PTU - Merry Christmas

This tutorial was written by me on November 27th, 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 - PTU scrap kit called Merry Christmas 2011 by Heidi at Scottish Butterfly

You can purchase this kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis. You must have the proper license to use his work.  You can visit his shop here

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

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Open New Canvas

I did 800x800. 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 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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Ready...

Set...

Go...

Open Cluster frame

Now open Paper5

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper5

Copy

Paste as new layer.

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above. 

Candles

Bear

Soldier

Swirl Sucker

Presents

Lolly

Cupcake

Wordart

Open up your tube and place it in the middle. Use your erase tool and erase the extra part of your tube!!

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 62

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Now resize your tag to 600x600

When you are happy with your tag..

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial. If you have done any of my tutorials, I would love to see your results. 

You may send them to brysonsmommy2009@gmail.com