Embrace Nature

This tube is very me. I love trees and
have a special connection to them.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
So I had to write a tutorial featuring this tube.

Embrace Nature


This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
November 30,2011
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
For this tutorial, I’m using
a tube by Sue Miller.
You can purchase her tubes at
Up Your Art Here

Plugins:
EyeCandy4000
Mura's Meister Copies
Xero Porcelain
AAA Frames Foto Frame

Open a 600x250 new image.
Open your tube of choice.

Fill the new image with a color
from your tube.

Select plugin
EyeCandy4000 Wood

Grain Settings
Grain Lengthy18
Grain width 0.72
Grain Denisty 50
Grain Opacity 30

Basic is default settings
Set color to two colors you
want for the wood.
Click okay.

Select all
float - defloat
Paste your tube as a
new layer.

Selections invert
& press delete.
Select none.

Add a drop shadow to
the tube layer.
2,2,50,5 Black

Now duplicate the tube layer
once.
On the bottom tube layer,
Mura's Meister Copies
Wall Paper Rotate -Default settings.
Effects - Art Media Effects
Brush Strokes -Default
Apply.

Apply plugin Xero Porcelain
to the brush strokes layer.
Softness 50
Strength & Brightness 128

Lower the opacity on this tag to
about 65 or as wanted.
You want to see the wood
lines coming through.

Merge layers together.
Apply plugin AAA Frames
Foto Frame
Change the width to 10
& hit okay.

Add wordart or saying
of choice to the tag.
Add the earlier drop shadow
to the tag.

Add copyright info & name to the tag.
Save as png or jpeg.
Thanks for trying my tutorial.