Be Mine - PTU

This tutorial was written by Twilight on 1/18/13. Any similarities to any other tutorials is purely coincidental.  

NOTE: If you get confused at any time, you can use my tag for reference!

SUPPLIES:

Tube of Choice. I’m using the art of Eugene Rzhevskii. I got this tube at MPT.. He now sells his tubes at PFD

PTU ScrapKit "Hot Stuff" by Jen's Sweet Temptations 

You can buy it at LollipopsNGumdrops 

Valentine Template #1 by Taggers Inc. Get it here 

Gradient of Choice

Penta.com - Color dot

Open the template

Shift+D

Close the original

Delete the credits and background layers

Merge the top pink and bottom pink rectangle layers

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "Paper 10" as a new layer

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Delete the pink rectangles layer

Merge together the bottom black rectangle and the top black rectangle layers

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with #ff86cf

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise:

Random - Monochrome Checked - 100%

Deselect

Drop Shadow

Delete the black rectangle layer

On the middle black circle

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New raster layer

Flood fill #c4db07

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise (same as above)

Drop Shadow (same as above)

Delete the black middle circle

On the middle pink circle,

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "Paper7" as a new layer

Selections - Invert  - Delete

Deselect

Delete the pink circle

On the middle black rec

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster layer

Flood fill with #e40000

Deselect

Add Noise (same as above)

Drop Shadow (same as above)

Merge together the top and bottom black circles

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "Paper2" as a new layer

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Drop Shadow

Delete the black circles

Merge the dashes together

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster layer

Flood Fill with  #e40000

Deselect

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise (Same as above)

Drop Shadow

Delete the original dashes layer

On the center pink rectangle

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "Paper6" as a new layer

I resized and duplicated, then lined the two papers up, but you don't have to if you don’t want

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Delete the center pink rec

On the heart layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster layer

Flood fill with a gradient to match the kit or tube (with angle at 90 degrees)

Penta.com color dot - default settings

Copy/Paste tube/closeup as a new layer

Arrange over the gradient

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Select all the gradient heart

Selections - Modify - Expand - 4

New raster layer under the gradient

Flood fill with the same gradient, changing the angle to 0

Deselect

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Snowflake2" as a new layer

Resize 30%

Place on the top left corner of the center rectangle

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Balloons" as a new layer

Place on the right side of template

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Rose Gift" as a new layer

Resize 60%

Place on the bottom right of template

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Letter" as a new layer

Resize 70%

Drag behind the rose gift layer and place to the left of the gift

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Kiss2" as a new layer

Resize 30%

Place between the letter and gift (see my tag)

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Globe" as a new layer

Resize 40%

Place on the bottom left corner of template

Copy/Paste "BFly1" as a new layer

Resize 40%

Place inside the top left circle

Drop Shadow

Crop/Resize

Add your name and copyright info and you're done!