Ohhh... thanks so much for posting this tutorial, Annie! I have seen this tag around for years, and I remember when the tut was posted at Cares, but I never got around to doing it but I've always wanted to.





I see that Jossie has beat me to the post but that we had the same idea to glass the text! Isn't it hard not to do that? LOL.

And I also tried adding noise to that same layer of the black text and flowers like you did, but in the end I opted to adding noise to just the outline. I love the butterflies that you've added!  Those make the flowers seem even more realistic.  What a great touch!

Annie, I love the tiny little dolls that you've added to yours!  They remind me of little elves or nymphs or something like that. And I can see a teeny little bunny in there too; how cute!   I see that one of your flower bunches is on top of your text instead of below.  I like how that gives the text an added layer of dimension!

Oh what lovely results ladies! I love all of your tags.

I did this tut several years ago but, I've got to try it again.

All of these lovely flowers sure make me anxious for spring.


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Thanks for your kind words Timber.

I can see now that I forgot the drop shadow so my name doesn't show up as well as it should. I will have to remember that on the next ones I make. This is the first time I have ever seen this tut.

May I will remake this one. I didn't save the origianl (slapping my head) So I will have remake from stratch. I used a different font name but it looks just like Broadway. I used eye candy 4000 glass effect on the black and then I added noise, then I did the flowers and added a differnt noise and merged them together.

I think I really like the gold glitter on your Timber. I will try that on the next one.

This was fun and I know I'll have to play with it some more, LOL.

I used the Broadway font on this one and used Eye Candy 5 Impact-bevel. Then I added a cutout to the font.

I added a bling butterfly for some movement. I want to try it again with some noise. I love to use dsb flux bright noise so I'll try it again with that.

That's beautiful, Judy!  What a great idea to use a bling butterfly!

I also have Impact but I hardly use it.  Thank you for bringing the bevel to my attention!

After I made my tag I tried again with a celtic font and tried to create a line of shamrocks or to use one of the shamrock bundles by Rainbow Coffi.  I couldn't make a tag that I was happy with .  But I can see how this technique can be used with other flower elements .

Thanks Timber. That's a great idea about using shamrocks or other flower elements. Hmmm, I might have to play with that.

I know it is so frustrating to play and play with something and not be able to come up with something you are satisfied with! I was looking through my folder where I keep my "new" creations, LOL. I have so many things there that I started.... couldn't get quite right.... saved.... and there they sit, LOL. I finally deleted a bunch of them.

I discovered the Impact bevel the other day and have had fun playing with it. I did have a hard time getting a slight bevel like I wanted. I finally came up with this one and have used it a bit. It seems to work well with most fonts and some dings I have tried. Hope someone else can use this.


Eye candy 5 Impact Bevel

Basic tab:
Bevel Width 10.00
Bevel Height 18
Smoothness 100
Round Corners 2
check inside
Darken Deep Areas 20
check Shade interior
Surface none

Lighting tab:
Direction 93
Inclination 69
Highlight brightness 40
Highlight Size 58
Highlight Color white
Shadow Color--set to a dark shade of your image

Bevel Profile tab
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Wow these are all fabulous. I love how creative you all are and come up with some fabulous ideas. If anybody wants any Easter dolls or St Patrick dolls just let me know. I can make Silets, Bonitas or Standard ones. I can make any hair colour too.

these are fabulous.....I am going to give the tut a spin, and maybe a spin of my own.....lol...be back later...alligator

where do you find those blings, ie, the butterfly? any hints where to get some...they add so much to a tag...

Bishalta, there's a thread here for bling animations.  I've just looked at them and there is only one butterfly and not the one that Judy used.  If I find more links, I'll add them there .

I have tons of blings saved on my computer. Most of the sites that I got them from have now closed.

I'll look for links to share with you and post them here if I find them. For more info, you can PM me.

Yes Roberta made a load of blings to share then closed her site quite a while ago as she had a lot of her work stolen. She told folks that had already downloaded they could continue to use but never to share on a site with others or add to a collection. They are so easy to make you can make your own with the consellation plugin.

I love this tutorial and its so lovely for this time of year.

I made this for .....

Thanks for reminding me of this great tut, Annie.  It is fun.

I played with it a while ago and came up with this.

Judy thats really pretty with the constellation butterfly.