PTU - Lakeside Retreat

This tutorial was written by me on May 14th, 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 Lakeside Retreat 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 Alex Prihodko. You must obtain a PFD license to use this tube.

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 11

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

Awning

Barn

Bike

Boat1

Boat2

Bottle

Bricks (duplicate 1x)

Bubbles

Cat Tails (duplicate1x)

Dock

Grass2

Ground

Pail Of Water

Rocking Chair

Sand

Tree

Well

Open your tube and place in the middle

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.