Arthur Crowe - Skater Girls

 

this tag tutorial was made using artwork by Arthur Crowe

you need to purchase his tubes HERE Tube i used is called Cool Girl
Template 448 - by Divine Intentions HERE
ptu scrap kit used was Aracnid by Designs by Sarah HERE

as an alternative you could use gradients instead of papers
a good free resource for that is Nansons site HERE
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open up Template number 448

 

copy and paste print 1 (purple splats) 

go to Layers - duplicate 

 then go to Image - mirror

send both to the bottom layer

copy and paste print3 (pink splats)

slide to the bottom but above the purple splats layers

click on the top thin rectangle layer

go to Layers - merge down  (twice)

 

go to selections - selections all - selections float -

floodfill the the rectangles with a paper from the kit or a gradient  of choice

as a new layer
then go to selections none

go to selections - selections all - selections float -
floodfill the rounded rectangle with the purple paper from the kit

 or a purple gradient of choice as a new layer
go to selections none

open up ribbon 1 crop from the kit

cut in half from the left side

then copy and paste as a new layer

add a drop shadow and duplicate twice arrange to liking

 

click on the circle layer to make this layer active

 go to selections - selections all - selections float
add close up tube of choice as a new layer

 

 then add purple paper as a new layer or gradient of choice

go to selections - invert and hit the delete key to remove the excess

 then change the blend mode to screen

by going to Layers - Properties - and change the blend mode from normal to screen

make the frame back layer the active layer then  

go to selections - selections all - selections float
add close up tube of choice as a new layer

and line up the tube with the tube in the circle

then add black paper or gradient of choice

go to selections - invert and hit the delete key to remove the excess

 then change the blend mode to screen

change the hue and saturation of cloce up tube on the frame back layer

move both sliders to 'zero'

add the tube again to frame back 2 and 3, 

I used the bit of the tube from the skateboard she is holding, 

and arranged the cool girl bit to my liking.
 

next the small thin rectangles 

go to selections - selections all - selections float -
floodfill both thin rectangles with the pink paper with stitches (or gradient of choice) as a new layer
go to selections invert and delete the excess

 go to selections none

 

move both these layers to the top 

next add button resize by 40% using smartsize 

add a drop shadow and the duplicate

add flower1 resize by 40% add a drop shadow

add string3 resize by 40% add a drop shadow

 

add your name and artist copyright