FTU - Let It Snow Tutorial

This tutorial was written by me on November 20th, 2012. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice

I used Mask 63 From Babs Bitzy Designz

You can download the mask here

Scrap Kit - FTU Scrap Kit From Designs By Vaybs called "Let It Snow" 

You can download the kit at her blog here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - 4

Program - Gimp 2.6..but any program will do.

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Open New Canvas

I did 800x800.you can resize it at the end

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 5

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 element21

Now open Paper9

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on element21

Copy

Paste as new layer.

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above. 

Element57

Element17

Element33

Element24

Element45

Element5

Element6

Element12

Element37

Element38

Element49

Element55

Element25

Open up the close up of your tube 

Copy 

Paste as new layer

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

When you are happy with your tag..

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial. If you have done any of my tutorials, I would love to see your results. 

You may send them to brysonsmommy2009@gmail.com