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 ZlataM. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at The PSP Project.

FTU kit Summer Cocktail from Pink Candy Designs

Mask 216 from weescotslass

Fonts- Mikodacs Heavy, 1 snappy DNA & Aliquam

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 2. Layer>Scale ALyer 55%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put -10. Place im canter of canvas. Select the magic wand and click inside the frame. Select>Grow by 5. Open paper 1. Move below frame layer in layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Scale 50%. Select>Invert. Press delete on keyboard. Open tube. Scale 50%. Place body in frame. Layer>Duplicate ALyer. Move the duplicate tube to the top layer. Make the bottom tube active. Delete. Select>None. Make the top tube active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Layer>Merge Down (to merge tube with shadow). Select the eraser tool and erase legs.

-Open frame. Make the bottom layer. Select the flip tool and click canvas to flip frame. Scale 85%. Center ion canvas. Add paper 7 (repeat above). Repeat drop shadow on frame.

Elements:

cocktail 3

flower 2

coconut

palm tree

parrot

bubbles

sun 2

sunglasses 2

ice cream

-Make the top layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Mikodacs, size 60, foreground color ff13ba. Click canvas and type 'Summer'. Place text at the bottom of tag. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all slider (except alpha) to 0.35. Filters>Decor>Add Bevel. Uncheck work on copy. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Grow by 1. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below text layer. Change foreground to e38825. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Select none. Repeat drop shadow.

-Change the font to 1 snappy DNA, size: 80, foreground: white. Type 'heat'. Place this text at the end of summer (see mine). Duplicate. Mkae the bottom 'heat' layer active. Color>Colorize. Change the lightness to -100. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Repeat drop shadow on top 'heat' layer.

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

-Add your name with the Aliquam font and add your copyright.

All done!