*~Bette Davis Eyes~*

Supplies:

Tube of choice - a close works well.

Note:  Please make sure the artist allows color/blend manipulation.  Most do, but there are a few who do not!!!!

DecoBDE_PI3 - Optional

Filters:

AP - Lines - Silverlining

Eye Candy 4000 - Weave

AP Lines and Deco available - HERE

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 600 x 250

Choose a medium color for your foreground and a dark color for the background.  These can be any color you wish, but they have to be of the same color.  They do not have to be from the tube as the blend will be changing that.

Set your foreground to gradient:

Fill canvas with gradient

Apply Eye Candy 4000 - weave:

Color choice - your dark shade

Rename layer - Weave

Add a new layer - apply custom selection:

Fill with gradient.

Apply AP Lines - Silverlining:

Deselect.

NOTE:  If you want your dots a different color than white - select your color - write down the R-G-B numbers and change them in AP Lines

Rename this layer Dotty

Duplicate dotty 

On duplicate layer - effects - geometric - circle

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - set to 20

Rename layer Blur

Staying on Blur - select all - float - defloat 

Add a new layer

Copy and paste your tube into selection - deselect

Activate Blur layer - resize 110%

Duplicate a few times if needed

Activate your tube layer - change blend mode to Luminance(L)

I also added Xero Porcelain to my tube - default settings - optional

Copy and paste DecoBDE 

Activate Target brush - Colorize with either foreground or background color.  

Add a new layer - fill with one of your color choices

Select all - contract by 3 - delete - deselect

Adjust - Noise - 

Add watermark and license information and name.

Merge and save !!!!

Tune Time:

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

*~Sea Cruise~*

Lately I've been doing banner tutorials as I feel there are more options to use filters and techniques - so this is a little twist on that!!!  Hope you enjoy !!!

Materials:

Scrap Kit of choice - I am using one from Tiny Turtle Designs

Tube - (optional) - you can just use image from the scrap kit as I did.

Mask of choice

Filters:

Filters Unlimited - Paper Textures - Canvas Fine

(If you do not have this - you can use the built in Textures effect)

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss

Let's Start:

Open a new image 700 x 700  (you can resize later)

Choose a paper from your kit - copy

On working canvas - activate your custom selection tool with the following settings:

Paste paper into selection - deselect

Apply FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - default setting - 2 or 3 times depending on which looks best

Move paper to center of canvas

Effects - Geometric Effects - Perspective Horizontal:

Effects - Inner Bevel:

Resize 85%

Selection - select all - float - defloat 

Add a new layer 

Choose another paper - paste into selection - deselect

Apply Filters Unlimited - Paper Textures - Canvas Fine - default setting - apply 2 times:

Select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with a complimentary color choice.  Deselect.

Move layer down.

Activate top layer and merge down.

Apply Perspective Horizontal - same settings

Resize 85%

To both layers apply drop shadow - I used 

0/2/100/38.00/black

Add your elements or tube - or both

Add drop shadow of choice

Add a new layer - send to bottom - fill with either a color or paper choice

Apply mask - merge group

Remember:  If you only used a scrap kit - please give the creator

the proper credit.

If you used a tube - add your copyright and license information

Add your name

Merge and save!!!