A Sweet Addiction Tutorial

This Tutorial was written on August 3^rd, 2011 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.

This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***Supplies Needed***

Photoshop – I used CS3 but any should work

Tube(s) of Choice

I am using the beautiful work of Suzanne Wolcott

You must purchase a license to use her work

You can do so HERE

Font of Choice- I'm using Mrs Saint-Delafield

Mask4 by Lizquis

Which you can get HERE

Scrap kit by KiKeKa Kits called “A Sweet Addiction”

Which you can purchase HERE

~Filters~

Xero Porcelain

~~~Remember that tutorials are guidelines, add a bit of your own spin on them and make them your own!!~~~~

*~*~*Lets Get Started*~*~*

Open a new canvas.

I start with 600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open Paper 8, resize to 600px x 600px

copy and past to your canvas

apply mask to this layer

at the angle of 25 degrees, sized 425 px

Rasterize and center the mask

Open cbg_asweetaddiction_frame01

Copy and paste into your canvas

Edit --->Transform---> Scale 13%

Edit---> Transform--->free rotate 19.5 degrees

Center the frame

Add drop shadow

Open cbg_asweetaddiction_frame03

Copy and paste onto your canvas

Edit --->Transform---> Scale 13%

Center the frame

Add drop shadow

Open Paper 10, resize to 600px x 600px

Cope and Paste it into your canvas

Take your magic wand and select inside each of the three frames

Select --->Modify ---> Expand by 3

Invert your selection

With the paper layer selected press delete

Drag this layer below your frame layer

Lower the opacity to 70%

Add your 3 tubes in between these two layers, deleting the excess your don't need the same you you just deleted the bit of the frame backing you don't need.

On each of the images change the blend mode to luminosity.

As well as:

Filter ---> Xero ---> Porcelain

At default settings except blue channel set at 0

Add your main focus tube, position and resize where you'd like it

Apply the Porcelain filter to this one as well

Filter ---> Sharpen ---> Unsharp mask

With the following settings:

50%, 1.0 pixels, 0 levels

Add a drop shadow and outer glow with a color to match your tube

All default settings except opacity at 100%

Add any elements you'd like, resized to your liking and drop shadowed.

I used in this order:

cbg_asweetaddiction_scatter01 (below frame01, opacity at 50%)

cbg_asweetaddiction_ribbon02 (above frame01, below your frame paper back layer)

Now the rest above the frame03 layer but, below your focus tube layer

cbg_asweetaddiction_bubbles

cbg_asweetaddiction_icecream

cbg_asweetaddiction_cherry

cbg_asweetaddiction_rose02

cbg_asweetaddiction_ribbon01

cbg_asweetaddiction_flower02

cbg_asweetaddiction_flower01

cbg_asweetaddiction_candy01

Add your name to your tag.

Image---> Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked, okay.

Rize to your liking

******MOST IMPORTANT******

Add your copyright info

Save your image and you're done!!

If you try my tutorial please send me your results so I can see them as well!!

TYSVM for stopping by!!

Ashly