-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, 10, black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

You might be thinking...um, did she say 40 kits???? YES!!!!!!!

I have been hard at work sorting through all of my kits, since I am no longer selling I made 40 of my former PTU kits FTU for all of you to enjoy. It's time to download like crazy and have some FUN...because fun is what this hobby is all about, right??

Click HERE to check out the FTU kits.

**SOME of the links may not be working because we are out of bandwidth in one of our Box accounts. I used 3 different Box accounts to load all the kits and it seems we have reached our download limit in at least one of them. It will automatically reset on the 1st...which is luckily just days away**

This kit was part of a store collab, but since I am no longer selling at the store I thought I'd offer this up as a freebie :) 

It was brought to my attention that a few elements in my former PTU kit Falling for Steampunk may not by copyright compliant. I purchased/downloaded these CU items in good faith thinking that they were okay to use, and they may be, but since I have made the kit FTU I decided to just remove the items in question. 

The kit is now available in the FTU kits section of our blog with said items removed. If you happen to be someone that purchased the kit while it was in stores please remove the following items:

Binoculars

Chair

Phone 

Rose

Thank you for your understanding :) Have a great day!!!!!!

-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, 5, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

1- paper 16

2- paper 5

3- paper 13

4- paper 2

5- paper 15

6- paper 10

7- paper 4

8- paper 11

9- paper 6

10- paper 3

11- paper 12

12- paper 9

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 75%. Place in the middle of tag. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to screen and lower the opacity to 35.

Elements:
rug

towel

shampoo

bathtub

bubbles 2

perfume

rubber ducky

ribbon 4

comb

curtain set

water splash (duplicate & flip)

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

That's right!!!!! I got 10 of my former PTU kits loaded up and ready for download :) Just scroll through the FTU kits to find them. I will be adding about 20 more as soon as I have time. Keep checking back...and of course ENJOY the freebies ;)

Lately there seems to be nothing but drama in the tagging/designing world and because of that I have made the tough decision to stop selling my kits. I just can't continue to watch dishonest people make money, while hardworking/HONEST people are treated poorly. 

What does this mean for you??? Well the good news is that a TON of my former PTU kits will now be FTU :D AND I will be offering exclusively FTU kits from now on. So it's a winning situation for all of my Gimptastic fans. I appreciate and thank all of you...especially those of you that have made a purchase from me, I really do.

I will be sorting through my kits and adding download links. So please be patient :)

Thank you;
Amy aka: Gimptastic Scraps

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).
 
~Splish Splash PTU scrapkit by Sweet Cravings Scraps which you can find HERE.

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

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 99 which you can find HERE.

~Font of choice. I used 0 Whoa DNA.

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 7, add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 8 center it behind Frame 7, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open tube, add drop shadow.

5. Open and place the following elements:

Bubbles 1

Bubbles 2

Vine

Mirror

Butterfly 1

Flower 3

Flower 4

Ribbon 2

Hairdryer

Perfume

Water Splash

Comb

Shampoo

Rubber Ducky

~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 (except Bubbles 1, Bubbles 2 & Vine)~

6. Open Paper 5

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 :)

Check out this amazing tut from Chelle over at Chelle's Funny Farm using template 129 by Leah! We always love seeing Chelle's creations using our stuff!

 

Click the tag to be taken to the tutorial

 

This kit was inspired by a smokin' hot tube by Sebastien Serrano called Look at That. The kit has a sexy, tough, rock/goth vibe and it contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

-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 3,3,5, black, 80. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

3- paper 2

5- paper 7

6- paper 1

7- paper 4

8- paper 3

9- paper 6

-Make layer 4 active. Colors>Colorize. Hue: 180, Saturation: 0, Lightness: -80. Repeat drop shadow.

-Make layer 2 active. Alpha to selection. Layer>New Layer. Change foreground color to 423737. Change background color to black. Select the blend tool. Tool settings: Gradient: FG TO BG (RGB), Shape: Bi-Linear. Click the top of the selection with mouse and drag down to the bottom of the selection. Open tube. Place tube in the selection. I duplicated my tube twice (Layer>DuplicateLayer) and put one in the 4th box and the other one in the middle boxes. Make the top tube layer active. Layer>Merge Down until all your tube layers are one one layer. Invert & delete. Add new layer. Select the bucket fill tool and fill layer (should be gray color used eariler). Invert. Select>Shrink 2. Delete. Select none. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise on default. Repeat drop shadow. Make the tube layer active. Colorize- Hue: 180, Saturation: 0, Lightness: -20. Change the mode to soft light.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 80%. Place in the center of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Duplicate. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 75.

-Open frame 2. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place in the center of tag. Select the magic wand. Click inside frame. Grow 5. Open paper 4. Move paper layer frame layer in layer box. Add alpha channel. Invert & delete. Select none. Repeat drop shadow on frame.

-Open frame 1. Make the bottom layer. Scale 70%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put 90. Place in center of tag. Add paper 7 to this frame (repeat above). Repeat drop shadow on the frame.

Elements:
banner
city scape
deco
car (flip)
key tag
chain
flair 2
ribbon

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

-Make the to layer active. Select the text tool. Font: Dazzling Diva, Size: 50, foreground color 423737. Click canvas and type 'my swag is'. Place text to the left side of tag. Alpha to selection. Grow 1. Layer>New Layer. Move new layer below text layer. Bucket fill with white. Select none. Repeat drop shadow.

-Still using the text tool, change font to bank gothic and foreground to black. Type 'flawless'. Place this text beneath the other text. Alpha to selection. New layer. Move below current text layer. Grow 1. Bucket fill selection with white. Grow 1. New layer. Move below current layer. Bucket fill with black. Select none.Repeat drop shadow. Make the top 'flawless' layer active and merge all these layers together (there should be 4).

-Add name with Euphria Script font. Add copyright and you're done!

Take a stroll through a beautiful Spring garden. Enjoy the lovely colors, scents and sounds that Spring has to offer. Simply Spring contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

Here's a cluster frame freebie I made with the kit:

Choo Choo! The Fantastically Free Blog Train is taking of again! This months theme was Inspired by Elias and boy let me tell ya, we have some awesome freebies for you this time around!

We have both made a kit this month. Please don't forget to check out the other stops along the way. We promise you won't be disappointed!

Amy's part was inspired by Elias' Cute Babe tube 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 Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).

~Mardi Gras 2013 PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground which you can get HERE.

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

~Template of choice. I used HPD Template 154 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used 0 Whoa DNA.

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 5
Paper 7
Paper 8
Paper 10

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

~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:

Halftone
Feather
Feather 2
Voodoo Wand
Drink
Fleur de Lis
Bubbly
Coin
Coins 2
Star
Stars 2
Leaf 2
Mask
Noise Maker
Glasses
Butterfly

~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 Halftone)~

5. Crop Image (Image > Autocrop Image).

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

7. Add copyright info and name

8. Save as .png

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

This kit was inspired by a gorgeous new tube by Sebastien Serrano called Raspberry Swirl. The kit is soft, sweet and sexy.  It contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

This kit was inspired by a HOT tube by Sebastien Serrano called Let's Try. The kit is sexy and naughty...perfect for the girl who's willing to try ANYTHING. It contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.


**WARNING - kit contains items that are sexual in nature**

I had fun playing with Amy's new Steam Punker kit! I came up with a few goodies I hope everyone can enjoy :)

 

 

First up I made a freebie cluster frame.

 



This kit was made to match and awesome tube from NEORACER called Niki.

The kit has a sexy/love/war vibe. It contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers. Remember...make love, not war!!!!

Here are a few tags I made with the beautiful PTU kit Breath Me from Tasha's Playground. Check out Tasha's blog to see where you can purchase this kit!

 



This kit is Day of the Dead/Goth inspired and was made to match "Los Muertos", a PSP Tube by Meg Baker.

This kit is Spring/Forest inspired and was made to match "Estrellita", a PSP Tube by Memory Firkins-Howell.


Below are tags I made using the tubes and kits together:

That's right Gimptastic fans...we are the Spotlight Tutorial Artists this month!!!!!!!!!!!!

Click on the magazine cover to head over to the Taggers Art blog and check out the article :) 

We are honored to have been chosen for the magazine!!! Thanks Taggers Art!!!!!

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.

-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 19

2- paper 20

3- paper 12

4- paper 6

5- paper 4

6- paper 3

7- paper 10

8- paper 1

9- paper 13

10- paper 16

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 50%. Place in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 1. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 2. Make the bottom layer. Scale 85%. Place in center of the tag. Select the magic wand. Clcik inside the frame. Select>Grow 50. Open paper 9. Move paper layer below frame layer in layer box. Add alpha channel. Invert and delete. Select none. Make the frame active and add drop shadow of 2, 2, 5, black, 40.

Elements:

bow 2

jar

glows 3

flower 6

envelope (flip)

balloons 3

background

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