FTU - Midsummer Dreams

This tutorial was written by me on July 31st, 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 scrap kit called Midsummer Dreams By Vesta's Visions.

You can download it here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Zlata_M. You must obtain a license from SATC to use this tube.

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 5

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 Frame3

Open Paper4 and use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper4

Copy/Paste

Place in Frame3

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

Ele18

Ele21

Ele28 (duplicate 1x and flip)

Ele33

Ele35 (duplicate 1x)

Ele39 (duplicate 1x)

Ele51

Ele52

Ele54

Ele40

Ele41

Now add your tube.

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 70

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.