Approved Cowgirl
Supplies needed
Tube of choiceFont of choice(I used One Fell Swoop)
Sunshine Daze Scrapkit by the very talented Pam Lefors - Purchased here
My Mask - here Its mask 204
If you don't have this kit, use one with similar embelishments.
I used the beautiful art of Elias Chatzoudis. You must purchase a licence to use his art which can be done here
Lets begin!
1. Open a new canvas 600x600 and fill white. Copy and paste the swirl as a new layer and resize by 25%. Effects, Mura's Meister - Copies with the following settings.
2. Copy and paste paper 4 as a new layer and resize by 20%. Layers, new mask layer, from image. Look for WSL_Mask204 and hit OK. Delete the mask in the layers palette and answer yes to the question asked, ungroup layers.
3. Copy and paste the frame as a new layer and resize by 35%. Select inside the frame with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 10. Copy and paste paper 5 as a new layer and resize by 12%. Selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard. Move this layer down under the frame layer and deselect.
4. Using a font of choice, write out 'Approved Cowgirl'. Centre in canvas and convert to raster. Effects, Mura's Meister - Copies with the following settings
5. Delete any text outside the frame using your freehand selection tool. make the top layer active, copy and paste the double frame as a new layer and resize by 15%. Select inside both squares with your magic wand. Selections, modify, expand by 10. Copy and paste paper 4 as a new layer and resize by 12%. Move this layer under the double frame layer, selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard. Selections, select none.
6. Make the double frame active and select one of the squares with your magic wand. Selections, modify, expand by 10. Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer. Once happy with the position, selections, invert, hit delete on your keyboard. Selections, select none. Change the properties of this layer to 'burn' or one of choice. Repeat this step for the other square.
7. Make the top layer active, copy and paste the crunchy paper 1 as a new layer. resize by 15% and place at the top of the double frame. Copy and paste the string element as a new layer and resize by 15%. Place on top of the crunchy paper. Rotate slightly to the right.
8. Copy and paste the tag as a new layer and resize by 20%. Place to the top right of the frame. Delete some to make it look like its attatched to the frame.
9. Copy and paste the stamp as a new layer and resize by 15%. Place on top of the tag. Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer. Add a drop shadow of choice.
9. Add your copyright information, watermark and name, save as a jpeg, and you're all done.
Thanks for trying my tutorial
This tutorial was written by me, weescotslass on 13th march 2008, any resemblance to any other tutorial is completely coincidental.
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