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Monday, November 26, 2012

FTU - Let's Rock This Christmas



This tutorial was written by me on November 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 Called Winter Diva By Tasha's Playground
You can download it here

Font Of Choice

Tube Of Choice - I used the beautiful artwork of Scott Blair. I got this tube when he was with MPT. which has now closed.

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

Template - Template 131 By Millie
You can download it here
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Open New Canvas
I did 900x900.you can resize it at the end

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 10
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 raster 6
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper7
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 raster5
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 raster 8
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper6
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 copy of raster 3
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper6
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 raster 3
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper2
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 layer 7
Edit > Fill With Pattern

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 raster 2
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Now delete raster 7 & 12
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Now that the hard part is over..you are ready to add elements and your tube

Open Bottle
Open Drink
Open Lights
Open Penguin
Open Snowflakes (dupicate 1x)
Open Tree2
Open Hollypop
Open Flower2
Open Disco Ball

Now drop shadow all the elements with these settings.

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

When you are happy with your tag. Add your copyright & name. Merge All Layers Together. Then Save!!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial. I would love to see what you have made. You can email me at brysonsmommy2009@gmail.com with the subject "Lets Rock This Christmas Tutorial".

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