![text letters made with red rose petals in photoshop](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-in-photoshop.jpg)
Tutorial Assets
For this tutorial you will need these stock images, textures and other resources.
- Embossed Paper Texture
- Rose Petals PNG
- Heart-Shaped Roses Bouquet PNG image
- Dripping Blood Drops PNG
- Torn Paper Frame PNG
- Old Paper Textures
Add this Embossed Paper Texture in a new layer and call it Embossed Paper Background.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut1.jpg)
Add a Gradient Map adjustment to change the color of the paper cardstock. I used these colors for the gradient: #000000 (location 0%), #3a4345 (location 31%) and #ffffff (location 100%).
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut2.jpg)
Add a Levels adjustment to darken the paper background.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut3.jpg)
Write the letters "I" and "U" using a simple font that you like.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut4.jpg)
Use these Rose Petals PNG to create the "I" and "U" letters. Put each petal in a separate layer. Add a soft Drop Shadow layer style for each Petal Layer. You will have to use a lot of layers to create the shape of the letters. You have to rotate, resize and move the petals to create a nice pattern. Press Control-J to duplicate a layer.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut5.jpg)
Hide the Text Layer after this step.
Add a Levels adjustment to increase the contrast.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut6.jpg)
Add the Heart-Shaped Roses Bouquet PNG image.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut7.jpg)
To make the heart look more realistic and to add it depth, add a Drop Shadow and an Inner Shadow.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut8.jpg)
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut9.jpg)
To create blood drips use this Dripping Blood Drops PNG image.
![blood drips PNG image](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut10.jpg)
Use the Dodge Tool and the Burn Tool to darken and lighten some parts of the blood drips.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut11.jpg)
Add a Drop Shadow effect for the Blood Drips layers.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut12.jpg)
Add a Selective Color adjustment layer and change the Reds and the Neutrals tones.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut13.jpg)
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut13-1.jpg)
Click on the Layer Mask Thumbnail of the Selective Color adjustment layer. Go to Image > Apply Image.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut14.jpg)
Add the Torn Paper Frame PNG image and place it like shown in the preview.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut15.jpg)
Add a Drop Shadow layer style.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut16.jpg)
Add a Levels adjusment just for the Torn Paper Frame layer. Right click and choose Create Clipping mask.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut18.jpg)
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut17.jpg)
Add a Old Paper Texture and set the blend mode to Soft Light. You can use the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to desaturate the paper texture. You can also use any other grunge texture but you might have to use another blend mode.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut19.jpg)
The last step that I suggest you make is to use the High Pass Filter to Sharpen Images in Photoshop; the result will look great.
![](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/tut20.jpg)
So this is the final result for the rose petals text effect made in Photoshop. You can create your own alphabet letters made with red petals. I hope you like this Valentine's Day tutorial!
![text letters made with red rose petals in photoshop](/tutorials/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-photoshop-tutorial/rose-petals-floral-text-effect-in-photoshop.jpg)
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