Friday, September 18, 2026

FTU My Favorite Color is Autumn Tutorial 2




You need the materials below 


Golden Sept Kit HERE


Tube Western Grace by (c)Erica Wilma HERE



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


2. Open Circle Frame 1 go to Edit>Copy Edit>Paste into new raster of the transparent image move it up a little 


3. Open the word art My Favorite Color is Autumn go to Edit>Copy now go above the circle frame go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it on the circle frame (it will fit right into place)


4. Open Cluster 2 go to Edit>Copy go down beneath the word art go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the cluster on the bottom of the frame towards the left it will sit into place once in place go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Flip Vertical then with your move tool move the duplicate cluster up on the frame a little go underneath the word art 


5. Open Cluster 3 go to Edit>Copy now stay beneath the word art go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it up on the right side behind the word art Autumn little on the circle frame once in place go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Mirror adjust it little to the bottom towards the left circle just a little


6. Open the tube go to Image>Resize height 500 pixels click okay now go to Edit>Copy stay beneath the word art go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the horse with the girl on the right side of the circle frame the horse head beneath the word art of Autumn 


7Ope. Open the ground go to Edit>Copy now go down beneath the tube go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it down on the bottom of the circle frame now go to Layers>Duplicate go to Image>Mirror move the ground up towards you then go to Layers>Duplicate move up again then go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Mirror move it under her boots once you have the ground lay out go to the top ground element go to Layers>Merge>Merge down til all ground elements are on the same layer


8. Open Grass 1 go to Edit>Copy now go to the ground element go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it down by the circle on the ground then go to Layers>Duplicate move the duplicate up beneath the horse and girl boots as shown above


9. Open Hay 2 (or 1) go to Image>Resize 45% now go to Edit>Copy go beneath the tube go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the hay on the right side by the circle behind the horse now take your push tool push up a little making the hay and the ground come together (blend it this is optional)


10. Open Pumpkin Basket 2 go to Image>Resize 45% then go to Edit>Copy go to the images go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it down by the hay (see the tag above)


11. Open Pumpkin Basket 1 do step 10 again but this time place the basket in front of the pumpkin basket 2 as shown above (hide the lower frame) 


12. Open Apple Basket 2 (or 1) go to Image>Resize 40% then go to Edit>Copy then go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it up by the pumpkin 1 basket hide the pumpkins on the ground (see the tag above)


13. Open Pumpkin 1 and 2 go to Image>Resize both at 25% then go to Edit>Copy go down beneath the tube you going to arrange the pumpkins as you want 


 1. Add 2 on the right side by the hay I use the push tool up a little on them so the autumn leaves blend with it 


 2. Add pumpkins to hide the apples basket one pumpkin glide right between the leaves of the apple making the leaves look like on the stem of the pumpkin and then blend others by simply going to Layers>Duplicate (several times) move the pumpkins into place use as much as I did or as  you wish 


14. Open the Fruit Basket 1 go to Image>Resize 20% now go to Edit>Copy now go on top of the tube go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the basket into her hand once in place take small eraser and tab on the hand of the basket where her hand is once done make it look like she holding the fruit basket with the autumn flowers too xx 


 ** hint you can use fruit basket 1 or 2 or you can make your own basket all in the kit for you**


15. Open Lizard 2 go to Image>Resize 20% then go to Edit>Copy go down beneath the tube go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the lizard on the hay 


16. Open Ladybug 1 go to Image>Resize 15% then go to Edit>Copy go to the top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the ladybug down in front of the pumpkins (see tag above)


17. Open Ladybug 2 go to Image>Mirror then go to Image>Resize 15% then go to Edit>Copy go to your image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the yellow ladybug up on top of the pumpkin baskets 


18. Open Frog 2 (or 1) go to Image>Resize 20% now go to Edit>Copy make sure on the top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the frog in front of the pumpkins left side 


19. Open Birdy 2 (blue one) go to Image>Resize 25% then go to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the bird on the left side up by the yellow ladybug on top of the pumpkins in the basket 


20. Open Birdy 4 (pink one) go to Image>Resize 15% then go to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the pink bird on top of the horses saddle 


21. Open Birdy 1 (brown one) go to Image>Resize 20% then go Image>Mirror then to Edit>Copy top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the brown bird on top of the yellow flower cluster right side 


22. Open Background 1 go to Edit>Copy


23. Click on the magic wand go down to the green circle frame click inside then go to Selections>Modify>Expand 30 click okay 


24. Go down beneath the circle frame go to Layers>Add new raster layer then go to Edit>Paste into Selection then go to Selections>Select None


25. Go down to the background go to Selections>Select all>Float then go to Layers>Add new raster layer place white color into your foreground colors click on the paint can and paint the white into the new raster layer of the marching ants then go to the white circle layer change the settings on the layer to 62 then go to Selections>Select None 


 Make the background look like in distance a little 


26. Open Corner 2 go to Edit>Copy go down to the circle frame go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool adjust it on the left side once in place go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Mirror adjust on the right side


27. Open Corner 1 go to Image>Resize 90% then go to Edit>Copy now be above the first two corner leaves of 2 then go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool move it down a little have both showing then go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Mirror adjust the right side down a little line the two green leaves together in the inner circle 


28. Go to the word art go to Layers>Duplicate then go to Image>Negative move a little over to the right side


29. Go to the white word art go to Selections>Select all>Float then go to Layers>Add new raster layer (keep the marching ants going to the next step we go)


30. Add this solid brown color #725840 into the foreground colors click on the paint can into the new raster layer just color the word art Autumn then go to Selections>Select None 


31. Go to the brown Autumn word art layer we just color go to 3d Effects>Inner Bevel with this setting below 


 Bevel # 2

 Width 15

 Image Smoothness 10

 Depth 5

 Color is White

 Angle 315

 Intensity 50

 Elevation 30 


Everything else is zero click okay 


32. Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible 


33. Add copyright 


 



34. Add your name if you wish 


35. Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible 


36. Either crop or Reduce the size (optional)


37. Go to File save as PNG Format this complete this tutorial 


Make sure to give thanks to Erica for her lovely tube may you enjoy this freebie scrap kit look for other tutorials under Autumn (blog) blog train or FTU Tuts (store) thanks for stopping by have a great day 


Hugs Sunshine

written Sept 13th, 2026 

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