Spoil Me Valentine - FTU

This tutorial was written by Twilight on 1/13/13. 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:

I’m using a tube by Elias Chatzoudis 

Valentine'sTemplate 3 by Taggers Inc 

FTU Scrakit "Spoil Me Valentine" by Melissa 

Mura's Meister Tone

Eye Candy 4000 - Glass

Open the template

Delete the credits layer

Delete the white background if you want. I did

Before you do anything else you should change the resolution to 72 under resize

Click on the white circle layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "raster 4" from Melissa papers

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Delete the white circle layer

Click on the pink circle layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "Raster 3" from Melissa's papers

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Delete the pink circle layer

For BOTH black circles:

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster Layer

Flood fill with a red gradient

Deselect

Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise:

Random

Monochrome Checked

25%

Add drop Shadow to both

V&H - 0

Opacity - 100

Blur - 3

Color: Black

Delete the black circles

Click on the black rec frame

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with a pink gradient

Effects - Mura's Meister - Tone

Only change the FG to Red

Add Noise, same as above except change the percentage to 10 or 11

Drop Shadow

Delete the black rec frame

Click on the pink sq. layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster Layer

Flood fill with red gradient

Add noise same as above with 25%

Drop Shadow

Repeat with the left and right hearts

Click on the white sq layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "raster 4" from Melissa papers

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Delete the white sq layer

Drag the dashes layer below the middle frame

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

New Raster layer

Flood fill with #7a5c36 or you can use paint brush

Deselect

Add Noise, Same as above

Add drop Shadow

Delete the dashes layer

Click on the middle heart frame

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste the paper from raster 11 on Melissa's papers

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Drop Shadow

Delete the original frame layer

Click on the middle heart layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Copy/Paste "raster 2" from melissa's papers

Selections - Invert - Delete

Deselect

Effects - Eye candy - Glass - Default settings changing the color to white

Copy/Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize, if needed

Arrange in the center of tag

Copy/Paste "raster 6" (from melissa's -spoil me valentine elements)

Resize 80%

Drag below tube layer

Duplicate

Put one to the left and the other to the right

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste the LOVE word as a new layer

Place in front of the bottom of your tube.

Copy/Paste red cupcake as a new layer

Resize 80%

Place under the "O"

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste "Raster 16" as a new layer

Resize 60%

Drag behind your tube layer and put at the top of the circles

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste the red rose and petals as a new layer

Drag behind tube

Line up with the bottom left part of the template

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste the white frosted cookie as a new layer

Place it on the bottom right corner of template

Drop Shadow

Copy/Paste the kitty as a new layer

Place next to the E

Drop Shadow

Crop/Resize

Add your name and copyright info

And you're done!