PTU - Rockin Paws

This tutorial was written by me on March 23, 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 by Ditzy Dezigns called Pink Paws

You can purchase the kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork By Maryline Cazenave. You must obtain a license to use this tube.

You can find her work here

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

Template - Template 263 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 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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Open New Canvas

Open Your Template

Delete The Credits

Right click on paper 9

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 10

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 4

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 5

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper 3

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 6

Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper 12

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 raster 4

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

Bird

Bowl2

Dog Food

Dog House

Fence

Flower2

Flower3

Grass

Paw Print 1

Ribbon2

Tree

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

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 73

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Open tube and place to the left of the elements

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!