PTU - Blue Jay

This tutorial was written by me on September 21, 2014. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. ------------------------------------------------ Mask Of Choice  Scrap Kit - PTU scrap kit called Birthstone: Sapphire By Tasha's Playground You can purchase this kit here Font Of Choice  Tube Of Choice -  Artwork By Abranda Icle Sisson. You must obtain a license from TPP to use this tube. Program - Gimp 2.6..but any program will do. -------------------------------------------- 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 2 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ready... Set... Go... Open up TP_Sapphire_frame01 Open TP_Sapphire_paper01 and use your rectangle tool to make a square C/P inside TP_Sapphire_frame01 The elements I used were: TP_Sapphire_e02 TP_Sapphire_e08 TP_Sapphire_e10 TP_Sapphire_e11 TP_Sapphire_e13 TP_Sapphire_e15 TP_Sapphire_e19 TP_Sapphire_e21 TP_Sapphire_e24 TP_Sapphire_e25 TP_Sapphire_e31 TP_Sapphire_e32 Now dropshadow your elements with these settings. Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow Offset X - 9 Offset Y - 9 Blur Radius - 15 Opacity - 80 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.