Thursday, September 29, 2016

Egern 3's Fall PTU Tutorial

CT Tut Egern 3 Fall Outing

©Jakob Kramer: Egern 3Digi Divas Exclusive match kit

Egern 3 is an absolutely adorable blue cartoony squirrel. There are 2 other squirrel tubes by the same artist that are available seperately

Tube here

"All My Life I Used To Wonder What I Would Become When I Grew Up. Then, A Couple Of Years Ago, I Realized That I Was A Squirrel."
Egern 3 Is a Digi Divas Exclusive Kit Match For Jakob Kramer's Egern 3 Tube. An Autumn & Spring Kit Full Of Woodland & Nature Fun! Lots Of Flowers, Grass, Leaves & Trees!
Perfect For Any Autumn, Harvest, Spring Or Nature Projects
Tube sold separately.

Scrap Kit Here



C/P = Copy Paste / D/S = Drop Shadow default settings: 3 -3 58 7.92
bg: background, / S/F/D: Select All, Float, Defloat / E or el: Element
R: Resize / Unsharp mask Settings: 3 30 3 (Use after resizing if the image looks grainy or blurry )


I try to write my tutorials as plain and clear as possible, but if I get you confused (and, if I do, I am sorry) you can always refer back to the image we are making for reference. Also, this is just a guideline (I write where I place the elements ) but, feel free to move them around, or add different elements. Have fun and experiment, it is the best way to learn new things.

This tutorial was written by me on 09/28/2016 and is purely of my own making.
If there is any resemblance to any other tut it is purely coincidental. Please do not claim as your own.

Please refer to my TOU on the left sidebar.

Materials needed
Tube: Egern 3 © Jakob Kramer / Tube here
Egern 3 Digi Divas Exclusive Matching Kit.   Scrap Kit Here
Template 43 by Rachel's Designs RD_TagTemplate43   Available Here
Mask by Millies PSP Madness   MPM Mask44 Available Here
Font: Brown Foxy A PTU Font Available free this week at Font Bundles
Available Here
Filters: Xero: Porcelain, AAA Filter: Photo Frame, DSB Flux: Bright Noise
Filters Available Here

Tutorial Instructions



  • Open template RD_TagTemplate43 Shift + D to duplicate. Close original tag.
  • Resize Template 80% All Layers Checked (should make tag size 800 px X 640 Px
  • Image Size 800 X 800 Center tile checked Flood fill bottom layer with white
  • Open papers 1, 5, 6, 9 and 10
  • Working from bottom up
  • C/P frame 8 place frame so it is flush with circle layer Merge Down
  • C/P frame 4 place over frame 8 see tag for reference if needed
  • Layer 1 Select All Float Defloat C/P pp6 as new layer R 68% invert - delete/clear. Select None
  • Merge above frame layer down on paper layer. Move this layer up a bit
  • Layer 3 merge down with Layer 2
  • S/F/D C/P pp 9 R 68% move paper up so there is some of the yellow showing on the bottom rectangle Invert - Delete Deselect
  • Edit - copy - paste as new image. Apply AAA Filter Photo Frame with settings: default except change first number to 20 and matte to 1. Copy and paste back on working canvas. Place where it came from. Delete original image
  • Layer 4 S/F/D C/P pp1 Invert Deselect
  • Do the same with this layer as previous - only change width to 7
  • Move squares down so they are all below the white frames Merge Layer 9 down with Layer 5
  • S/F/D C/P pp 10 R 72% Invert Delete Deselect
  • Merge layer 10 with 6 With Manual color correction tool Source: #f6eade Target: #25414d
  • DSB Flux bright noise Settings: 50 mix Sharpen - Sharpen more
  • Inner Bevel with these settings: Bevel 2, Width 4, Smoothness 73, Depth 23, Ambience 73, Shininess 18 Angle 135, Intensity 87, Elevation 9 Color: #507a8c
  • Add D/S with these settings: 1, -1, 100, 0.99 Color: #f6eade
  • Layer 7 S/F/D New layer C/P pp5 into selection
  • On frame layer Same Inner Bevel as before changing color to #507a8c. Same D/S changing color to black. Merge Down
  • Place at center of template
  • C/P tube R 55% Move face to right square. duplicate tube. mirror Place face in circle. Alter what shows some so is not the same as right side. merge tube layers down. On square Layer select all Float Defloat. On tube layer invert delete. Change blend mode to hard light
  • C/P E 43 place at top right above the double rectangle shape Duplicate. Mirror. Place top center - duplicate move above top rectangle layer move to left
  • Merge tube layer down on paper layer first. then merge frame layer down (make sure that the frame layer is above the image layer
  • C/P E 40 place to left center
  • Working above single rectangle image
  • C/P e 19 place at bottom center of shape
  • C/P E 25 Place over grass layer
  • Working above the Blue square layer
  • C/P E 5 Place so is positioned above the water
  • C/P E 60 R 50% then 68%. Place to bottom left Duplicate R duplicated another 85%, Move image down. Merge Down. Duplicate Image - Mirror. Move right above trestle (E 31)
  • C/P E 65 R 50% place off center on the left side Duplicate move to bottom center in front of the water
  • C/P E 41 place above water
  • C/P E 53 R 52% place atop left side of leaves
  • C/P Tube R 50% Move to far right - Move the button layer above the tube layer so they are on the top of the tubes tree
  • Working above the double square layer
  • C/P E 74 R 62% Move to bottom left
  • C/P E 43 R 75% X 2 Place in front of water - now move the acorn layer above this layer
  • C/P E 55 R 52% then 75% place to bottom right
  • C/P E 58 Place bottom left on top of log
  • R to 700px X 700 Px All Layers Checked
  • Close white bg Merge Visible
  • Duplicate merged image apply guassian blur setting 3 then apply Xero : porcelain: default setting. Change blend mode to soft light. Merge Visible
  • New Layer Select All C/P pp8 into selection - If you want the same effects as my tag merge image and paper layer together - Apply Mask MPM mask140
  • Or Apply mask to paper bg image, if you prefer.
  • Resize now if you want as smaller tag
  • Add your copyright and licensing information after resizing your tag
  • Add your name and save as png image

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