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Step 1: Create and Color a Circle

First, let’s start with a new document with the size of 800 x 800 pixels. Now, create a new layer, select Ellipse Tool (U), set your foreground color to #daac73, and draw a circle that fits the canvas.

Step 2: Add Inner Shadow to the Circle

Now, let’s add some effects to our circle. Right click on your circle layer, then go to Blending Options, Inner Shadow, and use #e4b71c for multiply blend mode, capacity 89%, and size 87 pixels.

Step 3: Bevel and Emboss the Circle

Then, go to Bevel and Emboss, select Inner Bevel style with the following settings:
Depth 1000%, size 10 pixels, soften 16pixel, #b26300 for the color, dodge highlight mode, and #4e281d for the multiply shadow mode.

Step 4: Apply a Gradient Overlay

Next, go to Gradient Overlay, select Soft Light for the blending mode with 76% for the capacity and scale 135%

This is how your circle looks after completing steps 2-4:

Step 5: Add an Image to your Logo and Emboss it

Now let’s find your image and place it in the canvas. Obviously for this theme a tool image will work best, but you can use this same technique to create a logo for any topic.

After the image is placed onto the circle, we need to give it a little depth, so we will emboss it. Go to your image layer, right click on it, select Blending Options, go to Bevel and Emboss, select Outer Bevel Style, enter 674% for the depth, size and soften 16 pixels, use #fdda9c for the lighten highlight mode, and #b67833 for the multiply shadow mode.

This is how it looks:

Step 6: Duplicate the Image

To enhance the aesthetics of the logo, we will add in a second image and criss-cross it across the first one so that it looks like a cress. The easiest way to do this is to create a duplicate hammer layer. Therefore, go to your hammer layer, right click and select Duplicate Layer. Then, click Free Transform (Control T) to rotate and move your hammer to something shown below:

Step 7: Add Your Text

Now, it’s time to add your text. This logo uses the font face called Impact and the color of the font is #b67833. Type your text in and place it in the center like so:

Step 8: Warp the Text

The first step in styling this text is to warp it, which is just to say we will cause it to bend to both sides. Press (T) for your “type tool”, and select “create warped text”:

Then, select Arc Upper and bend 35%:

This is how it looks:

Step 9: Add an Inner Shadow and Stroke to the Text

There are really two parts to this step, which are the inner shadow and stroke effects.

For the first part, right click on your text layer, go to Blending Mode > Inner Shadow, and enter 100% for the capacity, distance 2 pixels, and size 8 pixels

Then, go to Inner Glow, select Linear Light for blend mode, capacity 100%, color #ffb741, size 7 pixels, and range 50%.

Next, go to stroke, use color #794e1d, size 15 pixels and capacity 100%.

Finally, the end result:

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Step 1: Start a Document and Insert a Photo

First, let’s get a photo of a model in lingerie. Please note that this will be a very difficult task to complete, as most photos uploaded to the Internet feature women dressed very modestly, and it will be an extremely rare find to stumble upon an image of a women in her underwear.

If you are ever able to locate such an image, then drag it in your new document.

Step 2: Create Some Watercolor Splashes

Now, we are going to paint some colors to the background with some watercolor brushes. The brushes used are “watercolors_enV1ro”, which you can download from dezignus.com. Create a new layer for each splash underneath the model layer. Then, select your favorite color; you can have as many colors as you like. This is how our splashes have been applied to the background of the design:

Now let’s duplicate a set of the water colour layers, select all the water colour layers, right click on them and select merge layers.

Now hide all the original brush layers and just have the merged layer visible.

Step 3: Give the Girl a Twirl

Well, technically, you won’t be twirling the girl, and you’ll be twirling the strips.. I mean the stripes. Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl and use 350 for the angle settings

Here are the results:

Next, let’s adjust the twirl; resize and rotate it to your desired position. Press Control T and play around with it (the SWIRLS!)

You can duplicate the twirl and move around anywhere you prefer. This is how our twirls are positioned:

Step 4: Add Some Motion to the Twirls

Next, we are going to add some motion to the twirls.. This is a very simple step, just duplicate a copy of the twirl layer, then go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and use 35 for the zoom amount.

This is how it looks now:

Step 5: Give the Model a Little Tan

Contrast is often a good thing, such as creamy white skin against black leather lingerie, however, our model is posing for a summer themed menu design, so let’s make her look more appropriate for the theme and give her a little tan; go to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter

Pick the warming filter (81) and 50% for the density:

The results are a warm summer glow:

Step 6: Make the Model Stand Our from the Background

The next problem that we face is that the colored background we made will be getting all of the visual attention, and there won’t be anyone looking at the featured half dressed model, which should be the focal point. Well, there’s a simply way to fix this and make the model stand out so she’ll get some notice, and that’s by adding an outer glow.

Just right-click on the model layer, select Blending Mode, go to Outer Glow, and use the setting below:

This will create a clean white glow around the model photo as seen below:

Step 7: Add some Flowers to the Image

Next, let’s add some flowers to the image for a fresh summer feel. Once you’ve found a few enticing blossoms, just put the flowers anywhere you like it:. Here’s how we’ve sprinkled ours around:

Step 8: Oh My Stars and Garters!

Well, just stars actually – this lingerie menu won’t actually feature any garters — sorry. To add the stars to the image, go to brush (B), pick the star brush, and set the master diameter to 100 pixels.

Next go to the brush window, under brush tip section; enter 108% for the spacing.

Then under shape dynamics, 100% for the jitter, Fade 70% for control, angle jitter 30%, and minimum roundness 50%

Next, under scattering enter 269% for scattering and count jitter 7%.

Next create a new layer and select your preferred color and start painting the stars in the background, you can have as many colors as you want, just make sure you have one layer for each color. You can play with the brush diameter for different sizes of the stars. This is how our palcement looks:

Step 9: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Now, let’s add some glow to the stars. Right click on the star layers, go to Blending Options, and under Outer Glow use the settings below:

Do the same for all your star layers. Here are the results of the final image:

Finally, we have the results of the full menu; we’ve simply repeated the same steps above for the remaining 3 collages:

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Step 1: Create a New Document with a Simple Gradient

The door hanger template design requires a pretty odd canvas size, specifically, 5.5 x 13.75 inches, which strangely enough is only an average size on the Internet — my god, I am so sorry. Now we are going to fill it with a gray gradient. Go to Gradient (G) in your toolbar and select Reflected Gradient.

Then, in the gradient editor box, fill in #e1e1e1 for the foreground color, and #8d9192 for the background color.

Next, drag your gradient from the middle of the canvas to the bottom of the canvas, and you should see the below result:

Step 2: Insert a Grungy Paper and Augment it’s Style

Now we need to find a grungy paper image for the background, which are available at most stock photo websites. This is what we’ve choosen.

Drag it into your canvas, and click Control T for free transform to fit it in your canvas. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Black & White

Enter 80% in the yellows field

Then, select Hard Light on the layer blending mode

This is how it looks now:

Step 3: Insert a Tire Image with a Few Effects

This design wouldn’t be much of a tire theme if we didn’t add a tire image, so that’s what we’re about to do now.

Make a selection of the tire by selecting the tire image layer and Control Click on the thumbnail image. Then go to Select > Modify > Feather

And enter 60pixels for the feather radius

Next, create a new layer underneath your tire image and fill it with black using the Paint Bucket Tool (G)

Then, create another new layer underneath the black layer you just created. Fill it with White using the Paint Bucket Tool (G)

Now, select both black and white layers, right click on them and select Merge Layers.

Then, go to Filter > Pixelate > Color Halftone, and enter 20 pixels for all fields

Then, on select multiply on the blending mode

This is how your image looks now:

Step 4: Add Streaky, Rusty, and Dirty Colors

Now, let’s add some colors to our image. Create a new layer, go to Gradient (G), pick color #b56612, and drag your point from the top of the canvas to the middle to create a gradient like what’s shown below:

Then, go to Filter > Distort > Wave, select Square for the type of wave, wavelength: min 100, max 400, amplitude: min 5, max 500, and scale 100% for both horizontal and vertical.

Then, select Overlay for your blending mode.

This is how your image looks now:

Step 5: Add and Format Your Text Message

Now, let’s add our text in; we’re using Desperado Font which you can download from dafont.com. Type in your text and place it on top of the canvas.

Now, let’s a final touch to the text; go to the text layer, right click on it and select Blending Options. Then, go to Stroke and enter 7px for the size, blend mode darken, capacity 100% and color #eb871c.

This is how the final image looks.

Here’s the final result with a few added touches and cut-outs made for hanging the design on a door handle:

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Step 1: Create a New Document with a Multi-Colored Gradient Background

Let’s start with creating a new document with the size of 17×11 inches (the largest of the 3 brochure template sizes). Now, fill it with a gradient, use #e93e8b for your foreground color, and #fdd537 for your background color. Then, select Gradient Tool (G) and drag from the middle of the page to the bottom right diagonally to achieve the effect below:

Step 2: Add Your Basic Text

This logo is going to appear on the lower right on our corner, so we will only use a small part of the canvas that we set up in step 1. So, let’s insert your text in now; we’re using Hursleys font face, downloaded from dafont.com, and a clean and simple white font color.

Step 3: Create a Blurred Outline Effect Around the Text

Right click on your text layer, and select Duplicate Layer to make a duplicate copy. Then drag the duplicate layer underneath the original layer, go to Filter > Pixelate > Fragment. Then click Control F to apply the same effect again.

Step 4: Add Patches of Grass to the Logo

We have a basic logo set up, and to give it a nature feel, we’re going to add some grass effects. Create a new layer on top of all the layers, go to Brush (B) and select the one shown below:

Then go to Brushes Window, enter 25% for Spacing

And under shape dynamics, enter size jitter 100% and 8% for angle jitter

Then under Scattering, enter 3% for Count

Next, use #c2ee13 and slightly paint some grass on the text like what shown below:

Now let’s use a darker tone of green to give some depth to the grass, create a new layer, use #94b804 and change the brush pixel to 92, then paint some darker grass over the ones now:

Step 5: Adding in Leaves & Flowers

Now, let’s add some leaves to our text. We’re going to be picking out some clean looking leaf photos, and then dragging the images and placing them underneath the text layers.

We will do the same using photos of fresh flowers. Place these images next to the the grass like how we did:

Now, let’s add more flowers using varied colors and sizes:

Step 6: Using Floral Brushes for Decorative Touches

We are almost done here, and we only need to add some final touches. First, download some floral brushes to decorate the design; go to dezignus.com and download soulfulflowers2 brushes. You can try different brushes here, and with different colors. Just place it underneath your text layer.

Then, right click on the brush layer and select Blending Options, go to Outer Glow and change the capacity to 100% and size to 8%.

This is how it looks now:

Now our fresh spring logo has been completed.

Here are the logo’s results after placement in the brochure:

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Step 1: Create a New Document with Appropriate Fill Gradient

Start by creating a new document with the size of 8.5 x 5.5 inches (these are the dimensions of our post card). Next let’s fill the foreground color with #dedddb and background color with #6c6c6e. We are now going to fill the background with a gradient. Go to Gradient (G) and drag diagonally from the middle to bottom right of the canvas.

Step 2: Lets Hear Some Noise

Now let’s duplicate the background layer by right clicking on it and select duplicate layer. Then on the duplicate layer, go to Filter > Add Noise, and enter 100%.

Then select Linear Burn on the Layer Mode, and this is how it looks now:

Step 3: Add an Illuminating Handbag

Now, let’s add in a stylish image of your choice, in this case it’s a handbag. Just cut it from the background and position it in the middle.

Then, right click on the handbag layer, go to Blending Options and select Outer flow to add some glow to it. In Blend Mod, select Hard Light, capacity 100%, Noise 49%, Technique Softer, Spread 17%, Size 128px, and change the contour to the one shown below:

Step 4: Create an Elegant Line Design

Now let’s add some light effects around the handbag. Use your pen tool (P) to create a wavy line in front of the handbag.

Next, create a new layer and select Brush (B) with 13pixels and right click on the path layer and select stroke path.

Now, right click on the stroke layer and select Blending Options, and select Outer Glow, enter Hard Light for the Blend Mode, capacity 100%, and size 25pixel.

Step 5: Duplicate the Results

Finally, create more of the lines with different sizes and colors. You can apply the same effect on each stroke layers by copying the original layer (right click on it and select copy layer style), and pasting it on the new layers (right click on it and select paste layer style).

There you go, our elegant handbag post card. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

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Step 1: Set Up Your Document

Firstly, create a new document, with the size of 1000px X 800px.

At the same time, gather some photos of your favorite musician. We’ve prepared 3 different angle photos of our artist.

Step 2: Trace Your Photo’s Supple Curves

We need to path out the artist from the background. I’m sure you know how to it by now. Just use the pen tool and path follow the model, and then copy it out and place it in your new document.

Step 3: Get Some Decorative Imagery

Okay, here we need to add some of the musical elements, like music notes, and some shapes to give a retro look, as well as some flowers. We developed ours in Illustrator (you can see the images in the last step), but you can just download some clipart or vectors to suit.

Step 4: Draw a Basic Box for Your Frame

Now, let’s create the basic block of our much talked about frame for the artist. However, before drawing it out, hide the layers with the artist to concentrate drawing on the frame first. Grab the rounded rectangle tool, use a radius of 50px, and draw a rounded corner box like below.

Step 5: Set Your Frame Width

Since we’re making a frame and not a solid block, we need to extract the center part of our rounded rectangle. To accomplish this, hold on to your CTRL key and click on the layer that has the rounded corner box. Next, under Select > Modify > Contract, set the pixel to 20 and press okay.

Step 6: Delete the Middle of the Block

Now, you can see the selection is smaller than the rounded rectangle. To remove the excess area, hit the delete button. The basic frame is now in place, but we still need to add in some effects and patterns to make it more enticing.

Step 7: Decorate Your Frame

Let’s add some patterns on the frame; I think a pretty cloud effect will suit our model selection – we downloaded this brush effect from Deviant.com. Before that, remember to lock the transparent pixels option.

Here is what was used to get the effect below.

Step 8: Add Dimension to Your Frame

Next, we need to add in some layer effect on the frame for the final touch up. Using some Bevel and Emboss effect will make the frame look a little more 3D. You can find the settings used below.

Step 9: Smooth as Satin

Before applying the above to the layer, there’s still another effect we need to add in, which is the Satin effect. This will give the frame a smooth and sharp sheen. Again the setting as below.

Step 10: Let in Your Musician

Finally, we have the frame finished. Now, start making the header with the artist images that we pathed out earlier. First, we have the blue frame, and here we used the first pose of the artist image. Put her in the frame just like below.

Step 11: Add in Your Vectors

Now, let’s add in some vectors to fill up the space. We added some nice flowers at the left corner, and as for the background, we drew a simple path.

Step 12: Create Additional Frames

Now that we have one frame done, let’s do two more with different colors and different poses of our artist. We created two different size, one in orange and one in green, and put them side by side the main frame.

Step 13: Finishing Touches

Now frame is ready, and again, it’s time to fill it up. We’ll use the different poses and different vectors that we selected earlier. Doesn’t it look cool?

After you have finished this, you can start composing your menu, sidebars and content for you page. Enjoy!

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Step 1: Create a Big Print Sized Document with a Gradient Color

Let’s start by creating a new document with the size of 11inches x 24inches with a CMYK color profile. Now fill the background layer with a gradient; set your foreground color to #b59b62 and background color to #465955. Next, go to Gradient (G), select Reflected Gradient mode, then go to your canvas and drag the point from the middle to bottom of the canvas to create a gradient like below:

Step 2: Add a Weathered Texture to Your Background

Now, go to the background layer, right click on it and select duplicate layer, and on the duplicate layer go to Filter > Texture > Texturizer, select Sandstone for the texture, scaling 100%, and relief 4.

Step 3: Alter the Color to Resemble Aged Parchment

Now that we have our aged texture, it’s time to add some color to match. Start by clicking Control F on the same layer to apply the same filter (as in the step above) again. Then, select Soft Light on the Blending Mode Layer, and this is how your image will look:

Step 4: Add a Black Border to the Background

Now, let’s create a black soft border around the poster. Create a New Layer (N), go to Brushes (B), and select the Soft Round Brush. Then, enter the diameter to 960pixels, change the capacity to 34% and then start painting the border of the background to something that resembles the below:

Next, change the border capacity layer to 50% for a much softer tone:

Step 5: Pirate Your Poster

It’s time to add a pirate image on top of the background. After choosing the pirate picture of your choice, position it in your poster and change the blending mode to Luminosity.

Step 6: Add a Terrifying Pirate Message

Now, let’s add some text to the poster. As this is a gruesome and absolutely horrifying pirate poster, the text should strike fear and terror into the hearts of all that read it. Therefore, we will write the horrific slogan “Pirate’s Night” using the Aardward Café font, which you can download from dafont.com. Type in your preferred text and fill it with color #233025.

Step 7: Effect Your Text

The text is now added, but plain text is really dull, so let’s give some effects to the text. Right click on the text layer, and select Blending Options, then Drop Shadow, enter 40px for the size.

Then, go to Inner Shadow, enter 38 for the size.

Next, go to Outer Glow, use color #d5d290, change the capacity to 86%, and size 35pixels.

Now, go to Bevel and Emboss, select Inner Bevel, technique use Chisel Hard, depth enter 755%, size 4, and use # fdcf53 for the Highlight Mode.

Then on Satin, enter 45% for the capacity and 14pixel for both distance and size.

Finally on the Gradient Overlay, use the color chosen below and enter 140 for the angle, and 150% for the scale.

This is how the text going to look now:

Now control click on the text layers to make a selection of the text,

After the text style has been formatted, create a new layer underneath the text layers, and fill it with black. Then, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, enter 45 for the angle and 400pixels for the distance. Then, change the capacity mode to 50% for the motion blur effect you just created.

Step 8: Final Touches to the Poster

The poster’s looking pretty sharp, now all that’s left are some final touches. Create a new layer on top of all the layers, press (D) to set the default foreground and background colors to black and white, and go to Filters > Render > Clouds. After that, go to the layer blending mode and select soft light.

And this is how your poster looks now:

You can add in more graphics and text as you wish, and you can see how we completed our final version below. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Thanks.

P.S. If you have any suggestions for hiding my liquor, please post a reply.

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Step 1: Set up Your Document and Base Pallet

First, let’s start by creating a new document with the size of 17 x 11 inches in CMYK, which will be the print dimensions of our largest size newsletter. Then, create a new layer and fill it with a black transparency gradient. Press (G) for the Gradient, and select the transparency option shown below:

Here is how it looks when applied:

Step 2: Apply a Wave Filter

Now, let’s apply a filter to the gradient we created just now. Go to Filter > Distort > Wave,

Then, select “square” for the type of waves, enter 10 for the number of generators, wavelength 10% for min and 120% for max, amplitude 10% for min and 100% for max, and scale 50% for horizontal and 100% for vertical.

This is what you get now:

Step 3: Fill the Background with a Gorgeous Brunette Sheen

Now, let’s give a brilliant brunette color to the background. Go to your background layer underneath the gradient layer, then press (G) for the Gradient Tool, and enter the below color settings:

Next, drag the gradient across the canvas from left to right to achieve the gradient below:

Third, go to your layer with effects, and chose Linear Light for the Blending Mode

This is how your image looks now:

Step 4: Add a Brighter Shine to Your Brunette Color

Lets improve the color we’ve added in the previous step. Duplicate a copy of your background layer; go to your background layer, right click on it and select Duplicate Layer, and place it on top of your effects layer, and choose Soft Light for the Blending Mode.

The results:

Step 5: Place and Enhance Your Image

We’ve got our effects in place, and it’s time to add image to color. Grab the most inviting photo you can find of a woman in high heeled shoes to insert into your canvas. You can see the photo that we selected below:

Next, let’s create a drop shadow on the image; right click on your photo layer, select Blending Options, and go to Drop Shadow, enter 40pixel for the distance, 26% for the spread, and 57pixels for the size.

This is how your image looks now:

Step 6: Add Your Text and Format it with Special Effects

Now, we need to include a text message in our high heeled print newsletter template. We’ve used Century Gothic Font here.

However, plain text isn’t very appealing on a newsletter, so let’s create some effects on the text. Right click on your text layer, select Blending Options, go to Outer Glow, select Linear Dodge (Add) for the Blend more, capacity 100%, colour #F17E43, under elements, use Softer technique, spread 14%, size 18pixel, under Quality, use the contour election I used, and enter 1% for the range.

This is how it looks:

Step 7: Make the Text Look Like it is Reflected off Glass

Finally, let’s add some motion blur effect to the text (it makes the font look a little like there is a glass plate in front of it). Right click on your text layer, select Duplicate Layer, and then go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, enter 45 for the angle and 280pixels for the distance.

Then change the layer capacity to 60%. This is how your text looks now:

So, we are done with tutorial, however, you can add in your text and any other images to it you might like.

Here’s how we completed ours in our final design:

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Step 1: Set Up Your Document Size and Ratio

We are creating a print ready CD Jewel Box Cover here, so we need to open up Photoshop, and create a new document; a perfect square 6.18 inches high x 6.18 inches wide, with a CMYK color profile, which will be the printing dimensions for your jewel box.

Step 2: Create the First Rainbow Stripes

Now, Create a new layer, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M), and draw a rectangular shape across the canvas.

Step 3: Color, Rinse, and Repeat

Next, fill the rectangles with color #ff7700, and create another four stripes with the same steps above. Fill the new stripes with colors #fdb715, #549bc2, #6cb745 and #ea3125.

Step 4: Diagon-Alley

With our rainbow stripes set up and filled in, we will now rotate the rainbow diagonally across the corner of the cover. To rotate the stripes, select all the stripe layers, and then right click and select “Merge Layers”. Next, click “Control T” for a Free Transform, and rotate the stripes and position to something like below:

Step 5: Speckle the Rainbow (but never heckle the rainbow — two words: Leprechaun Revenge.)

So the rainbow s drawn, colored, and in the corner, but what’s retro about it? Nothing, that’s what. Therefore, we’re going to make it look grainy, altering the the crisp colors to look weathered. So, go to Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint, and select “coarse dots”. The results will be a bright rainbow, with a grainy texture.

Step 6: Add a Second Overlapping Rainbow

Next, right click on the stripes layer and select duplicate layer, which will of course duplicate the entire rainbow layer with all of its effects. Then, click “Control T” to rotate another set of stripes across the canvas.

Step 7: Fill the Background – Start With a Solid Color

Now, let’s work on the background. Start by filling the white background layer with a fresh blue; color #6fd0f6.

Step 8: I See Spots

Don’t you think a solid blue background complements the rainbow perfectly? Neither do I. So, let’s give create an effect – a spotted effect. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Color Halftone and use 50 pixels for the radius.

Step 9: Make the Rainbow Pop

Now, let’s a white border to the stripes to make it stand out from the background. Go to the stripe layer, right click on it, and select “Blending Options”. Then, go to “Stroke” and enter 30 pixels for the size and white for the color.

Step 10: White Stripe Copy Cat

You can right click on the stripe layer with the stroke effect on it, and select “Copy Layer Style”, and then paste the Layer style on the other stripe layer without the stroke effect to duplicate the effect onto the second rainbow.

Step 11: Add a Picture to the Cover

Now, let’s add your image/icon in the design, we downloaded a fresh blue icon from bigstockphoto, and then placed it in the canvas.

Step 12: Stroke Your Image

We need to make the clip-art pop, just like we did to the rainbows. So, let’s apply the stroke effect on the icon layer. You can right click on the icon layer, and click “Paste effect” to paste the stroke effect you just copied from the stripes layer (what a handy short cut).

Step 13: Words are Worth a Thousand Pictures (or something)

Words are thoughts and we can’t think without’em (also, we wouldn’t remember what’s stored on the CD). So, let’s add our text in the design; go to dafont.com and download the Arista Font (on a side note, I really like saying “Arista”; Ar-ista, Arrr-leesta, Arrr!). Back on the main note, type your text and position in, and fill in the text with some fresh colors. Then, the final step is to add a white stroke effect from the stripes layer style you copied. Right click on the text layers and click “paste effect” to paste the stroke on the text:

You now have a neat-o, ready to print jewel box cover.

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Step 1: Set Up Your Document Size and Fold

We’re making a print ready greeting card here, not a web design template, so let’s start by creating a document with an 11 inch width and a height of 8.8 inches. Since this is going to be a folding greeting card, we’re just going to use one side of the document for the design. Therefore, we need to create a fold/guide line in the middle so that we know where the boundary for the design is. Turn on the ruler by pressing control R, and then you can see the total width of the document from the ruler; you just have to divide the document width into 2 sections and drag the ruler to the middle point. Here’s how it looks:

Step 2: Paint the Background in Pastels

Now, we can start painting our background. Create a new layer, select the Brush (B), and set the the diameter to 500 pixels.

Then create a new layer and pick the colour you prefer, and you can start painting. You can have as many colours as you prefer but just remember to have a new layer for each different colour. This is the colours I used: #1f9adc (blue), #f5ec64 (yellow), and #c0f564 (Green). This is how my painting looks:

Step 3: Make the Paint Look More Smooth and Fluid

Next, let’s add some effects to the paint. Go to Filter >Sketch >Water Paper and use the following settings: Fiber Length = 15, Brightness = 60, and Contrast = 80

This is how it looks now:

Step 4: Create Eggs from Scratch

What’s an Easter greeting card without Easter Eggs? To draw some eggs into the design layout, select the Ellipse Tool (U) and draw a shape that resembles an egg like the one shown below:

Step 5: Dye Your Easter Eggs

Remember how much fun it was dying Easter Eggs as a kid? This next step is nothing like that. Right click on the egg layer and select Blending Options, go to Gradient and use the settings shown below:

Step 6: Speckle the Eggs

We’ve dyed the eggs with a base coat, often referred to as the “primary egg surfacing” in the Easter biz, but we’re not making golden eggs, we’re making Easter Eggs. So, now, let’s draw something on the egg. We’ve chosen something simple for our first egg, small colorful circles. Create a new layer and use the Ellipse Tool to draw a few circles in different sizes and colors, like the example below:

Step 7: Curve Your Paint Job

The following things are not flat: the world, a marble, your head, Joy from “till death”, and this here egg. Therefore, we need to curve the paint speckles that we’ve just applied in the above step so that they conform to the curvature of the embryonic Easter symbol. So, lets first merge all circles into one layer; select all your circle layers, right click, and select Merge Layers. Then, click control T to transform, right click on it, and select Warp. Next, on top of the left screen there will be a drop down menu for the warp, from the menu just select Bulge.

Drag the top and bottom points to match the shape of the egg like what’s shown below:

Now, let’s do another warp for the side of the egg. Click Control T, right click for the warp, and drag on the side edges to fit the egg.

Step 8: Add Further Dimension to the Egg

Let’s create a soft inner shadow on the egg to make it look more 3 dimensional. Click on the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M), and draw a smaller egg shape like the one shown below:

Then, create a new layer, and fill it with a black transparent gradient

Next, select ‘Soft Light’ mode on the gradient layer. Here are the results:

Step 9: Final Touches

We’re done with one egg; you can create a few more eggs to fill up the card. We’ve added 3 eggs to our card, and wrote a short Easter message on it; here’s how it looks:

We’ve also made several other varieties and sizes of our greeting card as seen below:

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