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 !!!
