FTU - Santa's Pride & Joy

This tutorial was written by me on December 12th, 2012. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice - I used WSL_84

Scrap Kit - FTU Santa Baby By Randys Sin

You can download the kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I used the artwork of OrkusArt. You must have the proper license to use. You can find this tube at Pics For Designs. 

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 6

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 Wreath

Now open Paper9

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper9

Copy

Paste as new layer.

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above. 

Light1

Tree2

Nutcracker1

Mug1

Toy1

Gifts1

Gift2

Gift3

Stocking3

Cupcake2

Puppy2

HollySwirl1

Frame4

Now you're ready to add your tube. Open your tube..place it in the middle of wreath. 

Erase the extra off the tube. Change the mode to Grain merge!! Then, duplicate 1x > flip.

Open up your full body tube and place it in the middle.

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