FTU - Start Fresh

This tutorial was written by me on December 31st, 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 one of mine.  

You can find it here

Scrap Kit - FTU scrapkit called start fresh By Soxie At Soxsational Scraps

You can download it here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I used the artwork of Pin Up Toons. You must have proper licenses to use this tube. I got this tube at CDO. 

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 8

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 Start Fresh17

Use your rectangle tool and make a circle on Start Fresh Paper10

Copy

Paste as new layer on Start Fresh17

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above. 

Start Fresh02

Start Fresh 03

Start Fresh 07

Start Fresh15

Start Fresh18

Start Fresh19

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Start Fresh23

Start Fresh24

Start Fresh25

Start Fresh26  

Start Fresh31

Start Fresh34

Start Fresh36

Start Fresh37

Start Fresh49

Start Fresh58

Open up your tube and place it in the middle.

Now open tube again and change mode to hard light..then use your flip tool and flip your tube.

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 63

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