PTU - Winter Wonderland

This tutorial was written by me on November 8th, 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 By Pandora Designs Called "Winter Wonderland"

You can purchase it here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Keith Garvey was purchased at PTE which is now closed.

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 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 frame4

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Now open paper 11

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle inside paper 8

Copy

Paste inside ee6

You are ready to add some elements to your tag.

Add your tube

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 80

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open Elements

Tree

Penguin1

Snowman1

Cupcake1

Candle1

Snowflake1

Lolli2

Using the same dropshadow as above. Dropshadow all elements as you make your tag.

When you are happy with the way your tag looks. 

Add your copyright

Add your name

Save

Enjoy