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

PTU kit from Desirena Designs called Rainbow Valentine. You can purchase this kit at The PSP Project HERE

Template by Selina HERE

Make 311 by weescotslass HERE

Font- Schnookums

Lets begin!

-Open temp. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x423 px. Change the x & y resolutions to 72. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px. 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:

big circle- paper 2 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50

small circle 1 & small circle 2- paper 9 Filters>Repeat Drop Shadow

medium circle 1 & medium circle 2- paper 5 repeat drop shadow

-Make the heart layer active. Alpha to selection. Layer>New Layer. Chage your foreground color to 44838f. Change your background color to 5D1a5f. Select your gradient tool. Change to FG TO BG (RGB). Click at the bottom of the heart selection with your mouse and drag up to the top of the heart. Fitlers>Distorts>Blinds. Vertical, Dispalcement 30, Number of Segments 10. Select none. Add drop shadow of 0, 0, 10, black, 50.

-Open birds. Make the top layer. Scale 75%. Place birds on the heart. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 0, black, 50.

Elements:

balloons

hearts

capsules 2

cupid

love potion

sparkle

chocolate heart- rotate 15-duplicate & flip

chocolate 1

-Add new layer at the bottom. Change foreground to 93D3De. Select the bucket fill tool and fill canvas. Apply mask to this layer. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add your name and copyright.

All done!