PTU - Steampunk Love

This tutorial was written by me on April 28th, 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 kit called Steampunk Love By Scottish Butterfly
You can purchase this kit at any of the stores she sells at on her blog.

Font Of Choice

Tube Of Choice - Artwork of VeryMany. You must have the proper license to use this tube
You can visit PFD 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 14
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 element21
Use your rectangle tool and make a rectangle on paper 2
Copy
Paste as new layer inside element21

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

Element1
Element10
Element13
Element35 (duplicate 1x)
Element41
Element49
Element51
Element54
Element57 (duplicate 1x)
Element77
Element84

Open up the close up of your tube.

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
Colors > Desaturate
Change mode to grain merge
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.