Garden of Eden Tutorial

You will need:

A tube - I used one from Wendy Fowler
HERE
You need to be a registered member of
MyTagArt HERE
to purchase her tubes, but any fairy tube will do.
Scrap kit called BC_Green from BeaCreations
HERE
She has 3 free to use scrap kits listed there - BC_Green is the top one
click that link.
Mask 8 from Artmama's Studio
HERE
Scroll down - the mask is in a set of 4 - last ones on that page.
Font I used is called Pagan Poetry
HERE
MuRa's Filter Meister-Copies Plugin Filter.


New white canvas 800x800



Open up the mask & minimize it.
Click on your white canvas - add a new Raster layer, click inside with Magic Wand.
Copy a paper from scrap kit & paste into selection. Select-None.
New Mask Layer - From Image with these settings



Merge Group - Image-Resize 80% Bicubic-all layers unchecked.
Copy & paste one of the Flower Elements (I used Flower13) as a new layer.
Effects-Plugins-MuRa's MeisterFilter-Copies with these settings (encircle)



Duplicate the encircled flowers layer & on the bottom flowers go to Image-Resize
115% Bicubic-all layers unchecked. Image-Free Rotate-Rotate 25 right
Yours should look similar to mine



Make top layer active. Copy & paste Deco 10 from scrap kit as a new layer, position the Deco
down the bottom of the circled flowers frame & to the right a little. Duplicate-Image-Mirror.
Merge Down the 2 Deco layers.

Copy & paste your tube as a new layer - position the tube within the circled flowers frame.
Give your tube & both circle frames this drop shadow



Have top layer active. Copy & paste Heart element 5 from scrap kit as a new layer. Move the Heart
across to the left & under the Deco 10 layer. Give drop shadow as before.

Copy & paste Bubble from scrap kit as a new layer. Move the Bubble up & accross to the right a little.
Give drop shadow.

Copy & paste one of the Butterfly elements from scrap kit as a new layer. Move the Butterfly across to
the left over the Heart element - duplicate - Image-Mirror & move up slightly to the Bubble.

Add your name & correct copyright. Cross out eyes on bottom layer (white) MERGE VISIBLE all other layers.
Open eyes up on bottom layer. Crop Tool - crop excess white background, being careful not to crop any of the mask.
Cross out eyes on bottom layer once more - click COPY on top blue bar & paste as a NEW IMAGE on your workspace.
Your image should now have a transparent background. Resize about 76% Bicubic-all layers CHECKED.
Save as a *Png


This tutorial was written by ©Kate on 2nd November 2010.
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