Beach Bound

Beach Bound

written 4/7/2015

Supplies Needed:

Tube by Andy Cooper. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_304&products_id=9099

Matching scrap kit by Tammys Welt. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=112_287_291&products_id=9084

Font of your choice. I am using Impact which comes standard with windows and also Belphebe which you can get at http://www.dafont.com/belphebe.font

Plugins:

NONE

Let's Begin:

Open element 57 and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Image re-size by 80%.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Move the frame to the top left of your tag area.

Using your magic wand select the inside of the frame.

Layers new raster layer and drag under the frame.

Open paper 2 and edit copy and paste into selection.

Selections select none.

Add a slight drop shadow to the frame.

I used

0 0 70 6.00 black

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

Move to the far right side.

Re-size so she will fit nicely along the side of the frame.

Add the same slight drop shadow.

Open element 58 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under your tube.

Move to the bottom so your tube is standing on it.

Open element 63 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size by 75%.

Move to the far left of the sand.

Add a slight drop shadow.

Open element 19 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Image flip horizontal.

Image re-size by 85%.

Move to the far right behind your tube along side of the frame.

Add a slight drop shadow.

Using Paper 6 as your background and the impact font.

Type out the words “Beach Bound” along the bottom in the sand.

If you want yours to look kinda buried in the sand here is what I did with mine.

First add a drop shadow of 1 -1 70 3.00 black

Then a slight gradient glow in white and then the drop shadow again.

Duplicate your sand layer and bring it to the top in front of the text.

Lower the opacity so you can see the text behind it.

Using your eraser erase bits of the sand and make it appear to be piled in front of some of the letters.

Use your softener tool to smooth the edges when you are done.

Put the opacity back to 100.

Open element 12 and re-size by 50% and then again by 70%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place on the bottom right of the text.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 40 and re-size 2x by 70%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far right behind your tube but in front of the tree.

Open element 52 and re-size by 85%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and drag down to just above your frame.

Move the far left side of your frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 64 and re-size by 50%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the front bottom left of the sand.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 67 and copy and paste as a new layer and move under your tube.

Place at the top going across the framed image.

Add a slight drop shadow.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop and save.

Standing Still

Standing Still

written 3/16/15

Supplies Needed:

Tube by Tammy's Welt. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_399&products_id=8491

Scrap Kit by Whisper In The Wind. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=112_316&products_id=4213

Font of your choice. I am using Cafe Latte which you can get at https://www.fontyukle.net/en/Cafelatte.ttf and also Zenzai Itacha which you can get at http://www.dafont.com/zenzai-itacha.font

Drop shadow used throughout:

0 0 60 6.00 black

Plugins:

None

Let's Begin:

Open element 7 and shift +D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Re-size by 75% and then again by 85%.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Add a drop shadow to the element.

Open element 24 and re-size so they will fit nicely along the legs of the screen element.

You will need to copy and paste several to cover the bottom legs that are cut off.

Add a drop shadow to each.

Open your tube and re-size so she is just slightly larger than the screen.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place just to the right of the center of the screen.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 70 and re-size by 50% 3 times.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place on the far left in front of the grass.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 56 and re-size by 50% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer and drag under your tube.

Place to the right of your tube peeking out from behind her.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 32 and re-size by 50% and then again by 60%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place on the right so it looks to be hanging onto to the screen element.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 18 and re-size by 50% 3x.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Place at the bottom to the right of the light.

Duplicate and move to the left of your tube and I placed mine behind the tube and then duplicate again and place to the right of the white planter.

Add a drop shadow to all.

Open element 1.

Re-size by 50% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Image rotate to the right 23 degrees.

Adjust sharpen.

Move over to the bottom right hand side and drag down under the other elements but on top of the red grass.

Add a drop shadow.

Using the cafe latte font add some text or a proverb to your tag like I did.

I applied a gradient glow to help it stand out.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop and save.

Get Your Irish On

Get Your Irish On

written 2/24/2015

Supplies Needed:

Tube by Tammys Welt. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=161&products_id=8024

Scrap Kit also by Tammys Welt. You can get it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7888

Font of your choice. I am using Irish Spaghetti. You can get it at http://www.dafont.com/irish-spaghetti.font

Lets Begin:

Open element 57.

Shift + D to duplicate and close the original.

Re-size by 75%.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Using your magic wand select the inside of the frame.

Selections modify and expand by 8.

Layers new raster layer and drag this new layer under the frame layer.

Open paper 6 and copy and paste into selection.

Selections modify and contract by 7.

Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer within the frame area.

Selections invert.

Using your eraser remove any bits you do not want hanging outside of the frame.

Once happy selections select none.

Add a drop shadow to both the tube and the frame.

Open element 49 and image rotate to the left.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under your tube but on top of your frame.

Position along the edges of your frame.

I used my eraser tool at the bottom and removed bits of my tube to make it look like it was behind the shamrocks at the bottom but above them at the top.

This is completely up to you.

Add a drop shadow to the shamrocks.

Open element 78 and re-size by 75% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place in the bottom right corner of the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 80 and re-size by 75%.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Place so the right side is ending in the pot of gold.

Open element 11 and re-size by 75% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place on the left side so the top barrel hides the end of the rainbow.

Open element 35 and re-size by 50%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and drag under the barrel layer.

Move to the far left and make it peek out from behind the top of the left bottom barrel.

Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate and move to the bottom right of the barrels.

Open element 63 and re-size by 75%.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the bottom in front of the barrels.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 53 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag to the bottom of the tag.

Add a drop shadow.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop and save.