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:

Gimp

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Robert Alvarado. You must have a license to use his tubes. You can purchase this tube today. Just check out the new releases HERE at PSP tubes Emporium.

FTU kit from Lacarolita's Designz called Emo Kitty HERE

Template 37 by me HERE

Mask 143 by weescotslass HERE

Font- appleberry

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x365 px. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px and click center.

-Let's add papers to the template layers. Make the template layer active (see below). Right click template layer in layer box and choose alpha to selection. Open paper (see below). Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Layer>Scale Layer by 60%.Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Delete the original template layer.Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

rect 1- paper 2 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50

circle 3- paper 4

circle 4- paper 7 Filters>Repeat Drop Shadow

rect 2- paper 8 repeat drop shadow

rect 3- paper 6

-Make the circle 1 layer active. Alpha to selection. Layer>New Layer. Change foreground color to f641b9. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise on default. Open tube. Place in selection. Invert & delete. Select none. Change mode to screen. Repeat drop shadow on pink circle layer.

-Make circle 2 layer active. Colors>Colorize. Change the lightness to -100. Repeat drop shadow. Repeat colorize & drop shadow on the frame layer.

-Make the cats layer active. Repeat colorize. Make the meow layer acitve. Alpha to selection. New layer. Fill with the same pink from before. Select none. Repeat noise. Filters>Decor>Add Bevel. Uncheck work on copy.-Open tube. Move below the word art layers. Scale 90%. Place in the middle of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 60.

Elements:

spiked heart 2

candy 1

pearls on string

skull 3- Rotate -20

button 2

lollipop 1

paw- opacity 50- rotate 1 of the paws by 20

ribbons 4 & 5- rotate 90

flowers 5, 6, & 7

-Open paper 5. Move to the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add your name and copyright and you're finished!