PTU - First Day Of Spring

This tutorial was written by me on July 15th, 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 The First Day Of Spring By Jackie's Jewels

You can purchase the kit at Pimpin Pspers Warehouse

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Ismael Rac. You must obtain a license 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 3

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 Frame2

Open Paper5 and use your rectangle tool and make a rectangle on paper5

Copy/Paste

Place in Frame2

Open frame4 and place behind frame2

Now open up your tube and place in frame2 and change mode to value.

Duplicate your tube

Open original tube and place to the left of frame2.

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

Bird2

Bridge

Butterflies

Cage

Floating Petals 

Flower1

Flower2

Flower Stem (duplicate 1x)

Grass Mound

Jar Of Flowers

Light Scatter

Pillow

Street Light

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 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.