Eve's Garden- PTU

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This is a PTU tube called Veronica by Alex Prihodko at Pics for Design.

This is a PTU kit called Eve’s Garden by Alika’s Scraps. Get it at PMTw/S.

The mask is by Tonya  over at Creative Misfits Creations, and it’s called TBT_Squares2013_Mask1.  You can find it here.

Font used is TheNautiGal.

:: Let’s Begin ::

Open a New Canvas that’s 800x800 pixels with a white background.

I copied and pasted my tube as a new image and resized it to 650pixels wide.

Copy and paste it onto your canvas as a new layer.

Open element as31 from kit, (frame).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer behind your tube.

Arrange it behind your tube as shown, so your tube is sitting along the left side of the frame.

Paste a copy of your full size tube behind the frame and mirror it.

Arrange the large tube so that it’s completely within the frame,

no gaps unless it’s behind the main tube.

Delete or erase any part of the tube hanging outside of the frame.

Layers>Duplicate your tube

Change the blend modes of the two tubes wither in your layers palette

Or by going to Layers>Properties

and change the blend mode of the upper large tube to Screen.

On the bottom layer go to

Effects>Photo Effects>Black & White Film

Set the Brightness and Clarify to 0.

Then go to Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds

Set it to Width:0, Opacity:100, Color: Black

And have both the Horizontal and Light from left/top checked.

Change the opacity of the tube to 80%.

Open element as07 from kit, (scatter).

Resize it to 80% and paste it above the frame layer.

Arrange it to the bottom of the frame.

Open element as43 from kit, (flower scatter).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer above the previous element.

Resize and arrange it behind the main tube as shown.

Open element as03 from kit, (tower).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer.

Arrange it to the right of the frame.

Open element as08 from kit, (stool).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer above the scatters.

Resize it down just a little and arrange it next to the tower.

Open element as12 from kit, (jar).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer above the stool.

Resize and arrange it to sit on the top of the stool.

Open element as44 from kit, (cups).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer above the stool.

Resize and arrange it to sit on the top of the stool.

Open element as01 from kit, (swirl).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer above the tower.

Resize and arrange it to the bottom of the tag.

Open element as06 from kit, (multi color flower).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer.

Resize and arrange it by the stool.

Open element as10 from kit, (pink flower).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer.

Resize and arrange it to the right of the other flower.

Open element as13 from kit, (kite).

Copy and Paste it as a new layer.

Resize and arrange it to the right of the tower.

Open as_paper06 from kit.

Copy and Paste it at the bottom layer of the tag.

Add your mask by going to Layer>Load/ Save Mask>Load Mask from Disk.

Apply the mask named TBT_Squares2013_Mask1.

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 like to crop and resize here before adding my text and shadows!

I used the font TheNautiGal. Set it to a size you like and a stroke width of 4.

Foreground color to white and background color to #db355e.

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 tagged by stuff.

Merge everything in Layers>Merge>Merge Visible

All Finished!