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This Tutorial was written on August 25th, 2018 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 CS6

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

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Anna Marine

You can purchase this artwork for use at CDO HERE along with more of her artworks.

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the scrapkit “Forever Dark” by Chaos Preistess

You can find this FTU kit HERE

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

Start a new canvas

650px by 650px

Flood fill with white.

Open FD_Frame1

Add to your canvas

Resize down to about 60%

Add a drop shadow

Duplicate twice.

Rotate one to the left and the other to the right.

Position on canvas to your liking.

Open FD_Paper6

Resize to 650px x 650px

Add to canvas below the frame.

Duplicate twice and move each below the other two frames.

Using the magic wand, select inside of the main frame.

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert selection

On the paper layer below the main frame, press delete

Deselect.

Repeat this process for the other two frames.

Add your tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Move below the frame

Erase any of the bottom of the tube that may be outside the frame at the bottom

Duplicate

Move above the frame

Erase any of the bottom of the tube that may be over the frame at the bottom

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to screen, lower the opacity to 60%

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Add your tube to various places inside of the frames.

Erase any of the tube that is outside of the frame.

I have flipped mine horizontally a couple of times as well.

Change the blend mode to overlay.

Now add which elements you'd like

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

FD_Element2 (no drop shadow)

FD_Element2 (no drop shadow)

FD_Element7 (no drop shadow)

FD_Element7 (no drop shadow)

FD_Element17

FD_Element11

FD_Element4

FD_Element19

FD_Element19

FD_Element19

FD_Element19

FD_Element13

FD_Element12

FD_Element12

FD_Element10

FD_Element6

FD_Element6

FD_Element6

FD_Element14 (Used a color hue over this to slightly adjust coloring)

FD_Element14(Used a color hue over this to slightly adjust coloring)

FD_Element9

FD_Element8

Here I added a wordart that I made myself.

FD_Element3

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copyright information

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

Thanks for trying out my tutorial or even looking at it!

I hope you enjoyed it!

Feel free to send me any samples, I love seeing them!

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This Tutorial was written on June 17^th 2013 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 Anna Marine

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

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the scrapkit “Breaking Dawn” by Alika's Scraps

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask141 by Weescotslass Creations

You can find this for download HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open as17

Add to your canvas

Add a drop shadow

Open as_paper10

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas

Use your magic wand to select inside the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Open as_paper07

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Add your tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Move just below the frame, Erase any of the tube that's outside the frame

Duplicate

Move above the frame, erase any of the tube that's over the frame at the bottom

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Now add which elements you'd like

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

I worked only on the right side at first.

as23 (no drop shadow)

as05 (no drop shadow)

as07

as34

as14

as15

as28

as05 (no drop shadow)

as04

as25

as27

as20

as24

as21

as34

as22 (no drop shadow)

I then duplicated all of these layers and moved them over to the left

Adjusted the small ribbon flowers a bit on each.

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

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