PTU "The First Day of Spring" Tutorial

PTU Tutorial with "The First Day of Spring" from Jackie's Jewels with the artwork of Ellie Milk.

*This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of Photoshop*

Tools
Font used:
Inoxida

Tube used:
Elena by Ellie Milk
You can find her at PicsForDesign
*You must purchase this tube and obtain a license to use it.*

Filters used:
Xero Porcelain
Xero Soft Vignette

Elements used:
Bird2
Bow1
Box
Brushes
Butterfly
Cupcake2
Flower 1
Flower 2
FlowerScatter
Frame1
JarofFlowers
Pillow
Vine2

Paper used:
Paper6

Ready? Let's get started!

Open a new canvas, size 650x650.

Drag Frame1 over to blank canvas and resize.
Add a drop shadow.

Drag paper6 behind the frame. Resize and remove any excess paper outside the frame.

Add the Xero Soft Vignette settings to paper6 like this:

Drag your tube in front of frame and resize.
Add a drop shadow.

Add the Xero Porcelain settings to the tube like this:

Drag a copy of the tube behind the frame and on top of the paper.

Flip horizontally.

Erase any extras outside the frame.

Add the same settings for Xero Porcelain to the "reflection" tube.

Reduce Fill to 50%.

Now drag Vine2 behind the frame and paper and place it around the frame.

You will need to duplicate the vine2 layer a few times. Move each new vine2 layer around until it goes around the frame. Add a drop shadow to each vine2 layer.

Drag the FlowerScatter behind the frame on the left side. Resize so a little sticks out on the side and top and bottom. Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate FlowerScatter layer and flip it horizontally and move it behind the right side of the frame.

Drag the butterfly over and resize it a few times around the frames. You can use different sizes of the butterfly facing different directions. Add a drop shadow.

Place Bird2 of the ledge of the frame. Add a drop shadow.

Drag the pillow behind the tube, but on top of the frame. Resize and add a drop shadow.

Drag the box behind the tube where the shoes are. Resize and add a drop shadow.

Drag the brushes on top of the box. Turn them at an angle, resize, and add a drop shadow.

Drag the JarofFlowers to bottom left hand corner of the frame, resize, and add a drop shadow.

Drag Bow1 on top of he JarofFlowers, resize, and a add a drop shadow.

Drag Flower1 and place one behind the JarofFlowers and Pillow. Resize and add a drop shadow.

Drag Flower2 and place one behind the JarofFlowers to the left of it and on top of the  Pillow. Resize and add a drop shadow.

Drag the cupcake2 on top of the pillow the left of it. Resize and add a drop shadow.

Now for the name:

The font is #567afb with a white stroke, size 2.

Select the pixels of the name layer and expand by 3.

Fill it with the color #8731ac and add a drop shadow. 

Add your copyright information and tagger mark.

Crop off any extras.

Save as .psd and .png.

This is a perfect Spring kit! I hope you enjoy the tutorial. Thank you for looking!

PTU Luck You Tutorial

PTU Tutorial with Lucky You from Scrappin Krazy Designs with the artwork of Ellie Milk.

You can find this beautiful kit here: Lucky You

*This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of Photoshop*

Tools

Font used: 

KG Luck of the Irish

Find it at dafont

Template used:

CBN_TemplateMisfits2

You can find it at Creative By Nature

Tube used:

Maya by Ellie Milk

You can find her at PicsForDesign

*You must purchase this tube and obtain a license to use it*

Filters used:

Xero Porcelain

Xero Radiance

Penta Color Dot

Elements used:

ele06

ele09

ele10

ele11

ele14

ele15

ele17

ele18

ele30

ele32

ele35

ele37

ele42

Paper used:

p11

p12

Alright, let's get started!

Open a new canvas, size 650x65. (Yours can be smaller or larger, if you prefer.)

Open your template. 

Select all layers of the template that you want to keep and link them together. 

Drag over to blank canvas and resize as needed. 

Unlink the layers.

Drag p12 over to "copy of vector 1"  above the Raster 2 layer. 

Resize as needed.

Create a clipping mask. 

Drag p11 over Raster 3 layer. 

Resize as needed. 

Create a clipping mask.

Select layer "copy of vector 1" above the Raster 6 layer.

Fill it with a dark green color - #2d5e00

Add Penta - Color Dots

Select layer "copy of vector 1" above the Raster 5 layer.

Fill it with a light green color - #95be63

Again add Penta - Color Dots

Drag ele32 behind the template and treat it as a mask. 

Resize as needed. 

Make sure nothing is cut off.

Move the word art (link the layers together) to the middle-right of the template.

For Raster 8, "beautiful",  use these blending options:

Drop shadow 

Color Overlay - White (#ffffff)

Stroke:

   Size - 3

   Color - #194f00

For Raster 7, "Irish Babe", make it the same dark green as earlier - #2d5e00.

Add Penta - Color Dots 

Add drop shadow to Raster 9, not Raster 7.

Drag your tube of choice to about the middle of the template, behind the word art.

Add drop shadow.

Add filters to tube. Follow the images below:

Xero Porcelain

Xero Radiance

Drag ele37 behind the word art, but in front of the tube. 

Resize as needed. 

Add a drop shadow.

Now add (in order from left to right) ele14, ele11, ele15, ele30, ele9, ele10 behind ele37. 

Resize them as needed. 

Add a drop shadow to each element.

Drag ele17 and place at an angle over the top left hand corner of the template. 

Resize as needed. 

Add a drop shadow.

Drag ele35 over the green layer of Raster 5 (small circle). 

Resize as needed. 

Add a drop shadow. 

Add noise (glitter effect) if you like. 

Drag ele06 to the bottom left hand corner of the green layer of Raster 6. 

Resize as needed. 

Add a drop shadow.

Drag ele18 between the large green circle and the small green square. 

Rotate it so that is vertical at an angle. 

Resize as needed. 

Add a drop shadow.

Drag ele42 on top of the paper clipped to Raster 2's vector copy. 

Resize as you like (create a clipping mask to avoid any hanging out).

For the name use KG Luck of the Irish font.

I placed it over the rainbow.

The name is #e06387.

The stroke is white (#fffff), size 2.

Select the pixels of the name layer and expand by 3 or 4 (depending on preference).

Fill with color #2d6907.

Add a drop shadow the the green layer of the name.

Add copyright information and tagger mark. 

Crop out any extra canvas and save your .psd and .png.

I had fun with this kit and I know you will too. Thanks for looking!

PTU Goddess2 Tutorial

PTU Tutorial with Goddess2 from Scrappin Krazy Designs.

You can find this beautiful kit here!

*This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of Photoshop*

Tools

Font used:
Sail
Grab it here.

Mask used:
Mask 20 from Moonbeams and Spiderwebs.
Grab it here.

Tube used:
Anita by Alex Prihodko from PicsforDesign
Grab it here.
*You must purchase this tube and obtain a license from PicsforDesign to use it.*

Elements used:
Bow1
Frame2
Glitter2
Heartstring
Ribbon1
Sparkle2
Sparkle3
Scrunchedribbon
Spiralgem
String2
Twistedclip
Wire1

Papers used:
P11
P15

Filters used:
Xero Porcelain
Xero Radiance

Ready? Let's Go!

Open a new canvas size 650x650

Move frame2 over to the canvas

Resize the frame & add a drop shadow

Move Paper15 behind the frame

Resize and erase any extras sticking outside of the frame

Move Sparkle3 between the frame and paper15

I duplicated Sparkle3 a few times and rotated the new ones to fill in the background behind the tube

Merge the Sparkle3 layers and erase any extras that stick outside the frame (Adding a 50% gray layer will make the extra Sparkle3 show up so it can easily be erased)

Drag tube between the frame and the Sparkle3 layers

Add a drop shadow and erase any parts of the tube that stick outside the frame

Here are the numbers I used for the filters

Porcelain

Radiance

Move Spiralgem to the bottom right hand corner of the frame

Rotate and add a drop shadow

Move Ribbon1 and place it along the bottom of the frame

Resize and add a drop shadow

Move Wire1 and place it behind the Spiralgem and Ribbon1

Resize and add a drop shadow

Move Twistedclip and put it over the bottom left hand corner of the frame

Move it below Wire1, resize, and add a drop shadow

Move String2 and place it on top of the Twistedclip

Resize and add a drop shadow

Move Scrunchedribbon and place it on top of String2

Resize and add a drop shadow

Move Bow1 and place it on top of Scrunchedribbon

Resize and add a drop shadow

Open Heartstring and place it in the top left hand corner of the frame

Resize and add a drop shadow

Move Sparkle2 over Spiralgem

Resize it so it gives that certain gem sparkle

Move Glitter2 and place it below the frame on both bottom corners and resize

Open a new canvas, size 600x600

Open Mask 20 and resize to 600x600, if necessary

Open Paper11 and resize to 600x600

Move Paper11 onto new canvas and then move Mask 20 on top of Paper11 on the new canvas

Remove the background so you are just left with the mask

*If you do not know how to remove the background then please check out this easy to follow video here*

Now move the mask behind paper15 and resize to fit

Make sure no parts of the mask hang off the canvas

For the font:

I used Sail in a black style with a gold outline, expanded to size 4

Add a drop shadow to the gold layer

Add your copyright information and tagger mark

Crop to remove any extra canvas and save your template as .psd and your new tag in .png

I hope you enjoyed my Goddess2 PTU Tutorial!