TOOT TOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's time for the January Rain Blogtrain to leave the station. 

The theme this time around was Pumpkin Patches and I have created PU/CU paper pack. 

You can download the papers HERE

Be sure to stop at all of these other awesome blogs...

Yippee!!!!!!!!!! My fantabulous CT has been busy creating some awesome tuts and stuff for all of you...

This beautiful tut is from Hannah @ Sugar Coated Tags N Tuts, it's called Great Outdoors and she used my PTU kit called The Great Outdoors.

This hottie is from Millie @ Millie's PSP Madness, it's called I Flourish in the Fall and she used my PTU kit called Flourishing Fall.

This sexy tut is from Belinda @ BKC Designs, it's called Flourishing Fall and she used my PTU kit also called Flourishing Fall. She made some extras which you can get HERE.

Belinda also made a beautiful cluster frame that you can get HERE.

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 People Are Strange from Sweet Cravings Scraps

Font- Secret Recipe

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open spooky house. Layer>Scale LAyer 60%. Place in the middle of canvas. FIlters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow on default.

-Open witch 2. Make the top layer in the layer box. Scale 30%. Place to the right side of the house. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open tree. Bottom layer. Scale 50%. Place to the right side of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open grass. Move below witch in layer box. Scale 35%. Place behind the witch. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Select the flip tool and click canvas to flip duplicate grass. Duplicate again. Scale 75%. Place near witches left foot.

-Open wordart 3. Top layer. Scale 50%. Place at bottom of tag. Add drop shadow of 5, 5, 5, black, 50.

-Open spiderweb. Bottom layer. Scale 70%. Place to the left side of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open pumpkin stack. Move below the wordart layer in layer box. Scale 35%.Place to the left side. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open witchy scatter. Move brlow the tree layer. Scale 70%. Place at the bottom. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open ribbon 4. Move abvoe the house layer. Scale 50%. Place to the bottom left. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open ribbon 3. Scale 50%. Place to the bottom right. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open eyeball 1. Move below witch layer. Scale 20%. Select the rotate tool. Click canvas and in the angle box put -10. Place to the bottom right. Repeat drop shadow.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

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 Sophia from A Taggers Scrap. You can purchase this kit exclusively at Scraps and The City.

Tube of choice. I am using the matching tube for this kit from Jose Cano. You must have a license to use his tubes. Purchase them at Scraps and The City. 

Template EI#81 from Elegant Inspirations

Font- Great Vibes

-Open template. Delete credits. 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). Layer>Scale Layer 500x500 px. Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 5, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

half circle- paper 19

lt green rect- paper 1

drk green rect- paper 2

black circle- paper 13

yellow circle- paper 8

green circle- paper 3

lt yellow circle 1- paper 6

lt yellow circle 2- paper 7

lt green circle 1- paper 17

lt green circle 2- paper 20

yellow square 1 & 2- paper 4

black blow 1 & 2- paper 15

dk green block 1 & 2- paper 12

black rect 1- paper 10

black rect 2- paper 14

-Make dotted frame layer actvie. Colors>Colorize. Change only the lightness to -100. Repeat drop shadow.

-Repeat drop shadow for both dotted 1 and dotted 2 layers.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 55%. Place tube to right side of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to screen and lower the opacity to 35.

-Open frame 8. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 55%. Place to the bottom right of tag. Select the magic wand and click in the middle circle of frame. Select>Grow 2. Open paper 16. Move paper layer below frame layer in layer box. Scale 50%. Add alpha channel. Place paper in selection. Invert & delete. Open tube.Place in selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode of the tube to grain merge. Repeat for the 1st circle of the frame, only use paper 20 and change the mode of the tube to overlay. Repeat for the 3rd circle of the frame, only use paper 18 and change the mode of the tube to soft light.

-Open frame 2. Make the bottom layer. Scale 90%. Place in center of tag. Add drop shadow of 1, 1, 2, black, 40.

Elements:

pearl swirl 3

background

earing

greenery 2  (duplicate and flip, then flip again while pressing CTRL)

flower 3

flower 4

flower 5

flower 6

case  Rotate 15

ribbon 1

ribbon 4

bottles

deco 1

heart 2  Rotate -10

jeweled butterfly  Rotate -10

butterfly

sparkles

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

I have a few tags from Amy's (aka Gimptastic Scraps) kit Kitsune! You can purchase this kit exclusively at PSP Tube Stop.

I also have some snags for everyone. Please feel free to take them, but so not alter them in any way or cliam as your own.

Thanks!



WOOT!!!!!! I have got some awesome results from my fabby CT ladies...

This stunner is from Tasha @ Tasha's Playground, it's called Snow Princess and she used my PTU kit Kitsune.

This lovely tut is from Sherena @ Sherena's Sweet Treats, it's called Evening Dew and she used my PTU kit also called Evening Dew.

This super HOT tut is from Millie @ Millie's PSP Madness, it's called Let's Play Doctor and she used my PTU kit called Playing Doctor.

Fantastic work as always!!!! You all rock my socks :)



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 Bloody Puppet Show from A Taggers Scrap

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Angela Newman. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase them at The PSP Project.

Template UHEA from Brutal Designs

Mask 302 from weesctoslass

Font: Before The Rain

-Open template. Delete credits. 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). Layer>Scale Layer 500x500 px. Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 7, black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

blk rec bottom- paper 18

grey rec- paper 18

green rec- paper 3

pink rec- paper 2

black rec top- paper 12

purple square right- paper 15

purple square left- paper 14

grey circle top- paper 4

grey circle bottom- paper 24

grey rec bottom- paper 9

-Make the ever after layer active. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Colors>Colorize. Change only the lightness to -100. Alpha to selection. Select>Grow 1. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below ever after layer in layer box. Change your foreground color to white. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Grow by 1. Add new layer and move below white bucket filled layer. Bucket fill new layer with 570d19. Select none. Filters>Blur>Gaussian blur on default. Repeat drop shadow.

-Make the unhappily layer active. Layer to image size. Colorize- Hue: 45, Saturation- 32, Lightness: -66. Alpha to selection. Add new layer below unhappily layer. Grow by 2. bucket fill with 570d19. Select none. Add gaussian blur of 10.0. Make the unhappliy layer active. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube. Mve below word art layers. Layer>Scale Layer 75%. Place to left side of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

Elements:

frame 7

stitches  Rotate 90

cage

candles

deco

curtain 2  Rotate 90

bloody 2

hand  Rotate 90

cleaver

frame 2  Rotate -10

web 3

skeleton

bloody 1

puppet head

-Open paper 11. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in gimp. Open paper 6 and make bottom layer. Apply mask again.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

That's right, I've got 3 packs of stock photos for all of you, eack pack contains 5 photos. These are all photos that I took myself, they are CU/PU okay. You can use them in your tags or kits, just be sure to follow the TOU.

Download pack 1 HERE

Download pack 2 HERE

Download pack 3 HERE

I hope you can find some use for these :)

WOOHOO!!!!!! I've got some fab results for all of you from my CT...

This gorgeous tut is from Millie @ Millie's PSP Madness, it's called Evening Dew and she used my PTU kit also called Evening Dew.

Belinda @ BKC Designs made this terrific cluster frame using my PTU kit Kitsune, you can grab it on her blog HERE.

Thank you so much for the great work ladies!!!!!

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 Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Forest Hideaway PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground which you can get HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Myka Jelina, you must have a license to use this art which you can now get HERE. 

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 363 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Miss Le Gatees.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer (I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open tube, add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open and place the following elements:

Shutters
Log
Tree Stump
Torn Box
Dandelion
Flower
Flower 5
Butterfly
Owl
Hedgehog
Squirrel
Sign
Bottle
Candle
Book
Leaves
Leaves 2
Pinecone
Mushroom 2
Wood Pile
Heart

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements~

4. Open Paper 1.

5. Open mask.

6. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

7. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

8. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

9. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

10. Add copyright info and name.

13. Save as .png

You are finished :)

WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I have some awesome tags/tuts to share with all of you...

 This beauty of a tut is from Belinda @ BKC Designs, it's called Evening Dew and she used my PTU kit also called Evening Dew. She also made some extras which you can grab HERE.

This gorgeous tut is also by Belinda, this one is called Kitsune and she used my PTU kit also called Kitsune. She made some extras too, you can grab those HERE.

This lovely tut is by Mary @ Country Bug Tutorials, it's called Celestial and she used my PTU kit also called Celestial.

This awesome tag was made for me by Pamela @ Redefined Designs using my FTU kit Tasha's Halloween.

She also made this tut called Boo using the same kit.

Last, but certainly NOT least is this fantastic tag made by my dear friend Leah, she used my PTU kit Dead of Night.

ALL of these results are just outstanding!!!! Thank you all so much ♥

This kit is called Kitsune and it was inspired by a beautiful tube by Constanza Ehrenhaus also called Kitsune. 

The kit has a Asian Winter theme and contains 40 elements & 10 papers.

Here is a tag using the kit and the tube that inspired it...

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

FTU kit Between You & Me from Fanfan

Template 122 from Divine Intentionz. Scroll dow a little and you will see her template downloads on the left side.

Mask 209 from Weescotslass

Font- Quickier

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x367 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). Layer>Scale Layer 500x500 px. Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

thin rectangles- paper 4

square- paper 5

shape- paper 3

shape 3- paper 2

shape 2- paper 1

-Open e 3 (frame). Make the top layer. Scale 15%. Place in the middle of tag. Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 55%. Place tube on top of frame. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Move duplicate tube layer under the frame layer in the layer box. Make the frame active. Select the free select tool. Make a square selection on the frame. Invert. Make the duplicate tube active. Delete. Select none. Make the original tube active. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Merge Down (to merge tube with drop shadow). Select the eraser and erase the bottom portion of the tube so it looks like she is sticking out of the frame.

Elements:

7

6

21

18

12

33

16

28  flip

25  flip

-Open paper 5. Make the bottom layer. Scale 600x600 px. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in Gimp.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!



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 Spooked from Tasha's Playground

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Verymany. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase the one I used at Pics For Design.

Template 161 by me HERE

Mask 2 from Staci @ Creative Misfits Creations

Font: Pass The Chex 

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x278 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. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

1- paper 7

2- paper 13

3 & 4- paper 5

5- paper 11

6- paper 2

7- paper 3

8- paper 12

9- paper 4

10- paper 10

11- paper 7

12- paper 1

words 2- paper 9 no drop shadow

-Make words 2 back active. Alpha to selection. Select>Grow 1. Layer>New Alyer. Move new layer below words 2 back. Change your foreground color to black. Select the bucket fill tool and fill selection. Grow 2. Add new layer and put below black filled layer. Bucket fill new layer with b7d736. Filters>Noise>RGB noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Add drop shadow of 3, 3, 3, 10, black, 50.

-Make words 1 active. Colors>Colorize. Change only the lightness to -100.

-Make words 1 back active. Colorize. Change only the hue to 80. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube. Move tube blow all the word layers. Layer>Scale Layer 55%. Place tube in the middle of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 4. Move frame below the big black glitter circle layer. Scale 35%. Colorize: Hue: 80, Saturation: 50, Lightness: 40. Place on the small stripped circle on the left bottom of tag. Add drop shadow of  2, 2, 2, black, 50. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Place duplicate on the small striped circle on the top right of tag.

-Open frame 1. Make the bottom layer. Scale 75%. Place in the middle of tag. Select the magic wand and click the top box of the frame. Grow by 5.  Open paper 12. Move paper below frame. Add alpha channel. Invert & delete. Select none. Repeat for the bottom portion of frame using paper 13. Make the frame active and add a drop shadow of 3, 3, 10, black, 80.

Elements:

wordart

bow

brad 2

spider

swirl

frog

log

glass  Rotate 20

ghost

cupcake

flower

flower 2

haunted house

flair 4

sparkle

bat ribbon 2

-Add mask to both papers 9 & 5 (separately). Click HERE to learn how to use masks in Gimp.

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

Do you enjoy an evening walk in the rain or wandering through a garden at night while everything is moist with dew? Well let Evening Dew whisk you away to a place of beauty that is filled with soft tones of purple, green and teal. The kit contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

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 Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of PinupToons, you must have a license to use this art which you can get from CDO HERE.

~DelightFall PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 220 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Clipper Script.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer ( I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Frame 2 (red frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 9 center it behind Frame 2, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 5 (leafy frame), place it under Frame 2 & Paper 9 in your layer box.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Flower 2

Flower 6

Flower Bud

Leaf 3

Wordart 1

Mushroom

Berries

Berries 2

Rock

Pinecone

Snail

Basket

Apple

Acorn

Squash

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements~

7. Open Paper 7

8. Open mask

9. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

10. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

11. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

12. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

13. Add copyright info and name.

14. Save as .png

You are finished :)

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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 Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Harvest Time PTU scrapkit by Sarah's Tags N Things which you can get HERE.

~Tubes of choice. I used the artwork of Suzanne Woolcott, you must have a license to use this art which you can get HERE. 

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 254 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Allura.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer (I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Element 12 (frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 2 center it behind frame, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open tubes, add drop shadow.

5. Open and place the following elements:

3
4
5
14
15
20
22
25
26
36
37

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements~

6. Open Paper 3.

7. Open mask.

8. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

9. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

10. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

11. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

12. Add copyright info and name.

13. Save as .png

You are finished :)

YAY!!!!!!!! I love seeing results with my kits, and boy my CT never disappoints!!! Check these out...

OMG!!!!!! Isn't this flippin amazing??? This fantastic tut is by Vanessa @ Leather and Lace Tuts. It's called Dead of Night and she used my PTU kit also called Dead of Night. 

Next up is this cutie from Belinda @ BKC Designs called Halloween Flying Witch. She used my FTU kit Tasha's Halloween.

Finally is this HOT tut by Tasha @ Tasha's Playground called Spellbinding. She also used my FTU kit Tasha's Halloween.

Great work as always ladies!!!! Thank you ♥

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 Dead Of Night from Gimptastic Scraps

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Unholy Vault Designs. You must have a license to use these tubes.

Template 99 from Addictive Templates

Mask 21 from Creationz By WitchysHeart

Fonts- Clive Barker, A Lolita Scorned & Alpaca54

-Open template. Delete credits. 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. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 3, 3, 10,  black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

raster 6- paper 10 (no drop shadow)

raster 3- paper 9 (no drop shadow)

raster 5- paper 2

raster 2- paper 6

raster 7- paper 1

raster 1- paper 5

raster 4- paper 3

-Make raster 8 active. Colors>Colorize. Hue: 180, Saturation: 0, Lightness: -56. Repeat drop shadow. Repeat for raster 9.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 80%. Place to the right of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 3. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Select the rotate tool and in the angle box put 20. Place in the middle of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Make the top layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Clive Barker, Size: 40, Foreground color: 351311. Click canvas and type 'I'm coming for'. Place text to the bottom left of tag. Alpha to selection. Select>Grow 1. Layer>New Layer Move new layer below text layer. Change foreground to white and select the bucket fill tool. Fill the selection. Select none. Repeat drop shadow twice.

-Still using the text tool, make your top layer active. Font: A lolita scorned, Size: 85, foreground: 605641. Type 'You'. Place below the other text. Alpha to selection. Grow by 1. Add new layer below current layer. Bucket fill selection with 351311. Select none. Filters>Decor>Wind. Change only the threshold and strength to 5. Repeat drop shadow.

Elements:

ghost women

doll head

candles

arm bone

leg bone

book

skull pilar

black rose 1 &2

lightening

web

hour glass Rotate 20

door Rotate 90

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

-Add your name with the Alpaca54 font. Also add copyright and you're done!

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 Booga Booga from Sarah's Tags N Things

Tube of choice. I am usingthe art of Misticheskaya. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase the one I used at Pics For Design

Template 2 from Mythical over at Creative Misfits Creations

Mask 3 from Melissa also at Creative Misfits Creations

Font- Mathilde

-Open template. Delete credits. 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. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

raster 8- paper 6 no drop shadow

raster 6- paper 5

raster 5- paper 2

raster 4- paper 4

raster 3- paper 3

raster 2- paper 7

raster 1- paper 1

-Make raster 9 active. Colors>Colorize. Change only the lightness to -100. Layer>Transparency>Alpha To Selection. Select>Grow 2. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below raster 9. Change foreground color to c7157e. Select the bucket fill tool. Fill selection. Select none. Filters>Noise>RBG Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.35. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube. Move above the circle layer. Layer>Scale Layer 65%. Place tube in middle fo tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode of this layer to soft light. Lower the opacity to 50.

Elements:

34

14

2

7

37

33

19

20  rotate -15

30 duplicate & flip

4  flip

-Open paper 3. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask (you need to scale the mask to 600x600 px). Click HERE to learn how to use masks in gimp.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

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 Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Complicated PTU scrapkit by Sweet Cravings Scraps which you can get HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis, you must have a license to use this art which you can get HERE.

~Template of choice. I used Leah's template 159 which you can get on our blog HERE.

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 84 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Luna Bar.

Let's get started!!!

1. Open a new layer (I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to Alpha).

2. Open template in PSD format, move layers of template around until they are the way you like them.

~Add paper from scrapkit to individual layers of the template (Right click on template layer in layer box > Alpha to Selection > CTRL I > Select paper layer in layer box > Delete).

These are the papers I used:

Paper 1
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 7
Paper 14

~I added noise to some of the template layers to make them look glittery (Filters > Noise > RGB Noise).

~I added a bevel effect to some of the template layers (Filters > Decor > Add Bevel).

~I colorized some of the template layers to better match the scrapkit (Colors > Colorize > play with the setting until you get the desired color).


~Add drop shadow to template layers (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open tube, add drop shadow.

4. Open and place the following elements:

Moon
Grass 2
Buzzard
Metal Skull 3
Cauldron of Skulls
Mushroom 3
Leaf 2
Leaf 3
Flower 2
Bat
Chain Arrow 2
Pin 3

~Some of the elements may need to be sized down. Using your scale tool in your tool box adjust the pixel size until element is the correct size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements (except Moon & Grass 2)~

5. Open Paper 8

6. Open mask

7. Add mask to paper (click HERE for a tut on using masks).

8. Merge Layers (Image > Merge Visible Layers).

9. Crop Image (Image > Autocrop Image).

10. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

11. Add copyright info and name.

12. Save as .png

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!

My dear friend Tasha was looking for a Halloween kit that was mainly orange and black. I didn't think that was such a tall order until I tried hunting for one and realized they all contain purple, green or teal. So I decided to make a kit inspired by Tasha...LOL. I hope you all like it as much as she did :) 

You can download it HERE.