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 progran of choice)

PTU kit Patient Love by Darkmoons Dream @ Lollipops N Gumdrops

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Ellie Milk. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase them at PFD

Template 394 from Divine Intentionz

Font- Quinfo

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 450x352 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. Delete the original template layer.Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

raster 8- paper 7 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 0, black, 50

copy of raster 14- paper 6 repeat drop shadow

raster 14- paper 5 repeat drop shadow

copy of raster 18- paper 12 repeat drop shadow

raster 20- paper 11

raster 19- paper 14 repeat drop shadow

raster 18- paper 8 repeat drop shadow

-Open frame 1. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 50%. Select hte rotate tool and in the angle box put -10. Select the magic wand and click inside the frame. Select>Grow by 5. Open paper 15. Move below the frame layer in the layer box. Add alpha channel. Invert & delete. Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 40%. Place on top of the frame. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Move the duplicate  tube layer under the frame layer in layer box. Delete. Select none. Make the top tube layer active. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Layer>Merge Down (to merge the tube layer with its shadow layer). Select the eraser tool. Erase the bottom portion of the tube, so it looks like she is sticking out of the frame.

Elements:

wa 01

flowers

branch 02

basket

bead

bottle

book

scroll- rotate -100

heart 01

quill

hearts 02

string

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