Carefree- FTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Mashi. You can purchase the art HERE.
This is FTU kit called Carefree from Cora’s Creations (Pimp'd Designz). Get it on her blog HERE.
I used Template 99 by Yvette at Essence of Creativity. Her site has closed down so it's uploaded HERE.
Unfortunately I didn’t write down the mask and can’t remember which one I used so use a mask of choice!
Font used is Aquarelle.


Let’s Begin!


Open the tag template, and resize the canvas from the center to 800x800 by going to
Image>Canvas Size.
Delete the credits layer.

Open paper pp10 from the kit.
Copy your paper and go to the template.
On your black circle cutout, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections>Defloat.
Paste your paper by going to Edit>Paste As New Layer.
Then go to Selections>Invert and press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the extra paper.
Be sure to delete the original layer of the template.
(Follow this procedure when asked to Copy and Paste a paper to a layer of the template.)

Open paper pp4 from kit.
Copy and Paste it to large black circle layer.

Open paper pp11 from kit.
Copy and Paste it to frame background.

Open paper pp6 from kit.
Resize it to 800x800 pixels.
Copy and Paste it to layers named large pink circle and thin rectangle.

Open paper pp9 from kit.
Resize it to 800x800 pixels.
Copy and Paste it to black thin rectangle layer.

On layers names large white circle and white frame, add noise by going to
Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise- 40%.

Open beads from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open doodle-01 from kit.
Copy and Paste it above large circles.
Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open flower-01 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open flower-05 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open flower-02 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange as shown.

Open cloud from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the circle layers.
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open greens-05 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open flower-04 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open wind from kit.
Copy and Paste it behind the thin rectangle layers.
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open butterfly from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open grass from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Image>Flip
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Open ribbon-02 from kit.
Copy and Paste above thin rectangles.
Resize and arrange as shown.

Open star from kit.
Copy and Paste as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it as shown.

Copy and Paste your tube above the frame layer.
Using your eraser tool, erase portions of the tube that is hanging out below the thin rectangle.

Open paper pp04 from kit.
Copy and Paste it at the bottom of the tag.
Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk.
Apply your mask of choice.
Merge the mask group by right clicking the layer of the finished mask, go to Merge>Merge Group.
Resize and arrange it to fit as shown.

I used the font Aquarelle. Use a size you like and a stroke width of 4.
Foreground color to white and background color to #798c3f.
Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool.
Set the stroke width to 0.
Merge the 2 font layers and convert to a raster layer.

Drop shadow everything except the duplicated tube and the mask.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 75 opacity, 4 blur.

Add your copyright info and your tag.

Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible



All Finished!