PTU - Mermaid Girl

This tutorial was written by me on July 8th, 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 at any of her stores on her blog

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Alex Prihodko . You must obtain a license from PFD 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 4

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 Port Hole

Open Paper7 and use your ellipse tool and make a circle on paper7

Copy/Paste

Place in Port Hole

Open your tube

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

Sparkles

Tree

Wreath

Message In A Bottle

Dolphin

Bubbles

SeaGull

Chest

Net1

Bottle

Crab

Boat

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 74

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.