This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's. Supplies Needed: ~Gimp (any version will do). ~Image of choice. I used the artwork of Jon Rattenbury, you must have a license to use this art which you can get @ PTE HERE. ~Live Your Dream PTU scrapkit by Crazy Carita which you get @ PTE HERE. ~Mask of choice. I used AL mask 1 which you can get on our blog HERE. ~Font of choice. I used SandyTextHMK. Let's get started!!!!! 1. Open a new layer ( I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha). 2. Open el 10 (frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow). 3. Open background image center it behind frame, remove excess using a cutting tool or eraser. 4. Open and place the following elements: el 5 el 8 el 11 el 13 el 15 el 22 el 24 el 25 el 27 el 29 ~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~ ~Add drop shadow to all elements~ 6. Open Paper 8. 7. Open mask. 8. Add mask to paper 9. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer). 10. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image). 11. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image). 12. Add copyright info and name. 13. Save as .png You are finished :)