PTU - Lucky You

This tutorial was written by me on march 12th, 2013. 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 Scrap kit Called "Lucky You" By Scrappin Krazy Designs
You can find this kit at any of her stores on her blog. Click here to visit her blog.

Font Of Choice

Tube Of Choice - I Used The artwork Keith Garvey. You must have the proper license to use his work. You can visit his store here.

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

Template - Template 208 By Millie
You can download it here
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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 13
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
Delete layers 9 & 10

Right click on paper 7
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 layer 1
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper 1
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 layers 2 & 3
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper 8
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 layer 4
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper 2
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 layer 5
Edit > Fill With Pattern

Right click on paper 3
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 layers 7 & 8
Edit > Fill With Pattern

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

Add elements and use this drop shadow with these settings

Ele17
Ele37( duplicate 1x)
Ele14
Ele11
Ele22
Ele35
Ele32
Ele33
Ele41 (duplicate 1x)
Ele36
Ele31
Ele12
Ele01

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 80
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open your full body tube. Place in middle of template.

Now open your half body tube and place in layers 7 & 8
Move to the left of your full body tube
Change mode to overlay

Now merge all elements layers together.
Colors > Desaturate > Change mode to Grain Merge

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!