Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

scrapkit of choice 

I used a FTU kit called Good Gobble by Tasha's Playground here

Tube of choice 

the tube I used can be purchased  here

please do not use without a license

Mask of choice

I used Vix mask 452 

can be found here

NOTE: Autocrop layers as you go.

 If you prefer you can ds as you go. I wait till the end.

Lets begin.

New image 800 x 800 px white bg . We will resize later.

 I just like to have a little more room to work

add new layer

open frame 4 , resize to 550 px width , paste , anchor

move to the left side

add new layer

copy and paste branch

anchor

resize to 600px width

position at bottom of frame 

add new layer

open word art and paste

anchor , position on lower frame above branch

( my wordart was larger than my workspace so

 I had to click image  

fit canvas to layers) 

If the uneven space bugs you then add new layer 

above bg and fill with white then delete bg .The 

new layer will become your bg.

add new 

copy and paste owl

anchor 

scale to 225 px width

place on branch and rotate to your liking

Now the tricky part

make the word art layer active 

add new layer 

copy and paste the tube

anchor

resize as much as you need

I resized my tube to 1000px width and

had to click image 

fit canvas to layers

erase as needed. 

I am making this tag for a g rated group

so I erased most everything below the waist

but you can position your tube as you like and

 erase as you like

I duplicated it and put one layer below the frame 

then I erased the part of the skirt that was covering

the letters on the word art leaving the spoon and hand

add any other embelishments you want 

Now lets add ds and autocrop 

Note: 

to autocrop layers as you go 

click layer

autocrop layer 

( make sure you are clicking layer and not image)

make the bottom tube layer active. 

add ds with default setting

( to add ds 

click filter

click light and shadow and from the drop down click

drop shadow )

right click on tube layer and on the menu box that pops

up click on  merge down

make frame layer active 

click filters 

add decor and from the drop down click bevel

unclick the box that says work on copy 

change thickness to 2 

ok

Add ds to frame 

click filters

click light and shadow

click drop shadow on the drop down menu

I change the setting to 

x: 3

Y;4

blur radius: 8

color : black 

opacity : 38 

(you can use whatever setting you like)

click ok

merge frame layer down with frame ds layer

Note: follow these steps for the ds each time

make branch layer active 

add ds and merge down

make word art layer active 

add ds  and merge down

skip top tube layer

make owl layer active 

add ds and merge down

Hide the bg layer by clicking on the little eye

right click on any layer 

from the drop down menu 

click merge visible layers

make sure expand as necessary is checked

merge

click layer 

auto crop layer

right click on your image layer

click scale layer on the drop down menu

change the width to 600 px and click ok

unhide your bg layer now by clicking the little eye again

make the bg layer active

add new layer

add color , paper, or texture you want 

right click on this layer 

add layer mask ( make sure black (full transparency )

 is checked on this box that opens)

copy and paste mask 

resize and position as you like

Hide bg layer again

Merge visible layers 

auto crop layer

scale layer if needed 

I scaled mine to 600 px width

unhide bg layer 

I keep it until the last step because it helps me see 

everything better when I am working. 

Add new layer 

Add your copyrights 

add your name

delete bg layer 

click image 

auto crop IMAGE

click filters 

enhance 

sharpen from the drop down menu 

I always use sharpness 20 

you can use what you like

file save as 

I hope you enjoyed the tut