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Thursday, November 1, 2012

FTU - Let Me Melt Your Snowflakes

This tutorial was written by me on November 1st, 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 Misfits Winter By Scottish Butterfly
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.

Template - Let me melt in your snowflakes by Scottish Butterfly
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 pp8
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 layer
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on Paper5
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 Lt Circle
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Do the same for RT Circle

Right click on Paper1
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 Circle
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

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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 - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Sparkles
No dropshadow

Open Sucker
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Pen
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Cupcake2
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Ice Skate
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Lolli
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Cocoa
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open Bow1
Open Lolli
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!
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