FTU - Dark Stripes

This tutorial was written by me on April 15th, 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 - FTU Blog Train Kit By Scrappin Krazy Designs Called Inspired By Pin Up Toons
You can download her part here

Font Of Choice

Tube Of Choice - Artwork of Pin Up Toons. You must have the proper license to use this tube
You can visit CDO here.

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

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Open New Canvas
I did 650x650.you can resize it at the end if you would like.

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 15
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 ele34
Use your ellipse tool and make a ellipse on paper 4
Copy
Paste as new layer inside ele34

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above and resize to your liking!!!

Ele01
Ele02
Ele03
Ele07
Ele12
Ele16
Ele31
Ele35
Ele40
Ele56
Ele59

Open up your tube and place it inside frame
Now change mode to overlay
Go to enhance > unsharp mask

Now open your tube again
and place to the right of the frame.

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 merge all layers together
Duplicate tag
Filters > Blur > Motion Blur > Radial > Default Settings
Change mode to hard light
Opacity of 59.8
Merge Again

Now resize your tag to 600x600 if you would like.

When you are happy with your tag..
Add Copyright!!
Add Name!!
Merge All Layers!
Save!
Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial.