Sunflower Elegance

Supplies Included:

Supplies Include my wordart, butterfly and butterfly animation
Also includes font Leisure Script, Mask and Sunflowers from group share

I also used the Eye Candy 3 - Glow
You can download for free here

Tube by ©Zindy S.D. Nielsen
You can get her tubes here

Scrapkit Created by Jill
You can purchase at Sophisti- Scraps Here

This kit is used in two other tutorials!

Ready?

New image 600x600
Flood fill white

Open Earthday paper03

Copy and paste as new layer

Open Mask from supplies
New mask layer from image

Merge Group

Open the EarthDay stones from the kit

Copy and paste as new layer

Place at the bottom of the mask

Adjust -Hue& Saturation- Colorize

Apply drop shadow

Open the Sept Sunflower corner from the supplies

Copy and paste as new layer
Place at the left at the bottom of the mask

Apply drop shadow as used above

Duplicate

Image/Mirror

Layers - Merge Down

Open the watering can from the kit

Copy and paste as new layer
Adjust - Hue& Saturation - Colorize

Image-resize at 50 percent and then image resize at 80 percent(all layers not checked)


Image - mirror

Place at the bottom left on the stones
Apply same drop shadow as before

Open the tube you will be using

I used the gorgeous tube by ©Zindy S.D. Nielsen
This tube is Fairy of September and does include some sunflowers which I used (optional)

I applied a light drop shadow

Place all your copyright information

Open the sunflower wordart in my supplies

Copy and paste as new layer

I located it in the upper middle of the mask

Optional- Eye Candy glow

Open the butterfly_lh image

Copy and paste as new layer

Apply drop shadow as above
Duplicate this layer
Place at the top of the wordart flower

Image - Rotate Free Right at 20
(ALL LAYERS NOT CHECKED)

Add your text
I am using Leisure Script
Foreground - Black
Background - #eba525
Stroke Width 1

Apply Texture - Weave


Apply drop shadow

I used Eye Candy Glow

ANIMATION

Edit - Copy Merged your tag

Open Animation Shop and paste as new animation
Edit - copy and paste after current frame until you have 10 frames

Open up the yellow butterfly animation
Edit - Select All

Back to your tag making sure that all frames are selected

Then drag the yellow butterfly and place on your tag

I placed on the first sunflower on my wordart

If you like - go back to the yellow butterfly animation - Undo drag - (make sure all frames are selected)
Then drag to your tag in another place

On your tag - go to Animation
Frame Properties - Change to 25

Save your tag as .gif and you are finished.

Hope you enjoyed!

This tutorial was written by Laine on April 30, 2011
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental
Property of Laines Highway

Header artwork ©Zindy S.D. Nielsen