Supplies:
Mehdi - Wavy Lab & Sorting Tiles
Background Designers IV - SF10 - Shades of Shadows & Slice and Dice
FunHouse - Loom
AP Lines - Silver Lining
PI2 - Dotty Lines Template - HERE
Tube of Choice - I am using the wonderful work of Joanna Bromley
which can be purchased at Digital Art Heaven
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Let's Begin:
Open the Dotty Lines Template - minimize for now
Open a new image 600 x 300
Change your foreground to a light to medium color, background to a medium to dark color
Change your foreground to gradient:
Fill canvas with gradient
Effects - Medhi - Wavy Lab:
Effects - Medhi - Sorting Tiles:
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Effects - Image effects - Seamless Tiling:
Adjust - Sharpen
Effects - Background Designers - Shades of Shadow:
Effects - Background Designers - Slice and Dice: default settings
Effects - Funhouse - Loom:
Effects - AP Silver Lining - Lines:
(NOTE: If you are using a lighter color background - you may want black dots - so change all the color bars to 0. Or you can choose a contrasting color you prefer)
Copy and paste Dotty Lines Template
(NOTE: You can colorize the template layer - select all - float - defloat - add a new layer - fill with color choice. Make sure you get all the dots filled - zoom in to make sure - deselect, then delete the original template layer)
With Magic wand click in the center - expand by 5 - activate your background layer - promote selection to layer - deselect
Effects - Drop Shadow:
Repeat - changing the Vertical and Horizontal to -5
Copy and paste your tube - resize as needed. Add drop shadow of choice
(NOTE: My tube came with the daisy on a separate layer - so I used this on the sides - you can do the same or add something from a scrap kit if you like - or add nothing at all!!! )
Activate your top layer - add a new layer - fill with gradient
Select all - contract by 5 - delete - deselect.
Add Gaussian Noise at 30%
Add your copyright and license info and name. Save !!!!
