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

PTU kit Happy 4th! from Sarah's Tags -n- Things. You can purchase this kit at PSP Tubes Emporium.

-Tube of choice. I am using the art of Keith Garvey. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase them at PSP Tubes Emporium.

Mask 153 from weescotslass

Font- Clipper Script

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 2. Layer>Scale Alyer 65%. Select the magic wand and click inside the frame. Select>Grow by 5. Open paper 3 and move below the paper layer below the frame layer in the layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on keyboard. Select>None. Make the frame layer active. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 75%. Place in the middle of frame. Layer>Duplicate LAyer. Move the duplicate tube layer below the frame layer. Make the frame layer active. Click inside it with the magic wand. Grow 5. Invert. Make the duplicate tube avtive. Delete. Select none. Make the top (original) tube layer active. Select the eraser and erase the left leg only.

-Open frame 3. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place to the left of the circle frame. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Duplicate. Select the flip tool and click canvas to flip the duplicate frame. Add paper 7 to the left frame (repeat above). Add paper 8 to the right frame. Repeat drop shadow on both frames.

-Open swag 1. Make the top layer. Scale 75%. Center on the tag. Repeat drop shadow. Erase any part of the leg of the tube sticking below swag.

Other Elements:

USA

brad 1

brad 2

sparkler

flower 4

fireworks

stars 1

blue cup - rotate -10

red cup

hot dog

candle

-Open paper 1. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add name and copyright and you're done!