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 Jen's Sweet Temptations called Kiss-able. You can purchase this kit at Lollipops N Gumdrops HERE

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Ismael Rac. You must have a license to use his tubes. You can purchase them HERE

Collab Template from Deb & Paula Rose (I used Temp 1-1) HERE

Mask 302 from weescotslass HERE

Font- Yesteryear

Lets get started!

-Open template. Image>Scale Image 450x450 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:

raster 4- paper 13

raster 3- paper 4

raster 2- paper 12

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

raster 7- paper 11 Filters>Repeat Drop Shadow

raster 6- paper 9 repeat drop shadow

raster 5- paper 1 repeat drop shadow

raster 10- paper 14

-Open tube. Scale 75%. Place in 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 65.

Elements:

heart

heart 1

doodle 1

balloons

curtain

envelope

cupcake

brad 1

heart frame 2

-Open paper 6. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add your name and copyright.

You're finished!