PTU - Rainforest Adventure

This tutorial was written by me on July 30th, 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 Rainforest Adventures By Jackie's Jewels
You can purchase the kit at Pimpin Pspers Warehouse

Font Of Choice

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Keith Garvey. You must obtain the proper license to use his work.

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 9
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 Paper2 and use your rectangle tool and make a square on paper2
Copy/Paste
Place in Frame2

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

Bookpack
Bananas
Binoculars
Camera
Coconut
Compass
Cooking Pot
Crates
Flowers2 (duplicate 1x and flip)
Flowers3 (duplicate 1x)
Lantern2
Large Leaf2
Little Monkey1
Map
Panther
Pineapple
River
Toucan
Tree Climb
Tree2 (duplicate 3x and place behind frame2)
Vine
Vines2
Waterfall

Now open up your tube and place behind your elements in the middle of the frame.
Duplicate tube
Filters > Blur > Default settings
Change mode to overlay

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 77
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.