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Monday, May 13, 2013

PTU - Beach Retreat

This tutorial was written by me on May 13th, 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 Toes In The Sand By Jackie's Jewels
You can purchase this kit at any of the stores she sells at on her blog. 
You can find this blog here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork of Ismael Rac. You must have the proper license to obtain this tube. 
You can find this tube at his store 


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 9
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 frame4
Now open up paper 4. Use your rectangle tool and make a square on paper 4
Copy
Paste inside frame4

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

Bubbles (duplicate 1x)
Beach Bag
Cocktail2
Camera
Falling Gulls
Lantern2
Shells
Sand
Palm Tree1
Palm Tree 2
Wooden Element (duplicate 1x)
Sand Castle
StarFish2
Ocean

Open your tube and place in the middle of Gazebo. 

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. 

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