Tutorial ~ FTU ~ Textured Blinds (Forum)

Second example

Supplies Needed

Tube of choice.  Any closeup tube would work great with this.

For the top tag I am using PinUp Toons Individual Tube 117-1.  You must have a license to use this artwork.  Please visit CDO for more information.

For the second tag I am using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis.  You must have a license to use this artwork.  Please visit his site for more information.

Texture of choice or even a paper from a scrap kit.

I am using Texture 022 by Artpluslove over at Deviant Art.  For the second tag I am using Texture 045.  There are some fantastic textures there so choose one that suits your tube.

Word Art of choice.

Eye Candy 4000 ~ Gradient Glow

If you don't have this filter you can always use a drop shadow with white.

Xero ~ Porcelain

If you do not have this filter you can always skip this step.

Let's get started

Open a new image 500 x 200

Copy and paste your texture/paper as a new layer.

Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds, color I used is #fff2ec.  25 width, 70 opacity, light from left top checked.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.  Resize if needed.  Position on either side of tag.

Add drop shadow of 2, -2, 50, 7, black.

Effects, plugins, Xero, Porcelain, 50, 128, 128, Ok.

Layers, Duplicate, Image, Mirror.  Lower opacity to 41 and reposition a bit to be different than original tube layer.  You can even resize this duplicate layer.

Add your word art, resize and position to your liking.  You can skip this step if you like and just move on to the next.

Note on Word Art 2nd tag  ::  The one I used for my second tag example was in black and grey.  I chose to change that using the texture paper from the background in that tag.  To get the same effect copy and paste your word art, resize and position.  Selections, select all, float, defloat, copy and paste your paper, selections, invert and now hit your delete key.  Delete the original word art layer and add a drop shadow like above.  Now hold down your ctrl key and hit the letter Y on your keyboard to repeat this drop shadow.  The pattern should be the same in your word art as it is in your background.

Layers, Merge All.  Layers, new raster layer, selections, select all, modify, select selections borders, Both Sides checked, border width 2.  Flood fill with a darker color from your tube.  Selections, select none.

Effects, plugins, Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow, under the Color tab choose thin (should be preset to white but if not change the main color to white), under the Basic tab numbers top to bottom are 6.0, 25, 100 with the box checked, Ok.  If you do not have this filter you can add your own drop shadow with either black, white or a color of your choice.  Layers, merge all.

Add your copyright and licensing information.  On the first tag the info didn't show well so I used the same Gradient Glow to bring it out.

Add your name.

Save as a JPEG.

If you have any questions or have run into a snag feel free to contact me.

I would really love to see your results and post them here to show as examples.

dianadcreations@gmail.com

And below are some tag results from a few that have tried the tutorial

Three tags by Dottie!!

Here is one from Sass

Lou Ann also sent me her pretty results

  Ginni tried it out too

Here is one from Susan

One from Terisa

One from Genea

Here is Goblin's go at the tutorial