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Designing an anniversary card

Start by filling the background with a solid color.

Open an image of a couple.
Drag the image to the main file and knock out the background using your favorite cutout method.

Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool.
Enable add to shape area from the top bar.
Create a few more ellipses overlapping each other. Basically we are trying to create a cloud shape .
Create more random shaped clouds.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select perspective. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Move the layer below the couple image.
Create some 3D depth by creating a thin rectangular strip below the swing board.
Complete the swing by creating some lines attached to the board using line tool.
Create a big heart shape using custom shape tool.
Change layer mode to screen.
Rasterize the layer. Ctrl+Click the layer thumbnail to get the selection. From select menu apply modify>>contract. Contract the selection by few pixels. Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection. Press delete.

 

Type "Happy Marriage Anniversary" with a nice font. Apply some stroke.
Add a thin border to the card.

 


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