SUPPLIES NEEDED

TUBE OF CHOICE: I used the fantastic artwork of Michael Calandra.

I used three different tubes.

You must purchase a license to use his art.

You can find Michael's art and get your license HERE.

SCRAPKIT: Gothic Valentines by Rieka Rafita.

This is a PTU kit. You can find it HERE.

FONT OF CHOICE:

I used VTKS SABONETE

I used Photoshop for this tut.

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Let's have some fun!

Open a canvas, transparent background, 650x650 pixels.

Open RR_Paper7.

Center on canvas.

Open RR_Frame1. Center.

Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.

Highlight Paper7 layer.

Go to Select.

Click Inverse.

Hit the Delete key on your keyboard.

Go back to Select.

Click Deselect.

Open RR_Frame3.

Center over Frame1.

Open RR_SplashBlood.

Center inside frame.

Now for the accents.

I used these elements:

RR_ Bow2

RR_Bow1

RR_DiamondKey

RR_Bottle

RR_Cups

RR_Flower3

RR_BrokenHeart

RR_Wordart

RR_Skull

RR_SteampunkHeart1

RR_SteampunkHeart2

RR_SteampunkHeart3

RR_SteampunkHeart5

RR_Fog

I placed an Outerglow on all elements.

Open your tube of choice and place in center of siggy.

Now open your other two tubes.

Place them behind Frame1.

Position them so you can see them on each side of your main tube.

Highlight Frame1 layer.

Grab your magic wand and click inside the frame.

Highlight one of your two extra tubes.

Go to Select.

Click Inverse.

Hit the Delect key on your keyboard.

Back to Select.

Click Deselect.

Repeat this for your third tube.

Highlight on of your two tube layers.

Right click it.

A window will pop up.

Click Blending Options.

Select Luminosity 100%.

Repeat this for your other tube.

Now the only tube in full color will be the main tube.

Open RR_Sparkle2.

Place under your main tube.

Position where you like.

Make a new layer on top of all layers.

Type the name you want in the font you want.

I used Stroke, 2 center and an Outerglow.

MOST IMPORTANT!!

You must now do this:

Put the artist's name, website, and your license number

of the tube you used on the siggy!!

Add your name (ie: Designed by Your Name) behind this info.

Make sure this info is legible and clearly seen.

Save as PNG.

YOU'RE DONE!!

I hope you had fun with this tut!

HUGS!

*This tut was created by me, Redneck Tuts by Savage.

Any resemblance to any other is purely coincidental.*

Artist: ©Michael Calandra www.calandrastudio.com MPT1608