My Dad

Here is what we will be making:

The image I used is by Arthur Crowe.   HERE.

Template #76 from Clarez -- Here.

Thank you for this beautiful template, Clarez!

Scrapkit from Amy and Leah called Dear Old Dad Here: 

Thank you for making this beautiful kit!

Mask of choice. The one I used is called  LLM_188.

You can find it HERE.

Shift D to duplicate and delete circle1 frame layer and  

Clarez's info which is the plz delete layer.

Now on your bottom layer, Select all add a new raster layer, copy and paste

paper 1 into selection. Add your mask from image. (You can also put the mask in your program's Mask folder and add it from disc.)   Layers Merge-Merge Group.

Now, click on the circle1 bg layer, select all, float defloat, add a new raster layer, --get a paper of choice- I chose paper 3, and paste it into selection. -Do not deselect--

Get your close-up and copy and paste it as a new layer. Resize if you want, I did not resize mine. 

Selections, invert, delete.

Copy and paste frame two from kit and put it over this layer.

Circle3 bg layer- Select all, float defloat, add a new raster layer, copy and paste paper 9 

into selection. 

Frame 6  resized to 59% Used raster deform tool to form around the small circle 3 layer.

Add your tube. Copy and paste Fish as a new layer and resize 50%. Place at top behind your main tube layer.

Copy and paste fishing pole as a new layer. Move to far left. 

Wallet resized 35%.

Keys  Resized to 25%

Words glow Layer- add a drop shadow of choice. 

Raster 2- Select all, float, defloat, add a new raster layer, copy and paste a paper of choice into selection. I chose Paper 1.

Copy of Raster 1- I added a thick  white gradient glow.

I also added a drop shadow. 

Raster 3---Dad wordart layer, Add the same gradient glow and drop shadow as before.

Add any other elements you want and dropshadow all desired.

Add your watermark if you wish, and make 

sure you add the copyright for the image you used.

Add your name or name(s) of whoever you want. 

For my name, I duplicated the layer and on the 

bottom layer added a Fat Gradient glow.

I also added a drop shadow of 2, -2, 5, 0. 

I saved mine as a PNG image.

You are done!

Please tick the boxes below and let me know how 

you like my tutorial. I would love to see your results!