Ships Ahoy

Ships Ahoy

written 7/22/2015

This tutorial is meant to be a guide. Feel free to use any tubes and scrapkits of your choice. If you want your tag to look just like mine then use the same supplies and use my tag as a reference.

Supplies Used:

Tube by Jose Cano. You can get his tubes at http://canotubes.com/

Preferably use one that has a closeup.

FTU Scrap Kit by Jens Sweet Temptations. You can get it at http://jenssweettemptations.blogspot.ca/2009/05/june-goodie-train.html

Font of your choice. I am using Egregio Script. You can get it at http://www.dafont.com/egregio-script.font

Plugins:

Penta Dot and Cross

Penta Jeans

Let's Begin:

Open the frame and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Using your magic wand select the inside of the frame.

Selections modify and expand by 5.

Open paper 9 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under the frame.

Selections invert and hit delete.

Selections invert again.

Open the close up of your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the frame.

Selections invert and erase any bits hanging outside of the frame.

Selections select none.

Change the properties of this layer to luminance legacy.

Apply the Penta Dot and Cross filter and change the top number to 50.

Make your paper layer active and apply Penta Jeans using default settings.

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

Open water element and re-size so it will fit along the bottom of the frame.

Copy and paste as a new layer layer and position at the bottom.

Go to adjust add/remove noise and add noise at 60%.. uniform and monochrome checked.

Add a drop shadow.

Open lighthouse1 from the kit and re-size by 85%.

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

Move to the far left side of the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open boat1 from the kit and re-size so it will fit nicely in front of the lighthouse.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place to the far left in front of the lighthouse and the water.

Add a drop shadow.

Open wheel from the kit and re-size so it will fit nicely in the far right hand corner.

Copy and paste as and position.

Add a drop shadow.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop and save.