FTU - Christmas Cheer

This tutorial was written by me on December 7th, 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 Crazy Christmas By Jen's Sweet Temptations

You can download it here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used The artwork Of OrkusArt. You must have the proper license to use his work. You can find his work at here

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

Template - Collab Template 34 

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 7

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 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 Lt Blue Circle

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper3

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 White Circle 1 & 2

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper4

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 blue Circle 3 & blue circle 1

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper5

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 blue circle 2 & blue circle 4

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 frames back

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 blue rectangle small

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 white rectangle small

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper8

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 blue rectangle

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on blue rectangle

Edit > Fill With BG Color > #FFFFFF

Delete the layer called snowflakes

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

Tree

Sign

Workshop

CandyCane1

Sign1

Hat Kitty

Lollipop

Candy1

Now dropshadow all 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

Now Merge All Of The Element Layers Together! 

Change mode to overlay!

Once you are happy with your tag..you can add your copyright and name. 

Merge All Layers Again

Save!

Enjoy!!