PTU - Peppermint Twist

This tutorial was written by me on November 5th, 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 made by Krissys Scraps And Imaging Called Peppermint Twist

You can purchase the kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used The artwork Of Keith Garvey. Make sure you are using a 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 12

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

Open Frame5

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open Paper 6

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper

Copy

Paste In frame5 as a new layer

Open KSPTWrapped Pine Twigs 2

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open Tube

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open KSPTPlayful Polar Bears 2

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open KSPTFestive Sign Post 3

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open KSPTRolly Santa 3

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!!