PTU - Winter Day

This tutorial was written by me on November 17, 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 Winterberry by Jackie's Jewels

You can purchase the kit here

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 12

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 & Frame2

Now open Paper5 and use your ellipse tool to make a circle on paper5

Copy/Paste inside Frames

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

Bench

Bird

Falling Snow

Lantern

Snowballs

Snow Pile1

Snow Pile2

Tree

Wheel

Winter Day WA

Wolf

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 76

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.