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Supplies:

Tube of choice - I am using the wonderful work of Maryline Cazenave which you can purchase at CDO.  Please do not use without a proper license.

Template of choice - if you would like mine - you can get it HERE

Mask of choice - optional

Element - either from a scrap kit or it your tube happens to come with one.

Let's Begin:

Open template - duplicate and close original - delete credits layer.

Copy and paste element - apply mura copies - wallpaper

Apply Gaussian blur at 10.00

Activate oval layer - select all - float - defloat - invert.  Activate blur layer - delete.  Invert - add a new layer - fill with a complimentary color choice.  Deselect - lower opacity to around 60%.

Minimize template for now.

Open a new image 100 x 100.  Paste your element.  Resize to a suitable size so that it will make a nice tile.  

Image effects - seamless tiling:

Add a new layer - send to bottom - fill with a complimentary color.  Merge visible.  On your material palette - change your foreground to the tile made - scale - 100%.

Open template - activate bar layer.  Select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with tile pattern.  Deselect.

On each of the frame layers - select all - float - defloat - fill with color choice - deselect.  Add a bevel if you wish.

Copy and paste your tube - resize as needed.

Apply drop shadow of choice.

Delete all original template layers.

Optional:  Add a new layer - send to bottom.  Fill with color of choice - apply mask - delete - merge group.

Resize if you prefer.

Add your copyright and license information.

Merge and save.

Hip To Be Square !!

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice

Template of choice - if you would like to use mine - you can get it HERE

Open your template - duplicate - close original - delete credits layer

Open your tube - select 2 colors that you want for your checkerboard background.

One each white layer - select all - float - defloat - add a new layer and fill with one of your colors - deselect - add Gaussian Noise - 80%.

On layers 3 & 4 - select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with color choice.  

Minimize template for now.

Open a new image - 100 x 100.  Acitvate custom selection tool.  Settings to:

Fill with one of your color choices.  Deselect

Add another layer - using these settings:

Fill with other color choice - deselect.

Add another layer - use these settings:

Fill with color just used - deselect.

Add one last layer - use these settings:

Deselect - and lower the opacity of this square to 50%.

 Whew - that's all done - now merge visible - Do NOT flatten, as you will be making an adjustment later.

This is what you should have:

On your material properties - change the Foreground to the pattern you just made - scale at 100%.

Open your template. Activate the grey rectangle background layer.  Select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with your pattern.  Deselect.

I chose to add a close up of my tube and lowered the opacity to around 70% - this is optional.

Open your 100 x 100 square image and click the undo button, until you have all 4 layers.  Activate the layer that you lowered the opacity - and change it to 100%.  Now merge visible again.

On your materials palette - find your pattern again and activate it.

On your template - activate the Oval grey layer - select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with pattern.  Deselect.

Delete all original template layers.

Add your tube and drop shadow of choice.

For text - I changed the pattern size to 50%.

Add copyright and license information and save!!!

Here is another alternative:

For this I used the preset shape of hearts to compliment the hearts on the card:

First I made solid squares

and then alternated the heart colors:

Hope you enjoyed and have fun !!!

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