PTU - Its A Pimptress Thing

This tutorial was written by me on July 7th, 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 Its A Pimptress Thing By Scottish Butterfly Creations

You can purchase the kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Keith Garvey. You must obtain a license to use his tubes.

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 8

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 Frame1

Open Paper12 and use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper12

Copy/Paste

Place in Frame1

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

Bank

Bodice

Cake

Car

Clock

Diamond Doodle

Earrings

Glitter Swirl

Heels

Ipod

Lip

Mirror

Perfume

Sparkles

Now open your tube and place in the middle of your elements

Now reopen your tube and place in frame1 and change mode to value

Duplicate tube 1x and place to the left of your original tube

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 75

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.