PTU - Football Player

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 Grid Iron called Scrappin Krazy Designs

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 Keith Garvey. You must obtain a license to use his work.

Click here to visit 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 10

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 ele24

Now open up paper 3. Use your rectangle tool and make a square on paper 3

Copy

Paste inside ele24

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

ele08

ele03

ele37

ele50

ele02

ele30

ele09

ele28

ele15

ele31

ele14

ele27

ele26

ele12 (duplicate 1x)

Open your tube and place in the middle 

Duplicate tube 3x and place inside ele24

change mode to value

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 72

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.