layer active , alpha to selection,

add new layer  and make the new layer active 

fill with color , paper or texture of your choice

I used the color white

if using a color then fill with the color and select none

If using a paper then Paste into ( not paste but paste into) 

position and when happy anchor, select none

delete the original thin circle layer

make words layer active,( if you want to you can fill with another 

color, paper or texture) I left mine as is

filters/decor/add bevel  Note: uncheck the " Work on copy"  box

Thickness 2 /ok

right click and select - merge layer down 

It is now merged with words back

Make inside frame layer active , 

-If you use the blinds then use your fuzzy select tool ( the magic wand)

and click the inside frame 

filters/ Distorts/blinds  You will have to play with the settings , I didn't use this filter

When happy select none and repeat for the other inside frame

I used the Richard Rosenman scanlines  vertical with default settings

for this , alpha to selection , filters/ Richard Rosenman/scanlines 

click the v tab and use the rest of the default setting

add new layer , keep your ants marching

open your close up tube 

copy and paste INTO , resize and position , use my tag for reference 

of placement if needed, anchor when happy

add new layer  , the ants are still marching 

repeat into the opposite inside frame

anchor when happy with the placement and size of tube

If you are using the same closeup  tube you can duplicate 

click layer/Transform/flip horizontally

select none

Note: if using more than one tube you need to use the same 

artist for each tube. 

click on one of the tube layers , duplicate 

filters/blur/gaussian blur / horizontal 2 and vertical 2 px

click mode/soft light

no drop shadow to this layer 

click on the other tube layer and repeat except 

mode/ Hard light

Make the cirlcle layer active , alpha to selection 

add new layer and make it active ( you should have marching ants)

Open your full size tube 

copy and paste INTO , postion and resize as you like it

when happy , anchor, select none

Lets go back to our closeup tubes. 

ds to the bottom tube of each  

merge the top tubes down to the bottom tubes 

you should have a closeup in each end inside frame

On each click mode/ screen

Add your elements . Use whatever you like .

Here is a list of what I used and you can use my tag as

reference if you like. Or , just do your own thing. Thats always the 

most fun! 

Elements used: 

element 16 ( Jack o Lantern)

element 20 ( one-eyed bat)

element 22 ( black cat )

element 23 ( moon with bats)

After you have all of your elements added and 

you are happy with everything we are going to add our 

drop shadows if you haven't alread done so. 

I also added bevel 2 width to the frame, black cat, and moon

Hide the background layer 

Merge Visible Layer

autocrop layer and scale to 600 px width 

unhide the bg layer 

add new layer and fill with paper, color or texture of your choice

I used paper 3 , right click the layer and add layer mask , 

tick the box that says black (full transparency) add

open your mask 

copy and paste 

position and scale if needed , when happy anchor

delete the bg layer 

image /autocrop image

scale to 600 px width if needed 

add your copyrights and name

Be sure to Save As (not save)

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial