For Moon Forum set

I wrote this Tutorial and any Resemblance to others is purely coincidental. Please do NOT claim as your own,or place on any website with out written permission by me.

I wrote this for my friend Moon,there is no scraps needed..

I used this beautiful Tube from Barb Jensen and you can purchase it Here 

For this tut all you need is a nice tube and a close-up...I chose 2 colors from my tube,to make the background color.

 My SuppliesHere

Filters used Mura's  Meister  copies

VM Natural--Sparkle

Drop Shadow=(DS) 2,2,50,5 black

1.) We'll start with a 600X250 canvas

Flood fill with color from tube.

2.) Copy and Paste (C&P) as new rastor Layer (NRL)

resize if needed..I resized mine 80% X3 ..Adjust-sharpness-unsharp mask..

3.) Apply MMCopies--Duplicate---default settings--

use the examples in my supplies.

4.) Now Duplicate that layer and on original layer- repeat MMCopies--Duplicate Cross--default

use the example in my supplies.

5.) Mirror and on duplicate (top layer) adj-blur-gaussian 5----Blend Mode--Multiply now merge down and change Blend Mode = Luminance (Legacy) 

Opacity= 80%

6.) C&P Tube as a NRL--Resize if needed--i resized mine 80% X2-- mirror and move to the right side (tag reference) Duplicate and Mirror--merge down

7.) Now if you don't want to animate--go ahead and Merge Visible all layers 

8.) add NRL and floodfill with colors from your tube

I used a foreground/background gardient (background color dark) (foreground color light) Linear--angle/20--repeats/3

9.) now...select all-modify--contract X3--hit delete on keyboard..select none

10.) add a Inner bevel (2) 8,0,20,0,0,white,315,50,30

and DS. make sure you've SN.. resize 84% 504X168

11.) Now add all Copy rights make it legible.

and Save as PNG..

Now if you want to animate..hold off doing #8-11

Copy #6 2X's = 3 layers..rename from bottom to top-sparkle 1,2 & 3---close out 2 and 3

working on layer 1- go  to VM Natural Sparkle-- use these settings--56,255,255,255,255, random seed 142 

close 1 and on #2 same settings but change Random seed to 152

on #3 same settings but change random seed to 162.

Now do #'s 8-11..and then open

 Animation shop

working on sparkle 1, make sure 2 and 3 are closed.and copy merge and paste into animation shop as New Animation.

On 2 and 3 paste after current frame

you should have 3 frames...now go to edit-select all- and then animations--frame properties change it to--15

when happy view and save as a GIF.

Now for Avatar

Grab your crop tool and crop out the section you want as your avatar.what I did was crop selection,copy and paste onto a canvas 150X150..then add Copy right. 

If you do this, I would really love to see your outcome.

Just email me

Hugs

Angie