House-shaped Frame.

Do you want to make a cute little photo-frame?
I'm sure you have some nice pictures to put in it.

This is an addition I have made recently, after this tutorial was finished. I thought it might be easier for you
 to use my Preset Shape on the roof, instead of making it with the Bolt Shape.
So if you like, you can get my Roof-Preset Shape here, and put it in your Preset Shapes folder.
Do the same with the Roof-pieces as you do with the Bolt-pieces.

Save often!

Start with a New Image, 400 x 400, transp, 16 mill. Flood fill with black color.
You will delete that layer later. It is just for you to see better while you work.
Name the layer Bottom.
New Layer. Call it House. Preset Shapes, Pentagon.

Color #FEFEF6 on both Fore- and Background.
Make the house 320 x 360.

Effects, Texture, Straw wall as below.

Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the house. Click inside.
Effects, 3-D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Roof1. Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Choose the color you like.
I chose color #6900AB on both Fore- and Background.
Make a circle 25 x 25. Keep Shift down while you drag, that makes a perfect circle.
Duplicate that layer another 8 times an put them in a row along the roof.

Stand on Roof1. Close Layer House and layer Bottom. Layers, Merge, Merge visible. Call it Roof1.
Duplicate the layer. Image, Mirror. Arrange those two parts, so they fit together at the top.

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Roof1. Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow as below.

New Layer. Call it Roof2. White color on both Fore- and Background. Draw.

Make a diagonal line 182 x 167 along the roof-line.

Effects, 3-D, Inner Bevel.

Selection Tool, rectangle. Mark like I did and Delete.

Deselect. Duplicate, Image, Mirror. Put the pieces together at the top.
Close Layer Bottom, House and Roof1. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Roof2.
Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow. The same settings as before.

New Layer. Call it Roof3. Color #B4712A on both Fore- and Background.
Preset Shapes, Bolt.

Cut the bolt piece like I did. Duplicate two times. Put them on top of eachother.
Use the Deformation Tool and turn the pieces to fit.

Close all layers except layer Roof3 and the copies. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Roof3.
Duplicate, Image, Mirror. Put the pieces together. Be careful at the top.
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Roof3.
Put the layers in this order:

Your picture will look like this now, with the black bottom layer on.

Close Layer Bottom. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible to the rest. Call it House.

Now to the window.

New Layer. Call it Window. Preset Shapes, Rectangle. Line with 7.
Foreground color #6900AB, or the same you used on Roof1. Background closed.
Make the rectangle 80 x 95. Effects, 3-D, Inner Bevel with the Preset set to Bead.
Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow like this.

New Layer. Call it Shutter. Preset Shapes, Rectangle. The same color on both Fore- and Background.
Make the rectangle 35 x 130. New Layer. Preset Shapes Heart.
Make a small heart and put it on the Shutter.

Magic Wand. Click outside the heart. Selections, Invert. Delete.
Go back to Layer Shutter and take Delete there also. Deselect.
Now you will have a heartshaped hole in the shutter.
Effects, Texture, Blinds as below.

Effects, Drop Shadow as before.
 Now we are going to delete the upper and lower part like this. Freehand Tool, Point to point.



Delete. Deselect. Do the same at the lower part.

Deselect.
Duplicate the Shutter Layer, Image, Mirror and put it on the other side of the window.

Close layers Bottom and House. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Window.
Deformation Tool. Turn the window like this. Effects, Sharpen once.

Duplicate. Image, Mirror and put the other window in place. They overlap a bit.
Close Layer Bottom and House. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Windows.

New Layer. Preset Shapes, Rounded rectangle, the same blue color.
Make a rectangle 80 x 25. Deformation Tool. Turn the piece to fit under the window.
Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow, the same as before, but change Offset, Vertical and Horizontal to 2.
 Duplicate, Image, Mirror. Put the flowerbox in place under the other window.
Close Layer Bottom and House. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Windows.

This is what you will have now.

New Layer. Call it Door. Preset Shapes, Rounded rectangle, color #F5D7BF,
on both Fore- and Background. Make a rectangle 70 x 90.

New Layer, Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Make a circle 70 x 70 and put it on top of the door.
Keep Shift down while you drag, that will make the circle round.
Close Layer Bottom, House and Windows. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Door.
Put Foreground color to a red color. I used #F60C00. Textures set to Woodgrain.

Flood fill the door with the red color two times.
Effects, 3-D, Inner Bevel, the same as before.

Now to the window on the door. Her we will use some vectors and node editing.

New VECTOR layer. Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Foreground the same blue color. Background closed.
Make sure to check Antialias and Create as vector also. Line width 4.

Make an oval 55 x 60. Click on Object Selector. Node Edit.

Right click on node 1. Node Type, Convert to Line.
Right click on node 2. Node Type, Line before.
Right click on node 3. Node Type, Line after.
Push node1 upwards, so you will have a straight line.
Drag line 2 + 3 a little downwards. You will now have the window-shape like this.

Right click outside the door and Quit Node Editing. Left click.
In your Layers Palette, right click and Convert to Raster layer.
On the same Layer. Line tool. Single line 4. Make a cross in the middle of the window.
Effects, 3-D, Inner Bevel, Soft Edge.
Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow as before, but change Opacity to 50.

The knob.
New Layer. Preset Shapes, Ellipse. Color gray on both Fore- and Background.
Remember to uncheck Create as vector and set the line with to 1.
Make a circle 10 x 10. If you like, you can use a Gradient color, such as Metallic.
Put the nob to the right on the door. Effects, 3-D, Drop Shadow as before.
Close Layer Bottom and Windows. Layer, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it House.

That was the house. Now to the flowers in the boxes.

New Layer. In Preset Shapes there are lots of shapes for flowers.
I used them in different colors. If you have Teardrop, you can make the leaves very easily.
Experiment and make lots of different-colored flowers. Put them on top of the window-box and in
separate layers, so you can move them around finding the best suitable place for them.

When you have filled the window-boxes, close layer Bottom and House.
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Windows.

New layer. Call it Flowers. Make some flowers infront of the house.
Make them on separate layers, so you can move them around. Delete Layer Bottom.
When you are satisfied, close Layer Windows.
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call it House.

Now find two nice photos. Stand on Layer House and Copy and Paste your photos as New Layers.
Use Deformation Tool and turn them to fit under the windows. Effects, Sharpen once.

Now all is done! Have a look at your house. Nice isn't it?
If you like, you can add the names on those on the photos.
 

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