Tropical Coconut tut...

Supplies Used:

Magazine 1 tube by Scott See. Get it at ART.

Coconut kit by Bibi's Collection. Get it at SATC.

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient glow (Font Only)

Font: Candice

Open a new image size 500 by 500.

C/P Element 7. Resize by 75%.

Select the inside of the frame. Selections, modify, Expand by 3.

Add a new raster layer. Flood Fill with a  light yellow color.

Add another new raster layer. C/P Paper 1 into selection.

Change the layer property on the paper to Luminance.

Open up Element 22. Image, Flip.

C/P Element 22 onto your tag as a new layer.

Position water about 3/4 of the way up the frame.

Go to selections, Invert, Delete.

Deselect.

C/P Element 6. Resize by 30%.

Position wave at the inside bottom of the frame.

C/P Element 9. Resize by 20%. Change the opacity on the fish to 70.

Duplicate the fish. Position both sets of fish over the water.

Dropshadow frame layer.

C/P Element 65. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

Duplicate Palm tree and move slightly down from the original.

C/P Element 59. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Duplicate Surf board. Use your deformtool to position on a slight angle under the original.

C/P Element 47. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Position at the bottom of the surfboards.

C/P Element 49. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow. 

Duplicate flower 2 times.

Position flowers to the left side of the ferns.

type out your font. Apply inner bevel of choice.

Add Gradient Glow of 3.

Dropshadow.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Select your background layer.

C/P Element 60. Resize by 50%. 

Go to Adust, Add Noise with these settings

Uniform, 35, Monochrome checked.

Don't forget to add your copyright and watermark :)