Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Spooks on the Loose


With tube
or
All Scrap

Supplies Needed  

1 tube of choice – I used the awesome artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which can be purchased from his shop here.  You must have a license to use. 

Font of choice – I used Quixotte here

Vix Mask 451 here

My Template 171 here

Plug Ins used:
Toadies - Blast 'em!
Mura's Mesiter - Copies

"Spooks on the Loose" is a FTU tagger size scrap kit created by me and can be downloaded from my blog here.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the credit layer.

Highlight Raster 1 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Repeat the above step.

Highlight Raster 4 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 5 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 6 layer.
Click on it wiht your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Highlight Raster 7 layer.
Click on it wiht your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.
Apply Toadies - Blast 'em!
Use Default Settings.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step with Raster 7, 8, and 10.

Highlight Raster 9 layer.
Click on it wiht your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.
Give the stars a slight Inner Bevel:

Copy and paste Elements 26 & 27.
Resize each candy corn 20%
Position them side by side but move the candy corn on the right side down just slightly.
Merge Visible both Candy Corn layers.
Apply Mura's Meister - Copies:
Choose Encircle.
Change the top 3 numbers to -
Number: 24
Shift X: 85
Shift Y: 85
OK
Move the ring of candy corn into position - see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste El 14 as a new layer.
Resize 40%
Move into position over the center small circle - see my tag for reference.
Highlight the paper below the spider web.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight the web layer.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste El 30 as a new layer.
Resize 27%
Move into position over the top little circle.

Paste El 30 again.
Resize 25%
Move into posiiton over the middle little circle.

Paste El 30 once more.
Resize 23%
Move into position over the bottom little circle.

If you're using a tube, copy and paste it as a new layer.

Add your elements.  I used:
EL 8:  Resize 30%/Mirror
El 34:  Resize 60%
El 25:  Resize 65%/Duplicate/Flip
El 7:  Resize 30%
El 1:  Resize 30%
El 35:  Resize 30%
El 23:  Resize 25%
El 21:  Resize 30%
El 3:  Resize 60%
El 2:  Resize 50%
El 28:  Resize 25%
El 37:  Recolor #652f90
El: 38/Mirror

To feather edge of the tree:
Make your Freehand Selection Tool active.
Section off the area of the branch you want to keep.  Be sure to keep the marching ants far away from the area you DON'T want feathered.
Selections/Invert
Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather:
Both: checked
Feather amount: 25
OK
Tap the delete key until the tree has the desired feathered look.
Deselect.

Crop your Image.

Highlight the white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Duplicate/Flip
Move the duplicated/flipped mask down just a little.

Add your credits.

Add your name:
Color Pallet - 
Foreground: #000000
Background: #652f90
Stroke: 1

Type your name.
Give the same slight Inner Bevel 5x's.

Save your tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.
Happy Haunting!
Boo!

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev 


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