FTU Golden September Tutorial

You need the materials below 

Golden Sept Kit HERE

In the Tutorial Folder there a mask includes for PU Use only 

Mask by HERE PU Use only

1. Go to File new size 800 x 600 transparent image

2. Open the mask in the tutorial folder 

3. Add solid white into the foreground color paint into the transparent image 

4. Go to Layers>Add new raster layer

5. Open Paper 2 add it to your foreground patterns 0 angle, 50 scale click okay

6. Go to Layers>New Mask Layers> From Image locate the mask name check source luminance and check invert mask data click okay (then close the mask we done using it)

7. Go to Layers>Merge Group you can close the green gradient paper too 

8. Take your selection tool make a custom selection shown below

 Top 105

 Left 90

 Bottom 496

 Right 705

Click okay you should have a box around the box of the white mask go to Layers>Add new raster layer go to next step 9

9. Open Paper 4 add it to your foreground pattern 0 angle 50 scale click okay now click on the paint can and paint the golden paper into the marching ants then change the layer down to 54 then go to Selections>Select None

10. Now we going make a new custom selection 

 Top 126

 Left 108

 Bottom 483

 Right 691 

Click okay then go to Layers>Add new raster layer (keep the marching ants going go to step 11)

11. Open Background 3 go to Edit>Copy go over to the new raster layer go to Edit>Paste into Selection (keep the marching ants going) change the layer to 72 then go to Selections>Select None

12. Open the word art Golden September go to Image>Resize 55% then go to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the word art into the background sky as shown above 

13. Add this solid Oliver green color #6c7360 into your foreground go down to the green paper layer we create with the mask take your paint brush careful paint the white element that left on the mask 

14. Open Corner 2 go to Image>Mirror then go to Edit>Copy then top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it on the upper right side corner 

15. Open Corner 1 go to Image>Flip Vertical then go to Image>Resize 90% then go to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it down on the lower left corner 

16. Open Cookie 1 go to Image>Mirror then go to Image>Resize 55% then go to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place her on the lower left corner of the leaves 

17. Open Puppy 1 go to Image>Resize 25% then go Image>Mirror then to Edit>Copy top image go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the puppy on top of her hand left side

18. Open Birdy 3 (golden bird) go to Image>Resize 25% then go to Edit>Copy go to your image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the golden bird on top of her hand as if she holding the bird 

19. Open Birdy 2 (blue bird) do step 18 but add it on top of the right corner leaves

20. Open Birdy 1 (brown bird) do step 18 again add the brown bird on top of the leaves (see the tag)

21. Open Frog 2 go to Image>Resize 15% then go to Edit>Copy go down to the background go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the frog in the back of the water by the trees of the background (see tag)

22. Open Frog 1 go to Image>Resize 20% do step 21 but move the frog closer (see the tag above)

23. Take the push tool push up on both frogs which blend them with the water make one feet stuck in the water 

24. Open Scarecrow 4 go to Image>Mirror, Image>Resize 55% then go to Edit>Copy now go to the top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the green scarecrow on the lower right corner 

25.  Open Scarecrow 3 do step 24 again but reduce to 25% then move it down on the left side by the green scarecrow (see the tag above)

26. Open Grass 1 go to Edit>Copy now go down to the background layer go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool you move the autumn grass down beneath Cookie and the scarecrow it will hide the background and the golden paper 

27. Open Ground go to Edit>Copy now go down to the background layer again go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool move the ground in the back of the autumn grass it will blend with the water in the background once in place if the ground is standing out in front of the autumn grass or behind the scarecrows take your eraser and erase it we only want the ground to blend with the background giving it depth with the autumn grass 

28. Open Paper 4 same setting as before go to Selections>Modify>Contrast 3 click okay then go to Selections>Invert then go to Layers>Add new raster layer click on the paint can and paint paper 4 golden paper into the marching ants once done go to Selections>Select None 

29. Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible or All (I do Visible all the time)

30. Go to your 3d Effects>Page Curl with this setting below 

 Color white

 Radious (%) 20

 Upper left corner 

 Width 20 %

 Height 20 % 

 Edge Mode Color #a69164 

Click okay 

31. Add copyright 

 (see blog)

32. Add your name if you wish

33. Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible 

34. Go to File save as PNG or JPG this completes the tutorial 

 If you want reduce the size go to Image>Resize height 500 pixels I like it the size it is lol

Thanks for doing this cute tutorial with us all is in the golden Sept kit for you look for the other tutorials to this kit under Autumn (blog) or the blog train, and/or FTU Tuts (at store) thanks for stopping by 

Hugs Sunshine 

written Sept 13th, 2026