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 Shake Your Shamrocks from SnS Designz @ Lollipops N Gumdrops HERE

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

Template 131 by me HERE

Mask 1 b by Ella from Creative Misfits HERE

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Let's get started!

-Open template. Image>Scale Image 450x289 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. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Delete the original template layer.Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

circle 1- paper 1

square 1 & square 2- paper5 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50

circle 2 & circle 3- paper 13 Filters>Repeat Drop Shadow

square 3- paper 3 repeat drop shadow

square 4- paper 6 repeat drop shadow

rect 1- paper 19 repeat drop shadow

rect 2- paper 15

-Open double circular gold frame. Move below words 2 in the layer box. Scale 50%. Place on the big green circle in the middle of the tag. Select the magic wand. Click inside the frame. Select>Grow 3. Open tube. Move above the frame layer. Scale 60%. Place inside the selection.Layer>Duplicate Layer. Move the duplicate tube below the frame. Invert & delete. Select none. Make the tube above the frame active. Repeat drop shadow. Select th eraser. Erase the bottom of this tube, so it looks like she is sticking out of the frame.

-Elements:

paddy gold 8

clovers 2

martini- Rotate -15

4 leaf clover

horseshoe- Rotate 20

horseshoe 2

paddy gold 4

paddy gold 7

beer

shamrocks

shamrocks 2

-Open paper 2. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

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