A Work in Progress: Sorry Im late



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Sorry Im late
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Original

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 1

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THe box base created by
1/ selecting a sq and filling it
2 duplicating the layer and using the :->edit->transform->distort.
twice for top and side

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 2

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I brought in the pattern into the file I was using and treated the pattern in a similar way first cutting out the box front side then the top and warping it slightly.
the box side I treated slightly differently as you can see.
After this I used the Dodge and Burn tool to give it a little shape.

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 3

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The ribbon was created by using the square selector and a gradient. duplicating the layer and manipulating it using: Transform tools.
I duplicated the box and added the filter-embossed setting that to overlay for a bit more textural depth.

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 4

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I ha quite a bit of trouble cutting around the spruce needles eventually reducing it to the using the >layer Mask : several times. The reason for this was because of the softness of the focus in the background of the blue spruce which I had difficulty matching to the edge of the box.

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 5

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The card was simple - I selected the inside card and then created another layer behind using the same marque expanded by 110%. The fill is a texture from Photoshop. Then a little use of the burn and dodge tool to complete the job.

Creation of Sorry Im late: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Sorry Im late: Final Result

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