FTU - Winter Dusk

This tutorial was written by me on October 30th, 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 Called Ladybug Winter Dust 2 by Irish Bitch Designs

You can download the kit here.

Font Of Choice 

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

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

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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 5

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 Frame1

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Oprn Paper 2

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper

Copy

Paste Inside frame1

Change mode to overlay

Open wordart

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open candycane

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open tree

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open train

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate penguin

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open sled

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open reindeer

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Add Tube

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 90

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!