True Blood Sookie- PTU

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I've used the lovely PTU artwork of Zindy S.D. Nielsen. You can purchase it at her site.
This is a PTU kit called True Blood: Sookie by Pimp’d Designz. Visit her blog for links to her store HERE.
The mask is WSL_Mask353, by Wee Scot Lass.
Font used is TheNautiGal.


Let’s Begin!

Open a new canvas that’s 800x800 pixels.

Open frame-03 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize it smaller a little to give yourself more room to work and center.

Copy and Paste your tube under your frame.
Resize and arrange it to the right of the frame.

Open paper pp-03 from kit.
Copy and Paste it below your tube.
Resize it to fit behind the frame exactly.

Open gem from kit.
Copy and Paste it above the frame.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.
Erase the end of the stem that’s hanging over the frame.

Open greens-01 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open flower-05 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open tag-01 from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

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

Open stitches from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Resize, rotate and arrange it to the bottom as shown.

Open curtain from kit.
Copy and Paste it as a new layer.
Image>Mirror
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open wings from kit.
Copy and Paste as a new layer.
Resize and arrange it to the left as shown.

Open paper pp-09 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 the mask named WSL_Mask353.
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 TheNautiGal. Use a size you like and a stroke width of 4.
Foreground color to white and background color to #582241.
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

Crop and resize as needed!



All Finished!