FTU - Beautiful Bumps

This tutorial was written by me on October 26th, 2012. Please do not claim as your own.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice

Scrap Kit - FTU Scrap Kit By Shal.

You can download it here at Creative Misfits Blog

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used The artwork Of Elias Chatzoudis. You must have the proper license to use his work. 

Program - Gimp 2.6..but any program will do.

Template I Used - BCA Template By Dezignz By Shasta Marie.

You can download it here

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Open New Canvas

Open Mask

Right click on your layers 

Go down to alpha by selection

Edit > fill w/ BG color - Make sure color is #FFFFFF

Open Paper 3

Right click on your layers

Click add layer mask

Then a window will pop up 

then click black (full transparency)

Then click add

Edit > Copy 

Edit > Paste

On Layers > click on floating selection

Then right click on layers

scroll down to anchor layer

Delete first layer!!!

You should have a mask..then a black square next to it on your layers.

Image > Merge Visible Layers 

Box should pop up..click clipped to image > Merge

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Open New Canvas

Open Your Template

Delete The Credits

Right click on paper9

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on rectangles

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper9

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on rectangle#1

Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper4

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on small circle right

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Do the same for small circle left

Right click on paper10

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on diamonds

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper11

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on large circle

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Open close up of tube

Place in the frame of diamonds

Erase the extra of the tube

Change mode to overlay

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Now that the hard part is over..you are ready to add elements and your tube

Add Tube

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 82

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open element13

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 82

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate element13

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 82

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open Element3

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 82

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate Element3

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 82

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!