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).

~Violeta PTU scrapkit by A Taggers Scrap.

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

~Mask of choice. I used WSL mask 223 which you can get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Trees of Happiness.

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

3. Open Paper 14 center it behind Frame 5, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frame 2, place it under Frame 5 & Paper 14 in your layer box.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Flower 2
Flower 3
Flower 5
Beads 2
Button 1
Bottle
Butterfly
Butterfly 3
Berries
Yarn
Bird
Teddy
Gem 2
Gem 3
Bucket

~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 8

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 :)