PTU - Pastel Beach

This tutorial was written by me on March 2, 2014. 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 Pastel Beach By Kissing Kate

You can purchase the kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Elias Chatzoudis . You must obtain a license from his store 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 1

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

Now open Paper5  . You use ellipse tool and make a circle on paper5

Copy/Paste inside Frame2

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

Element17 (duplicate and flip)

Element21

Element25

Element26

Element28

Element29

Element30

Element34

Element40 (duplicate and flip)

Element43

Element5

Element52

Element62

Element66

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.