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This Tutorial was written on August 27^th 2012 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Ellie Milk

You must purchase a license to use her tubes and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “Memories of Fall” by Karra's Kreative Korner

You can find this for purchase HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask238 by Weescotslass

You can find this for download on her blog HERE

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open clock

Add to your canvas

Resize down to 85%

Rotate -15 degrees

Open paper3

Add to your canvas below the clock

Select the clock

Select → Modify → Expand, by 4

Invert the selection

On the paper layer, press delete

Filer → Noise → Add Noise

Amount: 12.5%

Gaussian

Monochromatic

Merge the two layers together

Add a drop shadow

Open paper1

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Add the tube to the canvas

Resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate this layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube layer

Add your tube to your canvas below the main tube

Resize and reposition to your liking

I lowered the opacity down pretty low to see what I was doing

Getting her face to be the center of the clock and get most of it there

I flipped horizontally as well

Once it's where you want it to be use your elliptical marquee tool to select the face of the clock

Once you have it selected invert the selection and on the tube layer press delete

Change the blend mode to Luminosity and lower the opacity to 50%

Open glow

Add to your canvas just above the girl and the clock, below the main tube

Lower the fill to 70%

Add a bit of outer glow to this as well, I used the maroon of the dress, all else at default

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless stated:

scatter (no drop shadow)

vines

leather strap

light

weeds (no drop shadow)

heart scatter (no drop shadow)

pinecones

pinecones

pinecones

ribbon2

ticket

scroll

letter

leaf2

leaf2

leaf1

leaf1

flower2

flower1

bird cage

basket

bow1

bow1

sparkle (no drop shadow, blend mode changed to overlay)

Add some wordart if you'd like to

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with you're result save to your liking and you're done!