Yeay it's done. Finally we all can rest in peace now. LOL. First of all i wasn't planning to do a birthday card. My plan was to do a wedding card. During the consulation, i decided to change it and go with the flow. And I'm happy with my final work. Yeay.

The materials that i used.
Chocolate.

Kids.

Cartoon.

Background:
1)Select International Paper, size of an A4. Go to IMAGE>IMAGE ROTATION>90 deg CW.
For the background, I play with all the colors.
The type of brush I'm using is ASSORTED BRUSH NO.28

2) At the new layer, open a new picture, this time a picture of a Chocolate i get in the Internet. Go to IMAGE>IMAGE ROTATION>90 deg CCW. Resize it ctrl+T and completely cover the whole background that I colored earlier on.

3) At the layer, click DIFFERENCE. Then go to FILTER>BLUR>GAUSSIAN BLUR>RADIUS 4.7 PIXELS.

4) Then click the CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL.
After explore and explore all the shape designs, I decided to used the FRAME design. RESTARIZE>SHAPE. For the frame effect, at the layer double-click it. A box of LAYER STYLE will appear. Choose the type of effects you want for you image and play around with it smartly.. I applied DROP SHADOW, INNER SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also applied INNER GLOW AND OUTER GLOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS, CONTOUR and finally STROKE.

5) In a new layer, again using the CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL, click the HEART SHAPE on top of the FRAME SHAPE. RESTARIZE>SHAPE


6) New layer, open new picture. Drag the picture into your workspace while pressing SHIFT BUTTON. Go to LAYER>CREATE CLIPPING MASK.

7) You will see that the image is in the heart. In a new layer, click RECTANGULAR TOOL. RESTARIZE>SHAPE. Then go to FILTER>STYLIZE>TEXTURE>MOSAIC TILES. For the effects, I applied DROP SHADOW, INNER SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also applied INNER GLOW AND OUTER GLOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS, CONTOUR and TEXTURE and finally STROKE

8) Same technique and steps i applies on NO.7

9) For the font, the word HAPPY i used the font SCRIPTMTBOLD. RESTARIZE>TYPE. For the effects, I applied DROP SHADOW, INNER SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also applied INNER GLOW AND OUTER GLOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS,CONTOUR and finally STROKE. For the word BIRTHDAY, i used the font FORTEMT

10) New layer, click CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL, I choose an image under BANNERS and AWWARDS. There are tons of designs and shape.

11) RESTARIZE>SHAPE it.

10) At the layer click MULTIPLY. You notice that the figure is barely there.

11) At the layer, double-click it, box of LAYER STYLE will appear. Click it for the effects. I click DROP SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also click OUTER GLOW and BEVEL AND EMBOSS and and finally STROKE. You can see the edges of the image. It kinda looks transparent.

12) New layer, click CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL, I choose an image of a BOW. RESTARIZE>SHAPE.
13) It looks plain right now. So what i'm going to do is, again at the layer double click it. A box of layer styles will appear. I click DROP SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD and SIZE. Then i click INNER SHADOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS, CONTOUR, TEXTURE AND STROKE. And tada..
14) I'm going to insert words on top of the BANNER. The words is "Lots of Presents, Lots of Surprises, Lots of Fun and Lots of Love. Happy Birthday my little one"
The effects is same as NO.13.

15) For the final image, open new picture, this time a cartoon picture. USING A QUICK AND SELECTION TOOL and ERASER TOOL to crop the image. Finally tadaa...

♡ Iskandar Rusli

7) You will see that the image is in the heart. In a new layer, click RECTANGULAR TOOL. RESTARIZE>SHAPE. Then go to FILTER>STYLIZE>TEXTURE>MOSAIC TILES. For the effects, I applied DROP SHADOW, INNER SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also applied INNER GLOW AND OUTER GLOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS, CONTOUR and TEXTURE and finally STROKE

8) Same technique and steps i applies on NO.7

9) For the font, the word HAPPY i used the font SCRIPTMTBOLD. RESTARIZE>TYPE. For the effects, I applied DROP SHADOW, INNER SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also applied INNER GLOW AND OUTER GLOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS,CONTOUR and finally STROKE. For the word BIRTHDAY, i used the font FORTEMT

10) New layer, click CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL, I choose an image under BANNERS and AWWARDS. There are tons of designs and shape.

11) RESTARIZE>SHAPE it.

10) At the layer click MULTIPLY. You notice that the figure is barely there.

11) At the layer, double-click it, box of LAYER STYLE will appear. Click it for the effects. I click DROP SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD AND SIZE.
I also click OUTER GLOW and BEVEL AND EMBOSS and and finally STROKE. You can see the edges of the image. It kinda looks transparent.

12) New layer, click CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL, I choose an image of a BOW. RESTARIZE>SHAPE.
13) It looks plain right now. So what i'm going to do is, again at the layer double click it. A box of layer styles will appear. I click DROP SHADOW. Adjust the OPACITY, SPREAD and SIZE. Then i click INNER SHADOW, BEVEL AND EMBOSS, CONTOUR, TEXTURE AND STROKE. And tada..
14) I'm going to insert words on top of the BANNER. The words is "Lots of Presents, Lots of Surprises, Lots of Fun and Lots of Love. Happy Birthday my little one"The effects is same as NO.13.

15) For the final image, open new picture, this time a cartoon picture. USING A QUICK AND SELECTION TOOL and ERASER TOOL to crop the image. Finally tadaa...

"Snippets of Life - Iskandar Rusli"

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