Down the Rabbit Hole- FTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Suzanne Wollcott of Gorjuss. You can purchase her art HERE.
This is an FTU kit called Down the Rabbit Hole, by myself. Visit my blog to get it HERE.
The mask is WSL_Mask9, by Wee Scot Lass. You can get it HERE.
Font used is A Truer Blue by Kevin & Amanda. You can get it for free HERE.


Let’s Begin!

Open a new canvas at 800x800 pixels.

Open frame7 from kit.
Copy and Paste it onto your canvas.
Rotate it to the right by going to
Image>Free Rotate
Select Right, 90 Degrees, and Rotate Single Layer.

Open paper2 from kit.
Resize it to 600x600 pixels.
Go to your canvas and select the magic wand tool.
On the frame layer, select the inside squares of the frame.
Expand the selection by going to
Selections>Modify>Expand- 5
Copy and Paste your paper as a new layer.
Selections>Invert, and hit the Delete key on your keyboard.
Selections>None
Move the paper layer below your frame.

Open element31 (leaves) from kit.
Copy and Paste it below the frame and frame paper.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.
Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror

Open element13 (brackets) from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the frame.

Open element28 (red mushroom) from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Arrange it to the right as shown.

Open element16 (hearts) from kit.
Copy and Paste it behind the frame/paper.
Resize, rotate and arrange it to the top of the frame.
Layer>Duplicate, Image>Flip

Open element10 (red rose) from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the frame.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open element11 (white rose) from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the right as shown.

Open element6 (heart string) from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the brackets.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open element15 (green ribbon tie) from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the right as shown.

Open element38 (green swirls) from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the leaves.
Resize and arrange it above the brackets as shown.

Copy and Paste your tube to the top of the tag.
Arrange it as you like.

Open element37 (red glitter) from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the frame.
Resize and arrange it behind your tube as shown.
Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror

Open element21 (blue flowers) from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it above the glitter behind the tube as shown.
Layer>Duplicate, Image>Mirror

Open paper4 from kit.
Copy and Paste it at the bottom, below the leaves.
Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk.
Apply the mask named WSL_Mask9.
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 A Truer Blue. I set it to 72 pixels and a stroke width of 5.
Foreground color to white and background color to black.
Duplicate the layer and select the second font layer with the font tool.
Set the stroke width to 0.
Merge the 2 font layer and convert to a raster layer.

Drop shadow everything except the mask.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, set the drop to 3 vertical, 2 horizontal, 50 opacity, 4 blur.

Add your copyright info and your tag.

Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible



All Finished!