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).

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Jeff Wilkie you must have a license to use this art which you can get @ PTE HERE.

~Catch a Wave FTU blogtrain by Nette's NightOwl which you get HERE.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 255 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Redhead Goddess.

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 Porthole frame, add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 8 center it behind frame.

4. Open tube, add drop shadow.

5. Open and place the following elements:

Bear castle

Kite

Sun cream

Sanddollar

Pelican

Sunglasses

~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 mask.

7. Add mask to paper 8 (click HERE for a tut on using masks)

8. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

9. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

10. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

11. Add copyright info and name.

12. Save as .png

You are finished :)