Sunday, May 27, 2012

FTU Vintage Sands of Time

FTU Vintage Sands of Time





This tutorial was written by myself for this blog DesertsPlace.
Any other similar is purely coincidental.
Please do not copy or steal my tutorials or claim them as your own.
The scrapkit is by Barbie of A Cowgirls Creations and the link can be found on her blog
HERE it is called Vintage Sands.
Artist tube is from Anna Marine and can be purchased HERE
The font used for my name is called Scriptina.
Ok let's start.


Open a new image, 600x600 transparent background checked
Select color #cec2ab on the color pallet
Using the paintbrush tool, make a large square staying away from the edges
Goto Effects, texture effects, mosaic antique the settings are colums: 81 rows 81 , tile diffusion 
33, grout width 6, grout diffusion 67 click ok
Make sure when it does the effect it does not go off the edges.
Open ACC VS Sand, resize 80% copy and paste lower middle of the image.
Goto layers, duplicate and drag a bit to the right side not going off the image.

Open ACC Frame4, resize 80%, copy and paste as new layer in the center of the image.
Using the pick tool, the setting at the top should be changed to free
pull at the nodes on the sides and center edges to change the look of it to your liking.
Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame. 
Selections, modify, expand by 4.
Using the flood fill tool, select color #cec2ab once again and flood fill.
Selections, invert and hit the delete key on the keyboard.
Drag this layer under the frame layer.
Open ACC VS Flower2, resize 40% copy and paste as new layer on the top of the frame.
Using the pick tool, the setting should still be on free, use the nodes and pull and push to your liking.
Open your tube, resize if necessary copy and paste as new layer on the frame.
Open ACC VS Grass, resize 70%, copy and paste on the lower right of the frame.
Keep this open, we will resize it again in a moment.
Open ACC VS Ribbon fob, resize 50% copy and paste at the lower center of the frame.
Open ACC VS rocks, resize 40%, copy and paste over the previous grass layer.
Open the ACC Grass element again and resize it another 40 percent. keep it open still we 
will use it one more time.
Copy and paste over the left side of the rocks.
Open ACC VS Lighthouse, resize 70%, copy and paste on the right side of the frame.
Open the grass once again, copy and paste as new layer on the right of the light house.
Open ACC VS Flower1 resize 20%, copy and paste at the bottom of the light house.
open ACC VS Goblet, resize 20%, copy and paste lower left in the sand
Open ACC VS Brushes, rezize 30%, copy and paste lower from the rocks.
Open ACC VS Moon, resize 70%< copy and paste as new layer upper left corner.
Open ACC VS Butterfly, resize 20%, copy and paste as new layer in the grass on the lower left
Open ACC VS Shell 1, resize 20%, copy and paste to the lower left of the rocks over the grass.
Resize it once more 50%, copy and paste in the center in the sand.
Open ACC Shell2, resize 10%, copy and paste next to the other on ein the center.
Goto layers, merge all visible, add your credits and your are finished, dont forget to save again.
Thank you so much for trying my tutorial 
~x~ Desert ~x~


Sunday, May 20, 2012

One Word 

This tag is made with the pretty kit called Forgiveness from TootyPup
and can be purchased at Scrappin Naturally HERE
Artist tube is from Keith Garvey and can be found at PTE HERE
~x~ Desert ~x~

Soft Guingan

Soft Guingan
This beautiful kit called Guingan is made by Dees'SignDepot 
and can be purchased HERE
Artist tube is the always amazing Keith Garvey and can be found HERE
~x~ Desert~x~

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Sweet Summertime

Sweet Summertime

This beautiful tag was made with a kit called Sunshine In My Day 
and can be purchased at Scrappin Naturally HERE
Artist tube is from Keith Garvey and can be purchased HERE