Spring Garden tut...

Supplies Used:

Easter's Coming Collection. This includes both the tube by Zindy and a beautiful kit by Crazed Creations. Get it at the  Zindy Zone Shop 

Round soft mask of choice

Eyecandy 400 Gradient Glow (font only)

Font: Mrs.Blackfort.

Open a new image size 600 by 600

C/P Ribbon Frame. Resize by   50%.

Use your magic wand to select the inside of the frame. Selections, Modify, Expand by 3.

Add a new raster layer. C/P paper  5 into selection.Move below the frame.

C/P Close up tube. Selections, invert. Select the closeup and hit delete. Deselect. 

Change the layer property to Luminance (L). Change the opacity to about 44. Add Dropshadow.

Dropshadow Ribbon frame.

C/P Beads 2. Resize by 50%. Duplicate and mirror. 

Duplicate again and go to Image, Rotate, Free rotate 90 degrees. Position at the top of the frame.

C/P Ivy Frame. Resize by 60%. Add Dropshadow.

C/P Floral. Resize by 50%. Position at the bottom of the frame.

C/P Drape. Resize by 30%. Position on the left side of the frame. Add Dropshadow.

C/P Plain Bow 2. Resize by 15%. Position at the top of the drape. Dropshadow.

C/P Snowdrop. Resize by 30%. Mirror and position toward the bottom left of the frame. Dropshadow.

C/P Butterfly Trail. Resize by 30%. Position at the bottom of the frame near the center so the butterflies fly over the snowdrop. Dropshadow.

C/P Flower 2. Resize by 30 %. Center over the snowdrop. Dropshadow.

C/P Orchids. Resize by 30%. Position over flower 2 so just the top of flower 2 shows. Dropshadow.

C/P Blossom Bud. Resize by 20%. Mirror and position over the bottom of the orchids. Dropshadow.

C/P Blossom. Resize by 20%. Position so the bud just peeks out from behind the blossom. Dropshadow.

C/P Bird 2. Resize by 30%. Position over flower 2.

Select your bottom layer and floodfill with a green. 

Apply your mask and merge group.

Click the top layer of your tag. 

C/P tube. Mirror. (If you are using this tube Resize by 75%. The Adjust sharpness, sharpen. Add Dropshadow.

For the font. Type out your test. Add Gradient glow of 3 in a contrasting color.

Add Inner Bevel of Choice.

Add Dropshadow. 

Go to adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen.

Duplicate your text.

On the original go to Adjust, Blur, Gaussian blur of 5.

Selections, Select all, Float.

Use your paint brush to change the blur to a contrasting color.

Deselect.

Don't forget your copyright and watermark :)