FTU - 2013 Happy New Year

This tutorial was written by me on December 23rd, 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 Happy New Year By Amy
You can download it here

Font Of Choice

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

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 2
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 Frame3
Now open Paper6
Use your rectangle tool and make a circle on paper6
Copy
Paste as new layer.

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above.

CityScape
GlitterBall
Feather2
Clock
Box1
Box2
Boxes
Glass
Bottle
Mask
Candle
Heel

Open close up of your tube and place behind cityscape. Change mode to overlay.

Open up your Medium body tube and place it in the middle. Erase the extra if needed.

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
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