FTU - Threw The Heart

This tutorial was written by me on October 28th, 2012. 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 - FTU Scrap Kit Called Misfits Shot Threw The Heart By Scottish Butterfly

You can download the scrap kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used an exclusive tube from PFD. You must have the proper license to use this tube.

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

Template - One of mine. 

You can download it here

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Open New Canvas

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 7

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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Open New Canvas

Open Your Template

Delete The Credits

Right click on paper8

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on layer2

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Do the same for layer3

Right click on paper9

Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool

with the select by color..click on new layer

Edit > Fill With Pattern

I like to add border to each part of the template..to me it looks better. 

Only thing you have to do is right click on each layer in your layer box

Alpha To Selection > New Layer 

Select > Grow > By 5 > Apply

Edit > Fill In BG Color > #000000

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Now that the hard part is over..you are ready to add elements and your tube

Add Tube

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open glitter

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate glitter 1x

Open mist

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate 2x 

Open arrowbag

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open sucker

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Duplicate bug

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open shoe

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open skull

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open cupcake

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open chainedeart

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open corset

Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 96

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!