Love Birds

 This Tutorial was written by Chasunicorn

on January 31, 2014.

*Updated November 2025*

Supplies:

Tube by Di_Halim

Not seen this artist since PFD

Love Birds Scrap kit by cheyOkota Digital Scraps

This kit is unavailable but any Valentines Day Kit should work

Template 2 by Leah HERE

Mask 82 by Simone HERE

Filters:

MuRa's Meister: Copies

Filters Unlimited 2: Special Effects 1-Plastic Surface

Drop Shadow:

Whatever you prefer

Canvas Size:

Re-Size Template to 700x500

Template:

**Open template and Duplicate

Close original and delete Credit layer

**Close out all layers except the background layer

(I tend to work from the bottom to the top)

*Create a new layer...MW and Flood Fill with a Foreground and Background

Gradient...using these colors #b6342a and #f5f5f5...Use any settings you would like

I am using the Linear Style with a 30 degree angle and 3 repeats

Add your mask...Merge Group

*10 & 9 layers...MW and C&P paper 3 into selection

*8 layer...MW and Flood Fill with the same Gradient used for the Mask

Apply Filters Unlimited 2: Special Effects 1-Plastic Surface with the default settings

*7 layer...MW and C&P paper 1 into selection

*6 layer...MW and C&P paper 4 into selection

*5 layer...MW and C&P paper 3 into selection

*4 layer...Change the Blend Mode to Screen and Opacity to 30

*3 layer... and Flood Fill with the same Gradient used for the Mask

Apply Filters Unlimited 2: Special Effects 1-Plastic Surface with the default settings

*2 & 1 layers...Merge these layers together...MW and C&P paper 1

into selection

C&P Elements:

*Element 10...C&P as a new layer...RS by 15% and again by 75%..

Place to the bottom right corner of the template...Erase any of

the Red scatters that go off the canvas...Duplicate/Flip/Mirror

*Element 32...C&P as a new layer...RS by 25% and again by 75%

Apply MuRa's Meister: Copies Using the Encircle Default...Change the

Middle Settings to Random (Sphere)...RS again by 65% and Apply Copies again

with the default Encircle Settings...Slide this behind the 4 layer

*Element 12...C&P as a new layer...RS by 15% and place behind the Flower

Cluster

*Element 16...C&P as a new layer...RS by 15%...Place to the

left of the birds...Duplicate 2xs and arrange to your liking

*Element 27...C&P as a new layer...RS by 12% and again by 65%

Place in the top left corner of the template

*Element 3...C&P as a new layer...RS by 10% and again by 75%

Place slightly behind the hanging heart

*Element 5...C&P as a new layer...RS by 25%...Place in front of the

first Word Art

*Element 17...C&P as a new layer...RS by 10%...Place above the hanging Heart

Add your preferred Tube where you think it looks best

Add your name, Copyright info and Watermark

Re-Size your tag if you want to and you are done