So Sweet

So Sweet

written 3/27/2014

Supplies Needed:

Tube of your choice. I am using the work of Tunchy Art which you can get this tube at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_284&products_id=3030

Scrapkit is by Disturbed Scraps. It is called Shades of Cuteness and you can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3057

Template is a freebie by Pooker. I am using template # 194 and you can get it at http://elegantinspirations.blogspot.ca/2013/09/2-new-templates-ei194-ei195_29.html

Font of your choice. I am using Hayseed.

Lets Begin:

Open your template and shift+D to duplicate and close the original for use again.

Remove the copyright layer.

I like to work from the bottom up when using a tag template.

We are going to make a gradient from 2 colors in our tube.

Set your foreground to a lighter color in your tube and the background to a darker color.

Set your gradient settings like below:

Make your black squares layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your gradient.

Selections select none.

Delete the original black squares layer.

Make your white circles 2 layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your gradient.

Selections select none.

Delete the original white circles 2 layer.

Make your white rectangles layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your gradient.

Selections select none.

Delete the original white rectangles layer.

Go through and add a drop shadow of

1

-1

100

3.50

color = black

to all of the dotted layers.

Open paper 9.

Edit/copy.

Back to your tag.

Make your white squares layer active and go to selection select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original white squares layer.

Add the same drop shadow as above to the squares.

Make the glitter circle layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original glitter circle layer.

Add the same drop shadow as above to the circle.

Open paper 7 and copy.

Back to your tag.

Make your green squares layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original green squares layer.

Add the same drop shadow as above to the squares.

Make your green circles layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original green circles layer.

Add the same drop shadow as above to the circles.

Open paper 5 and copy.

Back to your tag.

Make your black circles 3 layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections invert again.

Now open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Move your tube so her face is in one of the circles and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections invert again.

Paste your tube again and move so her face is in the other circle and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Merge the 2 face layers together and change the properties of this layer to Luminance Legacy.

Merge the faces layer down to the paper layer below it.

Add the same drop shadow.

Go back to paper 5 and copy it again.

Make your black rectangles layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original black rectangles layer.

Add the same drop shadow.

Make black circle 2 layer active and selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Add the same drop shadow.

Open paper 1 and copy.

Make your green rectangles layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original green rectangles layer.

Add the same drop shadow.

Make your green circle 1 layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Paste your paper as a new layer and go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original green circle layer.

Add the same drop shadow.

Make white circle 1 layer active and go to adjust add/remove noise and add noise at 85% … uniform and monochrome checked.

Add the same drop shadow.

Make black circle 1 layer active and go to selections select all float and defloat.

Go to selections modify and expand by 1.

Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position so her face is inside the circle.

Go to selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Change the properties of this layer to luminance legacy.

Merge the face down to the black circle and add the same drop shadow.

Phew ok all layers are done.

Lets dress this tag up!!!

Open your tube and resize if you need to and copy and paste as a new layer and position her on either side of the middle circle.

Add a nice perspective drop shadow.

I used the following settings:

5

-2

80

7.50

color = medium grey

Use any elements of your choice to dress up your tag.

You can use my tag as a reference.

Add your name and copyright information.

Crop and save.

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