PTU - Beach Retreat

This tutorial was written by me on May 13th, 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 Toes In The Sand By Jackie's Jewels

You can purchase this kit at any of the stores she sells at on her blog. 

You can find this blog here. 

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork of Ismael Rac. You must have the proper license to obtain this tube. 

You can find this tube at his store 

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 9

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 frame4

Now open up paper 4. Use your rectangle tool and make a square on paper 4

Copy

Paste inside frame4

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

Bubbles (duplicate 1x)

Beach Bag

Cocktail2

Camera

Falling Gulls

Lantern2

Shells

Sand

Palm Tree1

Palm Tree 2

Wooden Element (duplicate 1x)

Sand Castle

StarFish2

Ocean

Open your tube and place in the middle of Gazebo. 

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 76

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

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.