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 Keith Garvey, this tube will be available for purchase 3-1-12. You must have a license to use this art which you can get from PTE HERE. ~Summer Blossom FTU scrapkit by Twisted Summertime Designs which you can get HERE. ~Mask of choice. I used mask 19 which you can get from HorsePlay's Pasture HERE. ~Font of choice. I used 1 Snappy DNA. 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 Frame 1, add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow). 3. Open Papers 2 & 9 center them behind Frame 1, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser. 4. Open tube, add drop shadow. 5. Open and place the following elements: Hearts Clock Butterfly Geese Dove Bubbles Flower 3 Flower 6 Flower 7 Apple ~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 (except for Hearts and Bubbles)~ ~Go to Colors > Colorize > adjust until you have desired color~ 6. Open Paper 4. 7. Open mask. 8. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks). 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 :)