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 (or program of choice)

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Deborah Grieves. You must have a license to use this tubes. You can purchase the one I used at PSP Tubes Emporium.

FTU kit A Spring Garden from Digicats (and Dogs)

Mask 104 from weescotslass

Font- Scriptina

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frmae 3, Layer>Scale Layer 60%. Place frame in center of canvas. Select the magic wand and click inside frame. Select>Grow by 5. Open paper 5. Move below frame layer. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Scale 50%. Select>Invert. Press delete on keyboard. Select>None. Make the frame layer active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 5, 5, 15, black, 80.

-Open frame 8. Make the bottom layer. Place in the center of canvas. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open frame 4. Make the top layer. Scale 50%. Place to the bottom left. Click inside the top part of frame with magic wand. Grow 3. Open paper 3. Move below frame layer. Add alpha channel. Scale 50%. Invert & delete. Open tube. Place in selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode to hard light. Repeat for bottom part of frame, using paper 1 and the mode of the tube will be grain merge. Repeat drop shadow on frame layer.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Place in the middle of tag. Add drop shadow of 5, 5, 5, black, 50. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 50.

Elements:

Ivy 1

sparkles

sun

ivy

flower 3

lightning 1

-Open paper 4. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add name and copyright and you're done!