PTU - Love Of Paris

This tutorial was written by me on May 2nd, 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 "Love In Paris" By Scottish Butterfly Creations

You can find this kit at any of her stores on her blog. Click here to visit her blog.

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used The artwork of Keith Garvey. You must have the proper license to use this tube. Click here to visit his store. 

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

Template - Template 249 By Millie

You can download it here

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Open New Canvas

I did 900x900.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 3

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

Delete layer 6

Right click on paper 1

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 layer 1

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper 2

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 layer 2

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper 20

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 layer 3

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper 16

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 layer 4 & 5

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

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

Add elements and use this drop shadow with these settings

Bag

Bird Cage

Box Of Chocolates

Candy Jar

Cat

Champagne

Clock1

Corset

Couture

Curtains

Easel2 (use your flip tool and flip)

Eiffel Tower2

Fence

High Heels

Kiss

Leaflets

Rose1

Sign

Sparkles

Street Light

Suitcase

Telephone2

Umbrella

Vase

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 72

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open your full body tube. Place in middle of template. 

Now open your half body tube and place in layer 4 & 5

Move to the left of your full body tube

Change mode to normal

Now merge all elements layers together.

Filters > Blur > Motion Blur - Radial - Settings default.

Change mode to overlay

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!