Dottie Love

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice- I am Pinup Toons which you can purchase here

Scrapkit FTU - A Little Dottie By Lisa of Frosted Illusions here
Template DBA_Valentine Template 10 By Designs By Ali here

Wordart#23 By Lisas Creative Clutter...Too here

WSL_Mask81 By Weescotslass here

Font I used is PTU Whisper.

Plugin:

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass.

Ok Lets Go.

Open Template and Shift D to duplicate, close original template layer,

delete the copyright layer,

Layers new raster layer, Image Canvas Size - 600x600, Lock aspect ratio NOT ticked, Selections-select all, floodfill white, Selections-select none. Layers-arrange-send to bottom.

Make Raster 1 active, Selections-select all, Selections-float, Selections-defloat, Open FI_A Little Dottie Paper 4, edit-copy, Back to template and paste as a new layer, Selections-invert, hit delete, Selections-select none. Delete Raster 1 layer.

Do the same with Raster 2 layer, but this time I used FI_A Little Dottie Paper 6,

Delete Raster 2 layer.

Activate Raster 3 Selections-select all, Selections-float, Selections-defloat, Layers-New raster layer, floodfill Black, Select None, Delete Raster 3, Do the same for copy of raster 3.

Position these layers how you prefer.

Make Raster 4 Active, Adjust-Sharpness-Sharpen. Add dropshadow I used 2-2-34-4 Black.

Activate Raster 5, Selections-select all, Selections-float, Selections-defloat, Open FI_A Little Dottie Paper 1, edit-copy, back to tag and paste as a new layer, Selections-invert, delete, Select None. Delete Raster 5 Layer.

Activate Raster 8 layer, go to effects plugins Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass using the settings below. Click Ok.

Open Image of choice, edit-copy, and paste as a new layer, I resized mine by 80%, add dropshadow of choice, I used 5-5-47-12.87-Black.

Add any other elements of choice from the kit.

Add wordart of choice or the one I used from Lisa's Creative Clutter...Too, I also added a gradient glow of 3 white (fat setting). and dropshadow 3-3-34-4 Black.

Dropshadow all layers excepy those already dropshadowed and the hearts layer as it doesnt need it.

Activate Raster 6, Open FI_A Little Dottie Paper 1, edit-copy, Paste as a new layer, Layers-load/save mask-from disk, WSL_Mask81, Delete black mask layer ,click yes, Layers-merge-merge group,

Add your name and copyright.

Save as a .png or .jpg however you prefer.

I hope you found this tutorial easy to follow,

any problems please dont hesitate in letting me know,

I would love to see your results.

Luv Jo.xx.